St. Ansgar plays in Class 1A state baseball quarterfinal tonight — live coverage on 98.7 KISS Country

CARROLL — The state baseball and softball tournaments both start their five-day runs today with first-round action. St. Ansgar makes their fourth appearance in the state baseball tournament as the #3 seed in the Class 1A tournament, with the Saints facing 6th-seed Logan-Magnolia. St. Ansgar is 21-7 on the season and is led by senior Jayce Schwiesow, who is batting .449 with 24 runs batted in and also has a 6-1 record on the mound. Fellow senior Ryker Hoffman is batting .420 with 16 runs batted in. Logan-Magnolia comes in with a record of 21-5. You can hear live and local coverage of St. Ansgar Saints baseball on 98.7 KISS Country and 987kisscountry.com starting with the pre-game at about 6:45 this evening, with the first pitch scheduled for 7 o’clock from Merchants Park in Carroll.

== Other Class 1A quarterfinals today (numbers are seeds)
11:00 AM — #1 Remsen St. Mary’s (23-1) vs. #8 Hillcrest Academy (17-7)
1:30 PM — #4 Martensdale-St. Marys (30-5) vs. #5 Kee (32-10)
4:30 PM — #2 Lynnville-Sully (24-2) vs. #7 East Buchanan (17-9)

== Class 3A quarterfinals today in Sioux City
11:30 AM — #1 Dubuque Wahlert (36-6) vs. #8 Boone (23-9)
2:00 PM — #4 Davenport Assumption (27-11) vs. #5 Saydel (28-7)
5:00 PM — #2 Pella (27-6) vs. #7 Sergeant Bluff-Luton (30-13)
7:30 PM — #3 Sioux City Bishop Heelan (29-10) vs. #6 Carlisle (24-11)