High School Softball All-State Teams
To completely wrap up the 2025 Iowa High School Softball season, the Iowa Girls Coaches Association released the All-State teams for the five classifications and we had 11 local players nab a spot, including two 1st Team members.
In Class 1A, Holy Trinity Catholic tallied 20 wins and was one game shy of the Regional Championship and a big reason for that was All-State 2nd Teamer Sydney Jarvis. The sophomore slashed 0.573/0.620/0.899 with 15 doubles, four home runs, and 49 RBIs, while tabbing a 2.30 ERA with 159 strikeouts and 16 wins in the circle.
Wapello’s 8th grade phenom, Quinn Zweibohmer, grabbed a spot on the Honorable Mention list. She finished third on the team in RBIs with 13 and second on the team in doubles with five, hitting 0.395 for the season. She also picked up nine wins in the circle with 187 strikeouts and a 2.12 ERA.
Class 2A two Lily Coil of Columbus and Ashlynn Huff of Van Buren County make the 2nd Team. Coil swatted 0.537 for the season with 15 doubles, three triples, three home runs, and brought home 38 runs. For Huff, it was her second consecutive season making the All-State 2nd Team as she clouted a 0.449 batting average and led the team in RBIs with 22 and (tied) doubles with seven.
Over in Class 3A, Washington’s run to the state tournament was led by two First Teamers in Ella Greiner, who made the All-Tournament team, and Leighton Salazar, who finished the year as the Southeast Conference Player of the Year.
A trio of local players took a spot on the 3rd Team in Leah Helmick of Fairfield, Lyndsey Kelley of West Burlington/Notre Dame, and Mediapolis’ Payton Harris. Helmick collected five home runs, 50 RBIs, and a 3.73 ERA. Kelley hit 0.369 with six home runs and 35 RBIs. Harris led the Bulldogs with six home runs and 22 RBIs.
For Class 4A, Keirah Wiseman of Burlington made the 2nd Team as she hit 0.430 for the season and Fort Madison’s Brylie Lorence claimed a spot on the 3rd Team with 14 home runs and 49 RBIs.
Local Athletic Camps
A couple of local camps start today with the Winfield-Mt. Union football camp starting at 7:15 pm for 1st through 6th graders and 7th through 12th graders practicing from 5 to 7 pm.
The Winfield-Mt. Union Volleyball camp will have 9th through 12th graders start the day at 7 am followed by 6th through 8th graders at 9 am and 3rd through 5th graders at 11 am.
The WACO volleyball camp will begin at 10 am for 5th through 8th graders and 9th through 12th graders will go at 7:30 am.
Danville and Mediapolis will be hosting volleyball camps with the Bears having 2nd through 5th graders starting at 11 am followed by 6th through 8th graders at 1 pm. The Bulldogs will start at 8 am with all girls entering high school, 3rd through 6th graders will go from 9:30 am to 11 am and 7th through 8th graders will go from 11 am to 12:30 pm.
College Football
Iowa State secured their future with a contract extension through 2032 for head coach Matt Campbell. The three-time Big 12 Coach of the Year honoree will earn $5 million per year in total compensation, which allowed for his staff salary pool to increase and an additional $1 million to revenue-sharing funds for his roster.
In 10 seasons at the helm, Campbell has accrued a school record 64 wins and led the Cyclones to their first 11-win season last year. The Cyclones will kick off the new season in Ireland on August 23rd at 11 am against Kansas State. You can catch the Iowa State football games on KILJ 98.5 FM and AM 1130 throughout the year.
Prospect League
The Burlington Bees had their first trip to the postseason since joining the Prospect League cut short in devastating fashion by the Clinton LumberKings, 3-2 in 10 innings. Owen Nowak claimed the two RBIs in the top of the 9th inning to force extras.
The Northwest Division Champions, the LumberKings, took on the Cape Catfish for the Western Conference Championship last night and held a 1 to 0 lead before allowing three runs in the final two innings to lose 3-1.
The Catfish will face off against the Lafayette Aviators tomorrow, August 5th, at 7 pm for game one of a three-game championship series.
This Day in Sports History
1934 – Giants outfielder Mel Ott becomes the first player in MLB history to score 6 runs in a game as New York beats the Phillies, 21-4.
1956 – Lee Petty dismounts his car on lap 32 and waves the red flag to the field because of dusty conditions at NASCAR Grand National at Tulsa, Oklahoma; race halted and never completed.
1982 – Outfielder Joel Youngblood becomes the only MLB player to get hits for two different teams in two different cities on the same day; singles for the Mets in Chicago for the day game; traded, then singles for the Expos in Philadelphia for the night game.