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Jaden Fitzpatrick (Maquoketa baseball) – The senior tossed a complete-game two-hitter on Saturday afternoon to lead the Cardinals to a 2-0 upset victory over third-seeded Decorah in the Iowa Class 3A Substate 4 quarterfinals. Fitzpatrick struck out six, walked none and faced just three batters over the minimum while throwing 93 pitches. The Cardinals (8-27)…

Tyler Smith (Cascade baseball) – The junior catcher delivered the game-winning hit in the top of the 13th inning on Saturday night to lift the Cougars to a 5-4 decision at Denver in the Iowa Class 2A District 5 championship game. Smith went 2-for-5 and pitched the final 1 1/3 innings to earn the win.…

Julia Roth (Wahlert softball) – The junior has gone 6-for-6 with four home runs in the first two Iowa Class 3A regional playoff games for the Golden Eagles (34-7). In the process, she has taken over the state lead with 22 homers. Roth struck out four in three no-hit innings in a 10-0 win over…

Jaxton Leach (Bellevue Marquette baseball) – The sophomore went 5-for-8 with three doubles, seven runs and five stolen bases in leading the Defenders to two run-rule victories over North Cedar and another run-rule win over MFL/Mar-Mac to close the regular season at a school-record 23-4. Leach is batting .306 (22-for-72) with four doubles, two homers,…

Addison Frake (Cascade softball) – The junior led the River Valley Conference North Division champions with a .415 batting average (34-for-82) and added eight doubles, one triple, three home runs and 23 RBIs. She also went 23-for-23 in stolen bases. The No. 9-ranked Cougars finished 17-9 overall in the regular season and 10-2 en route…

Parker Studtmann (Dubuque Wahlert baseball) – The senior third baseman missed the start of the season while on the mend from a knee injury sustained while playing basketball in November. But, in 12 games since his return, Studtmann has batted .484 (15-for-31) with five doubles, two home runs and 17 RBIs while adding eight walks…

The junior middle infielder came up with the big hit, a go-ahead bases-loaded triple in the top of the seventh inning to help the Rams defeat city rival Hempstead, 9-5, on Thursday. Miller is batting .315 (28-for-89) with five doubles, one home run and 15 RBIs in 29 games this season.

Morgan Hosch (Western Dubuque softball) — The senior pitcher struck out six and scattered three hits as the Bobcats defeated Dubuque Wahlert, 8-0, in six innings to complete a Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader sweep on Thursday. She walked two and needed just 81 pitches to improve to 8-4 with a 3.10 ERA and 71 strikeouts…

The junior needed just 57 pitches to complete a seven-inning no-hitter on Monday as the Wildcats defeated Starmont, 2-0, in Delhi, Iowa. Wall struck out three and walked one, and the Wildcats (8-9) committed one error. Trevor Grimm had a pair of hits, and Wall and Nathan Beitz drove in the runs. Starmont fell to…

Hannah Schlicte had a 4 and 1 record this week pitching for Beckman’s softball team, only losing a close game to a ranked Western Dubuque team. On Tuesday, Schlichte pitched a complete game shutout against the Monticello Panthers, allowing just 3 hits and striking out 6. In the Blazers first game against ranked Cascade on…