CEDAR FALLS – It seemed this wasn’t the season for the University of Northern Iowa softball team. The Panthers entered the Missouri Valley Conference tournament as the No. 3 seed, but with a losing record overall. UNI had to fight through the adversities of a young team and a shortened season because of poor weather. [...]
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The Kirkwood softball team is having a season for the ages. The Eagles (55-3) followed their Region XI title by capturing the District F Championship last weekend, beating Dawson Community College of Glendive, Mont., 12-0. The win was the 48th straight for Kirkwood and sent the team to the NJCAA Division II national tournament as [...]
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CEDAR RAPIDS — Luther entered the Iowa Conference softball tournament unsure of its NCAA tournament status. The Norse would lean on their All-American pitcher to remove all doubt. After dispatching second-seeded Central, 9-3, in the afternoon semifinal with a complete-game performance, Luther’s Becca Girvan returned to the circle in the final against top seed Coe. [...]
continue »CEDAR RAPIDS — It might not be the best softball team Bob Timmons has coached, though it’s close. It is, without a doubt, the most surprising. “We had a lot of holes to fill,” said Timmons, in his 16th season at Coe College. “To be honest, when we went to Florida at the beginning of [...]
continue »One month into 2013, it’s time for a checkup. As in, how are those New Year resolutions going? You know the ones — losing a few pounds gained over the holidays, getting back in shape, starting a new challenge? I’ve discovered a couple of things during my recent excursions on some frigid mornings, always a [...]
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SOLON — In 1-vs.-1, Clear Creek Amana was the one. The Class 4A top-ranked Clippers scored the final nine runs, including six in a messy seventh inning, and ran past 3A No. 1 Solon, 11-4, in a Wamac Conference interdivisional softball showdown Wednesday night. “We knew we would click eventually as long as everybody relaxed and [...]
continue »CEDAR RAPIDS – Hayley Deutmeyer had a good feeling when she started her pre-game routine. The Cedar Rapids Xavier shortstop took cuts in the batting cage and envisioned a successful night, which ended up being true. Deutmeyer went 3-for-4, scoring the winning runs in two one-run games as the Saints earned a Mississippi Valley Conference double-header [...]
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CEDAR RAPIDS – Cedar Rapids Jefferson continued its solid run through the Mississippi Valley Conference Tuesday night when it shut out visiting Iowa City High 12-0 and 11-0 in a doubleheader. The first game was stopped after four innings and game two was ended after six. The J-Hawks are 30-4 overall (21-1 in the MVC) [...]
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Cedar Rapids Jefferson’s Carson Burgart hits the ball during the first game of a double-header against Cedar Rapids Kennedy on Thursday at Jefferson. The J-Hawks swept, 18-0 and 8-5. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette-KCRG) CEDAR RAPIDS — A second straight laugher had evolved into something completely different, and Hannah Petersen heard her coach’s inquiry: “Pete, you [...]
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Retired teacher Jeff Barker offered us this photo – and story – about Chelsea Berry, who will be a senior at Starmont this fall. Berry “completed a natural cycle in a softball game earlier this summer,” Barker wrote. “She is, by the way, the same athlete who won the (Class) 1A state long jump title [...]
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