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The IGHSAU has released the 2021 Class 3A State Softball pairings. Atlantic drew the #4 seed and will open up against 5th seeded Anamosa on Monday, July 19th at 7:30 p.m. Here is a look at the full bracket.

CLASS 1A (All 7:00 p.m.)

District 10
Southeast Warren @ Martensdale-St. Marys
Lamoni @ Mount Ayr

District 12
Colo-Nesco @ Coon Rapids-Bayard
Collins-Maxwell @ Ogden

District 13
Bedford @ CAM – ON KJAN
Nodaway Valley @ Lenox

District 14
Riverside @ St. Albert
Exira-EHK @ Sidney

District 15
West Harrison @ Tri-Center
Audubon @ Logan-Magnolia

CLASS 2A

District 4 @ Van Meter
Southeast Valley vs. Van Meter 7:00 p.m.
ACGC vs. Woodward-Granger 5:00 p.m.

District 15 @ Underwood
Shenandoah vs. Underwood 7:00 p.m.
Treynor vs. Clarinda 5:00 p.m.

District 16 @ Merchants Park (Carroll)
MVAOCOU vs. Kuemper Catholic 7:00 p.m.
OABCIG vs. Panorama 5:00 p.m.

CLASS 4A

Region 2
Winterset 5, Creston 2
Harlan 4, Denison-Schleswig 3 (Kate Hieithoff with walk-off RBI single for Harlan) (Played 7/10)

Region 3
ADM 7, Carroll 0
Bondurant-Farrar 4, Newton 0 (Played 7/10)

CLASS 5A

Region 1
Fort Dodge 12, Sioux City North 0
Sioux City East 12, CB Thomas Jefferson 2 (Played 7/10)

Region 2
Johnston 12, CB Abraham Lincoln 0
Southeast Polk 11, Ames 1

CLASS 1-A

District 10

@Martensdale-St. Marys
Southeast Warren 7, Mormon Trail 0
Martensdale-St. Marys 11, Seymour 1

@ Mount Ayr
Lamoni 7, Murray 0
Mount Ayr 10, Wayne 0

District 12

@ Coon Rapids-Bayard
Colo-Nesco 3, Madrid 0
Coon Rapids-Bayard 16, Glidden-Ralston 1

@Ogden
Collins-Maxwell 2, Earlham 1
Ogden 13, Baxter 3

District 13

@Anita
Bedford 7, Southwest Valley 6
CAM 15, Griswold 1

@Lenox
Nodaway Valley 10, Orient-Macksburg 1
Lenox 4, East Union 3

District 14

@ St. Albert
Riverside 8, Stanton 7
St. Albert 15, Essex 0

@Sidney
Exira-EHK 5, East Mills 1
Sidney 4, Fremont-Mills 1

District 15

@ Neola
West Harrison 12, Ar-We-Va 2
Tri-Center 9, IKM-Manning 0

@ Logan-Magnolia
Audubon 10, Woodbine 0
Logan-Magnolia 9, Boyer Valley 0

District 16

@ Kingsley-Pierson
Lawton-Bronson 10, River Valley 0
Kingsley-Pierson 15, Whiting 0

@ Woodbury Central
Akron-Westfield 5, Westwood 2
Woodbury Central 16, West Monona 4

CLASS 2-A

District 4

@ AC/GC
Southeast Valley 12, West Central Valley 2 (4 inn)
AC/GC 11, South Central Calhoun 1

District 15

@ Treynor
Shenandoah 9, AHSTW 2
Treynor 6, Red Oak 1

District 16

@ OABCIG
MVAOCOU 6, Missouri Valley 0
OABCIG 11, East Sac County 10 (8 innings)

CLASS 1-A

Region 2: Newell-Fonda 1, Exira-EHK 0
Region 3: Wayne 9, Lenox1
Region 4: Southeast Warren 4, Martensdale-St. Marys 1

CLASS 2-A

Region 2: Underwood 4, West Monona 2
Region 3: Earlham 7, I-35 4 (12 innings)

CLASS 3-A

Region 2: Atlantic 5, MOC-Floyd Valley 0
Region 3: Clarke 11, Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont 4

Olivia Engler was nearly perfect.  Only a bat handle bloop single that didn’t even reach the outfield grass stood between Engler and a perfect game as Atlantic beat MOC-Floyd Valley 5-0 Monday night to win the Class 3-A Region 2 Final.

Atlantic coach Terry Hinzmann said he could see early on that his starting pitcher was locked in.

Engler struck out nine and only faced one batter over the minimum to lead Atlantic to a 33-5 record and their first state tournament berth since 2018.  The defense was solid behind Engler as well, making a number of solid plays.  Engler said she was well aware in the sixth inning that she was working on something special.

Offensively, Malena Woodward got things started by belting a first inning home run to give Atlantic the only run they would need.  She talks about her focus at the plate.

They added single runs in the second, fourth, fifth and sixth innings.

Woodward also doubled and scored in the fifth inning.  Jada Jensen doubled twice, driving in one and scoring once.  Lauren Nicolas had two hits, including an RBI double and also scored once.  Kennedy Goergen also doubled and scored for Atlantic.

Kady Hoekstra had the only hit for the Dutch, that sixth inning bloop.

Carlin Smith took the loss for the Dutch allowing all five runs, four earned, with eight hits.  MOC-Floyd Valley ends the season with a 17-15 record.

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ST. LOUIS, Mo., July 11, 2021 – The St. Louis Cardinals selected right handed pitcher Michael McGreevy out of the University of California Santa Barbara with their first round selection (18^th player overall) in the 2021 Major League Baseball Draft.

McGreevy, a San Clemente, Calif. native pitched three seasons at UC Santa Barbara, going 16-3, 2.33 ERA (189.1 IP/49 ER) with 194 strikeouts and 31 walks.

“Michael just reeks of athleticism and of being a starter,” stated Cardinals Assistant General Manager and Director of Scouting Randy Flores. “He has a great feel for the strike zone and takes great pride in the way he pitches.  We see him as a strike thrower and as someone who almost has a phobia of walking batters.  The strides Michael has made show great internal motivation and ownership of his career.”

Despite going undrafted out of high school, McGreevy quickly exhibited his ability to throw strikes as a freshman for the Gauchos, working out of the bullpen.  For his efforts, McGreevy was named to the Baseball America Freshman All-American First Team after his 2019 campaign, going 5-1, 1.94 ERA (13 ER/ 60.1 IP) with 6 saves, 53 strikeouts and 13 walks in 29 appearances. 

The 6-5, 215-pound McGreevy transitioned to a starter in 2020 and allowed three runs across his four starts (0.99 ERA) before the season was cancelled because of COVID-19.  His 0.97 walks-per-9 IP ratio and 10.45 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 2021 both ranked 2nd among all qualified Division I pitchers and he led the Big West Conference with his 101.2 innings pitched in 2021, again earning First Team All-Big West honors and recognition as a semifinalist for National Pitcher of the Year by the College Baseball Foundation.

McGreevy is the second UC Santa Barbara Gauchos 1st Round selection in program history and the first since Dillon Tate (4th overall, Texas) in 2015.  He is the first Gauchos RHP selected in the draft since 2016 when Cleveland took Shane Bieber in the 4th round.

The 2021 MLB Draft continues tomorrow with rounds 2-10, beginning at 12 noon CDT, and concludes with rounds 11-20 on Tuesday starting at 11 a.m. CDT.

Trips to the state tournament are on the line for Class 1A, 2A, and 3A softball teams tonight. Here is a look at the area match-ups.

CLASS 1A

Region 2: Exira-EHK @ Newell-Fonda 7:00 p.m.
Region 3: Lenox @ Wayne 7:00 p.m.
Region 4: Martensdale-St. Marys @ Southeast Warren 7:00 p.m.

CLASS 2A

Region 2: West Monona @ Underwood 7:00 p.m.
Region 3: Earlham @ I-35 7:00 p.m.

CLASS 3A

Region 2: MOC-Floyd Valley @ Atlantic 7:00 p.m. -ON KJAN
Region 3: Clarke @ Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont 7:00 p.m