The two pitchers for the Twin Cedars Softball Squad have been a huge key to the Sabers success not just this season but the last three seasons in their climb to the State Tournament. Grace Bailey has got most of the starts for the last couple of seasons as she has a combined record of 38-11 with just 32 walks and 191 strikeouts. Her pitching mate in the circle, Ali Mockenhaupt is just as effective sporting a 14-3 record in the last two years with 13 walks and 98 strikeouts. Both Bailey and Mockenhaupt tell KNIA/KRLS Sports now that they are at the State Tournament much of the pressure of getting there is off and it is time to have some fun.

Grace: “Getting to Fort Dodge is the first step, and getting there was half the battle and now we can just go and have a lot of fun.”
Ali: The last 3 years we’ve been so close. Our biggest goal was to make it To Fort Dodge. We got the easy conference championship and this year we said we have to go, and we’re just going to go up there and see what happens.”

If you put Bailey’s and Mockenhaupt’s walks and strikeouts together for the last two seasons, they have walked just 45 batters and fanned 289 batters. Both have also been great at the plate as well with a combined 70 RBI and 80 total hits this season. Twin Cedars will play Lisbon on Tuesday night at 7:30 ,you can hear the game live on 92.1 KRLS.

Photo from Ryan Northcote