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Clarksville survives and advances to softball regional final
The #13 (1A) Clarksville softball team will look to qualify for its second straight state tournament when it travels to #7 (1A) Southeast Warren for the 1A Region 5 final Monday. It’ll be a rematch of last year’s state quarterfinal, won 7-1 by the Indians. Clarksville (21-9) defeated...
West Fork Softball Rallies Past Grundy Center to Advance to Regional Final
The West Fork softball team used a late rally Friday night to defeat Grundy Center 6-5 in a Class 2A regional semifinal in Clarksville. Playing as the road team, the Warhawks trailed 5-0 entering the top of the seventh inning. Preslee Dickman began the rally with a leadoff single, and with the bases loaded a few batters later, two runs would score after a Grundy Center error on a Brylee Dickman hit to second base. Later in the inning, JoAnna Wallace hit a two-run single to make it 5-4 Spartans. Facing a 1-2 count with two outs in the seventh, Preslee Dickman hit a two-run single up the middle to give West Fork a 6-5 lead as the Warhawks advanced to the regional final. Warhawk head coach Sadie Winfrey on her team’s confidence heading into the top of the seventh inning.
No. 10 Clear Creek Amana Advances to Regional Title Game With Win Over Charles City
OXFORD – To make a postseason run just about every team is going to have to overcome a little bit of adversity. Clear Creek Amana just did that in its postseason opener. After Charles City (25-6) scored a pair of runs to take a 2-1 lead in the fifth inning Class 4A No. 10 Clear Creek Amana responded with four unanswered runs on its way to a 5-2 win in a Region 7 semifinal on Saturday in Oxford.
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