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SIGOURNEY ? With a loss to Class 1A No. 13 Sigourney, 8-4, the WACO softball team ended its regional tournament and its season.The Warriors pushed at the end, scoring a run in each of the fifth and sixth frames and adding two in the seventh, but they couldn?t overcome the ranked Savages, who put up a seven-run first inning to take a commanding lead at the start of the game.The Warriors had four hits in the ...

WASHINGTON ? Class 4A?s No. 10 Washington wrapped up Southeast Conference play with a sweep of rival Mt. Pleasant on Thursday night, leaving itself in contention for the league title.?It was big,? Washington head coach Angie Shrader said of Thursday?s sweep. ?It was a must-win situation for us. I told the girls before the game started that we could still put ourselves in a situation to be conference champions or ...

New London 15Holy Trinity 3The Tigers scored four runs in the first inning and Holy Trinity came back with three runs of their own in the bottom of the frame, but the contest wasn?t close for long. New London put the game away with an 11-run second inning while pitcher Bria Mears and the defense stopped the Crusaders from scoring again in the three-inning game. Mediapolis 12WACO 0Aided by a few WACO ...

WINFIELD ? On a day that reached 96 degrees, Amanda Darbyshire wasn?t looking for much more from her team.?For as hot as it was, they really worked hard,? Darbyshire, the Winfield-Mt. Union softball coach, said.The Wolves dropped their contest against Lone Tree, 2-0, but not for lack of effort.?It was good defense by both teams, and that?s about it,? Darbyshire said.Neither team had much power at the plate; ...

Wapello 7W-MU 3Katelyn McArtor accounted for two of the Wolves? three hits in their contest at Wapello on Tuesday night. The W-MU catcher also scored a run in the game. Overall, the Wolves did not have enough offense for a win, while the Arrows came up with eight hits for seven runs (five earned) and claimed the victory. Pekin 5WACO 3The Warriors gave Pekin a better contest this time around. Last time the ...

BaseballNorth Scott 10, 1Mt. Pleasant 7, 0The Panthers scored seven runs on 12 hits but allowed 10 runs in game one at North Scott, falling short of a win despite a strong offenseive effort. Jordan Meyer pitched a gem but had no run support in the nightcap. SoftballPekin 4New London 3The Tigers fell just short of victory in their third straight road game of the week.

NEW LONDON ? The Tigers came up with a pair of wins, 4-3 and 8-4, in Thursday night softball against Van Buren.In the opener, the teams took turns putting one run at a time on the board, resulting in a tie score 3-3, at the end of the seventh inning, which sent the contest into extra frames. It was the New London girls who took the win with a run in the bottom of the eighth.In the nightcap, however, the Tigers ...

Districts for postseason baseball have been assigned: the New London baseball team is in Class 1A District 8, while Winfield-Mt. Union/WACO will play in Class 2A District 9.The Tigers are joined by eight other teams: Danville, Highland, Holy Trinity Catholic, Iowa Mennonite School, Lisbon, Lone Tree, Notre Dame and West Burlington.The host sites for district competition are Danville and Highland (Riverside). ...