North Linn made a return trip to the state tournament on Tuesday night in the Class 2A, Substate 3 final with a 6-3 win over New Hampton and head coach Cory McDonald at Hertel Field on the campus of Warburg College in Waverly.
When the Lexus sits in the garage, it’s easy to slide the keys in the ignition and roll the luxury vehicle out on to the highway.
Such is the case with the Crestwood Cadet softball team and its star, elite pitcher Laken Lienhard.
From 2-6 to district champs, the New Hampton baseball team accomplished two major goals Saturday night as the Chickasaws rolled to a 10-0 win over Sumner-Fredericksburg in a Class 2A district title game.
New Hampton came into Wednesday night’s Class 2A district semifinal game with one home run this season.
It departed the game with four home runs and a trip to the district title game Saturday.
The goals — finish the 2020 season with a winning record and win a district title — were set by the New Hampton baseball team after a very unlike-Chickasaw 2-6 start to the season.
Due to a positive COVID-19 test within the Turkey Valley baseball program, Trojan head baseball coach Dan Stepan announced Friday afternoon that all varsity and junior varsity TV baseball games have been cancelled for the rest of the season.
The path has been paved and the brackets are set.
Postseason baseball is just around the bend for the New Hampton Chickasaws.
Four regular season games remain and then the fun really starts.
Kacey Olson knows sooner or later she’s going to need to get a bunt down.
Her coach, though, said if her senior second baseman wants to keep hitting home runs after failing to execute a successful bunt, she’s fine with that.
There was lightning, thunder and a torrential downpour topped off with a barrage of hail that rained down on the softball field near Jackson Junction Wednesday night.
