T-R PHOTO BY ROSS THEDE - Marshalltown shortstop Sam Greazel, center, catches Mason City's Lincoln Berding, right, in a rundown during the fourth inning of Friday's baseball game at the MHS diamond.

The Marshalltown baseball team managed just one hit in each game of Friday’s Iowa Alliance Conference doubleheader with Mason City, falling 6-0 and 14-0.

Mason City pitcher Gabe Ries struck out 14 in a one-hit shutout in the opener, giving up a leadoff double to Sam Greazel and nothing more the rest of the way. Ries struck out nine-straight Bobcats at one point.

Lincoln Berding was 3-for-3 with a double, a run and two RBIs, and Marquez Holton hit a solo homer for the Riverhawks. Aiden Holmgren pitched five innings for the loss for MHS, allowing four runs on five hits, one walk and one hit batsman. He struck out three.

“Holmgren pitched well in Game 1,” said Marshalltown head coach Colton Hanke. “He kept it around the zone and we played very well defensively. Unfortunately we couldn’t get a run across the plate in Game 1 or Game 2 for that to matter.”

In the nightcap, Zander Stupp’s single in the fourth inning was Marshalltown’s only hit. Owen Rickers struck out five over four shutout innings, while Gaige Younge gave up no hits in three innings of relief, striking out four.

Isaac Rickers was 4-for-5 with two doubles and four RBIs to lead the Riverhawks (12-6, 5-3), who have won 10 in a row. MHS starter Sam Greazel surrendered five runs on six hits in one inning for the loss.

Marshalltown (4-13, 0-6) hosts Des Moines North on Monday.

Redhawks take down No. 8 Don Bosco, 2-1

TRAER — Clayton Williams drove in two runs with a sixth-inning single and Josh Dostal went the distance on the mound as the North Tama baseball team knocked off Class 1A No. 8 Don Bosco in Thursday’s Iowa Star Conference showdown at J.L. Lister Field.

Kolt Knaack and Dostal singled to start the bottom of the sixth, and Williams came through with the hit two outs later to lift the Redhawks (8-4) to their first win over Don Bosco (12-3) in 10 years.

Tucker Youngblut drove in David Schmitz with one out in the top of the seventh for the Dons, but Dostal got cleanup hitter Kyler Sallis to ground out to leave the tying run stranded on base.

Dostal allowed four hits, walked four and hit a batter but minimized the damage, striking out one. Kayler Morris had the team’s only hit that wasn’t in the bottom of the sixth.

Spartans score steadily to topple AGWSR

GRUNDY CENTER — The Class 2A No. 8 Grundy Center baseball team kept constant pressure on AGWSR on its way to a 6-0 win over the Cougars in Thursday’s NICL West Division win.

The Spartans (10-2, 5-0) had just three hits but benefited from eight walks and four hit batters to score their six runs. Ryker Thoren singled, scored and drove in a run, Judd Jirovsky had an RBI single, and Brayden Davie added a hit.

Jirovsky held AGWSR (5-8, 0-3) to four hits and one walk while striking out eight over seven scoreless innings.

Comets take care of Wildcats in Iowa Star play

CONRAD — The BCLUW softball team withstood Janesville’s comeback attempt for a 5-3 win in Wednesday’s Iowa Star Conference clash.

The Comets (9-1) led 5-0 through four innings before the visiting Wildcats rallied up three runs in the fifth. Klayre Gallentine earned the win for her five innings pitched, striking out six and walking two, before Eden Ladehoff pitched two hitless innings of relief in which she struck out four.

Ladehoff was 3-for-4 at the plate with a double and two runs scored to help the Comets collect their fifth-straight win. Sarah Garber was 2-for-3 with a run scored, while Raegan Crawford and Allison Ward both had RBI singles.

Only one run came earned to Janesville pitcher Joey Barnes, who struck out seven and walked two. The Wildcats (8-6) committed four errors.

Kiewiet leads Spartans past Cougars

GRUNDY CENTER — Grundy Center eighth-grader Macey Kiewiet pitched a three-hitter to help lead the Spartan softball team to an 8-0 win over AGWSR in Thursday’s NICL West Division matchup.

Kiewiet allowed three singles, didn’t walk a batter and struck out seven in the five-inning victory. She also had a team-high two hits, including an RBI double.

Grundy Center (9-4, 4-0) turned its 3-0 lead into an eight-run win with five runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to end it early.

Allison Koch had an RBI double and scored a run, while Ava Heeren, Lauren Zajac, Camdyn Anderson and Evelyn Geerdes all singled, scored and drove in a run against the Cougars (3-9, 1-2).