Today’s Local Sports

Colfax-Mingo No Match for PCM

Posted: Saturday, June 8th, 2013 at 5:59 am

Both PCM baseball and softball won their games over Heart of Iowa Conference foe, Colfax-Mingo on Friday.

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Seventh-Inning Rally Keys Pleasantville Win

Posted: Saturday, June 8th, 2013 at 5:59 am

With their pitching doing most of the work the last two games, Pleasantville’s offense had to step up and be a hero in the late going last night, as the Trojans rallied in the seventh inning to win 6 – 2 over Lenox.

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Sabers Slash Seymour in Sweep

Posted: Saturday, June 8th, 2013 at 5:58 am

To say the offense was dialed in for Twin Cedars on Friday may be putting it lightly, as the Sabers demolished Seymour in both baseball and softball action.

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Murray Handles Melcher-Dallas

Posted: Saturday, June 8th, 2013 at 5:58 am

Murray won a pair of relatively close games against Melcher-Dallas last night. Saints’ softball dropped their contest to the Mustangs 4 – 3, and the boys’ fell to Murray 6 – 1. The softball team’s record falls to 5 – 5, and the boys are now 1 – 4. Moulton-Udell is next on the schedule for them on Tuesday.

Knoxville Softball Comes From Behind To Defeat Newton

Posted: Saturday, June 8th, 2013 at 5:58 am

The Knoxville Softball Squad got down two/nothing early on in its game with Newton last night, but battled back to plate all five runs in the fourth to beat the Cardinals 5-2.

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Points Shake Up Could Happen Tonight At Knoxville

Posted: Saturday, June 8th, 2013 at 5:56 am

The 410 points race may get a little shaken up tonight at the Knoxville Raceway.

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Central Track Makes Statement in Polls

Posted: Saturday, June 8th, 2013 at 5:56 am

The Central College men’s track team finished sixth in the country on the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association’s Al Carius Division III Men’s Program of the Year Award standings.

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Pella vs. Grinnell Baseball

Posted: Friday, June 7th, 2013 at 7:28 pm

Pella: 1
Grinnell: 2

Final

Pella Girls vs. Cedar Rapids Xavier State Soccer Semi-Final

Posted: Friday, June 7th, 2013 at 7:05 pm

Pella: 0
Xavier: 4

Final

Knoxville vs. Newton Baseball

Posted: Friday, June 7th, 2013 at 6:56 pm

Knoxville: 5
Newton: 2

Final

Two First Half Goals Just Enough to Stave off Fillies

Posted: Friday, June 7th, 2013 at 6:01 am

A pair of first half goals from Mallory Lynch were just enough to hold off a furious Dallas Center-Grimes comeback in the second half of the quarterfinals of the Class 2A State Girls’ Soccer tournament Thursday afternoon, with Pella coming out victorious 2 – 1.

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Lynnville-Sully Blanks Eagles’ Softball

Posted: Friday, June 7th, 2013 at 6:00 am

The balls took flight for the Hawks of Lynnville-Sully last night, as they were all over Pella Christian’s softball team 11 – 0.

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One-Run Contests not Pella’s Friend This Year

Posted: Friday, June 7th, 2013 at 6:00 am

In what has become a common theme for the Pella High baseball team, a theme that Coach Jesse Jablonski would love to get on the positive side of, the Little Dutch dropped another one-run contest Thursday night, this time to Gilbert, 2 – 1.

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Trojans Produce Another Pitching Gem in Win

Posted: Friday, June 7th, 2013 at 5:59 am

Patrick Sheehey threw a one-hitter on Tuesday, and Josh Luna matched that last night in a 4 – 0 win over I-35 for the Pleasantville baseball team.

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Knoxville Baseball And Softball Travel To Newton Tonight

Posted: Friday, June 7th, 2013 at 5:59 am

The Knoxville Baseball and Softball Squads will travel to Newton tonight.

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Ranked Warriors Defeat Also-Ranked Mustangs

Posted: Friday, June 7th, 2013 at 5:59 am

Two ranked teams did battle Thursday night on the softball diamond, and it was the Warriors of Norwalk in Class 4A that prevailed over Class 3A PCM, 7 – 1.

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Twin Cedars Splits with Tri-County

Posted: Friday, June 7th, 2013 at 5:58 am

Baseballs and softballs were flying all over their respective diamonds in Thornburg last night as Twin Cedars paid the school a visit.

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Saints’ Bats Wake-Up Against Mormon-Trail

Posted: Friday, June 7th, 2013 at 5:58 am

After some frustrating nights at the plate, the offense woke up Coach Jon Suntken and his Melcher-Dallas baseball team, as they beat Mormon-Trail last night 10 – 7.

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Alumni Football Game Between Knoxville And PCM Tonight

Posted: Friday, June 7th, 2013 at 5:56 am

A football game between alumni from Knoxville and P-C-M will take place tonight at Ken Locke Stadium in Knoxville.

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Central’s Football Field Having New Turf Installed

Posted: Friday, June 7th, 2013 at 5:55 am

A new and improved surface is currently being installed at Central’s Schipper Stadium on the football field.

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