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Bedford's magical run, upset bid end in walk-off fashion in state quarterfinal
(Carroll) -- Bedford baseball gave top-seeded Akron-Westfield all they could handle Monday afternoon, but ultimately fell in extra innings, ending their magical postseason run. The Bulldogs (20-11) never let the moment look too big as they went toe-to-toe with the presumptive Class 1A state championship favorite for nine innings, but...
Akron-Westfield walks off Bedford in State Baseball opener
CARROLL, IA (Dakota News Now) - Akron-Westfield’s first trip to the Iowa State Baseball Tournament in seven years certainly proved to be worth the wait. After playing through five innings of tense, nail biting baseball in their 1A State Quarterfinal opener with Bedford, Carter Wilken’s perfect one-out squeeze bunt scored Arik Allard from third for the walkoff winner to send the Westerners to the semifinals with a 3-2 victory.
Bedford, Lenox, Martensdale-St. Marys athletes named unanimous All-POI baseball
(KMAland) -- Bedford, Lenox and Martensdale-St. Marys athletes have been honored as unanimous All-Pride of Iowa Conference first team baseball choices. Bedford’s Klemit Olney, Lenox’s Dawson Evans and Martensdale-St. Marys’ Travis White were the only three unanimous choices on the team at pitcher, infield and infield, respectively. Other first team honors went to Laramie Stoaks (P), Gabe Funk (OF) and Carter Reed (UTL) of Lenox, Mount Ayr’s Preston Fleharty (C) and Adler Reed (IF), East Union’s Seth Hudson (P) and Austin Lack (IF), Martensdale-St. Marys’ Jaxson Bowlin (P), Jason Fugate (OF) and William Denny (UTL) and Southeast Warren’s Drake Steil (OF).
Wilken’s bunt plates game-winning run for Akron-Westfield in 3-2 win over Bedford in nine innings
CARROLL, Iowa (KCAU) – Carter Wilken’s bunt in the bottom of the ninth plated the game-winning run for Akron-Westfield in its 3-2 win over Bedford at the IHSAA 1A State Quarterfinals at Merchants Park in Carroll. A-W starting pitcher Nathan Gaswint struck out 13 batters in seven innings of work for the top-seeded team in […]
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