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LE MARS — The Le Mars Community baseball team’s offense came alive for double digits in runs in both games of their doubleheader against Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson in Missouri River Activities Conference action Thursday. The Bulldogs won the first game by a 10-6 score. The team trailed 6-3 entering the bottom of the third, but then scored in each of their final turns at the plate to come away with the victory...

LE MARS — The Le Mars Community softball team won a pair of games over Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson by run-rule margins in a Missouri River Activities Conference doubleheader on Thursday. “We’re hitting the ball really well right now which is good coming to the end of our season,” Le Mars Head Coach Keely Steffen said. ...

AKRON — Gehlen Catholic and Akron-Westfield split their baseball and softball games on Thursday in War Eagle Conference action. The Gehlen baseball team won by a 6-2 score. The Jays scored five in the third and one in the sixth before the Westerners got their only two runs in their final at-bat...

KINGSLEY — The Class 1A No. 9 ranked Kingsley-Pierson baseball team rallied to beat Woodbury Central by a 4-3 score in the Western Valley Conference tournament championship game Thursday. Woodbury Central scored two in the first and another in the third to take the lead. The Panthers scored all four of their runs in the fifth and held on for the win...

IRETON — The Hinton softball team rattled off their ninth win in a row Wednesday as they beat West Sioux by a 3-0 score. “We picked up a win playing solid defense and being the benefactors of good pitching,” Hinton Head Coach Jennifer Jacobs-List said. “Offensively we left too many runners on base.”...

PAULLINA — The MMCRU softball and baseball teams won big by run-rule scores in five innings over South O’Brien on Wednesday. The MMCRU softball team won by a 16-1 final score. Tied 1-1 after three innings, the Royals scored six in the fourth and nine in the fifth to win by 15 runs. The Royals had 13 hits and reached on four walks, six errors and a hit batter...

LE MARS — The Gehlen Catholic baseball and softball teams won their games over Unity Christian in War Eagle Conference action Wednesday. The Gehlen softball team picked up a 6-1 win over the Knights to win their 12th game in a row. The Jays scored one in the first, three in the second and added two more insurance runs in the sixth. Unity was able to push across their lone run in the top of the seventh...

REMSEN — Akron-Westfield and Remsen St. Mary’s played a pair of one-run games in softball and baseball action Wednesday. The softball game featured a pair of ranked teams as the Class 1A No. 15 ranked Westerners handed the No. 6 ranked Hawks their first loss of the season by a 5-4 score...

COUNCIL BLUFFS — The Le Mars Community softball team used seventh inning scoring rallies to help them to a doubleheader sweep of Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln in Missouri River Activities Conference action Tuesday. The Bulldogs won the first game by a 5-1 score. The team scored three runs in the seventh inning to give their pitcher a little breathing room to record the final three outs...

COUNCIL BLUFFS — The Le Mars Community baseball team was held scoreless for both games of their doubleheader at Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln on Tuesday in Missouri River Activities Conference play. The Lynx won the first game by a 7-0 score. They scored two in the fourth and five in the sixth...

PETERSON — The MMCRU softball team was held scoreless in a 3-0 loss to Sioux Central in non-conference action Tuesday. The Rebels scored two in the third and one in the sixth to secure the win. Brynn Webber went 3-for-3 with three singles and scored a run for the Rebels. Preslie Peterson and Kendra Casey had the RBIs for the Rebels...

REMSEN — The Remsen St. Mary’s softball team, ranked No. 6 in Class 1A, beat Alta-Aurelia 15-5 in six innings in non-conference action Tuesday. The Hawks went with their younger pitchers in the win as Josie Schwickerath threw four innings and Tessa Tentinger pitched two. Schwickerath worked out of a bases-loaded jam with one out in the first, getting the next two batters to strike out, part of her three strikeouts in the win...

HINTON — The Akron-Westfield baseball team rallied for a win over Hinton in War Eagle Conference action Monday, overtaking the Blackhawks with four runs in the top of the seventh for the 4-2 win. The Westerners were held without a hit until the final inning when they finally got their bats going. ...

KINGSLEY — The Kingsley-Pierson baseball team opened the Western Valley Conference tournament with a win over West Monona in the quarterfinal round on Monday. The Class 1A No. 9 ranked Panthers won by an 11-1 score in five innings as they are the top seed in the bracket...

SIOUX CITY — The Kingsley-Pierson softball team split a doubleheader with Sioux City East at Hubbard Park on Monday. The Panthers won the first game by a final score of 8-4. They scored four runs in back-to-back innings in the third and fourth and held on after East scored two runs in the seventh...

LE MARS — The Gehlen Catholic softball team continues to rattle off wins with the team taking down West Sioux by a 5-0 score in War Eagle Conference play on Monday for their 11th in row. “It’s exciting to see your team play like we’re playing right now,” Gehlen Catholic Head Coach Tony Gunter said. “We just want to keep doing what we’re doing, good pitching, defense and timely hitting and that’s what we’ve had the last 10 games and it’s been fun.”...

LE MARS — The Gehlen Catholic baseball team withstood a sixth inning rally from West Sioux to hold on for a 10-7 win over the Falcons on Monday in War Eagle Conference action. West Sioux took an early 1-0 lead on a sacrifice fly from Levi Koopmans before the Jays took a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the inning. A run scored on an error and then a double to deep center field off the bat of Keaton Logan scored the other run...

REMSEN — The Remsen St. Mary’s softball and baseball teams remained unbeaten after a War Eagle Conference matchup with Unity Christian on Monday. The Class 1A No. 6 ranked RSM softball team won 17-4 in six innings. Halle Galles ended the game with a grand slam home run which sent the score past the run-rule margin. She finished with 4 RBI to lead the team...

HULL — The MMCRU softball and baseball teams won their games over Trinity Christian in War Eagle Conference action Monday. The softball team won 11-0 in six innings. Isabelle Olson pitched a no-hitter with just one walk allowed in the game to Madelyn Vis. Olson struck out just three in the win as she relied on her defense...

SERGEANT BLUFF — The Le Mars softball team upset Class 3A No. 9 ranked Sergeant Bluff-Luton by a 3-2 score on Monday. The game was a makeup of a Missouri River Activities Conference doubleheader which saw the second game rained out earlier this season...

SIOUX CITY — The Le Mars baseball team fell to Class 4A No. 3 ranked Dowling Catholic in a neutral-site game at Briar Cliff University on Friday. The final score was 7-3 in favor of the Maroons. Le Mars held a 3-0 lead through five innings before giving up seven runs in the sixth as the scoring for both teams came all in one turn at the plate. Chase Peterson, Carter Baumgartner and Kole Carpenter drove in the runs in the fourth for the Bulldogs...

GRANVILLE — Vosburg Field hosted the Spalding Tournament on Friday and Saturday as the Gehlen Catholic baseball team served as host for the event. Kingsley-Pierson and Class 1A No. 1 ranked Remsen St. Mary’s also competed at the tourney. The Jays came up short in their game Friday, a 7-4 loss to Kingsley-Pierson. The Jays led 4-0 through four innings before the Panthers rallied for two runs in the fifth and five in the sixth to come away with the win...

HINTON — The Hinton softball and baseball teams beat Harris-Lake Park in War Eagle Conference action Friday. “We finished out the week strong with a win over H-LP,” Hinton softball coach Jennifer Jacobs-List said. “Case pitched a good game and we played solid defense to end a long week.”...

AKRON — The Akron-Westfield baseball and softball teams earned wins over Trinity Christian on Friday in War Eagle Conference play. The A-W baseball team celebrated 1,000 games played since Akron-Westfield was formed from the separate towns 40 years ago. The team was able to pick up a 12-2 win in six innings in front of the home crowd at Sargent Field...

Forwards David Ochoa, Sophomore, Sioux City East Brian Sanchez, Senior, Sioux City West Michael Avery, Junior, Sioux City North Sergio Mijangos, Freshman, Bishop Heelan Midfielders Alejandro Suarez, Junior, Bishop Heelan Jack Lloyd, Junior, Sioux City North...

Region 1 Sidney Tritz, Remsen St. Mary’s Grace Erickson, Newell-Fonda Alexis Barber, Newell-Fonda Kylie Powers, IKM-Manning Mariah Gerleman, Central Lyon Jaina Groen, Central Lyon Nevaeh Lyman, Newell-Fonda Addy Boell, Glidden-Ralston Coach: Justin Barber, Newell-Fonda...

LE MARS — The Gehlen Catholic baseball team topped MMCRU 9-3 in a War Eagle Conference game Thursday at the Riverview Complex. The game was back and forth early before the Jays continued to build on their lead as the night rolled along. Gehlen Head Coach Kirk Kronaizl said it was good to see the offense score in five of their six turns at the plate...

LE MARS — The Gehlen Catholic softball team rattled off their eighth consecutive win as they beat MMCRU by a 5-1 score in War Eagle Conference on Thursday. “We had some productive hits tonight, which I’m excited about, and we need to build on it,” Gehlen Catholic Head Coach Tony Gunter said...

ONAWA — It was a 10 inning battle between Class 1A No. 6 ranked Remsen St. Mary’s and Class 2A No. 9 ranked West Monona in non-conference action Thursday. Both teams scored just one run in the regulation seven innings and it took until the top of the 10th for the Hawks to put up the winning runs as they scored four in the inning and held the Spartans one more time for a 5-1 win...

SIOUX CITY — Just a day after facing Sioux City North and winning by a run-rule score, the Le Mars baseball team was back in action against the Stars for a Missouri River Activities Conference doubleheader on Thursday. These games were much more competitive than Wednesday’s contest. The Bulldogs won the first game 4-2 and dropped the second game 5-4. Both games were decided in the seventh inning...

AKRON — Akron-Westfield and MMCRU split their baseball and softball contests on Wednesday. The Class 1A No. 14 ranked A-W softball team won 10-1 over the Royals as they scored in all six of their turns at the plate. Alyssa Nemesio went 3-for-3 with a double and two singles while finishing with a 2 RBI game. Ciara Barron had the other 2 RBI game as she hit a single and had three sacrifices...

ORANGE CITY — The Blackhawks struck for four runs in the first inning and led the rest of the way in a 6-3 final against MOC-Floyd Valley on Tuesday. “We faced a tough MOC team and picked up a good fought victory,” Hinton Head Coach Jennifer Jacobs-List said. “Defensively we overcame some errors and capitalized offensively to pick up the win. Overall, really good pitching and timely hitting led to this team win.”...

LE MARS/GRANVILLE — Gehlen Catholic faced Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn on Wednesday and picked up wins in both softball and baseball action. The Lady Jays hosted the Hawks at the Riverview Complex and came away with a 3-1 win. Rylee Schnepf finished with 19 strikeouts in the win in the circle. ...

HINTON — The Hinton baseball and softball teams won by double digits over Trinity Christian on Wednesday. The Blackhawks won the baseball game by a 12-0 score in five innings. Hinton scored eight in the first and four in the third. Nine different players recorded a hit for the Blackhawks. Carter Worden, Gavin Nelson, Ty Ridgway and Brody Spies all had two hits for the team in the win. Ridgway had the lone extra-base hit with a double. He joined Nelson and Glen Carlson with 2 RBI apiece...

MARCUS/CLEGHORN — The magic number was 12 for the MMCRU baseball and softball teams on Tuesday in non-conference action against George-Little Rock. The Royals won 12-0 in five innings in the softball game and 12-2 in five innings in the baseball game...

REMSEN — The Remsen St. Mary’s baseball and softball teams won their games over South O’Brien on Wednesday. The Class 1A No. 1 ranked baseball team got a perfect game from Jaxon Bunkers in a 15-0 win in four innings. Bunkers got out all 12 batters he faced including four via strikeout...

LE MARS — The Le Mars baseball team struck early and often in a 13-1 five inning win over Sioux City North in Missouri River Activities Conference play Wednesday. The team scored four in the first, four more in the second and five in the third in the win. Le Mars Head Coach Trent Eckstaine was pleased with the offense in the game...

LE MARS — The Le Mars Community softball team hit three home runs in a 15-3 win over Sioux City North in Missouri River Activities Conference action Wednesday. The third home run ended the game as Averie Morgan sent a three-run shot over the fence to put the Bulldogs past the run-rule margin in the sixth inning. It was Morgan’s third home run of the season...

KINGSLEY — A pair of freshmen started on the mound in Tuesday’s non-conference baseball game between Kingsley-Pierson and Akron-Westfield. The two kept the opposing teams mostly off-balance in what turned out to be a 3-0 win for the Panthers. Kevin Wright took the mound for K-P and struck out the first four batters he faced, the beginning of a night which would see him pick up 13 total strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings...

LE MARS — The Gehlen Catholic softball team emerged victorious in a high-scoring 11-10 game over Woodbury Central in non-conference action Tuesday. Leading 8-4 after four innings, the Wildcats pulled in front with five in the fifth before the Jays answered with three in the bottom of the inning and held on after the Wildcats scored one more in the sixth...

The Kingsley-Pierson softball team earned a pair of wins on Monday and Tuesday. KINGSLEY — The Panthers came away with a 12-0 win over Western Valley Conference foe Lawton-Bronson on Monday in four innings. Hannah Koch pitched the complete game win. She didn’t allow a hit although the Eagles did get a few baserunners on with a pair of walks and a hit batter. Koch struck out two...

MOVILLE — The Akron-Westfield softball program reached great heights under the direction of Todd Colt as their head coach. The team made 15 state tournaments from 2003 to 2020 and also won six state titles. The Westerners are looking to continue the success they’ve had in the last two decades as they turn to a new head coach this season, Victor Mena. ...

MOVILLE — The Remsen St. Mary’s softball team has won their first 14 games of the season as they look for a repeat trip to the state tournament. Helping out the team so far has been a lineup which has seen contributions from up and down the lineup. It was on full display at the Woodbury Central tournament on Saturday as the team continued their strong hitting...

REMSEN — The MMCRU softball team picked up a win over West Sioux by a 12-5 score in War Eagle Conference action Monday. Tied at 3-3 after three innings, the Royals scored two in the fourth, six in the fifth and one more in the sixth to pull away for the win...

HULL — The Gehlen Catholic softball team won their fifth straight game on Monday in a War Eagle Conference contest at Trinity Christian. The Jays rallied to win by a final score of 6-2. Trinity Christian scored two runs in the first inning as Ava Brummel and Avery Van Maanen knocked in the runs for the team...

REMSEN — The Class 1A top-ranked Remsen St. Mary’s baseball team earned wins over War Eagle Conference foes MMCRU and Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn. The Hawks beat MMCRU by a 5-0 score on Friday. It was a scoreless game through the first three innings before the Hawks scratched across two in the fourth, two in the fifth and one more in the sixth...

AKRON — The Akron-Westfield baseball team overcame a 5-2 deficit to beat South O’Brien 11-6 on Friday in War Eagle Conference action. The Westerners scored five in the fifth and four more in the sixth to pull away for the win. Michael Swancutt led the A-W offense with a 4-for-4 game at the plate with 3 RBI. All four of his hits were singles...

GUTHRIE CENTER — The Hinton baseball team won a tournament hosted by Adair-Casey/Guthrie Center on Saturday. The Blackhawks won 9-1 over Central Decatur. Hinton jumped out to an early lead with six runs in the first and two in the second. The Cardinals scored their only run in the fifth while the Blackhawks pushed across their final run in the sixth...

The Gehlen Catholic baseball team is building momentum in the middle of the season as they have won six of their last seven games. GRANVILLE — The Jays hosted Harris-Lake Park and won by an 11-0 score in five innings Friday in War Eagle Conference action. The team had an outburst of nine runs in the second inning and scored two more in the fourth...

LE MARS — The Le Mars Community, Gehlen Catholic and Hinton softball teams each played two games at Friday’s Le Mars tournament hosted by the Bulldogs and Jays. The Gehlen Catholic softball team claimed wins in both of their games on Friday at the Riverview Complex. The team held off a late rally from the Wildcats who scored four runs in the seventh inning to win by a 6-5 final score...