A year ago, the Ankeny Christian Academy softball team ended its season with a loss to Mason City Newman in a regional final. On Monday, the ACA baseball squad suffered a similar fate. This time it came at historic Merchants Park in Carroll, where the Eagles' first trip ever to the Class 1A state tournament came to an end with a 9-4 loss in the … [Read more...] about ‘God really just blessed us’: ACA players thankful for first trip to state despite loss
Tyson Fincham
‘We were confident’: Eagles top defending champions, earn first trip to state tourney
The Ankeny Christian Academy baseball players took the field on Tuesday with no fear of defending state champion Saint Ansgar. The third-ranked Saints entered the Class 1A substate final with a team ERA of 1.37 and had yet to allow a run in postseason play. All three of their previous losses came to larger schools--two to Class 3A Clear Lake and one to … [Read more...] about ‘We were confident’: Eagles top defending champions, earn first trip to state tourney
‘I’m pretty proud of them’: Eagles outlast SE Warren in 9 innings, reach district final
With only one senior on its roster, the Ankeny Christian Academy baseball team didn't have a lot of expectations this season. But the Eagles are growing up fast. First baseman Tyson Fincham hit a two-run single in the ninth inning and ACA moved two wins away from its first trip to the Class 1A state tournament with a 5-3 victory at Southeast Warren in … [Read more...] about ‘I’m pretty proud of them’: Eagles outlast SE Warren in 9 innings, reach district final