Coe whips Wartburg, eyes IIAC title
Steve Cook strode to the mound in the sixth inning Friday with a plan that might have been stolen from the Little League coaches manual.
It was time for a pitching change, but that's not all.
"AJ," the Coe coach began when he got the mound. "It's time for you to stop pitching and go play first base. Nice job, son.
"Jory, you switch from first base to third base. Remember to change gloves. Cole, you move from third base to right field. And Jack, you come in from right field and pitch.
"OK, fellas? And after the game we'll go for ice cream."
It may have looked like a Little League game, but it had big-time results (we're not sure about the ice cream).
All the maneuvers helped Coe whip Wartburg, 6-3, in the winners bracket final of the Iowa Conference tournament at Veterans Memorial Stadium. Read more...