Mount Ayr’s Briar Knapp hammers the ball to right, but the right fielder is there to pull it down for the final out. 11-3 is the final. Martensdale is no stranger to the feeling. They’re headed back to the state baseball tournament. MSTM Blue Devils

1A: Top-ranked Martensdale-St.Marys defeats Mount Ayr 11-3 The Blue Devils are back at state for the 10th time in the last 11 years and 17th time overall. They won state titles in 2004, 10, 11, 12 Mount Ayr was seeking to add to its 2007 state appearance #iahsbb

Congrats men! One pitch at a time!

MSTM 11 Mt. Ayr 3 “Start fast. Finish strong.” Great message by Brian Cain to get our mind right before the game. Blue Devils advance to State and will know their opponent at some point Thursday morning.

Congratulations to Jon Fitzpatrick & MSTM Baseball on another trip to state! Bring it home!!

1A STATE PAIRINGS Fri 10:30 — #1 Martensdale-St.Marys (26-1) vs #8 Kingsley-Pierson (15-2) 1:30 — #4 South Winneshiek (25-1) vs #5 Don Bosco (17-1) Sat 10:30 — #3 CB St.Albert (21-1) vs #6 Newman (17-5) 1:30 — #2 Remsen St.Mary’s (19-0) vs #7 Burlington Notre Dame (14-2)

#UFR No. 987 is LIVE on #kmasports w/Ryan Matheny's thots on the Seattle NHL team, @TheOriginalBull previews #Nationals & #Rangers for my final 2 #MLB teams & Trevor Maeder talks with MSTM Baseball's Jon Fitzpatrick. On AM 960, FM 99.1 or streaming at kmaland.com.

KMALAND BASEBALL: While the 2020 State Baseball Tournament will likely be anything but normal, the presence of Martensdale-St. Marys in the Class 1A State Tournament will be MSTM Baseball #kmasports #iahsbsb kmaland.com/sports/martens…

Martensdale-St. Marys is good at baseball. How good you say? They're getting ready to make their 10th trip to state in 11 years. They enter the 1A tourney as the top seed. My chat with their coach Jon Fitzpatrick. Check it out. #kmasports #iahsbsb kmaland.com/sports/martens…

Thank you to IHSAA for allowing us to play this summer and for the Iowa Cubs for hosting the State Tournament. Congratulations to KP Baseball on the win today and best of luck next week.

Congratulations to Cole Cassady on being named 2nd Team Academic All State.

KMALAND BASEBALL: Bedford's Brennan Sefrit, Martensdale-St. Marys' Isaac Gavin and Southeast Warren's Bryce Hall earned the unanimous All-Pride of Iowa Conference first-team selections. #kmasports #iahsbsb kmaland.com/sports/bedford…

Thank you to Josh Breitbarth and Nathan Carlin for all of their help this summer! A head coach is only as good as his assistants and these two are some of the best young minds in the game. The players at MSTM Baseball were spoiled to be able to learn from them on a daily basis.

We have been awarded the 2019-20 ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award. 143 high school teams were recognized nationally and only four in Iowa.

Congratulations to Isaac Gavin on being named to the 2020 Senior All Star Series. Although the tournament won’t be played this is a huge honor!

The Iowa High School Baseball Coaches All-Star Series was scheduled to begin August 6 in Cedar Rapids. However, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 series was canceled. Outstanding seniors were still honored. Here are the Small School team selections. #iahsbb

This year's 2020 All-KMAland Baseball Team has five seniors, four juniors, one sophomore and two repeat honorees. #kmasports Harlan Cyclones MSTM Baseball Underwood Baseball SEW Warhawks @MonarchBaseba11@sa_falcons @Treynorbsblofcl Joe Wollum kmaland.com/sports/present…

1A All-State baseball Max Burt NEWMAN BASEBALL Notre Dame Carson Elbert MSTM Baseball Don Bosco Baseball Mount Ayr Activities Lamoni CSD Bryce Josh Mohr Sigourney Baseball Cy Patterson Lance Wright SA_Falcons_Baseball Coach Bruns Blaine Harpenau St.Mary's Baseball @sammy31739 Tyler Tscherter

Congratulations to Cole and Carson for being named First Team All-State and Isaac and Kasey on the Second Team.

Good luck to MSTM Football as they start their journey to The Dome tonight.