Greene County Retakes Lead in HOI Softball

WIN OVER PCM TODAY CAN CLINCH TIE FOR CROWN

Greene County swept a doubleheader from Gilbert, 4-0 and 6-0, last night in Jefferson to move back into first place in the Heart of Iowa Conference. The Rams meet Prairie City-Monroe today at 2 p.m. to finish out a game interrupted on June 21 in Jefferson. GC was ahead 4-2 with no outs and the bases loaded when the game was stopped in the fourth inning due to rain.

GC can clinch at least tie for the league crown if they can finish off PCM. The wins over Gilbert moved the Rams to 12-2 in the league with only the PCM game today and a tilt at Roland-Story on Friday left on the regular and conference season schedule. PCM (11-2) played North Polk last night in Alleman, but a score from that game has not yet been reported.

If the Rams win today and again tomorrow night in Roland, they would win the crown outright with a 14-2 mark. A win today and loss tomorrow would leave them at 13-3, and PCM would need to have won last night over North Polk and then take care of Gilbert tonight in its conference finale to forge a tie the league title. Losses today and tomorrow would drop the Rams at 12-4 and open the door for PCM to secure the crown with a win tonight over Gilbert.

Gilbert played Nevada on Tuesday, but no score has been reported. The GC wins over Gilbert dropped Gilbert to 8-6 in the league with the Tuesday game and the PCM tilt tonight still to be added.

 
A PCM loss to North Polk last night or a loss tonight to Gilbert would also boost the Ram’s chances of winning the conference championship.
 
HEART OF IOWA CONFERENCE SOFTBALL STANDINGS
Greene County                        12-2
PCM (Monroe)                        11-2
North Polk                                9-4
Roland-Story                            9-5
Gilbert                                       8-6
Colfax-Mingo                           4-9
CMB (Maxwell)                        5-10
South Hamilton                         2-11
Nevada                                      1-13
 
Games not included: North Polk at PCM and CMB at South Hamilton (Wed.), Nevada at Gilbert (Tues.)
Games remaining: PCM and Greene County, completion (today); PCM at Gilbert, South Hamilton at Roland-Story, North Polk at Colfax-Mingo (tonight); Greene County at Roland-Story, Nevada at South Hamilton (Friday); Colfax-Mingo at North Polk