MONDAY RESULTS – June 18
(softball)
Spirit Lake at Le Mars – ppd.
Gehlen Catholic (7-11/5-3) 12, Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 0, three innings
GRANVILLE — Gehlen Catholic looked like a team trying to beat an incoming storm Monday night as the Lady Jays took a little less than an hour to score a 12-0, three-inning ‘Mercy Rule’ victory over Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn in War Eagle Conference softball at the Granville city park. Gehlen struck for five runs in the first inning while sending ten batters to the plate. The Lady Jays scored five more runs in the second inning as they batted around. The game ended three batters into the third inning when Katie Peters delivered a two-run single. Sydney Livermore belted her second home run of the season, a two-run shot in the first inning and later added a single and an intentional walk. Addison Weber had two hits and a walk and scored three times. Kennedy Heying drove in a pair of runs with a double and a sacrifice fly. Brooke Woerdehoff allowed one base runner on a first inning, two-out single by Maddie Bronstad. Woerdehoff struck out four. Gehlen Catholic improves to 7-and-11 for the season and 5-and-3 in the W-E-C.
(baseball)
Spirit Lake at Le Mars – ppd.
Gehlen Catholic (4-10/4-4) 10, Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 0, five innings
GRANVILLE — Colin Budden fired a five-inning, one-hitter with one walk and eleven strike outs to pitch Gehlen Catholic to a 10-0 War Eagle Conference baseball win over Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn at Granville’s Vosburg Field Monday night. The Jays plated six runs in the second inning and never looked back. Lucas McCarty led a 12-hit attack with three hits, including a pair of doubles, and two RBI’s. Cole Wiltgen, Elijah Freking and Xavier Roberts had two hits each. Gehlen improves to 4-and-10 for the season and evened their W-E-C record at 4-and-4.
(little league)
MINOR GIRLS
Lightning 2, Comets 2, tie
Stars 11, Storm 4
Thunder 0, Sparks 0, tie
Heat 8, Hurricanes 7
JUNIOR BOYS
Mariners 7, Reds 2
Royals 2, Orioles 1
JUNIOR GIRLS
Foxes 10, Hawks 9
Falcons 10, Raiders 1
MAJOR GIRLS
Warriors 13, Lions 3
Eagles 15, Spartans 6
Broncos 15, Panthers 10
Rockets 13, Chargers 12
(major league baseball)
INTERLEAGUE
(Game 1) Washington 5, N.Y. Yankees 3
(Game 2) N.Y. Yankees 4, Washington 2
Arizona 7, L.A. Angels 4
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland 6, Chicago White Sox 2
Houston 5, Tampa Bay 4
Texas 6, Kansas City 3
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh 1, Milwaukee 0
Philadelphia 6, St. Louis 5, 10 innings
L.A. Dodgers at Chicago Cubs – ppd.
N.Y. Mets 12, Colorado 2
Miami 5, San Francisco 4
TUESDAY RESULTS – June 19
(softball)
Spirit Lake 12, Le Mars (8-9/1-5) 2, six innings
SPIRIT LAKE — Payton Ahrenstorff fell a double shy of hitting for the cycle and drove in six runs to lead (#14-3A) Spirit Lake to a 12-2, six inning victory over Le Mars in Lakes Conference softball action at Spirit Lake Tuesday night. Brooke Harrington’s two-run single erased a 1-0 Le Mars lead in the second inning and two batters later, Ahrenstorff unloaded a grand slam to cap a six-run inning. Hannah Poolman homered to open the third inning and Emily Alger drove in another run with a ground ball. In the fourth Ahrenstorff struck again, tripling home a run and then scoring on a wild pitch. Ahrenstorff added a RBI-single in the sixth and scored the final run on a double by Kelsey Kannnenberg to end the game on the ‘Ten Run Rule’. Le Mars took a 1-0 lead with a RBI-single by Katelyn Raymond in the second inning. The other Le Mars run scored on an error. Kannenberg retired the final eight batters of the game, tossing a five-hitter. Kady Leusink had two hits for the Lady Bulldogs. Brook Berkenpas took the loss. Le Mars falls to 8-and-9 as they saw their four-game winning streak end. The Lady Bulldogs are 1-and-5 in league play.
(baseball)
Spencer 6, Le Mars (7-10/4-2) 5
SPENCER — Michael Storey drove in the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning Tuesday night to cap a four RBI night as Spencer edged Le Mars 6-5 in a make-up Lakes Conference baseball game from a June 8th rain out in Spencer. Le Mars had tied the game in the top of the seventh on a two-run single by Carter Arens. Storey and Brady Kluender combined for four of the five hits off Gabe Eckstaine. Storey also earned the win in relief of starter Kade Carpenter. Le Mars was limited to four hits. The Bulldogs fall to 7-and-10 for the season and 4-and-2 in the Lakes Conference.
(little league)
MINOR BOYS
Raptors 5, Timber Rattlers 2
Grasshoppers 2, River Bandits 0
Bats 5, Iron Birds 0
Red Wings 3, Knights 0
Bulls 11, Tin Cups 0
JUNIOR BOYS
Reds 8, Royals 7
Giants 11, Rays 10
MAJOR BOYS
Rockies 9, Mets 3
Phils 7, Yankees 2
Angels 7, Dodgers 3
Cubs 3, Pirates 1
A’s 7, White Sox 5
(major league baseball)
INTERLEAGUE
Washington 9, Baltimore 7
Atlanta 11, Toronto 4
Cincinnati 9, Detroit 5
L-A Angels 5, Arizona 4
Oakland 4, San Diego 2, 10 innings
AMERICAN LEAGUE
N-Y Yankees 7, Seattle 2
Cleveland 6, Chicago White Sox 3
Minnesota 6, Boston 2
Tampa Bay 2, Houston 1
Texas 4, Kansas City 1
NATIONAL LEAGUE
(game one) L-A Dodgers 4, Chicago Cubs 3
(game two) Chicago Cubs 2, L-A Dodgers 1, 10 innings
St. Louis 7, Philadelphia 6
Milwaukee 3, Pittsburgh 2
Colorado 10, N-Y Mets 8
San Francisco 6, Miami 3
WEDNESDAY RESULTS – June 20
(softball)
Le Mars at Storm Lake – ppd. to July 3rd
Unity Christian at Gehlen Catholic – ppd.
(baseball)
Le Mars at Storm Lake – ppd. to July 3rd
Unity Christian at Gehlen Catholic – ppd. to June 26th
(little league)
all games postponed
(major league baseball)
INTERLEAGUE
Toronto 5, Atlanta 4
Cincinnati 5, Detroit 3
Oakland 12, San Diego 4
Baltimore 3, Washington 0
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland 12, Chicago White Sox 0
N-Y Yankees 7, Seattle 5
Minnesota 4, Boston 1
Houston 5, Tampa Bay 1
Texas 3, Kansas City 2
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia 4, St. Louis 3
Chicago Cubs 4, L-A Dodgers 0
San Francisco 6, Miami 5
Milwaukee at Pittsburgh – ppd.
Colorado 10, N-Y Mets 8
THURSDAY RESULTS – June 21
(softball)
Le Mars at Spencer – ppd. to June 26th
Gehlen Catholic at MMCRU* – ppd.
(baseball)
Spirit Lake at Le Mars – ppd. to June 28th
Gehlen Catholic at MMCRU* – ppd.
(little league)
all games postponed to Saturday
(major league baseball)
INTERLEAGUE
Washington 4, Baltimore 2
AMERICAN LEAGUE
N-Y Yankees 4, Seattle 3
Boston 9, Minnesota 2
Oakland at Chicago White Sox – ppd.
L-A Angels 8, Toronto 5
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Colorado 6, N-Y Mets 4
Arizona 9, Pittsburgh 3
Cincinnati 6, Chicago Cubs 2
Milwaukee 11, St. Louis 3
San Francisco 3, San Diego 0
FRIDAY RESULTS – June 22
(softball)
Spencer Classic
(#8-3A) Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 4, Le Mars (8-10) 1
Le Mars (9-10) 11, MVAOCOU 0, five innings
Westwood Classic
Gehlen Catholic (8-11) 5, Riverside, Oakland 1
Gehlen Catholic (9-11) 8, Kingsley-Pierson 6
SPENCER — Kaitlyn Vander Zwag turned in a dominant pitching performance, throwing a three-hitter and striking out 13 batters to guide #8 (3A) Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley to a 4-1 victory over Le Mars on the opening day of the Spencer Classic. The Nighthawks struck for three runs in the first inning against Grace Milbrodt before she settled in to a pitcher’s duel with Vander Zwag for the remainder of the game. BHRV took advantage of two errors in the first to score three unearned runs. Brooke Haage had two of the three Le Mars hits.
Le Mars bounced back in their second game of the day to unleash a 14-hit attack to rout Maple Valley/Anthon-Oto/Charter Oak-Ute 11-0 in five innings. Annie Ellis moved to the lead off spot and responded with three hits. Brooke Haage and Katelyn Raymond drove in three runs each. Brook Berkenpas threw a six-hit shutout with four strike outs. Le Mars heads into Day 2 of the Spencer Classic with a 9-and-10 record.
SLOAN — Gehlen Catholic improved to 9-and-11 with a pair of victories at the Westwood Classic Friday evening in Sloan. The Lady Jays opened play with a 5-1 win over Riverside, Oakland and then held off a late charge by Kingsley-Pierson to win 8-6. In the win over Riverside, Brooke Woerdehoff fired a complete game, five-hitter with no walks and four strike outs. The Lady Jays did all of their scoring in the first three innings. Addison Weber and Anna Britt had two hits each while Annissa Kleich drove in a pair of runs. In the win over K-P, the Lady Jays scored three runs in the first and five more in the second inning for an early 8-0 lead. The Lady Panthers made it interesting though with a six-run sixth inning. Kennedy Heying drove in four runs with a pair of doubles and Sydney Livermore added two hits, including a RBI triple. Gehlen was limited to just five hits. Rylee Schnepf and Brooke Woerdehoff combined on a seven-hitter. Schnepf worked 5 1/3 innings of three-hit ball with six strike outs to earn the win.
(baseball)
Prange Classic
Le Mars (8-10) 5, Saydel 2
Spalding Tournament in Granville
Gehlen Catholic (5-10) 8, Newell-Fonda 7, 12 innings
(semifinals) Unity Christian 5, Gehlen (5-11) 2
SAYDEL — Trevor Renken, Alec Dreckman and Camden Schroeder combined to limit Saydel to three hits and Le Mars won a 5-2 decision on the first day of the two-day Prange Classic. Renken worked 4 1/3 innings of two-hit ball to get the win. Schroeder earned a save. Brandon Hager and Gabe Eckstaine led the offense, combining for seven hits and three RBI’s. Hagar’s two-run double in the top of the seventh extended a 3-2 lead. Eckstaine finished with three doubles among his four hits while Hager ended his day with three hits. Le Mars halts a three-game losing skid to improve to 8-and-10.
GRANVILLE — Gehlen Catholic scored the winning run on a 12th inning passed ball Friday afternoon to edge Newell-Fonda 8-7 in the quarterfinal round of the Spalding Tournament in Granville. Elijah Freking extended the game with a game-tying RBI-double an inning earlier. Jordan Von Arb led the Jays with three hits as Gehlen extended their season-best winning streak to three straight and improved to 5-and-10 for the summer. The Jays then played Unity Christian in the semifinals Friday evening and lost 5-2. Gehlen was limited to three hits. Cody Schmidt had a RBI single, Dylan Lehmann added a triple and Elijah Freking a double. Cole Linden and Cody Schmidt combined on a six-hitter for the Jays. Gehlen takes a 5-and-11 record into the third place game at 4 p.m. Saturday in Granville.
(little league make-up games from June 20th)
MINOR GIRLS
Sparks 8, Storm 0
Lightning 6, Heat 3
Thunder 7, Stars 4
Hurricanes 11, Comets 1
JUNIOR BOYS
Giants 10, Orioles 6 (make-up from June 21st)
Rays 7, Mariners 5 (make-up from June 21st)
JUNIOR GIRLS
Raiders 13, Foxes 12
Hawks 12, Falcons 11
MAJOR GIRLS
Spartans 14, Lions 13
Chargers 14, Panthers 10
Warriors 13, Eagles 3
Rockets 10, Broncos 9
PEE WEE GAMES HAVE BEEN CANCELLED – field under water
(major league baseball)
INTERLEAGUE
Baltimore 10, Atlanta 7, 15 innings
AMERICAN LEAGUE
(game 1) Oakland 11, Chicago White Sox 2
(game 2) Chicago White Sox 6, Oakland 4
Cleveland 10, Detroit 0
Tampa Bay 2, N.Y. Yankees 1
Boston 14, Seattle 10
Kansas City 1, Houston 0
Texas 8, Minnesota 1
L.A. Angels 2, Toronto 1
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Arizona 2, Pittsburgh 1, 13 innings
Philadelphia 12, Washington 2
Cincinnati 6, Chicago Cubs 3
L.A. Dodgers 5, N.Y. Mets 2
Milwaukee 2, St. Louis 1
Colorado 11, Miami 3
San Diego 6, San Francisco 2
SATURDAY RESULTS – June 23
(softball)
Spencer Classic
Newell-Fonda 6, Le Mars (9-11) 5, nine innings
(#5-1A) North Union 5, Le Mars (9-12) 2
Westwood Classic
Gehlen Catholic (10-11) 6, (#10-1A) Westwood 3
(#14-1A) West Monona 15, Gehlen Catholic (10-12) 9
SPENCER — Peyton Wilken’s RBI-single in the bottom of the ninth inning produced a 6-5 walk-off victory for Newell-Fonda against Le Mars on Day 2 of the Spencer Classic. Chandler Grosenheider delivered a two-run double in the sixth inning for Le Mars to knot the score at 4-all and send the game into extra innings. Both teams scored in the eighth before the Mustangs prevailed in the ninth. Kady Leusink had three hits for the Lady Bulldogs. In Game 2, No. 5 (1A) North Union’s Kate Anderson threw a five-hitter with eight strike outs to pitch the Warriors to a 5-2 win over Le Mars. North Union snapped a 1-all tie with three runs in the fourth inning on RBI hits from Brooklyn Prochianak, Hope Steinbrenner, and Kately Thackery. Kady Leusink and Christina Konz drove in the Le Mars runs. Brook Berkenpas absorbed the loss in both games. Le Mars falls to 9-and-12.
SLOAN — Eighth-grader Rylee Schnepf tossed a five-hitter with six walks but allowed only one earned run in pitching Gehlen Catholic to a 6-3 up-set win over No. 10 (1A) Westwood at the Westwood Softball Classic in Sloan Saturday afternoon. Schnepf gave up three runs in the first inning before shutting out the Rebels the rest of the way. The Lady Jays scored three runs in the third inning to erase a 3-1 deficit and Katie Peters’ two-run single in the fourth padded the lead. Chloe Bunkers and Anna Britt had RBI-doubles. In the second game of the day, No. 14 (1A) West Monona won a wild 15-9 decision, rapping out 17 hits against three Gehlen pitchers. The Spartans led 8-3 after three innings before the Lady Jays struck for four runs in the fourth to cut the deficit to 8-7. West Monona added two runs in the fifth and five more in the sixth before Gehlen answered with two in the seventh. Anna Britt drove in two runs with a pair of singles and Sydney Livermore had two hits, including a triple. The Lady Jays won three of four over the two-day classic to improve to 10-and-12.
(baseball)
Prange Classic at Ankeny
Bondurant-Farrar 9, Le Mars (8-11) 3
Spalding Tournament in Granville
(3rd place game) (#4-1A) Remsen St. Mary’s (16-3) 16, Gehlen Catholic (5-12) 11
ANKENY — Bondurant-Farrar jumped to a 5-0 lead after two innings Saturday and the Blue Jays went onto beat Le Mars 9-3 on the final day of the Prange Classic. The Bulldogs pulled to within 5-3 in the top of the fourth inning but a three-run bottom of the fourth put the game on ice for Bondurant-Farrar. Gabe Eckstaine led Le Mars with two hits, including a RBI-double. Chris Deiterman also had a RBI for the Dogs. Hogan McIntosh’s three-run triple was the key blow for the winners.
GRANVILLE — No. 4 (1A) Remsen St. Mary’s scored eight runs in the top of the seventh inning Saturday afternoon to rally back from a 7-1 deficit and beat Gehlen Catholic 16-11 in the third place game of the Spalding Tournament at Granville’s Vosburg Field. The Jays led 7-1 after two innings before the two teams combined to score 16 runs in the final two innings of the game. The Hawks cut the deficit to 7-4 in the third and went ahead 8-7 in the sixth. Gehlen tied the game in the bottom of the sixth at 8-all before the eight-run seventh put St. Mary’s in front 16-8. The Jays scored three in the bottom of the seventh before the rally fizzled. Brett Galles had a pair of doubles among his three hits and drove in three runs for St. Mary’s Spencer Schorg was the winning pitcher. For Gehlen, Elijah Freking drove in four runs on two hits, Elijan Freking had three RBI’s and Cole Wiltgen had three hits and two RBI’s. Mitchell Hunt was the losing pitcher for the Jays. The Hawks improve to 16-and-3 while Gehlen falls to 5-and-12. Remsen St. Mary’s lost a 5-3 decision in the semifinals against unbeaten, No.5 (2A) West Lyon earlier in the day.
(little league make-up games from June 21st)
MINOR BOYS
Timber Rattlers 6, Tin Cups 5
Raptors vs. Knights – no score turned in
Grasshoppers 3, Iron Birds 2
Bulls 12, Bats 1
River Bandits 4, Red Wings 1
MAJOR BOYS
Rockies 12, A’s 4
Cubs 10, Mets 1
Phils 9, Dodgers 6
Yankees 6, Pirates 3
White Sox 15, Angels 4
PEE WEE GAMES HAVE BEEN CANCELLED – field under water
(major league baseball)
INTERLEAGUE
Baltimore 7, Atlanta 5
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Texas 9, Minnesota 6
Tampa Bay 4, N.Y. Yankees 0
Oakland 7, Chicago White Sox 6
Houston 4, Kansas City 3, 12 innings
Seattle 7, Boston 2
Cleveland 4, Detroit 1
Toronto 4, L.A. Angels 1
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Arizona 7, Pittsburgh 2
Philadelphia 5, Washington 3
Cincinnati 11, Chicago Cubs 2
San Francisco 5, San Diego 3
St. Louis 3, Milwaukee 2
Miami 6, Colorado 2
L-A Dodgers 8, N-Y Mets 3
SUNDAY RESULTS – June 24
(major league baseball)
INTERLEAGUE
Atlanta 7, Baltimore 3
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Minnesota 2, Texas 0
Tampa Bay 7, N.Y. Yankees 6, 12 innings
Chicago White Sox 10, Oakland 3
Houston 11, Kansas City 3
Boston 5, Seattle 0
Cleveland 12, Detroit 2
Toronto 7, L.A. Angels 6, 10 innings
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Arizona 3, Pittsburgh 0
L-A Dodgers 8, N-Y Mets 7, 11 innings
Cincinnati 8, Chicago Cubs 6
San Diego 3, San Francisco 2, 11 innings
St. Louis 8, Milwaukee 2
Miami 8, Colorado 5
Washington 8, Philadelphia 6
