AGWSR makes stunning rally to win 1A opener

FORT DODGE – AGWSR’s Anna Jaspers said a little prayer before she went to the plate in the seventh inning.
It must have been some divine intervention for the Cougars’ No. 8 hitter because she led off with a double to the fence as her team trailed 3-0 and down to their last three outs in the Class 1A state opener against Bellevue Marquette.
It started a six-hit, six-run rally as No. 5 AGWSR came all the way back to defeat the Mohawks 6-5 on Tuesday, July 21 at Harlan and Hazel Sports Complex in Fort Dodge.
“(I told them to) keep hitting it hard,” AGWSR co-coach Scott O’Brien said. “‘Something is going to drop,’ and that is what happened...."
Because of this week's deadline, this story and more photos are run in its entirety in the July 23 print edition of the Grundy Register.