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Eagles soar to 3A title round

Dubuque Wahlert put together a dominant performance here on Wednesday to reach the Class 3A state softball championship round. The second-seeded Golden Eagles soared to a 13-3 victory over Van Meter. They will now meet top-seed and defending state champion Williamsburg in a rematch of last year’s finals on Friday at 5 p.m. Junior Natalie Ruba homered and was the winning pitcher for Wahlert (38-6), which remained undefeated this week at Rogers Park. Ruba drove in five in all. Julia Roth continued to swing a hot bat for the Golden Eagles, as the Iowa Hawkeye recruit backed Ruba by ...

Centennial powers into finals

Mady and Emmy Ott each hit two home runs, leading Ankeny Centennial into the Class 5A final with a 10-3 victory over Southeast Polk here Wednesday. The Jaguars will square off with defending state champion Waukee Northwest on Friday at 7:30 p.m. Mady Ott drove in four with two hits, as Emmy Ott also had two hits with two runs scored and two RBI. Peyton Spiegel picked up the win, allowing just five hits. Spiegel struck out only one batter and walked one for Ankeny Centennial. The Jaguars had eight hits in the contest. Gracie Anderson and Addi Frederick also drove in runs For ...

Champion Wolves in line for repeat

Defending Class 5A state champion Waukee Northwest is back in the title game following a 4-0 victory over Dallas Center-Grimes here Wednesday at Rogers Park. Sophia Schlader pitched a two-hitter, striking out six and helping her own cause with a home run. The Wolves will face Ankeny Centennial Friday night at 7:30 p.m. for the title. Schlader was 2-for-3, as Meredith Thomsen also had two hits and drove in a run. Kenley Sanger added an RBI, with Alayna Schulte stealing three bases. For the Mustangs, Addison Lyddon and Addie Abens each had a hit. This was the second meeting in ...

HEARTBREAKER

For the second straight year, the St. Edmond softball team dropped a state tournament game to Clarksville. This difference this time around, though, is the third-ranked Gaels will get a chance to fight back and see the defending Class 1A state champions again. Clarksville moved into the ...

Carlisle uses small ball to defeat Fort Dodge

Fort Dodge is down, but not out. The third-seeded Dodgers were backed into a corner by an 8-3 loss to No. 2 seed Carlisle on Tuesday evening at Rogers Park. Head coach Andi Adams’ squad now must go on a run to remember starting Wednesday morning against North Polk at 10:15 a.m., as Fort ...

Elimination Games

CLASS 4A Burlington 1, Winterset 0 Eighth-seeded Burlington stayed alive at the state softball tournament with a 1-0 victory over Winterset on Tuesday afternoon at Rogers Sports Complex. The Grayhounds fought off elimination behind Kylee Hill’s five-hit shutout. Hill (15-4) didn’t walk a batter and struck out three. Kylee Hill’s RBI single broke a scoreless tie in the seventh against tough-luck loser Danica Ferber, who fired a complete-game two-hitter with nine strikeouts. Winterset bows out with a record of 24-15. North Polk 7, Clear Creek-Amana 4 No. 7 seed North ...