Metro Sports Report

Marion Coach Steve Fish won his 600th game Wednesday night against South Tama. He is pictured with freshman Chase Zielke during a game at Marion last week. (MSR photo by Margaret O'Banion).

Fish joins '600 Club' as Marion sweeps

Wed - 08 Jul Written by Jim Ecker

TAMA - Steve Fish lived all over the United States and all over the world when he was growing up as a Navy brat, but he found a home in Iowa and never left after graduating from Coe College in 1983.

Now he's a member of an exclusive club in his adopted state.

Fish won his 600th game as a high school baseball coach Wednesday night when the Marion Indians swept a Wamac Conference doubleheader from South Tama, 7-5 and 11-0 in five innings.

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Prairie girls claim outright title

Wed - 08 Jul Written by Metro Sports Report

WATERLOO - The Cedar Rapids Prairie softball team does not have to share the conference title with anyone after sweeping a doubleheader Thursday at Waterloo East, 10-0 in six innings and 7-4 in eight innings.

Prairie captured the Mississippi Division title in the Mississippi Valley Conference with an 18-8 record. Waterloo West finished second in the division at 16-10, two games behind the Hawks.

This is Prairie's first MVC title since 1988.

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Meyer sparkles for No. 2 J-Hawks

Wed - 08 Jul Written by Metro Sports Report

Sam Meyer tossed a three-hitter Wednesday night as Jefferson clipped Davenport North, 4-1, in a non-conference baseball game at the Jefferson field.

Meyer pitched all seven innings for the second-ranked J-Hawks, with five strikeouts, one walk and one unearned run.

Jefferson scored all four of its runs in the bottom of the sixth inning. Caleb Stekl and Cam Frazier had two RBIs in the uprising as the J-Hawks erased a 1-0 deficit. Frazier went 2-for-3.

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Jorge, Corcino help Kernels slam Beloit

Thu - 09 Jul Written by Morgan Hawk

BELOIT, Wis. – Felix Jorge tossed eight scoreless innings and Edgar Corcino hit a grand slam as the Cedar Rapids Kernels blasted the Beloit Snappers, 8-1, before 424 fans Wednesday night at Pohlman Field.

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No. 9 Linn-Mar pounds Waterloo East

Thu - 09 Jul Written by Metro Sports Report

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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