Linn-Mar High School - Marion, Iowa

Lions advance to 5A regional finals

The Linn-Mar Lions trimmed Waterloo East, 5-2, Saturday night in the Class 5A regional semifinals at the Linn-Mar softball field.

The Lions (24-17) will face Davenport West (17-18) in the regional finals Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Kennedy High School field, with the winner advancing to the Class 5A state tournament in Des Moines.

Davenport West upset No. 10 Kennedy, 4-0, in the regional semifinals Saturday.

Maddy Ryan tossed a three-hitter for Linn-Mar in the victory over Waterloo East.

Linn-Mar trailed, 1-0, in the fourth inning when Morgan Braughton tied the game with an RBI single. Ellison Ollinger and Ryan had back-to-back doubles in the fifth inning to give Linn-Mar the lead.

No. 9 Linn-Mar pounds Waterloo East

WATERLOO - The Linn-Mar Lions scored 26 runs Wednesday and swept a Mississippi Valley Conference twinbill from Waterloo East, 8-2 and 18-1 in four innings.

The victories lifted the ninth-ranked Lions to 19-9 overall and 13-7 in the conference. Waterloo East fell to 3-34 overall and 1-23 in the league.

Andrew Gassman went 4-for-4 for Linn-Mar in the first game. Brandt Ollinger was 2-for-4. Manny Jeffery pitched a complete game, allowing only one earned run with nine strikeouts.

Adam Bradley collected three RBIs for Linn-Mar in the second game. Ryan Wyant went 3-for-4 with a home run and two RBIs. Jeffery drove in three runs. Adam Stolley and Gassmann had two RBIs. Taylor Yoke had two hits.

Wyant pitched a one-hitter with seven strikeouts in the four-inning game.

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Ryan helps Lions split with Hempstead

DUBUQUE - Maddy Ryan was the winning pitcher and went 2-for-3 with a double Tuesday as Linn-Mar edged Dubuque Hempstead, 3-2, in the first game of a Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader in Dubuque.

Hempstead won the second game, 5-1.

The split left Linn-Mar at 23-15 overall and 16-8 in the conference. Hempstead is 16-18 overall and 10-16 in the league.

Linn-Mar splits with Hempstead

DUBUQUE - Adam Bradley went 3-for-4 and drove in three runs Friday as Linn-Mar topped Dubuque Hempstead, 6-2, in the second game of a Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader in Dubuque.

Hempstead took the first game, 5-4, by scoring a run in the bottom of the seventh.

The split ended Linn-Mar's chances of claiming the No. 1 for the Class 4A substate tournament this month. Kennedy swept Waterloo West Friday and claimed the top seed in the substate.

Sam Crawford pitched six innings for Linn-Mar in the 6-2 victory. He struck out eight batters and walked two. Manny Jeffery scored two runs for the Lions.

Jeffery had two hits for Linn-Mar in the 5-4 setback. Andrew Gassmann scored twice for the Lions.

Linn-Mar is 17-9 overall and 11-7 in the conference. Hempstead is 16-12 overall and 13-7 in the league.

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