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 ...
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 ...
Monday, July 13 Regional Softball Finals East Marshall at Wapsie Valley, 7 p.m. West Marshall at Grand View Christian, 7 p.m. at Des Moines Hoover Tuesday, July 14 Substate Baseball Finals At Marshalltown PCM vs. Dyersville Beckman, 7 p.m.
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 ...
MARTENSDALE — Martensdale-St. Marys got a leg up with a four-run fourth inning en route to a 6-1 victory over the BCLUW softball team in Wednesday’s Class 1A Region 3 quarterfinals. The Blue Devils (14-15) led 1-0 before scoring four times in the fourth. BCLUW got its only run in the fifth before MSM tacked on an insurance run in the sixth. The Comets (11-13) were limited to four singles in their season-ending defeat. Brooke Ward reached on an error and scored on Carolyna White’s hit in the fifth inning. Ward, Eden Ladehoff and Wyllo Collins each added hits for ...
First-year head coach Madaline Dalke didn’t get the wins she wanted out of her debut with the Marshalltown softball team. Her victory came in a culture shift that she believes can change the future of the Bobcat program. On Thursday night, however, the on-field outcome didn’t reflect the ...
