Washington High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Puk selected for PG All-American Classic

A.J. Puk of Cedar Rapids Washington has been selected to play in the Perfect Game All-American Classic on Sunday, Aug. 12 at Petco Park in San Diego.

Puk, 6-foot-6, is a left-handed pitcher and first baseman who is entering his senior year at Washington. He has already committed to play college baseball at the University of Florida.

A total of 46 players were selected for the All-American Classic. Puk is a member of the East squad.

The game will be televised by the CBS Sports Network.

Puk, Warriors doomed by one bad inning

By Susan Harman

Iowa City Press-Citizen

IOWA CITY -- Iowa City West Coach Charlie Stumpff was walking the halls at 8 a.m. Friday worrying about his team’s substate matchup with A.J. Puk, Cedar Rapids Washington’s star pitcher.

Puk is a 6-foot-6 lefty who plays part of the summer with a traveling team and already has committed to the University of Florida as a junior.

So even though Washington came in with a less than impressive 7-29 record, Puk’s presence made it a scary matchup between a No.1 seed and a No.6 seed.

Stumpff needn’t have worried. His team took advantage of one disastrous inning by Puk and came away with a 6-0 victory.

West High (33-7) has a bye on Monday and will host Dubuque Hempstead or Dubuque Senior on Wednesday in the Class 4A substate finals.

“We’d worry against anybody,” Stumpff said. “Sometimes when you’re a one playing a six you might not be all that interested, but somebody as good as Puk gets our interest.”

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Dobbs helps Warriors clip Davenport Central

Eighth grader Johnny Dobbs slugged a two-run homer Tuesday night as Cedar Rapids Washington trimmed Davenport Central, 7-4, in a non-conference baseball game at Washington.

Grant Dostal scattered seven hits over 6 2/3 innings and got the victory for the Warriors (9-29). A.J. Puk struck out the final Davenport Central (13-20) batter with runners on second and third for the save.

Noah Dostal had three hits and scored three runs for Washington. Noah Burdt had a double and three RBIs. Dobbs finished with two hits.

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Lombardi ejected as Warriors split twinbill

Cedar Rapids Washington baseball coach Tony Lombardi, assistant coach Ron Benich and senior Grant Dostal were all ejected from the second game of their team's Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader against Waterloo East Tuesday night.

Waterloo East won the controversial nightcap, 15-14, in eight innings. The Warriors won the first game, 4-3, at Washington.

The ejections occurred with Washington batting in the bottom of the eighth inning of the second game. The Warriors had cut a 15-10 deficit to 15-14 and had runners on first and second with nobody out when the disputed play began.

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