This season has looked a lot different for the Camanche softball team.

A lot of the same faces are back this year for the Easton Valley baseball team, but the storylines have been infinitely different.

CLINTON – The Prince of Peace Irish baseball team didn’t have much click on for them Wednesday.

GOOSE LAKE – With the bases loaded with Central DeWitt baserunners and no outs, it looked like the Sabers were going to put up some crooked numbers against the No. 4 ranked Northeast softball team.

CAMANCHE – Camanche senior Tarah Wehde certainly made the most of senior night on Monday.

DAVENPORT – With a final snap to first base, the River Queens ran off of the softball field at Brady Street Stadium in celebration.

Clinton baseball gets MAC sweep

The Clinton High School Athletics Hall of Fame induction ceremony scheduled for September 5, 2020, has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2020 induction will be rescheduled for a time when social gatherings are permitted and safe.

DEWITT – The Clinton baseball team seemed to click in every facet on Wednesday night in DeWitt.

DEWITT – The Class 2A No. 10 Camanche baseball team put themselves in position for a huge win, but couldn’t find the offensive power to finish on Tuesday night, falling 3-2 to the Class 3A No. 1 Central DeWitt Sabers.

NEW YORK — Baseball’s minor leagues canceled their seasons Tuesday because of the coronavirus pandemic, and the head of their governing body said more than half of the 160 teams were in danger of failing without government assistance or private equity injections.

MILES – Even though the Easton Valley softball team came out with a strong start, one inning spiraled out of control and allowed Maquoketa Valley to thwart the River Hawks 17-6 in Miles on Monday night.

Clinton softball swept by Wildcats

CLINTON – The Clinton baseball team picked one win and one loss on Thursday night in a doubleheader against Mississippi Athletic Conference opponent Muscatine, making trouble for themselves in both contests.

CAMANCHE – The Camanche baseball team proved themselves on Thursday night, beating West Branch 6-3 in a 2019 Class 2A substate final rematch.

CLINTON – In both of the Prince of Peace baseball team’s games on Wednesday night, the Irish struck first for an early lead.

MAQUOKETA – The No. 10 Rebels softball team took on a non-conference opponent on Tuesday night, coming away with a 9-5 win to stay undefeated through the first week of the season.

CLINTON – With two outs, Camanche senior Ethan Buckley singled to put a runner on for the Indians’ baseball team. After a Calamus-Wheatland throwing error, he turned his single into a run by stealing home.

CLINTON – A number of local baseball and softball contests were postponed on Monday evening due to rain in the forecast for most of the area.

GOOSE LAKE – River Valley Conference and local foes Northeast and Camanche faced each other in early Friday night games, and the story ended differently on each field.

CLINTON – As the River Queens exited the field on Thursday night, there were some hanging heads.

CAMANCHE – The Camanche softball team rebounded from their Monday loss to take down Cascade 12-0 in an impressive performance.

CALAMUS – The Northeast Rebels baseball and softball teams both took on Calamus-Wheatland on Wednesday in a non-conference matchup, both seeing highlights in the early parts of the season. The softball team picked up a win and the baseball team added a loss. 

A rebuilding Prince of Peace baseball team is back for another year, many players returning with another year of experience under their belt.

DAVENPORT – It wasn’t an easy night for the Central DeWitt softball team.

The River Cities Tennis Association (RCTA) is back in action after taking pauses due to the coronavirus (COVID-19), hosting a number of tournaments and lessons the last week.

CLINTON – Head coach Nate Herrig didn’t have a lot of negative things to say after the end of a Monday night doubleheader. That might be because his young team held the No. 2 ranked team in the state to just six runs.

Indians slip against ranked Raiders

The Rebels were on the cusp of beating top teams during the 2019 softball season, never quite getting to that place. But with the start of the 2020 softball season, they’re back for more.

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Iowa cut ties with strength coach Chris Doyle on Monday, announcing a separation agreement that will pay him more than $1.1 million after former Hawkeyes accused him of mistreating and belittling African American players.

Camanche baseball has some plans for this year’s baseball season, and they definitely have the roster to do it.

The Camanche softball program has been a powerful force in the River Valley Conference for a few years now, and is bringing back some of the talent behind that.

Head coach Nate Herrig still has a young team, but this season features a lot of familiar faces who are back with varsity experience. 

Like a lot of Clinton sports this year, the Clinton baseball team is full of new faces and names.

Illinois coaches and athletes got the guidelines they needed late last week, allowing them to take steps towards returning to high school sports.

While states across the nation are getting back to practice, including Iowa starting up summer games, Illinois student athletes are still in the dark.

The Mississippi Athletic Conference is limiting the number of spectators allowed at each baseball and softball game as sports get underway once again in Iowa. 

For the first time since mid-March, athletes were back at it.

After the decision to lift restrictions on high school sports last week, the Mississippi Athletic Conference voted on Tuesday to conduct only varsity contests this summer.

The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union (IGHSAU) and Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) released the guidelines for the return of sports on Tuesday afternoon, giving schools direction as the return of baseball and softball looms.

The 2020 Clinton High School Athletic Hall of Fame Class was announced last week, ready for an induction ceremony later this fall.

CLINTON – For the second year, the Clinton strength program handed out an award to two athletes that best represented what it means to be a Clinton High School Athlete.

After months of waiting and keeping hope alive, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said the words athletes across the state were hoping to hear in her daily press conference on Wednesday morning.

Senior year didn’t exactly go the way Clinton athlete Jasper Luckritz had planned, and it wasn’t just because of the coronavirus.

The Camanche athletic department is changing hands, but it’s going into familiar hands.

The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union (IGHSAU) released their 2020 inductees to the IGHSAU Track and Field Hall of Fame, and a former Rebel was included.

Softball isn’t over for Fulton seniors Emily Banker and Kylee Sweenie, it just won’t be in the Steamer red and black anymore.