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Pitcher - Jake Hilmer, North Linn, Senior Pitcher - Briar Rowley, Estherville-Lincoln Central, Senior Pitcher - Hunter Dekkers, West Sioux, Junior Catcher - Connor Lange, Missouri Valley, Senior First Base - Brock Farley, Denver, Senior Infield - Christian Davidson, Pocahontas Area, Sophomore...

Captain: Josh Fitzgerald, Newman Catholic P - Keaton Parker, Alburnett, Senior P - Collin Kramer, St. Ansgar, Senior P - Blaine Harpenau, Remsen St. Mary’s, Sophomore C - Skyler Waldschmitt, Remsen St. Mary’s, Junior C - Colby Page, Southeast Warren, Senior...

P - Brant Hogue, Bishop Heelan P - Mark Eddie, Storm Lake P - Daniel Wright, Sergeant Bluff-Luton C - Spencer Kleene, Sergeant Bluff-Luton C - Ben Raveling, Storm Lake 1B - Owen Newton, Humboldt 2B - Mike Pithan, Bishop Heelan SS - Jared Sitzmann, Bishop Heelan...

This season, the Remsen St. Mary’s softball team finished with a record of 14-15 while going 5-6 in War Eagle Conference play. The Hawks graduated three members of this year’s team in Lexi Harpenau, Bailey Penning and Hailey Klein. Team statistics Individual statistics...

This season, the Remsen St. Mary’s baseball team finished with a record of 27-8 while going 10-0 in War Eagle Conference play. The Hawks qualified for the summer state baseball tournament for the fourth consecutive year and the 12th time in school history and finished as a state semifinalist in Class 1A. ...

First Team Jaden Harris, Akron-Westfield Natalie Nielsen, Akron-Westfield Alayna Mullinix, Akron-Westfield Sydney Struve, South O’Brien Taryn Hintz, South O’Brien Hannah Dau, South O’Brien Payton Schwiesow, West Sioux Shayden Blankenship, West Sioux...

WAUKEE — Akron-Westfield softball coach Todd Colt was inducted into the Iowa Girls Coaches Association Softball Hall of Fame as part of the annual All-Star series held at Waukee High School on July 29. Colt has been the head coach for the Westerners for the past 18 seasons and has turned the program into one of the most successful in the state in that time. Colt said the honor is a reflection of the success his teams have had...

This marks our third season of looking at which baseball pitchers are most efficient in using their pitches to record outs as the pitching limitation rules switched to being based off pitches thrown at the start of the 2017 season. In this exercise, we calculated the average number of pitches needed to record an out. ...

BULLHEAD CITY, Ariz. — A 1998 graduate of Le Mars Community High School recently added to her coaching accolades in Arizona. Shanda Weiler was named the Arizona Interscholastic Association 1A West Region Coach of the Year at the conclusion of the 2019 softball season...

ALTON/REMSEN — Sioux Golf & Country Club and Remsen Golf Club will be hosting the 2nd Annual Ryder Cup competition between the two clubs. They will be vying for the traveling trophy won by Sioux Golf last year. Beginning Saturday, August 17 at 2 p.m. in Alton, the teams will compete in Best Ball and Alternate Shot formats. On Sunday, August 18 at 1 p.m. in Remsen, the tourney will continue with Best Shot and Singles Match Play formats to determine a champion club...

First Team Sam Burkhart, Westwood Andee Martin, Westwood Brenna Pike, Westwood Ariel Rotnicke, West Monona Megan Nichols, West Monona Kylie Henschen, West Monona Kara Richard, Ridge View Madeline Else, Ridge View Sally Gallagher, Woodbury Central Emma DeStigter, Woodbury Central...

Season Standings Softball 2019 All-Conference Team First Team Karli Olsen, Spirit Lake Payton Ahrenstorff, Spirit Lake Izzy Backhaus, Spirit Lake Stella Donkersloot, Spirit Lake Kyler Versluis, Spencer Emily English, Spencer Chandler Schemper, Western Christian...

This season, the Gehlen Catholic baseball team finished with a record of 6-17 while going 3-7 in War Eagle Conference play. The Jays were led by Head Coach Greer Milledge. Gehlen graduates three members from this year’s team in Mitchell Hunt, Drew Paulson and Cody Schmit...

This season, the Gehlen Catholic softball team finished with a record of 21-11 while going 8-3 in War Eagle Conference play. The Lady Jays qualified for the state softball tournament for the second time in school history as they knocked off ranked foes Akron-Westfield and Westwood in the regional semifinals and finals, respectively. ...

This season, the Hinton softball team finished with a record of 11-15 while going 5-6 in War Eagle Conference play. The Blackhawks graduate three players from this year’s team in Aspen Coffee, Peyton George and Shelbie Young. Team statistics Individual statistics...

This season, the Hinton baseball team finished with a record of 26-5 while going 8-2 in War Eagle Conference play. The Blackhawks lose nine seniors to graduation in Aiden Brock, Bryley Burgad, Carson Turner, Dylan DeMoss, Braden Vonk, Fletcher Farrer, Blake Beller, Turner Schmitt and Jesse Ridgway. The team was led by Head Coach Cale Kramer...

This season, the Akron-Westfield baseball team finished with a record of 13-14 while going 5-5 in War Eagle Conference play. The Westerners lose six seniors to graduation in Chris Steffen, Leighton Blake, Reagan Frankl, Aaron Hartman, Nick Jacobs and Spencer Olson...

This season, the Akron-Westfield softball team finished with a record of 21-13 while going 11-0 in War Eagle Conference play. The Westerners are set to return their entire team next year with no seniors on the roster. Team Statistics Record (Conf.) 21-13 (11-0)...

DECORAH — The Le Mars Community High School wrestling team participated in the 2019 Luther College Team Wrestling Camp. The Luther wrestling camps, directed by Luther Head Wrestling Coach Dave Mitchell, have grown into some of the largest and most recognized athletic camps in the Midwest. More than 800 wrestlers from eight-plus states attended the 2019 Luther College Wrestling Camps throughout July, making the series of camps some of the biggest camps in the country...

ORANGE CITY — Northwestern College hosted the last of its two boys basketball camps July 22-25 in the Bultman Center, Rowenhorst Student Center and MOC-Floyd Valley High School. Camp director and head Red Raider basketball coach, Kris Korver, assistant coaches Ben Miller and Rick Clark, along with current players, coached approximately 220 boys in basketball skills, drills, contests and games. Award winners are listed below:...

DYERSVILLE — The Chicago White Sox and the New York Yankees will play a regular season game in Dyersville, Iowa at the site of the beloved 1989 baseball movie, “Field of Dreams”, on Thursday, August 13, 2020, Major League Baseball announced Thursday. “MLB at Field of Dreams” will mark the first Major League game ever held at the fan-favorite movie location as well as in the State of Iowa...

This season, the Kingsley-Pierson softball team finished with a record of 14-22 while going 7-10 in Western Valley Conference play. The Panthers lose Madison Goodwin to graduation as the team’s lone senior this summer. Team Statistics Record (Conf.) 14-22 (7-10)...

This season, the Kingsley-Pierson baseball team finished with a record of 29-5 while going 12-4 in Western Valley Conference play. The team won the WVC conference tournament.The Panthers lose three seniors to graduation in Kyler Krieg, Nathan Keck and Jessen Reinking...

This season, the Le Mars Community softball team finished with a record of 21-13 while going 6-6 in Lakes Conference play. The Bulldogs lose two seniors to graduation in Annie Ellis and Brook Berkenpas. team statistics Individual statistics Batting Average...

This season, the Le Mars Community baseball team finished with a record of 13-18 while going 7-5 in Lakes Conference play. The Bulldogs lose five seniors to graduation in Alex Irwin, Josh Williams, Connor Ouradnik, Cade Webner and Jakob Bixenman. The team was led by head coach Trent Eckstaine and assistant coach Troy Caswell...

This season, the MMCRU softball team finished with a record of 16-11 while going 6-5 in War Eagle Conference play. The Royals are set to return everyone from this year’s team with no seniors on the roster. The team was coached by head coach Kayla Foresman and assistant coach Lisa Spieler...

This season, the MMCRU baseball team finished with a record of 14-10 while going 5-5 in War Eagle Conference play. The Royals lose seven seniors to graduation in Dean Jenness, Andrew Prescott, Conner Rassel, Jesse Perez, Joel Johnson, Jordan Marks and Evan Cluck...

DES MOINES — Just months after a buzzer-beater sent Alburnett past Remsen St. Mary’s at the Class 1A state basketball tournament, the Hawks dropped Thursday’s Class 1A state semifinal by baseball’s equivalent, a walk-off in the bottom of the seventh in what was a 4-3 final score...

BOONE — In an effort to increase the potential pool of registered officials and better include interested students, the Iowa High School Athletic Association will begin allowing high school students to serve as officials for sub-varsity high school contests in 2019-20...

DES MOINES — After meeting in March in the Class 1A state basketball semifinals, Remsen St. Mary’s and Alburnett will go head-to-head once again in Thursday’s Class 1A state baseball semifinals at Principal Park. “That’ll be a very good matchup and I think the kids want to play this game because of state basketball,” RSM co-Head Coach Dean Harpenau said...

ORANGE CITY — Six Red Raider women’s track and field athletes were named to the 2019 USTFCCCA All-Academic team as announced by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association July 22. Northwestern was named an all-academic team as well...

SIOUX CITY — Four student-athletes and both teams represented Morningside College on the 2019 United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association’s National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics’ scholar athlete and team rolls, announced July 22...

EUGENE, Ore. – For a second-consecutive year, 17 members of the Ducks’ track and field team collected USTFCCCA All-Academic accolades as announced by the organization July 22. Additionally, the Women of Oregon earned a collective team honor for their work in the classroom...

LE MARS — Zachary Wingert, a senior member of the Le Mars boys tennis team, is a 2019 recipient of the Academic All-State Award for both outstanding leadership on the court and in the classroom. To be eligible for the award, a player must meet specific criteria including being a member of the senior class, compete in at least 50 percent of their team’s varsity tennis matches as well as postseason play, have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.7 on a 4.0 scale or a minimum GPA of 3.6 and compete at the state tennis competition.. ...

SIOUX CITY — The Arena Sports Academy is excited to welcome Corey Westra and Jessica (Vander Kooi) Stevenson as Co-Directors of The Arena Volleyball Club. Westra will be heading up the developmental and school-based programming such as teams, camps, leagues and tournaments. Stevenson will focus on advanced programming including training, camps, and traveling club teams...

LE MARS — Willow Creek Golf Course hosted the Men’s City Golf Tournament on July 21. On the championship flights, the golfers played the white tees on the Red and Green courses. The top eight golfers advanced to play the entire 27 holes on the course with the final nine coming on the gold tees on the Black course...

ORANGE CITY — Northwestern College hosted the first of its two boys basketball camps July 15-18 in the Bultman Center, Rowenhorst Student Center and MOC-Floyd Valley High School. Camp director and head Red Raider basketball coach, Kris Korver, assistant coaches Ben Miller and Rick Clark, along with current players, coached approximately 300 boys in basketball skills, drills, contests and games. Award winners are listed below:...

DES MOINES — A strong performance from Blaine Harpenau on the mound, a solid defense behind him and one string of players reaching base was enough for Remsen St. Mary’s to get past the better-seeded Martensdale-St. Marys in a Class 1A quarterfinal held at Principal Park on Saturday. The Hawks were the only lower-seeded team to win their quarterfinal game over the weekend as they came out on top of a 4-2 final score...

ABERDEEN, S.D. — Former Gehlen Catholic and later Le Mars Community track and field standout Lynne (Nacke) Dingman has been announced by Northern State University as the newest leader of the track and field program. She was a member of the 1994 Class 1A state champion track and field team at Gehlen before graduating from LCHS in 1996 where she also won events in meets for the Bulldogs...

LE MARS — Willow Creek Golf Course hosted its junior golf tournament on July 11. A total of 25 golfers competed in two age divisions with each age group split into two flights of results. The 10-13 year-old age division featured 13 participants. Those golfers played from the red tees on the green course. ...

Sentinel Player of the Week: Blake Beller, Hinton 3-for-3, 2B, 3 BB, 1 R, 2 RBI vs. Alta-Aurelia 1-for-3, 2B, BB vs. Underwood Hinton’s Blake Beller helped the Blackhawks reach the substate game as he reached base six times and scored the winning run of a 12-11 game which went nine innings. ...

DES MOINES — For the first time since the 2010 Class 1A state championship, No. 6 seed Remsen St. Mary’s and third-seeded Martensdale-St. Marys will take the field against one another in a baseball game for Saturday’s state quarterfinal matchup. The Blue Devils won that 2010 championship game 3-0 to cap off a perfect 43-0 season, becoming, at the time, one of nine teams to accomplish the feat. ...

HARLAN — Searching for their fourth state tournament appearance in the last six seasons, the Hinton baseball team came up just short in a Class 2A substate final held Tuesday. The No. 9 ranked Blackhawks dropped a 4-3 contest to Underwood. The Eagles secured just their second trip to state, making their state tournament debut in the same season as Hinton in 2014. Underwood made it to Principal Park in 1A in that season while Hinton was a 2A qualifier...

Hawks advance to state tournament for fourth straight season

FORT DODGE — Katie Peters and Josie Kolbeck each homered for Gehlen Catholic, but it wasn’t enough as Lynnville-Sully won a Class 1A consolation game at the state softball tournament Tuesday via walk-off. Carson Fisk drove in Megan Van Zante with an RBI single in the bottom of the seventh to secure the 5-4 win as the Hawks scored all five of their runs in the final two innings...

ORANGE CITY — Northwestern College hosted the first of its two girls basketball camps July 8-10 at the Bultman Center and Rowenhorst Student Center. Over 100 girls in 4th-8th grades took part in the four-day camp, run by Red Raider Head Coach Chris Yaw, coaching staff and several players...

FORT DODGE — The top-seeded team in Class 1A, Collins-Maxwell, picked up right where they left off last year at the Rogers Sports Complex by earning a 4-0 victory over Gehlen Catholic in Monday’s state quarterfinal game. The Jays entered the game with nothing to lose according to Sydney Livermore as they entered as the No. 8 seed in the eight-team field...

REMSEN — Sixty-five pitches was the cutoff for Blaine Harpenau to be able to pitch again in the substate game and he was able to finish a complete game right at that mark as No. 10 Remsen St. Mary’s defeated Woodbury Central 10-0 in five innings in a Class 1A district final game played Saturday...