This late of a state tournament may be unprecedented. I don’t know what caused it — RAGBRAI, the calendar, or a late start — but it has always seemed that the tournament never went into August. Last year the finals were the 28th.
The semifinals start today. Only Class 4A doesn’t have a private school among the remaining teams. The rest are the usual suspects: Newman; Beckman and Kuemper; Assumption and Heelan.
Summer high school baseball in Iowa: It’s unique, and it’s wonderful.