No. 1 Cherokee gears for post-season
Posted: Friday, July 04, 2008
Cherokee opens defense of its Class 2A state baseball title Saturday when the Braves put a 24-1 record on the line in a first-round 2A district tournament contest in Cherokee (7 o'clock) against Battle Creek-Ida Grove.
In the first game at Cherokee at 5 o'clock, HInton tangles with Westwood.
In the latest Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association rankings released Thursday, Cherokee was ranked No. 1 and Davenport Assumption No. 2. Cherokee defeated Assumption in last year's state title game.
Iowa Mennonite was ranked No. 1 in Class 1A, Manchester West Delaware was No. 1 in Class 3A and Johnston held the No. 1 spot in Class 4A with Sioux City North second .
Denison-Schleswig is sixth in 3A and Storm Lake eighth and Altan and Clay Central-Everly were sixth and seventh, respectively, in 1A.
Post-season play in Class 1A, 3A and 4A begins next week.
CLASS 1A
1, Iowa Mennonite; 2, Lansing Kee; 3, North Sentral Kossuth; 4, Mason City Newman; 5, Gilbertville Don Bosco; 6, Alta; 7, Clay Central-Everly; 8, Lisbon; 9, Coon Rapids-Bayard; 10, Stanton.
CLASS 2A
1, Cherokee; 2, Davenport Assumption; 3, Cascade; 4, Fort Dodge St. Edmond; 5, Gladbrook-Reinbeck; 6, Eagle Grove; 7, Neola Tri-Center; 8, Solon; 9, Hudson; 10, Truro Interstate 35.
CLASS 3A
1, Manchester West Delaware; 2, Carlisle; 3, Charles City; 4, Epworth West Dubuque; 5, Oelwein; 6, Denison-Schleswig; 7, Williamsburg; 8, Storm Lake; 9, Harlan; 10, Marion
CLASS 4A
1, Johnston; 2, Sioux City North; 3, Burlington; 4, Bettendorf; 5, Cedar Rapids Kennedy; 6, Ankeny; 7, Southeast Polk; 8, West Des Moines Valley; 9, Marshalltown; 10, Fort Dodge.
In the first game at Cherokee at 5 o'clock, HInton tangles with Westwood.
In the latest Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association rankings released Thursday, Cherokee was ranked No. 1 and Davenport Assumption No. 2. Cherokee defeated Assumption in last year's state title game.
Iowa Mennonite was ranked No. 1 in Class 1A, Manchester West Delaware was No. 1 in Class 3A and Johnston held the No. 1 spot in Class 4A with Sioux City North second .
Denison-Schleswig is sixth in 3A and Storm Lake eighth and Altan and Clay Central-Everly were sixth and seventh, respectively, in 1A.
Post-season play in Class 1A, 3A and 4A begins next week.
CLASS 1A
1, Iowa Mennonite; 2, Lansing Kee; 3, North Sentral Kossuth; 4, Mason City Newman; 5, Gilbertville Don Bosco; 6, Alta; 7, Clay Central-Everly; 8, Lisbon; 9, Coon Rapids-Bayard; 10, Stanton.
CLASS 2A
1, Cherokee; 2, Davenport Assumption; 3, Cascade; 4, Fort Dodge St. Edmond; 5, Gladbrook-Reinbeck; 6, Eagle Grove; 7, Neola Tri-Center; 8, Solon; 9, Hudson; 10, Truro Interstate 35.
CLASS 3A
1, Manchester West Delaware; 2, Carlisle; 3, Charles City; 4, Epworth West Dubuque; 5, Oelwein; 6, Denison-Schleswig; 7, Williamsburg; 8, Storm Lake; 9, Harlan; 10, Marion
CLASS 4A
1, Johnston; 2, Sioux City North; 3, Burlington; 4, Bettendorf; 5, Cedar Rapids Kennedy; 6, Ankeny; 7, Southeast Polk; 8, West Des Moines Valley; 9, Marshalltown; 10, Fort Dodge.
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