Anyah Oatts was the hero for Carlisle in the seventh inning — twice. A spectacular catch first preserved a 2-2 tie in the seventh. With two outs in the bottom half of the seventh, Oatts then drove in pinch runner Chloe Prenoosil for a 3-2 Wildcat victory over seventh-seed North Polk ...
Second-ranked Ankeny Centennial put on the same kind of power display it has shown all year, besting Dowling here Monday at Rogers Park, 12-2 in four innings. The Jaguars (39-3 overall) will now face Southeast Polk in Class 5A on Triton Field Tuesday at 5:45 p.m. Mylie Hatfield hit a grand slam as part of a big second inning — the 14th longball of the year for the senior. Delaney Wyble went deep to give Centennial back-to-back homers, with Kori Lincium adding her 18th homer in the third. During the regular season, Ankeny Centennial shattered the team record for home runs with 84. ...
Second-seeded Dubuque Wahlert used the home run ball on Monday — but not from the career home run leader, as she was dealing in the circle. The Golden Eagles (36-6 overall) hit two homers as they earned a spot in the quarterfinals with a 9-1 victory over seventh-seeded West Delaware (25-12). Wahlert will face two-time defending (2A) champion Van Meter (33-6), who moved up to Class 3A this season. First pitch is set for 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday at Iowa Central Field. Julia Roth is the state’s career home run leader with 74, but it was teammate Ruth Tauber and Natalie Ruba who went deep ...
Fifth-seeded PCM awoke a monster in fourth-seed Mount Vernon during Class 3A opener Monday at Rogers Park. PCM (26-5 overall) scored two runs in the sixth inning to break a 0-0 tie, but Mount Vernon (31-7) broke out with a six-run answer. Mount Vernon earned the 6-2 victory and advanced to the quarterfinals. Mount Vernon will face top-seed Williamsburg (38-5) on Tuesday at 1 p.m. back on Iowa Central Field. Hayden Gookin (22-4) earned the victory, allowing three hits with four strikeouts. Both Sophia Patten and Brynlee Bettcher had two hits. Patten drove in two runs, as did ...
Zoey Aschinger hit a two-run homer in the top of the seventh to lift unranked Ridge View to a 2-0 upset over No. 6 Durant in Class 2A state softball action at Rogers Park on Monday. Aschinger and the Raptors (26-7 overall) will face eighth-ranked Wapsie Valley on Tuesday at 4:45 p.m. on Hy-Vee Field. Nora Todd pitched a three-hitter for Ridge View inside the circle, striking out six. Aschinger and Brynlee Grieme each finished with two hits, as Cora Tesch scored on the Aschinger homer. The Raptors last made the state tournament in 2020, placing in a tie for fourth. They have reeled ...
A year removed from ending a near five-decade state softball drought, Wapsie Valley posted a 7-2 victory over Logan-Magnolia on Monday in Class 2A action. The eighth-ranked Warriors (19-7 overall) will meet unranked Ridge View on Tuesday at 4:45 p.m. Wapsie Valley qualified in 1A a year ago, moving up to 2A this summer. Espyn Decker, Maddie Ladeberg and Layla Armstrong each drove in two runs, as Lola Destival scored twice. Taylor Buhr struck out nine. No. 11 Logan-Magnolia (20-9) faces elimination against sixth-ranked Durant at 2:30 p.m. Maria Kiger had three hits and Abyagail ...
