SPORTS POWERED BY CARL AUTO GROUP. IT’S WHAT EVERY IOWA BALLPLAYER THINKS ABOUT WHEN THE SEASON BEGINS MAKING IT TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT. AND TONIGHT, THOSE DREAMS EITHER WENT BY OR CAME TRUE IN FRONT OF FRIENDS AND FAMILY ON A PERFECT NIGHT OUT THERE, SOFTBALL REGIONAL FINALS. WE’RE TALKING CLASS ONE A AND TWO A. WE’RE STARTING HERE AT SOUTHEAST WARREN. FANS LINING THE OUTFIELD. THE WARHAWKS LOOKING FOR THEIR THIRD STRAIGHT TRIP TO FORT DODGE SRT STANDING IN THEIR WAY. SOUTHEAST WARREN UP THREE NOTHING AFTER AN INSIDE THE PARK HOMER IN THE FIRST AND A TWO RUN HOMER IN THE SECOND. GETTING STELLAR DEFENSE FROM THE GREEN MACHINE. AND HERE IS YOUR FINAL OUT JAYCE NEAR TWO NATALIE GEISLER AND THAT’S IT THREE TO NOTHING SOUTHEAST WARREN GETS IT DONE AGAIN REGIONAL CHAMPS YOU’LL SEE THEM NEXT WEEK IN FORT DODGE. IT’S JUST CRAZY GOING THREE YEARS IN A ROW. I’M TRYING NOT TO CRY RIGHT NOW. IT’S JUST SO EXCITING. I MEAN, I MEAN THE FEELING THE SAME AS LAST YEAR, BUT IT’S LIKE LIKE I SAID, THREE YEARS IN A ROW. IT’S JUST CRAZY TO ME. DINSDALE SAINT MARY’S THE BLUE DEVILS LOOKING TO GET TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT IN BACK TO BACK SEASONS AT HOME. FINAL INNING. BLUE DEVILS UP FOUR NOTHING. JUST NEEDING THREE MORE OUTS. FIRST PITCH POP UP TO RIGHT TO BRINLEY GERMAN ONE AWAY NEXT BATTER CAN’T CATCH UP TO THE FAST BALL TWO OUTS BLUE DEVILS CAN FEEL IT. THEN AFTER A WALK COLLINS MAX WILL TRY TO ADVANCE TO THIRD ON A PASS BALL, BUT A GREAT HEADS UP PLAY AND THAT ENDS IT. MARTIN AREDALE SAINT MARY’S TAKES IT TICKET PUNCH FOUR NOTHING. THEY’RE HEADED TO THE FORT DODGE. IT FEELS GREAT. YOU KNOW, WE HAD A LOT OF FUN LAST YEAR AND WE WORKED REALLY HARD TO GET HERE THIS YEAR, AND I THINK WE’RE ALL READY TO GO AGAIN. SO VERY EXCITING. THIS IS A REALLY BIG MOMENT FOR US. WE LOST FOUR OF OUR STARTING LINEUP THIS LAST YEAR AND SO WE HAD LOST SOPHOMORES COME IN AND FILL BIG HOLES. AND SO WE’RE STILL A YOUNG TEAM. WE GOT ONE SENIOR IN OUR STARTING LINEUP AND EVERYONE ELSE IS JUNIORS AND SOPHOMORES. SO COMING IN AND FILLING THOSE SHOES STILL WITH THAT TURNOVER SHOWS GREAT GROWTH BY THESE GIRLS AND THEY WERE READY TO STEP IN. IT’S AWESOME. IT’S THE BEST FEELING, YOU KNOW, AND WE WORK SO HARD. SURE DO. I-35 HOSTING SOUTH HARDIN THIS GAME A PITCHERS DUEL ROADRUNNERS LOOKING TO GET SOMETHING GOING IN THE THIRD INNING. GRACIE KIRK LACES ONE TO LEFT CENTER. IT’S A TWO OUT DOUBLE I-35 IS IN BUSINESS BUT SOUTH HARDIN WOULD GET OUT OF THE JAM. JOSIE MCCUDDEN GROUND OUT AND THE TIGERS ESCAPE THIS GAME. A NAIL BITER. GREAT PITCHING, GREAT DEFENSE. BUT IN THE END, I-35 TAKES IT 2 TO 1 IN NINE INNINGS. THE ROADRUNNERS ARE HEADED TO STATE POCAHONTAS AREA, HOPING TO SHOW OFF THE MOVES ON THE ROAD. LOOKING GOOD AGAINST A VERY GOOD VANMETER TEAM. VANMETER, THOUGH, STRIKES FIRST. THE BULLDOGS ARE LETHAL AT THE PLATE AND WITH THE SMALL BALL. MADDIE WALDORF BUNTS IN FINLEY NETTING. IT’S ONE NOTHING. VANMETER AND THEN SLUGGER MACY BLOMGREN PUTS A STINGER UP THE MIDDLE. WALDORF TOUCHES HOME, AND THE BULLDOGS ARE COOKING. THE MIDDLE WAS OPEN ALL DAY FOR VANMETER. BETH BOUTON HITS ONE ON THE BUTTON, A TWO RUN RBI. VANMETER WINS TEN. NOTHING. THEY’RE HEADED TO STATE. HEY, ROUND TWO OF THE SUBSTATE BASEBALL PLAYOFFS WAS GOING DOWN TONIGHT AS WELL. URBANDALE OH, MY GOODNESS. WHAT A CROWDED URBANDALE. THEY HOSTED LINCOLN FOURTH INNING, NO SCORE. URBANDALE AS BRODY KING GROUNDS OUT BUT IT BRINGS IN KAEL MCDANIEL ONE NOTHING JAYHAWK AND CHECK OUT THIS PLAY ON DEFENSE BY LINCOLN SPLITTERS CATCHER JAGGER BENNETT IS GOING TO THROW DOWN TO FIRST AND THAT JAYHAWK RUNNER IS NOW ROADKILL. JUST NO OFFENSE FOR LINCOLN THOUGH. URBANDALE AS MCDANIEL THROWS A SHUTOUT TO ZIP, THEY PLAY AT SOUTHEAS