After Savannah Anderson and four of her classmates were honored on Senior Night Wednesday, Anderson’s emotions were raw.
She had just pitched a 3-0 loss to the 4A, third-ranked Comets, but it wasn’t the loss the tears were about.
Nashua-Plainfield senior Mason Hyde laughed at the question: If God came down and said, one or the other — hitting or pitching — what would he do?
“Well, first I hope God doesn’t make me make that choice,” he answered.
The Iowa High School Golf Coaches Association released their All-State list last week, and four Chickasaw golfers made the cut.
Both Allison and Morgan Nuss were listed on the 2A first team, while Emma Ewert earned second team honors.
After North Fayette Valley scored a run in the first inning of game two against Turkey Valley Friday, five pitches into the bottom half of the inning the Trojans had a 2-1 lead, thanks to a triple by Jaedyn Winter and home run by Emily Busta.
Not that the softball isn’t important, but it’s not the only reason New Hampton coach Jack Seelhammer takes his team to the Linn-Mar Invitational each year.
The number of times Braydon Fisher knocked a foul ball out at Mikkelson Park during his final at-bat of the night in the sixth inning Friday were estimated between 12 and 15.
Turkey Valley not only beat the rain on Wednesday night, the Trojans’ softball team did it in style as they pound out 35 hits and scored 45 runs in a doubleheader sweep of Postville.
After packing up and leaving Postville Monday — with a 9-2 lead over the Pirates in the fourth inning — Turkey Valley dodged the raindrops Tuesday long enough to travel to Oelwein.
New Hampton junior Max Babcock and Chickasaw coach Cory McDonald were on the same page when they were asked about New Hampton’s 8-3 win over Crestwood on Monday.
Levi Miller isn’t going to lie, he was a bundle of nerves as his Nashua-Plainfield baseball team clung to a 4-3 lead last Wednesday against Forest City.
