Blimpie Sub of the Week: Sam Parkinson, Ankeny baseball

**Sam Parkinson of the Ankeny baseball team is the Ankeny Fanatic Sub of the Week sponsored by Blimpie. He will receive a free meal. (Photo by Dan Holm)**

Junior Sam Parkinson helped the Ankeny baseball team to a 32-7 record this season.

The Hawks won the CIML Iowa Conference title with a 20-0 mark and advanced to the semifinals of the Class 4A state tournament before dropping a 5-0 decision to Johnston on Friday at Duane Banks Field in Iowa City.

Ankeny’s Sam Parkinson (No. 16) and Ryan Crandall are congratulated by coach Joe Balvanz after scoring runs during the Hawks’ 3-1 victory over visiting Valley in a Class 4A substate final on July 21. (Photo by Drue Wolfe)

Parkinson stole 14 bases in 15 attempts and scored 24 runs on the season.

“Sam excelled in his role this summer as our top courtesy runner,” said Ankeny coach Joe Balvanz. “He is very instinctive on the bases. He played a big part in our state tournament run. He seemed to score nearly every time we ran him out there. He’s also a great teammate and extremely coachable. I’m very proud of his contributions to Hawk baseball.”