Sports

In a game moved from Monday to Tuesday, the Cowgirl softball team gave a good effort before falling at Iowa Falls-Alden 3-2 to the home Cadets. Kendall Lienemann swung the big stick in going 2 for 4 and driving in both runs. Clarissa Hasty and Quinn Hansch both joined her at 2 for 4, with Clarissa crossing the plate once. Remi Johnson and Emma Schluttenhofer both reached on base hits, with Emma scoring the other run. Hasty and Lienemann each stole a base.

The sounds of a ball hitting leather, and the crack of the bat, signaled the summer season had begun all across the state and it meant finally a return to high school sports. It was a welcome change for all of the student-athletes. The Cowgirls were able to taste victory in their second game of the schedule at Rockford last Tuesday, defeating the Warriors 13-8 to give coach Chace Pruismann his first win as well. The Cowgirls scored four times in the first, only to have Rockford tie it up after three complete innings.

While the 2019 Cowboy baseball team did have their struggles at times, they still pulled things together enough to win eight games. The team is now a year older and wiser, and with a nice cast of returners should be more than capable of building on that number this time around.