Bennett Blake. The K-12 school, which has fewer than 60 high school students, won't field a softball team this summer. This is not your usual state tournament recap. Outfielder Francisco Gonzalez-Vazquez worried that it would hamper their ability to play as a team once games started. Undefeated Remsen St. Mary’s coasted to an 11-1 win in five innings over Burlington Notre Dame in the final Class 1A quarterfinal game Saturday at Principal Park. After every drill, Schwing yells, "Hydrate and sanitize!" Gonzalez was so excited that he sent a screenshot of the message to his coach. St. Mary's spent the first week and a half practicing in small groups. A neighborhood dog wandered onto the field during a recent practice, and a player jokingly told the spotted pooch to social distance. David K. Li is a breaking news reporter for NBC News. Dawson Forgy, Winterset, Second Team He tracked the county's COVID-19 numbers and watched the governor's news conference when she said baseball was back. The IHSAA has held a baseball state championship each year since 1928, and Iowa remains the only state in the country that plays summer baseball. Stay up to date on press releases, award announcements, board meeting briefs, and more. And players who went on to work for the host Iowa Cubs. Newman Catholic defeated previously undefeated Remsen St. Mary’s 2-0 in extra innings, punching its ticket to the 1A championship game. In its first state tournament appearance in more than five years, Dubuque Hempstead defeated Iowa City High 7-6 in walk-off fashion in a Class 4A quarterfinal Wednesday at Principal Park. "We feel this is a great opportunity to get them connected to their schools that they've been away from since March," Keating said. WATCH LIVE! Norway competed in the 1A class, the class for the smallest of school districts, of Iowa high school athletics. Some 8,000 seats were closed off at Principal Park in Des Moines, Iowa. They got a taste of normalcy and lapsed back to the way things used to be. RANKED TEAMS: 1. Iowa has seen many of its cultural institutions wiped away this summer because of the pandemic. Iowa’s High School SUMMER PASTIME. Media Resources. It took 10 innings, but six-seed Des Moines Christian is heading to the 2A semifinals after a 2-1 win over three-seed Dike-New Hartford in a game that ended at 11:50 Monday night. Schwing saw the news while scrolling through Twitter. It was formed to help coaches. "You can kind of predict what the weather is going to be like based on where you're at.". "While they might not miss their five-page research papers, I'm sure they miss their classmates, their teachers and the interaction they have day to day. Urbandale’s quest for its third straight state title continued Wednesday, as the J-Hawks advanced to the 4A semifinals with a 2-0 win over Waukee. STATE BASEBALL::: Days . (3:37). In Belmond, sisters Allie and Madi Barrus were struggling after their season was canceled. Forty-four million Americans have filed first-time claims for unemployment in the past 12 weeks. The players he coaches will wear neck gaiters that can slide up when they're in the dugout and down when they're in the field. The state baseball tournament moved to Des Moines in 2005, and since then, lots of talented baseball players have showcased their skills at Principal Park. The unconventional schedule means fewer games canceled by bad weather and 12th-grade players competing for their schools despite having graduated. Truman Haukap, Kuemper Catholic Van Meter pitchers totaled 17 strikeouts in a combined no-hitter.