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LE MARS — Going up against a pair of Western Valley Conference teams at their home tournament on Friday, the Le Mars Community softball team came away with a split. The team faced Class 2A No. 12 West Monona in their opening game, falling by a 5-2 score...

LE MARS — The Hinton softball team wishes they could have carried over some of their runs from their first game at the Le Mars tournament Friday to their second game. After a 29-0 shellacking of Sioux City West in just two innings in their opener, the Lady Blackhawks fell short by a 7-5 score to Sioux City North in their second game...

LE MARS — The Gehlen Catholic softball team went 1-1 in their games in the Le Mars tournament Friday. The team salvaged the day with a 7-2 win over Western Christian. Alyssa Kolbeck, Rylee Schnepf and Makenzie Alesch had two hits apiece to lead the Lady Jays. The team finished with 11 total hits as eight of the nine in the starting lineup recorded at least one hit. Larissa Pohlen had 2 RBI to lead the team in the game as she singled and also reached via walk...

LAKE PARK — Gehlen Catholic senior Derek Von Arb ended a double shy of hitting for the cycle on a 4-for-4 game at the plate where he finished with 7 RBI in a 16-2 win in five innings over Harris-Lake Park in War Eagle Conference action Friday. Von Arb had two singles, a triple and a home run in the game. The 7 RBI pushed Von Arb to the top of the conference standings with 19 total RBI for the season...

MARCUS/CLEGHORN — Remsen St. Mary’s swept MMCRU in a pair of War Eagle Conference games Friday. The Class 1A No. 4 ranked RSM baseball team won 11-0 in five innings. Blaine Harpenau pitched a quick five innings with 13 strikeouts and just two hits allowed for the complete game shutout win...

MAPLETON — The Kingsley-Pierson softball and baseball teams earned wins over MVAOCOU in Western Valley Conference action Thursday and Friday. The softball teams met up Thursday with the Panthers getting a 13-4 win. It’s the fifth consecutive win in the series for the Panthers...

MOVILLE — Akron-Westfield won a wild 11-10 contest over Woodbury Central in non-conference baseball action Thursday. The Wildcats scored the first three runs, but a five-run fourth for the Westerners gave them the lead. Woodbury Central tied the score in the bottom of the fourth before the Westerners took the lead with a four-run fifth. ...

LE MARS — The Le Mars Community baseball and softball teams swept their doubleheaders against Sergeant Bluff-Luton in Missouri River Activities Conference action Thursday. The baseball team held on for a 5-4 win in the first game of the doubleheader. Le Mars scored four runs in the second inning as Caleb Dreckman, Donnie Daggett and Brady Williams picked up RBI hits. Dreckman led the team with 2 RBI in the game...

TREYNOR — Class 1A No. 6 ranked Kingsley-Pierson made the trek to Treynor for a non-conference baseball game Thursday. The Panthers came away with an 8-1 win over the Cardinals. Fresh off his no-hitter on the mound the night before, Beau Bubke led the offense against Treynor, going 3-for-4 with 2 RBI...

ORANGE CITY — MMCRU split their games with Unity Christian in War Eagle Conference action Thursday. It was a win for the MMCRU softball team by an 11-9 margin. The opening innings were controlled by the Knights, the Royals scored their runs in the middle section of the game, and then held on as the Knights tried to rally in the final two frames. ...

SIOUX CITY — Morningside University Director of Athletics Jim Sykes has announced Alex Struck as head coach in men’s and women’s tennis. He is no stranger to the Mustang family, as he was a four-year team member and captain as an undergraduate, part of a playing resume in which he also held the single-season victory record at one point. ...

LE MARS — Le Mars Community senior Kaden Wingert was named to the All-State teams compiled by the Iowa High School Boys Tennis Coaches. Wingert was a Class 1A second team selection. He finished in seventh place at the 1A state singles tournament and compiled a 20-5 record in his singles matches on the season...

KINGSLEY — Kingsley-Pierson sophomore Beau Bubke tossed a five-inning no-hitter as the Class 1A No. 6 ranked team rolled to a 10-0 win over winless West Monona in Western Valley Conference action Wednesday. “Bubke had a great performance,” K-P Head Coach Taylor Doeschot said. ...

KINGSLEY — One bad inning proved to be the difference as Kingsley-Pierson lost a 15-8 softball contest to Class 2A No. 12 ranked West Monona on Wednesday in Western Valley Conference action. After the Panthers had taken the lead at 3-2 with three runs in the bottom of the second, West Monona exploded for nine runs in the top of the third and the Panthers could never recover...

REMSEN — Remsen St. Mary’s cruised to a pair of War Eagle Conference wins over Trinity Christian on Wednesday. The Class 1A No. 4 ranked RSM baseball team won 16-0 in four innings. Cael Ortmann had a solid game at the plate and on the mound. He picked up the win with five strikeouts and went 3-for-3 at the plate with 4 RBI. ...

HINTON — Hinton earned a pair of War Eagle Conference victories over Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn on Wednesday. The baseball team picked up an 11-1 win in six innings, scoring six in the sixth to finish an inning early. Easton Stusse led the way with a 4-for-4 night at the plate with three of those hits being doubles as he led the team with 3 RBI. Tate Linton went 3-for-3 with a pair of singles, a double and a walk with 2 RBI...

LE MARS — Gehlen Catholic earned a pair of War Eagle Conference victories over South O’Brien on Wednesday. The baseball team jumped all over the Wolverines for a 14-1 win in five innings. It is the 16th consecutive win in the series for the Jays. Gehlen scored three in the first, six in the second and added five in the fourth before the Wolverines got their only run in the top of the fifth...

SIOUX CITY — The Le Mars Community baseball and softball teams faced off against Bishop Heelan in key Missouri River Activities Conference doubleheaders on Tuesday. The teams split the baseball contests in a battle for second place behind the still unbeaten in conference play Sioux City East squad...

AKRON — Propelled by senior Sam Mullinix’s complete game on the mound and a balanced hitting attack, the Akron-Westfield Westerners defeated the Alta-Aurelia Warriors by a score of 4-1 at Sargent Field on Tuesday night. Mullinix gave up two of the three total hits he allowed in the top of the first inning, as a triple to right-center field followed by a double to left field saw the Warriors score their only run of the contest...

SIOUX CITY — Briar Cliff baseball’s Jacob Wesselmann capped off an impressive fourth season as a Charger with Honorable Mention All-American honors, as announced by the NAIA Tuesday. Wesselmann, a pitcher, posted an 8-2 record on the mound in 12 starts for the Chargers. He threw 82 innings with eight complete games and two shutouts...

BOONE — For the first time since 2004, the Iowa High School Athletic Association’s summer baseball championships will be conducted at two separate sites with Carroll’s Merchants Park and the University of Iowa’s Duane Banks Field serving as hosts. The 2021 IHSAA State Baseball Tournament is scheduled for July 26-31, with Class 2A and Class 1A in Carroll from July 26-29, and Class 4A and Class 3A in Iowa City from July 28-31...

LE MARS — In their first crosstown matchup since 1981, the Gehlen Catholic Jays got the better of the Le Mars Community Bulldogs in a 7-6 shootout on Monday night at the Riverview Complex. The Bulldogs’ first run of the game came in the top of the first inning as a triple to deep center field from senior Carter Arens drove senior Mason Parrott home after he was hit by a pitch...

LAKE PARK — Remsen St. Mary’s dominated Harris-Lake Park in a pair of War Eagle Conference games on Monday. The Class 1A No. 4 ranked RSM baseball team, dropping two spots from their preseason ranking, won 12-0 in five innings, scoring runs in each of their first four turns at the plate...

HARTLEY — Akron-Westfield came away with a pair of wins over Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn in War Eagle Conference action Monday. The A-W baseball team edged out a close 2-1 victory to claim their ninth win in a row in the series although the one-run margin was the closest of those nine...

REMSEN — Hinton scored a pair of wins over MMCRU in War Eagle Conference action Monday. In the baseball game, the Blackhawks doubled up the Royals by a score of 8-4. Tate Linton and Easton Stusse each had 2 RBI for the Blackhawks with a pair of hits. Linton doubled and tripled while also drawing a walk. Stusse knocked out a pair of singles while also reaching once on four balls...

KINGSLEY — Kingsley-Pierson swept their games from Western Valley Conference nemesis Woodbury Central on Monday. The softball team got their fourth win in a row in the series with a 13-8 victory. The Panthers trailed 4-3 after three innings, but scored seven in the fourth inning to take control in the contest...

CARROLL — The Remsen St. Mary’s softball team won a pair of close games at the CYO tournament in Carroll on Saturday. Mya Bunkers hit a ball which was misplayed by the Kuemper Catholic outfield to score Halle Galles for the go-ahead run in the sixth inning as the Lady Hawks held on for a 4-3 win after claiming the advantage. RSM never trailed, but Kuemper did answer each of the first two RSM leads of 2-0 and 3-2...

LE MARS — The Storm Lake baseball team scored three runs in the top of the seventh to slip past Le Mars by a 3-2 score in a non-conference battle Friday. The game featured two teams who may square off later in the season with more on the line as the Tornadoes entered the game with a 6-1 record and Le Mars featured a 6-2 mark in games played prior to Friday’s first pitch...

LE MARS — The Le Mars Community softball team finished off a perfect week with an 11-4 win over Storm Lake in non-conference action Friday. The team finished the week 6-0 and reached double digits in scoring in each of the last five of those games. “We have been talking about consistently hitting the ball, making solid contact all seven innings to try to get runs on the board,” Le Mars Head Coach Keely Steffen said. ...

HINTON — The Hinton baseball and softball teams earned wins over Trinity Christian in War Eagle Conference action Friday. The baseball team bounced back from a non-conference loss to Alta-Aurelia by an 8-3 score the night before to come away with a 10-3 win over the Tigers...

REMSEN — Remsen St. Mary’s won a pair of War Eagle Conference contests over South O’Brien on Friday by run-rule margins. The softball team won 13-1 in four innings, scoring five runs in the second and fourth frames and three in the third. Claire Schroeder had a pair of extra-base hits with a double and home run and led the way with 5 RBI...

BATTLE CREEK/IDA GROVE — The Kingsley-Pierson softball and baseball teams went on the road to pick up wins over OABCIG in Western Valley Conference action Friday. The Lady Panthers pounded the winless OABCIG softball team by a 20-3 score, using an eight run sixth inning to finish up an inning early. The Panthers brought home at least two runs in each of their turns at the plate...

LE MARS/GRANVILLE — Gehlen Catholic took down Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn in War Eagle Conference action Friday. The baseball team earned a 6-0 win over the Hawks. Derek Von Arb, whose usage in Wednesday’s game against Hinton led to a forfeit, came out blazing with 16 strikeouts in six innings to capture the win. He walked four and hit a couple, but was otherwise untouchable for the Jays. Dylan Lehmann tossed an inning of scoreless relief...

AKRON — The Akron-Westfield baseball and softball teams came away with wins over MMCRU in War Eagle Conference action Friday. The A-W baseball team came out on top of a wild 13-12 game with a walk-off in the bottom of the seventh. The team scored the tying and winning runs in the inning after MMCRU broke an 11-11 tie with in run in the top of the seventh...

LE MARS — The Gehlen Catholic softball team got a few timely hits and worked out of a couple of jams to come away with a 4-1 victory over Hinton on Wednesday. After getting shut out the night before against Remsen St. Mary’s, two runs in the first inning was a good start for the team according to Head Coach Tony Gunter...

LE MARS — Ryan Augustine slid across home on a pitch to the backstop as Gehlen Catholic rallied from two runs down in the bottom of the seventh to beat Hinton 10-9 on Wednesday. After being handed a pair of defeats on extra inning walk-offs the week before, Gehlen thought they finally had reason to celebrate one of their own. Unfortunately, a wild back-and-forth game which the Jays thought they had won has been erased by a forfeit...

KINGSLEY/SLOAN — Kingsley-Pierson was victorious in three games on Wednesday, taking a softball game 8-4 over Westwood and securing a doubleheader sweep over the Rebels by scores of 11-0 and 14-3 on the baseball diamond. The Lady Panthers doubled up their opponent with a four-run sixth inning which broke a 4-4 tie. Delaney Iseminger, MaKenna Bowman and McKenzie Goodwin each drove in a pair of runs for the Panthers. Avery Schroeder, Anna Bubke and Rachael Vos joined Bowman with two hits apiece...

HAWARDEN/IRETON — Remsen St. Mary’s rocked West Sioux for a pair of run-rule wins on Wednesday. The softball team picked up a 13-2 win in five innings, scoring in all five of their turns at the plate. Carmindee Ricke had three hits, including two doubles and picked up 3 RBI. Claire Schroeder also finished with 3 RBI as she tripled in the game. Ana Conover and Halle Galles added three hits apiece as part of 15 total hits for the team in the game. Galles also knocked in two runs...

LAKE PARK — The MMCRU softball and baseball teams picked up wins over winless Harris-Lake Park teams on Wednesday. The softball team won 18-1 in five innings as they scored in all five turns at the plate. Kristina Goth went 3-for-4 with two singles, a double and hit-by-pitch while also picking up 3 RBI. Mya Holmes went 3-for-3 with a pair of doubles, a single and a walk as she picked up 2 RBI. Breanna Staab added three hits while Emily Dreckman and Isabelle Olson had 2 RBI apiece...

WATERLOO — The Le Mars Community girls tennis doubles team of Madison Claussen and Caroline Meis competed at the Class 1A doubles tournament at Byrnes Park on Wednesday. The duo had to take on the No. 4 overall seed of the tournament in the first round. ...

AMES/ADEL — Remsen St. Mary’s senior Tori Galles capped off her career at the Class 1A state girls golf meet with a top five finish. Galles finished tied for the fourth best overall score in the 1A field across the two-day event held Tuesday and Wednesday at Ames Golf & Country Club. Her previous best finish of her other two state appearances was 22nd in 2018...

LE MARS — The Le Mars Community baseball and softball teams combined to outscore Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson 55-4 in a pair of doubleheaders in Missouri River Activities Conference action Tuesday. The baseball team opened with a 19-4 win in four innings. ...

CORRECTIONVILLE — The Kingsley-Pierson baseball and softball teams continued with Western Valley Conference action Tuesday at River Valley. The Panthers split the games with the Wolverines with the baseball team picking up a 14-3 win and the softball team losing on a walk-off by a 7-6 score...

LE MARS — Remsen St. Mary’s came to town Tuesday and left with a pair of wins over rival Gehlen Catholic in War Eagle Conference action. The softball game was a low-scoring 2-0 win for the Lady Hawks. Mya Bunkers led off the game with a single and after advancing on a sac bunt from Carly Ortmann, stole third and then came home on Brittany Johnson’s double. ...

HINTON — Hinton hurler Jadyn Case struck out 18 batters in a shutout win over Unity Christian on Tuesday by a 6-0 score in War Eagle Conference action. Case scattered three hits and one walk while her 18 strikeouts is most in a game by a 2A pitcher this season...

LE MARS — After a lethargic start, wherein the Lady Bulldogs allowed two runs in the top of the first inning, Le Mars remained persistent to defeat MOC-Floyd Valley by a score of 3-2 in a thrilling extra-innings finish on Monday. Enduring a scoring drought through four innings, the Lady Bulldogs’ first burst of momentum came in the fifth inning, when senior pitcher Alivia Milbrodt struck out all three batters she faced...

KINGSLEY — Akron-Westfield and Remsen St. Mary’s were among the teams in action at a softball tournament hosted by Kingsley-Pierson on Saturday. The host team went 2-1 in their games. The team beat Alta-Aurelia 9-3. Chloe Peschau led the way with 3 RBI in that game on a 2-for-4 showing at the plate with a triple and single. MaKenna Bowman hit a home run as part of a 2-for-2 performance at the plate with a single and walked added in. Anna Bubke went 3-for-4 for the Panthers...

REMSEN — The Class 1A No. 9 ranked Kingsley-Pierson baseball team won a pair of games Saturday to win a tournament hosted by Remsen St. Mary’s. The Panthers took down 2A No. 6 ranked West Lyon 8-2 and beat Humboldt 9-4. Jackson Howe and Beau Bubke each drove in a pair of runs against West Lyon as Evan Neumann picked up an RBI with a 2-for-3 game at the plate. ...

WATERLOO — Le Mars Community senior Kaden Wingert finished in seventh place in the Class 1A state singles tennis tournament held Friday and Saturday at Byrnes Park Tennis Center. Wingert’s run came full circle as his opponent in the seventh place match was the same as his first round opponent...

SIOUX CITY — The Le Mars Community softball team finished 1-3 over the weekend at Bishop Heelan’s softball tournament. The team’s lone win came against Class 3A No. 9 ranked Spirit Lake by an 8-1 score. Libby Leraas homered and finished with 4 RBI as part of a 2-for-3 game at the plate. Avery Pratt and Alivia Milbrodt added two singles apiece with Pratt driving in two and Milbrodt knocking in another. Payton Wright led the team with three hits as part of a 12 hit game by the Bulldogs...