Sioux Central blanks Emmetsburg 10-0, advances to regional semifinal
Sage Weber’s three-hit, one-hit shutout pushed Sioux Central past Emmetsburg 10-0 and into the Class 2A regional semifinals.
Sioux Central turned a playoff rematch into a rout Wednesday at Peterson, scoring in three straight innings and beating Emmetsburg 10-0 to move into the Class 2A regional semifinals. Sage Weber drove the Rebels’ best postseason showing in the area this week, collecting three hits at the plate and throwing a one-hit shutout in the circle.
The Rebels took control quickly with one run in the first inning and two more in the second, then buried the E-Hawks with five runs in the third. By the time the frame ended, Sioux Central had built an 8-0 lead and left no room for late pressure.
Weber limited Emmetsburg to one hit, walked one and struck out eight over four innings. Sioux Central finished with 10 hits, showing the kind of balanced offense that made the win look more like a statement than a squeaker. Madison Wittmaack supplied a home run and a single, drove in two runs and scored three times. Kailee Laursen doubled twice, scored twice and drove in one run.
Kennedy Brown, Ava McCarty and Nora Christian each added a single. Matilyn Trierweiler and Victori Meyer also drove in runs, helping keep the lineup moving while Emmetsburg tried to settle in defensively. The Rebels’ early surge and steady contact kept the game from turning into a one-inning burst.
Weber said the result felt like getting past a postseason hurdle. Sioux Central had lost to Emmetsburg 13-10 in the playoffs two years earlier, and the E-Hawks had also ended the Rebels’ 2024 season with that 13-10 regional loss. The 10-0 reversal carried extra weight for a Sioux Central group that entered the bracket looking to put those games behind it.
The victory sent Sioux Central into a regional semifinal against 11th-ranked Hinton on Friday at 7 p.m. in Hinton. The Iowa Girls’ High School Athletic Union set Class 1A and 2A regionals for July 6, 8, 10 and 13, with the state tournament slated for July 20-24 in Fort Dodge.
Sioux Central’s run ended there, with Hinton beating the Rebels 1-0 and improving to 25-4. Even with the finish, the shutout over Emmetsburg showed Sioux Central could combine timely hitting, clean defense and dominant pitching when the bracket tightened.
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