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Sophie Miller (Dubuque Senior) — The sophomore second baseman hit a grand slam and a three-run home run on Tuesday to lead the Rams to a 10-0 victory over Davenport North. She entered the postseason with a .330 batting average, eight doubles, one triple, four homers and 26 RBIs.

Foti Rigopoulos (Dubuque Wahlert) – The junior right-handed pitcher/outfielder is 6-0 with a 2.80 ERA and 39 strikeouts against 16 walks in 45 innings of work. Offensively, he has gone 35-for-111 (.315) with eight doubles, one triple, three home runs and a team-best 28 RBIs. On Saturday, he earned the pitching win that clinched at…

Sophie Link (Dubuque Senior) – The senior leads the Rams with a .362 batting average (42-for-116) with eight doubles, two triples and seven RBIs. She has posted a .408 on-base percentage, stolen 13 bases in 17 attempts and fields at a .966 clip.

Toby Grimm (Maquoketa Valley) – The senior leads the Wildcats with a .434 batting average (36-for-83) with five doubles, one home run and a team-best 21 RBIs. He has also gone a perfect 18-for-18 in stolen base attempts. Maquoketa defeated Lisbon, 6-3, in its Iowa Class 1A district opener and plays at North Tama on…

The sophomore outfielder ranks second among all Iowa Class 5A softball players with 56 hits, just one behind Sioux City East’s Leah Conlon. Tomkins is batting .483 with 51 singles, two doubles, two triples, one home run and nine RBIs in 31 games. She has a .504 on-base percentage.

The sophomore had a pair of 4-for-4 performances this week to raise her season batting average to .395 (32-for-81). She has five doubles, two triples, one home run and 25 RBIs, which shares the team lead for the Mississippi Valley Conference Mississippi Division champions. Kylie went 15 for 23 for a .652 avg. Kylie had…

The sophomore leads the Western Dubuque softball team with a .439 batting average (43-for-98) with nine doubles, three triples and 22 RBIs in 30 games. She also has a .466 on-base percentage for the Bobcats who won the first Mississippi Valley Conference softball title in program history with a 17-2 mark in Valley Division play.

Cal Bonifas (Bellevue Marquette) – The sophomore pitcher is 5-1 with one save, a 0.20 ERA and 57 strikeouts in 35 1/3 innings of work. He has walked just 15 batters and averages 1.08 walks plus hits per inning to go along with a .143 opponents batting average. His ERA ranks fourth in Class 2A.

The senior outfielder is batting .485 (32-for-66) with five doubles, one home run, 36 RBIs and a .615 on-base percentage for the Iowa Class 3A No. 3-ranked Bobcats. He has drawn 18 walks and nine hit batsmen while striking out only nine times.

Lilah Ettema (Dubuque Senior) – The incoming freshman has gone 9-3 with a 1.38 ERA and 35 strikeouts against 15 walks over 71 innings pitched in 18 appearances, including eight starts. Opponents are hitting just .190 against her. Ettema pitched 12 1/3 innings over two games on Thursday to help the Rams beat city rival…