Johnston rallies back to beat Ames and win 4A crown
Updated: 3:12 AM CDT Jul 22, 2023
Johnston rallies back to beat Ames and win 4A crown
Updated: 3:12 AM CDT Jul 22, 2023
I’M HERE WITH KEIKO HERE WHO HAD THE WINNING HIT. WHAT DID IT FEEL LIKE? OH, IT WAS AWESOME THE WHOLE GAME. IT WAS BATTLE. BATTLE. I LOVE THESE BOYS TO DEATH AND TO WIN IT LIKE THAT WAS AWESOME. IT WAS TRULY AWESOME TO COME BACK FROM THAT DEFICIT. WHAT DID IT FEEL LIKE IN THE DUGOUT ON THE FIELD? WE ALL HAD CONFIDENCE IN EACH OTHER. WE JUST WE KNEW THE WHOLE SEASON WE WERE FIGHTING TOGETHER. WE WERE FIGHTING EACH AND EVERY DAY. NO ONE REALLY TALKED ABOUT US ALL YEAR AND WE KIND OF TOOK IT AS A CHIP ON OUR SHOULDER. AND WE KNEW IN THIS MOMENT IN THIS GAME, WE WERE WE WERE GOING TO WIN IT FOR EACH OTHER. DID YOU GO BACK TO BACK? HOW ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO CELEBRATE? JUST HAVE FUN WITH EACH OTHER, SPEND TIME WITH EACH OTHER AND I MEAN CELEBRATE THESE MOMENTS AS LONG AS WE CAN. THERE’S ONLY SO MANY OF THEM. THANK YOU SO MUCH. CONGRATULATE US ON THE WIN. YOU’RE 2223 FOR A STATE CHAMPS, THE JOHNSTON DRAGONS. SCOTT, I’M LIVE AT DUANE BANKS FIELD, SHANNON EARHART, KCCI, IOWA SPORTS LEADER. WOW, WHAT A GAME. THANK YOU, SHANNON. CONGRATS TO JOHNSTON. HERE’S YOUR CARROLL ACTION IN ONE A REMSEN TO LISBON SEVEN FOUR BECKMAN OUT OF DYERSVILLE BECKMA
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Johnston rallies back to beat Ames and win 4A crown
Updated: 3:12 AM CDT Jul 22, 2023
The Dragons were down, but never out. No. 1 seed Johnston rallied from a 5-3 deficit Friday night to beat Ames 6-5 in 8 innings and repeat as Class 4A Champs. Ames, vying for its first title since 1961, came painfully close to pulling off the upset. Mistakes proved costly, however, as Johnston tied the game on a wild pitch in the bottom of the seventh. In the 8th inning, Adam Kayko won it for Johnston with an RBI single to right, setting off the wild celebration.In the Class 3A Championship, North Polk fell to top-seed Western Dubuque 6-2.STATE BASEBALL CENTRALAt State Softball in Fort Dodge, Iowa City Regina beat Van Meter 6-2 to win Class 2A. North Linn blanked Martensdale-St. Marys 6-0 in the Class 1A Final.STATE SOFTBALL CENTRAL
IOWA CITY, Iowa —
The Dragons were down, but never out. No. 1 seed Johnston rallied from a 5-3 deficit Friday night to beat Ames 6-5 in 8 innings and repeat as Class 4A Champs.
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Ames, vying for its first title since 1961, came painfully close to pulling off the upset. Mistakes proved costly, however, as Johnston tied the game on a wild pitch in the bottom of the seventh. In the 8th inning, Adam Kayko won it for Johnston with an RBI single to right, setting off the wild celebration.
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In the Class 3A Championship, North Polk fell to top-seed Western Dubuque 6-2.
At State Softball in Fort Dodge, Iowa City Regina beat Van Meter 6-2 to win Class 2A. North Linn blanked Martensdale-St. Marys 6-0 in the Class 1A Final.