OTTUMWA --- Indian Hills Community College softball coach Jim Overturf has announced the dates for two youth softball clinics that will be held at IHCC in February.
A softball pitching clinic will be held on Saturday, Feb. 4, at the Tom Arnold Net Center on the IHCC Ottumwa campus for ages 8 through 18. The clinic will be divided into two groups: one for those ages 8-12 from 10 to 11:30 a.m., and a second session for those ages 13-18 from 1 to 3 p.m.
The guest instructors will be Molly Cope, a former Indian Hills pitcher who went on to pitch at Morehead State (KY), and her sister, Penny Cope Freeman, a former pitcher at both Alabama and Nebraska. The sisters were both all-state pitchers at Carlisle High School and Academic All-Americans in college.
All participants should bring a glove and tennis shoes and pitchers must have a catcher for the drills.
Coach Overturf, assistant coach Jennifer Sabourin and Indian Hills players will assist with the camp. The cost to attend is $40. Registration begins 30 minutes prior to the start of each session.
The Indian Hills’ coaches and members of the Warrior softball squad will direct a softball skills clinic on Saturday, Feb. 11, at the Net Center.
Again, there will be two sessions: one for those in grades 4 through 7, from 9 a.m. to noon, and one for grades 8 through 12 from 1 to 4 p.m. The morning session will emphasize skill development in hitting, throwing, fielding, base running and sliding. The afternoon session will emphasize hitting, defensive breakdowns by position, throwing, base running, sliding and the psychology of hitting.
The cost to attend the skills clinic is $30. Clinic participants need to bring workout clothes, tennis shoes, a bat and a glove.
Registration forms for the pitching and skills clinics can be found on the IHCC website at www.indianhills.edu/athletics/softball.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
More Academic Honors for IHCC Softball
Ottumwa -- The Indian Hills Community College softball team and five Warrior players have been honored for their work in the classroom during the 2010-11 academic year.
The National Fastpitch Coaches Association has named Indian Hills an All-Academic Team with the 10th-best team grade point average of any two-year school in the nation.
In addition, IHCC sophomores Kylee Coughlin (Melrose), Nicole Steinle (Ft. Collins, Col.), Kristen Paulson (Bettendorf) and Morgan Powers (Indianola) and freshman Cortney Wood (Alburnett) were named NFCA All-American Scholar Athletes, an honor given to those individuals with a GPA of at least 3.5.
The Indian Hills softball squad was previously selected as an All-Academic Team by the National Junior College Athletic Association. Coughlin, Steinle and Powers were recognized for their “superior academic achievement” by the NJCAA.
The National Fastpitch Coaches Association has named Indian Hills an All-Academic Team with the 10th-best team grade point average of any two-year school in the nation.
In addition, IHCC sophomores Kylee Coughlin (Melrose), Nicole Steinle (Ft. Collins, Col.), Kristen Paulson (Bettendorf) and Morgan Powers (Indianola) and freshman Cortney Wood (Alburnett) were named NFCA All-American Scholar Athletes, an honor given to those individuals with a GPA of at least 3.5.
The Indian Hills softball squad was previously selected as an All-Academic Team by the National Junior College Athletic Association. Coughlin, Steinle and Powers were recognized for their “superior academic achievement” by the NJCAA.
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Wilcox Has High School Jersey Retired
Ottumwa -- Sarah Wilcox, a key contributor to the success of the Indian Hills softball team the past two seasons, has had her jersey retired by Carlisle High School. Wilcox's jersey was retired in a ceremony prior to Carlisle's June 29 game with Saydel.
Her jersey is one of 20 that has been retired in the 27 years that Jim Flaws has coached at Carlisle. Flaws' program has sent a number of talented players to Indian Hills.
Wilcox was a two-year starter at shortstop for Indian Hills. She played on the 2010 team that qualified for the NJCAA Division I National Tournament and on a team that tied for the Region 11 regular-season championship this past spring.
In high school, Wilcox was a four-year starter in softball and a two-time all-state selection. As a senior, she led the Wildcats to the Class 3-A state championship game and was chosen to play in the senior all-star game.
Flaws said Carlisle usually retires the jerseys of its former softball players soon after they complete high school so the current players can be there to honor their former teammates.
Her jersey is one of 20 that has been retired in the 27 years that Jim Flaws has coached at Carlisle. Flaws' program has sent a number of talented players to Indian Hills.
Wilcox was a two-year starter at shortstop for Indian Hills. She played on the 2010 team that qualified for the NJCAA Division I National Tournament and on a team that tied for the Region 11 regular-season championship this past spring.
In high school, Wilcox was a four-year starter in softball and a two-time all-state selection. As a senior, she led the Wildcats to the Class 3-A state championship game and was chosen to play in the senior all-star game.
Flaws said Carlisle usually retires the jerseys of its former softball players soon after they complete high school so the current players can be there to honor their former teammates.
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Another Former Warrior Going to Minnesota
Ottumwa -- Former Indian Hills softball player Nicole Steinle will be joining another ex-Warrior at St. Cloud State University in the fall. Steinle has signed a letter-of-intent with the Minnesota school and will enroll there next season.
At St. Cloud State, Steinle will be reunited with Jordan Grell, like Steinle, a first-team all-Region 11 performer for the Warriors this past spring.
Steinle, a Fort Collins, Colorado native, played in 79 games over two seasons for Indian Hills. As a sophomore, she hit .250 and led the team in homers with eight and walks with 30. She had a .520 slugging percentage and a .993 fielding percentage while playing primarily first base.
Steinle was recently honored for her "Exemplary Academic Achievement" by the National Junior College Athletic Association, one of three IHCC softball players named as "Athletes of Distinction" for their academic performance this past year.
At St. Cloud State, Steinle will be reunited with Jordan Grell, like Steinle, a first-team all-Region 11 performer for the Warriors this past spring.
Steinle, a Fort Collins, Colorado native, played in 79 games over two seasons for Indian Hills. As a sophomore, she hit .250 and led the team in homers with eight and walks with 30. She had a .520 slugging percentage and a .993 fielding percentage while playing primarily first base.
Steinle was recently honored for her "Exemplary Academic Achievement" by the National Junior College Athletic Association, one of three IHCC softball players named as "Athletes of Distinction" for their academic performance this past year.
Academic Honors for Three Softball Players
Ottumwa -- Three members of the Indian Hills softball team were honored by the National Junior College Athletic Association for their academic accomplishments during the 2010-11 academic year.
Sophomores Kylee Coughlin, Morgan Powers and Nicole Steinle all made the NJCAA's "Athletes of Distinction" list.
Coughlin was given an award for "Superior Academic Achievement" for having a grade point average between 3.80 and 3.99. Powers and Steinle were honored for their "Exemplary Academic Achievement" as both had a grade point average of between 3.60 and 3.79.
In addition, the Indian Hills softball team was named an NJCAA All-Academic Team, the 12th year in a row that the IHCC softball received that honor. The team grade point average was 3.22, the 17th-best GPA of all NJCAA Division I softball squads.
Sophomores Kylee Coughlin, Morgan Powers and Nicole Steinle all made the NJCAA's "Athletes of Distinction" list.
Coughlin was given an award for "Superior Academic Achievement" for having a grade point average between 3.80 and 3.99. Powers and Steinle were honored for their "Exemplary Academic Achievement" as both had a grade point average of between 3.60 and 3.79.
In addition, the Indian Hills softball team was named an NJCAA All-Academic Team, the 12th year in a row that the IHCC softball received that honor. The team grade point average was 3.22, the 17th-best GPA of all NJCAA Division I softball squads.
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Grell Headed North
Ottumwa -- IHCC All-Region softball player Jordan Grell has signed a national letter-of-intent with St. Cloud State University in Minnesota.
Grell was a two-year starter at third base for Indian Hills and really blossomed this past season. She had a .371 batting average and six home runs with a team-high 47 RBIs. The Moville, Iowa native led the Warriors in triples (4), total bases (92), slugging percentage (.622) and sacrifice flies (4) in addition to her team-leading RBI total.
Grell was a first-team All-Region 11 choice and was named to the Louisville Slugger/NFCA All-Midwest second team.
Grell was a two-year starter at third base for Indian Hills and really blossomed this past season. She had a .371 batting average and six home runs with a team-high 47 RBIs. The Moville, Iowa native led the Warriors in triples (4), total bases (92), slugging percentage (.622) and sacrifice flies (4) in addition to her team-leading RBI total.
Grell was a first-team All-Region 11 choice and was named to the Louisville Slugger/NFCA All-Midwest second team.
Monday, May 2, 2011
Rough Second Day Spoils Region Tourney for IHCC
Muscatine, IA -- It was a Region 11 postseason tournament that started out very promisingly for the defending champion Indian Hills Warriors. IHCC won both of its games on Saturday to go into the final day of the tourney as the only unbeaten team, needing just one more win to nail down its second straight conference crown.
But Iowa Western avenged an extra-inning loss to the Warriors the previous night with two victories on Sunday to claim the region title.
The Reivers first had to defeat host Muscatine CC to stay alive in the double-elimination affair in Sunday's first game. After they accomplished that, IWCC then took care of the Warriors with 8-1 and 13-1 wins.
One of the biggest surprises was the way IHCC's offense was held in check in the two Sunday games. After scoring 17 runs while beating Southeastern, 9-0 in five innings, and Iowa Western, 8-5 in nine innings, the day before, Indian Hills managed only an RBI-single by Cortney Wood in the first game and a solo homer from Sarah Wilcox in the second game.
Meanwhile, the Reivers teed off against Indian Hills pitching. They had two grand slam homers and a three-run shot.
One of the grand slams, by Daleigh Fossler, started the scoring in the first game. The Reivers then put the game away with four insurance runs in the 6th.
IWCC began the game-two scoring with a home run too, a three-run drive to left in the 1st by Shelby Hermsen. McKenna Bartko had a grand slam in the 3rd.
Only twice all day, in 12 innings, did Indian Hills have more than one runner on base in an inning.
Saturday couldn't have gone much better for the Warriors. Freshman Hannah Washburn threw a perfect game against SCC, retiring all 15 batters she faced. She struck out four in the five-inning gem.
Her teammates backed her with an early 7-0 lead. Jordan Grell had a two-run single in the 1st and added another RBI-hit in the 2nd, in front of Nicole Steinle's two-run homer.
The Saturday night extra-inning win against Iowa Western provided plenty of drama. After the Reivers scored a run in the top of the 9th to break a 4-all tie, Indian Hills was down to their last out in the bottom of the inning.
Grell drove a high fastball over the leftfield fence to tie the score. Steinle kept the inning alive by drawing a walk and Tory Beaver singled to center.
That brought up Cortney Wood, who had hit a walk-off homer a week earlier to beat Iowa Western. Wood went after the first pitch from IWCC's Greta Smeins and hit a no-doubt shot over the fence in left-center.
The Warriors came from behind three times in the game before winning in thrilling fashion.
Wilcox had three hits, including a pair of doubles, and Kylee Homewood and Morgan Powers each had two. Everybody in the starting lineup had at least one hit except for Steinle, who walked four times.
Washburn pitched the final two innings in relief -- coach Jim Overturf used four pitchers -- and picked up her second win of day.
But the Warriors couldn't carry over the enthusiasm from Saturday night into the next day's performance and saw their season end with a 34-17 record.
It was a very tough way for the nine sophomores on the IHCC squad to have their careers come to an end.
But Iowa Western avenged an extra-inning loss to the Warriors the previous night with two victories on Sunday to claim the region title.
The Reivers first had to defeat host Muscatine CC to stay alive in the double-elimination affair in Sunday's first game. After they accomplished that, IWCC then took care of the Warriors with 8-1 and 13-1 wins.
One of the biggest surprises was the way IHCC's offense was held in check in the two Sunday games. After scoring 17 runs while beating Southeastern, 9-0 in five innings, and Iowa Western, 8-5 in nine innings, the day before, Indian Hills managed only an RBI-single by Cortney Wood in the first game and a solo homer from Sarah Wilcox in the second game.
Meanwhile, the Reivers teed off against Indian Hills pitching. They had two grand slam homers and a three-run shot.
One of the grand slams, by Daleigh Fossler, started the scoring in the first game. The Reivers then put the game away with four insurance runs in the 6th.
IWCC began the game-two scoring with a home run too, a three-run drive to left in the 1st by Shelby Hermsen. McKenna Bartko had a grand slam in the 3rd.
Only twice all day, in 12 innings, did Indian Hills have more than one runner on base in an inning.
Saturday couldn't have gone much better for the Warriors. Freshman Hannah Washburn threw a perfect game against SCC, retiring all 15 batters she faced. She struck out four in the five-inning gem.
Her teammates backed her with an early 7-0 lead. Jordan Grell had a two-run single in the 1st and added another RBI-hit in the 2nd, in front of Nicole Steinle's two-run homer.
The Saturday night extra-inning win against Iowa Western provided plenty of drama. After the Reivers scored a run in the top of the 9th to break a 4-all tie, Indian Hills was down to their last out in the bottom of the inning.
Grell drove a high fastball over the leftfield fence to tie the score. Steinle kept the inning alive by drawing a walk and Tory Beaver singled to center.
That brought up Cortney Wood, who had hit a walk-off homer a week earlier to beat Iowa Western. Wood went after the first pitch from IWCC's Greta Smeins and hit a no-doubt shot over the fence in left-center.
The Warriors came from behind three times in the game before winning in thrilling fashion.
Wilcox had three hits, including a pair of doubles, and Kylee Homewood and Morgan Powers each had two. Everybody in the starting lineup had at least one hit except for Steinle, who walked four times.
Washburn pitched the final two innings in relief -- coach Jim Overturf used four pitchers -- and picked up her second win of day.
But the Warriors couldn't carry over the enthusiasm from Saturday night into the next day's performance and saw their season end with a 34-17 record.
It was a very tough way for the nine sophomores on the IHCC squad to have their careers come to an end.
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