Here are the nominees for the Press-Citizen's high school Athletes of the Week for July 14-20.
Iowa City High and Iowa City Liberty were the only two Iowa City-area schools to advance to the Iowa high school state baseball tournament this past week. No area teams qualified for the state softball tournament.
Here are the nominees for the Iowa City Press-Citizen's high school Athletes of the Week for July 14-20. Press-Citizen.com readers vote to decide this week's winners. Voting closes at 8 p.m. Thursday.
Athletes are listed in alphabetical order by last name.
Girls
Eliza Mitchell, Soph., Iowa City High
Mitchell drove in a run during City High softball's 7-6 loss to Cedar Falls in the Class 5A regional final on July 15.
Mitchell recorded an RBI, a hit and a run against the Tigers.
Turner Patrick, 8th grader, Clear Creek Amana
Despite a 5-1 loss to North Scott in the 4A regional final, Patrick managed to earn a hit for Clear Creek Amana softball on July 15.
The Clippers totaled three hits against the Lancers and Patrick had hers in the sixth inning.
Aubrey Robertson, Fr., Iowa City Liberty
Despite an 8-2 loss to Linn-Mar in the 5A regional final, Robertson made big plays for Liberty softball.
Robertson recorded an RBI single that tied the game, 1-1, before she plated the go-ahead run in the fourth inning.
Elizabeth Timmerman, Jr., Clear Creek Amana
Timmerman scored the only run of the game for CCA softball during its 5-1 loss to North Scott in the 4A regional final.
Timmerman opened the Clippers lineup with a single and capitalized on a passed ball by North Scott to plate a run in the first inning.
Eve Vitense, Fr., Iowa City High
Despite a 7-6 loss to Cedar Falls, Vitense recorded a strong performance in the Class 5A regional final.
Vitense cranked a three-run home run in the seventh inning against the Tigers. She totaled five RBIs and three hits.
Boys
Cooper Hughes, Sr., Iowa City Liberty
Hughes helped lift Liberty baseball past Linn-Mar in the Class 4A substate final on July 16.
Hughes tallied two RBIs, two doubles and a run.
Robert Meade, Sr., Clear Creek Amana
Meade pitched a complete game during CCA baseball’s 3-0 substate semifinal win over Xavier on July 14.
Meade tossed seven strikeouts in a seven-hit shutout.
Jaxton Schroeder, Sr., Iowa City High
Schroeder threw a seven-inning gem during City High baseball’s 1-0 substate final win over Indianola on July 16.
The 6-foot-5 senior tossed nine strikeouts in the three-hit shutout.
Mason Waterbury, Sr., Iowa City Liberty
Waterbury patrolled the mound during Liberty baseball’s 6-5 substate final win over Linn-Mar.
Waterbury allowed 10 hits but tallied six strikeouts across six innings of work. He also earned a hit against the Lions.
Talon Young, Sr. Iowa City High
Young scored the only run of the game during City High’s 1-0 substate final win over Indianola.
Young hit an RBI single in the fifth inning.
Marc Ray is the high school sports reporter for the Iowa City Press-Citizen. He can be reached at [email protected] , and on X, formerly Twitter, at @themarcszn.
This article originally appeared on Iowa City Press-Citizen: Vote: Iowa City Press-Citizen’s Athletes of the Week, July 14-20
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