WI's Smith, Toole grab baseball honors Soon, West Harrison's Erik Smith and Council Bluffs Lewis Central's Justin Toole will be packing their bags for college. They should do it with a degree of satisfaction, since they packed about everything they could into their high school careers. Smith and Toole, western Iowa's Division I baseball recruits, are The World-Herald's honorary captains on the All-Western Iowa Baseball Teams, announced today.
7 Western Iowa players named 1st-team all-state Seven western Iowa baseball players have been named first-team all-staters by the Iowa Newspaper Association. Heading the list is Council Bluffs Lewis Central senior Justin Toole, the captain of the Class 4-A all-state team. Toole, an Iowa recruit, finished 11-3 on the mound with a 0.52 ERA. The three-time first-team all-stater batted .457 with 37 RBIs for the 36-6 Titans.
Wendte hit hands title to Heelan  A bad-hop double and a bad-hop triple helped Cedar Rapids Xavier pull even with the Crusaders entering the bottom of the seventh, but Joe Wendte's RBI single gave Heelan a 4-3 victory over the Saints in the Class 3-A state title game. In front of a championship-session record crowd of 5,488, pinch-runner Mike Bisenius scored the winning run on Wendte's hit, and the No. 1-rated Crusaders responded with their second championship dogpile in five years.
Wilton caps perfect season with 2A title  Wilton recovered quickly after giving up a freak run and beat Carroll Kuemper 8-3 Saturday to win the Class 2A title and become the state's first unbeaten team in 32 years.
Kee wins record ninth state title Kee routed longtime nemesis Granville Spalding 10-0 in five innings Saturday to win the Class 1A championship and claim its ninth state title. In finally breaking a tie with Norway for the most championships, Kee ended a 13-year title drought.
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Stories and Features
Sioux City Heelan hires Atchison, Jan. 17
WI all-conference teams, Aug. 9
INA all-state teams, Aug. 3
Kevin White: IHSAA rigidity hurts Kuemper, July 30
Titans fall to Ankeny in state semifinals, July 29
Heelan gets by Harlan 1-0, July 29
Four in the ninth puts Kuemper in 2-A final, July 28
It's No. 1 Kee vs. No. 2 Spalding in 1-A final, July 28
Toole tosses gem for Lewis Central, July 27
Knights rally, advance to semis, July 27
Lewis Central duo wants to end on high note, July 27
Long ordeal turns out well for Heithoff, July 27
Harlan holds off DC-Grimes, July 26
Heelan hurlers handcuff Humboldt, July 26
Clarinda doesn't wilt, but can't solve Wilton, July 26
S.C. Heelan, Harlan could meet, July 25
Titans finally return to state, July 24
Different styles yield same result, July 24
Smith, Hawkeyes fall short at state, July 23
Kee shakes off Walnut, July 23
Walnut, Hawkeyes prepped for state, July 22
Determined Toole leads Titans to state, July 21
Heithoff, Kuemper control Rams, July 20
West Harrison has eye on bigger prize, July 20
Lewis Central rallies to reach substate final, July 19
WI teams braced for busy schedule, July 18
West Harrison swamps Ar-We-Va, July 17
Atlantic stuns Creston in district semis, July 16
Smith, West Harrison too much for A-H-S-T, July 15
Freshman hurls Tri-Center past St. Albert, July 14
Schedules, July 14
Iowa's top 2-A teams head for districts, July 11
Walnut hitting its stride as postseason play nears, July 9
Wins have nice ring for Unger, July 4
Mondamin's favorite son, June 28
Ernst spurs Crusaders at both the plate, mound, June 23
New pitching talent is giving Lenox a lift, June 21
Lewis Central whips Tee Jay in baseball, June 20
Field at St. Albert to honor ex-coach, June 16
Hawkeyes add Toole in rebuilding effort, June 11
Heithoff begins to blossom on mound for Kuemper, June 10
Tee Jay celebrating baseball past, May 28
Rekindled tradition Tee Jay's No. 1 goal, March 30
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Iowa state baseball tourney schedule
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