POWERED BY CARL AUTO GROUP WINNER SAID A TEAM THAT HAS WON TWO OF THE PAST THREE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS CAME INTO THIS YEAR’S STATE SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT AS THE SEVEN SEED. THEY DON’T LOOK LIKE THE SEVENTH BEST TEAM OUT THERE. HERE’S CASEY CERES JEFF DUBROF FROM FORT DODGE. WE HAD AN INSTANT CLASSIC BETWEEN FORT DODGE AND WINTERSET DODGERS DOWN FOUR THREE IN THE SEVENTH. THEY LAY DOWN A SACRIFICE BUNT, TRYING TO GET THE RUNNER TO THIRD AND WINTERSET THROWS OVER. BUT THE BALL GOES SAILING. THAT ALLOWS HOPE ALSTOTT TO SCORE. WE ARE TIED AT FOUR AND WOULD HEAD TO EXTRAS TO THE 10TH STILL TIED AT FOUR. AND FINALLY THAT TIE IS BROKEN. WINNER SETS NEALA APPLEGATE A SAC FLY SCORES. MCKENNA OLSON. IT’S FIVE FOUR. THE HUSKIES WOULD ADD INSURANCE A LINE DRIVE TO THE WALL BY MOLLY BREDING ADDS ANOTHER WINNER SAID, WHO CAME INTO THIS TOURNAMENT AS THE SEVEN SEED WINS IT SIX FOUR. THEY ARE ONE WIN AWAY FROM A STATE TITLE. IT DOESN’T FEEL REAL. IT REALLY DOESN’T LIKE COMING IN AS A TEN SEED GOING INTO THE REGIONALS AND THEN THE SEVEN SEED. NOW IT’S JUST IT DOES NOT FEEL REAL. WINTERSET WOULD PLAY THE WINNER OF NORWALK AND NORTH SCOTT WARRIORS TAKE A42 LEAD EARLY AFTER AN RBI GROUNDOUT BY MADDIE GULLION. IT WAS LOOKING GOOD, BUT THE LANCERS ROAR BACK FOUR THREE IN THE FOURTH NORTH. SCOTT ADALYN JOHNSON SNEAKING ONE PAST THE SHORTSTOP. TWO RUNS COME IN TO SCORE THE LANCERS, TAKE THE LEAD AND KEEP IT. THEY WIN 6 TO $0.04. O’NEILL WAS TAKING ON SOUTHEAST POLK IN THE FIVE AA SEMIFINAL AND IT WAS ALL JAGS, THE NUMBER ONE TEAM IN THE STATE, UP 3 TO 1. FRESHMAN JORDAN KENNEDY BY BY A SOLO SHOT MAKES IT 4 TO 1 AND THEY WOULD CONTINUE TO ROLL. THEY’RE GOING TO ADD ON THANKS TO ADDIE STAR, A FROZEN ROPE SCORES TO TWO JAGS, CRUISE 11 TO 1. THEY’RE JUST ONE WIN AWAY. WE’RE LED BY THE SIX SENIORS. THEY CAME IN MY VERY FIRST YEAR AND STARTED THE PROGRAM BACK UP TO FORT DODGE AND WE BELIEVE IN THOSE SIX SENIORS ALONG WITH EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE DUGOUT AND EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE PROGRAM. THURSDAY HERE AT FORT DODGE DELIVERED ON THE ACTION. IT ALWAYS DOES. ANKENY, CENTENNIAL AND WINTERSET. NOW WE’LL TRY TO TAKE HOME A STATE TITLE ON THURSDAY NIGHT REPORTING FROM FORT DODGE, JEFF DUBROF KCCI, IOWA SPORTS LEADER. THANKS, JEFF. AND MORE FROM FORT DODGE TO A SEMIS VAN METER UP TO BAT TIED AT THREE WITH CENTRAL SPRINGS. WATCH THIS VAN METER BUNTS WITH THE BASES LOADED CENTRAL SPRINGS THROWS IT TO FIRST, BUT NO ONE IS THERE. VAN METERS COACH ISN’T GOING TO CATCH IT. TWO RUNS SCORE FOR VAN METER. THE BULLDOGS GO UP 10 TO 3 IN THIS ONE. EVENTUALLY THEY WOULD HOLD ON TO WIN TEN NINE. THEY NEEDED ALL THOSE RUNS. VAN METER ADVANCES TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP I-35 CHASING HISTORY BUT NEEDING TO UPSET TOP SEED REGINA REGINA’S ASHLEY WEBB IS GOING TO STRIKE OUT THE ROADRUNNER SLUGGER JOSIE MCCUDDEN RIGHT HERE. WEBB ONLY ALLOWED THREE HITS OVER FIVE INNINGS AND REGINA WINS BIG 13 TO 1 GREAT SEASON FOR I-35 IN CLASS ONE A MARTINSDALE WALLOPS WAYNE NINE ZIP NORTH V CLARKSVILLE TWO ONE SO NORTH LINN AND THE BLUE DEVILS WILL PLAY FRIDAY NIGHT AT 730 FOR THE ONE A CHAMPIONSHIP. YOU KNOW, LAST TIME NORTH POLK’S BASEBALL TEAM MADE IT TO STATE THEY WON IT ALL. COULD IT HAPPEN AGAIN? HERE’S KCCI SHANNON EARHART FROM IOWA CITY. YOU KNOW, THINGS IN LIFE TEND TO COME IN THREES IN BASEBALL, THREE STRIKES, YOU’RE OUT IN LIFE. MAYBE THIRD TIME’S A CHARM. NOW, CARLISLE LOOKS TO FIND SOME TRUTH TO THAT IN THE SEMIS HERE, AS THE COMETS LEAD, THE REGULAR SEASON SERIES TWO. NOTHING. CARLISLE TRAILS TWO ZERO IN THE FOURTH. NICK COX, THE SPARK PLUG FIRES ONE OUT OF REACH OF RYAN PETERSON. LOOK AT THE WHEELS ON COX. HE BARRELS INTO THIRD FOR THE SECOND TRIPLE OF THE DAY. HE’LL MAKE IT HOME WITH A GROUNDER FROM REECE ROGGY. TOTAL IS FOUR NOTHING AFTER THE FOURTH. THIS IS REGGIE. PAUL STOLE A BASES LOADED SINGLE NORTH POLK DISMANTLES CARLISLE EIGHT ZERO. THEY’RE HEADED TO THE SHIP FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NINE YEARS. SO HOW DOES REALITY COMPARE TO THE DREAM? IT DOESN’T COMPARE AT ALL, YOU KNOW? I MEAN, NONE OF YOU’RE HERE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN THINK ABOUT IT ALL. YOU WANT. LIKE IN THE PAST, YOU KNOW, WE’VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS FOR A LONG, LONG TIME NOW. ACTUALLY, LIVING IT, IT’S IT’S CRAZY. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NINE YEARS, NORTH POLK WILL COMPETE IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. THAT IS ON FRIDAY.