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State Softball Pairings for Class 1A, 2A, and 3A

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July 9th, 2018 by admin

After Regional Final play on Monday night the IGHSAU released the State Softball pairings for Classes 1A, 2A, and 3A.

Atlantic drew the #5 seed in Class 3A and will open up in the quarterfinals against the #4 seed Humboldt. That game is set for Monday, July 16th at 7:30pm on Diamond 2 at Harlan Rogers Park in Fort Dodge.

In Class 2A Logan-Magnolia also drew the #5 seed and will play the #4 seed Central Springs on Monday, July 16th at 3:00pm on Diamond 2.

Take a look at the full brackets here: 2018-state-softball-brackets

Regional Final softball scoreboard 07/09/2018

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July 9th, 2018 by admin

Trips to the State Softball Tournament were on the line in Classes 1A, 2A, and 3A in Regional Finals on Monday. Here’s the full scoreboard for area games.

Class 1A

Region 6: Martensdale St. Marys 6, Wayne 5

Region 7: Collins-Maxwell 7, Glidden-Ralston 4

Region 8: Akron-Westfield 6, West Monona 5

Class 2A

Region 2: Logan-Magnolia 2, Mount Ayr 1

Region 3: Earlham 9, IKM-Manning 3

Class3A

Region 4: Atlantic 2, Clarke 1

Atlantic softball gets back to State with wild win over Clarke

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July 9th, 2018 by admin

Photo Atlantic Softball

The Atlantic Trojans softball team is heading to the State Tournament in Fort Dodge for the second time in program history, and the second time in three years. The Trojans were able to earn their place in the Class 3A State Tournament with a Region 4 Final win over Clarke 2-1.

It was quickly paced game with mostly solid defensive play but the few miscues are what made the difference. Atlantic got the scoring started in the bottom of the first with Ally Anderson driving in Alexis Handel who singled to get on with two out. Anderson hit what went down as a triple after a shot to the corner got by the right fielder. Those two hits were the only damaging ones from either team for a long time. The Trojans came away empty with runners on at second and third with just one out in the 4th.

Then came the 6th inning. Clarke led off with a Sidney Marker single, got another runner aboard with a bunt by Emma Bolton that included an Atlantic rotation miscue, and advanced the runners over with a ground out. Audrey Kindred then executed a squeeze nicely to bring Marker home to tie the game at one. But that’s all the Indians would get across as Ally Anderson forced a couple of ground-outs to end the threat.

The Trojans would answer back in the bottom half of the inning. Alyssa Derby led off with a single down the third base line. Alexis Handel flew out to center on a deep hit. Then Ally Anderson came through with a huge double that nearly lined out of the park and hit off the left field fence. That put runners at 2nd and 3rd again with just one out. That’s when the defining miscue of the game occurred. Reagen Pellett appeared to strike out but Indians catcher Audrey Kindred dropped the ball and Pellett was able to attempt to get to first. Kindred then instinctively chose to throw to first, allowing Alyssa Derby to take off for home and get across to give Atlantic a 2-1 lead. A fly out by Olvia Engler then ended the inning. Clarke was unable to get anything going in the 7th and went down in order to send Atlantic to Fort Dodge.

After the game Atlantic Head Coach Terry Hinzmann talked about the great effort from Ally Anderson against a good hitting Clarke team.

Atlantic came up just shy of getting to state last season and Coach Hinzmann said the girls talked at their first meeting of the season about not letting that happen again.

Atlantic third baseman Alexis Handel talked about that decisive 6th inning.

Handel talked about the feelings the team had about state tournament goals way before the season started.

Winning pitcher Ally Anderson allowed one run on 5 hits with 2 strikeouts and no walks. After the game she talked about how good it felt to get the job done.

Atlantic improved to 30-5 with the win and will head to the Class 3A State Tournament next week. Alexis Watson took the loss for Clarke allowing 2 runs on 5 hits with 1 strikeout and 1 hit batter. Clarke ends their season with a 17-14 record.

 

Final 2018 Class 3-A/4-A IHSBCA Rankings

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July 9th, 2018 by Jim Field

2018 Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association Baseball Rankings

Week 7 Rankings (Released July 8, 2018) – FINAL 3A and 4A RANKINGS

Class 4-A (Record)

  1. Johnston (30-5)
  2. Urbandale (29-6)
  3. Cedar Rapids Prairie (28-8)
  4. Iowa City West (28-9)
  5. Southeast Polk (28-10)
  6. Indianola (30-3)
  7. Davenport Central (23-9)
  8. Waukee (24-10)
  9. Dowling Catholic (26-10)
  10. West Des Moines Valley (25-13)

Others:  Cedar Rapids Jefferson; Linn-Mar, Marion; North Scott; Western Dubuque

 

Class 3-A (Record)

  1. Harlan (25-3)
  2. Cedar Rapids Xavier (26-9)
  3. Davenport Assumption (27-9)
  4. Carlisle (28-7)
  5. Solon (28-9)
  6. Bishop Heelan Catholic (26-10)
  7. Waverly-Shell Rock (27-7)
  8. West Deleware (22-7)
  9. North Polk (19-8)
  10. Decorah (19-6)

Others:  Boone; Central DeWitt; Fairfield; Grinnell; Oskaloosa; Saydel

(Podcast) KJAN Morning Sports report, 7/9/2018

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July 9th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

The 7:20-a.m. Sportscast with Jim Field.

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MIdwest Sports Headlines: 7/9/18

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July 9th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — James Hinchcliffe passed Josef Newgarden with just over 40 laps left to win the IndyCar race at the Iowa Speedway on Sunday, his first victory of the season. Hinchcliffe, a series veteran who failed to qualify for this year’s Indianapolis 500, picked up his first win since Long Beach in 2017 and his second win at Iowa.

NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — Stock car racing team Venturini Motorsports has had a tradition of employing women that stretches back for decades. On June 29, the ARCA outfit made history _ starting three female drivers in the same race for the first time in the modern era of the sport. Neither Natalie Decker, Leilani Münter nor Toni Breidinger made a push for the podium at Chicagoland Speedway. But simply by starting as a trio, they helped raise the profile of women in a sport long dominated by men.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pablo Sandoval homered and had five RBIs to back an uneven start by Madison Bumgarner as the San Francisco Giants beat the St. Louis Cardinals 13-8. Andrew McCutchen and Alen Hanson each added three hits.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kaito Yuki is headed to the Kansas City Royals organization instead of attending high school in Japan. The team signed Yuki, a 16-year-old pitcher, out of junior high to a standard seven-year minor league contract. He is thought to be the youngest Japanese player to sign with a major league club _ and the first to do so out of junior high school.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Rick Porcello pitched seven effective innings, Andrew Benintendi had four hits and scored two runs and the Boston Red Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 7-4 Sunday. The Red Sox hit .385, 45 for 111, had 68 base runners in sweeping the three-game series, and have won six straight.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Alcides Escobar was not in the Kansas City Royals’ lineup for the first time since 2015 as the struggling club made a plethora of moves. Escobar had started 421 consecutive games, the longest streak in the majors, before Royals manager Ned Yost benched him against the Boston Red Sox.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers activated centerfielder Lorenzo Cain off the 10-day disabled list and placed outfielder Ryan Braun and catcher Manny Pina on the DL as part of eight roster moves on Sunday. Right-hander Aaron Wilkerson was optioned to Triple-A Colorado Springs and left-handed reliever Mike Zagurski was designated for assignment. Top pitching prospect Corbin Burnes, catcher Jacob Nottingham, and infielder Nate Orf were called up from Triple-A.

Regional Final softball on tap tonight for Classes 1A, 2A, and 3A

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July 8th, 2018 by admin

Trips to the State Softball Tournament will be on the line tonight (Monday night) for Classes 1A, 2A, and 3A playing Regional Finals. We’ll have the Class 3A Region 4 Final between Atlantic and Clarke on KJAN. Pregame at 6:40pm and first pitch at 7pm. Here’s a look at area games.

Class 1A

Region 6: Wayne @ Martensdale St. Marys

Region 7: Glidden-Ralston @ Collins-Maxwell

Region 8: West Monona @ Akron-Westfield

Class 2A

Region 2: Mount  Ayr @ Logan-Magnoliq

Region 3: Earlham @ IKM-Manning

Class3A

Region 4: Clarke @ Atlantic ON KJAN

CLASS 3A

 

Hinchcliffe wins at Iowa for 1st victory of ’18

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July 8th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — Canadian James Hinchcliffe passed Josef Newgarden with just over 40 laps left to win the IndyCar race at the Iowa Speedway on Sunday, his first victory of the season. Hinchcliffe, a series veteran who failed to qualify for this year’s Indianapolis 500, picked up his first win since Long Beach in 2017 and his second win at Iowa. Hinchcliffe also took first on the 0.894-mile track in 2013.
Spencer Pigot was a career-best second, followed by Takuma Sato. Newgarden dominated much of the race, leading 229 of the 300 laps before Hinchcliffe seized control.

Area Baseball Scores from 7/7/18

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July 8th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Regular season baseball scores:
Denison-Schleswig 4 , Keokuk 2
Treynor 6 , Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 5

District Scores:

CLASS 2A:

East Sac County 9 , Cherokee, Washington 5
Missouri Valley 17 , ACGC 5 (6 Innings)
Mount Ayr 2 , Albia 1
Panorama, Panora 4 , Southeast Valley 3
Red Oak 8 , Clarinda 6
Shenandoah 3 , AHSTW, Avoca 2
Unity Christian, Orange City 3 , OA-BCIG 0
West Central Valley, Stuart 9 , Logan-Magnolia 4
Woodward-Granger 10 , Woodward Academy 0 (5 Innings)

Regional Softball Scores from 7/7/18

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July 8th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Class 4A

Region 1

Denison-Schleswig 10, Storm Lake 0

Sgt. Bluff-Luton 12, LeMars 3

Region 2

Des Moines Hoover 8, Winterset 3

Lewis Central 4, Glenwood 0

Region 3

ADM 5, Carroll 0

Norwalk 5, Boone 1

Class 5A

Region 2

Ankeny 12, CB Thomas Jefferson 0

WDM Valley 10, Des Moines Roosevelt 0