The Iowa State High School Baseball tournament begins Friday (7/26) at Principal Park in Des Moines. Pekin will take on top seed Mason City Newman Catholic in a Class 1A semifinal with the first pitch at 1:30.
Meanwhile, when the Class 3A baseball tournament begins this coming Tuesday (7/30), Centerville will be the number six seed and the Big Reds will face Central DeWitt in the quarterfinals at 4:30 Tuesday afternoon.