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Linn-Mar - Baseball

J-Hawks jump to No.2 in baseball poll

The Jefferson J-Hawks jumped two spots to No. 2 in the Class 4A baseball rankings Monday by the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association.

Waukee replaced Johnston as the No. 1 team in the poll.

Cedar Rapids Prairie climbed three spots to No. 5 this week. The Kennedy Cougars are ranked No. 8 and the Linn-Mar Lions are No. 9.

In last week's poll, Linn-Mar was No. 7, Prairie No. 8 and Kennedy No. 9.

Last Updated on Monday, 29 June 2015 16:37

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Linn-Mar - Baseball

No.7 Lions split with Cedar Falls

CEDAR FALLS - The seventh-ranked Linn-Mar Lions split a Mississippi Valley Conference twinbill at Cedar Falls Friday.

Linn-Mar dropped the opener, 4-1, and rebounded with a 6-0 victory in the nightcap.

The Lions collected only four hits in the 4-1 setback. Andrew Gassmann went 2-for-3.

Tyler Annis, Jake Brandt and Gassmann combined on a six-hit shutout in the second game. Annis struck out five batters in four innings and got the victory.

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Linn-Mar - Baseball

No.7 Lions split with City High

The Linn-Mar Lions and Iowa City High Little Hawks traded 7-2 victories in a Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader at the Linn-Mar field Tuesday.

Brandt Ollinger went 4-for-4 with a double, triple and seven RBIs for Linn-Mar in the first game. Manny Jeffery went 2-for-4 and was the winning pitcher. Adam Stolley, Andrew Gassmann and Jeffery scored two runs apiece.

Gassmann and Taylor Yoke had two hits for Linn-Mar in the second game.

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No. 7 Lions sweep Saints in baseball

The seventh-ranked Linn-Mar Lions swept a Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader from Xavier, 8-5 in eight innings and 7-4, at Ken Charipar Field on Friday night at Xavier.

The sweep lifted the Lions to 12-4 for the season. Xavier fell to 7-12.

The first game was tied, 3-3, after seven innings. Linn-Mar erupted for five runs in the top of the eighth, then withstood a two-run rally by the Saints in the bottom of the eighth.

Last Updated on Friday, 19 June 2015 23:27

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Linn-Mar - Baseball

4 Metro teams make baseball rankings

Cedar Rapids Prairie jumped into the prep baseball rankings Monday by the Iowa Baseball Coaches Association, putting four Metro teams in the Class 4A rankings for the first time this season.

The Jefferson J-Hawks are ranked No. 4, Linn-Mar is No. 7, Prairie is No. 8 and Kennedy has fallen to No. 10 after beginning the year in the No. 1 spot in the poll.

Three Central Iowa teams top the Class 4A charts with Johnston, Waukee and Southeast Polk ranked 1-2-3.

The Xavier Saints dropped out of the Class 3A rankings.

CLASS 4A

1. Johnston, 2. Waukee, 3. Southeast Polk, 4. Jefferson, 5. Dowling, 6. Sioux City East, 7. Linn-Mar, 8. Prairie, 9. Iowa City West, 10. Kennedy.

CLASS 3A

1. Davenport Assumption, 2. Pella, 3. West Delaware, 4. Sioux City Heelan, 5. Harlan, 6. Knoxville, 7. Gilbert, 8. Waverly-Shell Rock, 9. Fairfield, 10. Williamsburg.

 

   
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