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City High bounced back from a non-conference loss at Burlington on Tuesday with perhaps its best victory of the season on Thursday.

John Klosterman drove in four runs to lift Class 4A sixth-ranked City High to a 4-2 win over top-ranked Pleasant Valley in a non-conference showdown of top-10 teams in Bettendorf.

Klosterman snapped a 2-2 tie with a two-run single in the top of the seventh inning as City High improved to 20-6 on the season.

Klosterman got City High on the board early with a two-run double in the first inning.

Pleasant Valley pulled even on a two-run home run by Carson Albrecht in the second and it remained tied until Klosterman’s two-run single in the seventh.

Junior Gavin Koch earned the win for City High holding the top-ranked Spartans to just two runs on five hits in a complete game victory.

Koch struck out five and walked one in the win.

Gable Mitchell had a hit and scored two runs while Cade Obermueller had a hit and scored a run. Joey Bouska scored a run for City ihgh and Cedric Dunnwald had a hit.

City High                   200  000  2  –  4  6  1

Pleasant Valley          020  000  0  –  2  5  4

W – Gavin Koch                    L – Aden O’Donnell

2B – ICH: John Klosterman. PV: Carson Albrecht

HR – PV: Carson Albrecht

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