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The CAM Cougars survived another wild finish on Tuesday night to beat St. Albert 4-3 in the Class 1A Substate 7 Final in Harlan. The Cougars earned the program’s first ever state tournament appearance with the victory. DeShawn Carr made a big play in center field for the second straight game to seal the win. With the tying run on third, Carr raced back and leaped a bit at the end to catch a hard hit ball from Eli Finn for the final out.  Clinging to a one run lead, the Cougars got off to a shaky start of the 7th as the first batter was walked by Thomas Hensley. For the second straight game Marcus Daugherty had to come in to relieve a pitcher out of pitch count. The next man up Danny Koch reached on a controversial safe call at first. Daugherty threw out the first base runner of the inning at third to get one out with runners still at first and second. Garrett Reisz then sent the first pitch he saw from Daugherty to shallow left on a pop up. Hensley made the catch despite colliding with left fielder Mitchell Williamson in the process. Koch then got to third on a steal that was another close tag call.  That’s when Finn hit the deep ball that Carr made the play on to end it.

Carr had a big throw to home for an out against Lenox on Saturday that prevented the tying run from scoring.  After the game he talked about making a big play again with the final catch.

Thomas Hensley had a big strikeout to leave the tying run on third in the bottom of the 6th, after the Falcons had already score two runs in the inning. Hensley picked up the win and had another solid outing for the Cougars allowing 3 runs on 8 hits with 9 strikeouts and 2 hit batters. After the game he talked about his team finding a way to get the defensive stops they needed in close games.

C&M made a trip to the state tournament in 1993 but this is the first ever state trip for the CAM district that formed in 2003.  Head Coach Dan Daugherty talked about the significance of moving on and his team’s composure during the game.

Carr said the Cougars believed they could get it done and was overwhelmed by the accomplishment.

The scoring included single runs in the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 6th for the Cougars. Darien Burnison had an RBI single that brought Carr across for the first run in the 2nd. Mithell Williamson had a solo homerun in the 3rd. Kolby Nelson scored on a fielding error when Burnison put the ball in play. Holste came home on a fielder’s choice in the 6th to round out the scoring for CAM.

St. Albert scored one in the 4th when Garrett Reisz came home on a throwing error. The Falcons then put 2 runs up in the 6th with Reisz and Lance Wright crossing the plate. Brandon Williams took the loss for St. Albert throwing 5 innings and allowing 3 runs on 4 hits with 2 walks and 3 strikeouts. The Falcons finish their season at 26-13.

The Cougars improved their record to 22-7 and will now head to the 1A state tournament at Principal Park in Des Moines. The Cougars opponent, game date and time won’t be known until Wednesday night due to 2 other Class 1A games being either suspended or postponed on Tuesday night.

Listen to the full postgame interviews with DeShawn Carr, Head Coach Dan Daugherty, and Thomas Hensley below.

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CLASS 1A:

Substate 1: St. Mary’s, Remsen 8 , West Sioux, Hawarden 1
Substate 2: Bishop Garrigan vs. Newman Catholic @ Clear Lake SUSPENDED until Wednesday, July 19th at 7:00pm (Newman Catholic leads 4-1 in top 4th).
Substate 3: Hudson 10 , Kee, Lansing 6
Substate 4: North Linn, Troy Mills 2 , Iowa Mennonite, Kalona 0
Substate 5: Lisbon vs. Notre Dame, Burlington @ Washington POSTPONED to Wednesday, July 19th at 5:00pm
Substate 6: Martensdale-St. Marys 5 , Colfax-Mingo 0
Substate 7: CAM, Anita 4 , St. Albert, Council Bluffs 3
Substate 8: Akron-Westfield 13 , Coon Rapids-Bayard 4

CLASS 2A:

Substate 1: Estherville Lincoln Central 13 , Cherokee, Washington 6
Substate 2: Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 1 , Forest City 0
Substae 3: Denver 4 , New Hampton 3
Substate 4: Beckman Catholic, Dyersville 5 , Cascade, Western Dubuque 0
Substate 5: Wilton vs. Iowa City Regina @ Solon POSTPONED to Wednesday, July 19th at 5:00pm
Substate 6: Centerville 2 , Woodward-Granger 1
Substate 7: Van Meter 8 , West Marshall, State Center 0
Substate 8: Treynor 4 , Tri-Center, Neola 0

The Corner Conference has announced their All-Conference selections for the 2017 softball and baseball seasons.

ALL-CONFERENCE SOFTBALL

First Team

P: Camryn McClintock, SO, Sidney
C: Chelsea Weis, SR, Stanton
IF: Maryn Phillips, SR, Sidney
IF: Clara Schaaf, JR, Fremont-Mills
IF: Zena Courtier, SR, East Mills
IF: Daiton Martin, JR, Essex
OF: Ally Focht, SR, Stanton
OF: Jescenia Mosley, SR, Essex
OF: Kelsi Leininger, JR, Essex
UT: Olivia Larsen, FR, Sidney
UT: Emmy Duysen, SR, East Mills

Second Team

P: Kassidy Croghan, SO, East Mills
C: Jenna Nelson, SR, Fremont-Mills
IF: Kynzie Fichter, SR, Fremont-Mills
IF: Devin Isaacson, FR, Stanton
IF: Zoe Moores, JR, Sidney
IF: Rachel Schafer, JR, East Mills
OF: Kennedee Whipple, FR, Sidney
OF: Emily Welch, JR, Sidney
OF: Kami Tibben, FR, Stanton
UT: Liz Lang, JR, Sidney
UT: Devan Gray, SR, Essex

Honorable Mention

IF: Gracee Meyer, JR, East Mills
OF: Zoe England, SR, Sidney
UT: Tara Peterson, 8th, Stanton

ALL-CONFERENCE BASEBALL

P: Sergio Rodriguez, JR, Sidney
C: Matt Glockel, SR, East Mills
IF: Cameron Whitehead, JR, Sidney
IF: Drake Johnson, SO, Stanton
IF: Dylan Schroeder, JR, East Mills
IF: Dylan Chambers, SO, Fremont-Mills
OF: Brandon Peterson, SR, Stanton
OF: Josh Bockert, SR, Sidney
OF: Andrew Hontz, JR, Fremont-Mills
UT: Donnie Weis, SO, Stanton
UT: Beau Malcom, SR, Fremont-Mills

Second Team

P: Jacob Jenkerson, SO, Fremont-Mills
C: Mister McNaughton, SO, Sidney
IF: Nate Laughlin, JR, Fremont-Mills
IF: Bradley Clark, SR, Sidney
IF: Dillion Rocha, JR, Stanton
IF: Nic Duysen, FR, East Mills
IF: Shane Franks, JR, Essex
OF: Noah Hillyer, SR, East Mills
OF: Colton Thornburg, FR, Essex
OF: Cody Dupre, JR, Sidney
UT: Tyler Peterson, FR, Stanton
UT: Weston Copperstone, SR, East Mills
UT: Bryce Moran, SR, Sidney

Honorable Mention

IF: Connor Hultman, SR, Stanton
OF: Oscar Lupercio, SO, Fremont-Mills
UT: Kameron Wederquist, SR, East Mills

Former Kuemper Catholic star Dani Stipe is one of four former players being inducted into the 2017 Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union Softball Hall of Fame this week during the State Tournament. The induction ceremony will be Thursday at 7:00pm in Fort Dodge.

The three other inductees include; Cindy Johnston, Norwalk, Jenna Spratt, Clear Creek, Amana, and Jeree Carlson, From Sioux City, East.

Stipe played at Kuemper from 2002-to-2006.  She owned a career batting average of .560, scoring 190 career runs with 187 career stolen bases, which ranks second in Iowa. Stipe’s 287 career hits rank second in Iowa and seventh on the national all-time lists. She was a two-time Elite All-State selection, batting .646 with 117 hits as a junior, both state records while the 117 hits in a season is a national record.  As a senior, Stipe led Kuemper Catholic to a sixth-place finish at the state tournament, where was named to the all-tournament team after hitting .600 with four stolen bases. She hit .554 for the season and was the Iowa offensive player of the year. Stipe went on to compete for the Northern Iowa Track and Field team as a successful heptathlon and was inducted into the IGHSAU Track and Field Hall of Fame in 2012. Stipe is the daughter of former Nishna Valley coach Dan Stipe.

The Iowa Girls Coaches Association has released their All-District Teams for the 2017 Softball season.  Here are the honorees from each class:

SB 1A All District 2017

SB 2A All District 2017

SB 3A All District 2017

SB 4A All District 2017

SB 5A All District 2017

Along with those awards the following area athletes were named as 2017 Academic All-State selections:

• Jody Vanderholm, Stanton
• Faith Rossell, Griswold
• Nicole McPhillips, Tri-Center
• Catherine Leonard, Atlantic
• Natalie Daugherty, Nodaway Valley
• Josie Clarke, Nodaway Valley

Class 1A

Substate 7: CAM (21-7) vs. St. Albert (26-12) (@ Harlan) 7:00pm (ON KJAN w/Chris Parks and Mike Smith)
Substate 8: Coon Rapids-Bayard (22-13)  vs. Akron Westfield (30-2) (@ Denison-Schleswig) 7:00pm

Class 2A

Substate 2: Kuemper Catholic (19-12) vs. Forest City (26-3) (@ Ft. Dodge) 7:00pm
Substate 8: Tri-Center (21-4) vs. Treynor (31-4) (@ Lewis Central) 7:00pm

State Softball Schedule– Tuesday, July 18

Class 1A Consolation First Round

9:00 a.m. – Buena Vista University Diamond – Montezuma (19-13) vs. Colfax-Mingo (25-12)
9:30 a.m. – Diamond 2  – Akron-Westfield (35-3) vs. Belle Plaine (23-7)

Class 3A Quarterfinals

11:00 a.m. – Buena Vista University Diamond – #2 Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley (32-2) vs. # 7 Albia (28-8)
11:30 a.m. – Diamond 2 – #3 Sioux Center (23-6) vs. #6 Mount Vernon (28-15)

Class 4A First Round

1:00 p.m. – Buena Vista University Diamond – #1 Winterset (32-7) vs. #8 Sergeant Bluff-Luton (28-10)
3:00 p.m. – Buena Vista University Diamond – #4 Oskaloosa (29-12) vs. #5 Mount Pleasant (31-10)
5:00 p.m. – Buena Vista University Diamond – #2 Fairfield (33-9) vs. #7 Charles City (32-6)
7:00 p.m. – Buena Vista University Diamond – #3 Ballard (33-5) vs. #6 Carlisle (26-14)

Class 5A First Round

1:30 p.m. – Diamond 2 – #1 Waukee (38-3) vs. #8 Dowling Catholic (31-10)
3:30 p.m. – Diamond 2 – #4 Cedar Rapids Kennedy (35-7) vs. #5 Johnston (36-5)
5:30 p.m. – Diamond 2 – #2 West Des Moines Valley (38-4) vs. #7 Pleasant Valley (32-8)
7:30 p.m. – Diamond 2 – #3 Cedar Rapids Jefferson (38-4) vs. #6 Urbandale (31-8)

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