Junior pitcher Haley Gatica helped the Ankeny Centennial softball team to a 25-16 record. It was the Jaguars' winningest season since the split into two high schools. Gatica compiled a 12-7 mark with a 2.47 ERA and had 53 strikeouts while also batting .282 with three home runs and 16 RBIs. She was named to the CIML Central Conference second team. Here … [Read more...] about Revive Clinic and Spa Prep of the Week: Haley Gatica, Ankeny Centennial softball
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Jaguars may need to rely on deep pitching staff down the stretch
It's a good thing that the Ankeny Centennial softball team has several dependable pitchers. The Jaguars may need them all down the stretch. Haley Gatica, the team's No.1 pitcher, is battling a wrist injury. She took the loss in the first game of Monday's doubleheader at Southeast Polk. Gatica (9-5) allowed four hits in five innings as the Jaguars … [Read more...] about Jaguars may need to rely on deep pitching staff down the stretch
Jaguars top Norwalk twice, earn 3rd-place finish in Elite Eight tournament
The Ankeny Centennial softball team defeated Norwalk for the second time in two days, 6-1, to earn a third-place finish in the Barney Dennis Elite Eight tournament on Saturday at Johnston. Taylor Runchey drove in four runs as the Jaguars improved their record to 12-10. Ella Schulz and Cassi Garland each went 2-for-3 in the win. "Norwalk pitched their … [Read more...] about Jaguars top Norwalk twice, earn 3rd-place finish in Elite Eight tournament
Centennial softball team blanked twice at No. 9 Johnston
Two steps forward, two steps back. After sweeping a doubleheader against then-No. 4 Waukee on Wednesday, the Ankeny Centennial softball team struggled on Thursday at ninth-ranked Johnston, dropping both ends of a non-conference twinbill without scoring a run. The Dragons posted a 6-0 victory in the opener, then won the nightcap in five innings, 11-0, … [Read more...] about Centennial softball team blanked twice at No. 9 Johnston
Jaguars earn culture-building sweep over No. 4 Waukee
Randy Schneider has been saying for weeks that his Ankeny Centennial softball team is capable of beating some of the CIML's top squads. The Jaguars not only did that on Wednesday, but they did it twice. Centennial swept both games of a Central Conference doubleheader against visiting Waukee, 5-4 and 7-5. The fourth-ranked Warriors had won the previous … [Read more...] about Jaguars earn culture-building sweep over No. 4 Waukee