DES MOINES — His tears told a story that had an ending he simply couldn’t believe. Or accept.
“Getting to state was great,” said Vinton-Shellsburg’s Daniel Chartier. “But losing this way it hurts.”
Chartier and his mates were one out from advancing to the Class 3A semifinals last night, but instead became the victims of “Monarch Magic.” That’s as in the Denison-Schleswig Monarchs, who rallied for four runs in their final three at-bats, scoring the winning run on a wild pitch, of all things, to steal a 4-3, eight-inning quarterfinal victory at …

CEDAR RAPIDS — Chad Christensen loves the Yankees. But the spring day he changed his mind and decided not to be one helped make Cedar Rapids Washington a state tournament baseball team.
“I’m just absolutely thrilled that I was able to stay here and be a part of this team,” Christensen said.
The all-state shortstop-pitcher planned to spend most of the summer playing amateur ball in New York for the Bayside Yankees to prepare for a career at the University of Nebraska that begins this fall.
But Christensen rethought things and decided he …

DES MOINES — An irregular heartbeat wasn’t going to keep Dennis Olejniczak from coaching Decorah in the state baseball tournament Tuesday.
“We expected him to be here,” said outfielder Andy Sacquitne, after Norwalk beat the Vikings, 4-1, in a Class 3A quarterfinal at Principal Park. “You know Coach O, tough as nails. He’d never want to miss anything. He was going to get out of that hospital no matter what.”
Olejniczak, 72, wasn’t feeling good Sunday and was taken to the hospital. He has more tests scheduled but said he feels fine …

Eric DeSousa has great reflexes.
“That’s the second time,” the Dyersville Beckman pitcher said after he snared a line-drive comebacker for the final out of his team’s 5-4 Class 2A state baseball tournament quarterfinal survival over Interstate 35 on Monday night at Principal Park. “Did the same thing in the substate final against Wilton in the sixth or seventh inning.”
This latest clutch catch moves Beckman (32-10) on to Thursday night’s semifinals against Cherokee (26-3), which won an equally thrilling 1-0, 11-inning quarterfinal over Gilbert. The thing is the second-seeded Blazers could have …

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DES MOINES, Iowa – Saturday night Class 2A completed the quarterfinal round of the Iowa high school baseball tournament.  Below are the story lines reported by the IHSAA.
 
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DES MOINES, Iowa – The countdown begins as the 2009 Iowa high school football season is just around the corner and that means the Iowa Sports Connection production of “Friday Night Live” is back for another great…
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