State title baseball games set for 1A, 2A

DES MOINES (AP) — Get ready for a rematch in Class 2A baseball. Defending champion Cherokee and Davenport Assumption won semifinal games Thursday and will meet for the title on Saturday, the second straight year they’ve faced off on the final day of the season. Cherokee beat the Knights 5-4 for last year’s championship and will be trying to become the first repeat champion in 2A since Lansing Kee won three in a row from 1989-91. The Braves (30-1) advanced with a 6-2 victory over Solon, scoring four times in the fifth inning to break a 2-2 tie. Assumption beat St. Ansgar 7-0 behind Jared McIntosh’s one-hit pitching to reach the finals for the 10th time. The Knights (34-8) have won seven championships, the last in 2006. Kyle Ruehle went 2-for