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Ballard Van Meter

Bombers

Bulldogs

The Van Meter (IA) varsity softball team won Friday's home non-conference game against Ballard (Huxley, IA) by a score of 8-1.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Ballard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Van Meter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-

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Recap
Matchup Info

Game Story

Iowa High School Softball - Ballard Van Meter

June 27, 2025: Van Meter, IA 50261

Van Meter Bulldogs (Van Meter, IA) backers left the game pleased Friday as they saw their softball squad nudge the visiting Ballard Bombers (Huxley, IA), 8-1 in a non-league game.

With the triumph, Van Meter upgrades its record to 22-2 on the year. The Bulldogs travel to Prairie City-Monroe (Monroe, IA) to play the Mustangs in a non-league game on Monday, June 30. The Mustangs enter the game with a record of 19-2.

The Bombers now own a 6-19 record. They play next when they travel to Boone for a Raccoon River game on Tuesday, July 1.

Ballard @ Van Meter Softball Game Info

Fri., Jun. 27, 2025 @ 5:30p

Van Meter High School

The Van Meter (IA) varsity softball team won Friday's home non-conference game against Ballard (Huxley, IA) by a score of 8-1.

Rankings & Records

Ballard (24-25)

IA
144

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
7-27	2-15	2-17	5-10	.206	.118	122	302

Van Meter (24-25)

IA
14

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
34-2	19-0	14-1	18-1	2-0	.944	1.000	361	71

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Ballard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.6	-	-
Van Meter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10.0	-	-

Head-to-Head

Van Meter won on 5/31/2025

5/31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Van Meter - - - - - - - 17 - -
Ballard - - - - - - - 0 - -

The Van Meter (IA) varsity softball team won Saturday's away non-conference game against Ballard (Huxley, IA) by a score of 17-0.
Box score
Van Meter won on 6/27/2025

6/27 @ 5:30p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Ballard - - - - - - - 1 - -
Van Meter - - - - - - - 8 - -

The Ballard (Huxley, IA) varsity softball team lost Friday's away non-conference game against Van Meter (IA) by a score of 8-1.
Box score

5/31	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Van Meter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	-	-
Ballard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Ballard	2-7		Van Meter	4-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
5/27/25	Ballard	Saydel	(W) 15-2	7/3/25	Van Meter	Saydel	(W) 18-3
5/31/25	Ballard	Interstate 35	(L) 9-1	6/4/25	Interstate 35	Van Meter	(W) 4-2
				6/23/25	Van Meter	Interstate 35	(W) 15-4
				6/25/25	Van Meter	Interstate 35
				7/12/25	Interstate 35	Van Meter	(W) 3-0
6/4/25	Ballard	Winterset	(L) 9-1	5/31/25	Winterset	Van Meter	(L) 4-3
6/25/25	Winterset	Ballard	(L) 14-10
6/14/25	Ballard	Webster City	(W) 8-3	6/7/25	Van Meter	Webster City
6/16/25	A-D-M	Ballard	(L) 11-7	6/6/25	Van Meter	A-D-M	(L) 2-1
6/19/25	A-D-M	Ballard	(L) 21-2	6/6/25	Van Meter	A-D-M
6/23/25	North Polk	Ballard		7/8/25	North Polk	Van Meter
6/24/25	North Polk	Ballard	(L) 10-1
6/24/25	North Polk	Ballard	(L) 16-1

Record Breakdown

Ballard (24-25)		Van Meter (24-25)
7-27	Overall	34-2
2-15	League	19-0
5-12	Non-League	12-2
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
2-7	Common Opponent	4-2
2-17	Home	14-1
5-10	Away	18-1
0-0	Neutral	2-0
0-0	Playoff	3-0
7-27	In-State	34-2
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0