Mason City High baseball team plays at #8 Valley in 4A substate semifinal tonight

MASON CITY — The Mason City Riverhawks baseball team plays in a Class 4A substate semifinal tonight when they travel to face 8th-ranked West Des Moines Valley.

The Riverhawks come in with a record of 25-12 after beating Fort Dodge in the substate quarterfinal round on Friday 6-2. Valley shut out Des Moines Roosevelt on Friday 5-0 to improve their record on the season to 23-12.

You can hear the Mason City-Valley game tonight on 98.7 KISS Country and 987kisscountry.com starting with the pre-game at about 6:45 with the first pitch scheduled for 7 o’clock.

The winner of tonight’s game will face the substate’s top seed and 3rd-ranked Johnston in the substate championship game on Wednesday. Johnston shut out Des Moines North 12-0 on Friday and received a bye into the substate championship.