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State Baseball Championship Scores from Saturday, 7/30/16

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July 30th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

At Principal Park in Des Moines…

Class 1A: Remsen St. Mary’s 8, West Sioux 5 :

The Remsen St. Mary’s Hawks and the West Sioux Falcons battled in the 1A championship match, but five runs in the fourth for the Hawks put them on top for good as they secured the title with an 8-5 win. It is the fourth state championship for St. Mary’s, adding to titles won in 1983-84-85. The unranked and fourth-seeded Hawks finish at 33-5. West Sioux — ranked third and seeded second — ends at 27-3.

Class 2A: Clear Lake 8, Kuemper Catholic 1 :

The Clear Lake Lions captured their second consecutive 2A baseball championship with a dominant 8-1 victory over the Kuemper Catholic Knights at Principal Park on a sun-kissed Saturday afternoon. It was an all-around team effort as seven Lions reached base at least once and six had at least one RBI. It was the third title in four years for the Lions, who also won the 3A title in 2013. Second-ranked and top-seeded Clear Lake ends at 31-7. Third-seeded Kuemper ends at 26-12.

Class 3A: Harlan 12, Carlisle 4 :

After losing in the championship game in 2015, the Harlan Cyclones earned their first 3A baseball championship since 2003 with a dominating 9-3 victory over the seventh-ranked Carlisle Wildcats, Saturday night at Principal Park. All nine batters for Harlan tallied a hit while Nick Tarney paced the team going 2-for-3 with four RBI. Brett Croghan pitched a complete game for the Cyclones allowing four runs on nine hits while walking one and sitting down six batters on strikes. Harlan finishes the season 30-5. Carlisle ends at 33-7.

Class 4A: Cedar Rapids Prairie 12, Iowa City West 3 :

The top-ranked Cedar Rapids Prairie Hawks captured their first Class 4A baseball championship with a crushing 12-3 victory over the Iowa City West Trojans, Saturday night at Principal Park. It was an all-out slugfest as the teams combined for 18 hits with multi-hit games by five players. Cedar Rapids Prairie finishes the season at 38-6. Iowa City West ends at 36-6.