State softball scores & schedule — Newman, West Fork prepare for quarterfinals today

FORT DODGE — Newman faces Clarksville in the Class 1A quarterfinal round of the state softball tournament this evening. The Knights are the #7 seed in the tournament with a 24-5 record. They beat Ankeny Christian 2-0 in the regional final. Clarksville is the #2 seed in the tournament with a record of 28-4. They downed Riceville 11-1 in the regional final round. Sami Kruckenberg leads Newman both at the plate and in the pitcher’s circle. She has a .437 batting average with four home runs and 32 runs batted in. She also has a 22-4 record with a 0.81 ERA, having struck out 281, the second best number of strikeouts in the state in all classes. You can hear the Newman-Clarksville game tonight on 103.7 The Fox and online at 1037thefoxrocks.com with the pre-game scheduled for about 6:45 and the first pitch scheduled for 7:00 PM. The winner of tonight’s game will face either third-seed Wapsie Valley or sixth-seed St. Edmond of Fort Dodge in the Class 1A semifinals on Wednesday night.

FORT DODGE — West Fork plays in the Class 2A quarterfinals this afternoon as they’ll face Durant. The Warhawks are the #5 seed with a 22-6 record, while 4th-seed Durant is 21-12. First pitch is scheduled for 12:45 this afternoon

== Class 1A quarterfinals today
4:45 — #1 Wayne vs. #8 Highland
5:15 — #4 Riverside vs. #5 Newell-Fonda
7:00 — #7 Newman vs. #2 Clarksville
7:30 — #3 Wapsie Valley vs. #6 St. Edmond

== Class 2A quarterfinals today
12:15 — #1 Van Meter vs. #8 East Marshall
12:45 — #4 Durant vs. #5 West Fork
2:30 — #2 Louisa-Muscatine vs. #7 West Monona
3:00 — #3 West Lyon vs. #6 Cascade

== Class 3A quarterfinals Monday night/this morning
#1 Dubuque Wahlert 1, #8 Center Point-Urbana 0
#4 PCM 5, #5 West Liberty 4
10:00 AM — #2 Williamsburg vs. #7 Washington
10:30 AM — #3 Albia vs. #6 Estherville Lincoln Central

== Class 4A quarterfinals Monday
#8 Pella 5, #1 Cedar Rapids Xavier 1
#5 ADM 4, #4 Dallas Center-Grimes 1
#7 North Scott 7, #2 Norwalk 1
#3 North Polk 8, #6 Western Dubuque 7

== Class 5A quarterfinals Monday
#1 Waukee Northwest 4, #8 West Des Moines Dowling 0
#4 Ankeny Centennial 9, #5 West Des Moines Valley 0
#2 Linn-Mar 5, #7 Pleasant Valley 1
#6 Cedar Falls 12, #3 Southeast Polk 11