A final word on the Atlantic Baseball season with Head Coach Trace Petersen and a recap of Atlantic Softball’s games at the state tournament and their 7th place finish.

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The 7:20-a.m. Sportscast w/Chris Parks.

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The State Baseball Tournament got underway with the quarterfinals in Class 1A Friday evening at Principal Park, in Des Moines. It was a back-and-forth contest in the first game, as the Remsen St. Mary’s Hawks topped the Highland Huskies 10-5 Friday night. Brody Burton took the mound for Highland but was chased after one inning of work after giving up four runs off three hits, a walk and two hit batters. Remsen St. Mary’s advances to the 1A semifinals that will take place on Thursday. They will face Newman Catholic.

In game two, Newman Catholic took an 12-2 run-rule victory over Nodaway Valley in six innings. Caden Kratz took the mound for Newman allowing two runs — one earned — in the first and then followed with five scoreless innings. Kratz finished the night with 10 strikeouts, one walk and allowed three hits through six innings of work.

Nodaway Valley struck early after a pair of errors by Newman’s Ben Fitzgerald and a RBI single by Tyler Vandewater put two on the board for the Wolverines in the top of the first. Jackson Lamb got the ball for Nodaway Valley and gave up seven earned runs off six hits in one inning of work. Newman Catholic responded in the bottom of the first, batting around the order with a trio of singles and a stand-up triple by Josh Fitzgerald that allowed the Knights to jump out to a 5-2 lead.

Ben Fitzgerald extended the Knights’ lead with a solo shot over the right field fence. Bryce Ball followed with another stand-up triple for Newman and ultimately scored off a RBI-single by Parker Dondlinger. Matthew Fitzsimmons made it 8-2 Knights with a sacrifice fly to left field.

The Knights added three runs in third inning and one in the sixth including a two-run homer to right field by Ball. He finished the night 2-for-3 with three RBI and two runs scored. Ben Fitzgerald paced the Knights’ offense, batting 3-for-4 with three runs scored and a RBI. Brandon Mangles entered to pitch for the Wolverines in the third and would throw for three innings, allowing just two hits and no earned runs after facing 10 batters.

Newman Catholic advances to the Class 1A semifinals and will face Remsen St. Mary’s on Thursday at Principal Park.  Today’s (Saturday’s) schedule pits #2 seed West Sioux (25-2) against #7 Edgewood-Colesburg (21-12), @ 5-p.m., followed at 7:30 by #3 Don Bosco (34-4) vs. #6 Tri-Center/Neola (19-8).

Class 3A: Jaicee Lyons, Benton Community; Sophie Van Severen, Davenport Assumption; Shelby Hulsebus, Benton Community; Kaitlyn Van Der Zwaag, Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley; Bryn Hanrahan, Solon; Sydney Lawson, Solon; Payge Jurgens, CMB; Nicole Timmons, Davenport Assumption; Alyssa Wiebel, Benton Community; Emma Valainis, Davenport Assumption; Amber Fiser, Benton Community (captain)

Class 2A: Katie Bracken, Iowa City Regina; Dion Shirley, Van Meter; Olivia Callaway, BCLUW; Jenna Peschel, Logan-Magnolia; Kylan Straight, Logan-Magnolia; Kennedy Brown, Iowa City Regina; Meagan Blomgren, Van Meter; Emma Corkery, Iowa City Regina; Mackenzie Blomgren, Van Meter; Sarah Lehman, Iowa City Regina; Bailey Richards, Van Meter (Captain).

Class 1A: Nicki Wood, Kee; Brynn Van Eldik, Akron-Westfield; Jamie Jordan, Martensdale-St. Marys; Jordan Wilken, Newell-Fonda; Kyla Morris, Martensdale-St. Marys; Ann Hedlund, Akron-Westfield; Kendra Cooper, Kee; Bailey Davis, Akron-Westfield; Chloe Severson, Kee; Katie Johnson, Akron-Westfield; Courtney Cooper, Kee (captain).

Class 4A: Alexis Westercamp, Oskaloosa; Alyvia Dubois, Carlisle; Ashley Kindley, Oskaloosa; Breanna Hunter, Boone; Kenady Waugh, Fairfield; Alli Deao, Fairfield; Laurens Calkins, Boone; Alyssa Brown, Carlisle; Aubrey Miller, Oskaloosa; Gabby Schnathorst, Carlisle; Alexis Groet, Oskaloosa (Captain).

Class 5A: Ally Schaer, Johnston; Rachel Tebbe, Pleasant Valley; Alexia Lara, Pleasant Valley; Lauren Kuch, Cedar Rapids Prairie; Bella Crow, Urbandale; Mandi Roemmich, West Des Moines Valley; Skyler Shellmyer, Urbandale; Alex Honnold, West Des Moines Valley; Brooke Wilmes, Johnston; Ellie Spellhaug, Pleasant Valley; Haylee Towers, Johnston (captain).

Class 3A

3rd Place

Solon 6, Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 3

Class 3A State Championship

Benton 8, Davenport Assumption 0

Class 4A

3rd Place

Fairfield 10, Boone 0 (5-innings)

Class 4A Championship

Oskaloosa 6, Carlisle 5

Class 5A

3rd Place

West Des Moines Valley 7, Urbandale 1

Class 5A Championship

Johnston 3, Pleasant Valley 2

Class 1A

3rd Place

Martensdale-St. Mary’s 5, Newell-Fonda 2

Class 1A Championship

Kee 7, Akron-Westfield 3

Class 2A

3rd Place

Logan-Magnolia 3, BCLUW 0

Class 2A Championship

Van Meter 3, Iowa City Regina 0

The St. Louis Cardinals won a 16-inning marathon late Friday night, by edging the L.A. Dodgers 4-3. Matt Adams ended it with a walkoff homer in the 16th. The Cards have won five in a row, their longest win streak of the season. It was the second consecutive game that the Cardinals won in their final at-bat. They beat the Padres on Thursday after scoring a run in the ninth inning.

The Cardinals have used only five starting pitchers this season, the lowest total in the majors. They will likely need a sixth starter for the Sunday night game against the Dodgers, thanks to a rain out earlier in the homestand. RHP Kenta Maeda (8-7, 3.25) will face RHP Mike Leake (7-7, 4.30) in the second game of the three-game set this (Saturday) evening. Maeda is 5-2 with a 3.31 ERA in nine road starts this season. Leake has not walked a batter in the last 19 innings covering three starts.

The 7:20-a.m. Sportscast w/Jim Field.

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Class 3A

3^rd Place

9:30 a.m. – Mittera Field – Solon (33-10) vs. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley (26-8)

Class 3A State Championship

10:10 a.m. – Buena Vista University Field – Davenport Assumption (41-4) vs. Benton (42-2)

Class 4A

3rd Place

11:30 a.m. – Mittera Field – Boone (27-10) vs. Fairfield (28-12)

Class 4A Championship Game

12:27 p.m. – Buena Vista University Field – Carlisle (38-6) vs. Oskaloosa (29-7)

Class 5A

3^rd Place

1:30 p.m. – Mittera Field – West Des Moines Valley (40-4) vs. Urbandale (34-10)

Class 5A Championship Game

2:39 p.m. – Buena Vista University Field – Pleasant Valley (36-8) vs. Johnston (40-4)

Class 1A

3^rd Place

3:30 p.m. – Mittera Field – Newell-Fonda (29-14) vs. Martensdale-St. Marys (33-7)

Class 1A Championship Game

4:55 p.m. – Buena Vista University Field – Akron-Westfield (35-2) vs. Kee (38-6)

Class 2A

3rd Place

5:30 p.m. – Mittera Field – BCLUW (30-9) vs. Logan-Magnolia (33-3)

Class 2A Championship

7:09 p.m. – Buena Vista University Field – Van Meter (32-7) vs. Iowa City Regina (28-17)

The State Baseball Tournament gets underway with the quarterfinals in Class 1A this evening at Principal Park, in Des Moines.

#4 seed Remsen/St. Mary’s (30-5) vs. #5 Highland, Riverside (24-6) @ 5-p.m.

#1 seed Mason City/Newman Catholic (32-5) vs.#8 Nodaway Valley (19-10) @ 7:30-p.m.

Saturday’s schedule includes #2 seed West Sioux (25-2) vs. #7 Edgewood-Colesburg (21-12), @ 5-p.m., followed by #3 Don Bosco (34-4) vs. #6 Tri-Center/Neola (19-8), at 7:30-p.m.

The Class 2-A teams take to the mound on Monday.

The Atlantic Trojans Softball team came away with a 7th place finish at the 2016 Class 3A State Softball Tournament.  The Trojans lost in the consolation round on Thursday to CMB by a 3-0 score but then bounced back to win the 7th Place Game 6-3 over Estherville Lincoln Central.  The win marks the first ever State Tournament win for the Trojans with this being their first ever trip.

In the win over Estherville-Lincoln Central pitcher Ally Andersen delivered 9 strikeouts, 1 walk, allowed 7 hits and 0 earned runs.  Senior Erin Olsen was 3 for 4 with 2 runs scored and 1 RBI on a single, double, and triple.  Alexis Handel was 2 for 4 at the plate with 2 runs scored and Reagan Pellett was 1 for 3 with 2 runs on a single.

The Trojans finish their season with an overall record of 27-16.