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IOWA PBS AND THE IOWA GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC UNION BRING YOU STATE CHAMPIONSHIP SOFTBALL.

WE HAVE ONE MORE.

THE FINAL GAME, CLASS 1A, THE SIGOURNEY SAVAGES AND THE MARTENSDALE-ST MARYS BLUE DEVILS.

IT IS ONE VERSUS SIX HERE IN ALONG WITH LAURA LEONARD, I AM PAUL YEAGER.

GLAD TO HEAR YOU -- HAVE YOU HERE FOR THIS ON.

WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF AUSTINS COMMONALITIES SOME PITCHING.

>> LAURA: WE ARE GOING TO SEE SOME PITCHING, WE HAVE TWO REALLY GOOD QUALITY PITCHERS HERE IN THIS GAME.

CARLY GOODWIN WHO IS REALLY GOOD FOR JANET, TOUGH TO HAD.

A LOT OF DIFFERENT PITCHES.

CAMPBELL GERMAN HAS A LOT OF SPIN, A LOT OF MOVEMENT ON HER PITCHES FAIRGROUNDS ARE GOING TO BE AT A PREMIUM.

MARK MY WORDS ON THAT ONE.

>> GOODWIN HEADED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA.

WHEREAS GERMANS HEADED TO SOUTH DAKOTA.

SIGOURNEY, THIRD TRIP TO STATE IN FOUR SEASONS, FOR SOME THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE STATE TITLE GAME.

>> WE TALK ABOUT GOODWIN GATORADE PLAYER OF THE YEAR.

LOOK AT THE STRIKEOUTS SHE HAS HAD HERE IN 14 INNINGS.

THIS IS GOING TO BE TOUGH TO HIT HER.

>> MARTENSDALE-ST MARYS WAS IN LAST YEAR'S TITLE GAME, LASTED.

LET'S SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO AS THEY RETURN NINE OF 10 FROM LAST YEAR.

CMAC THAT BODES VERY WELL FOR GERMAN, SHE HAS ALSO STRUCK OUT 26.

SHE IS GOOD IN THE CIRCLE AND YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE , EITHER SIDE IS GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO SOLVE THESE PITCHERS.

>> LET'S GET YOU READY FROM SOME SOFTBALL.

>> SOFTBALL FANS, WELCOME TO ROGERS IN SPORTS COMPLEX IN THIS 1A STAGE IMAGE OF DAMAGING THE VISITING TEAM, THE SIGOURNEY SAVAGES AND HOME TEAM, THE MARTENSDALE-ST MARYS BLUE DEVILS!

NOW LET'S MEET THE PLAYERS AND COACHES FOR BOTH TEAMS.

FIRST OF ALL.

FOR THE VISITING TEAM FROM SIGOURNEY, HERE ARE YOUR NONSTARTERS.

NUMBER 3, LANA THOMAS.

NUMBER 7, CHARLI SMOTHERS.

NUMBER 13, KAYLA RENNER.

NUMBER 15, APRIL McCULLEY.

NUMBER 17, KENSLEY WALKER.

NUMBER 18, EDDIE RICHARDSON.

NUMBER 20, KAITLYN DUPEE.

NUMBER 21, MADISON CLARAHAN.

22, BETA FIVE.

NUMBER 23, DEVYN SMALLWOOD.

NUMBER 24, CARMALITA CAVE.

AND NUMBER 26, KIA MONTGOMERY.

YURUS IT IS AND COACHES, COLE STREET WILL AND FROSTY STRUGGLE.

HERE IS YOUR STARTING LAP FOR THE SIGOURNEY SAVAGES, LEADING OFF AT SECOND BASE, NUMBER 27, AVA FISCH!

BATTING SECOND AT SHORTSTOP, NUMBER 10, DANI ALLER!

BATTING THIRD, DOING THE PITCHING, CARLY GOODWIN.

CLEANUP HITTER DOING THE CATCHING, NUMBER 9, JOSEPHINE MOORE.

BATTING FIFTH AT FIRST BASE, NUMBER 6, ERIN DAWSON.

NUMBER 11, AMIYA SMALLWOOD.

BATTING SEVENTH IN LEFT FIELD, NUMBER 19, AVA FINERAN.

BATTING EIGHTH AT THIRD BASE, NUMBER 25, ELLA BRUNS.

AND BATTING IN THE NINTH POSITION, THE DESIGNATED PLAYER, NUMBER 8, ADDY FINERAN.

YOUR FLEX PLAYER IN RIGHT FIELD, NUMBER 5, BRYNN CLARAHAN.

HEAD COACH FOR THE SIGOURNEY SAVAGES, SHELLY STREIGLE.

NOW LET'S MEET THE HOME TEAM.

FROM MARTENSDALE-ST MARYS, HERE ARE YOUR NONSTARTERS.

NUMBER 1, KARSON OBERENDER.

NUMBER 3, EMILY HUGHES.

NUMBER 14, BOLIVIA VAN GUNDY.

NUMBER 14, GIDEON, NUMBER 21, ABIGAIL WHITE.

YOUR ASSISTANT COACH, KAYLA.

NOW HERE IS YOUR STARTING LAP FOR THE BLUE DEVILS OF MARTENSDALE-ST MARYS.

LEADING OFF AT SECOND BASE, BATTING SECOND IN CENTERFIELD, NUMBER 6, BRYNNLY GERMAN.

BATTING THIRD DOING THE PITCHING, NUMBER 4, CAMPBELL GERMAN!

CLEANUP HITTER FOR THE BLUE DEVILS AT THIRD BASE, NUMBER 18, ABBY HUGHES.

BATTING FIFTH, DOING THE CATCHING, NUMBER 11, SYDNEY BEARS.

BATTING SIXTH AT SHORTSTOP, NUMBER 9, SHELBY WOODS.

BATTING SEVENTH IN LEFT FIELD, NUMBER 2, AUNIE BERGER.

BATTING EIGHTH IN RIGHT FIELD, NUMBER 5, MARYANN HART.

BATTING IN THE NINTH POSITION, THE DESIGNATED PLAYER, NUMBER 8, MacLAINE GERMAN PROCURE LOOKS PLAYER AT FIRST BASE, NUMBER 13, AVA OBERENDER.

HEAD COACH FOR THE BLUE DEVILS, EMILY WOOD.

NOW, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE TURN TO THE HOME PLATE AREA AS I INTRODUCE YOUR UMPIRES FOR THIS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP CONTEST AS ASSIGNED BY THE IOWA GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC UNION.

AT THIRD BASE, CAMERON COOKSEY.

AND CALLING THE BALLS AND STRIKES THIS EVENING, MR. ARNOLD KRUKOW.

ALL RIGHT, WHO IS READY TO WIN A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP?

>> Paul: THE FINALE OF THE 2024 SEASON IS ABOUT TO PUT A PREMIUM ON PITCHING HERE , AS A NICE GUY GOES DOWN.

LET'S TALK ABOUT DEFENSE.

AUNIE BERGER, BRYNNLY GERMAN AND MARYANN HART, LEFT, CENTER, RIGHT BACK AT FIRST, AVA OBERENDER, BIGGER AT SECOND, WITH THAT SHORT AND HUGHES AT THIRD.

THE CATCHER IS SYDNEY BEARS, THE PITCHER IS CAMPBELL GERMAN.

SHE PITCHED IN LAST YEAR'S TITLE GAME AND WAS SOMEONE THAT FELT THERE WAS SOME STUFF LEFT ON THE FIELD FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR.

WHAT DO YOU SEE IN HER AS A PITCHER?

>> LAURA: A LOT OF DETERMINATION.

SHE IS A COMPETITOR, SHE HAS CERTAINLY GOT THE STUFF THAT CAN GET THEM A STATE TITLE.

SHE WAS PRETTY GOOD LAST YEAR BUT SHE WILL SPIN IT AND SHE HAS GOT A LOT OF DIFFERENT PITCHES SHE IS GOING TO SOLICITORS.

>> GERMAN IS SOMEONE ON THE SEASON, HERE THE TOURNAMENT, SHE HAD 13 CASE IN THE SEMI FINALS, SHE HAS ONLY GIVEN UP FIVE HITS ALL TOURNAMENT, TWO EARNED RUNS IN THE TOURNAMENT, ONE EACH GAME.

SHE HAS ONLY WALKED THREE.

SHE IS NOT GOING TO GET THE STRIKEOUT RECORD.

THIS IS THE LINEUP SHE IS GOING TO FACE.

WHAT DO YOU SEE ASCII IS IN THIS GAME, LAURA?

>> Laura: WELL, YOU KNOW, FOR SIGOURNEY, WHAT THEY NEED TO DO IS BE SAVAGES.

THEY NEED TO FOCUS IN ON THEM.

AND THEY NEED TO MAKE IT ONE PLAY AT A TIME, DON'T LET OTHER PLACE COULD ANNOY, MAKE IT ONE PLAY AT A TIME.

THEY HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THEM, LIVE IN THE MOMENT.

>> Paul: THAT IS A LOOK AT DANI ALLER.

SHE IS LOCKED IN.

CUES FOR MARTENSDALE?

>> Laura: THEY NEED TO HAVE QUALITY AT-BATS, THEY NEED TO GET UP TO THE PLATE, BE SMART AND THEN THEY HAVE TO HAVE ERRORLESS DEFENSE.

THEY CANNOT GIVE EXTRA OUTS.

>> Paul: DEFENSE HAS BEEN AN ISSUE AT TIMES FOR THE BLUE DEVILS WHERE TEAMS PUT IT IN PLAY.

LET'S SEE WHAT THE SAVAGES CAN DO, IF THEY CAN GET THE BAT ON THE BALL, BOTH THESE TEAMS HAVE PLAYED TIGHT GAMES HERE.

WE EXPECT NOTHING LESS.

ON THIS CONTEST, 26 JULY, 2024.

FIRST PITCH AT 7:54.

IT IS A FOUL BALL.

HOW IS THAT FOR ANTICLIMACTIC?

>> Laura: YOU ARE LOOKING FOR THE HOME RUN, FIRST PITCH HOMERUN?

>> Paul: FIRST PITCH HOMERUN, DON'T SEE THAT VERY OFTEN.

IT IS IT TOO MUCH TO ASK?

>> Laura: NO, WE HAVE SEEN EVERYTHING THOUGH IT SEEMS LIKE >> Paul: LONG GAMES, WE HAVE SEEN MULTIPLE ROUNDS, WE HAVE SEEN EIGHTH-GRADERS.

THAT ONE IS HIT WELL.

OUT OF THE INFIELD, BUT YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT GREAT DEFENSE, ELLIE BAKER RIGHT OFF THE BAT MAKES LAURA LEONARD LOOK FORTUITOUS.

>> Laura: WHAT A PLAY, SHE IS RUNNING AWAY WITH HER BACK TO THE INFIELD.

HAD TO KEEP HER EYE ON IT AND WENT UP AND CAUGHT IT OVER HER SHOULDER.

>> Paul: AVA FISCH OUT ON THE PLAY LEADS TO DANI ALLER.

TWO PITCHES, ONE OUT.

FIRST PITCH IS INSIDE.

WE WILL SEE HOW THE NIGHT PROGRESSES WITH THESE TEAMS.

WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO?

ARE THEY GOING TO TRY TO PUSH THE COUNT?

ARE THEY GOING TO TRY TO SWING EARLY IN THE COUNT AGAINST A GOOD PITCHER?

>> Laura: I THINK YOU HAVE GOT TO TAKE A LOOK, SEE WITH THE PATTERN IS.

I THINK YOU HAVE TO JUST BE ABLE TO KIND OF PICK A ZONE AS THE HITTER AND FIGURE OUT WHERE YOU WANT TO LOOK FOR YOUR PITCHES AND TRY TO DRIVE IT.

BUT GERMAN IS SO GOOD AT MOVING THE BALL AROUND, INSIDE, OUTSIDE.

SHE HITS ALL THE CORNERS OF THE ZONE.

AND I THINK BEING AGGRESSIVE AT THE PLATE, GOING AFTER THAT FIRST PITCH PITCHERS ALWAYS LIKE TO MAKE THAT FIRST PITCH THE BEST ONE.

>> Paul: ONE BALL, ONE STRIKE, ONE OUT.

THAT PITCH IS CALLED STRENGTH.

--STRIKE .

WE WILL GO FROM THE GOLDEN HOUR TEUFEL LIGHTS AS THE NIGHT PROGRESSES HERE AS WE STARTED IN SOME HEAVY SUN.

IT IS GOING OFF A LITTLE BIT HERE INTO THE LOWER 80s NOW.

BREEZE STILL PICKING UP FROM THE SOUTHEAST.

THAT PITCH IS SWUNG ON AND MISSED , IT IS ONE STRIKE OUT AND NOW TWO OUTS.

>> Laura: WATCH THE MOVEMENT ON THIS PITCH.

TRYING TO GET THAT PLATE COVERED, COULD NOT GET OUT THERE.

TRIED TO PULL IT INSTEAD OF TRYING TO GO WITH THAT PITCH.

>> Paul: HOW ABOUT WE TALK ABOUT CARLY GOODWIN?

YOU WILL BE THE OPPOSING PITCHER IN THE SUN, SHE BATS, NOW SHE IS THE IOWA GATORADE PLAYER OF THE YEAR.

THIS IS A MATCHUP THAT EVERYBODY WANTED TO SEE.

>> Laura: YOU ASKED COACH SHELLY STREIGLE IF ONCE-IN-A- LIFETIME CLEAR, GENERATIONAL PLAYER, SHE SAID YEAH, SHE IS.

FOR US, SHE IS ONE OF THOSE PLAYERS THAT YOU GET MAYBE ONCE IN YOUR LIFETIME TO BE ABLE TO COACH.

SHE SAID THAT IS WHAT I PUT WHEN I WAS WRITING UP THE NOMINATION FOR THE GATORADE PLAYER OF THE YEAR.

SHE IS THAT GENERATIONAL PLAYER THAT IS GOING TO MAKE A HUGE IMPACT.

>> Paul: GOODWIN PUT A LOT OF IMPACT IN THAT ONE, GERMAN AT THE WALL, CANNOT GRAB IT, OVER THE FENCE, HOMERUN , CARLY GOODWIN!

1-0, SAVAGES!

ON A SOLO SHOT BY CARLY GOODWIN!

>> Laura: HOW ABOUT MAKING AN IMPACT IN THIS BALLGAME?

CARLY GOODWIN JUST LAUNCHED THAT INTO THE NIGHT.

AND RIGHT UP AGAINST THE FENCE, GERMAN THOUGHT SHE HAD IT.

SHE JUST DID NOT LINE UP RIGHT, IT JUST WENT OFF TO THE SIDE OF HER GLOVE.

THAT PAUL GOT OUT OF HERE AND PUTS THEM ON THE BOARD.

>> Paul: BRYNNLY GERMAN HAS ONLY BEEN PLAYING CENTERFIELD FOR A COUPLE OF GAMES, THERE IS A LATE-SEASON INJURY.

JOSEPHINE MOORE HAS A TOWEL THAT IS LOOSE.

IT WOULD NOT PUT IT PAST ANYBODY, MOORE HIT A HOMERUN.

IN THEIR SEMI FINAL GAME.

GERMAN'S PITCH TOMORROW IS IN THE AIR ABOUT HIGH AND IT WILL STAY ON THE INFIELD.

BICKER UNDERNEATH IT, BAKER MAKES OUTS ONE AND THREE IN THE INNING, NOT BEFORE CARLY GOODWIN GIVES THE SAVAGES A ONE RUN LEAD.

>> Paul: I DID NOT THINK WE WOULD SEE A LOT OF FRIENDS.

I DID NOT EXPECT A HOMERUN.

I WANTED A FIRST PITCH.

WE GOT IT IN THE FIRST INNING, ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT?

HERE IS A LOOK AT THE SIGOURNEY DEFENSE.

FINNERAN AND LEFT, SMALLWOOD AND CLAIRE HANN IN RIGHT.

DANI ALLER IS A SHORT, FISH IN THE MIDDLE, ELLA BRUNS ON ONE SIDE, ERIN DAWSON ON THE OTHER.

JOSEPHINE MOORE, THE CATCHER.

CARLY GOODWIN, THE CATCHER.

GATORADE PLAYER OF THE YEAR, BUT AS A PITCHER, SHE HAS BEEN TO THIS STATE TOURNAMENT SEVERAL TIMES, ON THE BIG STAGE, FUTURE PANTHER.

YOU CAN SAY A LOT OF THINGS BUT WHAT DO YOU SEE ABOUT A GIRL WHO IS 21-2 WITH A .33 E.R.A.?

>> Laura: THAT E.R.A.

I THINK TELLS YOU ENOUGH.

THE NUMBER OF STRIKEOUTS, LOOK AT THAT 331 STRIKEOUTS.

THAT TELLS YOU SHE HAS GOT GOOD STUFF.

SHE HAS GOT SOME SPEED , WE HAVE ALREADY HEARD THE GLOVE POP ON HER FIRST WARM-UP PITCH.

SHE JUST IS A LOT OF THINGS WITH THE BALL.

SHE WILL CHALLENGE YOU AS A HEADER.

>> Paul: WE MENTIONED HOW GOOD GERMAN HAS BEEN SO FAR.

GOODWIN GAVE UP THREE RUNS AGAINST MARTENSDALE-ST MARYS, SHE GAVE UP ON TO SOUTHEAST WARREN IN THE SEMI FINALS.

STRUCK OUT 13-9 , THAT IS A LOT OF GREAT ACCOLADES.

THIS IS THE LINEUP THAT SHE IS GOING TO FACE.

IT IS BAKER, GERMAN, GERMAN, HUGHES, BEARS, LIDS, BURGER, HEART AND MacLAINE GERMAN.

IT WILL BE BAKER WHO MADE TWO GOOD DEFENSIVE PLAYS IN THIS GAME.

YOU TALKED ABOUT CUES FOR MARTENSDALE-ST MARYS.

IT IS KIND OF LIKE LAST GAME.

YOU LOSE IN THAT GAME IN THE YEAR BEFORE ANY TELEGRAM, DO YOU FEEL, MORE PRESSURE FOR MARTENSDALE-ST MARYS OR JANET?

>> Laura: I THINK THE SAME THING AS I SAID IN THE TO A GAME, THAT I THINK IT IS ON -- >> Paul: BUNT IS THROWN IN, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE IT OUT AT SECOND.

THIS WILL NOT BE CLOSE AND A BASERUNNING MISTAKE.

BAKER BUNTED IT, THE BALL WENT WIDE BUT YOU HAVE GOT TO GIVE BRYNN CLARAHAN FOR BEING IN THE RIGHT PLACE.

THAT IS WHAT YOU BACK UP AT FIRST.

>> Laura: THIS IS WHEN I WAS WATCHING IT, I THOUGHT LET THAT BUT IT TURNED OUT OKAY FOR SIGOURNEY AS THE THROW COMES IN AND THEN SHE GETS JUST A LITTLE FOREARM INADVERTENT FOREARM AS BAKER IS TRYING TO GET BY.

KNOCKED ON THE SIDE OF THE HEAD BUT SHE'S GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT.

>> Paul: THE OLD 9-6 PLAY.

AS THE FIRST BALL IS --FIRST HOME RUN BALL OF THIS GAME IS DELIVERED.

TO CARLY'S MOM.

SO IT IS A HIT BUT THEN IT IS RAISED QUICKLY ON THE DEFENSIVE PLAY, IT IS BRYNNLY GERMAN WHO JUST HAD THE HOME RUN BALL GO OFF BY ABOUT A FOOT.

SHE POUNDED RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE FOR A BASE HIT.

SO, BACK TO BACK HITS.

THE PROBLEM IS IT ONLY GOT ONE STILL ON ON THE GREAT DEFENSIVE PLAY.

SO, SHE WILL MAKE WAY FOR CAMPBELL.

>> Laura: GOING BACK AS I STOPPED MY THOUGHT VERY SHORT ON THAT FIRST PLAY, YOU HAD ASKED WHO HAS THE PRESSURE?

IT KIND OF FEELS STILL THAT MARTENSDALE-ST MARYS DOES.

THEY ARE THE ONES THAT ARE TRYING TO WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP, TRYING TO MAKE GOOD ON BECOMING A RUNNER-UP A YEAR AGO.

WANTING TO BE THE CHAMPION THIS YEAR.

BUT, RIGHT NOW THE WAY THEY ARE HITTING THE BALL AND MAKING CONTACT, FEELS LIKE THEY ARE PLAYING PRETTY LOOSE AND PRETTY FREE.

>> Paul: CAMPBELL GERMAN FOULS THE FIRST PITCH OFF, 0-1.

GOODWIN LOOKS IN, WHINES AND FIRES.

THAT ONE AGAIN IS PUNCHED FOUL AND OUT OF PLAY.

THAT IS CAUGHT BY THE FANS IN THE FIFTH ROW OF THE BLEACHERS.

I THINK YOU CAN TURN THAT INTO THE CONCESSION STAND FOR A PRICE.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PRICES THEY HAVE LEFT THIS LATE IN THE TOURNAMENT.

IT IS A SUCKER?

I AM HEARING IT IS A SUCKER IS WHAT THEY GET.

I WILL BE BACK IN A LITTLE BIT.

>> Laura: I WILL BE DOING PLAY- >> Paul: CALLED THIRD STRIKE ON CAMPBELL GERMAN.

TWO AWAY AS THE FIRST STRIKE OUT OF THE NIGHT IS RECORDED BY CARLY BIG ONE, IT IS A BIG ONE.

>> Laura: CAMPBELL GERMAN WALKS BACK TO THE DUGOUT, TALKS TO SYDNEY BEARS AND SAYS THIS IS WHAT I SAW, THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED TO LOOK FOR.

TAKE THAT BACK, THAT IS HUGHES.

>> Paul: ABBY HUGHES UP NEXT, SYDNEY BEARS IS ON DECK.

>> Laura: TRYING TO CATCH UP TO THE BALL THAT HOPS IN THE ZONE, COMING WITH SOME SPEED , IT MOVES AND IT JUMPS RIGHT ADVOCATES TO THE PLATE, YOU HAVE GOT TO BE ABLE TO ADJUST THAT THAT LEVEL.

HARD TO DO.

>> Paul: GOOD WHEN WHINES AND FIRES, LOW PITCH IS A STRIKE IN THE BALL IS THROWN INTO CENTERFIELD BUT THIS TIME THE BASERUNNER HOLDS TO SEE WHAT UNFOLDS.

DOWN TO SECOND IS BRYNNLY GERMAN, INTO SCORING POSITION FOR ABBY HUGHES WHO IS LOOKING FOR HER FIRST HIT OF THE 24 STATE TOURNAMENT.

>> Laura: MARTENSDALE-ST MARYS THINKING IT WILL BE A GREAT TIME BECAUSE IT WOULD PROBABLY PUT A RUN ON THE BOARD AND TIE IT UP.

JUNE ON THE 0-2 FROM GOODWIN, OFF THE PLATE, BALL ONE.

HUGHES PLAYING THIRD.

HAD A GREAT DEFENSIVE PLAY.

SEVERAL TIMES THIS SEASON, LOOKS TO DO IT WITH THE BAT HERE RIGHT NOW.

IN THE BOTTOM OF THE FIRST.

SWING AND A MISS.

THE BLUE DEVILS STRANDS ONE, TWO STRIKEOUTS FOR GOODWIN.

WE HAVE PLAYED ONE , IT IS SIGOURNEY, 1, MARTENSDALE-ST MARYS, 0.

SO, GERMAN WILL GO BACK TO WORK HERE IN THE INNING.

I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT IT, YOU HAVE GOT TO FLUSH AND KNOW THAT PLACE HAPPEN.

IT IS 1-0.

>> Laura: YOU HAVE TO SCORE ONE RUN ANYWAY.

>> Paul: RENTS HAVE BEEN AT A PREMIUM FOR MARTENSDALE-ST MARYS.

MAXWELL FOUL TO FORT DODGE SAINT ED.

THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD GAME, 2- 1 IS HOW THE SEMI FINAL WAS.

SOUTHEAST WARREN BEAT WAYNE IN A GOOD GAME, SIGOURNEY ST. MARY'S, THAT WAS CLOSE AS WELL.

AND THEN SIGOURNEY HAD SOME DRAMATICS OF THEIR OWN.

A LOT OF TEAMS IN THE FINALS TODAY HAVE WON IN DRAMATIC FASHION AND IT HAS LED UP TO SOME PRETTY GOOD FINALS.

>> Laura: I THINK ALL OF THEM, EVEN STARTING LAST NIGHT, WE HAVE HAD REALLY GOOD FINALS AND THE GIRLS UNION DOES SUCH A GOOD JOB OF WAY BACKS, THREE HITTING THE PAIRINGS SAID, GETTING THEM SENT OUT, GETTING EVERYBODY IN THEIR DIFFERENT REGIONS AND GETTING THE QUALITY TEAMS HERE TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT.

>> Paul: I WAS TRYING TO UNDERSELL THE TOURNAMENT, THAT IT HADN'T BEEN THAT GREAT.

IT HAS BEEN FANTASTIC.

FIRST PITCH FROM GERMAN IS A STRIKE.

TO ERIN DAWSON WHO IN THE SEMI FINALS WAS TWO OF FOUR WITH A DOUBLE AND TWO RBIs.

IN THE QUARTERFINALS, A SINGLE THAT WAS SOME INSURANCE THEY NEEDED AND NOT QUARTERFINAL.

ERIN DAWSON BATTLES HERE.

SWINGS THROUGH THE FIRST -- SECOND ON, IT GETS AWAY FROM SYDNEY BEARS.

BUT IT IS 0-2.

>> Laura: BOTH OF THESE PITCHERS WORK QUICKLY.

THEY ARE AROUND THE PLATE SO YOU HAVE TO BE READY.

WHEN YOU STEP INTO THAT BOX, THEY ARE READY TO THROW.

>> Paul: PITCH, SWUNG ON AND MISSED BY ERIN DAWSON.

STRIKEOUT NUMBER TWO.

ONE AWAY HERE IN THE SECOND.

AMIYA SMALLWOOD, THE SENIOR CENTER FIELDER.

SHE SCORED THE GAME-WINNING RUN FOR SIGOURNEY.

THAT WAS IN THE REGIONAL FINAL, WHICH WENT 11 INNINGS.

SO, THINK ABOUT THAT.

IF YOU ARE WELL BELOW, YOU TOOK THE TEAM THAT IS IN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME TO THE 11th INNING.

>> Laura: YEAH, I MEAN IT IT JUST , ALL IT TAKES IN THESE GAMES AND GOING BACK TO REGIONAL PLAY, ONE PLAY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN A BALLGAME AND ADVANCE YOUR TEAM.

>> Paul: THAT PINCH IS BUNTED FOUL NEAR THE ON DECK CIRCLE.

NOT GOING TO GIVE THE EXACT DIRECT QUOTE FROM THE CARLISLE COACH, BUT YOU HAVE GOT TO GET YOUR TAIL IN THE GAME.

EVERY PLAY.

EVERY PLAY MATTERS.

>> Laura: YOU DO.

YOU CAN'T TAKE PLACE OFF AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.

THAT YOU HAVE TO BE IN THE MOMENT.

YOU HAVE TO BE READY EVERY SINGLE PITCH.

>> Paul: THAT PITCH BACKS UP ON GERMAN AND IS A CALLED STRIKE ON SMALLWOOD.

>> Laura: A LITTLE SMILE FROM GERMAN AS SHE THREW THAT PITCH.

SHE KNEW THAT SHE HAD SOME GOOD SPIN.

>> Paul: SHE IS STILL SMILING.

>> Laura: I THINK SOMETIMES AS A PITCHER YOU KNOW WHAT PITCHES ARE WORKING FOR YOU , FEELS REALLY GOOD OUT THERE IN THE CIRCLE.

>> Paul: THE 1-2 IS HIGH.

2-2 TO AMIYA SMALLWOOD.

COUNT GOES FULL.

AMIYA SMALLWOOD WILL TAKE HER SPORT TALENTS TO CORNELL AND PLAY VOLLEYBALL IN MOUND VERNON.

>> Laura: SHE ALSO PLAYED BASKETBALL, RAN TRACK, MULTISPORT ATHLETE BUT GOING TO ZERO IN ON VOLLEYBALL.

>> Paul: SHE DRAWS A WALK HERE IN SOFTBALL WITH ONE OUT.

THERE IS A LOOK AT THE SAVAGE DUGOUT.

THEY CHEER ON AVA FINERAN NOW WHO SHOWS BUNT, GETS IT BACK TO GERMAN WHO THROWS OVER TO A COVERING AVA OBERENDER AND THE RUNNER IS MOVED UP WITH TWO OUTS .

>> Laura: THAT IS ALL YOU WANT TO DO IS GIVE YOURSELF A CHANCE, COULD THE RUNNER MOVED UP INTO SECOND BASE, GIVE THAT NEXT HEADER, YOU ARE TELLING THAT HITTER, WE HAVE CONFIDENCE IN YOU TO BE ABLE TO GET THIS CLUTCH HIT AND GET US OUR SECOND RUN.

>> Paul: THIS IS THE SAME, THAT WON IT FOR SIGOURNEY IN THE REGIONAL FINAL AGAINST WAPELLO.

IT WAS ELLA BRUNS THAT HAVE THE GAME-WINNING WALKOFF RBI THAT SCORED AMIYA SMALLWOOD WHO IS THAT SECOND.

>> Laura: THEY SAY THAT ELLA BRUNS IS THAT CLUTCH HIT HER.

HAS HAD SEVERAL OF THOSE WALKOFF THIS SEASON.

>> Paul: SWINGS THROUGH THAT ONE.

GERMAN GETS AHEAD AGAIN, 0-2.

WATCH THE SLOW-MOTION OF BOTH OF THESE PITCHERS, JUST TO SEE THEIR STYLE AND HOW MUCH THEY PUSH OFF, HOW MUCH FORCE THEY GENERATE.

BECAUSE THOSE PITCHES ARE POPPING THE CATCHERS GLOVE.

>> Paul: THAT PITCH IS UPSTAIRS AND MISSED ON THE SWING BY ELLA BRUNS, STRIKEOUT NUMBER THREE .

ALSO, OUT NUMBER THREE.

SIGOURNEY LEAVES A RUN.

A RUNNER ON BASE.

AND IT IS LIKE YOU HAVE DONE THIS BEFORE, WHERE YOU TEASE A SEGMENT THAT IS UPCOMING ON THE SUPER SLO-MO WHICH WE WILL SEE FAIRLY SOON IN OUR COVERAGE.

HERE IS A LOOK AT COACH SHELLY STREIGLE.

A SIGOURNEY NATIVE PITCHER HERSELF.

>> Laura: PLAYED IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT WHEN IT WAS STILL A WAS A PITCHER IN THAT BALLGAME, THEY PLACED SIXTH .

SHE WAS A JUNIOR, THEY LOST A SENIOR IN THE TOURNAMENT.

SHE REMEMBERS IT VERY, VERY WELL.

>> Paul: POPULATION 2000 SIGOURNEY VERSUS DUBUQUE, YOU KNOW?

THAT IS THE WAY IT USED TO BE UP UNTIL THE 90s WHEN THEY SWITCHED CLASSES.

OR, SWITCHED TO MADE CLASSES, NOT JUST ONE GIANT CLASS.

>> Laura: IT DIDN'T MATTER.

IT DIDN'T MATTER WHO WAS IN THE TOURNAMENT, IT COULD HAVE BEEN SMALL-TOWN, IT COULD HAVE BEEN BIG TOWN, IT DID NOT MATTER.

THAT 16 TEAM TOURNAMENT WAS SO MUCH FUN TO WATCH.

AND A LOT OF TIMES THE SMALL- TOWN TEAM WOULD GET TO THAT CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AND WOULD WIN.

>> Paul: THAT PITCH IS HELD ONTO THE OTHER FIELD WHERE I THINK VAN METER IS STILL CELEBRATING.

DOES, THEY TAKE THE CHAMPION SHIP GROUP AND SAY GO OVER HERE, HAVE THIS BIG OPEN SPACE, TAKE SOME PITCHERS, ENJOY THE MOMENT.

CELEBRATE.

IN BASKETBALL THEY CUT DOWN THE NET, THEY SET UP ANOTHER NET FOR THEM AND ALLOW THEM TO TAKE PHOTOS THERE.

SOFTBALL THEY MOVE THEM OVER TO THE BASEBALL FIELD BEHIND US.

THAT WAY WE CAN FOCUS ON SOFTBALL, WHICH WE ARE RIGHT NOW.

AS GOODWIN IS UP, 0-2 ON SYDNEY BEARS.

GOES OFF HER GLOVE, RECOVERS, THERE IS, NOT IN TIME, PUTS IT TWICE.

THAT IS GOING TO BE AN ERROR ALL THE WAY, I WOULD IMAGINE, TO ALLOW SYDNEY BEARS TO REACH.

>> Laura: THAT WAS SUCH A TOUGH COP.

--HOP.

A LOT OF SPIN ON IT, INTO THE CHEST OF FISCH, COULD NOT GRAB IT CLEANLY.

MAYBE HERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A DOOR OPENING FOR MARTENSDALE-ST MARYS.

>> Paul: SYDNEY BEARS WILL STAY AND RUN FOR HERSELF.

THE BUNT IS PUT DOWN BY SHELBY WOODS.

THE THROW TO FIRST COVERS , IS AVA FISCH.

FIRST OUT ON THE SACRIFICE.

MOVES UP SYDNEY BEARS INTO SCORING POSITION FOR OUR AUNIE BERGER.

>> Laura: WITH ONE OUT, A COUPLE OF SHOTS TO TRY TO TIE THIS BALLGAME UP.

>> Paul: FIRST PITCH SWUNG AND FOULED OUT OF PLAY.

THE WIND STILL BLOWING PRETTY GOOD LIKE IT HAS ALL DAY CONSISTENTLY.

PRETTY MUCH STRAIGHT AWAY TOWARD CENTER, IF ANYBODY GETS ONE IN THE AIR , IT HAS MAYBE CARRIED A LITTLE BIT TODAY.

THE 0-1, OFFSPEED.

A SWING AND A MISS.

>> Laura: THAT IS SUCH A GOOD PITCH.

LOOK AT THE EXPRESSION ON THE FACE OF AUNIE BERGER.

SHE KNEW THAT SHE WAS WAY OUT ON THE FRONT FOOT, SHE GOT FOOLED.

>> Paul: THROW IT AGAIN ON 0-2.

>> Laura: I HAVE SEEN PITCHERS DO IT.

>> Paul: NOT THAT TIME, THEY JUST INSTEAD SEND IT STRAIGHT BACK OVER YOUR HEAD.

>> Laura: I FLINCHED AGAIN.

LOSING IT.

>> Paul: YOU ARE FOCUSED ON THE OTHER THINGS, YOUR SENSES ARE THROWN OFF.

CARLY GOODWIN'S PITCH , MISSES.

>> Laura: CARLY GOODWIN GETS SO LOCKED IN, YOU CAN TELL BY LOOKING IN THE EYES.

>> Paul: FOUL BALL OFF TO THE RIGHT SIDE.

>> Laura: SHE IS ALL BUSINESS IN THAT CIRCLE.

>> Paul: SHE CELEBRATES WHEN SOMETHING GOOD HAPPENS, LIKE WHEN SHE ROUNDED THIRD ON THAT HOME RUN, SHE WAS DANCING.

AND, SO WELL SPOKEN.

I JUST SAID TO HER, I GO, YOU ARE INCREDIBLE , JUST GRASP OF THE GAME, THE SITUATIONS.

OF THE EXPECTATIONS THAT ARE ON YOU.

SHE THANKED HER PARENTS FOR THOSE TRAITS.

>> Laura: SHE SAID THEY HAVE CERTAINLY BEEN THE ROLE MODELS FOR HER.

SHE HAS GOT A LITTLE BIT OF EACH OF THEM IN HER.

AND, DONE A GREAT JOB OF TALKING TO ALL THE PRESS AND EXPLAINING THINGS, WHAT WENT ON IN THE GAME AND JUST SO CALM ABOUT EVERYTHING.

RESOURCES WHEN SHE GETS UP TO NORTHERN IOWA.

>> Paul: THE EIGHTH PITCH OF THE AT-BAT COMING.

BALL MISSES AND IT IS A BALL FOUR TO AUNIE BERGER.

SHE IS ON WITH A ONE-OUT WALK.

AND COMING INTO THE SEMI FINAL GAME, GOODWIN HAD ONLY WALKED 10 BATTERS.

THAN WHAT SHE DID --DID SHE DO?

SHE WALKED THREE IN THAT GAME.

SHE IS ALMOST AT HAVE HER SEASON TOTAL IN THE LAST TWO GAMES.

>> Laura: IT DOESN'T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN, SHE IS ALWAYS AROUND THE PLATE.

>> Paul: A BUNCH IS PUT DOWN WITH ONE OUT.

IT GOES FOUL.

SO, AUNIE BERGER WILL GO BACK TO FIRST AND SYDNEY BEARS WILL GO BACK TO SECOND.

MARYANN HART , BATTING HERE WITH ONE OUT IN THE SECOND.

THAT ONE BACKS UP OVER THE PLATE.

GOOD PITCH FROM GOODWIN.

>> Laura: SYDNEY BEARS GETTING A HUGE JUMP OUT AT SECOND.

MAYBE TRYING TO DRAW A THROW FROM JOSEPHINE MOORE.

>> Paul: CARLY GOODWIN'S THROW, SOFTLY HIT TOWARD SECOND.

GOING TO BE A TOUGH PLAY, GETS OVER TO FIRST IN TIME IS FISCH TO DAWSON.

NOT EASY, A COUPLE OF RUNNERS LEFT FOR THE BLUE DEVILS.

THEY MOVE UP TO THIRD AND SECOND NOW ON THE PLAY.

DOESN'T GO DOWN AS A SACRIFICE IN THE BOOK BUT IT REALLY IS.

THERE ARE THOSE COWBOY HATS THAT THEY ALL WEAR.

I AM NOT SURE EVERYBODY IS ON BOARD WITH THE HATS, BUT THE GIRLS ARE AND YOU HAVE GOT TO DO WITH THE GIRLS WANT.

MacLAINE GERMAN, THE THIRD GERMAN NOW BATS.

>> Laura: WE HAVE TALKED TO PLAYERS, DIFFERENT TEAMS, BUT THAT IS A BIG PART OF NOT ONLY COMING TO STATE, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO, WHAT ARE THE RALLY CAPS GOING TO BE?

WHAT ARE OUR THEMES GOING TO BE?

BUT THAT IS A BIG PART OF THE SEASON TOO.

YOU WANT TO HAVE CONSISTENCY THROUGHOUT THE SEASON, AND HAVE THE CHEERS DOWN, WHAT EVER THE GOOD LUCK CHARMS MIGHT BE, HOW THOSE IN PLACE.

WHO IS GOING TO BE THE KEEPER OF THE GOOD LUCK CHARM?

WHO IS GOING TO KEEP THE HATS?

YOU HAVE GOT TO PLAN ALL THAT BEFORE THE SEASON STARTS.

>> Paul: FOUL BACK .

THAT MAKES NOISE, DOESN'T IT?

BUT THE QUESTION THAT JUST CAME TO ME VIA THE TRUCK, WHICH ONE IS EASIER TO CLEAN UP?

COWBOY HATS OR GLITTER OFF THE BUS?

>> Laura: THE BUS DRIVER LOVES THE HATS.

THAT GLITTER IS GOING TO STICK AROUND UNTIL NEXT YEAR WHEN THEY USE THE SAME BUS TO COME BACK UP.

>> Paul: HAVE YOU EVER TRIED TO GET GLITTER OUT OF YOUR HOUSE OR CARPET OR FLOOR?

>> Laura: I DON'T HAVE GIRLS AT HOME.

WE HAVE HAD GLITTER WHEN THE BOYS ARE YOUNGER DOING STUFF, IT IS EVERYWHERE.

>> Paul: 2-2.

POPPED FOUL AGAIN.

I HAVE TALKED TO DAD GIRLS AND THEY ARE LIKE, YOU CAN'T GET THAT STUFF OUT FOR DAYS, WEEKS!

I AM SURE I AM ABOUT TO GET A TEXT FROM MY HOUSE SAYING WHAT ARE YOU DOING TALKING ABOUT CLEANING?

YOU DON'T CLEAN.

>> Laura: WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CLEANED?

>> Paul: THEY ARE TEXTING YOU NOW TOO?

THAT IS A SCOUTING REPORT ON ME.

>> Laura: HASN'T CLEANED IN FOUR YEARS.

>> Paul: [ LAUGHTER ] CARLY CHOPPED TWO SHORT , LONG HOP, THROW ACROSS THE DIAMOND, SAFE!

SAFE, RUN SCORES!

WE ARE TIED AT 1!

MacLAINE GERMAN HELPS HER SISTER OUT WITH AN INFIELD HIT!

>> Laura: IT IS THAT HIGH HOPPER AND IT STAYED UP IN THE AIR JUST LONG ENOUGH TO GET GERMAN DOWN THAT LINE.

POUNDS IT IN RIGHT IN FRONT OF HOME.

SHE LETS IT COME TO HER AND GERMAN CROSSES BEFORE THAT PAUL GETS THERE.

>> Paul: A LONG STRETCH THERE BY DAWSON.

AND I THINK COACH SHELLY STREIGLE JUST WENT OUT TO ASK A QUESTION.

SO, GERMAN DRIVE IN A RUN.

SYDNEY BEARS SCORES, FIRST AND THIRD, TOP OF THE ORDER FOR ONE IN HERE ANY SECOND, WE ARE TIED UP.

BAKER SHOWS BONES, PULLS IT BACK.

>> Laura: REALLY BIG KEY MOMENTS IN THIS BALLGAME, RUNNERS AT SECOND AND THIRD, PROBABLY GOING TO PLATE TWO RUNS.

>> Paul: THE BUNT IS POPPED FOUL.

>> Laura: GOODWIN AHEAD IN THE COUNT.

TRYING TO GET BAKER TO CHASE AFTER SOMETHING BAD, GET HER TO SWING SOMETHING OUT OF THE ZONE.

>> Paul: THAT PITCH IS HIGH, GETS AWAY.

HERE COMES BERGER, SHE IS GOING TO SCORE.

IT IS NOW A 2-1 LEAD FOR THE BLUE DEVILS!

AND LAURA, I THINK WHEN HUMANS CHASE YOU DIDN'T MEAN IT WAS GOING TO HAVE TO BE JOSEPHINE MOORE HAD TO GO AFTER IT.

>> Laura: NO, THAT JUST GOT AWAY FROM BOTH CARLY GOODWIN AND JOSEPHINE MOORE.

GOES OFF THE TIP OF HER GLOVE AND SHE HAD TO SCRAMBLE BACK TO TRY TO TRACK THAT ONE DOWN.

>> Paul: GERMAN GOES TO THIRD ON THE PLAY.

BAKER WITH A CHANCE HERE.

ANOTHER RUN, SWING THROUGH IT.

THAT ENDS THE INNING, NOT BEFORE MARTENSDALE-ST MARYS TAKES THE LEAD, 2-1.

YOU THOUGHT RUNS WERE GOING TO BE HARD TO COME BY IN THIS GAME.

WE HAVE THREE OF THEM, CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?

THREE.

>> Laura: I CAN'T, I CAN'T.

>> Paul: YOU HAVE BEEN WANTING TO SEE THE SLOW-MOTION PITCHING.

WE ARE GOING TO SEE THE SLOW- MOTION PITCHING AFTER WE LISTEN IN.

>> WE CAN DO THIS, OKAY?

JUST TAKE DEEP BREATHS, RELAX, HAVE FUN, ENJOY THE GAME.

YOU CAN DO IT.

>> Laura: SHE TALKED ABOUT IT, ENJOY THE MOMENT.

AND THEY CAN DO THAT, YOU HAVE GOT TO INSTILL THAT CONFIDENCE BECAUSE THEY CAN DO THIS TO TRY TO CLIMB BACK IN TO THIS BALLGAME.

>> Paul: THERE IS A LOOK AT CAMPBELL GERMAN IN REGULAR SPEED, HOW ABOUT IN SUPER SLOW MOTION?

>> Laura: LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

SHE GETS OFF THAT RUBBER AND THEN THE WRIST ACTION, LOOK AT HER TURN IT OVER TO GET THE SPIN.

THE GRIP.

DIFFERENT WAYS THAT SHE GRIPPED THE BALL, TURNS HER HAND AND HER WRIST TO GET THOSE DIFFERENT PITCHES TO MOVE FOR HER.

>> Paul: IT WAS IN THIS VENUE, IN THIS TORMENT IN 2023 WHERE CAMPBELL GERMAN STOOD OUT TO A COLLEGE COACH THAT EARNED HER A COLLEGE OPPORTUNITY AT SOUTH DAKOTA.

SHE SAYS THEY SAW HER PITCH HERE AND NOW SHE IS GOING NORTH.

HER AND HER SISTER, BOTH GOING TO USD.

>> Laura: AS I HAVE ALWAYS SAID, IT IS A GOOD PLACE TO COME WATCH GOOD SOFTBALL PLAYERS AND FIND A TALENT FOR YOUR SCHOOL.

COLLEGE COACHES ALL COME HERE.

>> Paul: AVA OBERENDER BACKHANDS IT, STEPS ON THE BACK TO RETIRE ADDY FINERAN FOR THE FIRST OUT OF THE THIRD.

>> Laura: A LOT OF THE COLLEGE COACHES THAT I TALKED TO, THEY DO LIKE TO BE ABLE TO COME UP HERE BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A WELL- RUN TOURNAMENT.

THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE A LOT OF PLAYERS, SEE SOME OF THE YOUNGER PLAYERS THAT ARE COMING UP THROUGH THE RANKS.

TRY TO GET IN EARLY ON SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT , PLAYERS THAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT YET.

SO IT IS --AGAIN, I WOULD SAY, I WOULD MUCH RATHER PLAY HIGH SCHOOL BALL THEN TRAVELED ALL.

THAT IS MY SOAPBOX AND I KNOW PEOPLE GET MAD AT ME SAYING THAT BUT I THINK IT IS GREAT TO REPRESENT YOUR SCHOOL AND PLAY FOR YOUR SCHOOL AND YOU ARE GOING TO GET SEEN IN THE STATE OF IOWA PLAYING HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL.

>> Paul: NOW WITH TRANSFERS AND ALL THINGS, YOU JUST NEED A PLACE TO PLAY.

AND SOMEBODY WILL SEE YOU THERE AND YOU WILL MOVE UP AND YOU WILL MOVE UP.

YOU JUST MIGHT NOT PLAY FOR YEARS IN ONE SPOT ANYMORE.

>> Laura: WHICH I ALSO THINK IS KIND OF SAD BECAUSE -- >> Paul: IS THERE A SECOND SOAPBOX THERE?

>> Laura: THERE IS A SMALLER SOAPBOX, IT IS PROBABLY GOING TO GET BIGGER AS WE GO FURTHER ON IN WHAT IS HAPPENING IN COLLEGE SPORTS BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE PLAYERS --IT IS FUN FOR THE FANS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A PLAYER COME TO THEIR COLLEGE THAT THEY SUPPORT AND BE ABLE TO FOLLOW THEM FOR FOUR YEARS.

NOT HAVE TO RELEARN A NEW TEAM EVERY SEASON.

>> Paul: THE PITCH COMING IS POPPED FOUL INTO THE NET AGAIN.

TO AVA FISCH.

AVA FISCH BACK IN THE QUARTERFINAL HAD A TRIPLE IN THE TOP OF THE SIXTH, THEN SCORED THE GAME-WINNING RUN.

AS COACH SHELLY STREIGLE SAYS, AS AVA FISCH GOES, WE GO.

>> Laura: SHE IS A TABLE CENTER.

>> Paul: POPPED FOUL.

WOULD YOU SAY THEY GO FISHING WITH HER?

>> Laura: MAYBE.

MAYBE THEY WENT FISHING.

DID SHE GO FISHING?

>> Paul: WE WILL WORKSHOP THAT ONE AND GET BACK TO.

>> Laura: SEE WHAT SHE DOES WITH THIS NEXT PITCH, SHE IS DOWN IN THE COUNT.

SO YOU DON'T WANT HER TO GO FISHING, YOU WANT HER TO BE SMART AT THE PLATE.

>> Paul: I THINK I'M GOING TO ASK CHRIS TO START KEEPING TRACK OF HOW MANY 0-2 WE HAVE HAD.

BOTH OF THESE PITCHERS HAVE GOTTEN AHEAD A LOT, 0-2.

>> Laura: THAT IS WHAT MAKES THEM SO TOUGH.

WHEN YOU DO GET AHEAD IN THE COUNT, IT GIVES THE PITCHER THAT ADVANTAGE TO BE ABLE TO USE ANY ONE OF THEIR PITCHES.

>> Paul: FOULS IT OFF AGAIN.

1-2.

SO THEN I WILL ASK YOU THIS.

WHAT IS YOUR STRATEGY AS A PITCHER UP , 0-2?

ARE YOU ALL ABOUT WASTING THAT NEXT PITCH?

>> Laura: THAT IS THE TREND AND I THINK A LOT OF PITCHERS DO THAT, A LOT OF COACHES CALL IT THAT WAY.

I THINK YOU CAN NIBBLE A LITTLE BIT, SEE IF YOU CAN GET SOMEBODY TO PUT A POOR SWING ON ONE OF YOUR PITCHES, BUT I YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY WITH, IF YOU'RE UP 0-2, YOU CAN WASTE ONE.

>> Paul: OR WASTE TWO.

>> Laura: YEAH.

[ LAUGHTER ] BUT THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE IS THE HITTER , YOU GET DOWN IN THE COUNT COMING NOW YOU HAVE TO ADJUST YOUR STRATEGY AS WELL.

YOU HAVE TO SHORTEN THINGS OFF A LITTLE BIT, TRY TO MAKE CONTACT.

JUST PUT THAT BALL IN PLAY.

>> Paul: THAT WHEN INSTALLED INTO THE SCREEN.

YOU ASK, YOU RECEIVE.

THEY HAVE HAD COMBINED 0-2 ACCOUNTS, NINE OF THEM SO FAR IN THIS GAME.

I AM NOT SURPRISED, GREAT WORK, CHRIS.

THANK YOU, CHRIS.

IF YOU ARE NOT FOLLOWING HIM ON TWITTER , BY THE WAY, GIVE HIM A FOLLOW.

THE STUFF HE PUTS OUT IS AWESOME.

PITCH NUMBER 10 OF THIS AT-BAT THAT STARTED 0-2.

>> Laura: A QUICK LITTLE CONFERENCE BETWEEN SYDNEY BEARS AND CAMPBELL GERMAN, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, HOW CAN WE GET OUT NUMBER TWO AGAINST THIS REALLY TOUGH HITTER?

>> Paul: SWING AND A MISS, HOW ABOUT THAT WITH THE PITCH OUTSIDE, BEND IN?

>> Laura: A LITTLE BIT OF POWER.

KIND OF HANDCUFFED HER A LITTLE BIT, GOT UP AND INSIDE.

YOU CAN SEE SYDNEY BEARS LEANING THAT WAY, TRYING TO SET UP AND THERE.

ASKING FOR THE PITCH TO BE THROWN THERE AND DETERMINED IT A GOOD JOB OF HITTING THE GLOVE.

>> Paul: GERMAN FIRST PITCH, ALMOST THE SAME ONE THAT WAS THE STRIKE THREE ON THE LEFT PITCH, JUST MISSED.

THAT ONE CATCHES THE PLATE.

TO DANI ALLER, STRUCK OUT BACK IN THE FIRST.

>> Laura: YOU CAN SEE HOW SHE IS MOVING AND USING THE WHOLE PLATE.

SHE WAS INSIDE, SHE IS OUTSIDE .

SHE IS UP, SHE IS DOWN.

>> Paul: THERE, SHE WAS BOTH AND UP.

>> Laura: SHE JUST HAS SO MUCH VELOCITY.

AND THEN WHEN SHE THROWS THAT RISE, IT JUMPS EVEN A LITTLE BIT MORE.

WAPELLO-TWO COMING FROM CAMPBELL GERMAN IS HIGH.

AND OFF THE GLOVE OF SYDNEY BEARS.

THE 2-2 IS FANNED!

STRIKEOUT NUMBER 5 FOR CAMPBELL GERMAN!

TO FINISH OFF THE SIGOURNEY >> WE ARE RIGHT ON HER, KEEP PUTTING THE PRESSURE ON THEM.

SHE IS GOING TO KEEP GOING INTO YOU BEFORE SHE GETS OUT.

MAKE THEM WORK.

>> HERE WE GO, LADIES.

>> BREAK IT OPEN ON THREE!

ONE, TWO, THREE, BREAK IT OPEN?

>> Laura: WE HAVE GOT LOTS OF COACHES AND SCOUTS IN THEIR.

>> Laura: EVERYBODY GET AN ERROR ON SCOUTING REPORT BUT I LIKE THE FACT THAT, YOU FIND YOUR PITCH AND DRIVE IT.

>> Paul: SPEAKING OF PITCH, THERE IS CARLY GOODWIN.

SHE IS GOING TO TOSS THIS FIRST ONE IN REAL-TIME SPEED.

NOW, WE ARE GOING TO SEE IT SLOWED DOWN.

>> Laura: WE ARE GOING TO WATCH THIS EXTENSION, SHE REALLY GETS OUT THERE AND SHE GETS A LITTLE BIT LOWER.

ALL THESE PITCHERS DO SUCH A --LOOK AT THAT EXTENSION.

DO SUCH A GOOD JOB OF GETTING THE HANDS TURNED OVER, SPINNING THE BALL THE WAY THEY WANTED TO.

TO GET THOSE PITCHES TO JUMP OR DROP OUT OF THE ZONE.

>> Paul: I THOUGHT HER TOE KICK, I GUESS YOU WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT HER SHOE TO SEE HOW MUCH HE HAS RUBBED NOTHING DOWN WITH THE AMOUNT OF KICK SHE HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO.

>> Laura: GOING TO GET A LOOK AT IT RIGHT THERE.

SHE HAS A BIT OF AN EXTRA PITCHING TOE COVERING THE FRONT OF THAT CLEAT.

>> Paul: GREAT WORK BY THE CREW, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

BRYNNLY GERMAN, CAMPBELL GERMAN, ABBY HUGHES DO UP.

THEY LEAD 2-1 FOR MARTENSDALE- ST MARYS HERE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE THIRD.

THAT PITCH IS HIGH.

BRYNNLY GERMAN SMILES AND WAITS.

THAT ONE IS INSIDE.

PULLED FOUL.

ELLA BRUNS FIELDED IT.

>> Laura: GOOD LITTLE SEGMENT ON THE GERMAN SISTERS.

THEY TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT BRYNNLY GERMAN WAS A PITCHER BEFORE CAMPBELL GERMAN.

CAMPBELL GERMAN WAS A CATCHER.

THEN CAMPBELL GERMAN WENT INTO THE PITCHING CIRCLE AND BRYNNLY GERMAN'S THAT I DID NOT WANT TO COMPETE WITH THAT.

SO SHE HAS MOVED INTO THE FIELD NOW INTO THE OUTFIELD.

SHE SAID THEY ARE KIND OF DIFFERENT.

SHE SAID CAMPBELL IS MORE OF A TYPE A PERSONALITY THAN I AM.

SHE IS ALWAYS A LITTLE BIT EARLY, I AM ALWAYS JUST ON TIME.

>> Paul: THE 2-2 IS UPSTAIRS.

CAMPBELL IS THE OLDER OF THE TWINS.

FOR THE LONGEST TIME, BASKETBALL WITH HER SPORT.

CAMPBELL WAS JUST KIND OF ALONG FOR THE RIDE.

MARTENSDALE-ST MARYS HAS MADE THE STATE TOURNAMENT A COUPLE OF YEARS HERE.

3-2 IS BALL FOUR.

SECOND BLOCK OF THE GAME ISSUED BY CARLY GOODWIN, SHE WONDERED RHETT WAS.

>> Laura: SHE FELT LIKE SHE GOT THE CORNER WITH THAT PITCH BUT WAS A GOOD AT-BAT.

THAT IS A TOUGH ONE TO TAKE .

SHE LET IT SLIDE BY AND GETS REWARDED WITH THE BASE ON BALLS.

>> Paul: BUNT SHOWN BY CAMPBELL, SHE GETS IT DOWNFIELD, NO WAY.

COVERING THIRD, THE THROW TO THIRD IS NOT IN TIME, SHE IS SAFE.

BRYNNLY GERMAN WAS RUNNING THE WHOLE TIME, CAMPBELL'S BUNT, IT JUST KEPT GOING AWAY .

GOODWIN GAVE UP ON IT, SHE LET JOSEPHINE MOORE GO GET IT BUT THAT IS AN IMPOSSIBLE PLAY ON THE THIRD BAYSIDE FOR THE FIRST PHASE PERSON TO GET.

>> Laura: SHE DID NOT STOP A SECOND, NOBODY COVERING THE THURSDAY HER BUT SHE GOT IN .

SHE ROUNDED SECOND BASE, SHE PICKED UP COACH IN THE THIRD- BASE COACHING BOX, COACH WAS SET UP COME ON OVER AND SEE ME.

>> Paul: BRYNNLY GERMAN AT THIRD, CAMPBELL AT FIRST, ABBY HUGHES AT THE PLATE.

SHOWS BUNT, IT IS LOW.

THEY WILL NOT CONTEST THE RUN FOR CAMPBELL.

SO NOW THE FORCE IS OUT.

I CAN HEAR THE HOME PLATE UMPIRE SAYING IT IS BELOW THE KNEE.

THE 1-0 FROM GOODWIN IS SMACKED HARD INTO CENTER BUT COMING OVER IS AMIYA SMALLWOOD TO HER LEFT TO MAKE THE CATCH.

A SACRIFICE FLY IS HOW THAT WILL SCORE.

IT IS AN RBI AND ANOTHER RUN FOR MARTENSDALE-ST MARYS.

THEY TAKE A 3-1 LEAD.

>> Laura: AMIYA SMALLWOOD GOT A GREAT JUMP ON THAT ONE BOAT WAS DRIFTING TOWARD THE RIGHT FIELD.

IT WAS REALLY TOUGH FOR HER AFTER --OH, SHE IS CALLED OUT.

SHE LEFT EARLY.

>> Paul: THEY ARE SAYING SHE LEFT EARLY, THEY APPEALED THE PLAY.

>> Laura: MAYBE WE CAN GET ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT.

BUT THEY WENT AHEAD AND APPEALED.

>> THEY WILL GET IT FIXED.

THEY WILL GET IT FIXED.

>> Laura: THAT IS A HUGE TURN OF EVENTS.

>> Paul: THE PITCH IS HIT FOUL AND OUT OF PLAY.

NOW BATTING , SYDNEY BEARS.

SO IT REMAINS 4-1.

OR, IS IT -- IT A 3-1.

I THINK IT A 3-1.

IT IS 3-1, RIGHT?

>> Laura: I THINK IT IS 2-1.

>> Paul: CAMPBELL IS STILL A SECOND, 3A --BRYNNLY GERMAN'S RUN DOESN'T COUNT.

IT IS STILL -- >> Laura: THE BOARD OUT IN RIGHT FIELD HAS 4-1 BUT -- >> Paul: IT IS 2-1.

ALL RIGHT, WE WILL GET THIS RIGHT.

WE ARE PAYING ATTENTION.

SETTLED BACK AND I CAN GUARANTEE THEY ARE ARGUING UP IN THE PRESS BOX TO THEM ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON.

THEY DON'T HAVE THE BENEFIT OF WATCHING BACK THE TV LIKELY DUE.

>> Laura: WHEN BRYNNLY GERMAN WENT 1st TO 3rd ON THAT POINT, A COUPLE OF PLAYERS SEEMINGLY HUNG THERE HAD A LITTLE BIT, LIKE OH, NO, HERE WE GO.

NOW YOU GET THAT BIG OUT , THAT LIFTS THE SPIRITS AGAIN AND WE ARE BACK FOCUSED AND READY TO GET OUT OF THIS INNING.

WAPELLO-TWO COMING FROM CARLY GOODWIN HERE IN THE THIRD.

>> Laura: GOODWIN HAS TRIED THAT AREA SEVERAL TIMES, HAS NOT GOTTEN THE CALL.

YOU JUST NEED TO , LOOKS LIKE, BRING IT UP JUST A LITTLE BIT TO GET THAT CALL AT THE KNEES.

>> Paul: PITCH IS HIT AND GRABBING IT IS AVA FISCH.

THIRD OUT NO RUNS SCORE THERE IN THE THIRD.

BUT A WHOLE LOT OF ACTIVITY .

>> ANYTHING THAT IS HERE, YOU HAVE GOT TO LET GO.

THE OTHER THING IS, WHEN WE ARE ON BASE, I WAS TRYING TO GET HER TO STEAL.

AND NOT TELLING THE BETTER, SUCH AS MAKE SURE YOU ARE LOOKING AT ME OKAY, GUYS?

HEY, WE CAN DO THIS.

LET'S GO.

>> Paul: SHELLY STREIGLE, WHO HAS COACHED , SHE HAS BEEN AN ASSISTANT AT AS SIMPSON, DES MOINES LINCOLN AND OTTUMWA WHERE SHE COACHED UNDER FRANK HOUSTON.

AND THEY MISSED --WHEN SHE WAS ASSISTING THERE AT OTTUMWA , SHE MISSED THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME THAT OTTUMWA HAD ONE YEAR.

FOR A SIMPLE REASON.

>> Laura: SHE SAID THAT WHEN FRANK HOUSTON WAS A PEER PLAYING IN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, SHE WAS HOME GETTING MARRIED.

AND THEN SHE ADDED, I WILL NEVER FORGIVE MY HUSBAND FOR THAT.

>> Paul: HERE'S THE THING, SHE COACHES NOW WITH HER HUSBAND AND SON.

HER SON AS AT FIRST BASE AS THE ASSISTANT AND HER HUSBAND IS IN THE DUGOUT.

>> Laura: WE ASKED, IS THE ANNIVERSARY TONIGHT?

IS THAT COMING UP?

SHE SAID NO, IT IS BACK WHEN THEY WERE STILL A LITTLE BIT LATER, SO AUGUST 5 IF PEOPLE WANT TO SEND CARDS AND CONGRATULATIONS, AUGUST 5 IS THEIR ANNIVERSARY.

>> Paul: THERE WAS A LOOK AT COLD THERE YOU JUST SAW, IF RUSTY IS IN THE DUGOUT.

SHEEHAN A LOT OF PHYSICAL ON- FIELD DUTIES TO THOSE TWO.

>> Laura: SHE IS THE BRAINS BEHIND THE OPERATION.

>> Paul: THERE IS SOMETHING.

JUST GREAT SOFTBALL MIND.

FIRST PITCH STRIKE TO CARLY GOODWIN.

GOODWIN RIGHT NOW HAS GOT ME WONDERING SERIOUSLY, WHERE IS THAT WHEN I AM PITCHING?

>> Laura: I THINK THAT IS WHAT SHE WAS THINKING, I HAVEN'T BEEN GETTING THAT CALL.

>> Paul: CAMPBELL GOES TO WORK ON THE 1-0, THAT IS LOW.

GOODWIN, JOSEPHINE MOORE AND ERIN DAWSON DO UP FOR THE SAVAGES WHO TRAILED 2-1 IN THE TOP OF THE FOURTH OF THIS CLASS TRANIV STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

>> Laura: THESE TWO PLAYERS, GERMAN AND GOODWIN, ARE GOING IN COLLEGE.

THERE IS ALWAYS AN EARLY TOURNAMENT AT NORTHERN IOWA UP IN THE DOME.

SOUTH DAKOTA USUALLY SHOWS UP AT THAT ONE.

>> Paul: ANOTHER BIG FLY TO RIGHT BUT THIS ONE IS GOING TO STAY IN THE PARK FOR MARYANN HART.

CARLY GOODWIN'S TWO HEADS HAVE GONE A LONG WAY.

ONE HOME RUN AND ONE OUT.

>> Laura: JUST A LITTLE BIT UNDERNEATH THAT, JUST MISSED IT.

>> Paul: MARYANN HART WITH PLENTY OF ROOM THERE IN RIGHT.

JOSEPHINE MOORE.

>> Laura: THAT IS A TOUGH ONE RIGHT NOW, WITH THE TRANSITIONING OF THE SKY, THE LIGHTS ARE ON, MARYANN HART DID A GOOD JOB OF STICKING WITH IT, CAMPING UNDERNEATH IT.

>> Paul: BOTH OF THESE TEAMS WERE SCHEDULED TO PLAY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME.

SEVEN AND 7:30.

BOTH OF THOSE GAMES WERE STARTED MORE LIKE EIGHT AND 8:30.

SO THEY ARE USED TO PLAYING IN THIS SKY.

JOSEPHINE MOORE FOULS IT INTO THE SCREEN, SHE IS DOWN, 0-2.

JOSEPHINE MOORE IS GOING TO PLAY SOFTBALL RIGHT HERE AT IOWA CENTRAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE WHICH MEANS HER HOME FIELD WILL BE THE OTHER DIAMOND.

HERE AT THE COMPLEX.

GERMAN'S 0-2.

IT IS POPPED UP AND OUT OF PLAY.

SO MUCH QUIETER, THIS GAME.

I CAN ACTUALLY HEAR MYSELF THINK.

>> Laura: IT IS NOT THE CONSTANT FOOT STOMP ABOVE US .

>> Paul: IT WORKED.

THE TEAM IN BLUE WON.

>> Laura: STOMP THEM TO A VICTORY.

>> Paul: THAT ONE IS HIGH.

>> Laura: CAMPBELL GERMAN SAID ASK IF SHE WENT.

YOU CAN HEAR ERNIE SAID, NO, SHE DIDN'T, I HAD A GOOD LOOK.

I LOVE THAT.

THAT'S ONE IS OUT.

JOSEPHINE MOORE AS A CATCHER, WE WILL GET INTO THAT A LITTLE MORE WHEN SHE IS CATCHING, BUT I ALWAYS AM INTRIGUED THE WAY A CATCHER PURCHASE THINGS AT THE PLATE AS A BATTER, BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT HAS BEEN BALL AND WHAT HAS BEEN STRIKE.

THAT WAS GOING TO BE A STRIKE, SHE HAD TO SWING.

STRIKEOUT NUMBER 6 FOR CAMPBELL GERMAN.

TWO OUT HERE IN THE FOURTH.

>> Laura: YOU HAVE PROBABLY A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE STRIKE ZONE IS , BUT LOOK AT THAT ONE JUMP RIGHT OVER THE TOP OF HER BACK.

THAT IS ONE YOU CAN'T CATCH UP TO.

>> Paul: CAMPBELL HAS WORKED WITH PITCHING COACH MINDY BURKA, HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE WRITTEN HER NAME DOWN WORKING WITH SOMEBODY AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT?

>> Laura: SHE HAS REALLY DONE A GREAT JOB WITH A TON OF PITCHERS FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.

IS A GOOD PITCHING COACH.

ONE OF HER PRODUCTS RIGHT HERE.

>> Paul: AND ONE OF HER TEAMMATES AS OUR DIRECTOR.

ANDREA COYLE PLAYED WITH MINDY.

>> Laura: THAT IS NEWS I DID NOT KNOW.

>> Paul: ANDY HAS TO ALWAYS REMIND ME OF THOSE THINGS.

ANDY ALSO PLAYED SIX ON SIX GIRLS BASKETBALL FOR SCOTT DEYOUNG.

>> Laura: I THINK I KNEW THAT ONE.

I THINK I KNEW THAT ONE.

>> Paul: AND I HEARD ANDY IS GOING TO LEAP BUILDINGS IN A SINGLE BOUND AFTER THE GAME TONIGHT.

THE 0-2 COMING FROM GERMAN, THAT GOES OUT OF THE ZONE.

1-2.

BUT WHAT CAMPBELL HAS SAID THAT MINDY HAS HELPED HER WITH IS THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL SIDE.

WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE MENTAL SIDE A LOT WITH THESE PITCHERS.

YOU ARE SMILING WHEN YOU THROW A PITCH LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW YOU ARE IN A GOOD HEADSPACE.

>> Laura: YOU JUST HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE SITUATION IS.

I MISSED WITH THAT LAST PITCH, I'M GOING TO COME BACK AND BUST YOU ON THE INSIDE AND GET THE STRIKEOUT.

>> Paul: STRIKEOUT NUMBER 7, AS ERIN DAWSON IS DOWN.

AND THE SAVAGES GO ONE, TWO, THREE ON THAT ONE.

COACH SHELLY STREIGLE AND HER SEASON HERE, I HAVE GOT TO ASK FIRST, THE HAIR LOOKS WONDERFUL, WHO DID IT?

>> AVA FINERAN, LEFTFIELDER.

I THINK IT WAS ELLA.

>> THE EMOTIONS HAVE BEEN UP AND DOWN WITH THIS TEAM.

WARILY AT RIGHT NOW AND WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT?

>> JUST BEING PATIENT, LIVE IN THAT MOMENT.

YOU HAVE GOT TO STAY OFF THAT HIGH PITCH WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT AND HIT BELOW THE HAND.

THEY ARE FUMBLING THE BALL AROUND A LITTLE BIT, I AM SURE THAT IS ALL DUE TO EMOTION.

JUST TAKE DEEP BREATH AND SLOW IN AND SLOW OUT.

>> Paul: CARLY GOODWIN IN THE CIRCLE TONIGHT, HOW DO YOU THINK SHE IS DOING?

>> CARLY IS CARLY AND SHE WILL DO HER THING.

YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE THE ZONE LOOKS A LITTLE TIGHT BUT SHE IS MOVING THE BALL AROUND AND DOING A GOOD JOB AND THAT IS ALL WE CAN ASK FOR.

>> Paul: IT WE APPRECIATE ASKING YOU A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, THANKS, COACH.

SHELLY STREIGLE, I JUST HAD TO, I HAD BEEN WAITING TO ASK SINCE I SAW IT IN THE PREGAME.

I THINK HER AND HER TIME.

YOU AND I HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION WITH HER AFTER THEIR SEMI FINAL GAME.

YOU KNOW, IT IS ONE OF THE PERKS OF THIS JOB, TO LEARN ABOUT SOFTBALL FROM ALL THESE DIFFERENT MINDS AND THE WAY THEY PLAY IT.

>> Laura: IT IS SO FUN TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH ALL THESE COACHES AND LEARN THEIR PHILOSOPHIES AND SOME OF THE COACHES WE GET TO SEE YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT, WE MAKE NEW FRIENDS EVERY YEAR.

HOPE TO SEE THAT THEY COME BACK THE NEXT YEAR, BECAUSE WE GET TO KNOW THEM AND IT IS JUST KIND OF FUN TO LISTEN TO THEM AND REGALE US WITH THEIR STORIES, LIKE THE FACT THAT SHE MISSED A STATE TOURNAMENT TO GO GET MARRIED.

>> Paul: WE HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO HER MUCH, BECAUSE SIGOURNEY HAD LOST THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, THEIR FIRST-ROUND GAMES.

THEY HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE SEMI FINALS ON THE UPSIDE OF THE BRACKET.

>> Laura: YOU HEARD COACH SAY, YOU KNOW, THAT GOODWIN IS GOOD SHE'S GOING TO DO WHAT SHE'S GOING TO DO.

AND SHE NOW IS TO THE POINT WHERE SHE KIND OF LETS HER WORK THROUGH CERTAIN SITUATIONS, SHE SAID CARLY WOULD RATHER THAT I DID NOT COME OUT TO THE CIRCLE.

IN SITUATIONS AND CALL A MEETING.

SHE HAS WANTED TO BE THE ONE TO TAKE OVER THAT ROLE AND CALL THE MEETINGS AND GET EVERYBODY TOGETHER IN THE CIRCLE AND TALK ABOUT SITUATIONS.

AND COACH SHELLY STREIGLE SAID FRANKLY, THAT HAS BEEN HARD FOR ME TO GIVE UP THAT CONTROL AND IT IS AS A COACH, BECAUSE YOU WANT TO HAVE YOUR HANDPRINTS ON EVERYTHING BUT TO UNDERSTAND THE MOMENTUM OF THE SWINGS AND HAS THAT LEADERSHIP AND THE RESPECT OF THE REST OF THE PLAYERS, IT IS A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO GIVE UP THAT CONTROL.

>> Paul: THE 2-2 TO SHELBY WOODS IS A SWING AND A MISS.

ANOTHER STRIKEOUT, THAT IS NUMBER 4 FOR CARLY GOODWIN.

THAT IS ALSO A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT JOSEPHINE MOORE, SHE HAS NOT HAD TO GO OUT AND SAY ANYTHING.

SHE HAS HER SPOTS, SHE DOES WHAT SHE DOES AND I DON'T REALLY HAVE TO GO OUT AND SAY ANYTHING.

>> Laura: THEY CALM EACH OTHER DOWN TOO.

I THINK IT IS A BACK AND FORTH AS IT IS WITH A LOT OF BATTERY MATES THAT ONE GETS A LITTLE TIGHT, THE OTHER CALMS HIM DOWN AND VICE VERSA.

THAT IS WHAT MAKES A PITCHER AND A CATCHER SO CONNECTED, THEY ARE ON THE SAME WAVELENGTH, THEY KNOW WHEN SOMEBODY NEEDS A LITTLE PICK ME UP OR STAY AWAY FOR ME, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

AND I THINK THESE TWO HAVE GOT THAT CAMARADERIE AND THAT CONNECTION.

>> Paul: AUNIE BERGER HAD A WALK AND SCORED THE GAME'S SECOND RUN.

WHICH IS THE GO AHEAD RUN AT THIS POINT.

WE ARE HERE IN THE FOURTH.

THE LEFTFIELDER DIGS IN FROM THE 0-2.

IT IS LOW.

THAT ONE IS HIGH.

>> Laura: THAT IS ONE WHERE I THINK YOU ARE TRYING TO GET HER TO CHASE.

YOU HAVE STARTED DOWN LOW, THAT PAUL JUST HOPS UP IN THE ZONE.

GOOD PATIENTS BY BERGER STAYING OFF OF IT.

>> Paul: THE PITCH COMES BACK IN, NICE BALL MOVEMENT THERE.

BACKS UP BERGER.

FOULS IT INTO THE NET.

TO STAY ALIVE.

>> Laura: CHANCE OF AND MAKING HER THROUGH A LOT OF PITCHES, MAKING HER WORK IN THAT CIRCLE, IT IS A HUMID NIGHT.

>> Paul: GETS THE RISE BALL FOR STRIKEOUT NUMBER FIVE.

>> Laura: IN THE EARLIER GAME WE SAW PITCHERS HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTROL ISSUE, WE THINK BECAUSE OF MAYBE SOME OF THE MOISTURE AND HUMIDITY IN THE AIR.

I DON'T THINK WE ARE SEEING THAT HERE TONIGHT WITH THESE TWO PITCHERS.

>> Paul: SO, MARYANN HART COMES TO THE PLATE, THE JUNIOR.

MADE A COUPLE OF NICE PLAYS IN RIGHT TONIGHT, FIRST PITCH SWINGS THROUGH IT.

STRIKE NUMBER ONE.

MARYANN HART GROUNDED OUT BACK IN THE SECOND.

BACK WHEN WE USED TO HAVE RUNS SCORED IN THE SECOND AND FIRST.

FELLED INTO THE NET.

ABOVE FIRST-BASE.

JUST PICKED THAT UP.

>> Laura: SHE DIDN'T EVEN FLINCH BEHIND THE CAMERAS.

>> Paul: SHE NEVER FLINCHES.

ROCKSOLID, GREAT TO HAVE HER BACK WITH US, THE 1-2.

POPPED FOUL BEHIND HOME.

HAVE WE SETTLED INTO THE PART OF THE GAME KIND OF HOW YOU THOUGHT THIS WOULD MAYBE GO?

WE KIND OF GOT SOME OF THE NERVE SLASHED AND PITCHERS SEEM TO BE IN A LITTLE BIT OF A GROOVE?

>> Laura: YEAH, AND I THINK THE PITCHERS ARE OWNING THIS GAME RIGHT NOW.

AS EVIDENCED BY THREE STRIKEOUTS IN THAT INNING.

>> Paul: I BELIEVE THAT IS WHAT YOU CALL OWNING A MOMENT.

>> Laura: YEAH, OWNING A MOMENT.

IT BACKED UP, IT CAUGHT THE CORNER, AND THAT INSLEE ENDING.

>> Paul: COACH ABBY HUGHES IS GOING TO JOIN US NOW, YOU'RE UP TO 1.

HOW DID YOU GET THERE?

>> Laura: WE HAVE BEEN SEEING THE BALL VERY WELL AND TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN.

>> Paul: YOU ARE A TEAM THAT IS A LOT OF THINGS, HITS THE BALL WELL BUT REALLY THE SMALL BOWEL SIDE OF THINGS .

WHAT ARE YOU SEEING RIGHT NOW OFFENSIVELY AS YOU GET INTO THIS PART OF THE GAME WHERE IT GETS A LITTLE TIGHTER?

WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO TELL THEM TO DO?

>> Reporter: WE ARE GOING TO KEEP PLAYING OUR GAME, WE ARE HAVING QUALITY AT-BATS, SEEING PITCHES AND WERE GOING TO KEEP WORKING ON DOING THAT.

>> Paul: CAMPBELL GERMAN, WHAT IS SHE DOING THAT YOU LIKE?

>> SHE IS HITTING HER SPOTS AND ATTACKING THE BATTER'S PICKS >> Paul: HAVING FUN?

>> YES, LOTS OF FUN.

>> Reporter: THANK YOU.

EMILY WOOD, HEAD COACH.

HAD A GREAT CHANCE AT THE REGIONAL FINAL DOWN IN MARTENSDALE TO STAND OUT AND HAVE A GOOD CONVERSATION WITH HER MOTHER.

THAT WAS AN ABSOLUTE TREAT.

LEARNED A LOT ABOUT EMILY THAT I HAVE NOT SAID ON THE AIR, NOTHING EARTH SHATTERING BUT SHE SAYS HER COMPETITIVE SIDE , SOFTBALL CAME FROM HER DAD.

AND SHE HAS A SISTER WHO IS NOT INTO SPORTS AT ALL.

SHE IS VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT SHE DOES AND EMILY HAS BEEN VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT SOFTBALL, GREW UP IN MISSOURI AND NOW HERE IN IOWA, AS A COUNSELOR THERE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, JUST, IT IS SO FUN.

THIS IS HOW I KNEW IT WAS HER MOM.

BECAUSE HER MOM WAS CHEERING FOR EVERYBODY.

NOT JUST ONE KID OR TWO KIDS.

THAT GOES BACK TO OUR SPORTSMANSHIP DISCUSSION BACK IN THE SECOND GAME.

YOU WANT TO CHEER FOR EVERYBODY.

YOU WANT EVERYBODY TO DO WELL.

I KNOW THAT IS A LITTLE PIE IN THE SKY, BUT WE ARE HERE TO GAME AND THEIR LOVE AND APPRECIATION OF THINGS.

>> Laura: IT IS JUST THE COMPETITION IS SO MUCH FUN.

IT IS HIGH-STAKES, IT IS A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AND SO IT IS HIGH-STAKES.

I KNOW SOMETIMES THINGS GET -- PEOPLE GET A LITTLE CRANKY ABOUT THINGS BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?

ENJOY --WE HAVE HEARD COACH STREIGLE SAY THAT A COUPLE OF TIMES, ENJOY THE MOMENT.

ENJOY IT AND BE IN THE MOMENT AND PARTICIPATE AS A GOOD FAN, CHEER FOR EVERYBODY.

>> Paul: THE MOMENT NOW FOR AMIYA SMALLWOOD, SHE TRIES TO LAY THE BUNT DOWN AND IT GOES BACK TO THE SCREEN.

SHE WILL BE BATTING NOW WITH TWO STRIKES ON HER.

>> Laura: THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS YOU HAVE TO DO AGAINST GERMAN NOW, YOU'RE GETTING A LITTLE LATER IN THIS BALLGAME, YOU NEED SOME BASERUNNERS.

TAKE A LOOK DOWN THERE AT THIRD BASE, HUGHES PLAYING EVEN WITH THE BACK BUT NOW TWO STRIKES ON THE HITTER.

SHE'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO LAY DOWN A BUNCH.

BUT GOT TO START THINKING ABOUT SOME THINGS LIKE THAT, PUT IT IN PLACE.

>> Paul: SHE DID THAT KIND OF OFF THE HANDS, HANGS UP JUST ENOUGH FOR CAMPBELL GERMAN TO MAKE A CATCH FROM HER KNEES.

IT IS NOT A STRIKEOUT BUT IT IS AN OUT NONETHELESS.

>> Laura: READY FOR ANYTHING RIGHT AT THE EDGE OF THE CIRCLE.

ABLE TO REACH OUT .

>> Paul: SHE EVEN GOT TWO HANDS ON!

I THOUGHT MAYBE SHE GOT THE RIGHT HAND TO SECURE IT.

>> Laura: DID NOT HAVE TO LAY ALL THE WAY OUT, WENT DOWN TO ONE KNEE, STILL SMILING ABOUT IT.

>> Paul: A LOT MORE SMILES IN THIS GAME FROM CAMPBELL THAN LAST YEAR.

AVA FINERAN FOULS THE FIRST PITCH BACK INTO THE NET.

A BUNT BACK IN THE SECOND.

BUNTING FOR A HIT WITH ONE OUT MAYBE ISN'T WHAT YOU WANT TO DO BUT I THINK YOU ARE RIGHT, LAURA.

YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO PUT THE BALL IN PLAY.

>> Laura: GOT TO MAKE THE DEFENSE TO SOMETHING.

>> Paul: THAT IS A SWING AND A MISS.

YOU ARE TRYING TO PUT THE BAT ON THE BALL, YOU NEED TO PUT THE BALL IN PLAY, IT IS VERY EASY FOR US TO SAY SITTING 75 FEET AWAY FROM GERMAN.

WE HAVE SOME OF THE CLOSEST SEATS ANYBODY HAS IN THIS PLACE.

THERE IS NO WAY I AM DIGGING IN.

HE WOULD DIG IN BUT I WOULDN'T.

>> Laura: I DON'T EVEN THINK I WOULD DIG IN BACK WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL.

SHE IS SO GOOD, BOTH THESE PITCHERS, SO MUCH VELOCITY ON THEIR PITCHES AND SO MUCH MOVEMENT.

IT IS JUST --IT WOULD BE HARD TO STAND IN THEIR AND TRY TO MAKE CONTACT.

>> Paul: COACH KNEW THIS GROUP OF SENIORS WERE SPECIAL WHEN THEY WERE FRESHMEN, SCHEDULED THOSE TOUGH GAMES TO GET THEM READY FOR GAZE LIKE THIS.

THAT PITCH IS FOULED BACK .

SIGOURNEY THIS SEASON PLAY NORTH POLK WHO WAS IN THE SEMI FINALS.

COLLINS MAXWELL WHICH QUALIFIED FOR STATE , SOUTHEAST POLK AND SOLON, POLK LOST IN THE REGIONAL FINAL IN FIVE A AND SOLON LOST IN THE QUARTERFINALS HERE ON TUESDAY.

A LITTLE OFF SPEED, KIND OF HUNG UP THERE, LOOKED A LITTLE DIFFERENT AND A REGULAR CHANGEUP.

ELLA BRUNS RIPPED IT QUICKLY DOWN THE FIRST BASE LINE, FOUL.

10 TO THOSE ARE ONES AS A HITTER, YOU KIND OF WISH, I WISH I COULD HAVE JUDGED THAT, JUST WAITED A SECOND LONGER TO BE ABLE TO SWING.

BECAUSE THAT WAS THE PERFECT PITCH TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE INTO THE GAP.

>> Paul: THE 0-2 IS A CALLED THIRD STRIKE, PITCHER PERFECT THROW FOR STRIKEOUT NUMBER NINE.

I BELIEVE COACH WOULD WOULD SAY SHE JUST HIT HER SPOT.

>> Laura: GLOVE DID NOT HARDLY MOVE BEHIND THE PLATE .

SYDNEY BEARS JUST SAT BACK THERE AND LET HER HIT THE GLOVE.

>> Paul: WE ARE GOING TO STRETCH AS MR. TIM FITZPATRICK WILL LEAD US IN THE SINGING OF OUR NATIONAL SPORT ANTHEM.

TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME, TAKE ME OUT WITH THE CROWD.

BUY ME SOME PEANUTS AND CRACKERJACKS.

I DON'T CARE IF I NEVER GET BACK, LET ME ROOT, ROOT, ROOT FOR THE HOME TEAM.

IF THEY DON'T WIN IT'S A SHAME.

FOR IT'S ONE, TWO, THREE STRIKES YOU'RE OUT AT THE OLD BALL GAME.

>> Paul: WE HAVE STRETCHED, WE HAVE MOVED AROUND A LITTLE BIT.

AND WE HAVE ALSO HEADED INTO THE BOTTOM OF THE FIFTH.

2-1 IS OUR SCORE HERE AS CARLY GOODWIN GOES TO WORK, FIRST PITCH IS TO MacLAINE GERMAN FOR A CALLED STRIKE.

MacLAINE GERMAN, ELLIE BAKER, AND BRYNNLY GERMAN DO YOU UP FOR MARTENSDALE-ST MARYS WHICH IS UP ON THE SCOREBOARD, 2-1.

THAT PITCH IS FOULED AND AUTOPLAY.

JOINING US IS THE EXECUTIVE HIGH SCHOOL AUTHENTIC UNION, HOW ARE YOU DOING, BOSS?

>> I AM DOING GREAT.

>> HOW IS THAT SOUND?

TO BE CALLED THAT NOW?

>> STILL TRYING TO GET USED TO THAT A LITTLE BIT BUT IT IS GOOD.

COMING BACK UP HERE, HAVING A GREAT WEEK IN PORT DODGE.

THAT IS ALL YOU CAN ASK FOR.

>> Paul: THE IOWA GIRL IS NOW THE BOSS GIRL.

IS THAT WHAT YOU SAY AROUND THE OFFICE?

NO?

>> Laura: NO .

>> Paul: WE HAVE HAD THIS TOURNAMENT HERE BEFORE, 55 TIMES, THE 1-2 PITCH IS SWUNG THROUGH AND MISSED, STRIKEOUT OF GERMAN FOR THE FIRST OUT HERE IN THE ENDING.

YOU HAVE THROWN IN A NEW WRINKLE THIS YEAR, AS ALWAYS.

THE THRONE.

BUT IT IS NOT NEW TO THE SCORING CHAMPIONSHIPS BUT TO SOFTBALL, RIGHT?

>> WE STARTED THAT, THE THRONE , OR "GAME OF THRONES," RIGHT?

LAST YEAR AT VOLLEYBALL.

AND REALLY IT WAS GOING TO BE JUST KIND OF LIKE, HOW IS THIS GOING TO GO?

EVERYONE LOVED IT SO MUCH, WE ARE LIKELY ARE COMMITTED TO TAKING THIS AROUND TO ALL OF OUR CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES WHERE WE CAN PICK IT HAS BEEN A BIG HIT.

>> Paul: WHO GETS TO -- >> IT IS ME.

I HAVE A VEHICLE THAT IS BIG ENOUGH SO IT HAS BECOME MY CROSS TO BEAR.

>> Paul: ELLIE BAKER PUTS THE BUNT IN PLAY AND GETS ON BOARD HERE.

THIS TOURNAMENT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE BEEN WITH THE UNION FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS HERE NOW.

NOW YOU ARE GETTING TO SEE IT FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.

WHAT DID YOU TRY TO DO THIS YEAR?

THAT BUNT IS FOUL.

NOW, IT GOES OFF OF DAWSON, THEY THROW TO SECOND, IT IS THROWN INTO CENTER!

BUT BACKING IT UP, EVERYBODY IS SAFE.

SORRY, ERIN.

GO AHEAD.

>> Laura: -- >> THE BIGGEST THING I TRIED TO DO THIS YEAR IS ORDER UP GREAT WEATHER.

THAT IS ALL I CAN TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT NOW.

>> Paul: THE COMPETITION IS GOOD, THE PAGEANTRY, THE THE GIRLS, STILL TRYING TO MAINTAIN A LOT OF THAT?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

JASON FITZ TOGETHER POSTSEASON PAIRINGS, HE DOES A PHENOMENAL JOB.

THIS CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES RELIGIOUS SHOWCASES EXACTLY LOT.

YOU REALLY CAN'T ASK FOR ANYTHING MORE WHEN IT COMES TO THESE CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES.

HAD A PHENOMENAL LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, A GREAT WEEK BUT THESE CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES ARE EXCELLENT.

>> Paul: THEY ARE SOMETHING YOU JUST WANT THE BEST TWO TEAMS TO PLAY .

THEY MIGHT BE 300 MILES APART.

YOU JUST WANT GOOD GAMES.

>> Laura: THAT IS WHAT EVERYBODY WANTS, RIGHT?

>> Paul: POPPED UP, FOUL TERRITORY .

FALLS SHORT, WE WILL DO IT AGAIN, 0-2.

>> Laura: TALK ABOUT THE STATE OF THE UNION, YOUR FIRST 100 DAYS?

YOUR FIRST 30 DAYS ?

>> SINCE THE BEGINNING OF MAY.

>> Laura: TALK ABOUT THE LIKE FOR YOU AND KIND OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THOSE FIRST THREE MONTHS?

>> SPRING IS JUST CRAZY ANGINAL, RIGHT?

FOR OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR OFFICES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

TAKING UP THE TORCH IN SPRING WAS A LITTLE CRAZY BUT WE HAVE SUCH A GREAT STAFF AND SO IT IS --SPRING IS A LOT OF DIVIDE AND CONQUER, EVERYBODY IS RUNNING AROUND THEIR RESPECTIVE SPORTS AND TRYING TO GET THINGS DONE AND KEEP THINGS AFLOAT.

WE DID A GREAT JOB OF THAT OBVIOUSLY.

HAD MORE GREAT WEATHER THIS SPRING, DESPITE HAVING KIND OF A NASTY REGULAR-SEASON.

SO THAT WAS REALLY THE PREROGATIVE IS MAKE SURE EVERYBODY GOT THROUGH ALL OUR CHAMPIONSHIPS IN ONE PIECE AND WE TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE AT DOING THAT AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL.

REALLY THAN COMING OUT BACK TOGETHER AND MAKING SURE WE WERE BRINGING OUR GAME AS WE WOULD SAY THEN FOR SOFTBALL.

I THINK WE ARE DOING THAT.

>> Paul: ABBY HUGHES HAS A PITCH GO ABOVE HER, IT ALLOWS THE RUNNERS TO MOVE UP.

SHE BATS WITH TWO OUTS, RUNNERS AT SECOND AND THIRD HERE IN THE FIFTH.

THE PITCH FROM GOODWIN IS SWUNG ON AND MISSED, STRIKE TWO.

OF COURSE YOU HAVE CONTROL OF THE WEATHER, THAT IS A POWER THAT I DON'T THINK WAS HAD BEFORE, THAT IS PRETTY GOOD.

>> Laura: AGAIN, THAT IS ALL WE CAN DO.

>> Laura: DID YOU PUT THAT IN YOUR RESUME?

CHANNEL 1 THE SCARIER THING IS IT IS IN THE CONTRACT TOO.

I HAVE GOT TO LIVE UP TO THAT.

>> Paul: YOU HAVE BEEN AN ATHLETIC DIRECTOR IN YOUR HOME AREA , PANORAMA.

YOU HAVE ALSO SPENT SOME TIME IN OKLAHOMA AND WHERE ELSE HAVE YOU BEEN?

>> OKLAHOMA CITY, I STARTED AS ATHLETIC TRAINER BY TRADE AND GRADUATED FROM IOWA STATE AND GOT MY MASTERS AT OAKLAND STATE AND WORKED WITH OUR ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT.

BEFORE MAKING THE TRANSITION TO IOWA, GETTING INTO THE ATHLETIC AND MINISTRATION OF PANORAMA, WAS THERE FOR ABOUT EIGHT YEARS COMMITTED ATHLETIC TRAINING THERE.

THEN COME TO THE GIRLS UNION THREE YEARS AGO.

ON ABBY HUGHES WITH TWO BALLS, TWO DICE, TWO OUTS IN THE FIFTH.

THOSE WINNERS WILL BE HUGE FOR THE BLUE DEVILS.

THAT IS FOULED BACK.

>> Laura: WE CLOSE DOWN THE SEASON HERE AFTER THE FINAL PITCH HERE.

YOU GET A LITTLE TIME TO BREATHE.

>> DO WE?

>> Laura: A BREATHER, MAYBE A SMALL BREATHER.

WHAT IS KIND OF IN STORE NOW?

WE HAVE VOLLEYBALL COMING UP , CROSS-COUNTRY.

WE HAVE GOT ALL KINDS OF THINGS COMING UP.

SO WHAT IS IN STORE, MAYBE A SNEAK PREVIEW OF WHAT WE CAN BE LOOKING OUT FOR NEXT SEASON?

>> WE ALWAYS SAY WE LET THE IOWA GIRLS TELL US WHAT IS NEXT.

REALLY PAYING ATTENTION TO SOME OF OUR NEXT MOVES THERE, I THINK WE HAVE GOT SOME GOOD THINGS IN STORE.

THERE WILL BE SOME CHANGES BUT I THINK IT IS ALL SOME REALLY GOOD THINGS.

I AM NOT YET PRIVY TO TALK ABOUT, BUT THERE WILL BE A LITTLE BIT OF SHAKEUP BUT FOR US, IT IS BUSINESS AS USUAL AT OUR ORGANIZATION AND WE LOOK TO ADD SOME NEW THINGS THERE TOO.

WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND THE SCHOOL YEAR, IT FEELS LIKE A FRESH START FOR US TOO AS IT DOES ALL OF OUR OTHER SCHOOLS.

REALLY COMING ALONGSIDE OUR AUTHENTIC DIRECTORS, THAT IS SOMETHING NEAR AND DEAR TO OUR HART, WE HAVE SUCH A TURNOVER AND AUTHENTIC DIRECTORS, WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO GET IN WITH OUR ASSOCIATION AND GET SOME GOOD MENTOR AND PUT IN PLACE.

I THINK WE HAVE GOT SOME REALLY GOOD INITIATIVES MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT THAT WE CAN REALLY, ESPECIALLY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, COME BY AND SUPPORT.

>> Paul: THAT IS WHAT I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT, AS A FORMER 80, WE HAVE SEEN TURNOVER IN SOME PLACES, IT IS A JOB THAT IS EXTREMELY TOUGH, LONG HOURS AND THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO COME IN WITH A LOT OF ENERGY BUT THE GET RUN DOWN.

ARE YOU HOPING MENTORS ARE GOING TO --WHAT ARE YOU HOPING THEY WILL PROVIDE HERE?

SHORTSTOP TO END THE THREAT.

>> LOOKING BACK ON MY TIME AS AN 80 AND THINKING ABOUT WHAT I NEEDED OR WANTED, IT IS ALWAYS TRYING TO BE THE PERSON YOU NEEDED.

NOW THAT WE ARE IN A POSITION WHERE WE CAN KIND OF IMPLEMENTED SOME OF THOSE THINGS AND MAKE THAT HAPPEN, AND OF THE ASSOCIATION FEELS REALLY STRONGLY ABOUT THAT COMMAND THE HIGH SCHOLASTIC ASSOCIATION AS WELL.

IT IS KIND OF A MULTITIER APPROACH HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR SCHOOLS HAVE THE SUPPORT THEY NEED BUT ALSO GIVING SOME ADVOCACY TO THAT POSITION BECAUSE YOU SEE A LOT OF BURNOUT AND YOU SEE THEM PUTTING IN COUNTLESS HOURS.

THEY REALLY NEED SOME STRUCTURE AND SUPPORT .

IT IS NOT EVEN JUST ABOUT MORE PAY OR THIS OR THAT, THEY NEED A TEAM OF PEOPLE TO HELP SUPPORT THEM FOR SURE.

>> Paul: WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE FANS BEING GOOD SPORTS AND GOOD ATTITUDES, CAN BE GOOD FANS AND GETS SPORTS TO THEIR SUPPORT STUFF AND THAT WOULD HELP TOO.

>> 100%, REALLY MAKING SURE SPORTSMANSHIP CONTINUES TO BE AN INITIATIVE.

WE LIKE TO SET THAT PRECEDENT HERE AT OUR TOURNAMENTS AND THAT IS AN EXPECTATION FOR US.

I KNOW OUR AEDS, THAT IS A HUGE EXPECTATION AT OUR SCHOOLS.

IT IS HARD TRYING TO BE A LOT OF DIFFERENT PLACES AT ONCE DURING THE EVENTS.

SO REALLY UNDERSTANDING FROM AN ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF AND WHAT THEY CAN DO TO HELP SUPPORT THAT IN TERMS OF HIRING SOME EVENT MANAGERS AND EXTRA HELP IF THEY CAN'T.

MINISTRATION THEMSELVES.

WE KNOW THEY ARE STRETCHED THIN TOO.

IT IS REALLY HAVING AN ACTION PLAN TOGETHER FOR --TO REALLY HELPS THOSE AEDS IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

>> Paul: ADDY FINERAN, AVA FISCH AND DANI ALLER DO UP.

LET'S TALK ABOUT PLAYERS THAT ARE SPECIAL AND THAT ARE HEADED TO THE NEXT LEVEL.

IT HAPPENS IN ALL THE SPORTS.

WHAT ABOUT THE IOWA GIRL ON THE FIELD THAT YOU LIKE TO SEE?

>> LOOK AT ALL OF THESE ATHLETES HERE.

THE MOST FUN PART FOR ME IS BEFORE WE INTRODUCE THAT ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM, AS I GET TO TALK TO THEM WHILE WE ARE WAITING AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT WHAT THEIR FAVORITE PART OF THE TOURNAMENT HAS BEEN.

IS JUST REALLY FUNNY TO HEAR WHAT THEY SAY AND GET THEIR FEEDBACK ON THINGS, WHETHER THAT IS THE DORM EXPERIENCE OR FORT FRENZY OR DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT, IT IS FUN TO GET THEIR PERSPECTIVE.

WE LOVE TO STAY IN TOUCH WITH THE IOWA GIRL AND WE DO THAT THROUGH OUR STUDENT ATHLETE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

AND REALLY KEEPING PULSE ON WHAT OUR IOWA GIRLS ARE DOING.

FOR ME THE MOST FUN PART OF COMING TO THE TOURNAMENT, HAVING THOSE CONNECTIONS AND FIGURING OUT HOW WE CAN BEST SUPPORT THEM WHILE THEY ARE IN HIGH SCHOOL AND BEYOND WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.

WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING TO FIND FRESH FACES FOR FEMALE THEM THAT THERE IS LIFE BEYOND THIS , IF THEY WANT TO CONTINUE AND ATHLETICS.

THEY DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO BE THE SUPERSTAR, RIGHT?

>> Paul: THEY DON'T, BUT THEY ARE A PART OF IT.

WE HAVE PLAYERS THAT I THINK IN THE 2 A GAME, SHE KNOWS EVERYTHING, YOU NEED PEOPLE LIKE THAT THAT KNOWS ABOUT THE SPORT.

WE NEED UMPIRES IN GENERAL AND YOU WANT TO SEE FEMALE ADMINISTRATORS, FEMALE COACHES.

WE HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF THOSE THIS WEEK WHERE IT HAS BEEN TWO FEMALE COACHES.

IT IS STARTING.

>> Laura: THAT IS REALLY OUR UNTAPPED RESOURCE.

WE HAVEN'T, I DON'T THINK, DONE AS GOOD OF A JOB MARKETING TO FEMALES WHEN IT COMES TO FINDING PATHWAYS FOR THEM OR EVEN MENTORS FOR THEM WHEN IT COMES TO OFFICIATING , WHEN IT COMES TO COACHING, AUTHENTIC TRAINING, ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

THERE ARE SO MANY GREAT ROLES, PRIMARY ROLES AND SUPPORT ROLES WHEN IT COMES TO LEADERSHIP AND ADMINISTRATION AND ATHLETICS SO THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO START HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND GETTING PEOPLE INVOLVED.

>> Paul: COMEBACKER TO GERMAN AS KIND OF DROPPED AT FIRST AND THAT IS GOING TO BE AN ERROR THAT PUTS THE TYING RUN ON BASE IN THE GO-AHEAD AROUND COMES TO THE PLATE.

>> Laura: ON THE STUDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, I AM ASSUMING THERE IS A LOT OF YOUNG WOMEN THAT WANT TO BE ON THAT COMMITTEE AND BE A PART OF IT AND BE THE PIONEERS TO LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR FUTURE PLAYERS AND THE IOWA GIRL.

>> 100%, WE GET SO MANY APPLICATIONS EVERY SPRING BETWEEN 70 AND 100 OF HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS THAT WANT TO COME BE A PART OF THAT.

IT IS FLATTERING, IT IS ALWAYS A REALLY HARD DECISION.

WE TRY TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE GOT A WIDE VARIETY OF OUR DEMOGRAPHICS FROM BIG SCHOOLS, SMALL SCHOOL, REPRESENTING ALL OF OUR SPORTS.

FROM ALL ACROSS THE STATE.

SO THAT IS THE STUFF THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO US.

BASERUNNER, A RACE DOWN THE LINE DRIVE BACK TO GERMAN OVER TO AVA OBERENDER.

I'M GOING TO SAY THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE, I HOPE IT HAS BEEN FUN SO FAR.

>> ABSOLUTELY, YOU CAN'T BEAT IT.

>> Paul: THESE INTERVIEWS ARE TOUGH.

THIS WILL BE THE LAST TIME WE ASK EASY QUESTIONS.

>> WE ARE SITTING HERE HAVING CONVERSATION, AREN'T WE?

THAT IS ALL YOU'RE DOING.

>> Laura: THIS WAS AN INTERVIEW?

NOW SHE IS NERVOUS.

HE DID A GREAT JOB, GREAT TOURNAMENT FOR YOUR FIRST TOURNAMENT HERE BEING IN CHARGE, EXCELLENT TOURNAMENT.

GREAT TOURNAMENT, GREAT CROWDS.

>> IF NOTHING ELSE YOU CAN EXPECT IN THE FUTURE, GREAT WEATHER.

IT IS IN THE CONTRACT.

APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO.

GALATIANS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

WE HAVE OURSELVES A PRETTY GOOD STUFF LOOKING TOO, 2-1 REMAINS THE SCORE.

YOU JUST SAW SIGOURNEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY BUT A GOOD FIELD, YOU PUT THE BALL IN PLAY AND THINGS CAN HAPPEN.

THIS CAME NOW, MARTENSDALE LOOKING FOR A LITTLE BIT OF INSURANCE AS WE GO TO THE SEVENTH.

2-1, MARTENSDALE-ST MARYS.

BRINGS TO THE PLATE HERE, THEY WILL SEND SYDNEY BEARS, SHELBY WOODS AND ALL THE THREE .

THINGS TO ERIN, I THINK THE IOWA GIRLS ARE IN GOOD HANDS.

JEAN BERGER BROUGHT THIS ORGANIZATION A HUGE STEP FORWARD.

I THINK ERIN TOOK THAT STEP AND THEY ARE ALREADY OFF TO ANOTHER BIG STEP.

NO PRESSURE.

>> Laura: SHE SAID THERE ARE SOME THINGS SHE CAN'T REALLY TALK ABOUT.

STAY TUNED, THAT IS A CLIFFHANGER RIGHT THERE.

THAT IS A TEASER.

WE WILL SEE WHAT WE HAVE IN STORE.

>> Paul: LIKE YOU HAVE BEEN TEASING THINGS TONIGHT, SHE IS TEASING THINGS FOR THE FUTURE.

GOODWIN'S 1-1 TO SYDNEY BEARS.

THAT IS IT FOUL AND OUT OF PLAY.

SYDNEY BEARS ON HER ARM HAD A CHANCE AT THE REGIONAL FINAL , ASKED HER ABOUT THE TATTOO THAT IS THERE, SHE SAID THAT IS IN MEMORY OF HER SISTER, MICHAELA.

ON IT, IT SAYS LOOK BEYOND WHAT YOU SEE.

IT IS A LION KING THERE, YOU CAN SEE IT ON HER RIGHT FOREARM.

ALWAYS A PART OF HER.

I JUST LOVE THAT THE EXPRESSION THESE PLAYERS HAVE, AND MEMORIES THEY WANT TO KEEP ALIVE.

>> Laura: EVERYBODY DOES SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

EVERYBODY IS A LITTLE SUPERSTITIOUS, SOME PLAYERS DO CERTAIN THINGS, HAVE DIFFERENT SHOELACES, WHERE THE SAME SOCKS.

EVERYBODY EXPRESSES THEMSELVES DIFFERENTLY.

>> Paul: THAT PITCH MISSES FROM SYDNEY BEARS TO GOODWIN.

FLEW OUT IN THE THIRD.

BATS HERE IN THE SIX.

SHE IS JUST A JUNIOR.

SHE IS HOPING TO GET A LITTLE DIRT IF THEY CAN WIN THE TITLE.

OFF THE FIELD FOR THE TROPHY CASE.

SOME OF THE PLAYERS KIND OF DO THAT AT DIAMONDS OF SIGNIFICANT EVENTS, AND HAVE LITTLE TIME CAPSULES.

I WILL TALK TO THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR HER, PUT IN A GOOD WORK WITH DR. WATSON.

YOU SHOULD PUT A LITTLE DIRT IN YOUR TROPHY CASE IF THIS WORKS OUT FOR YOU TONIGHT.

>> Laura: I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD THING.

>> Paul: NICE PLAY.

>> Laura: GOOD GRABBED BY DAWSON OVER THERE.

HAD TO STRETCH.

>> Paul: THAT WILL MAKE WAY FOR SHELBY WOODS, THE SHORTSTOP, FRESHMAN.

SACRIFICE AND A STRIKEOUT.

2-1 HERE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SIXTH.

>> Laura: TALKED ABOUT TEAMS TODAY THAT ARE YOUNG, THAT A LOT OF FRESHMAN , SOPHOMORE IS ON THOSE TEAMS.

MARTENSDALE-ST MARYS HAS SEVERAL SENIORS THEY ARE GOING TO LOSE AT THE END OF THIS SEASON BUT THEY HAVE A REALLY GOOD NUCLEUS COMING BACK.

>> Paul: THAT PITCH BACKS UP TO SHELBY WOODS FOR A STRIKE.

TWO UP FOR SIGOURNEY IN THEIR SEVENTH INNING.

THREE, FOUR AND FIVE, THAT IS GOING TO BE A TALL TASK FOR GERMAN.

TO TAKE CARE OF.

THAT ONE COMES STRAIGHT-BACKED, HITS THE MICROPHONE AND THE SCREEN.

>> Laura: WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL BALLS MISSILE BACK HERE.

>> Paul: PROBABLY TOO MUCH.

1-2 COMING.

HITS IN THE AIR.

HANGING IN FOUL TERRITORY AND IN THE STADIUM, IT IS JOSEPHINE MOORE WITH THE CIRCUS CATCH IN FOUL TERRITORY.

OUT NUMBER TWO.

>> Laura: ALMOST OVERRAN THAT ONE AS IT WAS SPINNING BACK TOWARD THE FIELD OF PLAY.

ABLE TO HANG ONTO IT, GET THAT TOUGH HAND ON TOP OF IT.

GETS RID OF THE MASK, THEN KIND OF HAS TO BACK UP AND HOLD ONTO IT.

>> Paul: WHENEVER YOU SEE THE BALL REEMERGE, YOU GET SCARED.

'S GUIDE TOWARD CENTER , COMING IN ALMOST ON THE DIRT.

AMIYA SMALLWOOD.

WE ARE DOWN TO THE FINAL THREE OUTS FOR SIGOURNEY.

IT HAS BEEN A REALLY GOOD GAME WITH A WHOLE LOT OF ZEROS.

EARLY ON IT STARTED WITH SOME BASES, SOME ERRORS.

BACK IN THE FIRST IT STARTED WITH CARLY GOODWIN WITH A BANG.

A CALL HOMERUN JUST OFF THE OUTSTRETCHED GLOVE .

SHE WAS EXCITED AND WE THOUGHT WE WERE OFF TO A SLUGFEST.

BUT THEN MARTENSDALE COMES BACK IN THE SECOND, THEY PUT THE BALL IN PLAY AND THEY SAY GOOD THINGS WILL HAPPEN.

A COUPLE OF HITS, ONE GETS AWAY FROM THE CATCHER AND A RUN SCORES, THAT WOULD BE THEIRS.

THEN LATER, BERGER WOULD SCORE.

THAT WAS BERGER WHO SCORED RIGHT THERE.

AND THAT IS IT, THAT IS OUR SCORING, 2-1.

HERE IN THIS CONTEST.

CAMPBELL GERMAN, TONIGHT AS SHE GOES OUT FOR THE FINAL THREE OUTS, SHE IS ONTO 10 STRIKEOUTS .

SIGOURNEY BASERUNNERS TONIGHT, ONE WAS THE HOMERUN, ANOTHER, A WALK AND AN ERROR.

SECOND AND THE SIXTH, NOBODY HAS TOUCHED PAST FIRST.

SINCE THE FIRST.

>> Laura: SHE HAS GOT A TOUGH CUSTOMER TO FACE HERE RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS INNING.

AS CARLY GOODWIN IS GOING TO STEP INTO THE BATTER'S BOX.

>> Paul: MARTENSDALE-ST MARYS HAS ONLY SCORED TWO RUNS IN THE FIRST TWO GAMES.

EACH OF THE FIRST TWO GAMES HERE ESTATE, THEY AVERAGED ABOUT SEVEN RUNS A GAME.

THEY LEAD RIGHT NOW, 2-1.

>> Laura: LAST YEAR AS A RUNNER UP, THEY LOST ON A ONE-HITTER FROM ELLIE FLANAGAN.

RIGHT NOW, GERMAN IS THROWING A ONE-HITTER.

>> Paul: THE PITCH COMING TO CARLY GOODWIN, THE FIRST OF THE SEVENTH IS POKED INTO CENTER AND THAT IS GOING TO GET DOWN.

PREVENT IT FROM GOING ANY FURTHER.

YOU WILL DAY HAD COME YOU GOT A HIT.

GOODWIN HAS BOTH BASE KNOCKS FOR SIGOURNEY.

>> Laura: A LITTLE HALF SWING, I THINK LITTLE OFFSPEED, GOT HER OUT ON THE FRONT FOOT BUT GOT ENOUGH OF THE BARREL ON IT.

TO MAKE IT A BASE HIT.

RIGHT THERE IN FRONT, A GOOD JOB TO GET THAT GLOVE ON IT.

OTHERWISE IT SNEAKS BY HER.

AND GETS ALL THE WAY TO THE FENCE.

>> Paul: THAT ONE IS POPPED INTO THE SCREEN BY JOSEPHINE MOORE.

GOODWIN WOULD HAVE JUST RAN UNTIL SHE RAN OUT OF SPACE.

SHE WOULD'VE KEPT GOING THERE.

YOU KNOW SHE WOULD HAVE TRIED TO SCORE FROM HOME ON A PLAY LIKE THAT IF IT GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE FENCE.

INSTEAD SHE SITS AT FIRST.

THAT PITCH, RISE OF ALL.

SWUNG THROUGH BY JOSEPHINE MOORE.

WHEN YOU GET TO THE SEVENTH, DO YOUR PHILOSOPHY CHANGE?

>> Laura: NO, I DON'T THINK SO.

I THINK YOU WASTE ONE HERE.

ARE, NOT.

>> Paul: OR YOU COME RIGHT BACK AND ON THE HANDS.

I DON'T KNOW.

>> Laura: YOU JUST GO AHEAD AND GET THAT OUT.

JUST TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS AND GET OUT OF THIS INNING.

>> Paul: 108, THAT IS 11.

>> Laura: THEY DIDN'T FUND, DID NOT TRY TO MOVE HER TO SECOND BASE, DID NOT WANT TO GIVE UP THE OUT.

>> Paul: ERIN DAWSON IS TRYING TO FIND SOME SPACE.

SWING AND A MISS.

SHE'S GOING TO GO TO WILLIAM PENN, STEADY CRIMINOLOGY, WANTS TO BE A POLICE OFFICER.

>> Laura: SHE TALKED ABOUT BEING IN THE K-9 UNIT.

>> Paul: SHE DOES HAVE A PET COW SO BEING IN THE K-9 UNIT ISN'T MUCH DIFFERENT.

THE PITCH TO DAWSON.

GOOD CHANGEUP.

>> HEY, I BELIEVE IN YOU.

>> Laura: YOU CAN HERE IN ERIN DAWSON'S VOICE, I DON'T KNOW.

SHE IS A LITTLE CONFUSED AND HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO SOLVE GERMAN.

COACH BELIEVES IN HER, SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

ON THE 02 SALES OUT.

THAT IS A HECK OF A STOP BY SYDNEY BEARS BECAUSE THAT HAD SOME ZIP.

>> Laura: IF THAT GETS BY COME YOU GET YOUR RUNNER INTO SCORING POSITION.

DAWSON HAVING A LITTLE CONVERSATION WITH HERSELF BEFORE SHE STEPPED BACK IN.

WAPELLO-TWO FROM GERMAN, SWING AND A MISS, STRIKE THREE!

STRIKEOUT NUMBER 12 .

OUT NUMBER TWO , DOWN TO THE LAST OUT.

AMIYA SMALLWOOD, THE LAST HOPE FOR THE SAVAGES HERE.

>> Laura: 13 STRIKEOUTS FOR CAMPBELL GERMAN IN THE QUARTER.

13 ANTI-SEMITES.

RISE BALL THERE , DAWSON SWINGS RIGHT THROUGH.

STRIKEOUT NUMBER 12 ON THE EVENING.

>> Paul: AMIYA SMALLWOOD/IS BUNT, THAT PITCH SAILS HIGH.

BUNTED.

GERMAN FIELDS TAKES HER EYES OFF OF IT, IT IS A STEP TOO LATE.

>> Paul: THERE IS THAT TRACK SPEED SHOWING OFF AND JUST THAT LITTLE BOBBLE BY GERMAN ALLOWED SMALLWOOD TO GET DOWN THAT LINE.

>> Paul: GOODWIN GOES TO SECOND, SMALLWOOD THERE AT FIRST.

BUNTING WITH TWO OUTS, NOT WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT.

TRYING TO GET ON AND PUT IT IN PLAY AT ANY COST.

>> Laura: YOU HAVE THE SPEED TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND LEAD IT DOWN IN A GOOD SPOT, JUST PUT HER HEAD DOWN AND DONE FOR 1st BASE.

ABLE TO BEAT IT OUT.

NOW THEY HAVE GOT A SHOT AT IT HERE.

>> Paul: FIRST PITCH, AVA FINERAN, HITS IT RIGHT.

THAT'S GOING TO GET DOWN AND THAT'S GOING TO GO ALL THE WAY!

ONE RUN IS GOING TO SCORE, TWO ROUNDS ARE GOING TO SCORE AND SIGOURNEY DOWN TO THEIR LAST STRIKE HAS NOW TAKEN THE LEAD, 3-2!

DO YOU BELIEVE IT ?

AVA FINERAN COMES IN CLUTCH IN THE TOP OF THE SEVENTH.

>> Laura: SHE IS THAT PLAYER THAT WILL DO WHATEVER YOU NEED .

WHAT THEY NEEDED AT THAT POINT WAS A HIT.

IT WAS KIND OF A HALF SWING, PUNCHED IT OUT INTO THE GAP.

ALL THE WAY TO THE FENCE.

I AM TELLING YOU, SMALLWOOD, LOOK HOW QUICKLY SHE GETS ACROSS.

SHE WAS RIGHT ON THE HEELS OF GOODWIN.

>> Paul: THIS GAME HAS CHANGED IN AN INSTANT.

GOODWIN AND SMALLWOOD SCORE.

AND AVA FINERAN .

>> Laura: YOU KIND OF QUESTIONED THAT YOU BUNT WITH TWO OUTS?

AND IT HAS WORKED FOR THEM.

IT HAS PUT THE PRESSURE ON THE DEFENSE.

YOU GOT TWO RUNNERS ON.

YOU MOVE THAT RUNNER INTO SCORING POSITION AND EMILY HUGHES JUST CAME UP FIRST PITCH, SHE WAS GOING AFTER IT AND DUMPS IT INTO THE GAP.

>> Paul: WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A RUNNER , LANA THOMAS IS GOING TO GO IN.

WE TALKED ABOUT IT IN THE OPEN.

IF YOU ARE SIGOURNEY, PUT THE BALL IN PLAY.

MAKE THE BLUE DEVILS FEEL IT.

DO UP FOR MARTENSDALE IN THEIR HALF OF THE SEVENTH, KAITLYN DUPEE, MADISON CLARAHAN AND ELLIE BAKER.

EIGHT, NINE AND ONE.

ELLA BRUNS LOOKS AT A PITCH INSIDE.

A LITTLE HALF SWING.

A LITTLE BOBBLE.

A BUNT.

AND, A PUNCH.

AND IT IS 3-2, SIGOURNEY.

POPPED UP ON THE INFIELD, THAT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH TOO.

IT IS A FAIR BALL ALL THE WAY.

DIVING FOR IT WAS SYDNEY BEARS.

I DON'T THINK GERMAN OR SYDNEY BEARS ARE GOING TO GET TO IT, THAT WAS AN ABSOLUTE DMZ RIGHT THERE.

>> Laura: I GET, YOU THINK YOU CAN GET IT BUT IS THAT ONE THAT YOU JUST LET GO?

BECAUSE THERE IS A TON OF SPIN ON THAT.

WITH THAT ONE HALF COME BACK AND CONVAL?

MAYBE.

AND IF IT DOESN'T, YOU'RE IN THE SITUATION ANYWAY.

>> WE CANNOT GIVE INTO THIS, WE HAVE TO GET THIS NEXT OUT.

WE ARE NOT DONE YET.

WE ARE NOT DONE, SO RIGHT HERE WE NEED TO GET THIS OUT RIGHT HERE.

FIND THE OUT.

FINISH ON THREE, ONE, TWO, THREE.

>> FINISH.

>> Paul: LIMIT THE DAMAGE TO THE.

THAT IS ALSO PART OF THAT REALLY TRYING TO SAY.

>> Laura: YOU DO NOT WANT TO HAVE SOMETHING HAPPEN HERE WHERE THAT EXTRA INSURANCE RUN GETS ACROSS.

YOU WANT TO KEEP IT AT 3-2.

YOU NEED TO GET OUT OF THIS INNING RIGHT NOW, GET THIS OUT.

>> Paul: THIS IS YOUR NUMBER NINE HITTER , ADDY FINERAN.

SHE IS 0 FOR 2.

THE 0-1 COMING WITH TWO OUTS.

POPPED RIGHT BEHIND THE SCREEN AGAIN, LAURA, HERE IN THE SEVENTH.

>> Laura: GERMAN IS GOING TO COME AFTER HER.

SHE IS GOING TO JUST LOAD UP AND FIRE SOME HEAT TRICARE.

--RIGHT HERE.

>> Paul: 0-2.

JUST STUCK THE BAT OUT TO STAY ALIVE.

ONE PLAY , SIGOURNEY.

THEY TRAILED IN THEIR REGIONAL FINAL TWICE.

SWING AND A MISS.

ELLA BRUNS AND FINNERAN.

NOW FINNERAN IS OUT, STRIKEOUT NUMBER 13 BUT IS IT GOING TO BE ENOUGH OF A PERFORMANCE?

>> JUMP ON THEM ON THREE.

ONE, TWO, THREE -- >> JUMP ON THEM!

>> HERE WE GO!

>> IF YOU ARE GOING TO WORK LATE ON A FRIDAY NIGHT, YOU MIGHT AS WELL HAVE SOMETHING ENTERTAINING TO WATCH.

>> Laura: ALL THREE GAMES TODAY HAVE BEEN ENTERTAINING.

WE HAVE NOT BEEN DISAPPOINTED.

>> Paul: ALL FIVE.

>> Laura: WELL THREE TODAY, TWO YESTERDAY.

EVERY SINGLE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME HAS BEEN EXCITING.

>> Paul: I DON'T KNOW THE LAST TIME WE HAVE HAD WHERE ALL GAMES HAVE BEEN IN DOUBT AT SOME POINT LATE IN THE GAME , WITH EITHER A FLY BALL THAT IS A FOOT FROM GOING OUT, IF YOU ARE VALLEY.

A FLY BALL THAT IS CAUGHT SOMEHOW BY THE LEFTFIELDER , BY CARLISLE, TO STEEP --FEEL THAT ONE.

THEN TODAY, WE HAD TWO SIX-RUN INNINGS IN THE THREE A GAME.

THEN AUDUBON WAS THREATENING AND THEN METER HELD ON.

HERE, SIGOURNEY WAS DOWN TO THEIR LAST STRIKE.

THEY HAVE COME ALL THE WAY BACK, 3-2.

FIRST PITCH SWING AND A MISS, IT LOOKS LIKE MARTENSDALE IS TRYING TO WIN IT ALL IN ONE STRIKE WITH F8, SHE SWING MISSES ON THE FIRST PITCH.

>> Laura: COACH EMILY WOOD SAYS KEEP IT DOWN, STAY OFF THAT HIGH STUFF.

GOODWIN COMES AFTER THEM RIGHT AWAY, KNOWING THEY ARE GOING TO BE A LITTLE ANXIOUS.

AND GO AFTER SOME PITCHES.

A PITCHER AND YOU FIND A LITTLE EXTRA SOMETHING?

>> Laura: FIND AN EXTRA GEAR RIGHT HERE.

>> Paul: THE 1-1 IS IN THERE FOR A STRIKE.

>> Laura: SAME THING HOLDS TRUE FOR MARTENSDALE-ST MARYS.

CHOKE UP A LITTLE BIT, PUT IT IN PLAY.

>> Paul: THAT PITCH MISSES, 1- 2.

2-2.

CHOPPER FOUL.

>> Laura: STAYING ALIVE.

IT IS WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO , THAT MINDSET.

KEEP THOSE EYES TRAINED ON STAYING OFF OF THAT PRICE BALL.

HIGH.

IF YOU ARE MARTENSDALE-ST MARYS, YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY TRYING TO GET THAT LEADOFF RUNNER ON HERE.

>> Laura: EVERYBODY IN THE DUGOUT IS GOING BALL FOUR, BALL FOUR.

>> Paul: SEE IF GOODWIN COMES AFTER, SHE THROWS HIGH.

SO, LEADOFF WALK, THIRD WALK OF THE NIGHT BY GOODWIN.

NOW IT IS MacLAINE GERMAN, THE DESIGNATED PLAYER.

SHE HELPED HER SISTERS EARLY, SHE GETS THE BUNT DOWN AND IT IS FAIR.

IT IS A BEAUTY AND IT IS SAFE AT FIRST.

SAFE AT FIRST, MacLAINE GERMAN, A TEXTBOOK PERFECT BUNT.

>> Laura: JUST RIGHT ON THE LINE.

THAT IS SUCH GREAT BAT CONTROL, BEING ABLE TO GET UP THERE AGAINST THE PITCHER THAT IS THROWING HIGH VELOCITY.

LEVEL OFF THAT BAT, AND LAY IT DOWN RIGHT DOWN THE THIRD BASE LINE.

>> Paul: TOP OF THE ORDER, ELLIE BAKER SHOWS BUNT, FIRST PITCH.

THEY ARE IN THE CORNERS AND IT A SECOND.

BUNT IS POPPED UP, FOUL AND IT LANDSBERG JOSEPHINE MOORE JUST RAN OUT OF TIME TO GET THERE.

TYING RUN IS AT SECOND.

MARYANN HART.

THE WINNING RUN, MacLAINE GERMAN IS THIRD.

CARLY GOODWIN, SHE GOT THE RALLY STARTED.

IN THE TOP OF THE INNING.

BAKER BUNT IT FOUL AGAIN.

YOU ARE THROWING RICE BALLS, RIGHT?

THAT MAKES IT HARDER, YOU'RE TRYING TO THROW SOMETHING UP RIGHT HERE?

TWO!

I KNOW SHE IS A LEFT-HANDED HITTER, SEE HOW SHE ADJUSTS AT THE PLATE AND WHAT COACH EMILY WOOD HAS IN STORE AND WHAT SHE IS THINKING, HOW YOU WANT TO HANDLE THIS , NOW DOWN TWO STRIKES.

>> Paul: SHE SHOWS BUNT ON 0-2.

AND IT MISSES.

IT HAS BEEN A TIGHT ZONE.

1-2.

IT IS IT TO LEFT AND CAUGHT.

IN ON THE SLAP.

>> Laura: THAT IS WHY YOU COME IN LEFT FIELD, PLAY IN A FEW EXTRA STEPS WITH THAT LEFT- HANDED SLAPPER UP, GET YOU A GOOD JUMP ON THE BALL, HEADING OUT YOUR WAY.

IT IS EXACTLY WHAT SHE DID.

ON A GOOD JUMP ON IT.

MAKE THE BASKET CATCH, BUT GOT TO IT.

>> Paul: BRYNNLY GERMAN, FIRST PITCH STRIKE.

A COUPLE OF HITS AND A WALK, SHE IS ONE FOR 2 , ACTUALLY IT WAS A FIELDERS CHOICE THAT SHE HAD INTO THERE IN THE FIFTH.

SENIOR.

SWITCHED TO CENTERFIELD IN THE POSTSEASON.

FOULED BACK INTO THE SCREEN, NOW SHE IS NOW A STRIKE.

0-2.

WE WILL SEE IF GOODWIN GOES AFTER ON 0-2 LIKE CAMPBELL DID IN THE TOP OF THE INNING.

THE PITCH.

IT IS PUNCHED FOUL.

SHE WENT AFTER IT.

>> Laura: DID, TRY TO STAY AWAY FROM HER AS WELL ON THE OUTSIDE PART OF THE PLATE.

BRYNNLY GERMAN DOING A GREAT JOB OF SPOILING THAT PITCH.

>> Paul: POPPED UP ON THE INFIELD!

MAKING THE CATCH IS FISCH!

AND THE SAVAGES NOW ARE AN OUT AWAY.

FROM A COME FROM BEHIND STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

OF COURSE THIS IS HOW THIS IS SETTING UP!

CAMPBELL GERMAN.

VERSUS CARLY GOODWIN.

THEY ARE BATTLING IN THE CIRCLE, NOW THEY BATTLE HERE WITH TWO OUTS.

3-2, SIGOURNEY LEADS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SEVENTH!

FIRST PITCHES INSIDE, BALL ONE.

>> Laura: THAT LAST PLAY, YOU SAWFISH JUST TAKE CONTROL OF THE INFIELD AS WELL.

SHE CALLED FOR IT, EVERYBODY BACKED OFF , SURROUNDED HER.

BUT THAT WAS A MAJOR LEAGUE POP UP, DID SUCH A GREAT JOB OF TAKING CONTROL, USING HER VOICE AND I HAVE GOT IT.

NOW THEY HAVE GOT TWO OUTS.

>> Paul: POPPED UP FOUL AND OUT OF PLAY.

BALL AND A STRIKE.

>> Laura: WITH TWO OUTS, CRACK OF THE BAT, RENTERS ARE GOING TO BE GOING.

ANYTHING INTO THE GAP COULD POSSIBLY SCORE HER SISTER FROM FIRST BASE.

>> Paul: THAT WOULD TIE IT, THE 1-1.

POPPED UP IN THE AIR, IT IS PLAYABLE!

IN FRONT OF THE CIRCLE , CARLY GOODWIN CATCHES IT!

AND THE SAVAGES COME FROM BEHIND IN THE SEVENTH-INNING!

FOR A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP!

THE FIRST TITLE GAME IS THE >> Laura: THE DISAPPOINTMENTS OVER ON THE MARTENSDALE-ST MARYS SIDE .

AND ALL THE EXCITEMENT, JUBILATION AND CELEBRATION FOR SIGOURNEY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DIAMOND.

WITH A FINISH IN THIS BALL GAME.

AND WHAT A WAY TO CAP OFF THIS STATE TOURNAMENT.

SINCE WE HAVE SEEN A COME FROM BEHIND HERE IN THE SEVENTH, YOU AND I.

WE JUST SAW AN INSTANT CLASSIC RIGHT THERE.

DOWN 2-1, DOWN TO THEIR LAST STRIKE, SIGOURNEY PUTS ON THE PINK SHIRTS AS CHAMPIONS.

>> Laura: WITH A COME BACK.

YOU ARE RIGHT, THEY WERE DOWN TO THEIR LAST STRIKE.

AND THEN THEY GET THAT LITTLE BIT OF A RALLY, ABLE TO PUSH BACK A COUPLE OF RUNS TO HOLD ON FOR THE WIN.

>> Paul: TIME FOR THE ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM.

HERE IS YOUR 2024 CLASS 1A ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM.

FROM MARTENSDALE-ST MARYS , BRYNNLY GERMAN!

FROM SIGOURNEY, JOSEPHINE MOORE!

FROM SOUTHEAST WARREN, GC NEAR!

FROM SOUTHEAST WARREN, CAYLAN HOLMES!

FROM SAINT EDMUND, MARIAH MYERS!

FROM SIGOURNEY, AVA FINERAN!

FROM MARTENSDALE-ST MARYS, ELLIE BAKER!

FROM SIGOURNEY, ERIN DAWSON!

FROM MARTENSDALE-ST MARYS, SYDNEY BEARS!

FOR MARTENSDALE-ST MARYS, CAMPBELL GERMAN !

AND YOUR 2024 CLASS 1A ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM CAPTAIN , FROM SIGOURNEY, CARLY GOODWIN!

>> Paul: THE GATORADE PLAYER OF THE YEAR IS NICE , BUT I CAN ALMOST GUARANTEE, LAURA, WHAT JUST HAPPENED, STATE TITLE, ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM CAPTAIN MEANS A WHOLE LOT AS WELL.

>> Laura: I THINK IT MEANS A TON AND I THINK IT ALL WRAPPED TOGETHER A NICE FINAL SEASON FOR CARLY GOODWIN AS AN IOWA GIRL.

>> SIGOURNEY FANS -- >> Laura: ONE LOOK AT THE ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM.

>> Paul: LOTS OF PINSTRIPES AND THAT ONE.

>> Laura: THERE ARE, ALL GREAT PERFORMANCES , EVERYBODY THEY WOULD NOT BE ON THE TEAM IN CASE THEY DID NOT HAVE A GREAT STATE TOURNAMENT.

HUGS ALL THE WAY AROUND, SOME CELEBRATION AND STILL A LITTLE BIT OF TEARS FROM THE MARTENSDALE-ST MARYS PLAYERS THAT WERE ON THAT ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM.

>> PRESENTING AWARDS ARE MEMBERS OF THE IGHSAU BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

RON, JEN, TONYA AND ZACH.

>> Paul: ZACH IS TRYING TO GET THAT TROPHY AWAY.

>> CONGRATULATIONS TO RUNNERS- UP IN CLASS 1A, COACH EMILY WOOD AND THE MARTENSDALE-ST MARYS --SOFTBALL SEASON!

AND THEIR TICKET WAS PUNCHED TO GOING TO REDEEM IT AS YOUR 2024 CLASS I A STATE SOFTBALL CHAMPIONS!

HEAD COACH SHELLY STREIGLE AND THE SIGOURNEY SAVAGES!

>> PAUL:'S COME FROM BEHIND, SIGOURNEY AT ONE POINT, THEY HADN'T GOTTEN PAST SECOND BASE OF THE FIRST INNING.

IT WENT ALL THE WAY , IT LOOKED LIKE IN THE SIXTH WHEN THEY HAD THE HIT, OR THE WALK AND THEN THE LINEUP, THAT THEY WERE IN TROUBLE BUT THEY CAME INTO THE SEVENTH AND WERE BIG WHEN IT MATTERED MOST, LAURA.

SIGOURNEY COMES FROM BEHIND AND CAPS FROM A CREDIBLE RUN TO BE STATE CHAMPIONS IN 1A.

>> Laura: IT NEVER GETS OLD WATCHING TEAMS CHOICE THAT TROPHY UP THERE, IT IS ALWAYS FUN TO SEE.

WHAT AN EXCITING WAY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND CAP OFF THE SEASON AND CAP OFF THE FINAL GAME OF THE SEASON HERE AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT IN THAT FASHION.

>> Paul: WE KEPT A GREAT FIRST DECADE OF DOING THESE GAMES, LAURA LEONARD.

>> Laura: IT HAS BEEN A LOT OF FUN.

A LOT OF UPS, IF YOU DOWNSPOUT OF AND A LOT OF EXCITEMENT AND A LOT OF GREAT SOFTBALL.

>> Paul: ALWAYS A TREASURE TO BE WITH YOU.

THANK YOU EVERYBODY AND THE TRUCK HERE AT IOWA PBS AND THEIR GREAT WORK.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING FIVE GREAT GAMES.

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WE ARE ON AGAIN IN STATE VOLLEYBALL, SO LONG FROM FORT DODGE!

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