West Marshall freshman Alayna Frederick walks off the field as second-ranked Grand View Christian celebrates its 12-4, five-inning victory over the No. 14 Trojans in Monday’s Class 2A Region 1 final at Hoover High School in Des Moines. The Trojans were denied their first trip to the state ...
JOHNSTON — The Johnston baseball program celebrated its 12th-straight Central Iowa Metropolitan League championship this summer. Marshalltown baseball coach Colton Hanke was excited to have fielded teams at all three competitive levels. The two teams at opposite ends of the spectrum got ...
GRUNDY CENTER — A pitcher’s duel for the ages was a draw. In the end, it came down to one more play made by Grundy Center. Spartan senior Pete Lebo hit a walk-off, two-run home run with two outs in the bottom of the 10th inning to send Grundy Center past the West Marshall baseball team ...
LE GRAND — East Marshall senior Peyton Grabenbauer pitched a two-hit shutout and the Mustangs smacked Waterloo Columbus 8-0 in six innings in Friday’s Class 2A Region 8 softball semifinal to advance to within one win of a third-straight trip to state. The Mustangs (23-9) will face No. 8 Wapsie Valley (17-7) on Monday night at the Warriors’ home field near Fairbank in the game to get to state. Grabenbauer struck out eight and walked only one as the Mustangs moved quickly through the Sailors (17-15) on their way back to the regional finals. The Sailors advanced only one runner as ...
STATE CENTER — Anything West Marshall junior Aubree Greenwood contributes on top of her pitching is considered gravy. As if throwing a five-hitter wasn’t enough, Greenwood popped her first home run of the season to lead the No. 14 West Marshall softball team to a Class 2A Region 1 triumph over Woodward-Granger on Friday night, 6-1. The Trojans (23-10) will take on No. 2 Grand View Christian (26-3) in Monday’s 7 p.m. regional final at Des Moines Hoover in hopes of advancing to state for the first time since 2017. The Thunder won both regular-season meetings with West Marshall on ...
AKRON, Ohio — Zach Johnson won his first PGA Tour Champions major in the final event at Firestone Country Club, closing with a 2-under 68 for a six-shot victory Sunday in the Kaulig Companies Championship. Johnson had a 63 in the third round that staked him to a four-shot lead entering the ...
