Your Prep Sports

City High split a Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader with Class 4A No. 10 Cedar Rapids Xavier on Monday in Iowa City winning the opener 3-2 in eight innings and dropping the nightcap 9-6.

The Little Hawks moved to 6-14 with the doubleheader split while Cedar Rapids Xavier is now 18-7 on the season.

City High won the opener with a run in the bottom of the eighth inning on an Avy Lindsay sacrifice fly.

Lianna Hull tripled with one out and after back-to-back intentional walks to load the bases Lindsay delivered the game-winning RBI.

Lance Grulke-Mangrich earned the win for City High allowing two runs on seven hits while striking out five and walking one in an eight-inning complete game.

Molly Carlson was 1-for-2 with a home run, two RBI and a pair of walks and Hull was 2-for-4 with a run scored for the Little Hawks.

In the nightcap Hull, Carlson and Maeve Obermueller all had two hits to lead the Little Hawks.

Hull was 2-for-4 with a pair of runs, Obermueller doubled and tripled and drove in a run while Carlson was 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI.

Lindsay homered in the nightcap and drove in two runs.

Game 1

CR Xavier                 100  001  00  –  2  7  0

City High                   101  000  01  –  3  3  1

W – Lance Grulke-Mangrich                         L – Braylen Conlon

2B – CRX: Braylen Conlon, Katie Pilcher

3B – ICH: Lianna Hull

HR – ICH: Molly Carlson

Game 2

CR Xavier                 200  430  0  –  9  12  0

City High                   104  010  0  –  6   7   5 

W – Elena Schmit                                           L – Sophie Price

2B – ICH: Molly Carlson, Maeve Obermueller

3B – ICH: Maeve Obermueller

HR – CRX: Katie Pilcher (2), Braylen Conlon. ICH: Avy Lindsay

Did you enjoy this subscription free article? Help keep Your Prep Sports free by donating.