CLASS 3A STATE TOURNAMENT
At Principal Park • Des Moines
Tuesday’s quarterfinals
Knoxville 5, Independence 3
Charles City 4, Storm Lake 3 (10 innings)
Central Clinton 7, Carlisle 3
Glenwood 11, Algona 2
Friday’s semifinals
Charles City 12, Knoxville 1 (five innings)
Glenwood 3, Central Clinton 2
Saturday’s championship
Glenwood 4, Charles City 1
CLASS 3A NEWS AND NOTES
Winning Coaches: Three coaches in the 2010 field have produced more than 240 career wins. Charles City's Rick Gabel has a 19-year mark of 380-247 record. Algona's Rich Collison has a 27-year career mark of 396-305. Carlisle's Dave Dirkx, in his 11th season, is 249-112.
Demolished Ratings Wiped out 9: Nine of the IBCA’s Top 10 teams on the eve of the district tourneys have been eliminated by a wide-open 3A field. The experts are blinking on trying to pick a favorite meaning the title, rightfully, will be decided by the players between the lines. Only No. 8 Glenwood (27-7) survived the raid on the top 10. The Rams, making their tourney debut, also grabbed the number two seed.
State Veterans: Knoxville, Charles City and Carlisle are the tournament vets. Knoxville is making its ninth state appearance with a 6-7 mark in state competition. This is Charles City's eighth trip where they are 5-7 in state tourney games. Carlisle comes to the tourney for the seventh time and the Wildcats have authored a 6-5 state slate.
First Time Qualifiers: Glenwood and DeWitt are each making their Summer State Tourney debut. Both had impressive performances in winning their District and Substate. Algona and Independence are each making their second visit. Algona last appeared in the summer field in 1999, where they lost to eventual champion Assumption. The Bulldogs were also a semifinalist in the 1953 Spring State Meet. Independence was previously in the tourney in 1996 finishing, taking second to Harlan. The Mustangs enter with just a 14-23 record and overcame losing 10 of their last 11 games prior to the start of the tournament series.
Past Champions: Two teams in this year’s field have taken home the gold before. Knoxville was the 3A champion in 2002 and Carlisle earned the 2003 2A trophy.
One Returns from 2009: Only last year’s runner-up Storm Lake has managed to survive the cut to make this year's elite eight.
Longest Current Winning Streak: Many of the tourney teams went into the tournaments with losses or only a few straight wins. Storm Lake’s current streak of five wins is the best in the field.
Enrollments: The IHSAA uses the official state certified BEDS enrollment figures for grades 9 thru 11 for the 2009-10 school year for placement of a school in a particular class. Storm Lake is the largest school of the eight with 539, while Algona is the smallest with 348.
Did You Know? Carlisle coach Dave Dirkx is coaching his fourth state tournament team — all at Carlisle, but is in the State Championship Record Book as a player. In the 1993 1A title game playing for Storm Lake St. Mary, he tied a championship game record with four hits against Cumberland-Massena. Teammate Chad Stevens also stroked four hits in the 16-3, six-inning win. They share the mark with seven other players with Mount Vernon’s Jon Aronowitz being the most recent in 1997. DYK2: Glenwood coach Brett Elam now joins with his father Ken as the fourth father-son combo to direct a team into the summer tourney. Ken brought Lewis Central to their very first tournament in 1991.
CLASS 3A STAT LEADERS
Batting Average (min 55 ABs)
.509 Brandon Jasper, DeWitt (59/116)
.485 Taylor Kaufman, Glenwood (48/99)
.480 Blaize Cabell, Independence (49/102)
.460 Carsen Anderson, Storm Lake (40/87)
.439 Keaton Hosch, Independence (58/132)
.434 Nyle Larson, Algona (46/106)
.433 Blake McWilliams, Knoxville (45/104)
.417 Chad Benson, Algona (40/96)
.416 Michael McCabe, Storm Lake (42/101)
.413 Blair Bradley, Algona (45/109)
.407 Lance Daugherty, Knoxville (44/108)
.400 Eric Jones, Knoxville (46/115)
Total Hits
59 Brandon Jasper, DeWitt
58 Keaton Hosch, Independence
49 Blaize Cabell, Independence
49 Grant Loeffelbein, Glenwood
48 Taylor Kaufman, Glenwood
46 Eric Jones, Knoxville
46 Nyle Larson, Algona
45 Blake McWilliams, Knoxville
45 Blair Bradley, Algona
44 Lance Daughtery, Knoxville
44 Ryan Lechtenburg, DeWitt
44 Derek Dunn, Carlisle
Runs Scored
45 Grant Loeffelbein, Glenwood
43 Brandon Jasper, DeWitt
43 Bryan Harless, Glenwood
40 Taylor Kaufman, Glenwood
39 Mike Jacks, Knoxville
38 Keaton Hosch, Independence
38 Derek Dunn, Carlisle
37 Blake McWilliams, Knoxville
37 Eric Jones, Knoxville
37 Nyle Larson, Algona
RBIs
48 Lance Daugherty, Knoxville
42 Carsen Anderson, Storm Lake
41 Grant Loeffelbein, Glenwood
38 Taylor Kaufman, Glenwood
35 Bryan Harless, Glenwood
34 Ryan Lechtenburg, DeWitt
32 Nick Wells, Glenwood
32 Chad Benson, Algona
31 Blake McWilliams, Knoxville
30 Keaton Hosch, Independence
Doubles
17 Taylor Kaufman, Glenwood
14 Blaize Cabell, Independence
13 Brandon Jasper, DeWitt
13 Keaton Hosch, Independence
12 Grant Loeffelbein, Glenwood
11 Bob Brown, Storm Lake
11 Blake McWilliams, Knoxville
10 Derek Dunn, Carlisle
10 Jeremy Flaws, Carlisle
10 Austin Pink, Independence
10 Sam Rasmussen, Independence
10 Michael McCabe, Storm Lake
10 Lance Daugherty, Knoxville
10 Eric Jones, Knoxville
Triples
9 Keaton Hosch, Independence
9 Aaron Krier, Storm Lake
6 Lyle Larson, Algona
6 Taylor Kaufman, Glenwood
4 Nolan Cone, Storm Lake
4 Bob Brown, Storm Lake
Home Runs
8 Carsen Anderson, Storm Lake
8 Grant Loeffelbein, Glenwood
7 Derek Dunn, Carlisle
6 Bryan Harless, Glenwood
5 Taylor Kaufman, Glenwood
4 Josh DeYoung, Glenwood
4 Brandon Jasper, DeWitt
4 Keaton Hosch, Independence
4 Mike Reiff, Independence
4 Lance Daugherty, Knoxville
4 Kellen Glover, Knoxville
4 Mike Jacks, Knoxville
Stolen Bases
32 Taylor Kaufman, Glenwood
28 Brandon Jasper, DeWitt
24 Keaton Hosch, Independence
19 Derek Dunn, Carlisle
19 Brady Collison, Algona
16 Nolan Cone, Storm Lake
15 Travis Lenz, Algona
15 Blaize Cabell, Independence
15 Sam Rasmussen, Independence
14 Nyle Larson, Algona
14 Michael McMahon, Algona
13 Josh Hollinger, Algona
Most Pitching Wins
10-0 Taylor Kaufman, Glenwood
9-2 Eric Jones, Knoxville
8-2 Scott Burke, DeWitt
7-1 Carsen Anderson, Storm Lake
7-1 Jared Shoning, Carlisle
7-2 Brady Collison, Algona
7-4 Jordon Vanderwerf, Charles City
7-4 Chad Benson, Algona
6-0 Jeremy Flaws, Carlisle
6-3 Tyler Mitchell, Charles City
6-3 Derek Dunn, Carlisle
6-5 Alex Funaro, Carlisle
6-5 Austin Pink, Independence
Most Innings Pitched
81.0 Austin Pink, Independence
75.3 Brady Collison, Algona
71.0 Jordon Vanderwerf, Charles City
70.0 Eric Jones, Knoxville
70.0 Jared Shoning, Carlisle
61.6 Chad Benson, Algona
61.3 Tyler Mitchell, Charles City
61.0 Derek Dunn, Carlisle
61.0 Scott Burke, DeWitt
58.3 Alex Funaro, Carlisle
57.0 Taylor Kaufman, Glenwood
56.0 Carsen Anderson, Storm Lake
Lowest ERA (min. 35 IP)
0.86 Taylor Kaufman, Glenwood
0.93 Brady Collison, Algona
1.34 Jeremy Flaws, Carlisle
1.40 Eric Jones, Knoxville
1.80 Jared Shoning, Carlisle
2.21 Sam Rasmussen, Independence
2.33 Austin Pink, Independence
2.52 Derek Dunn, Carlisle
2.56 Jordon Vanderwerf, Charles City
2.61 Chad Benson, Algona
2.63 Tyler Mitchell, Charles City
2.64 Scott Burke, DeWitt
2.91 Matt Schulz, Glenwood
Most Strikeouts
106 Taylor Kaufman, Glenwood
87 Jared Shoning, Carlisle
87 Derek Dunn, Carlisle
86 Brady Collison, Algona
77 Eric Jones, Knoxville
76 Jordon Vanderwerf, Charles City
63 Tyler Mitchell, Charles City
63 Austin Pink, Independence
62 Alex Funaro, Carlisle
61 Matt Schulz, Glenwood
Fewest Hits Allowed (min. 35 IP)
22 Taylor Kaufman, Glenwood (57 IP)
30 Sam Rasmussen, Independence (38 IP)
34 Derek Dunn, Carlisle (61 IP)
36 Jeremy Flaws, Carlisle (47 IP)
43 Brady Collison, Algona (75.3 IP)
43 Jared Shoning, Carlisle (70 IP)
49 Nyle Larson, Algona (44.6 IP)
Class 3A substate finals: July 21
Class 3A district scores: July 20
Class 3A district scores: July 19
Class 3A district scores: July 16
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Class 3A substate pairings
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