MONDAY RESULTS – July 21
(high school softball)
STATE TOURNAMENT at Fort Dodge
(FORT DODGE) — Top-rated Dallas Center-Grimes wasted little time in getting the upper hand on Le Mars Community Monday, scoring seven runs in the first two innings and the Fillies went on to post a 12-2, six inning victory over the Lady Bulldogs in the 4A quarterfinals at the State softball tournament in Fort Dodge. Tabitha Taylor’s two-run double capped a four-run first inning for Dallas Center-Grimes and Allison O’Brien’s two-run triple highlighted a three-run second inning as the Fillies soared to a 7-0 lead before Le Mars could even settle in against all-state pitcher Paige Lowary. Lowary had not given up more than two runs in any game this season and only seven teams had scored against the Fillies. So the task was daunting after just two innings. Le Mars did end up with four hits and became only the fourth team to tally two runs against Lowary. Jessica Van Otterloo bunted a run home in the fourth and Kassidy Renken, playing despite breaking her finger in the Regional final win over Ft. Dodge, had a RBI single in the sixth inning. Rachel Lowary homered for the Fillies in the fourth and Dallas Center-Grimes ended the game on the ten-run rule with four runs in the bottom of the sixth. Jackie Peyton doubled home a run, Allison O’Brien had her second two-run hit of the game and Taylor Draisey ended the game with a RBI double. The Fillies netted twelve hits off losing pitcher Janessa Milbrodt. Le Mars takes a 21-and-17 record into the consolation bracket semifinals Wednesday against No. 8 West Delaware at 10 am. The Lady Bulldogs will then close out the season at 2 pm in either the fifth or seventh place game.
CLASS 3A QUARTERFINALS
#2-East Marshall 4, Mid-Prairie 3
#9-Bondurant-Farrar 9, #13-West Burlington/Notre Dame 4
#3-Clarke 13, Spirit Lake 0, three innings
Greene County 2, #6-Center Point-Urbana 0
CLASS 4A QUARTERFINALS
#1-Dallas Center-Grimes 12, Le Mars 2, six innings
#11-Norwalk 8, #8-West Delaware 0
#3-Solon 15, Clear Creek-Amana 4
#4-Carlisle 7, #10-Oskaloosa 2
CLASS 5A QUARTERFINALS
#1-Johnston 12, #9-Waukee 6
#3-West Des Moines Valley 3, #5-Muscatine 0
(high school baseball)
CLASS 3A DISTRICT FINALS
(SERGEANT BLUFF) — Bryce Hanson and Thomas Wisecup combined to pitch a four-hit shutout as Sergeant Bluff-Luton eliminated Le Mars from the 3A tournament trail with a 4-0 victory in the 3A District finals at Sergeant Bluff Monday night. The two combined to strike out 13 Bulldog hitters. The game was decided in the first inning when Spencer Wyant smacked a two-run homer off losing pitcher Cameron Leff. The Warriors added two more runs on three infield hits and a sacrifice fly off reliever Colan Borchers in the sixth. Le Mars threatened in several innings, standing nine base runners for the night. The Bulldogs left the bases loaded in the third and stranded two in the second and fourth innings. Le Mars finishes the season at 15-and-18 while Sergeant Bluff-Luton advances to the Sub-State championship game against No. 2 Bishop Heelan Wednesday in Le Mars.
(district 1 / sub-state 1)
#2-Bishop Heelan 11, M-O-C/Floyd Valley 7
(district 2 / sub-state 1)
Sergeant Bluff-Luton 4, Le Mars 0
CLASS 4A SUB-STATE SEMIFINALS
(sub-state 1)
Fort Dodge 11, Ames 7
(American Association baseball)
Gary-South Shore Railcats 9, Sioux City Explorers 7
(major league baseball)
INTERLEAGUE
Detroit 4, Arizona 3
Seattle 5, N-Y Mets 2
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Texas 4, N.Y. Yankees 2
Boston 14, Toronto 1
Minnesota 4, Cleveland 3
Chicago White Sox 3, Kansas City 1
Baltimore 4, L.A. Angels 2
NATIONAL LEAGUE
L.A. Dodgers 5, Pittsburgh 2
San Francisco 7, Philadelphia 4
Miami 3, Atlanta 1, 10 innings
Milwaukee 5, Cincinnati 2
Washington 7, Colorado 2
TUESDAY RESULTS – July 22
(high school softball)
STATE TOURNAMENT at Fort Dodge
(FORT DODGE) — Senior Kayla Tindall tossed an opening day, two-hitter with one walk and seven strike outs to pitch top-rated Akron-Westfield to a 5-1 win over Glidden-Ralston in the 1A State softball tournament in Fort Dodge Tuesday evening. The Westerners scored an unearned run in the first inning and that 1-0 lead stood until A-W scored three in the sixth and added another in the seventh to secure the victory. Tindall lost her no-hit bid in the sixth and lost the shutout in the bottom of the seventh. Tindall also had two of the Westerners’ five hits off sophomore Lauren Mahlberg. Kortney Hedlund also had two hits and scored twice. Tindall improves to 22-and-0 for the season while Akron-Westfield’s record goes to 36-and-0 with their 52nd straight victory. A-W meets No. 6 Martensdale-St.Marys at 1:30 Thursday in the semifinals. The game will be carried on KLEM.
CLASS 5A QUARTERFINALS
#2-Dowling Catholic 4, #8-Pleasant Valley 1
#4-Southeast Polk 2, #6-Cedar Rapids Jefferson 0
CLASS 3A CONSOLATION BRACKET
Mid-Prairie 5, #13-West Burlington/Notre Dame 2
#6-Center Point-Urbana (29-10) 5, Spirit Lake (23-10) 2
CLASS 1A QUARTERFINALS
Lansing Kee (33-8) 4, #2-Lynnville-Sully (34-2) 0
#4-AGWSR (28-6) 2, #11-Bellevue Marquette Catholic (34-7) 0
#1-Akron-Westfield (36-0) 5, Glidden-Ralston (14-12) 1
#6-Martensdale-St.Marys (26-4) 6, #5-Wayne (27-7) 5
CLASS 2A QUARTERFINALS
#1-Highland (32-1) 5, Saint Ansgar (19-9) 0
#5-Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont (25-5) 5, #15-Albunett (26-13) 1
#2-Earlham (29-4) 3, North Butler (18-9) 0
#3-Woodbury Central (29-5) 4, Maple Valley/Anthon-Oto (22-10) 3
(high school baseball)
CLASS 1A SUB-STATE 1 FINALS
#5-Gehlen Catholic (29-3) 7, Woodbury Central 6, eight innings
(LE MARS) — It was another incredible night of high school baseball in Le Mars as No. 5 Gehlen Catholic locked horns with Woodbury Central in a 1A Sub-State final at the Bulldogs Complex. The Jays punched their State tournament ticket with their second straight come-from-behind, walk-off victory. Ty Kurth completed a rally from a 4-1 deficit with a RBI single in the bottom of the eighth inning as Gehlen Catholic beat Woodbury Central 7-6. The Wildcats, behind the pitching of senior Grady Manker, built a 4-1 lead through the first five innings. The Jays finally reached Manker for three runs in the sixth inning with Solomon Frekling’s single knotting the score at 4-4. Woodbury Central reclaimed a 6-4 advantage in the top of the seventh against Gehlen ace Blake Wiltgen on RBI hits by Nick Phelps and Connor Lamp. The Jays struck back in the bottom of the seventh with Jarod Steffes plating a run with a double. The Jays were down to their final strike when Mitchell Flack delivered a RBI single up the middle to score Matt Holzman from second base to tie the game at 6-all, sending the contest into extra innings. Blake Wiltgen retired the Wildcats in order in the eighth and earned the win when Kurth singled to left with one out to drive in the winning run, touching off a wild celebration. The Jays (29-3) play Lone Tree (21-6) at 1 p.m. Saturday at Principal Park in Des Moines in the quarterfinals of the 1A State tournament. The game will be carried on KLEM. It will be Gehlen’s sixth trip to the State tournament but their first since 2008. Spalding Catholic last played in a State tournament in 2005.
CLASS 2A SUB-STATE FINALS
(sub-state 1)
Hinton (23-8) 7, Emmetsburg 2 (Hinton plays at 6 pm Monday against Dyersville Beckman in the 2A State Tournament. It will be the Blackhawks first State tournament appearance in baseball)
(sub-state 2)
Maple Valley/Anthon-Oto 5, Southeast Valley 4 (M-V/A-O plays top-seed North Polk at 12-noon Monday in the 2A State tournament)
(American Association baseball)
Gary-South Shore Railkcats 5, Sioux City Explorers 2
(major league baseball)
INTERLEAGUE
Tampa Bay 7, St. Louis 2
Arizona 5, Detroit 4
N-Y Mets 3, Seattle 1
AMERICAN LEAGUE
N.Y. Yankees 2, Texas 1, 14 innings
Toronto 7, Boston 3
Cleveland 8, Minnesota 2
Kansas City 7, Chicago White Sox 1
Baltimore 4, L.A. Angels 2
Houston 3, Oakland 2, 12 innings
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh 12, L.A. Dodgers 7
San Francisco 9, Philadelphia 6, 14 innings
Miami 6, Atlanta 5
Chicago Cubs 6, San Diego 0
Milwaukee 4, Cincinnati 3
Washington 7, Colorado 4
WEDNESDAY RESULTS – July 23
(high school softball)
STATE TOURNAMENT at Fort Dodge
(FORT DODGE) — The Le Mars girls softball team wrapped up play in their first-ever State softball tournament on Wednesday, finishing seventh in the Class 4A tournament. No. 8 West Delaware, Manchester edged the Lady Bulldogs 2-1 in the consolation bracket semifinals behind a three-hitter by Hannah Cole. Cole allowed a triple by Madison Heidebrink in the first inning and a home run by Kassidy Rieken in the second. Crystal Eppling added a single in the sixth for Le Mars. Janessa Milbrodt allowed just four hits in the pitching circle for Le Mars. The Hawks scored an unearned run in the first and added a run on a wild pitch in the second to complete the scoring. In the seventh place game, Le Mars rallied from a 3-2 deficit with six runs in an eleven-batter fifth inning to beat unrated Clear Creek-Amana 8-3. Madison Heidebrink belted a two-run homer in the first inning for an early 2-0 Le Mars lead but the Clippers tallied three runs in the fifth on a walk, two hits and a pair of Lady Bulldog errors. Crystal Eppling’s RBI single tied the game in the bottom of the fifth and Kassidy Rieken followed with a two-run single for a 5-3 lead. Another run scored on a error before Grace Milbrodt singled home a run and Janessa Milbrodt’s sacrifice fly brought in the final run. Janessa Milbrodt scattered eight hits with one walk and four strike outs to finish at 12-and-12 for the season. Le Mars finished the season at 22-and-18. Three seniors closed out their careers for Le Mars, Madison Heidebrink, Andrea Urban and Cassie Schlumbaum.
CLASS 3A CONSOLATION BRACKET
(7th place game) Spirit Lake (24-10) 3, #13-West Burlington/Notre Dame (23-15) 2
(5th place game) Mid-Prairie (27-11) 7, #6-Center Point-Urbana (29-11) 5
CLASS 4A CONSOLATION BRACKET
#8-West Delaware (31-8) 2, Le Mars (21-18) 1
#10-Oskaloosa (30-10) 3, Clear Creek-Amana (22-20) 1
(5th place game) #10-Oskaloosa (31-10) 7, #8-West Delaware (31-9) 2
(7th place game) Le Mars (22-18) 8, Clear Creek-Amana (22-21) 3
CLASS 5A CONSOLATION BRACKET
#5-Muscatine (38-5) 5, 9-Waukee (25-18) 0
#8-Pleasant Valley (31-9) 12, #6-Cedar Rapids Jefferson (34-8) 0
(7th place game) #6-Cedar Rapids Jefferson (35-8) 2, #9-Waukee (25-19) 0
(5th place game) #5-Muscatine (39-5) 8, #8-Pleasant Valley (31-10) 0
CLASS 1A CONSOLATION
#2-Lynnville-Sully (35-2) 3, #11-Bellevue Marquette Catholic (34-8) 2
#5-Wayne (28-7) 1, Glidden-Ralston (14-13) 0
(5th place game) #2-Lynnville-Sully (36-2) 2, #5-Wayne (28-8) 1, nine innings
(7th place game) #11-Bellevue Marquette Catholic (35-8) 13, Glidden-Ralston (14-14) 0, four innings
CLASS 2A CONSOLATION BRACKET
#15-Alburnett (27-13) 6, Saint Ansgar (19-10) 5, nine innings
Maple Valley/Anthon-Oto (23-10) 15, North Butler (18-10) 1, four innings
(5th place game) #15-Alburnett (28-13) 9, Maple Valley/Anthon-Oto (23-11) 5
(7th place game) North Butler (19-10) 11, Saint Ansgar (19-11) 0, six innings
(high school baseball)
CLASS 3A SUB-STATE 1 FINAL
Sergeant Bluff-Luton 2, #2-Bishop Heelan 1
(American Association baseball)
Sioux City Explorers 5, Gary-South Shore Railcats 4
(major league baseball)
INTERLEAGUE
Detroit 11, Arizona 5
N-Y Mets 3, Seattle 2
Tampa Bay 3, St. Louis 0
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Minnesota 3, Cleveland 1
Kansas City 2, Chicago White Sox 1
N.Y. Yankees 2, Texas 1, 5 innings
Toronto 6, Boston 4
L.A. Angels 3, Baltimore 2
Oakland 9, Houston 7
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Milwaukee 5, Cincinnati 1
Colorado 6, Washington 4
Pittsburgh 6, L.A. Dodgers 1
San Francisco 3, Philadelphia 1
Atlanta 6, Miami 1
San Diego 8, Chicago Cubs 3
THURSDAY RESULTS – July 24
(high school softball)
STATE TOURNAMENT at Fort Dodge
(FORT DODGE) — Kayla Tindall struck out Nicole Shutt with runners on first and second to end a seventh inning threat and preserve a 3-2 win for top-rated Akron-Westfield over No. 6 Martinsdale-St. Marys in the semifinals of the Class 1A State softball tournament in Fort Dodge Thursday. Kortney Hedlund drove in a pair of runs for the Westerners and Desi Oltmanns had a RBI hit. Tindall led a nine-hit attack with three hits to give her five hits in eight State tournament at-bats so far. Akron-Westfield, which extended their winning streak to 53 straight, takes a 37-and-0 record into the State title game Friday at 10 a.m. against unrated Lansing Kee (34-8). The game will be carried on KLEM starting at 9:50.
CLASS 2A SEMIFINALS
#5-Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont (26-5) 6, #1-Highland (32-2) 2
#2-Earlham (30-4) 3, #3-Woodbury Central (29-6) 2
CLASS 1A SEMIFINALS
Lansing Kee (34-8) 3, #4-AGWSR, Ackley (28-7) 1
#1-Akron-Westfield (37-0) 3, #6-Martensdale-St. Marys (26-5) 2
CLASS 4A SEMIFINALS
#1-Dallas Center-Grimes (40-1) 9, #11-Norwalk (28-13) 0
#3-Solon (39-2) 7, #4-Carlisle (34-3) 3
CLASS 5A SEMIFINALS
#1-Johnston (36-3) 6, #3-West Des Moines Valley (27-13) 5
#4-Southeast Polk (30-9) 2, #2-Dowling Catholic (29-9) 1
CLASS 3A SEMIFINALS
#9-Bondurant-Farrar (22-13) 8, #2-East Marshall (33-4) 4
#3-Clarke (26-8) 4, Greene County (28-8) 1
(American Association baseball)
Sioux City Explorers 7, Gary-South Shore Railcats 6
(major league baseball)
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Toronto 8, Boston 0
N.Y. Yankees 4, Texas 2
Oakland 13, Houston 1
Chicago White Sox 5, Minnesota 2
Kansas City 2, Cleveland 1, 14 innings
Detroit 6, L.A. Angels 4
Baltimore 4, Seattle 0
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia 2, San Francisco 1
Miami 3, Atlanta 2
San Diego 13, Chicago Cubs 3
Milwaukee 9, N.Y. Mets 1
FRIDAY RESULTS – July 25
(high school softball)
STATE TOURNAMENT at Fort Dodge
(FORT DODGE) — Top-rated Akron-Westfield exploded for 12 runs and 16 hits in the 1A State championship game in Fort Dodge Friday morning and the Westerners laid claim to their sixth State title with a 12-1 rout of unrated Kee High. The Kee Hawks led 1-0 after three innings after the Westerners continued to lack the big two-out hit, stranding runners at second and third in both the second and third innings. But the bats got going over the final four innings. A-W took a 4-1 lead in the fourth on RBI doubles by Jordan Hansen and Kortney Hedlund and a critical two-run error on a dropped fly in right field. Hansen added another RBI hit in the fifth to extend the lead to 5-1. Kortney Hedlund, Desi Oltmann and Bailey Davis drove in runs in the sixth and RBI hits by Katie Johnson and again by Kortney Hedlund plus another outfield error brought in four more in the seventh. Katie Johnson finished with four hits and Kortney Hedlund had three hits and three RBI’s. Four other girls had two hits each. Kayla Tindall threw a four-hitter for the Westerners with no walks and six strike outs and was named captain of the all-tournament team for the second year in a row. Katie Johnson, Kortney Hedlund and Bailey Davis joined Tindall on the all-tournament squad. The Westerners extended a state-best winning streak to 54 straight and finish the season at 38-and-0.
CLASS 1A
(3rd place game) #4-AGWSR, Ackley (29-7) 9, #6-Martensdale-St. Marys (26-6) 7
(1st place game) #1-Akron-Westfield (38-0) 12, Lansing Kee (34-9) 1
CLASS 2A
(3rd place game) #3-Woodbury Central (30-6) 8, #1-Highland (32-3) 3
(1st place game) #2-Earlham (31-4) 6, #5-Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont (26-6) 4
CLASS 3A
(3rd place game) Greene County (29-8) 10, #2-East Marshall (33-5) 3
(1st place game) #3-Clarke (27-8) 7, #9-Bondurant-Farrar (22-14) 6
CLASS 4A
(3rd place game) #4-Carlisle (35-3) 9, #11-Norwalk (28-14) 6
(1st place game) #1-Dallas Center-Grimes (41-1) 5, #3-Solon (39-3) 0
CLASS 5A
(3rd place game) #2-Dowling Catholic (30-9) 3, #3-West Des Moines Valley (27-14) 2
(1st place game) #1-Johnston (37-3) 10, #4-Southeast Polk (30-10) 2
(high school baseball)
STATE TOURNAMENT at Principal Park in Des Moines
CLASS 1A QUARTERFINALS
#2-Newman Catholic (35-3) 7, #7-B-G-M, Brooklyn (25-3) 1
#6-Don Bosco (31-3) 2, #8-Martensdale-St. Marys (33-8) 1
(American Association baseball)
Sioux Falls Canaries 7, Sioux City Explorers 6
(major league baseball)
INTERLEAGUE
Miami 2, Houston 0
AMERICAN LEAGUE
N.Y. Yankees 6, Toronto 4
Tampa Bay 6, Boston 4
Texas 4, Oakland 1
Chicago White Sox 9, Minnesota 5
Kansas City 6, Cleveland 4
L.A. Angels 2, Detroit 1
Baltimore 2, Seattle 1, 10 innings
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago Cubs 7, St. Louis 6
Philadelphia 9, Arizona 5
Washington 4, Cincinnati 1
San Diego 5, Atlanta 2
N.Y. Mets 3, Milwaukee 2
Colorado 8, Pittsburgh 1
L.A. Dodgers 8, San Francisco 1
SATURDAY RESULTS – July 26
(high school baseball)
STATE TOURNAMENT at Principal Park in Des Moines
CLASS 1A QUARTERFINALS
#1-Twin Cedars, Bussey (34-0) 7 Underwood (23-8) 0
#5-Gehlen Catholic (30-3) 3, Lone Tree (21-7) 0
(DES MOINES) — Senior Blake Wiltgen turned in a dominate pitching performance Saturday, allowing only a bunt single in the fourth inning while striking out ten batters, as No. 5 Gehlen Catholic beat unrated Lone Tree 3-0 in the Class 1A State baseball tournament in Des Moines. The Jays took a 1-0 lead in the first inning without the aid of a hit as Lucas Hunt scored on Brady Heying’s grounder to second base. Jarod Steffes scored on a wild pitch in the third to make it 2-0 and an inning later Ty Kurth executed a perfect squeeze bunt to extend the lead to 3-0. Jarod Steffes and Solomon Freking led a seven-hit Gehlen attack with two hits each. The Jays improve to 30-and-3 for the season and will play at 2 p.m. next Thursday in the semifinals against unbeaten, top-rated Twin Cedars, Bussey (34-and-0). The game will be carried on KLEM.
(high school football)
SHRINE ALL-STAR GAME AT THE UNI-DOME IN CEDAR FALLS
South 23, North 7
(American Association baseball)
Sioux Falls Canaries 8, Sioux City Explorers 6
(major league baseball)
INTERLEAGUE
Miami 7, Houston 3
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Toronto 6, N.Y. Yankees 4
Seattle 4, Baltimore 3
Tampa Bay 3, Boston 0
Chicago White Sox 7, Minnesota 0
Kansas City 7, Cleveland 5
Oakland 5, Texas 1
L.A. Angels 4, Detroit 0
NATIONAL LEAGUE
St. Louis 6, Chicago Cubs 3
Cincinnati 1, Washington 0
Arizona 10, Philadelphia 6, 10 innings
Milwaukee 5, N.Y. Mets 2
Atlanta 5, San Diego 3
Colorado 8, Pittsburgh 1
L.A. Dodgers 5, San Francisco 0
SUNDAY RESULTS – July 27
(American Association baseball)
Sioux City Explorers 10, Sioux Falls Canaries 9
(major league baseball)
INTERLEAGUE
Miami 4, Houston 2
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Toronto 5, N.Y. Yankees 4
Boston 3, Tampa Bay 2
Minnesota 4, Chicago White Sox 3
Cleveland 10, Kansas City 3
L.A. Angels 2, Detroit 1
Baltimore 3, Seattle 2, 10 innings
Oakland 9, Texas 3
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Washington 4, Cincinnati 2
Philadelphia 4, Arizona 2
N.Y. Mets 2, Milwaukee 0
St. Louis 1, Chicago Cubs 0
Pittsburgh 7, Colorado 5
Atlanta 8, San Diego 3
L.A. Dodgers 4, San Francisco 3
