Linn-Mar Baseball

Utley earns top honor on IIAC team

Cedar Rapids Prairie grad D.J. Utley has been named the Position Player of the Year on the Iowa Conference all-star baseball team.

Utley, a junior first baseman for the Wartburg Knights, hit .407 with seven home runs and 37 RBIs this season. He led all conference players in on-base percentage and home runs, ranked second in batting average and slugging percentage, third in doubles and total bases, fourth in RBIs and seventh in hits.

AJ Reuter of Coe was named to the first team at first base. Pitcher Connor Alberhasky and shortstop Craig Konrardy of Coe were selected to the second team. Michael Redmond, a Linn-Mar grad, received Honorable Mention for the Kohawks as an outfielder.

Ben Rettenmeier, a Jefferson grad, was named as a first-team pitcher for Wartburg.

Eagles sweep Tritons after Rima ejected

The Kirkwood Community College baseball team found an unusual way to win a ballgame Friday afternoon.

The Eagles fell behind 6-0 and saw Coach Todd Rima ejected for debating a call at home plate, but they regrouped and rallied for an 11-10 victory over 11th-ranked Iowa Central in 10 innings in the first game of an ICCAC doubleheader at Kirkwood in Cedar Rapids.

The Eagles captured the second game, 5-2, with a five-run outburst in the fifth inning.

Kirkwood won the first game on a throwing error when Iowa Central tried to pick Eric Schenck-Joblinske off third base after he had just reached the hot corner following an infield single. The ball got away and Schenck-Joblinske raced home with the winning run.

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Hanse will pitch for Bowling Green

Andrew Hanse has been assigned to Bowling Green in the Class A Midwest League, the club has announced.

Hanse, a pitcher, graduated from Linn-Mar High School and pitched at the University of Iowa. He compiled a 3-2 record and 2.75 ERA for Hudson Valley and Bowling Green in the Tampa Bay organization last year.

3 Lions named to IHSBCA all-state teams

Five Metro players were named to the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association all-state teams Wednesday.

Linn-Mar senior pitcher Austin Stroschein and Prairie senior shortstop Ty Mougin were named to the Class 4A first team.

Prairie senior pitcher Brennan Hammer, Linn-Mar senior first baseman Jimmy Roth and Linn-Mar sophomore third baseman Brandt Ollinger were named to the Class 4A second team.

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