Published Friday, July 12, 2019
The road to the state baseball tournament will begin for area teams as the district tournament gets underway on Saturday.
Storm Lake St. Mary’s (1-17) will open up district play in Class 1A against Sioux Central (14-11) on Saturday at 7 p.m. in Peterson. That game will follow a matchup between Newell-Fonda (14-13) and Harris-Lake Park (3-14) at 5 p.m.
Published Friday, July 12, 2019
Abby Kraemer collected three hits and drove in five runs at the plate and pitched a one-hitter in the circle to help Alta-Aurelia begin Class 2A regional tournament play with a 12-1 win over MVAOCOU on Wednesday night at Alta.
The Warriors, now 18-9, will play Woodbury Central (15-15) in a regional semifinal game today at 7 p.m. in Alta.
Published Friday, July 12, 2019
Ella Larsen pitched a no-hitter and Olivia Larsen had two hits, scored three runs and drove in two runs to help No. 4-ranked Newell-Fonda open Class 1A regional tournament play with a 15-0 win over Woodbine on Wednesday night in Fonds.
The Mustangs, now 35-5, will play Exira/EHK (13-14) in a regional semifinal game today at 7 p.m. in Fonda.
Published Friday, July 12, 2019
Emily Meyer fired a four-hit shutout and Hope Steinberger collected three hits and scored three runs as North Union ended Sioux Central’s season with a 10-0 win in a Class 2A regional tournament game on Wednesday at Armstrong.
North Union (15-16) will play Central Springs (26-7) in a regional semifinal game today at Manly.
Published Friday, July 12, 2019
Ridge View scored eight runs in the bottom of the fourth inning and the Raptors were never threatened after that as they began the Class 1A regional tournament with an 11-1 win over CAM (Anita) on Wednesday at Galva.
The Raptors, now 22-10, will play Ar-We-Va (9-11) in a regional semifinal game today at a site to be determined.
Published Friday, July 12, 2019
Panthers beat G-R, 14-4
Gabe Elsden went 4-for-5, scored three runs and drove in two runs at the plate, and allowed two hits and struck out 11 batters on the mound to help Storm Lake St. Mary’s get its first win of the season after a 14-4 triumph over Glidden-Ralston Monday at Glidden.
Published Friday, July 12, 2019
Facing a 4-0 deficit after four innings, Storm Lake rallied for a run in the fifth, two in the sixth and five more in the seventh to come from behind and avoid an upset by Ridge View with an 8-4 win on Monday at Early.
Published Friday, July 12, 2019
Sioux Central scored two runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to rally for a 6-5 win over Spencer in a nonconference game on Monday at Peterson.
It was the final regular season game for legendary head coach Jeff Scharn, who is retiring after 35 years.
Published Friday, July 12, 2019
Algona Garrigan scored seven runs in the top of the seventh inning to break a tie and the Golden Bears went on to spoil Storm Lake St. Mary’s Senior Night with a 14-7 win on Tuesday at Memorial Field.
The Panthers jumped out to a 6-0 lead after the first inning, but the Bears plated four runs in the second and two in the third to tie the game at 6-6.
Published Friday, July 12, 2019
Logan McCoy fired a no-hitter and struck out 11 batters, and Keaton Mork cracked a grand slam home run to help lead Alta-Aurelia to an 11-1 win over Algona Garrigan Monday at Algona.
Mork had two hits and drove in four runs to lead the Warriors. McCoy, Cade Rohwer and Levi Sleezer all added two hits apiece.
