The All-District Teams were announced in all five classes, and several area athletes were honored.

In Class 4A, Oskaloosa was represented by a pair of sophomores: Alexis Groet and Aubrey Miller. Groet had a phenomenal campaign in the circle and really hit the ball well late in the year. Miller led the Indians in batting and played a very good defensive second base. They are joined by Pella’s Sara Tallman, Knoxville’s Taylor Carter, Newton’s Sydney Jenkins, and Fairfield’s Brynna Bowman and Mackenzie McClure.

In Class 1A, Lynnville-Sully’s Stacey Alberts was honored as the South Central Coach of the Year. There were several area honorees in this district, led by a trio of Alberts’ players on the Hawks. Seniors Madison Rasmussen and Lysandra James were honored along with junior Kasiah Ehresman. Sigourney had a couple of members on the team after a great year as well, as senior Jordan Carter and freshman Autumn Barthelman were named to the team. Twin Cedars’ Bailey Dunkin, North Mahaska’s Emma Deucore, Melcher-Dallas’ Megan Roush, and Moravia’s Autumn McDanel and Emma McDanel round out the area players. Cardinal’s Alexis Adam was named to the Class 1A Southeast All-District Team.

In Class 2A, there were two area athletes named to the Southeast All-District squad. Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont senior Sadie Baugher made the team, as did Pella Christian’s sophomore pitcher Emma Schnell.

In Class 3A, PCM had a couple of honorees in the Central District. Seniors Molly Vignovich and Racheal Freland were both honored. In the Southeast District, Mid-Prairie’s Alex Rath and Amber Kral were named to the team. They’ll both be back for their senior seasons next year. Albia’s Emma Dinneen and Centerville’s Lexi Riggall also were among the players on the team.

The softball state tournament begins in Fort Dodge next Monday.

On the Mahaska Zone Network, you heard Twin Cedars dominate Southeast Warren 13-1 to move into the District 12 Final. The Sabers had another night where the offense clicked, although it was a scenario where Southeast Warren had a hard time fielding the ball cleanly more than the Twin Cedars hitter were finding holes. There were seven hits in the game for the Sabers offense and seven errors committed by the Warhawks, who entered as the higher seed.

Although the final seemed lopsided, the game was tight until the fourth, as Southeast Warren plated the first run on a wild pitch in the third inning. In the fourth, Twin Cedars plated three unearned runs off of three defensive mistakes, and never looked back.

It was a great pitching outing from sophomore Trace Embray, as he pitched six innings of three-hit ball and allowed just one run. He struck out 11 in the game. His effort and the one inning of relief thrown by Spencer McCarty will allow senior superstar pitcher Otis Roby to throw in the district final.

The Sabers will face an old rival in Pleasantville, who has had their season ended the last two years by Twin Cedars as they made their way to state. That game is sure to be a good one, as Pleasantville enters the higher seed, but will have to beat Twin Cedars in Bussey Saturday night.

That game can be heard on 99.5 FM and AM 740 KMZN and on kboeradio.com with the pregame starting around 6:45 for the 7 PM first pitch.