ACROSS THE STATE

AHST (Avoca) 60, Woodbine 51

Adair-Casey 75, Paton-Churdan 57

Algona Garrigan 53, Clarion-Goldf. 52

Ar-We-Va (Westside) 63, Charter Oak-Ute 61

Atlantic 67, Denison-Schleswig 44

BGM (Brooklyn) 59, Montezuma 41

Ballard (Huxley) 79, ADM (Adel) 47

Belle Plaine 55, HLV (Victor) 40

Bellevue 57, Midland (Wyoming) 56

Bellevue Marquette 51, Northeast (Goose Lake) 40

Belmond-Klemme 55, NE Hamilton 40

Benton Comm. 55, Wat. Columbus 43

Bettendorf 66, Clinton 38

Boyden-Hull 64, George-Little Rock 44

Boys Town, Neb. 74, C.B. St. Albert 37

Burl. Notre Dame 54, W. Burlington 42

Carlisle 70, Boone 63

Carroll 58, Dallas Center-Grimes 49

Cascade 53, Monticello 38

C.R. Xavier 51, C.R. Jefferson 41

C.R. Washington 54, C.R. Kennedy 38

C.R. Cedar Val. Christian 73, Lisbon 65

Centerville 63, Albia 39

Charles City 62, West Hancock, Britt 47

Cl. Creek-Amana 56, Independence 37

Clear Lake 72, Algona 68, OT

Colfax-Mingo 68, Gilbert 55

Colo-NESCO 56, Meskwaki Settlement School 54

Dav. Assumption 73, Muscatine 39

Des Moines Christian 64, Ogden 43

Dike-N. Hartford 49, West Marshall 47

Dub. Senior 45, Dub. Hempstead 25

Earlham 52, Panorama (Panora) 36

E. Sac County 72, So. Cent. Calhoun 29

East Union 64, Corning 42

Fairfield 60, Chariton 44

F. Dodge St. Edmond 76, Eagle Grove 38

Gladbrook-Reinbeck 46, Denver 32

Glenwood 87, Shenandoah 48

Granv. Spalding 62, Rems. St. Mary’s 44

Greene County 70, Saydel 57

Grinnell 85, South Tama 50

Harlan 62, C.B. Lewis Central 31

Harris-Lake Park 76, Southwest United, Minn. 37

Hudson 68, AGWSR (Ackley) 66

Interstate 35 (Truro) 80, Martensdale-St. Marys 65

Iowa City West 67, Iowa City High 34

Iowa Falls-Alden 53, Humboldt 37

Kee, Lansing 38, North Fayette 32

Keota 67, Iowa Valley (Marengo) 53

Lawton-Bronson 77, West Monona 52

LeMars 82, Storm Lake 65

Le Mars Gehlen 67, West Sioux 39

Linn-Mar (Marion) 65, Dub. Wahlert 41

Lynnv.-Sully 67, Tri-County (Thornb.) 15

Manson-Northwest Webster 69, Pocahontas Area 68, OT

Maquoketa 43, Anamosa 37

MFL/Mar-Mac (Monona) 82, Clayton Ridge (Guttenberg) 53

Missouri Val. 62, Westwood (Sloan) 41

Moulton-Udell 82, Schuyler County, Mo. 38

Mount Pleasant 69, West Liberty 31

Murray 85, Mormon Trail (Garden Grove) 47

New Hampton 79, Oelwein 64

Newell-Fonda 60, Sioux Central (Sioux Rapids) 35

Newton 49, Oskaloosa 35

North Linn 52, East Buchanan 20

North Mahaska 50, English Valleys (North English) 19

North Scott 47, Pleasant Valley 41

North Tama 67, Union (LaPorte City) 54

Northwood-Kensett 58, Central Springs (Manly) 42

Norwalk 55, Pella 52

Okoboji (Milford) 53, Sibley-Ochey. 47

PCM (Monroe) 60, Nevada 51

Pekin 64, WACO (Wayland) 58

Perry 69, Bondurant-Farrar 64

Preston 77, Calamus-Wheatland 53

Rems.-Union 76, Trinity Christ. (Hull) 62

Riverside (Oakland) 59, East Mills 38

Roland-Story 47, CMB (Baxter) 37

Ruth.-Ayrshire 49, Clay Cent.-Everly 15

Saint Ansgar 59, Riceville 52

Sergeant Bluff-Luton 55, Woodbury Central 53

Sheldon 59, Central Lyon 45

S.C. West 85, OA-BCIG (Ida Grove) 48

Solon 48, Dyersville Beckman 45

South Hamilton 62, North Polk 56

South O’Brien 43, HMS (Hartley) 35

Southeast Warren 63, Pleasantville 59

Spencer 54, Spirit Lake 51

St. Lake St. Mary’s 61, Alta/Aurelia 35

Starmont (Arlington) 50, Edgewood-Colesburg 41

Sumner-Fredericksburg 65, Postville 56

T. Cedars (Bussey) 61, Melcher-Dal. 47

Vinton-Shellsburg 55, Williamsburg 43

Wapsie Valley (Fairbank) 60, Grundy Center 50

Waterloo Christian 50, Cedar Falls Valley Lutheran 47

Waterloo West 53, Waterloo East 52, OT

Webster City 65, Hampton-Dumont 28

West Central (Maynard) 47, Valley (Elgin) 26

West Fork (Sheffield) 73, Rockford 48

Western Christian (Hull) 81, Estherville-Lincoln Central 47

Western Dubuque 69, W. Delaware 41

Woodward Academy 59, Madrid 46

AREA GAMES

Perry 69, Bondurant-Farrar 64

PERRY, Ia. — Torry Brelsford scored26 points with 14 rebounds for Perry.

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Norwalk 55, Pella 52

NORWALK, Ia. Senior Carson Miller made a layup and was fouled with 1second remaining to break a tie and lift Norwalk. Miller scored 18 of his game-high 25 points in the second half. Jordan Pingel scored 19 points to pace Pella.

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Colfax-Mingo 68, Gilbert 55

COLFAX, Ia. Senior Vaughn Wilson, scoreless in the first half with foul trouble, scored all 16 of his points in the second half in a win. Jordan Knock paced Gilbert with a game-high 18 points.

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Carroll 58, Dallas Center-Grimes 49

GRIMES, Ia. Carroll’s Akot Riak scored 12 points in the victory. Nick Drucker scored 16 points and had six rebounds for Dallas Center-Grimes.

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Newton 49, Oskaloosa 35

NEWTON, Ia. Sophomore Tyler Wood had 22 points, a career high, with four 3-pointers. He has 16 3-pointers in his past three games for Newton.

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PCM (Monroe) 60, Nevada 51

MONROE, Ia. — The sixth-ranked Mustangs (19-1) avenged their only loss of the season by jumping out to a big lead against visiting Nevada.

Ethan Kain led PCM with 21 points and helped clinch at least a share of the Heart of Iowa Conference title.

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Des Moines Christian 64, Ogden 43

URBANDALE, Ia. — No. 8 Des Moines Christian hit 13-of-22 from 3-point range on senior night, knocking off Ogden for the second time this season.

Jared Jones led the Lions (20-2) with 22 points.

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Ballard (Huxley) 79, ADM (Adel) 47

HUXLEY, Ia. — Five players scored in double-digits for the Bombers (14-5), who hit nine 3-pointers in their second win over ADM of Adel this season.

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Ayahna Fleisher, Susquenita — Fleisher tossed seven innings, allowing three hits, no runs and two walks while striking out three and lacing a double in the Blackhawks’ 2-0 win over Kutztown to capture the 3A district title on Tuesday.

Addison Harpster, State College — Harpster pitched eight innings, allowing one hit and no runs while striking out 17 batters in a state-qualifying 1-0 win over McDowell on Tuesday.

Sydney May, Cumberland Valley — May tossed a seven-inning shutout in a 1-0 semifinal win over Wilson, then, on Friday, struck out eight allowing one run, while launching the game-winning two-run homer in the sixth inning of a 2-1 district title game win over Chambersburg.

Landry Murray, Trinity — Murray tossed seven innings, allowing six hits, one run and walk while striking out five in Trinity’s 3-1 win over Littlestown in the District 3 3A third place game.

Bree Paetow, Chambersburg — Paetow went 3-for-4 with two RBIs, a double, a triple and a steal in a 7-2 win over Central Dauphin on Tuesday, and added another hit and three steals in the 2-1 district title game loss to Cumberland Valley on Friday.

Karsyn Peifer, Red Land — Peifer launched a two-run homer in the Patriots’ 7-5 win over Greencastle-Antrim in Thursday’s District semifinal, and laced the lead-giving seventh-inning hit in Friday’s 6-2 district title win over Solanco.

Kindal Rice, Greencastle-Antrim — Rice went 3-for-4 with a homer and four RBIs in an 11-0 win over Twin Valley in the District 3 third place game on Friday.

Isabela Rodriquez, Central Dauphin — Rodriquez launched a homer and snagged six put outs in centerfield in a 3-1 win over Wilson in the District 3 third place game.

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Every story ends.

Highland Park baseball coach Jason Newburger reflected on that truth Saturday when one of the Giants best seasons in recent memory came to its conclusion.

“This is an unbelievable group of kids, and we’re going to miss those six seniors for sure,” he said. “The worst part about playoff baseball is at some point it ends, whether you’re winning a regional title, a sectional title or a state title. The saddest part about this time of the year is that we’re not coming back to practice on Monday.

“We’re going to miss these guys a lot, especially the seniors, but the future is bright for the Giants due to the leadership of the last couple senior groups we had.” 

With a 5-2 loss to the sectional’s No. 2 seed, Libertyville, on Saturday in Hoffman Estates, No. 7 Highland Park’s 24-win season came to a close.

The Giants (24-11) dominated the Central Suburban North Division, winning 13 straight games to start league play en route to the division title. Their 24 wins were the program’s most since 2009, and they placed six players on the All-CSL North team, including the division’s player of the year, senior Ben Lichtenfeld.

Against potent Libertyville (31-4), the Giants hung tough. The Wildcats scored a run in each of the first three innings to take the early lead, while their starter, Chase Lockwood, kept Highland Park’s bats at bay.

Libertyville’s two-run home run in the fifth was a big blow to the Giants, who finally found a spark in their final at-bats.

Lichtenfeld and JT Killeen reached base to start the rally, and then back-to-back RBI doubles from Trent Harradine and Patrick Feder got Highland Park on the scoreboard. Not only that, the successful stretch brought the game-tying run to home plate.

But a full comeback was not meant to be.

“We don’t quit,” Lichtenfeld said. “We knew it was our last inning and we gave it our all.”

The late effort was nothing new to Newburger.

“It’s not surprising for this group,” the coach said. “The character of our group I’d put up against any high school team in the country. Our six seniors have really led this program, helped lead it last year and then coming back this year. I can’t say enough about this group.”

The Giants also played Libertyville tough in a 1-0 loss in early May.

Seniors Lichtenfeld pitched a complete game two-hitter in the Giants’ regional-opening win and then played infield on Saturday. Lichtenfeld and senior infielder Charlie Cohen were named to the All-CSL North team. Lichtenfeld was the division’s player of the year.

The senior leader pointed to the team’s defense as a key to this year’s success, and that starts, he said, with chemistry.

“Our chemistry is so good,” the senior said. “We’re all great friends who all like to come to the field every day. It’s fun to play with each other every day.”

Highland Park’s other All-Conference selections highlight the program’s bright future. Sophomore shortstop and pitcher Simon Rose and junior third baseman Harradine, pitcher Cooper Casdin and catcher Josh Midanek all earned the honors.

“More baseball with this group will always be fun,” Newburger said. “I would take them any day of the week. It’s a great group. We have a lot of good kids in our baseball program, and we’re just fortunate to be cast with coaching these guys.” 

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It’s regional final time for High School baseball as Waubonsie Valley comes as the underdog holding the 10 seed after knocking off Naperville Central, hoping to bring home a second straight regional plaque. The Warriors take on three-seeded West Aurora, who is coming off a come-from-behind semifinal win over Neuqua Valley. This highlight is sponsored by BMO.

We’re scoreless in the second inning as Blackhawk pitcher Jake Niedzwiedz shows why they earned that top three seed with a punchout to retire the side.

West Aurora gets a spark in the third inning. Eliseo Liscano hits one through, and that results in ducks on the pond for the Hawks.

Nick Lambert for the Warriors puts a stop to that by getting a strikeout of his own, and this game remains scoreless after three innings.

Warriors bats come alive in the fourth

Josh Hung starts the fourth inning with a swing that puts the ball into shallow left field for a single. Hung scores later on a Ryan Lucas double to give Waubonsie a 1-0 lead.

The Waubonsie bats are just getting started as Nate Cerilli rips this ball way out to deep left field, which gets down for a hit. Danny McGuigan and Ryan Lucas sprint across home plate, and it’s 3-0 Warriors.

Up next is Seth Neilson, who pokes one, this time into right field, and here comes Cerilli himself for another run for the Warriors.

We go to Shane Torres, who puts some firepower on the swing. The ball goes far enough to give Hiroshy Wong the ok to score, and it’s a 7-0 lead for the Warriors, still in the fourth.

Yes, we’re still in the fourth, and yes, the Warriors are still hitting. Ryan Lucas batting for a second time tallies one of two RBIs in this inning. The green and gold explode for 11 runs in the fourth inning alone.

Strong hitting helps Waubonsie to IHSA baseball regional title

The rest of the bench comes in for the fifth inning, and players like Chris Leigh want to hop in on the hit parade.

Two on, and Ryan Quinn brings them in with one of fifteen team hits in the ballgame. This performance helps Waubonsie Valley take home another baseball regional title with a 15-0 win over West Aurora. Nick Lambert tosses a five-inning shutout on the mound. Up next is the two seed Lockport in the semifinals on Wednesday night under the lights.

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After a near undefeated run in both season and postseason play, Sherwood Softball’s season came to an end on May 23 in the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association (MPSSAA) 3A state championship. The Warriors came just short of securing their second consecutive 3A state title after the 3-5 loss to Chopticon High School, which won their first softball state championship since 1985. 

“Chopticon came out loud and strong from the first pitch,” said Sherwood’s Head Coach Ashley Barber-Strunk, who has coached the program since 2014. “Although we seemed down through the first few innings, I’m proud of the fight [The Warriors] put up and their ability to not give up.” 

Despite their loss in the championship final, the Warriors had a strong season, finishing with an overall record of 19-2 across both the regular season and postseason play. The Warriors also secured a regional championship title. 

“I am proud of everything they’ve accomplished together,” said Barber-Strunk. 

Barber-Strunk attributed the team’s strong season to the players’ work ethic and mental toughness. “The kids work hard – they’ve worked hard their whole lives. I think the mental aspect of the game is the toughest part. Being able to bounce back after an error or [a] tough at bat takes a strong mentality.” 

As the school year begins to wrap up, the Warriors turn their attention to next year. The team is losing six seniors, many of whom were key components of the team’s 2024 state championship win. 

While Barber-Strunk acknowledged the challenge that losing these players will be, she also emphasized the team’s depth. “The younger girls will need to put in some work but are absolutely capable of coming back stronger,” Barber-Strunk said. For the Warriors, that preparation for the 2026 season begins now. 

AI-assisted summary
• South Bend area teams won three state championships across Indiana and Michigan.
• Saint Joseph girls and South Bend Bears boys lacrosse teams won Indiana state titles.
• Edwardsburg’s Zach Overmyer won the Division 2 high jump title in Michigan.
• Niles baseball won its first district title since 1983.
• Edwardsburg and Buchanan softball teams also claimed district championships.

Three state championships were brought back to the South Bend area May 31 — two in Indiana and one in Michigan.

In the Hoosier State, the South Bend Saint Joseph girls lacrosse team won the Indiana Girls Lacrosse Association Class 1A state championship, knocking off Brownsburg in a dramatic 10-9 contest. Senior attacker Kate O’Shaughnessy scored five goals, while junior goalkeeper Maya Matthews had 19 saves on goal.

They were not the only lacrosse champions from the city, as the South Bend Bears boys team defeated Indianapolis East Side, 16-6, to claim the Indiana Lacrosse Club state championship. Ben Nevala powered the Bears with five goals and six assists.

North of the state line, MHSAA track and field state championship meets were held Saturday, and Edwardsburg’s Zach Overmyer had the highlight performance amongst area teams. The junior leapt 6 feet, 8 inches to win the Division 2 high jump championship. Overmyer’s classmate, Sarah Pippin, placed third in the same event on the girls’ side with a jump of 5-5.

In boys Division 2, Niles senior Ayden McCarey finished third and Edwardsburg junior Mobius Stubberfield seventh in the 400-meter run. McCarey also earned a runner-up showing in the 110-meter hurdles.

Athletes from Brandywine and Buchanan competed in Division 3, but none placed in the top eight of their respective events.

Long drought ends for Niles baseball

There was history for Niles baseball, winning its first district title since 1983. They beat Berrien Springs, 10-0, in the semifinal Saturday morning before defeating Lakeshore, 2-1, in the championship game later that day. It was a comeback victory in the final, with Brayden Wiemuth’s RBI single in the bottom of the sixth inning proving to be the game-winning run. Jaxen Racht struck out 14 batters in 5 2/3rd innings work against Lakeshore.

Niles (26-6-1) will now play in a regional semifinal Wednesday, June 4, against Three Rivers at Vicksburg High School. The winner advances to the title game Saturday, June 7, at Lakeshore.

Edwardsburg, Buchanan softball win MHSAA district titles

On the softball diamond, Edwardsburg pulled off the biggest shocker in the area to win a second-straight Division 2 district title. The Eagles stunned Dowagiac, 4-3, in the semifinal before beating Vicksburg, 7-6, in the final. Dowagiac entered with a 30-3 record and had beaten the Eddies twice in the regular season.

A four-run third inning was all Edwardsburg (23-16) needed against the Chieftains, with Lani Hardin’s three-RBI single being the highlight. The Eddies put up a six spot in the fourth inning against Vicksburg to win. Hardin added two more RBIs in that game.

Edwardsburg advances to the regional round Saturday, June 7. They will play a semifinal game against another Wolverine Conference foe, Paw Paw, with the winner advancing to the title contest later that day. All games will be at Lakeshore High School.

Elsewhere, the graduation of a big senior class did not slow down Buchanan as they won another Division 3 district title. The Bucks (25-12), who reached the D3 state semifinals last year, beat Brandywine, 7-2, and River Valley, 16-0 (3 innings), Saturday to win a fifth-straight district crown. Caitlyn Horvath earned the pitching win in the semifinal, then was one of three players with three RBIs in the final.

Buchanan will play Bangor in a regional semifinal June 7 at Schoolcraft High School. The winner moves onto the final later that day.

Elkhart unified track repeats as regional champions

The defending IHSAA state champions, Elkhart unified track and field won a regional title Saturday at NorthWood with 143 points. Penn, Homestead and Hobart were the other three teams from the regional to advance to the state finals Saturday, June 7, at North Central High School in Indianapolis. Twelve co-ed teams will vie for the state title, competing in long jump, shot put, the 100, 400, 400 boys relay and 400 girls relay.

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