Hawkeye Downs Speedway will honor a long-time Cedar Rapids Jefferson softball and girls basketball coach Friday. According to Hawkeye Downs Race Promoter Mike Becker, this week’s points races will be “Larry Niemeyer Appreciation Night” at the track. Niemeyer and members of his family will attend the races, and the country’s winningest prep softball coach honored during [...]
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We’re on to the semifinal games of the five-day Iowa High School State Softball Tournament in Fort Dodge. I mounted a remote camera focused on second base on the first base fence. It was connected to a radio trigger where I could fire the camera from my position on some scaffolding on the third base [...]
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This story was written by Jeff Linder and was published in The Gazette on June 28, 2005: WAUKON – Chantel Snitker took a softball to her grave. It was signed by her teammates and placed in her casket at the funeral home. It carried a message: “Now we play for you.” Those words are repeated daily, [...]
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Jeff Linder of The Gazette-KCRG releases his picks for the state softball tournament: CLASS 5A 1. Des Moines East, 2. Ankeny, 3. Iowa City West, 4. Pleasant Valley, 5. West Des Moines Dowling, 6. Ottumwa, 7. Davenport West, 8. Marshalltown. CLASS 4A 1. Clear Creek Amana, 2. Dallas Center-Grimes, 3. Indianola, 4. Carlisle, 5. Winterset, [...]
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Capsules for area qualifying teams for the state softball tournament: CLEAR CREEK AMANA Record — 41-1 Ranking — No. 1 in Class 4A Coach — Jim White (18th year, 807-117) Tournament history – 33rd appearance. Ten state championships, including six under White. First-round opponent — Clippers face West Delaware (30-10) in a 4A quarterfinal at [...]
continue »Pairings for the 2012 state softball tournament … HERE
continue »Here are all-conference softball selections for the Wamac Conference: EAST DIVISION First Team Pitchers — Arran Weeces, sr., Solon; Hannah Cole, soph., West Delaware; Catcher — Hannah Whitley, soph., Mount Vernon; Infield — Miranda Chapman, soph., Mount Vernon; Kara Misel, jr., Solon; Reeann McCarty, soph., West Delaware; Rylee Smith, soph., Solon; Outfield — Emily Bransky, [...]
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IOWA CITY – The success continues for Iowa City West. In a remarkable year that included a state volleyball title and two basketball titles, the Women of Troy softball team made its contribution Tuesday night. Ninth-ranked West used a strong pitching performance from Mackenzie Laux and timely hitting to earn its first berth to the [...]
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CEDAR RAPIDS — Getting ‘em on, that was the easy part. Getting ‘em in, that was elusive. Heartbreakingly elusive. Fourth-ranked Cedar Rapids Jefferson stranded a runner in scoring position in six of seven innings, and suffered a 2-1 defeat to No. 10 Davenport West in a Class 5A softball regional final Tuesday night at the [...]
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