The Jefferson J-Hawks, Prairie Hawks and Kennedy Cougars have drawn No. 1 seeds for the Class 4A substate baseball tournament that begins Friday, July 17 and need to win only two games to reach the state tournament.

Jefferson drew the No. 1 seed in Substate 4 and will host No. 6 seed North Scott in the opening round. Prairie is the No. 1 seed in Substate 6 and will host Washington in the opening round. Kennedy is the top seed in Substate 3 and will host Waterloo East in the opener.

Linn-Mar drew the No. 2 seed in Substate 3 and could face Kennedy in the substate finals. The Lions host Waterloo West in their substate opener.

There are eight substate tournaments with six teams apiece. All six teams in each substate will play an opening-round game. The highest remaining seed will get a bye in the second round and head straight to the substate finals.

The Marion Indians will play Solon in the opening round of the Class 3A district tournament at Solon July 17 at 7 p.m.

The Xavier Saints will play DeWitt Central in a Class 3A opener at DeWitt July 17 at 7 p.m.

CLASS 4A
All Games July 17

Substate 4

No. 6 North Scott at No. 1 Jefferson, 7 p.m.
No. 5 Western Dubuque at No. 2 Dubuque Hempstead (Petrakis Park), 7 p.m.
No. 4 Clinton at No. 3 Dubuque Senior (Petrakis Park), 5 p.m.

Substate 6

No. 6 Washington at No. 1 Prairie, 7 p.m.
No. 5 Burlington at No. 2 Iowa City West, 7 p.m.
No. 4 Iowa City High at No. 3 Ottumwa, 7 p.m.

Substate 3

No. 6 Waterloo East at No. 1 Kennedy, 7 p.m.
No. 5 Waterloo West at No. 2 Linn-Mar, 7 p.m.
No. 4 Marshalltown at No. 3 Cedar Falls, 7 p.m.

CLASS 3A
All Games July 17

District 7

Maquokota vs Assumption, at DeWitt, 5 p.m.
Xavier at DeWitt Central, 7 p.m.

District 8

Center Point vs Dubuque Wahlert, at Solon, 5 p.m.
Marion at Solon, 7 p.m.