While it won’t be as much fun without the Chargers or Panthers playing, the IHSAA baseball and IGHSAU softball state championships have officially begun. The games started on July 20 and run through July 24. Baseball is being played in Carroll for 1A and 2A and in Cedar Rapids for 3A and 4A. A stream of the games can be watched HERE. As for softball, all games will be played in Fort Dodge, also from July 20-24. Those games can be watched HERE.
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A total of 31 golfers participated in the Tuesday night men’s league on July 14 at Lake Panorama West Golf Gourse. Ryan Smith had the low score of 2 over par 29. Ted Ericson needed only 15 putts. Cliff Wendel was closest to the pin. Bill Pierce made the longest putt. The scramble was won by the team of Jay Ganske, Dean Tanner, and Jason Wolf with a score of 3 under par.
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ACGC’s Caydence Boals was named to the Iowa Girls Coaches Association Academic All-State team. Athletes must be a senior and meet two of the following three criteria: a cumulative GPA of 3.85 and ACT score of 27 or higher (1200 or higher SAT), class rank in top 10% class 1A/2A. Boals was also one of the best Charger players for the season, leading the team in hits with 35, batting average at .412 second in RBIs with 20, and third in OPS at .956.
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On July 14, a total of 45 women participated.
In the A Group, Peg Carr was the low scratch winner with 35. The second low scratch winner was Ai Dunlop with 36. The HDCP winner was Peg Carr with 25. The special event was longest putt on No. 5 and was won by Julie Clausen. Susan Thompson had the fewest putts with 15.
In the B Group, the low scratch winners were Ann Chambers, Jane Harris and Diane Pieper with 40. The second low scratch winners were Lori VanKirk and Linda Wendl with 44. The HDCP winners were Jane Harris and Diane Pieper with 25. The special event was longest putt on No. 5 and was won by Audrey Patti Kliegl. Five golfers had the fewest putts with 18.
Peg Carr, Jane Harris, Diane Pieper and Linda Wendl each had one chip-in. There were 29 pars.
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A total of 33 golfers participated in the Tuesday night men’s league on July 7 at Lake Panorama West Golf Gourse. Ryan Smith shot one under par 26 for low score. He needed only 13 putts. Jeff Muench was closest to the pin. Galen Johnson made the longest putt. The scramble was won by the team of Ben Carr, Rich Schumacher and Jim Pivonka with a score of 2 under par.
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The ACGC baseball team (10-15) lost in the 1A Substate 8 playoffs at Coon Rapids-Bayard (25-3) on Tuesday, July 7. ACGC matched CR-B in hits with three. Where the Chargers lost the game was with walks, giving free bases to the Crusaders 11 times.
ACGC’s three hits came from Thomas Skam and Colton Clark with one single each and an RBI double from Chase Slaybaugh. Cal Clark pitched four and one-third innings, striking out six batters. Blaize Dorsey pitched one and two-third innings, striking out one.
While the playoff loss surely stings, this season showed continuous improvement for the program, winning 10 games in back-to-back seasons after winning just two games in 2024.