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POWERED BY CARL’S AUTO GROUP, NOT ONLY AT PLEASANTVILLE, NOT WON A STATE BASEBALL TITLE BEFORE, BUT NO BOYS TEAM HAD EVER WON A CROWN AT THE SCHOOL. AND THEY LOOKED TO END THAT DROUGHT TONIGHT IN CARROLL TAKING ON UNITY CHRISTIAN AND THE PLEASANTVILLE TROJANS WASTED NO TIME. I’M NOT KIDDING HERE. FIRST INNING, THEY SCORE FIVE RUNS. JJ PHILLIPS PART OF THE FUN. HE ALSO HOMERED AND DROVE IN THREE. HE’S HAVING A GREAT TIME OUT THERE. FIFTH INNING NOAH RICE BRINGS IN EASTON COX WITH THE CLUTCH BASE HIT. THEY GO UP NINE TO ONE. SEVENTH INNING. ONLY ONE THING LEFT TO DO. EASTON COX FIELDS THE COMEBACKER AND IT’S A RACE TO FIRST. HE WINS BALL GAME PLEASANTVILLE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SCHOOL HISTORY IN DOMINATING FASHION, CAN CELEBRATE FINALLY, A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. HERE IS THE BANNER AND THE TROPHY THEY’VE BEEN WAITING FOR. AFTER HUGS ALL AROUND PLEASANTVILLE NINE ONE WINNERS. WE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS IN THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON, AND THE FACT THAT IT’S COMING REAL NOW. IT’S JUST INSANE. I’M SURE TOMORROW AND THE DAYS AFTER, IT’S JUST GOING TO BECOME EVEN MORE REAL. BUT RIGHT NOW, I’M KIND OF JUST IN THE MOMENT, EMOTIONAL ABOUT WHAT WE JUST DID BECAUSE THIS IS CRAZY. FIRST ACCOMPLISHMENT IN SCHOOL HISTORY. I DON’T I DON’T KNOW HOW TO PUT IT INTO WORDS. IT’S A REAL FEELING AND COOL. WE’VE PUT A LOT OF WORK IN WITH THESE BOYS AND ALL FROM SOME OF THEM WHEN THEY WERE REALLY YOUNG, AND TO SEE IT COME TO FRUITION IS JUST AN UNBELIEVABLE FEELING. AND HERE’S SHANNON EARHART WITH THE FIRST GAME OF THE DAY. IT’S THE SMALLEST SCHOOLS ON THE BIGGEST STAGE HERE IN CARROLL. THE WON A STATE BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP. SAINT ANSGAR AGAINST MARTENSDALE, SAINT MARY’S. SAINT ANSGAR HAS NEVER WON A STATE TITLE. MEANWHILE, MARTENSDALE SAINT MARY’S WON THEIR VERY FIRST TITLE RIGHT HERE FROM THIS DUGOUT IN 2004. BOTTOM OF THE FIRST SAINTS RYKER HOFFMAN SENDS A WORM BURNER UP THE MIDDLE. FIRST RUN SCORES. SAINT ANSGAR WOULD TAKE A TWO NOTHING LEAD AFTER THE FIRST, THE SAINTS WOULD DRAW A BASES LOADED WALK IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SECOND. SO IT’S THREE NOTHING. SAINT ANSGAR TOP OF THE THIRD. BLUE DEVILS TRAIL FOUR ZERO. TREY WRIGHT STARTS THE INNING WITH A CLEAN TRIPLE. KALE MORROW IS THE VERY NEXT BATTER. HE CRANKS ONE TO SHALLOW CENTER, SCORING WHITE. THAT IS SOME SEASON BASEBALL RIGHT THERE FROM THE SENIORS. THE BLUE DEVILS DOWN NOW 4 TO 1. TOP OF THE SEVENTH. CRUNCH TIME FOR MARTENSDALE SAINT MARY’S JASON FUGATE LAUNCHING WHAT LOOKS LIKE A BASE HIT. BUT ANTHONY SCHNABEL MAKES THE DIVING CATCH ONE OUT TO GO FOR SAINT ANSGAR. AND THEY WOULD GET AN EASY OUT OFF THE PINCH HITTER BRADY BAKER, ENDING MARTENSDALE SAINT MARY’S SEASON AND EARNING ITS FIRST EVER STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. HERE’S MARTENSDALE SAINT MARY’S HEAD COACH JOHN FITZPATRICK, ON WHAT HE TOLD HIS TEAM AFTER THE LOSS THAT I LOVE HIM, RIGHT. I’LL DO ANYTHING FOR HIM AND JUST LOVE EVERY ONE OF THEM LIKE MY OWN SON, SHANNON EARHART, ����vlog IOWA SPORTS LEADER. THANKS, SHANNON. WE CONTINUE OUR TOURNAMENT TOUR FROM CARROLL. LET’S TAKE YOU TO RIGHT THERE, SIOUX CITY, WHERE THE GREEN MACHINE OF PELLA ROLLS ON ����vlog. JEFF DUBROF WAS THERE FOR THE PARTY. OH, IS THE TOWN OF PELLA FEELING SWEETER THAN A DUTCH LETTER RIGHT NOW? AFTER THE SOFTBALL TEAM TAKES HOME A STATE TITLE ON THURSDAY. FRIDAY, IT WAS TIME FOR THE BASEBALL TEAM TO FOLLOW SUIT. THE DUTCH TAKING ON DUBUQUE WAHLERT CATHOLIC IN THE THREE, A STATE BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. THE DUTCH WERE HELD HITLESS WITH TWO OUTS AND TWO ON IN THE SEVENTH INNING. LANDON BETHARDS, THE HIT OF HIS LIFE, DRIVES THIS ONE OVER THE LEFT FIELDERS HEAD AND DOWN. BOTH RUNS COME AROUND TO SCORE. PELLA LEADS 3 TO 1. ON THEIR FIRST AND ONLY HIT OF THE AFTERNOON AND IN THE SEVENTH, TEGAN HOEKSTRA, WHO PITCHED A GEM ALL GAME LONG, IS GOING TO FINISH IT OFF A FLY BALL TO RIGHT FIELD IS ROUTINE. A CAN OF CORN AND IT’S TIME TO CELEBRATE. PELLA IS TITLE TOWN THIS SUMMER AS THE DUTCH BASEBALL TEAM DEFEATS WALLER 3 TO 1. YOUR FINAL. LET’S GO. I KNEW IT WAS GOOD, I WAS OVEREXCITED. IT WAS AWESOME. GOOD TO BE A DUTCH. THAT’S ALL I GOT TO SAY. REPORTING FROM