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For the second straight year, Benton softball saw their season end one game shy of the State Tournament as the Bobcats fell at Oskaloosa 4-3 on Tuesday in substate battle.
Jessa DeMoss was absolutely terrified taking the circle against Burlington on Saturday. It was the freshman’s first postseason start of her career after all.
Maia Bentley’s three-run home run came in the third inning and put a stamp on Mount Vernon’s 8-0 win against Center Point-Urbana during the Class 3A Region 5 quarterfinal between the WaMaC foe…
INDEPENDENCE — Tense. Tough. Tears.
SUMNER — Abby Meyer tossed her head back sarcastically as Sumner-Fredericksburg parents asked the Class of 2021 quartet to assemble next to their signs for a photo.
SUMNER — Different day.
Bobcat softball may not have been at the top of its game hosting Independence on Monday, but came back after a 6-4 loss to claim the nightcap 4-3.
What once was lost was found again.
CENTER POINT — Here we go again.
The Stormin Pointers rebounded Monday from a loss to the Mustangs with a game two walkoff win in extra innings.
JUCO powerhouse Kirkwood Community College faced a unique challenge going into an uncertain 2021 year. The Eagles had lost a vast majority of their 2020 softball season to COVID, like all prog…
Last year’s 5-4 nightcap loss at Vinton-Shellsburg still weighed on the minds of returning Benton softball players. Senior Brielle Hogan was playing first base and knew that game was a motivat…
WEST UNION — Laurie Driscol cheered.
Center Point-Urbana senior Nicole Coppess will continue pitching in the circle beyond her time as a Stormin’ Pointer as she signed with Ellsworth Community College softball on Thursday surroun…
Well, that was sudden.
Angie Gorkow made her way down a line of teammates. The senior leader of the Bobcats embraced each one after the team’s postgame huddle with tears lingering in her eyes.
Senior Angie Gorkow said, without hesitation, junior Karsyn Semelroth is the most likely of her teammates to take a nap on bus rides home after games. She said the most hyper on those drives w…
Benton head coach Eric Stenberg wasn’t deterred on Senior Night. Why would he have been? His Bobcats held a 9-4 lead in the seventh inning against Vinton-Shellsburg when he took one of his two…
Amber Fiser used to do it all.
CENTER POINT - Olivia Perez wore a pink bow in her hair. It stayed there for the first 3.1 innings of her start in game two of Center Point-Urbana’s doubleheader against Clear Creek-Amana on Tuesday.
Becca Steffen creeped to the front edge of the batter’s box. With one out in the bottom of the seventh, all she had to do was avoid the double play.
Katelyn Buscher was Benton’s workhorse Monday night. The sophomore right-hander tossed 207 pitches in a doubleheader against Williamsburg while allowing just three earned runs.
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WAVERLY — Thursday’s non-conference softball game between Waverly-Shell Rock and Benton Community started as a pitching duel between two young hurlers.
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VAN HORNE - No matter how great the temptations are, sometimes you just know where you are meant to be.
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It is already quite the honor to be named to the All-Conference team, but for more than half a dozen local softball players, they were seeking something bigger and ultimately attained that goal.
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Benton Community’s Casey Gallagher slides in safely during a Class 3A Substate 6 semifinal against North Polk on Monday in Alleman.
