Stories from Thursday, July 23, 2020

Buena Vista University head softball coach Mandie Nocita has announced the hiring of Kylie Bengston as her new top assistant beginning in the fall of 2020. Bengston has experience coaching softball at a variety of levels. She had been serving as a volunteer assistant softball coach at the University of Northern Iowa since September 2019 and before that was an assistant coach and admissions counselor at Indian Hills Community College (2018-19)...

ORANGE CITY - It was a pitcher’s duel on Monday night as Storm Lake took on MOC-Floyd Valley for the second time this season. This time, in a 3A-Substate 1 semifinal, the Tornadoes kept it close against the Dutchmen. However, a one hit contest for the Tornadoes led to a 3-0 setback to bring their year to a close...

LE MARS - It was a defensive contest on Tuesday night in the 1A-Substate 1 championship between Newell-Fonda and unbeaten Remsen St. Mary’s. The pitching of Hawks’ ace Blaine Harpenau shut down the Mustang bats as the N-F season ended one game short of making it to state, 2-0...

LARCHWOOD - Through the first three innings on Monday night, it appeared as if Ridge View and #8 West Lyon were in for a pitcher’s duel with nothing to show for their efforts on the scoreboard. A big fifth inning pushed the way for Ridge View to upend the Wildcats to punch their ticket to the 2A state tournament after a 5-0 victory...

FONDA - It was a showdown between #2 Newell-Fonda and #9 Extra-EHK on Monday night in the 1A-Region 2 finale. The Mustangs came out of the gates hot once again and used that to take a 10-0 victory against the Spartans in five innings, advancing on to the 1A state tournament...