in what will be a game of firsts for both programs. The Mustangs were back-to-back champions in 20, but lost to another in-state team, Northwestern of Orange City, in the semifinals last year. 2 Morningside of Sioux City, which is going for its third national title in four seasons. Grand View travels to Durham, North Carolina, for Saturday’s NAIA National Championship game. “But all the rehab finally paid off with the playoff run we’ve had and now playing for the national championship this weekend.” “There’s obviously a long road of recovery,” Wieland said. And on Saturday, he and his childhood friends will compete for a national championship. He dealt with yet another injury and missed a few games this fall.īut he's healthy now. The 6-foot-4, 234-pound junior linebacker is now in his second season with the Vikings. Those friends, seniors Drew Boffeli and Cole Rollinger, convinced Wieland to join them at Grand View. MORE: Iowa City High's Nate Wieland commits to Iowa after late offer I didn’t want it to be a business thing.” “When I was weighing my options, I just wanted to have fun playing football again. “Some of my best friends growing up actually played (at Grand View),” Wieland told the Des Moines Register. Wieland transferred to play for the Vikings after an injury during his freshman season at Iowa. The Hawkeyes host Western Michigan for a three-game series on March 24-26 at Duane Banks Field.Grand View junior Nate Wieland defends an opponent. The Hawkeyes are 8-0 when scoring in the first inning and are 14-0 when holding their opponents to five or fewer runs.The Hawkeyes have scored 156 runs this year. Iowa has scored 10 or more runs in eight games this season.The 1939 season was the best start in program history, starting 18-3 and finishing 19-5 on the season. The Hawkeyes are off to their best start since 1939. The Hawkeyes scored two in the first, four in the fifth, three in the sixth, one in the seventh, and two in the eighth. Michael Seegers was 2-for-3 also drawing three walks, Brennen Dorighi was 2-for-2 with three runs scored, Keaton Anthony was 2-for-3 with three RBIs, and Raider Tello was 3-for-6 on the day. Got a lot of guys in the game that hadn’t been out there in a while, and I thought they handled themselves well.”įour different Hawkeyes had multi-hit games. “Lot of guys threw, and for the most part other than a blip here or there, almost all of them came in and pounded the strike zone. “Really happy with our pitching staff,” said Heller. Keaton Anthony got the start and the win, throwing two innings in a game that saw ten different pitchers throw for the Hawkeyes by design. Tight ballgame for the first four innings then we were able to break it open and take advantage of some of the walks and free bases they gave us.” Scored two early to give the pitchers some insurance. Didn’t have a whole lot to show for it but we were barreling some balls. I thought we hit a lot of balls hard in the first four innings. “We had good energy from the time we came out for BP. “Very pleased with how we went about our business today,” said head coach Rick Heller. The Hawkeyes improved to 6-0 at home on the season, and 16-3 overall. IOWA CITY, Iowa – The University of Iowa baseball team defeated Grand View, 12-1, on Wednesday evening at Duane Banks Field.
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