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Madeline Bellomy (Dubuque Senior tennis) — The freshman has gone 4-0 at No. 1 singles and 4-0 at No. 1 doubles in leading the Rams to Mississippi Valley Conference dual wins over Iowa City Liberty, Cedar Rapids Kennedy, Cedar Rapids Prairie and Cedar Rapids Washington. Her closest singles win was a 6-3, 6-2 decision over…

In the first week of competition of the new fall season, she was 4-1 in singles and 5-0 in doubles, including 4-0 with partner Noor Kassas and 1-0 with Annelise Hefel. Hoden beat Class 2A No. 9-ranked Samara Peterson, of Ankeny Centennial, last Friday by a 6-2, 6-2 score and had key wins against Wahlert…

Kaitlyn Thole (Western Dubuque softball) — The senior catcher went 2-for-4 with a pair of RBIs as the Bobcats knocked off Fort Dodge, 4-1, in the Class 4A Region 8 championship game to earn a berth in this week’s state tournament in Fort Dodge. Thole is batting .406 with 13 doubles, three home runs and…

Tyler Smith (Cascade baseball) — The junior pitcher/catcher pitched five innings of three-hit ball to lead the Cougars to a 7-2 win over Grundy Center in the Iowa Class 2A Substate 3 championship and a berth at state. He also went 2-for-3 with a run scored out of the No. 9 spot in the lineup…

Will Pierro (Wahlert baseball) — The senior right-hander struck out seven and allowed one earned run on three hits and one walk in leading Wahlert to an 8-1 victory over Western Dubuque in the Iowa Class 3A Substate 4 championship game on Wednesday. The University of St. Thomas commit earned unanimous Mississippi Valley Conference Valley…

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…