MONDAY RESULTS – July 14
(high school baseball)
Le Mars (14-16) 12, Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 9
(LE MARS) — Colan Borchers drove in four runs on a pair of hits and a sacrifice fly to lead Le Mars to a 12-9 non-conference baseball victory Monday afternoon over Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley at the Bulldog Complex. Borchers’ two-run double in the first put the Dogs in front 2-0 and Caleb Cline followed with another two-run double to make it 4-0. The Nighthawks cut the lead to 4-2 in the second but the Bulldogs countered with four more runs in their half of the second. Matt Ellefson homered to left, Mitch Timp added a RBI single and two runs scored on a RBI single by Cameron Leff followed by a error in the outfield. After Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley closed to within 8-4 with two runs in the third, the Bulldogs added two runs in the fifth and two more in the sixth for a 12-4 lead. Dayton Rand had a RBI single in the fifth inning and Borchers added another run-scoring double. In the sixth, Keaton Candor had a RBI double and Borchers added a sacrifice fly. The Nighthawks collected six of their seven hits in the seventh and took advantage of two Bulldog errors to score five runs before reliever Dayton Rand was able to quell the rally. Cameron Leff got the win, pitching five innings of one-hit ball. But five walks and a pair of strikeouts ran his pitch count in excess of 100 pitches. Rand worked the final two innings. Le Mars improves to 14-and-16 and will close out the regular season Tuesday with a varsity game only at 6:30 against Denison-Schleswig at the Bulldog Complex.
CLASS 2A DISTRICT QUARTERFINALS (make-up games from Saturday)
(district 1 / sub-state 1)
(at Orange City)
Cherokee 6, Marcus/Meriden-Cleghorn/Remsen-Union 5
Hinton 4, Unity Christian 2
(district 2 / sub-state 1)
(at Estherville)
Okoboji 9, Sheldon 3
Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 4, Sibley-Ocheyedan 1
(high school softball)
CLASS 1A REGIONAL FINALS
(region 1)
#1-Akron-Westfield (35-0) 6, Newell-Fonda 2
(region 8)
Glidden-Ralston 6, #13-Remsen St. Mary’s (22-11) 2
CLASS 2A REGIONAL FINALS
(region 1)
#3-Woodbury Central 4, South O’Brien 2
(region 8)
Maple Valley/Anthon-Oto 3, Treynor 0
CLASS 3A REGIONAL FINALS
(region 1)
Greene County 12, #4-Sioux Center 3
(region 2)
Spirit Lake 6, Osage 5
(American Association baseball)
Sioux City Explorers 13, Kansas City T-Bones 6
TUESDAY RESULTS – July 15
(high school softball)
CLASS 4A REGIONAL FINALS
(FORT DODGE) — Well it may have come a year later than everybody thought but the Le Mars Lady Bulldogs softball team is headed for the 4A State tournament next week! Madison Heidebrink’s two-out RBI double in the bottom of the seventh inning drove in Holly Schneider from first base with the winning run and Le Mars stunned No. 2 Fort Dodge 3-2 Tuesday night in the 4A Regional finals at the Rogers Sports Complex in Fort Dodge. It was Heidebrink’s fourth hit of the night and her third RBI. She tripled home a run in the third to tie the score at 1-1 and singled home a run in the fifth to again tie the game at 2-2. Her double to the gap in right-center produced the improbable walk-off win. Janessa Milbrodt threw a five-hitter with three walks and one strikeout to get the win in the pitching circle to improve to 11-and-10. Le Mars (21-and-16) will play in their first-ever State softball tournament next Monday at 11:30 a.m. against top-rated Dallas Center-Grimes (38-and-1) in Fort Dodge.
(region 1)
Le Mars 3, #2-Fort Dodge 2
CLASS 5A REGIONAL FINALS
(region 1)
#1-Johnston 12, Sioux City East 0, five innings
(high school baseball)
Denison-Schleswig 12, Le Mars 1, six innings
(LE MARS) — Le Mars closed out the regular season Tuesday night with a 12-1 loss in six innings to Denison-Schleswig at the Bulldog Complex. The Monarchs led 5-1 going into the sixth inning when they scored seven runs to end the game on the ten-run rule. Brayden Schurke tossed a two-hitter for the Monarchs, giving up a RBI double to Keaton Candor and a single to Kyle Kliever. Le Mars closes out the regular season at 14-and-17 and will play Spencer at 5 p.m. Friday at Sergeant Bluff in the Class 3A District tournament semifinals. The game will be carried on KLEM starting at 4:50.
CLASS 1A DISTRICT QUARTERFINALS
(LE MARS) — Blake Wiltgen, Jarod Steffes, and Ty Kurth combined to throw a 1-hit shutout as No. 5 Gehlen Catholic opened 1A District tournament play with a 9-0 win over Akron-Westfield in the quarterfinals at the Riverview Complex. Wiltgen led the Jays offensively with three hits and two RBI’s. Gehlen took control of the game with a five-run second inning, highlighted by two-run doubles by Wiltgen and Noah Livermore. Brady Heying finished with three hits and two RBI’s for the Jays. Gehlen Catholic takes a 26-and-3 record into Thursday’s semifinals against South O’Brien at the Riverview Complex starting at 7 p.m. South O’Brien beat Central Lyon 4-0 in the opening game Tuesday in Le Mars. Thursday’s semifinal round game will be carried on KLEM.
(district 1 / sub-state 1)
(at Lawton)
West Monona 10, River Valley 0, six innings
Lawton-Bronson 16, Boyer Valley 1, four innings
(at Moville)
Ar-We-Va 7, Kingsley-Pierson 1
Woodbury Central 7, Westwood 2
(district 2 / sub-state 1)
(at Larchwood)
#4-Remsen St. Mary’s (27-4) 9, George-Little Rock 0
West Sioux 8, West Lyon 7
(at Le Mars)
South O’Brien 4, Central Lyon 0
#5-Gehlen Catholic (26-3) 9, Akron-Westfield 0
CLASS 2A DISTRICT SEMIFINALS
(district 1 / sub-state 1)
(at Orange City)
Sioux Center 1, Cherokee 0
Hinton 6, Western Christian 0
(district 2 / sub-state 1)
(at Estherville)
Emmetsburg 9, Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 8, twelve innings
Estherville/Lincoln Central 8, Okoboji 5
(district 3 / sub-state 2)
(at Carroll)
Maple Valley/Anthon-Oto 3, East Sac County 0
Ridge View 5, Kuemper Catholic 3
(district 4 / sub-state 2)
(at Fort Dodge)
Southeast Valley 7, Sioux Central 1
Fort Dodge St. Edmond 10, Manson-NW Webster 0, five innings
(American Association baseball)
Kansas City T-Bones 4, Sioux City Explorers 0
(major league baseball)
MINNEAPOLIS – Derek Jeter went 2-for-2 with a double and a run scored in his final All-Star game to help the American League beat the National League 5-3 in Minnesota. Mike Trout took MVP honors by hitting an RBI triple in the first inning before snapping a 3-3 with a run-scoring double in the fifth. Miguel Cabrera smacked a two-run homer to help the AL overcome a pair of RBI doubles by Jonathan Lucroy.
WEDNESDAY RESULTS – July 16
(American Association baseball)
Kansas City T-Bones 5, Sioux City Explorers 2
THURSDAY RESULTS – July 17
(high school baseball)
CLASS 1A DISTRICT SEMIFINALS
(district 1 / sub-state 1)
Lawton-Bronson 12, West Monona 2, six innings
Woodbury Central 10, Ar-We-Va 4
(district 2 / sub-state 1)
#4-Remsen St. Mary’s 4, West Sioux 0
#5-Gehlen Catholic 5, South O’Brien 0
(LE MARS) — Mitchell Flack and Brady Heying combined on a four-hit shutout and Lucas Hunt drove in three runs to lead No. 5 Gehlen Catholic to a 5-0 semifinal round win over South O’Brien at the Riverview Complex Thursday night in the 1A Districts. Flack worked out of a bases loaded jam in the first inning by striking out the final two batters. He was in control for much of the rest of the game, walking two, hitting two batters and striking out nine. Heying worked the seventh inning and retired all three hitters he faced. Hunt broke up the scoreless tie with Gehlen’s first hit of the night off senior Bret Puhrmann in the third inning. The Jays added four more runs in a nine-batter fourth inning to break the game open. Flack made it 2-0 with a RBI single and Jarod Steffes scored the Jays third run on a wild pitch. Hunt then stroked a two-run, bases-loaded single to right for a 5-0 lead. Blake Wiltgen also had two hits for Gehlen, who finished with eight hits off Puhrmann. Gehlen improves to 27-and-3 and will meet No. 4 Remsen St. Mary’s (28-and-4) Saturday night in the district-two finals at Gehlen’s Riverview Complex at 7 p.m. The game will be carried on KLEM. The Hawks have handed Gehlen two of their three losses by 6-0 and 5-4 scores.
FRIDAY RESULTS – July 18
(high school baseball)
CLASS 3A DISTRICT SEMIFINALS
(SERGEANT BLUFF) — Le Mars scored on four sacrifice flies, two by Dayton Rand, to back Colan Borchers’ fifth straight win on the mound as the Bulldogs beat Spencer 4-2 Friday night in the 3A District semifinals at Sergeant Bluff. Rand drove in the first two runs with sac-flies in the first and third innings. Chase Habben’s RBI single in the bottom of the third for Spencer cut the Bulldog lead to 2-1. Caleb Cline lifted a sac-fly to right in the fourth for a 3-1 advantage but the Tigers’ Caleb Heisinger closed the gap to 3-2 in the fifth with a two-out, RBI single. Borchers escaped further damage in the fifth when got Luke Petersen on a ground out with the bases loaded. Cameron Leff had a sacrifice fly to right in the sixth to extend the lead to two runs again. Spencer outhit Le Mars 9-6 but stranded nine base runners. Borchers (6-2), who had double-digit strike out totals in his last four starts, fanned a mere three against the Tigers and finished with one walk. Keaton Candor had three hits and was hit by a pitch in his four at-bats to lead the Bulldogs at the plate. He scored twice. Le Mars had their lead-off hitter reach base in all seven innings with four of them scoring. Le Mars improves to 15-and-17 for the season and will play in the District finals Monday night in Sergeant Bluff at 7 p.m.
(district 1 / sub-state 1)
(at Orange City)
#2-Bishop Heelan (30-7) 11, Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley (15-14) 1, five innings
M-O-C/Floyd Valley (22-8) 10, Spirit Lake (15-9) 0, five innings
(district 2 / sub-state 1)
(at Sergeant Bluff)
Le Mars (15-17) 4, Spencer (16-9) 2
Sergeant Bluff-Luton (22-11) 18, Storm Lake (2-24) 0, four innings
CLASS 4A SUB-STATE QUARTERFINALS
(sub-state 1)
#6-Dowling Catholic 2, Sioux City West 1, eleven innings
Ames 4, Sioux City East 2
Fort Dodge 3, Sioux City North 2, eight innings
(American Association baseball)
Wichita Wingnuts 4, Sioux City Explorers 3
(major league baseball)
INTERLEAGUE
N.Y. Yankees 4, Cincinnati 3
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Texas 5, Toronto 1
Cleveland 9, Detroit 3
Boston 5, Kansas City 4
Chicago White Sox 3, Houston 2
Tampa Bay 6, Minnesota 2
Oakland 5, Baltimore 4
L.A. Angels 3, Seattle 2, 16 innings
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh 4, Colorado 2
Milwaukee 4, Washington 2
San Francisco 9, Miami 1
Atlanta 6, Philadelphia 4
St. Louis 3, L.A. Dodgers 2
Arizona 5, Chicago Cubs 4
N.Y. Mets 5, San Diego 4
SATURDAY RESULTS – July 19
(high school baseball)
CLASS 1A DISTRICT FINALS
(LE MARS) — No. 5 Gehlen Catholic rallied from a 6-1 deficit to win 7-6 in a seventh inning walk-off against No. 4 Remsen St. Mary’s Saturday night in the 1A District finals at Gehlen’s Riverview Complex. Solomon Freking’s one-out single to left scored Austin Herbst from second base with the winner to cap an incredible rally by the Jays as they avenged two regular season losses to the Hawks. Andrew Pottebaum’s two-run double in the first inning gave St. Mary’s a 2-0 head start. Brady Heying’s sacrifice fly in the bottom of the first made it 2-1. Starting pitcher’s Matt Wesselmann for St. Mary’s and Blake Wiltgen for Gehlen got locked in after that, matching zeros for the next three innings. A pair of one out walks to the number eight and nine batters in the Hawks line-up opened the door to a four-run fifth inning by St. Mary’s. Erik Willman squeezed a run across with a second runner scoring when the throw to first base on the bunt attempt went down the right field line. Elliott Conover and Andrew Pottebaum followed with RBI hits for a 6-1 lead heading into the bottom of the fifth. Gehlen proceeded to score six runs on eight hits in their final three at-bats. Three runs scored in the fifth on RBI hits by Brady Heying, Blake Wiltgen and Mitchell Flack to trim the deficit to 6-4. The Jays tied it in the sixth on a RBI ground out by Heying and a RBI double by Jarod Steffes. The late game rally by the Jays was fueled by a pair of double plays to end both the sixth and seventh innings defensively. Brady Heying (8-0) got the win in relief while Elliott Conover (6-3) took the loss. Heying drove in three runs for the Jays and Lucas Hunt had three hits and scored three runs. Andrew Pottebaum had three RBI’s for Remsen St. Mary’s. The Hawks close out a 28-and-5 season while Gehlen Catholic improves to 28-and-3 and will meet Woodbury Central in the Sub-State finals Tuesday night at the Le Mars Community Bulldog Complex at 7 p.m. The game will be carried on KLEM. Gehlen handed the Wildcats an 11-0 setback in June at the J-Club Tournament.
(district 1 / sub-state 1)
Woodbury Central (22-7) 13, Lawton-Bronson (17-12) 3, five innings
(district 2 / sub-state 1)
#5-Gehlen Catholic (28-3) 7, #4-Remsen St. Mary’s (28-5) 6
CLASS 2A DISTRICT FINALS
(district 1 / sub-state 1)
Hinton (22-8) 7, Sioux Center (24-4) 2
(district 2 / sub-state 1)
Emmetsburg 2, Estherville/Lincoln Central 1
(district 3 / sub-state 2)
Maple Valley/Anthon-Oto 5, Ridge View 1
(district 4 / sub-state 2)
Southeast Valley 7, Fort Dodge St. Edmond 5
(American Association baseball)
Wichita Wingnuts 4, Sioux City Explorers 3
(major league baseball)
INTERLEAGUE
N.Y. Yankees 7, Cincinnati 1
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Toronto 4, Texas 1
Cleveland 6, Detroit 2, 1st game
Cleveland 5, Detroit 2, 2nd game
Chicago White Sox 4, Houston 3
Boston 2, Kansas City 1
Tampa Bay 5, Minnesota 1
Baltimore 8, Oakland 4
Seattle 3, L.A. Angels 2, 12 innings
NATIONAL LEAGUE
St. Louis 4, L.A. Dodgers 2
Pittsburgh 3, Colorado 2, 11 innings
Washington 8, Milwaukee 3
Philadelphia 2, Atlanta 1
San Francisco 5, Miami 3
Arizona 9, Chicago Cubs 3
San Diego 6, N.Y. Mets 0
SUNDAY RESULTS – July 20
(American Association baseball)
Wichita Wingnuts 8, Sioux City Explorers 5
(major league baseball)
INTERLEAGUE
N.Y. Yankees 3, Cincinnati 2
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Toronto 9, Texas 6
Detroit 5, Cleveland 1
Boston 6, Kansas City 0
Houston 11, Chicago White Sox 7
Tampa Bay 5, Minnesota 3
L.A. Angels 6, Seattle 5
Oakland 10, Baltimore 2
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Miami 3, San Francisco 2
Pittsburgh 5, Colorado 3
Washington 5, Milwaukee 4
Atlanta 8, Philadelphia 2
Arizona 3, Chicago Cubs 2
San Diego 2, N.Y. Mets 1
L.A. Dodgers 4, St. Louis 3
