>> WELCOME BACK.

WE HAVE THE FOR A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WITH THE EIGHT SEED NORTH SCOTT LANCERS HERE.

NO STRANGERS TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT THEY WILL BE AIMING TO DEFEND THE STATE TITLE WITH THE SEVENTH SEED AND THE EIGHT SEED HERE IN THE FOR A GAME.

ALLIE CAMPER IT IS HERE IN THESE TWO TEAMS YOU LOOK AT THE SEMI FINALS AND THEY HAVE TIGHT GAMES THAT THEY ARE REALLY BATTLING TO GET HERE.

THEY WENT 10 INNINGS AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO BRING CHAMPIONSHIP ENERGY REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENED TODAY.

THE 16th TRIP TO STATE AS A HIGH SCHOOL WITH THE ENTIRE TEAM FROM A YEAR AGO HERE.

THEY ARE LED BY EIGHT SENIORS FOR WINTER SETS AS THEY HAD THAT TITLE GAME THEY HAD THE FIRST GAME OF THE YEAR IN THE QUARTERFINALS ON MONDAY.

AND SHE IS IN THAT BATTING ORDER NOW FOR WINTERSET.

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>> WELCOME BACK TO ROGER SPORTS COMPLEX IN FORT DODGE IOWA.

THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES CONTINUE HERE IN 2023 AS WE ARE NOW TEED UP FOR THE HIKE SCHOOL ATHLETIC UNION FOR A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WE HAVE THE EIGHT SEED NORTH SCOTT LANCERS.

THEY ARE KNOWS STRANGERS TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT WITH THREE TITLES FROM 2002 SAYING THEY WILL AIM TO DEFEND THE STATE TITLE WITH THE SEVENTH AND EIGHTH SEED HERE IN THE FOR A GAMES.

THESE TEAMS IF YOU LOOK AT THE SEMI FINALS THEY HAD TIGHT GAMES AND THEY REALLY HAD TO BATTLE TO GET HERE.

THE WINNER WAS HERE IN THE GAME AGAINST FORT DODGE THAT WENT 10 INNINGS.

IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO BRING THAT CHAMPIONSHIP ENERGY REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY.

THEY ARE GETTING READY TO SET THE STAGE FOR THESE TWO TEAMS AS WE DO TAKE A LOOK AT MORE ON NORTH SCOTT.

THE 16th TRIP TO STATE AS A HIGH SCHOOL.

THE ENTIRE TEAM FROM A YEAR AGO IS RETURNING WITH A LOT OF PLAYMAKERS.

LED BY UPPERCLASSMAN WITH EIGHT SENIORS ON THIS TEAM.

TWO HITTERS FOR THE 474 BATTING AVERAGE.

IN THE MEANTIME FOR WINTERSET, THEY DEFEATED GRIMES LAST YEAR IN THE TITLE GAME THE 13th TRIP TO STATE.

IT HAS BEEN FUN WATCHING MILA APPLEGATE STEPPING IN FOR YOUNG THE STATE TOURNAMENT.

GATORADE PLAYER OF THE YEAR WITH HER FIRST GAME OF THE SEASON IN THE CORNER FINALS.

SHE IS IN THE BATTING ORDER NOW FOR WINTERSET GOING TO IOWA AND GETTING READY TO MAKE QUITE THE IMPACT AS WE SEND THIS ONE UP TOP TO FIT 10 FITZPATRICK.

READY TO SET THE STAGE.

>> THIS IS A FOR A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME BETWEEN LANCERS AND THE HOME TEAM HUSKIES.

IT IS TIME TO MEET THESE TEAMS.

NONSTARTERS AN ASSISTANT COACH FROM NORTH SCOTT.

NUMBER ONE CAMILLA ELLER.

NUMBER THREE AUBREY TILLEY.

KATIE BRADER.

NATALIE NEIGHBOR.

RILEY DANIELS.

ALI ANNA L NELSON.

AND MAIA VOTE.

YOUR ASSISTANT COACHES HIGHLY ELLER DALE TOUGH T AND HEATHER RICKER.

AND NOW YOUR STARTING LINEUP FOR THE LANCERS LEADING OFF PLAYING SHORTSTOP SIDNEY SKERRITT.

BATTING SECOND McKINLEY TO A. ALAN JOHNSON.

FOR THE LANCERS PITCHING MATTIE McDERMITT.

THE DESIGNATED HITTER RILEY WAINWRIGHT.

BATTING SIXTH IN CENTER FIELD CARLY BRADER.

BATTING SEVENTH IN RIGHT FIELD ABBY RALPHS.

BETTING EIGHT THAT FIRST BASE SHELBY SPEARS.

BATTING NINTH AND CATCHING TEAGAN KELLY.

YOUR FLEX PLAYER IS RILEY ROBERTSON.

HEAD COACH FOR NORTH SCOTT IS HOLLY HOLT HE.

AND NOW LET'S MEET THE NONSTARTERS AND ASSISTANT COACHES FROM THE HOME TEAM.

NUMBER FIVE MacY OLSON.

HALLIE HOVEN.

NUMBER NINE NATALIE SMITH.

NUMBER 13 EDDIE GROSS.

ALLIE SODERBERG.

NUMBER 21 MICHAELA NICHOLS.

NUMBER 24 SUMMER LITTLE.

NUMBER 28 ASHLEY JOHNSON.

I'M SORRY NUMBER 26 ASHLEY JOHNSON.

NUMBER 28 KYLIE NELSON.

BRISTOL TELL LOCKE AND ZOE HOPE.

THE ASSISTANT COACH IS JENNIFER DIVINE ABBY WILLIAMS TAYLOR BEEN SHUT OFF AND ANITA SMITH.

HERE IS YOUR STARTING LINEUP FOR THE HUSKIES.

>> Announcer: LEADERS IN GERMAN PLEASE TURN YOUR ATTENTION TO THE HOME PLATE AREA.

THE UMPIRES FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AS ASSIGNED BY THE ATHLETIC UNION AT FIRST BASE JD HOOKAH STRUCK.

AT THIRD BASE KYLE WOODRIDGE AND CALLING BALLS AND STRIKES ARE MR. MIKE AMADEO.

WHO IS READY TO WIN A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP?

EXCITED FANS AND WE ARE READY TO GO.

DARLENE ADKINS DIVINE IN THE OUTFIELD WITH APPLEGATE AND OLSON.

BRYN ACTON AND MOLLY AGREED AND THROWING TO CARLY AKER THE JUNIOR CATCHER.

BRINGING AN 15-5 COMING INTO THIS STATE TOURNAMENT AS IT IS PITCHED BY COMMITTEE FOR THIS HUSKIES TEAM.

AS YOU MENTIONED MOLLY IS STARTING OUT FOR THE HUSKIES BUT SYDNEY IS COMING IN AS WELL.

THE WINTERSET THAT HAS THAT ABILITY TO WORK THROUGH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PLAYS IT WAS BRYN ACTON WITH THE FLIP- FLOP GOING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN FIRST BASE AND PITCHING IN HERE IS A LOOK AT THE BATTING ORDER FOR NORTH SCOTT WITH SIDNEY SKERRITT LEADING THINGS OFF FOR THE LANCERS WITH 2E JOHNSON AND McDERMITT HEADING THROUGH TO YOU AND I IN THAT TOP FOUR SLOT.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE KEYS TO THE GAME.

WHAT YOU NEED TO SEE HERE FROM THE LANCERS IN THIS CHAMPIONSHIP?

>> I WANT TO SEE CLEAN DEFENSE MAKING THEM WORK FOR THEIR RUNS AND THE SENIORS LEAD THE WAY.

THERE ARE EIGHT IN THIS ROSTER.

WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE HUSKIES KEYS TO THE GAME FOR THEM JENNA YOUNG IS BACK IN THAT LINEUP AND THEY BRING A LOT OF ENERGY HERE WITH A 10 INNING GAME AND TODAY IT NEEDS TO BE THAT CHAMPIONSHIP ENERGY.

THAT IS THE GATORADE PLAYER WHO SUFFERED A KNEE INJURY BACK JANUARY 6th.

WE WILL HAVE ON HER AS SHE COMES TO THE PLATE.

RIGHT NOW NORTH SCOTT IS LEADING THINGS OFF WITH BRITNEY SCARE EACH MANAGING TO GET THE FIRST PITCH FOULED STRAIGHT BACK.

THERE IS A MULTI-SPORT ATHLETE WHO COACH HOLTON SAID SHE MAY BE THE BEST ATHLETE IN HER SCHOOL.

SHE PLAYS BASKETBALL TRACK AND SOFTBALL.

A STATE TOURNAMENT QUALIFIER IN THE HIGH JUMP AND THE HURDLES.

FOULING ANOTHER ONE BACK SHE DOES A GOOD JOB OF SETTING THE STAGE FOR THE LANCERS OFFENSE.

WE ASKED BOTH WHO WERE HERE WHAT THE MOST DOMINANT PITCH IS AN SHE SAID IT WAS KIND OF LIKE A CURVEBALL AND A RISE BALL AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE SEEN.

THAT ONE SLAPS INTO LEFT FIELD UNDERNEATH FOR THE CATCH WITH AVERY DARLING AS THE SENIOR WITH ONE AWAY.

THERE ARE YOUR NORTH SCOTT AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO GET YOUR HANDS OFF THE BALL AND DRIVE THIS ONE UP THE MIDDLE.

THAT BRINGS UP McKINLEY AS THE JUNIOR LEFTFIELDER FOR THE LANCERS.

TWO RBIs YESTERDAY AND THEY HAD A SEMI FINAL VICTORY OVER NORWALK.

BATTING AVERAGE OVER 300.

THAT ONE GETS AWAY FROM ACRES FOR NORTH SCOTT THAT WAS THE FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP GAME APPEARANCE SINCE 2019.

STATE RUNNER-UP IN 2019.

RUNNERS-UP FOUR YEARS IN A ROW GOING TO THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

CHAMPIONS ONLY IN 2002.

RUNNER-UP IN 2019 WITH THE FIRST APPEARANCE IN THAT STATE TITLE GAME BACK IN 1987.

LONG HISTORY OF GOOD SOFTBALL.

THEY CAME AWAY WITH THE STATE TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP BACK WHEN IT WAS ALL ONE CLASS AND THE ENTIRE STATE SAW THIS FOULED STRAIGHT BACK.

THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THAT UPPER SPIN AND IT IS INTERESTING IT'S TYPICALLY A SCREWBALL THAT YOU SEE GETTING THAT UPPER SPIN AND VERY RARELY DO THEY GO CURVEBALL WITH A LOW RISE.

>> AND THAT IS A 3-2.

AGAIN THIS ONE.

FOR NORTH SCOTT THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE AT THE TOP OF THE ORDER.

A LOT OF IT MAKES THE PICTURE REALLY WORK.

HOLLY HOLT IN HER SIXTH SEASON AS HEAD COACH.

144 TO 83.

AND THAT IS QUITE THE PITCH THAT MRS. TOWARD THE INSIDE.

FIRST BASERUNNER OF THE GAME COMING HERE IN THE FIRST INNING WITH A NICE AT-BAT.

ONCE AGAIN MAKING IT WORK.

MAKING HER THROW QUITE THE PITCH AND THEY WILL GET YOU OUT ON THAT.

ALAN JOHNSON STEPS IN AS THE THIRD BASEMAN.

ONE ON AND ONE OUT WITH JOHNSON ABLE TO HOLD.

THAT WAS A GREAT HOLD.

WANTED IT.

>> JOHNSON TWO FOR FIVE IN THE SEMI FINALS YESTERDAY.

A TRIPLE AND A TWO RBI DOUBLE.

BREEDING THAT WENT INTO THE CHASE WITH THE SPINNER ON THE OUTSIDE EDGE.

AN OUTSTANDING CURVEBALL.

ONE BALL AND ONE STRIKE.

THIS IS RIPPED TO THE LEFT SIDE AND THIS IS A FOUL THAT JUST MISSED THE CHALK ON THE THIRD BASE LINE.

ONE BALL AND TWO STRIKES.

JOHNSON GETTING THE OUTSIDE PITCH GETTING HER HANDS TO IT AND REALLY PULLING IT TO THE LEFT SIDE.

JOHNSON A FRESHMAN LAST YEAR WHO STARTED AT THIRD BASE AS AN EIGHTH GRADER.

SHE HAD NOT PLAYED A LOT OF THIRD BEFORE THAT BUT NOW TAKES THIS ONE IN THE LEG AND THERE ARE TWO ABOARD FOR NORTH SCOTT IN THE FIRST.

ADVANCING TO SECOND BASE AND JOHNSON IS AT FIRST.

BRADY WITH A WALK AND A HIT BATTER.

AND NOW MANY McDERMITT COMES TO THE PLATE WITH TWO ON.

FIRST PITCH IS RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE.

MADDIE McDERMITT A FIRST INNING TO RUN HOME RUN YESTERDAY IN THE SEMI FINAL GAME.

GIVING NORTH SCOTT THE EARLY LEAD.

THAT ONE GOES UPSTAIRS.

MADDIE McDERMITT THERE TO PLAY SOFTBALL NEXT SEASON THAT YOU AND I.

IT IS QUITE THE FEELING.

LOOK HOW HARD THIS TEAM HAS WORKED.

AT LEAST OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST YEAR TO GET TO THE SPOT THEY ARE NOW.

THERE IS THE SHOT UPSTAIRS.

>>>-1.

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR ON THIS PITCH AS McDERMITT?

>> THEY ARE GOING TO MAKE A PITCHING CHANGE HERE.

SO WE WILL SEE A TON OF THAT TODAY WITH WINTERSET.

THIS WILL BE BRYN ACTON TALKING WITH THE PITCHER.

THEY SAID THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY ARE USED TO.

GOING BACK AND FORTH THROUGHOUT THE GAME AND IT IS RARE A 3-1 COUNT PITCHING CHANGE.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY THE COACH IS FULL TRUST IN THEM THAT THEY ARE GOING TO PICK ONE ANOTHER UP.

THEY DID THAT YESTERDAY IN THE SEMI FINALS.

I BELIEVE IT WAS THE SECOND INNING WHEN NORWALK SCORED FOUR IN THAT INNING.

HE CAME IN TO THAT CIRCLE AND SLID OVER TO FIRST BASE.

FLIPPING SPOTS COMING IN WITH A 2.91 EARNED AVERAGE.

135 INNINGS OF WORK PRIOR TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT.

44 WALKS ON THE YEAR.

9-7 RECORD.

SHE WILL COME IN AND FINISH THE AT-BAT OF MADDIE McDERMITT.

THE SENIOR SLUGGER FOR THE LANCERS WITH A 3-1 COUNT.

FIRST PITCH MRS. THAT WALK WILL BE AWARDED BUT THERE ARE BASES- LOADED NOW FOR NORTH SCOTT.

AND NUMBER 10 IS THE COURTESY RUNNER IN THE GAME.

>> YOU TALK ABOUT THE UPPERCLASSMAN FOR NORTH SCOTT NATALIE NEIGHBOR COMING IN FOR THIS RUNNING SITUATION IS A SENIOR LEADER IS ESSENTIAL.

THE BASES ARE LOADED FOR KYLIE WAINWRIGHT.

WAINWRIGHT IS THE SENIOR AND TOOK ANOTHER GOOD PITCH UPSTAIRS.

HUSKIES PICTURES ARE DEALING THIS OPENING INNING TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO SETTLE INTO A GROOVE.

RIGHT BACK ON THE THROW.

THE FORCE AND THE DOUBLE PLAY.

THEY ARE ABLE TO GET WAINWRIGHT AT FIRST.

SO SHE COMES IN AND MANAGES TO GET OUT OF THE JAM.

WINTERSET DODGES A HUGE BULLET WITH BASES LOADED AND ONE OUT.

>> TALKING ABOUT THE MOMENTUM SHIFT ON THIS ONE.

WHAT A WAY TO END THE TOP OF THIS ONE.

BASES ARE LOADED AND THEY COME IN AND GET THIS DONE FOR THE HUSKIES.

>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE NORTH SCOTT DEFENSE AS THE LANCERS TAKE THE FIELD.

ROBERTSON AND SPEARS ARE ON THE RIGHT SIDE BEHIND THE DISH YOU HAVE TEAGAN KELLY AND THE SENIOR IS CATCHING FOR MADDIE McDERMITT.

2.31 EARNED RUN AVERAGE COMING INTO THE STATE TOURNAMENT.

SIGNED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA.

THIS IS A KID THAT EVERY PROGRAM ONCE.

AND SHE IS VERY TOUGH IN THE CIRCLE.

130 INNINGS PITCHED AND SHE IS STRIKING OUT WAY MORE THAN SHE IS WALKING THROWING IT IN THE ZONE AND GETTING THEM TO GET THE SWING AND MISS.

THREE STRIKEOUTS IN THE SEMI FINALS.

HERE IS THE BATTING ORDER WITH DARLENE OLSON AND JENNA YOUNG.

AND BRENDA ACTON COMING IN AS YOUR TOP FOUR.

WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF SUCCESS FROM THE TOP OF FIRST PITCH SWINGING WITH AVERY DARLING WHO IS THE SENIOR LEFTFIELDER.

ONE FOR FIVE YESTERDAY IN THE SEMI FINALS.

A DOUBLE AND A RUN SCORED.

THAT WAS QUITE THE FLAP TO THE LEFT-FIELD SIDE GOING FOUL.

DARLING IS SUPER AGGRESSIVE AT THE PLATE FOR WINTERSET TRYING TO GET HERSELF ON BASE TO START THE GAME.

SWING AND MISS WHAT A WAY TO START THE GAME FOR NORTH SCOTT.

THEY CONTINUE TO STAY AGGRESSIVE RIGHT FROM THE GET- GO AND THERE IS A FOUL BALL BY McKENNA OLSON.

AND McKENNA OLSON JUST THE EIGHTH-GRADER FOR THIS WINTERSET SQUAD.

THERE HAS BEEN AN OLSON ON THIS TEAM AND WE ASKED HOW MANY TIMES THEY'VE HAD IT AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THE YEARBOOK.

THERE'VE BEEN SO MANY YEARS AND I REMEMBER WHEN I PLAYED I PLAYED WITH ONE OF THEIR OLDER SISTERS HARLEY.

OLSON WITH THE GOOD EYE.

TWO BALLS AND ONE STRIKE.

GETTING AHEAD IN THE COUNT FOR McDERMITT.

BASE HIT UP THE MIDDLE.

THE PITCH GOES HIGH AND DOESN'T TRY TO DO MUCH WITH IT.

THEY DID SCORE THE GO-AHEAD RUN IN THE TENT.

JENNY YOUNG NOW COMES TO THE PLATE.

SUFFERED A KNEE INJURY JANUARY 6 OF THIS YEAR AND MISSED ALL OF BASKETBALL AND TRACK SEASON UNTIL MONDAY OF THIS WEEK.

SHE WAS GIVEN THE ALL CLEAR TO COMPETE ON FRIDAY.

EMBRACING THIS ROLE SHE KNOWS THAT SHE'S NOT GONNA PLAY IN THE FIELD SO SHE IS DOING EVERYTHING SHE CAN TO MAKE THESE AT-BATS COUNT.

SHE TRIES TO GET THE FORCE AT SECOND AND SHE MANAGES.

A NICE AND QUICK PLAY BY RILEY ROBINSON WHO SEES THE SHORTSTOP COVERING SECOND.

JENNY YOUNG WILL STAY ON FIRST TO RUN THIS ONE AT THE PLATE.

SHE IS CLEAR FOR SOFTWARE ACTIVITIES WE ASKED WHERE THEY WERE 50% 70% OR 80%?

AND SHE SAID I HAVE NOT TRIED A LOT OF FIELDING JUST YET.

SHE IS JUST GONNA DO WHAT SHE CAN TO MAKE HER TEAM BETTER.

THERE IS THE DRIVE AND SETTLING A ONE OUT SINGLE BY WINTERSET TURNS INTO NO RUNS AS WE GO THROUGH THE FIRST INNING SCORELESS HERE IN THE FIRST.

WE ARE LISTENING INTO COACH HOLTON NOW.

EIGHT SENIORS ON THE LANCERS TEAM.

A COUPLE OF GOOD ONES THAT PLAYED ON THAT 2019 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM WITH CARLY AND NATALIE AND THIS IS HOW THEY GOT TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WINTERSET TAKING ON CARLISLE AND FORT DODGE WHO TOOK CARE OF BUSINESS IN THE MEANTIME NORTH SCOTT BEAT NORTH POLK AND NORWALK WHO BEAT WESTERN DUBUQUE IN THE OPENING ROUND AS THE TOP TWO SEEDS FALL DAY ONE.

LITERALLY THAT'S ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS HIT THE BALL.

IT CAN BE A SIMPLE GAME.

>> SOMETIMES IT FEELS MORE SIMPLE THAN IT IS.

JUST HIT THE BALL.

LITERALLY I LOVE IT.

>> WHEN YOU GET IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME YOUR MIND IS RACING.

PLAYERS GO THROUGH A FUNK AND A LOT OF THE TIME THE HEAD COACH IS IN THEIR OWN HEAD.

AND SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO FLUSH IT AND GO BACK TO BASICS.

>> TO BEAT THE BIG DOGS YOU HAVE TO BE A DOG.

SO JUST PLAY BALL.

THE FIRST PITCH IS THERE WITH BRADER WHO FOULS DOWN THE FIRST BASE SIDE.

THE SENIOR WILL PLAY SOFTBALL AND VOLLEYBALL AT WARBURG COLLEGE NEXT SEASON.

A CLUTCH HIT WITH A TWO RUN DOUBLE IN THE QUARTERFINAL ON MONDAY.

IT IS NEAT LOOKING UP AND DOWN THIS LINEUP.

THE AMOUNT OF SENIORS GOING ON TO COLLEGIATE ATHLETICS AND WHATEVER IT MAY BE SOME HAVE SOFTBALL OTHERS HAVE VOLLEYBALL AND EVEN WRESTLING.

>> A LONG RUN AND THAT IS INTERESTING WITH APPLEGATE WHO PLAYS THAT ONE VERY WELL AND THAT ONE WAS REALLY CLOSE.

GREAT HUSTLE BY NILA APPLEGATE.

STARTED AS A FRESHMAN IN 2020.

ABBY ROUST IS THE RIGHT FIELDER.

ONE FOR FOUR YESTERDAY WITH A SOFTBALL AT SIMPSON.

EIGHT SENIORS REALLY CREATE A TIGHTKNIT TEAM WHERE YOU HAVE A GROUP OF SENIORS THAT ARE THIS LARGE AND COACH HOLTON SAYS THAT THEY SPEND SO MUCH TIME TOGETHER THEY ARE ALWAYS HANGING OUT AND WAY MORE TIME THAN YOU WOULD THINK MOST PLAYERS COULD PUT UP WITH THEIR TEAMMATES.

BUT SHE SAID THEY JUST LOVE EACH OTHER.

AND THAT IS CALLED STRIKE THREE.

AND THEY'VE COME IN AND DONE QUITE THE OUTSTANDING JOB SETTLING IN THIS GAME FOR WINTERSET AND THE CIRCLE.

GOING IN ON THE LOW RISE.

SHELBY SPEARS STEPS IN TO FACE BRYN ACTON.

SPEARS LOOKS AT BALL NUMBER ONE AND THAT IS ANOTHER GOOD SENIOR WHO WILL NOT BE PLAYING SOFTBALL BUT WILL BE ATTENDING IOWA STATE NEXT YEAR.

SHE IS THE QUIET LEADER BUT SOMEONE THAT THE ENTIRE TEAM LOOKS TO WHEN IN TROUBLE.

YESTERDAY IN THE SEMI FINALS SHE SEEMED TO BE TALKING ABOUT EVERY TEAM HUDDLE THEY HAVE HAD.

THAT IS THE SHOT SOLID CONTACT AND A LITTLE BIT LATE EVENING THIS OUT GOING TO RIGHT-CENTER FIELD.

SPEARS TRYING TO GET ON BOARD WITH TWO AWAY.

THEY MAKE THE FLIP THREE UP AND THREE DOWN.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE IOWA GIRL THAT HAS DONE SO MUCH FOR OTHER IOWA GIRLS THAT LEFT US ALL WAY TOO EARLY.

THAT WILL PUT LISA BRINKMANN HERE AVERAGING 41 POINTS A BALL GAME.

IOWA GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC UNION ADMINISTRATOR LISA BRINKMANN YOUR LOST HER BATTLE BRING CANCER IN JUNE.

A BATTLE THAT SHE HAD BEEN FIGHTING FOR MORE THAN A YEAR.

IN HIGH SCHOOL THE HUB OR RADCLIFFE GRADUATE EXCELLED IN VOLLEYBALL GOLF AND SOFTBALL.

BUT IT WAS BASKETBALL WHERE SHE IS REMEMBERED THE MOST FOR WINNING THE FINAL SIX ON SIX STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1993.

LISA KNEW FIRSTHAND WHAT IT MEANT TO BE AN IOWA GIRL.

>> WHETHER YOU PLAYED A LOT OR NOT YOU KNEW WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE INVOLVED IN ATHLETICS.

AS I GREW OLDER, I MADE IT TO STATE.

THE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT AND I REALIZED A LOT MORE THAN WHAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE.

WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MY WEDDING THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES THAT I FELT LIKE A PRINCESS.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE THE HIGH SCHOOL FOR UNION DOES THAT.

HE PUT THE IOWA GIRL ON THE PEDESTAL.

AND I THOUGHT I REALIZED HOW IMPORTANT THAT WAS AN UNIQUE IT WAS UNTIL I WENT TO COLLEGE AND PLAYED BASKETBALL WITH A LOT OF PLAYERS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY.

I WOULD TALK ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE AND THEY WOULD JUST LOOK AT ME FUNNY.

LIKE I WAS CRAZY.

THEY WEREN'T TREATED THE SAME WAY.

IT WAS ALWAYS GREAT TO MAKE IT STATE THEY WEREN'T CELEBRITIES.

WHEREAS IN IOWA AND I WILL GIRL STANDS OUT AND THEY MADE SURE BRINK AS SHE WAS KNOWN WENT ON TO PLAY AND COACH AT DRAKE UNIVERSITY.

AND EVENTUALLY LANDED HER POSITION AT THE IGS H YOU LISA'S CONTRIBUTION THE GIRLS SPORTS IN IOWA BOTH ON AND OFF THE COURT IS WHAT MADE HER THE EMBODIMENT OF THE IOWA GIRL.

TO EVERYONE THAT KNEW LISA BRING MEYER OR GETTING INTO CONTACT WITH HER CERTAINLY AN IMPACTFUL WOMAN IN COLLEGE SPORTS AT HER ALMA MATER AND HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS ACROSS THE ENTIRE STATE OF IOWA.

IT REALLY HELPED TO CREATE A FANTASTIC ATMOSPHERE AT STATE CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS.

AN ABSOLUTE SHOT TO CENTERFIELD WITHOUT NUMBER ONE IN THE SECOND INNING BRINGING UP MOLLY BRADY TO THE PLATE.

THIS IS THE STARTING PITCHER PLAYING FIRST BASE LOOKING AT STRIKE ONE.

TALKING WITH MOLLY AND BRANDON YESTERDAY WE ASKED IF THERE WAS ANY SORT OF COMPETITIVENESS BETWEEN THE TWO WITH HOW MUCH YOU SWITCH IN AND OUT?

AND THEY BOTH LAUGHED.

THEY SAID IN OFF-SEASON WHEN THEY PLAYED AGAINST EACH OTHER OR CLUB BALL OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE THERE VERY COMPETITIVE.

BUT ON THIS TEAM THEY KNOW THAT THEY HAVE TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO MAKE THE TEAM BETTER.

AND THEY ARE BEYOND SUPPORTIVE OF EACH OTHER.

>> AND RBI IN THE 10th THAT VICTORY OVER FORT DODGE AND THEY WERE TRYING TO FIND THEIR WAY ON HERE.

TRYING TO MAKE IT TO THE SECOND INNING OF THE CLASS FOR A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

FULL COUNT FOR MATTIE McDERMITT AND MOLLY BRADY.

THAT ONE IS SLAPPED TO THE RIGHT SIDE WITH A NICE PLAY AT SECOND BASE BY RILEY ROBERTSON.

THE FLIP OVER TO SPEARS FOR OUT NUMBER TWO.

ROBERTSON FIELDS THIS ONE VERY CLEANLY FOR THE OUT AND MATTIE FEW COUNTS BUT FINDING A WAY TO GET GROUND BALLS IN THIS DEFENSE.

BAILEY ACTON IS NOW THE BATTER.

THAT ONE IS POPPED STRAIGHT UP AND McDERMITT IS UNDERNEATH.

TOUGH CATCH IN THE CIRCLE.

THREE UP AND THREE DOWN BY WINTERSET IN THE SECOND INNING.

LET'S LISTEN IN TO THE NORTH SCOTT HUDDLE.

YOU LIKE WHEN THE PLAYERS GET TO HANDLE THE HUDDLE.

TALKING ABOUT SENIOR LEADERSHIP THAT IS TRUST TO SAY LOOK I WANT YOU GUYS TO THE DRONE HUDDLE AND TELL EACH OTHER WHAT YOU'RE SEEING AND DOING.

PLAY TOGETHER AS A TEAM.

>> WINTERSET IS GETTING READY FOR SOME DEFENSE.

BRYN ACTON IS IN THE CIRCLE SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE HUSKY PITCHER AND HOW THEY COME THROUGH WITH SUPER SLOW MOTION.

>> BOTH OF THEM YESTERDAY TALKED ABOUT THE UPWARD SPIN YOU NOTICE WITH THE RELEASE POINT THAT SHE IS TRYING TO TAKE IT UP.

THEY CAME IN AND DID AN EXCELLENT JOB IN THE FIRST INNING.

ONE PITCH TO MANY McDERMITT.

AND THEN IT KYLIE McDERMITT GIVES THEM AN INNING ENDING DOUBLE PLAY HELPING THEM GET OUT OF A BASES-LOADED JAM WITH A 123 INNING IN THE SECOND.

LENNY THINGS OFF IN THE NUMBER NINE SPOT IS TEAGAN KELLY THE LANCERS CATCHER.

AND THEY'LL GO STRIKE ONE PAST KELLY WHO ATTENDED SAINT AMBROSE THIS COMING FALL.

ONE FOR THREE WITH THREE RBIs IN THAT QUARTER FINAL GAME AGAINST NORTH POLK.

TALK ABOUT THE STATE TOURNAMENT NORTH SCOTT DEFEATED NORTH POLK AND THAT WAS A GREAT GAME.

THERE IS THE 1 -1 WITH A FLARE AND CAN OLSEN IS UNDERNEATH IT.

OUT NUMBER ONE COMES HERE IN THE THIRD.

TO THE TOP OF THE ORDER WE GO WITH SYDNEY'S CARRIAGE TAKING ANOTHER LOOK AT THE DEFENSE BY OLSEN.

THEY CURRENTLY HAVE THE ONLY HEAD OF THE GAME SO FAR SLAPPING THIS ONE TO THE LEFT SIDE THE THROW GOES JUST IN TIME.

SPEEDY SHOT AND THERE ARE TWO AWAY.

THAT IS TWICE NOW THAT APPLEGATE MAKES THE FAST PLAY TO GET THE OUT AT FIRST.

GREAT JOB BY MOLLY BRADY TO HOLD ONTO THAT BALL.

IF SHE BOBBLES AT ALL THEY WOULD'VE BEEN SAFE.

SHE CAME INTO THE TOURNAMENT WITH 473.

THE BEST AMONG ANY PLAYER IN THE FOR A STAY QUALIFIERS.

RETIRE BOTH TIMES AT THE PLATE WITH McKINLEY GETTING A BOARD AND GROUNDOUT.

RILEY ACTON OVER TO MOLLY BRADING THREE UP AND THREE DOWN HERE IN THE THIRD.

LET'S LISTEN IN TO THE WINTERSET AUTO.

STEVE CORCORAN IS IN HIS 23rd SEASON ALL AT WINTERSET.

THERE IS THE SEMI FINAL GAME AGAINST FORT DODGE.

GETTING READY TO FACE MATTIE McDERMITT AND FINDING AN ANSWER.

WE TAKE A LOOK IN SUPER SLOW MOTION.

COMING INTO THIS GAME 141 STRIKEOUTS ON THE YEAR.

SHE USES ALL OF THE POWER THAT SHE HAS AND THROWS THIS HARD AT THOSE BATTERS.

SO FAR ALLOWING ONLY ONE BASERUNNER THROUGH THE FIRST TWO INNINGS OF WORK.

8-9-1.

COMING TO THE PLATE HERE IN THE THIRD THERE IS McDERMITT GOING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA THINKING THAT SHE WAS GOING TO STUDY SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY AND COMMUNICATION DISORDERS.

GROUND TO THE RIGHT SIDE.

SHELBY SPEARS TAKES IT HERSELF AND THERE IS ONE AWAY.

CHARLIE ACRES DOWN WITH ASHLYN DIVINE.

THE RIGHT FIELDER STEPS AND ONE FOR FOR YESTERDAY SCORING A RUN.

THEY FOLLOW THIS ONE BACK AND THEY CONTINUE WITH THAT AGGRESSIVE APPROACH.

AT THE INTERSTATE TOURNAMENT SCORED TWO RUNS AGAINST BURLINGTON.

THIS YEAR SCORED TWO RUNS AND HAD TWO RBIs IN THE QUARTERFINAL ROUND.

TAKING A WIN OVER CARLISLE HOW ABOUT THIS AS WELL?

THIS WAS THE SEVENTH SEED VERSUS THE EIGHTH SEED AND THE HOME TEAM WAS THE SEVENTH.

THEY UPSET THE REGIONAL FINAL TO GET TO STATE.

THREE TEAMS IN THE FOR A TOP EIGHT IN THE FINAL RANKINGS THEY ARE UNABLE TO GIVE THIS ONE TO CEDAR RAPIDS.

SO MANY GOOD TEAMS IN CLASS FOUR A.

YOU TALK A LOT ABOUT THE FACT THAT THERE'S NO ROOM FOR ERROR IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT.

AND YOU COULD SAY THE SAME THING IN THE REGIONAL TOURNAMENT.

WE KNEW IT WOULD BE INTERESTING WITH FORT DODGE COMING DOWN FROM FIVE A. DCG IS ALWAYS THE POWERHOUSE AND THESE TEAMS HAVE TO FIGHT EVERY DAY TO GET HERE.

DIVINE IS DOWN ON STRIKES AND THAT BRINGS UP AVERY DARLING AS YOU CAN SEE McDERMITT PAINTING THE OUTSIDE CORNER.

McDERMITT CONTINUES TO ATTACK THE ZONE STRUCK OUT SWINGING IN THE FIRST.

THEY LOOK AT STRIKE ONE COMING IN FOR McDERMITT.

AVERY DARLING WILL ATTEND SOUTH DAKOTA OFF THE GLOVE OF SCARE.

DARLING IS ON BASE.

TWO AWAY HERE IN THE THIRD AND THAT WILL GO DOWN AS A SINGLE.

THEY ARE ALMOST FULLY EXTENDING TO MAKE THE PLAY.

WINTERSET WITH A TWO-OUT BASERUNNER.

THE HEART OF THE ORDER IS COMING UP.

McKENNA OLSON THE EIGHTH-GRADER WHO HAD A SINGLE ENTER FIRST AT- BAT.

THAT IS A FAIR BALL.

JOHNSON GRABBED IT WHILE IT WAS STILL FAIR AND LOOK LIKE THEY WERE STARTING TO TURN FOUL.

KIND OF IN A NO MAN'S LAND WHERE IF YOU LET IT GO IT STILL HITS THE BASE AND IT IS FAIR IT WAS DEFINITELY GOING TO GO FOUL.

HER BODY WAS IN FOUL TERRITORY SO SHE NEEDED TO LET THAT ONE ROLL A FOOT OR TWO MORE TO MAKE SURE SHE COULD GET THE FOUL CALLED.

BEFORE IT GETS TO THE BASE IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE HER FEET ARE.

IT MATTERS WHERE THE BALL IS WHEN IT'S TOUCHED?

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

AND IT HAS TO BE COMPLETELY IN FOUL TERRITORY ACROSS THE LINE.

IF ANY PART OF IT IS TOUCHING THE LINE IT'S CONSIDERED A FOUL BALL.

JENNY YOUNG AT THE PLATE WITH THE 1-1.

OFF THE MIDDLE AND THE THROW BEING HELD AT THIRD IS DARLING.

JENNY YOUNG WITH A HARD GROUND BALL UP THE MIDDLE.

THEY TOOK THE PERFECT TOP JUMPING RIGHT INTO HER GLOVE.

AND THAT ONE ACTUALLY PREVENTED A RUN.

THAT MAKES FIELDING IT TOUGHER WHEN IT ROLLS ON THE GRASS.

MISSING ON THAT FIRST PITCH YOU CAN SEE A FLY BALL TO CENTER FOR THE FIRST AT-BAT.

THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE A MIGHTY DISCUSSION IN THE INFIELD.

>> DON'T MAKE THE MOMENT BIGGER THAN IT IS.

GET THE LEAD OUT WHEN YOU CAN.

AND COMMUNICATE WHERE YOU ARE.

KEEP WORKING.

HERE WE GO.

LOCK IT IN.

>> I LOVE THAT MESSAGE FROM COLT HOLTON.

DON'T MAKE THE MOMENT BIGGER THAN WHAT IT IS.

AT THE END OF THE DAY WE ARE JUST PLAYING SOFTBALL CAR THIS OF THE SITUATION.

MAKE THE PLAY AND GET OUT OF THE INNING.

>> MATTIE McDERMITT IS A SENIOR.

SHE'S GIVEN UP THREE STRAIGHT SINGLES TO LOAD THE BASES WITH TWO OUTS.

AND THIS ONE CLOSE THE STRIKE PASSED BRENNA ACTON.

FLAPPED TO THE LEFT SIDE FIELDED BY THE SHORTSTOP.

ABLE TO BEAT YOUNG TO FIRST.

NORTH SCOTT DOES NOT ALLOW WINTERSET TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF BASES LOADED.

WE WILL BE BACK WITH MORE FOR A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME ACTION AFTER THIS.

>>> NORTH SCOTT FANS AND WINTERSET FANS ARE WATCHING ON.

A LITTLE BIT OF COOL ROOFTOP ACTION GOING ON IN FORT DODGE AS WELL.

NORTH SCOTT TO THE PLATE AND ALAN JOHNSON WILL LEAD OFF THE FOURTH INNING.

FACING MOLLY BREEDING THEY GET OUT OF A JAM AND THEN HAVE BACK TO BACK THREE UP AND THREE DOWN INNINGS.

>> THAT FIRST INNING THEY DID HAVE THE BASES LOADED BUT HIT OF THE GAME.

ALL THREE OF THEM DID REACH ON A FREEBASE.

THEY DO GET THE STRIKE.

ONE BALL AND TWO STRIKES NOT TO COUNT.

THERE IS JOHNSON LAUNCHING THIS ONE UP.

TWO FOR THREE AND THEY HAD A TRIPLE AND A TWO RBI DOUBLE.

TAKING THIS ONE OVER NORWALK.

THEY JUST MISSED THE CORNER.

GOOD EYE FROM JOHNSON HAS THE COUNT COMING IN FULL.

AND THAT IS A GREAT PITCH TO GET THE CORNER.

YOU MAY GET THE CORNER AND HE MIGHT NOT BUT AT THE END OF DAY MIGHT GET THE CHASE.

AND JOHNSON DISCIPLINED ONCE AGAIN.

REACHING FOR THE SECOND TIME TONIGHT.

LEADOFF BATTER IS ON BOARD FOR THE FIRST TIME FOR NORTH SCOTT AND MATTIE McDERMITT STEPS INTO THE BATTER'S BOX.

THEY DREW A WALK IN THAT FIRST AT-BAT THE BIGGEST REGRET IS THE NORTH SCOTT LINEUP.

WE TALKED ABOUT THIS PITCHING ABILITY THEY HAD 14 HOME RUNS THAT BROKE THE SCHOOL SINGLE- SEASON RECORD THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY HELD BY NORTH SCOTT ASSISTANT COACH HALEY ELLARD.

SHE ADDED A HOME RUN IN THE SEMI FINALS TO PUT HER TOTAL AT 15.

THEY TAKE THIS ONE BACK 1-2.

DO THE COACHES WANT YOU AS A PITCHER OR HITTER?

IS IT PRIMARILY A PICTURE COACH SAYS I CAN HIT IF I EARN IT.

DO YOU THINK HE TELLS ALL OF THE PICTURES THAT?

IT IS A DIFFERENT GAME AT THE COLLEGE LEVEL.

I MEAN THE TOUGHNESS THE GRIT AND THE CONFIDENCE THAT IT TAKES BEING AT THIS DIVISION I LEVEL IT'S TOUGH.

>> McDERMITT IS HANGING TOUGH.

THAT GOT HER TO GO CHASE IT.

STRIKE OUT FOR OUT NUMBER ONE.

FOR WINTERSET THAT RISE HITS THE PERFECT SPOT HITTING McDERMITT AND TRYING TO GET THEM TO CHASE THAT PITCH.

KYLIE WAINWRIGHT IS THE BATTER.

THEY HAMMER THIS ONE INTO LEFT FIELD.

AND THEY GET A BASE HIT FOR NORTH SCOTT.

THEIR FIRST OF THE GAME.

TWO RUNNERS ON BOARD HERE FOR THE FOURTH.

THE PLATE.

THIS IS THE SENIOR CENTER FIELDER.

PUTTING A RUNNER ON THAT 2019 STATE RUNNER-UP TEAM.

SOMETIMES YOU JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO SAY.

>> WE APPRECIATE ALL OF THE COACHES AND UMPIRES THAT ARE WEARING MICROPHONES FOR US.

YOUR PLAYERS KNOW THAT YOU ARE WEARING A MICROPHONE.

THEY HAVE THAT FUZZY THING.

THEY JUST DON'T KNOW WHEN IT IS ON.

IS TRUE.

TWO BALLS AND NO STRIKES FOR CARLY BRADER.

NORTH SCOTT WITH A RUNNER IN SCORING POSITION.

TWO ONBOARD WITH THREE BALLS AND NO STRIKES.

THE BIGGEST THING IS THE FOURTH INNING OF A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AND THEY ARE JUST HAVING FUN.

THEY ARE OUT HERE TO HAVE FUN AND IT'S REALLY JUST AWESOME.

>> A FOUR PITCH WALK LOADS THE BASES.

COACH CORCORAN WILL COME OUT AND WONDER IF WE WILL SEE ANOTHER PITCHING CHANGE HERE.

LOOKS LIKE HE CHANGED HIS MIND.

ALMOST LIKE A MINI REMINDER TO THE KIDS TO GET LOCKED IN.

THERE IS ABBY ROSS THE BATTER FOR NORTH SCOTT.

STRUCK OUT WITH HER FIRST AT- BAT.

BASES LOADED AND ONE OUT.

LOSING THE ZONE A LITTLE MISSING THIS UP AND OUT.

THEY WILL COME BACK AND MAKE THE CHANGE.

AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO SWITCH BACK TO THE STARTING LINEUP BACK INTO THE CIRCLE AND THEN BACK OVER TO FIRST.

ONCE AGAIN YOU CAN HEAR THEM MAKING THE CHANGE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE AT-BAT.

MOLLY RIGDON BACK IN THE CIRCLE AND YOU CAN SEE STEVE CORCORAN LOOKING FOR AN ANSWER HERE IN THE CIRCLE THEY ARE USED TO THIS.

THEY'VE DONE IT ALL SEASON LONG AND IT IS QUITE THE ONE-TWO PUNCH DURING THE GAME AS WELL.

AND IT IS INTERESTING BECAUSE THEY MAKE THAT PITCHING CHANGE AND IT'S A SIMPLE FINGER POINT OF A LET'S SWITCH AND THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE DOING.

THEY HONESTLY DON'T THINK ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

THEY KNOW THAT THE OTHER ONE IS GOING TO PICK UP ONE ANOTHER AND JUST CONTINUE TO MOVE ON WITH THE GAME.

SPENT THE SOPHOMORE OVER THE FIRST AND THE JUNIOR IS NOW BACK IN THE CIRCLE.

SHE FACED THE FIRST FOUR BATTERS OF THE GAME AND NOW STEPS IN TO FINISH THAT AT-BAT AGAINST ABBY ROSS WAS A TWO BALL NO STRIKE COUNT.

FIRST PITCH IS IN FOR A STRIKE.

AND THEY JUST MANAGED TO SPIN THIS ONE.

THE AMOUNT OF SPIN COMING INTO THESE HITTERS IS INSANE.

THREE BALLS AND A STRIKE WITH THE BASES LOADED AND NOWHERE TO PUT ABBY RAO'S.

SWING AND A MISS.

THE COUNT RUNS FULL.

SHE WAS THROWING THAT RISE OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

TWICE NOW YOU SEEN THE DROP OFF.

INSIDE CORNER.

AND THEY CANNOT CATCH IT.

STRIKE OUT WITH TWO AWAY.

>> SHE DOES WORK THAT PITCH TO THE INSIDE.

AND THAT IS SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T REALLY SEEN FROM THE WINTERSET PITCHING STAFF.

SO NOW SHELBY WILL SPEAR THE BATTER.

SPEARS IS THE SENIOR THAT TAKES THE FOUL STRAIGHT BACK.

GROUND OUT IN HER FIRST AT-BAT.

RIGHT BACK INTO THE CIRCLE AND YOU WOULD HAVE TO FLIP THIS ONE OVER FOR THE THIRD OUT OF THE SECOND INNING LOOKING FOR THE THIRD OUT HERE IN THE FOURTH FOR WINTERSET.

THERE SHE GOES BACK WITH THE RISER ON THE OUTSIDE CORNER.

THEY TRIED TO EXPLAIN THAT IT WAS KIND OF ARISE OR KIND OF A CURVEBALL AND WE SPIN IT AS FAST AS WE CAN.

THEY MISS LOW AND SPEARS HAS THE GOOD EYE.

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN THE GAME THAT NORTH SCOTT HAS THE BASES LOADED WITH TWO OUT.

THEY ARE WORKING TO TRY TO GET OUT OF THE JAM BUT THIS ONE IS FOULED STRAIGHT BACK.

TWO BALLS AND TWO STRIKES.

NORTH SCOTT LOOKING TO DRAW FIRST BLOOD HERE IN THIS CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

2 - 2 AND THIS IS INSIDE THE COUNT RUNS FULL.

YOU CAN TELL SPEARS WAS EXPECTING THE OUTSIDE PITCH AND WAS THROWN OFF BY THAT INSIDE PITCH.

THERE IS THIS ONE HIT TO LEFT FIELD FROM SPEARS DOWN IN FRONT OF DARLING WHO MAKES THE THROW HOME AND NORTH SCOTT ONLY GETS ONE BUT IT IS THE LANCERS THAT STRIKE FIRST.

SPEARS DRIVES AND JOHNSON.

SHELBY SPEARS AS AN ABSOLUTE CLUTCH HIT WITH TWO OUTS AND THE BASES LOADED.

SHE PUTS HER HANDS OUT IN FRONT AND DROPS IT RIGHT IN FRONT OF AVERY DARDEN.

AND THAT BRINGS UP TEAGAN KELLY WHO IS THE SENIOR CATCHER HER FIRST AT-BAT CAUGHT BY OLSON WHO WAS AT SECOND WITH THE FIRST PITCH FOULED STRAIGHT BACK INTO THE NET.

STOIC RESPONSE.

THAT WAS RIGHT AT THE FOUR HEAD AND YOU DID NOT EVEN FLINCH.

>> IF I WOULD'VE HAD A GLOVE I WOULD HAVE CAUGHT IT.

>> I AM ALMOST TEMPTED TO STICK OUT AND REACH THE NET.

THERE IS THE ZERO -1.

FLARE IN FOUL TERRITORY WITH GREAT HUSTLE BY BRALEY ACTIN WHO IS THE THIRD BASEMAN GOING AFTER IT JUST OUT OF HER REACH.

KELLY BACK TO THE BOX WITH NO BALLS AND NO STRIKES TEAGAN KELLY LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A SHOT AT PUTTING ANOTHER RUNNER TO CROSS HERE FOR NORTH SCOTT.

THERE IS THE 0-2.

HAMMERED LEFT WAY FOUL.

KELLY IS OUT IN FRONT OF THIS AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT OFF-SPEED PITCH BY MOLLY.

THEY CAN LIMIT THIS TO ONE RUN AND THAT ONE WOULD BE HUGE.

AT LEAST FOR THE STORY OF THIS GAME.

WAY UP IN THE COUNT.

NO BALLS AND TWO STRIKES.

HE SPENDS IT BY KELLY THREE STRIKEOUTS IN THE INNING.

BUT NORTH SCOTT MANAGES TO PUT ONE ON THE BOARD TO TAKE THE EARLY LEAD.

1-0 LEAVING WINTERSET.

JOINING US NOW IS NORTH SCOTT.

THERE ABLE TO GET THAT FIRST RUN IN SO WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT HERE?

IT IS HUGE WE WERE TALKING HOPE TO HAVE SOLID LEVELS BUT IT'S NOT OVER YET.

>> WHAT ARE WE SEEING FROM MATTIE McDERMOTT?

WE NEED TO STAY CONSISTENT.

WE WENT TO A 10 INNING BALLGAME AND WILL WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE READY TO GO.

THEY'VE REMAINED AGGRESSIVE AND YOU SAID STAY IN THE MOMENT DON'T LET IT GET TOO BIG.

HAS THAT BEEN YOUR MOTTO THIS SEASON?

WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE CAN GET IT DONE.

DON'T MAKE IT BIGGER THAN IT IS AND YOU ALWAYS GET ANOTHER ONE BUT MAKE THE PLAY FOR YOUR TEAM.

GOOD LUCK THE REST OF THE WAY TEAM.

HEAD COACH WITH 144 VICTORIES AND SMILES ACROSS THE DIAMOND ARE ALWAYS FUN.

A FORMER TEAMMATE TALKING ABOUT HOLLY BACK WHEN YOU PLAYED WITH HER?

>> WE DID LIVE ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE STATE SHE PLAY FOR COURSE PLAYED AGAINST EACH OTHER AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT.

IT WAS A COUPLE OF YEARS IN A ROW AT THAT 2012 STATE TOURNAMENT.

OUR TEAM STAYED AT THE IOWA CENTRAL DORMS RIGHT BY EACH OTHER.

WE SPENT THE ENTIRE WEEK TOGETHER.

BUT CLUB BALL BACK THROUGH 2012 WE PLAYED FOR I CLUB AND GIRLS FROM OTHER TEAMS AND IT'S REALLY A GREAT PART OF THE SPORT.

>> RELATIONSHIPS THAT YOU CONTINUE TO BE FRIENDS TODAY WITH THESE PLAYERS IT'S AMAZING WE TALK ABOUT THESE KIDS GOING ON TO PLAY COLLEGE WITH VOLLEYBALL AND SOFTBALL AND WRESTLING.

AND THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD EVEN MORE HERE BUT THESE KIDS HAVE A LOT OF THOSE CONNECTIONS AS WELL.

WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE NORTH SCOTT LANCERS THERE WERE TO PRISON VALLEY PLAYERS MAKING IT HERE.

THEY CHEERED AS IF THEIR FAMILY MADE THEIR WAY INTO THE CHAMPIONSHIP.

REALLY ROOTING FOR EACH OTHER.

JESSE CLEMENS PLAYING SOME TRAVEL BALL TOGETHER AND THIS IS QUITE THE ROCKET.

WHAT A SET ANSWER WITH MILA APPLEGATE GETTING THAT HOME RUN.

MILA APPLEGATE IS THE SOPHOMORE THAT STEPPED IN THIS SEASON AND HAS DONE HUGE THINGS FOR THE HUSKIES.

YOU WILL SEE THIS HERE AS WELL SHE ABSOLUTELY SQUARES THE BALL UP.

LEFT CENTERFIELD AND A GREAT YOU GIVE UP A RUN AND YOU GET IT RIGHT BACK.

SIXTH HOME RUN OF THE SEASON FOR NILA APPLEGATE.

WHAT A SOPHOMORE.

MOLLY BREEDING COMING TO THE PLATE.

GROUNDOUT TO SECOND IN HER FIRST AT-BAT.

YOU CAN SEE MATTIE McDERMOTT IS LOOKING TO GET BACK IN THERE.

SUPER IMPORTANT AFTER HOME RUN TO DIAL THIS BACK IN AND CONTINUE TO PLAY YOUR OWN GAME.

DON'T LET THE MOMENT GET TOO BIG.

THEY FIND THE STRIKE RIGHT AT THE KNEES.

2-1'S ACCOUNT.

THERE IS THE STARTING PITCHER MOVING OVER TO FIRST GETTING A STRIKE OUT AND THEN ALLOWING A HIT THAT DROVE A RUN IN FOR NORTH SCOTT AND GOT ANOTHER STRIKEOUT TO GET OUT OF THE BASES-LOADED JAM.

STRIKE TWO DELIVERED FROM MATTIE McDERMOTT.

McDERMOTT IN THE SEMI FINALS ALLOWED FOUR RUNS WITH ONLY THREE OF THEM EARNED ON EIGHT HITS.

THAT IS JUST THE THIRD HIT OF THE GAME FOR WINTERSET.

BUT THEY ARE ON SIX HIT OF THE GAME GINA BERGER DELIVERS THIS 15 IS THE COURTESY.

COURTESY RUNNER IS ALLISON SODERBERG WHO IS THE SENIOR IN TO RUN.

THE BUNT ATTEMPT TO GOES FOULED BY BAILEY ATKIN.

STILL NO OUTS HERE FOR WINTERSET WITH A HUGE OPPORTUNITY IF THEY CAN PUSH ONE MORE CROSS.

NO ONE OUT AND A BASERUNNER BOARD.

ONE RUN IN ON THE APPLEGATE HOME RUN.

THIS WILL GO IN FRONT OF THE PLATE.

GREAT SPOT WITH AN OUT AT FIRST.

GREAT HOP DEFENSIVELY.

SHE ALMOST BEATS THIS ONE OUT AND THAT BUT WAS PLAYED ABSOLUTELY PERFECTLY.

AND DEFENSIVELY.

RILEY ROBINSON COMING OVER FROM SECOND BASE PLAYED THAT ONE WELL.

KELLY IS THE SENIOR PLAYER THAT MADE THAT DEFENSIVELY HERE AND WAS A GOOD LOOK AT THE SENIOR.

THE PINCH HITTER IS HERE FOR CARLY AKERS.

THIS IS SUMMER LITTLE GETTING THE OPPORTUNITY HERE IN THE FOURTH.

FIRST PITCH GROUNDS THIS ONE UP TO THE MIDDLE.

CUT OFF AND STAYS IN THE INFIELD.

THEY ARE ABLE TO GET TO IT BUT IT IS A BASE HIT.

SUMMER LITTLE COMING IN AND DOING QUITE THE JOB ADVANCING THE RUNNER BUT A PERFECT TOP THERE ABLE TO BEAT OUT AT FIRST BASE AS WELL.

ONE OUT HERE IN THE FOURTH.

TWO RUNNERS ON BOARD AS THEY ARE IN THE CORNERS.

CORCORAN HAVING A DISCUSSION WITH MIKE PENNA DALE.

PLENTY OF GUYS HERE BUT WE WILL WHAT HAPPENS.

ASHLEY DEVINE HAS THE RUNNERS ON THE CORNERS.

THIS ONE GOES STRAIGHT BACK.

NOT IN THE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE UMPIRE THEY'VE BEEN DOING THIS SO LONG THERE IS JUST A SENSE OF CALM LISTENING TO THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE TEAM.

HE SAID YESTERDAY THE SEMI FINALS OF THE MOST EXCITING PART OF THIS GAME.

INTO LEFT FIELD PAST THE DIVING SPIRITS.

DIVINE COMES THROUGH AND SO NOW THERE'S A RUNNER COMING IN NATALIE SMITH'S INTO RUN FOR SUMMER LITTLE.

BRUCE HIT UP THE MIDDLE WITH THE FLIP TO SECOND.

IT IS IN TIME AND SAFE AT FIRST IS THE CALL.

IT AT THE PUT OUT GETTING THEM OUT AND ADVANCING A THIRD IS SMITH.

AND NOW THEY HAVE TWO AWAY.

FOR THE HUSKIES A VERY SMART PLAY BUT THAT IS SOME CLEAN DEFENSE.

POP FLY UNDERNEATH IT AND THEY MAKE THE CATCH.

THEY ARE ABLE TO FIND A WAY TO TAKE THE LEAD.

WE DO MANAGE TO GET TO THE TOP OF THE FOR VENTING NOW.

JOINING US NOW IS WINTERSET HEAD COACH STEVE CORCORAN.

COACH A BIT OF PRODUCTION THERE TO BRING US INTO THIS INTERVIEW CHANGE WAS THERE A DIFFERENT MESSAGE?

>> THIS IS CLASSIC SOFTBALL.

A LITTLE BIT OF HITTING AND SOME GOOD DEFENSE AND PITCHING.

WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF JAMS AND THE DEFENSE HAS GOTTEN US OUT OF IT.

AND SO HAS THE PITCHING.

WE GOT FIRED UP ON THE HOME RUN AND THEN GOT A COUPLE MORE HITS.

WE ARE ON A ROLL HOPEFULLY.

>> THEY ARE BOTH DOING WELL SO FAR IN THIS CIRCLE.

WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN FROM EACH OF THEM AND WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE FOR THE REST OF THIS GAME?

>> WHAT HAS US IN TROUBLE IS THROWING STRIKES AND PUTTING BATTERS ON.

NOTHING GOOD COMES FROM A WALK.

SO WE NEED TO STAY AWAY FROM THAT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND GOOD LUCK ON THE REST OF THE WAY.

HEAD COACH STEVE CORCORAN LOOKING AT 700 WINS AND IS 700 VICTORY YESTERDAY.

THEY ARE IN THE SEMI FINALS ALL OF THEM.

HOW ABOUT THIS?

THE SEVEN SEED AND THE EIGHT SEED.

THEY FINISH FORTH AT NINE AND SEVEN.

NORTH POLK WAS THE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS AT 15-1.

THIS WAS THE NUMBER ONE SEED IN NORTH SCOTT TOOK DOWN NORTH POLK AND NORTH SCOTT NOW HAS THE LEADOFF BASE HIT.

SYDNEY'S CARRIAGE IS A BOARD AND SLAPS ONE INTO LEFT FIELD.

McKINLEY TUI ON THE DEPLOY.

THE THIRD TIME TO THE BATTING ORDER THEY'VE SEEN THIS PITCHING AND NOW THEY ARE STARTING TO SEE SOME RESULTS.

BUNT ATTEMPT FOULED STRAIGHT BACK.

A JUNIOR WITH TWO RBIs IN THE SEMI FINALS.

YOU TALK ABOUT WINTERSET FINISHING FOURTH PLACE IN THEIR CONFERENCE AND NORTH SCOTT HAD FIFTH PLACE IN THE MISSISSIPPI ATHLETIC CONFERENCE WHERE THEY WERE 12-6 IN CONFERENCE ACTION.

IN THE BUNT ATTEMPT GOES FOUL.

CLASS FOR A AS I MENTIONED IS COMPETITIVE.

REALLY MAKING IT TO THIS CHAMPIONSHIP WHAT AN ACCOMPLISHMENT AS THEY'VE MADE IT TO THIS TOURNAMENT.

THEY FELL BEFORE IT GETS THROUGH.

THEY JUST NEED TO GET SOMETHING IN PLACE AND GET THAT RUNNER MOVED OVER.

THEY WERE UNABLE TO GET THE BUNT DOWN SO NOT HAVE A JOB TO DO MOVING THIS AROUND BUT UNABLE TO DO SO.

THEY MANAGED TO GET THE STRIKE OUT.

ONE AWAY.

THAT BRINGS UP ALAN JOHNSON.

ONCE AGAIN GOING IN WITH THE RISE BALL ATTACKING THE ZONE.

AND THAT IS THREE STRIKEOUTS OUT OF THE LAST FIVE BATTERS.

THE FOUL GOES BACK TO THE NET.

THIS ONE GOES TO BRYN ACTON.

AND THAT ONE GETS AWAY FROM THE CATCHER WITH A COLLISION TOWARD APPLEGATE.

THEY DO STAY AT SECOND BASE AND THERE IS ANOTHER LOOK AT IT.

THERE WAS INTERFERENCE CALLED BY APPLEGATE.

BUT BECAUSE THE RUNNER DID NOT TRY TO ADVANCE TO THIRD SHE IS AWARDED THE BASE SHE IS AT AND NOT THE NEXT SPACE.

APPLEGATE THROWS BACK ACROSS THE DIAMOND AND GETS AWAY TO THE FENCE.

IT GOES INTO THE PHOTOGRAPHERS BOX AND HE WILL BE AWARDED HOME.

HERE IS THE PUT OUT.

THAT IS OUT NUMBER TWO AND YOU CAN SEE THAT SQUARE THAT PHOTOGRAPHERS ARE STANDING IN.

ANY BALL THAT GOES IN THERE IS CONSIDERED A DEAD BALL AND OUT OF PLAY.

THE DEAD BALL WOULD NOT HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE.

WE ARE BACK TO A TIE BALLGAME NOW.

NORTH SCOTT ABLE TO TIE THIS UP AND MADDIE McDERMOTT IS AT THE PLATE.

THERE IS THE 01.

AND THAT ONE BOUNCES IT IN.

MOLLY BREEDING 3 2/3 INNINGS PITCHED IN THE SEMI FINALS.

MADDIE McDERMOTT WILL BE GIVEN AN INTENTIONAL WALK HERE.

SO NATALIE NEIGHBOR IS BACK INTO RUN FOR McDERMOTT.

TWO OUTS OF THE RUNNER AT KYLIE WAINWRIGHT IS ONE FOR TWO AND COMES TO THE PLATE.

A SINGLE IN THE FOURTH JUST ONE INNING AGO.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT BUT I DO LIKE THAT CALL OF PUTTING McDERMOTT ON FIRST BASE.

DON'T LET ONE PLAYER WIN THIS GAME ONE RUN CAN BE HUGE.

15 FOR McDERMOTT ON THE SEASON.

THEY DO NOT WANT TO TAKE CHANCES PITCHING HERE.

NO BALLS AND TWO STRIKES FOR WAINWRIGHT.

THAT WILL LEAVE THE SENIOR GOING TO WARTBURG COLLEGE TO WRESTLE THIS UPCOMING SEASON.

STRIKES RECALLED.

THEY MANAGED TO GET THE PUT OUT.

AND WINTERSET CLOSES OUT THE FIFTH AFTER NORTH SCOTT SCRATCH IS A RUN ACROSS WITH THE LEADOFF SINGLE.

WHOEVER WAS THE BACKUP WAS TOO CLOSE.

THE BACKUP DOES NOT TO BE THAT CLOSE YOU WANT TO KEEP THE RUN FROM SCORING.

STAY BACK AS FAR AS YOU CAN.

>> STILL COACHING FUNDAMENTALS HERE IN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

HOW ABOUT WE LISTEN INTO SOME TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME.

>> THAT IS THE GOLDEN VOICE OF TIM FITZPATRICK HERE ON THE MIC AT FORT DODGE.

>> WHEN IS THE LAST TIME YOU SAW SWEATSHIRTS AT THE SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT?

>> IT HAS BEEN A WHILE.

HOW MANY TIMES IS A BEEN 98 AND STEAMY AS CAN BE?

I CAN TELL YOU, AS A SOFTBALL DAD YOU GO TO THE BALL FIELD WITH SUNGLASSES SUNSCREEN AND AN UMBRELLA.

A RAINCOAT AND A SWEATSHIRT.

YOU REALLY HAVE TO HAVE EVERYTHING.

THE BLEACHER CHAIRS AND THE BACK CHAIRS ALL OF IT.

JENNY YOUNG IS ON BOARD.

HARD HIT BALL AND IT IS DEFLECTED.

YOUNG IS ON BASE FOR THE THIRD TIME.

COACH CORCORAN WILL GO TO THE BENCH AND TRY TO GET SOME SPEED ON THIS.

JENNY YOUNG THE IOWA GATORADE SOFTBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR.

SHE SUFFERED A KNEE INJURY ON JANUARY 6th.

SHE HAS NOT PLAYED SOFTBALL UNTIL THIS WEEK.

MONDAY IN THE QUARTERFINALS WAS THE FIRST GAME OF THE SEASON THAT SHE GOT TO COME BACK IN.

MY ADKINS IS THE FLEX PLAYER WHO COMES IN FOR JENNY YOUNG.

SUCH A COOL STORY TO COME BACK AS A SENIOR IN THE SEASON.

A DIFFERENCE.

THE SENIORS HEADED TO PLAY SOFTBALL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA.

SHE HAS BEEN SO IMPACTFUL FOR THE WINTERSET TEAM AND AS A FRESHMAN BACK IN 2020 WHEN WINTERSET MANAGED TO WIN EVERYTHING.

AND THE HUSKIES HAD IT ALL IN 2022.

AND JENNA WAS A JUNIOR IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME HERE FOR HER SENIOR SEASON.

THE SOPHOMORE HAD A HOME RUN IN THE QUARTERFINAL RUN GAME AND THAT ONE IS FOULED OFF THE MASK OF KELLY AND THAT ONE IS POPPED UP TO THE LEFT SIDE.

JOHNSON IS UNDERNEATH LEAPING RIGHT ALONG THE FENCE ALAN JOHNSON IS THERE DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB FINDING THE FENCE FIRST AND THEN MAKING THAT PLAY.

YOU CAN SEE THAT ONE IS HIT ABOUT A MILE HIGH AND THEY MANAGED TO STILL MAKE THE GRAB.

THAT BRINGS UP NILA APPLEGATE.

HOME RUN OVER THE LEFT CENTER FIELD FENCE WITH THE LAST AT- BAT.

FLY OUT TO CENTER FOR APPLEGATE.

BELOW THE KNEES AND A GOOD EYE BY APPLEGATE.

TWO BALLS AND NO STRIKES.

THEY NEED TO BE VERY CAREFUL WHERE THEY ARE THROWING APPLEGATE.

RIGHT NOW THEY ARE STANDING LOW AND OUTSIDE.

THAT TO SEE IF YOU CAN GET HER TO CHASE SOMETHING.

THAT ONE JUST MISSES.

THEY ARE WATCHING ON THE FOUR PITCH WALK.

THAT WAS TO APPLEGATE THAT WILL PUT HER INTO SCORING POSITION WITH ONE OUT.

MOLLY BRADY IS DUE UP.

LET'S LISTEN IN WITH WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY.

>> CUT DOWN YOUR SECONDARY AND THINK LINE DRIVE.

THAT ONE IS IN THE AIR SO ASSUME IT'S GOING TO GET CAUGHT.

WE HAVE TWO SHOTS.

TWO SHOTS TO SCORE A RUN.

THE KEY IS TO ADVANCE YOUR RUNNER.

HE'S EVEN SAYING LET'S NOT TAKE QUITE AS BIG OF A LEAD OFF.

LET'S NOT DO ANYTHING SILLY.

SO THEY MANAGED TO COME TO THE PLATE.

GROUND OUT TO SECOND WITH A SINGLE TO RIGHT FIELD IN THE LAST AT-BAT.

THIS ONE FELLS BACK INTO THE NET.

IF YOU ARE MADDIE McDERMOTT IN THE CIRCLE WITH ONE OUT LOOKING FOR A GROUND BALL IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE DOING HERE?

NO BALLS AND NO STRIKES.

UP SORRY NO BALLS AND TWO STRIKES.

AND BARELY STAYS ALIVE ON THAT ONE.

TIED AT TWO EACH.

RUNNERS ON BOARD HERE THE BOTTOM OF THE FIFTH.

THERE IS ANOTHER ZERO -2 TRYING TO GET HER TO CHASE.

SLAPPED INTO RIGHT FIELD.

DOWN FOR A BASE HIT.

RIGHT BY ROWS.

ONE RUN IS IN.

SECOND RUNNER COMING AROUND.

AND MANAGES TO BE SAFE AT HOME IS APPLEGATE.

SHE SCORES HER FIRST.

TWO RBI SINGLE GOING TO THE OPPOSITE FIELD TO RIGHT CENTER.

THERE IS THE SPEED BY WINTERSET GOING ALL THE WAY AROUND TO FIRST BASE.

APPLEGATE SLIDING ON THE BACKSIDE IT SNAKES YOUR HAND AND BEFORE THE TAG FOR TEAGAN KELLY.

AND THAT IS A GREAT LEAD FOR WINTERSET.

ALLISON SODERBERG IS THE RUNNER AT FIRST.

BILLY ACTON FOLLOWS THAT FIRST PITCH.

ON THAT THIRD BASE SOUND.

POP OUT WITH A SACRIFICE BUNT.

THE LANES ARE FOUL.

USING ALL FIELDS DOWN THE LEFT FIELD LINE.

THEY ARE STARTING TO FIGURE OUT McDERMOTT WITH TENANT IN THE HOT HIT LEVEL NOW.

THERE IS ANOTHER SHOT AND THE STRIKEOUT.

A THIRD STRIKEOUT FOR THE GAME FOR MADDIE McDERMOTT.

IT IS A BIG ONE AND THERE ARE TWO OUTS NOW.

AND CARLY AKERS IS THE JUNIOR THAT DIGS IN WITH A RUNNER ON AND TWO AWAY.

GROUND OUT TO SPEARS COMING IN FOR THE FOURTH INNING.

SWING AND A MISS ONE BALL AND ONE STRIKE FOR THE COUNT.

McDERMOTT RIGHT NOW IS DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB MIXING IN SOME SPENDS AND GETTING THEM TO CHASE PITCHES SO THEY CAN'T SQUARE UP.

THAT IS CHOPPED FOUL AND INTO THE STANDS.

ONE BALL AND TWO STRIKES.

THAT'S THE COUNT ON ACRES.

GROUND BALL OF THE MIDDLE.

LOOKING TO MAKE THE THROW TO FIRST GETTING THE SQUEEZE AND THE SIX -3 PUT OUT WINTERSET SCORES TO AND TAKES THE LEAD.

PLAYERS COMING IN ON THEIR OWN HUDDLING YOU CAN HEAR THE COACH TALKING WITH HER STAFF AND WE HAVE SOME HIGHLIGHTS.

4 -2 AS WE DO WORK TO GET INTO THE SIXTH.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT HOW WE GOT HERE.

ABLE TO GET ON THE FIRST THERE IS MEAL APPLEGATE.

HE WAS ABLE THERE WAS THAT TWO RBI SINGLE.

ATKINS AND APPLEGATE ALL THE WAY FROM FIRST.

ANOTHER GREAT BACK TO BACK BALLGAME.

AND THIS ONE IS NOT OVER YET.

THEY'RE STILL TWO FULL INNINGS OF PLAY LEFT.

THEY CAME BACK FROM A MAJOR DEFICIT YESTERDAY SO I WOULD NOT PUT IT OUT.

>> SIMILAR TYPE FEEL HERE WITH NORTH TO SCOTT.

THEY WILL TAKE THE SHOTS HERE IN THE SIXTH.

MOLLY BRADY IN THE CIRCLE FACING CARLY BRADER.

BRADER IS THE SENIOR PLAY SOFTBALL AND VOLLEYBALL AT WATERFORD.

TWO RUN DOUBLE IN THE QUARTERFINAL ROUND GAME AGAINST NORTH POLK.

THEY SAID IT WAS SUCH A CLUTCH HIT.

PART OF THE 2019 STATE RUNNER- UP TEAM AS A PITCH RUNNER BACK AS AN EIGHTH-GRADER.

THIS WAS ON THE FIRST THREE PITCHES.

COACH CORCORAN SO FAR IS THAT A VERY SHORT LEASH ON HIS PICTURES.

>> THAT IS A GREAT PITCH TO COME BACK.

YOU ARE DOWN AND YOU WANT TO GET THIS ONE RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE.

THESE PLAYERS ARE SO LOCKED IN.

THEY START THE SIXTH INNING AND THEY ARE ON THE BOARD.

FOR THE THIRD TIME IN THIS GAME THE LEADOFF BATTER IS A BOARD FOR NORTH SCOTT AND THAT WILL DO ANOTHER PITCHING CHANGE.

INTO THE FIRST INNING AND THEN THE FIRST HALF OF THE FOURTH INNING.

IT COMES BACK HERE IN THE SIXTH.

THE DEFENSE HAS DONE A LOT TO LOCK THE SENATE MAKE SURE THAT THE BATTER IS GETTING OUT.

THE FIRST PITCH GROUNDS IT RIGHT BACK.

THE FLIP GOES OVER TO THE FIRST.

AND THERE IS ONE AWAY AS HE ADVANCES TO SECOND.

SHELBY SPEARS COMES TO THE PLATE.

ONE FOR TWO WITH AN RBI SINGLE IN THE FOURTH.

THIS ONE TAKES IT THROUGH AND MRS. LOW.

RUNNER ON SECOND BASE IS HUGE TO GET THIS ONE IN TO JUST BE ONE AWAY IN THE SEVENTH.

10th DOUBLE OF THE SEASON IN THE QUARTERFINAL GAME.

TOP-SEEDED NORTH POLK ON THE WAY BRADER HAD A SNEAKY STEEL.

CATCHING THE ENTIRE DEFENSE OFF GUARD.

THAT WAS JUST A STRAIGHT STEEL OF THIRD OUTSTANDING BASERUNNING.

ONE OUT AND THAT RUNNER IS AT THIRD BASE.

HOW ABOUT 22 STOLEN BASES COMING INTO THE STATE TOURNAMENT GAME.

REMEMBER SHE WAS ONLY A PITCH RUNNER IN 2019.

SHE HAS RUN PLENTY OF BASES OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

THERE IS THE 2-2.

THAT ONE GOES LOW AND AWAY.

FULL COUNT.

OPPORTUNITY FOR ANOTHER RBI HERE FOR SPEARS.

SHE HAD ONE IN THE FOURTH.

IN THIS ONE TOPS FOUL.

RIGHT NOW AS A HITTER YOU THINK SOMETHING TO THE OUTFIELD IT DOESN'T MATTER TO GET THIS ONE IN THE GRASS.

THERE IS 3-2 BUT THEY MANAGED TO GET A PIECE OF IT.

THAT IS THE EIGHTH PITCH OF THE AT-BAT COMING UP.

AND THAT IS SHELBY SPEARS COMING FROM BRYN ATKIN THE SOPHOMORE IN THE CIRCLE.

STRIKE THREE.

TWO AWAY.

IT JUST PAINTS THE OUTSIDE CORNER OF THE PLATE LOW AND OUTSIDE.

TWO OUTS NOW FOR NORTH SCOTT.

>> TEAGAN KELLY COMES TO THE PLATE.

SHE HAS NOT HAD A GOOD OUTING AT SO FAR TONIGHT.

GROUND OUT TO THE LEFT SIDE.

STOLEN BASE TO THIRD AND THE RUNNER IS STRANDED AT 60 FEET AWAY.

WINTERSET THREE BACK-TO-BACK STATE TITLES IF THEY CAN CLOSE IT OUT IN THE SEVENTH.

BUT THEY WILL COME TO THE PLATE FOR THE BOTTOM OF THE SIXTH SCORING TWO IN THE FOURTH AND TWO IN THE FIFTH.

WE WILL BE BACK FOR THE BOTTOM OF THE SIXTH WHEN WE RETURN.

>> HERE IS A NICE BREAKDOWN OF HOW THE SCORING HAS COME.

BOTH IN THE FOURTH AND THE FIFTH INNINGS.

BUNT ATTEMPT FROM ASHLEY DIVINE HANDLED BY ATUL AND JOHNSON.

THE FRESHMAN LETS IT ROLL FOUL BEFORE GRABBING IT.

STRIKE ONE ON THE VINE.

STRIKEOUT AND A SINGLE IN THE FIRST TWO AT-BATS.

STRIKE TWO FROM MADDIE McDERMOTT.

WE GET INTO THE DANGEROUS PART OF THIS LINEUP AND IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO PUT UP A ZERO.

POP FLY WITH A SHALLOW LEFT CENTER AND A TOUGH CATCH BY THE CENTER FIELDER FOR OUT NUMBER ONE.

IT WENT SO HIGH IT WENT UP ABOVE THE LIGHTS AND ALMOST INTO THE SHADOWS ABOVE THE LIGHTS.

TOP OF THE ORDER NOW WITH AVERY DARLING.

DARLING WITH A BASE HIT OF THE MIDDLE.

SECOND BASE HIT OF THE GAME.

A ONE-OUT SINGLE FOR DARLING.

McKENNA OLSON TO THE PLATE.

TWO FOR THREE COACH CORCORAN CALLING FOR ANOTHER OFFENSE OF TIMEOUT.

>> COACH STEVE COURTROOM JUST PLAYING A LITTLE BIT OF STRATEGY.

RIGHT NOW HIS FOCUS IS ON ADVANCING AVERY DARLING TO SECOND BASE.

THE RUNNER IS WANTED TO BE IN SCORING POSITION WITH ANOTHER INSURANCE RUN.

THERE IS THAT FIRST SWING TO PUT TO A BOARD.

HE TOLD McKENNA OLSON THAT I'LL GIVE YOU ONE PITCH TO SWING.

AFTER THAT IT'S GONNA BE A SACRIFICE BUNT.

SO SHE DECIDED NOT TO WASTE IT.

DARLING IS AT SECOND.

OLSON IS AT FIRST AND JENNY YOUNG IS THE BATTER THAT SEEMS LIKE YOU HAVE TO PITCH HERE WITH JUST ONE OUT.

>> BRENNA ACTON IS ON DECK AND MILA APPLEBY IS DOWN WHO HAS HIT AN ABSOLUTE BOMB IN THIS GAME.

AS MUCH AS YOU HATE TO I WOULD AGREE YOU HAVE TO PITCH TO JENNY YOUNG.

>> JENNY YOUNG IS THE 2023 PLAYER OF THE YEAR.

AS A JUNIOR LED THE STATE WITH A 628 BATTING AVERAGE.

22 HOME RUNS WITH 55 ON THE YEAR.

THEY PLAY THAT FIRST GAME HERE ON MONDAY WITH THE ALL CLEAR TO PLAY SEVEN DAYS AGO.

ON FRIDAY SHE WAS TOLD THAT SHE WAS CLEAR TO PLAY SOFTBALL ONCE AGAIN.

AND HOW ABOUT THAT?

TWO FOR TWO WITH A RUN SCORED.

UPSTAIRS FOR McDERMOTT THE COUNT RUNS FULL.

DON'T GIVE HER ANYTHING TO GOOD.

KEEP IT ON THE CORNER.

AND THIS IS THE CORNER AND PUTS THEM ON.

AND THAT WILL LOAD THE BASES NOW FOR WINTERSET AND BRING UP BRENDA ACTON.

>> I REALLY LIKE HOW McDERMOTT HANDLED THAT AT-BAT.

I KNOW FULL COUNT WILL LOAD THE BASES BUT YOU CAN'T GIVE ANYTHING TO GOOD.

YOU CAN SEE COACHES OUT THERE TO TALK.

>> REALISTICALLY WE NEED TO GET AN OUT.

EVERY TIME YOU PLAY IN FRONT OF THE BASELINE YOU TAKE IT TO THE MIDDLE.

YOU HAVE TO SCORE RUNS TO BE ABLE TO WIN ANYWAY SO IT'S NOT MAKE IT WORSE THAN IT IS.

SOLID DEFENSE AND SEE WHERE WE GO FROM THERE.

A FLY BALL DOES A GOOD JOB FOR US RIGHT NOW.

KEEP GOING YOU CAN DO THIS.

>> SUCH A CALM DELIVERY.

YOU SEE THE PLAYERS IN THE HUDDLE.

SENIOR AT SECOND BASE OR FIRST BASE BEHIND THE PLATE AND IN THE CIRCLE FOR NORTH SCOTT.

THEY ARE NOT TO HAVE MIDDLE OR INFIELDERS PLAYING IN THEY ARE JUST PLAYING FOR OUTS RIGHT NOW.

LET'S FOCUS ON SHUTTING THIS DOWN AND GET THIS BACK IN THEIR HANDS.

ONE RUN WILL SCORE PLAY AT THE PLATE AND SHE IS OUT AT HOME.

ONE RUN IS IN FOR WINTERSET.

AND COACH CORCORAN IS TALKING TO THE HOME PLATE UMPIRE NOW ASKING ABOUT THE OBSTRUCTION ON THE CATCHER.

A GREAT PLAY BY BRADER IN CENTER FIELD TO GET THIS ONE IN.

SHE DID HAVE THE BALL SO THAT IS WHY THERE WAS NO OBSTRUCTION.

THERE IS A SUBSTITUTION IN THERE IS ALLISON SODERBERG HER.

AMELIA APPLEGATE TO THE PLATE.

FOURTH INNING LEAD OFF HOME RUN.

ANOTHER HITTER THAT YOU HAVE TO BE REALLY CAREFUL WITHOUT THIS WITH A HOME RUN IN THE FOURTH INNING AS AN ABSOLUTE BOMB TO LEFT-CENTER FIELD.

THAT ONE IS JUST OFF THE PLATE.

YOU HAD JENNY YOUNG AT SECOND BASE.

NOT THE QUICK JENNY YOUNG JUST YET.

STILL PART OF THE REHAB PROCESS BUT FULL SPEED AND HAMMERED FORWARD AS A DESIGNATED PLAYER YOU CAN ONLY BE RANKED FOR ONCE IN A GAME.

THEN SHE WOULD BE OUT OF THE GAME SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY THEY ARE KEEPING HER IN TO RUN HER OWN BASES AT THIS POINT.

POPPED UP TO THE INFIELD ROBERTSON IS THE SECOND BASEMAN UNDERNEATH MAKING THE CATCH FOR OUT NUMBER THREE.

THEY ADD THE INSURANCE RUN NOW.

5-2.

LET'S LISTEN IN.

NORTH SCOTT HAS THE TOP OF THE ORDER.

SYDNEY'S GARRICK WILL LEAD THINGS OFF AND BE FOLLOWED BY McKINLEY TOOL.

COACH HOLDINGS SAID THE KEY IS YOU HAVE TO DO WITH THIS ONE AT A TIME.

YOU CAN DO IT AS A TEAM BUT EACH PERSON JUST DOES A JOB AND THEY HAVE SCORED MORE RUNS IN ONE INNING THIS SEASON.

YOU ONLY NEED THREE RIGHT NOW.

FIVE -2 IS THE SCORE AND STEVE CORCORAN IS LOOKING FOR BACK-TO- BACK STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS.

IT WOULD BE THREE OF THE LAST FOUR YEARS.

IF THEY COULD SYDNEY'S GARRICK TO LEAVE THINGS OFF.

AND THEY COME BACK INTO THE CIRCLE.

SWING AND MISS ONE -1 THE COUNT.

SINGLE AND A RUN SCORED BACK IN THE FIFTH.

SHE'S BEEN DRIVING THE BALL TO LEFT-CENTER THE FIELD ALL GAME.

BEST BATTING AVERAGE ALL QUALIFYING PLAYERS FOR THE FOUR A.

SINGLE TO START THE SEVENTH.

>> I DON'T FOR SEE ANY RUNNERS BEING TOO AGGRESSIVE ON THE BASE.

YOU ARE PLAYING FOR AT LEAST THREE SO YOU HAVE TO BE SAFE ON THE BASE.

AND REALLY MAKE THE DEFENSE WORK.

THEY FOUL THAT ONE TO THE LEFT SIDE.

THEY GROUND OUT AND STRUCK OUT IN THE LAST TWO AT-BATS.

TOUGH PLAY FOR APPLEGATE.

THE THROW IS IN TIME AND THEY MANAGED TO GET BACK TO BACK SINGLES TO START THE SEVENTH.

PICTURE-PERFECT SLAB HIT RIGHT THERE BY McKINLEY.

SOFT TO THE LEFT SIDE AND THEY MAKE THE SHORTSTOP MAKE THE PLAY.

ALAN JOHNSON OUT TO THE PLATE.

A WALK IN THE FOURTH AND THEY SCORED A RUN.

GROUND OUT IN THE FIFTH.

JOHNSON WITH A HUGE SEMI FINAL GAME A TRIPLE AND A TWO RBI DOUBLE.

SWINGING THROUGH STRIKE ONE ON DECK THERE IS MANY McDERMOTT.

ATUL AND JOHNSON FINDS THIS ONE ON BASE THEY HAVE A TOUGH DECISION TO MAKE.

THIS ONE IS CHOPPED FOUL.

ONE BALL AND TWO STRIKES FOR YOUR COUNT ON JOHNSON.

THE SOPHOMORE PITCHED SECOND AND THIRD AND MOST OF THE FOURTH.

BACK IN THE SIXTH AND HERE IN THE SEVENTH THERE IS THE 1-2.

JOHNSON IS THE FRESHMAN THIRD BASEMAN.

HITTING IN THE THREE SPOT FOR NORTH SCOTT.

THERE IS THE 2-2 FELLING TO THE THIRD-BASE SIDE.

CONTINUING TO FIGHT OFF PITCHES.

RILEY HANDS THIS ONE OFF TO BRYN THE 2-2 PITCH.

FELLED AWAY AND WE WILL DO THIS ONE AGAIN.

NORTH SCOTT AND SYDNEY'S GARRETT AT SECOND BASE.

McKINLEY TULEY AT FIRST BASE.

JOHNSON AT THE PLATE.

FOULING STRAIGHT BACK.

TWO AND TO THIS WILL BE THE EIGHTH PITCH IN THIS AT-BAT.

YOU HAVE TO GO WITH SOMETHING OFFSPEED.

THEY ARE STARTING TO SQUARE UP.

THE CHANGEUP SPEED IS THERE A LITTLE.

DARLING GOES BACK AND TAKES THE CATCH.

ADVANCING THE THIRD IS SECURE.

THERE IS ONE AWAY.

JOHNSON HAS THE FLY OUT WITH RUNNERS IN THE CORNERS.

RIGHT NOW IT SEEMS TO BE AN EASY DECISION.

I'M NOT SURE WHY THEY WOULD NOT CONTINUE TO DO THE WALK HERE.

COACH CORCORAN WITH THE GAME HALF OPEN AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE WILL HAVE TO HAVE A CONFERENCE HERE.

WHAT DO YOU DO AS MANY McDERMOTT?

JUST PLAY A REGULAR POSITION.

THEY GO.

ANOTHER INTENTIONAL WALK FOR MADDIE McDERMOTT.

IN THAT SITUATION, REALISTICALLY IT SMART SOFTBALL.

McDERMOTT IS BY FAR THE BEST POWER HITTING INDIVIDUAL IN THIS LINEUP.

SO THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE THEIR CHANCES AND SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO WITH THE REST OF THEM.

THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO TIE THE GAME WITH ONE SWING OF THE BAT SO THEY PUT THEM ON FIRST AND NATALIE NEIGHBOR IS THE RUNNER.

FIRST PITCH STRIKE TO KYLIE WAINWRIGHT.

FOR THE THIRD TIME IN THIS GAME BASES LOADED.

ONE HOMERUN IN THE SEASON.

GROUNDER SLOW ROLLER AND A TOUGH PLAY.

THERE ARE TWO OUTS WITH ONE RUN SCORING.

THEY COME ACROSS THE PLATE AND NOW YOU HAVE A TYING RUN STANDING AT SECOND BASE AND IN SCORING POSITION.

SCHOOL SMART DEFENSIVE PLAY BECAUSE OF THEIR TRYING TO GO HERE LIKELY THAT RUNNER WILL BE SAFE WITHOUT THAT JUMP FROM THIRD.

RILEY IS THE SENIOR WHO WILL PLAY SOCCER AT LUTHER.

I'M SORRY BAILEY ACTON AT THIRD.

CARLY BRADER GROUNDOUT WITH TWO WALKS IN THIS GAME TO BALLS AND NO STRIKES.

FROM BRYN ACTON.

AND THAT ONE IS OFF THE PLATE FOR BOTH THREE.

A TO RUN A GAME.

THAT ONE IS BACK DOWN THE MIDDLE FOR STRIKE NUMBER ONE.

THE 3-1 SLAB TITLE RIGHT FIELD.

UNDERNEATH THEY MAKE THE CATCH.

AND WINTERSET GOES BACK TO BACK AS THE FOR A SOFTBALL CHAMPIONS.

WINTERSET DOES IT THIS YEAR.

13 HITS IN THE GAME AND THEY WERE STARTING TO SQUARE UP IN THE END.

AS YOU MENTIONED BACK-TO-BACK STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR THE HUSKIES.

NORTH SCOTT WAS RUNNERS UP IN 2019 AND 2023.

FOR WINTERSET THE THIRD STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN FOUR YEARS.

IN 2020, 2023 AND 2022.

IT WAS REALLY JUST A DIFFERENT LEVEL OF PRESSURE GRADUATING SO MUCH FROM LAST YEAR FROM WINTERSET AND THEY DIDN'T FEEL AS MUCH PRESSURE TO WIN AS THEY DID BACK IN 2021.

THEY SETTLED IN AND HAD A LOT OF OFFENSE.

13 HITS AGAINST AN EXCELLENT LEVEL WITH MADDIE McDERMOTT.

IT SHOWED THIS ENTIRE GAME AND NOT ONCE DID THEY SEEM FLUSTERED OR ANYTHING.

THEY WERE ALL POISED IN THE CIRCLE.

BUT ALSO DEFENSIVELY THOSE LEVELS THAT SHORTSTOP WERE AMAZING.

THEY HAVEN'T PLAYED ALL SEASON.

IT'S THE HOME RUN AND THE SEMI FINALS.

TWO MAJORLY AWESOME HITS TODAY.

THEY COME UP WITH A MUCH NEEDED SPARK AND A BOOST WITH SOME EXTRA CONFIDENCE.

AND THAT'S HOW IT FEELS TO WIN THE LAST GAME OF THE SEASON.

THERE IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND HERE IS YOUR CLASS FOR A TEAM.

FROM WINTERSET MOLLY BRADY.

MADDIE McDERMOTT.

FROM FORT DODGE HOPE ALL STICK.

FROM NORWALK MADDIE COOLEY IN.

FROM FORT DODGE ELLIE DUSTER.

FROM WINTERSET McKENNA OLSON.

FROM NORTH SCOTT CARNEY BRADER.

FROM NORTH SCOTT SHELBY SPEARS.

FROM WINTERSET NILA APPLEGATE.

FROM NORTH SCOTT SYDNEY'S GARRICK.

AND YOUR 2023 CLASS FOR A ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM CAPTAIN FROM WINTERSET BRANDON ACTON.

>> THE SOPHOMORE FOR THE STATE CHAMPIONS.

THE CAPTAIN OF THE 2023 FOR A ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM BRYN ACTON BACK AND FORTH IN THIS CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WITH HER AND MOLLY BRADING ON THE ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM.

BUT THEY DID COME IN AND CLOSE THIS DOWN WELL.

GETTING OUT OF A JAM IN THE FIRST INNING WITH SOME CLUTCH PITCHING OPPORTUNITIES.

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME HE SAW THEM IN AN ALTERNATE TEAM TOGETHER?

NOT ONLY WERE THEY OUTSTANDING IN THE CIRCLE BUT THEY HAD A GREAT TOURNAMENT AS WELL.

THAT IS JUST REALLY NEAT TO SEE.

TWO RBIs IN THE FIFTH AND AN RBI WITH THAT EXTRA RUN TO HELP THEM DEFEND THE STATE'S TITLE.

THEY WILL RECEIVE A COMMEMORATIVE SOFTBALL PROVIDED BY IOWA PARK AND THE GIRLS ATHLETIC UNION.

PRESENTING THE AWARD IS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TRAVIS FLESH RON FONDNESS AND JIM BEAMER.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE RUNNERS- UP WITH HOLLY NORTE AND THE LANCERS ON AN OUTSTANDING 2023 SOFTBALL SEASON.

HERE COMES THE STATE SOFTBALL CHAMPIONS WITH THE HUSKIES FROM WINTERSET.

>> BACK TO BACK CHANTS THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED AND FOR A WAS CENTRE GRIMES.

THEY ACTUALLY HAD THREE IN A ROW 2013, 14 AND 15.

WILL WE SEE THIS WINTERSET TEAM AGAIN IN 2024?

WHO KNOWS.

BUT THEY WILL BE CELEBRATING A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP HERE IN 2023.

TOP TO BOTTOM THEY WERE SOLID.

13 HITS IN THEIR CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

IT IS HARD TO BEAT A TEAM THAT CAN PUT UP 13 IN A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AND AS WE MENTIONED THE PERFORMANCE IN THE CIRCLE YOU CANNOT BEAT IT.

>> AWESOME SOFTBALL GAMES.

THESE ARE TWO CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES NOW.

AND WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

WITH LORI LEONARD HERE TOMORROW.

NUMBER ONE SEED VERSUS NUMBER TWO SEED IN CLASS ONE A TWO A AND THREE A.

IT STARTS WITH THREE A AT 2:30 HERE ON IOWA PBS.

THE TOP SEED WILLIAMSBURG RAIDERS WILL BE HERE.

WINTERSET GOES BACK TO BACK TONIGHT IN CLASS FOR A TITLE.