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Van Meter softball wins 30th straight, baseball battles in WCAC
Baseball (26-5) The season’s second meeting with Des Moines Christian (27-2) proved even more intriguing than a typical matchup with the Lions. After previously winning by one run on DMC’s field this year, the Bulldogs hosted the Lions on Saturday in a game that came down the final inning. With the score knotted at 1-1 after DMC immediately responded to Cole Moore’s run in the third inning, it was the Lions that scored the go-ahead run in the seventh inning for a 2-1 win to tie the season series, virtually ending the season in a deadheat in the WCAC.
A 14-year-old cowboy from West Virginia wins a world championship
Des Moines, Iowa – Koalton Heckler, a 14-year-old from Mill Creek, West Virginia, achieved the prestigious title of “World Reserve Champion” in chute dogging at the National Junior High Finals Rodeo (NJHFR) held in Des Moines, Iowa. Chute dogging is an event designed to prepare youth and...
Swimming Advisories Posted At Multiple Iowa State Parks
(Des Moines, IA) -- Swimming advisories are posted at multiple state park beaches. Blue green algae is an issue at Big Creek north of Des Moines and Lake Ahquabi south of Indianola. There are swimming advisories for e.coli and blue green algae at Lake Darling and Union Grove beaches. The...
Hotzler, horse among nation’s best
Sadie Hotzler finished as reserve champion in pole bending at the National Junior High Finals Rodeo last weekend in Des Moines, Iowa, and her horse received top honor. Hotzler finished second in pole bending with an aggregate time of 60.477 seconds. That put her just behind champion Taytum Anderson of Eagle Mountain, Utah.
Burned Out: Chasers Can’t Hold On, Lose 5-4 in Iowa
You can only come from behind so many times before you run out of gas. The Omaha Storm Chasers rallied from behind twice tonight and took the lead late, but late runs from Caleb Knight and Alexander Canario allowed the Iowa Cubs to defeat the Chasers 5-4 in front of 9,500+ people at Principal Park.
1951 – Skadal Wins Sedalia 100-Miler
William E Preston, secretary of the Missouri State Fair, presents Chris Skadal of Des Moines his trophy for winning the 100-mile IMCA stock car race at the one-mile State Fair track. Sedalia, Mo. (July 4, 1951) – Chris Skadal, Des Moines, driving an Oldsmobile 88, set a new world’s record...
ADM Softball Recognizes Five Seniors Before Monday’s Game
ADM Softball credited for photo. From left to right: Olivia Wyant, Aubrey Winter, Aleah Johnson, Kaylee Smith, and Cameran Smith. The Adel-DeSoto-Minburn Softball team celebrated Senior Night on Monday with their ninth victory in a row. The Tigers recently beat Raccoon River Conference opponent in Gilbert Monday 9-5, continuing their...
Newton baseball rallies past 2A No. 2 Des Moines Christian
Jul. 4—The non-conference baseball game between Newton and Des Moines Christian on Tuesday had just about everything any fan could think of. The two teams played through steady rain in the middle innings, ended the game in extremely foggy conditions and the Cardinals rallied from a five-run hole to down the Class 2A No. 2 Lions, 8-7, at home. Newton also played through a controversial call in ...
Hawks fall to Dallas Center-Grimes in potential preview of 4A substate final
The Ankeny baseball team dropped a 4-3 decision at second-ranked Dallas Center-Grimes in a non-conference game on Wednesday. The Hawks took a 3-1 lead in the second inning before Dallas Center-Grimes scored one run in the fifth and two more in the sixth to earn its fifth straight victory. The Mustangs improved to 32-2 on the season, while Ankeny’s record dropped to 17-22.
Iowa Man is Number 1 in the World in a Sport You’ve Never Played
Have you ever been walking or driving near a park and noticed these things that look like giant baskets sticking out of the ground? If you have, you're driving or walking past a disc golf course. If you don't know what disc golf is, it's basically the exact same thing...
Blue Devils too much for GMG baseball
ST. MARYS – A nine-run first inning for Martensdale-St. Marys was the undoing for the GMG baseball team as the Wolverines fell 13-5 to the Blue Devils on Thursday, June 27. GMG (6-16) struck for two runs in the game’s first half inning before the Blue Devils (20-7) answered in kind. Cooper Oberbroeckling was 3-for-4 with two doubles and two RBIs to lead the home team, which totaled 12 hits and collected 12 total walks from GMG pitchers.
Chargers Softball Splits Games with Des Moines Christian
The AC/GC Chargers softball team was in action Monday, and split their games against the Des Moines Christian Lions. The team took the first game 13-6, with an early lead. The Lions picked up two runs, while the Chargers tacked on eight in the first inning. AC/GC then put up another run in the second inning to go up 9-2, and both teams were scoreless in the next two innings. The Chargers picked up three more runs in the fifth, and allowed one, then tallied their final run in the sixth inning while allowing two runs for the Lions. Des Moines Christian recorded their final run in the seventh inning.
ADM Baseball In-Season Statistics
The Adel-DeSoto-Minburn Baseball team is continuing to grow throughout the season as a few more games remain until postseason. The Tigers are currently sitting at 14-13 overall (9-7 inside the Raccoon River Conference) and have two more regular season games remaining before the playoffs. Through 27 games, Senior Grant Rychnovsky leads ADM with 26 hits, 21 runs scored, and 20 RBI’s. Junior Grant Jansen is second with 23 hits, and Junior Reed Ausdemore is third. Senior Rhylan Stine-Smith is second on the team with 15 runs scored, and Junior Jaxson Book has 12. Jansen has 15 RBI’s on the year, which is second to Rychnovsky, and Stine-Smith sits in third with nine.
Chasers Fall 5-4 in Back-and-Forth Game with I-Cubs
DES MOINES, IOWA – The Omaha Storm Chasers dropped a back-and-forth game to the Iowa Cubs 5-4 Thursday, Independence Day at Principal Park. As the series shifted over to Des Moines for another three-game set, the I-Cubs scored first for the fourth straight night. A single and a walk put runners on first and second base to set up another single that plated the first run off of starter Daniel Lynch IV and took a 1-0 lead in favor of Iowa. Omaha’s offense mustered just four hits in the first four innings of the game and the Storm Chasers were held scoreless in those four frames.
Abigail Chyma represents STC at Girls State
During a normal soccer practice, Abigail Chyma got a phone call notifying her she was in the running for Girls State. Twenty minutes later, she received another phone call informing her she was to attend the event representing her community. After receiving positive recommendations from the guidance office and a...
ADM Softball Hosts Ankeny Centennial Tonight
The Adel-DeSoto-Minburn Softball team will be in Adel tonight for a non-conference game against Ankeny Centennial. The Tigers are playing with a ton of confidence at the moment as they’ve won their last nine games, preparing for postseason, which is one week out. ADM last played on Monday where they defeated Gilbert 9-5 to improve to 25-8 overall (13-2 inside Raccoon River Conference). The Jaguars is coming off a win against Fort Dodge 6-2 as they are also 25-8 on the season, atop of the Central Iowa Metropolitan League Conference.
ADM Baseball Faces Tough Test Tonight Against North Polk with Broadcast on KKRF
The Adel-DeSoto-Minburn Baseball team returns to the field in Adel tonight to battle the top seed in the Raccoon River Conference, North Polk, with a broadcast on Raccoon Valley Radio. The Tigers have shown a lot of growth through the 2024 season, with Head Coach Jason Book seeing the team...
The Upshot: European Open Lookahead, Des Moines Preview [Pres. by Pound Disc Golf]
Happy 4th! Charlie Eisenhood and Josh Mansfield celebrate the 4th of July together on the podcast by doing a wholly un-American lookahead to the European Open. They talk the field, championship contenders, ticket prices, and the new course, Tampere, debuting at the event in advance of next year’s European Worlds. Then they power rank the 4th of July before previewing the Des Moines Challenge, the last DGPT stop in the US before August. You can contact Charlie and Josh at [email protected] . Josh Mansfield is a disc golfer who is always looking for any excuse to road trip an...
I-CUBS FALL, 7-3, TO STORM CHASERS
OMAHA, NE – The Iowa Cubs (37-47) fell to the Omaha Storm Chasers (54-28), 7-3, on Wednesday night in front of a capacity crowd at Werner Park. Iowa began the scoring in the top of the second. Left fielder. Darius Hill. reached on a single to center before. Jake...
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