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Linn-Mar - Softball
John Begley has been named the new softball coach at Linn-Mar High School.
Begley, 66, led Solon High School to a state title in 2003 and has compiled a 572-309 record as a head coach. He most recently was the head coach at Jesup and led the team to two state tournaments.
Begley succeeds Mike Shipley as head coach and will be Linn-Mar's third head softball coach in three years.
Linn-Mar - Softball
Jefferson sophomore catcher Maddie Hansen and Prairie senior pitcher Katie Kuch have been named Mississippi Valley Conference Players of the Year in softball, the conference announced Monday.
Hansen is batting .496 with seven home runs and 67 RBIs. She is second in the state in RBIs and leads Class 5A.
Kuch is 21-7 with a 2.15 ERA. She has struck out 111 batters in 182 1/3 innings.
Both Jefferson and Prairie, along with Dubuque Senior, qualified for the Class 5A state tournament that starts Tuesday at Fort Dodge.
Linn-Mar - Softball
Mike Shipley has resigned as the girls softball coach at Linn-Mar High School after one season to spend more time with his young family, he said Thursday evening.
The Lions compiled a 16-22 record this season. He informed the team Monday that he would not coach them again next year.
"I've been coaching at Linn-Mar for 15 years ... 25 different seasons in three sports," he said. "My son is almost 10 and my daughter is almost 8.
"Both are becoming very involved in their own activities, and I felt it was time to be a father and support them rather than miss their games and practices."
Linn-Mar - Softball
Joe Yegge has injected new life into the Cedar Rapids Prairie softball program this season as their new head coach.
Now the Hawks are one win away from reaching the Class 5A state tournament, but they'll face a stiff challenge in the regional finals Tuesday night when they visit No.4 Pleasant Valley.
Prairie earned a trip to the regional finals Saturday night by spanking Linn-Mar, 8-2, at the Prairie field.
Linn-Mar - Softball
The Linn-Mar Lions swept a softball doubleheader from Cedar Falls Monday and finished in third place in the Valley Division standings in the Mississippi Valley Conference.
The Lions won, 6-4 and 16-6 in six innings.
Alexis Kelsey went 3-for-4 in the 6-4 victory and was the winning pitcher. Madison Rentschler and Kelsey Duggan had two hits.
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