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SPORTS
Comets get No. 2 seed in regionals
The West Liberty softball team secured two wins out of their five matchups last week, grabbing wins over Davenport Central and West Branch while falling twice to Iowa city Regina and once to Independence. The Comets struggled against the Regals in the first game of their doubleheader. Despite scoring one...
Baseball: Solon Scores Late to Down West High in Non-Conference Matchup
Class 3A eighth-ranked scored a pair of runs in the top of the seventh inning on its way to a 5-3 win over West High on Wednesday in a non-conference contest in West Liberty. The win was the fourth in a row for Solon and improved the Spartans to 25-10 on the season while West High dropped to 15-19 with the loss.
Golden Hawk Baseball and Softball Set For Senior Night Wednesday
There’s an air of celebration in Wellman and Kalona Wednesday as the Mid-Prairie Golden Hawk summer sports teams get set to honor their Seniors with a set of contests. The Golden Hawk softball team is at Carr, Vincent, Gould Field tonight to match up with West Liberty. The Hawks are 7-22 on the season after falling in a pair of games Monday to West Branch 7-6 and 10-7. On the year, Mid-Prairie is hitting .300 as a club with a .390OBP and .391 slug, scoring 139 runs on 183 hits with 63 walks and 120 strikeouts. Individually, four Hawks are at .300 or better, led by Dakota Mitchell’s team best .431 average on 31 total hits and 31 runs scored. Kadence Grout has a team best 20 driven in. Sophie Miller, Grout and Gabi Robertson are all over the .300 mark. In the circle, Grout has logged 90 innings with a 6-11 record and .366 opponent average on 155 hits, 69 earned runs, 23 walks and 34 strikeouts working out to a 5.33ERA.
Regular season coming to a close
The West Liberty baseball team split their season series with Iowa City Regina winning the second game of their double header on Monday before winning the rubber match at home on Thursday. On Monday, the Comets matched up against the Regals for their first of three that week. The Comets...
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