Heelan finishes 2-0 in own classic Jul 6, 2008
Bishop Heelan went 2-0 during the Heelan Classic at Lewis and Clark Park Saturday, winning baseball games over Storm Lake (12-5) and East (8-2). Conor Krommenhoek went the distance, fanning seven batters in the win over East. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Siouxland celebrates Fourth of July Jul 3, 2008
Fireworks will follow Explorers baseball games this evening and Friday evening in Lewis and Clark Park. The Central Bank Big Parade at 7 p.m. Friday in Chris Larsen Park will kick off an evening of activities in that park that will include food vendors, a beer garden, games and music. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Leave it to the pros or you might blow yourself up Jul 3, 2008
The two-day fireworks displays July 4 and 5 after the Explorers baseball games at Lewis and Clark Park are " my baby," Lantis said. "I never shoot the same show. To tell you the truth, I don't even know what I'm going to shoot yet," he said a week before the annual Fourth of July fireworks displays for the Explorers. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Newcomer's homer helps X's to 7-2 victory Jul 2, 2008
Sioux City's Nick McCoola slides into second as Lincoln's Corey Harrington reaches for the ball during Explorers baseball action at Lewis and Clark Park Tuesday, July 1, 2008 ... Tuesday night, Bryan delivered, lining a seventh-inning homer that snapped a 2-2 tie and paved the way to an 8-2 win over the Lincoln Saltdogs in the second-half opener for both teams at Lewis and Clark Park. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Father's Day in Siouxland: Quiet at the bar, busy at the meat counter Jun 16, 2008
-- 1,556 spectators watched the Explorers play at Lewis and Clark Park. -- At least 600 customers stopped and ordered an ice cream cone at Valley Drive Inn, the popular seasonal drive-up on U.S. Highway 20 at Correctionville, Iowa. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Grossman walk-off gives X's 4-2 win Jun 16, 2008
Sioux City's Jason Tuttle makes a diving catch against Lincoln during Explorers baseball action Sunday at Lewis and Clark Park. (Staff photo by ). (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Rain ends X's chance for comeback Jun 5, 2008
Dodging raindrops was the order of the evening for the Sioux City Explorers and Shreveport Sports Wednesday at Lewis and Clark Park. Umpires halted play in the top of the seventh inning with one out at approximately 8:50 p.m. with the visiting Sports in front 1-0, courtesy of a run in the top of the first inning. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
X's Francisco goes to 4-0 May 28, 2008
Lincoln s Luis Perez makes it safely back to first as Sioux City s Juan Camacho waits for the throw Tuesday at Lewis and Clark Park ... As of now, however, the X's are just 2-13 when the starting hurler is anyone other than righthander Alexander Francisco, who improved to 4-0 in four starts Tuesday night at Lewis and Clark Park. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Roster, entertainment lineup set for Soft Bowl I May 24, 2008
Chatham, a former North High and University of South Dakota standout now in his ninth season in the National Football League, will be hosting the charity softball game June 21 at Lewis and Clark Park, home of the American Association Sioux City Explorers ... Sioux City radio station Z-98 will provide a remote broadcast prior to the game and then present 3D, an Omaha rock band, in concert on the barbeque deck at Lewis and Clark Park immediately following the game. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
X's split in home debut May 12, 2008
Sioux City's Alex Llanos tags Wichita's Dustan Mohr during a rundown between second and third base during Explorers baseball action at Lewis and Clark Park on Sunday ... After sweeping three games from the X's in Kansas last week, the Wingnuts salvaged a split of a doubleheader at Lewis and Clark Park Sunday, putting a damper on the Explorers' home opener. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Chatham continues to give back to his hometown Apr 19, 2008
Chatham was in town to announce the formation of Soft Bowl I, a charity softball game set for Saturday, June 21 at Lewis and Clark Park, home of the American Association Sioux City Explorers. "The concept behind this was to basically do some sort of event for Sioux City that would be comparable to a River-Cade or Saturday in the Park, an event that could be a recurring thing here for years," said Chatham. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Wysong homer sparks Morningside Apr 6, 2008
Morningside, outhit 10-5, still won the nightcap, 5-3, to earn a sweep of Dakota Wesleyan in a Great Plains Athletic Conference baseball doubleheader Saturday at Lewis and Clark Park. The Mustangs, now 14-11 overall and 6-6 in the GPAC, won the opener, 7-5 after staving off a four-run Wesleyan rally in the top of the seventh. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Northwestern takes GPAC baseball pair from Mustangs Apr 5, 2008
Northwestern College's baseball team continued to stay atop the Great Plains Athletic Conference race with an 8-2, 5-3 doubleheader sweep over Morningside College Friday afternoon at Lewis and Clark Park ... Morningside will host Dakota Wesleyan in a GPAC doubleheader that will start at 2 o'clock this afternoon at Lewis and Clark Park. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Morningside hosts family weekend April 4-6 Apr 1, 2008
The baseball team plays Dakota Wesleyan University at 1:30 p.m. at Lewis and Clark Park. Read Comments > | Share This Story. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Mustangs sweep pair from Dordt Mar 25, 2008
Morningside ran its Great Plains Athletic Conference baseball record to 4-0 with a doubleheader sweep of Dordt Monday at Lewis and Clark Park. Gabe Shockman pitched a five-hit shutout in the opener, won by the Mustangs 7-0. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Stolen Sacagawea statue head found in pickup truck Mar 20, 2008
Lewis and Clark Park Superintendent David Szymanski said they're hoping they can put the statue back together with the original mold, so having the heads is an important step. More Headlines. (KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8, OR)
Sleep-Out plans will be announced Tuesday Sep 29, 2007
The evening of Friday, Nov. 16, will find many volunteers from Siouxland and elsewhere camped in boxes, sleeping bags and tents at Lewis and Clark Park. The organizers predict 300 sleepers that night and estimate raising 50,000 for area shelters. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Nottle steps down as X's skipper Sep 26, 2007
"What I'd say to the people of Siouxland is, 'take advantage of Lewis and Clark Park or you're going to lose it,' '' said Nottle. "When I came back, I really wanted to get it back to what I thought were wonderful days here in Siouxland in a gorgeous park with a lot of people I cared about. "And it just doesn't seem like I can get that done. I really think if they go in other avenues, including another manager, who maybe has some new ideas and maybe isn't the old guy (it might make a... (Sioux City Journal, IO)
X's back in first Aug 13, 2007
Oh, the X's did get some help from Fort Worth, twice Sunday, in vaulting into a first-place tie with St. Paul after edging Sioux Falls Sunday 4-3 at Lewis and Clark Park ... St. Paul and Sioux City, each 21-15, begin a crucial three-game series tonight at Lewis and Clark Park. (Sioux City Journal)
14-6 romp puts X's one game back Aug 11, 2007
That's how far the Sioux City Explorers are from first place in the North Division of the American Association after clobbering Sioux Falls 14-6 Friday night in front of a crowd of 1,886 at Lewis and Clark Park. Pete Pirman reached base in all six of his at-bats and Robert Wooley pitched seven strong innings as the X's improved their second-half record to 20-11. (Sioux City Journal)
X's stay in the chase Aug 6, 2007
That's all it took for the Sioux City Explorers to hand El Paso a Texas-sized whipping that loomed larger than the 3-1 outcome in the American Assocation baseball game Sunday at Lewis and Clark Park. Cheek, now 4-0, spaced six hits and turned in the best seven-inning stint by a Sioux City pitcher this season. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Snakes sack X's Jul 26, 2007
Rocking starter Rory James for five runs in a game-tying fifth inning, St. Joe followed with a four-run sixth against little-used reliever Mike Nunes in a wild turnaround at Lewis and Clark Park. Two more runs in the ninth were simply icing on the cake in a game that saw 38-year-old veteran Greg Bicknell shake off a rocky start to record an improbable complete-game win. (Sioux City Journal)
Errors doom X's Jul 25, 2007
Costly errors spelled the difference Tuesday night at Lewis and Clark Park as the St. Joseph Blacksnakes prevailed 5-3 over the X's in a 14-inning American Association baseball marathon. Knotting the game at 3-3 after Alex Llanos dropped a throw in the eighth inning, St. Joe pulled out the win after an errant throw by Nick McCoola paved the way to two unearned runs in the 14th. (Sioux City Journal)
Sioux City teams thump HCHS at Heelan Baseball Classic Jul 21, 2007
The Harlan Community baseball team found that out this weekend, dropping a pair of games to the 22-12 Black Raiders and the 22-13 Crusaders, 17-6 on Sunday and 10-0 (six innings) on Saturday, respectively, at Lewis and Clark Park. The Cyclones (22-8) battled much harder in their second game of the annual Heelan Classic, starting down 10-0 after two and a half innings vs. East, but battling back to 12-6 at one point. (Harlan Tribune, IA)
If you could change River-Cade, what would you do? Jul 20, 2007
Elwood Jenkins wrote on Jul 18, 2007 10:05 AM:" Its all too commercial now. Back when it was at the site of the Pavillion it was a sioux city celebration now you have to drive down the Interstate. Back when you could park your cars on the streets of Sioux City or SSC and walk in good luck with that now. And what ever happened to the Golden Knights? That park down there is a joke...must have been some of that prime real estate sold to the city by a relative like in the case of Lewis and Clark... (Sioux City Journal)
Heelan, MOC-Floyd Valley clash with state berth on the line Jul 18, 2007
If tonight's Class 3A substate final between Bishop Heelan and MOC-Floyd Valley is anything like the last time the two teams met, fans at Lewis and Clark Park are in for a dandy ... Just over a year ago, Heelan edged the Dutch 5-4 in 10 innings in a district opener at Lewis and Clark Park. (Sioux City Journal)
Explorers claim 10th straight win Jul 16, 2007
X's and OH's: American Association Commissioner Miles Wolff was in Lewis and Clark Park for the game. The commish said he was pleased to see Sioux City turning its season around after the 15-33 first half. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Day of dreams Jul 14, 2007
Going through my swinging motion slowly, I stared at a poster of Jackie Robinson stealing home and pictures I'd taken of RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. Putting my imagination to work, I pictured myself standing in the batters box at Lewis and Clark Park taking batting practice ... Across the parking lot, Lewis and Clark Park stood like a monument ... The sky and the wind were tricky at Lewis and Clark Park. (Sioux City Journal)
Explorers host Family Fun Fest Sunday Jul 13, 2007
The Principal Financial Group Family Fun Fest, the world's largest traveling celebration of baseball, will make a stop Sunday at Lewis and Clark Park as part of the festivities when the Sioux City Explorers take on the St. Joe Blacksnakes. Created and produced by Entertainment s International, the 4,000-square foot Family Fun Fest will open at 2:05 p.m. The Explorers game will begin at 5:05 p.m.. (Sioux City Journal)
X's stretch winning streak to six Jul 12, 2007
Now a solid 14-14 in road games this season, the X's hope to go to work on a puzzling 8-21 home record, launching a four-game series tonight at Lewis and Clark Park against the St. Joseph Blacksnakes. St. Joe, swept in three games by the X's last weekend, comes into the series at 1-8 for the second half, losing for the eighth night in a row Wednesday night in Sioux Falls. (Sioux City Journal)
Sioux City schools roll in Heelan Classic Jul 9, 2007
Three Sioux City schools posted impressive prep baseball victories Sunday in the Heelan Classic at Lewis and Clark Park. North, East and West rolled to victories before host Bishop Heelan met Storm Lake in a late night game. (Sioux City Journal)
Cops to crack down on booze along Sandy River Jul 7, 2007
Back along the Sandy, deputies remind everyone alcohol is prohibited at Lewis and Clark Park and they hope fines and tickets will help solve their biggest problem. "Alcohol is the big one, Gates said. I mean that is the big one that causes more problems than anything else.". (KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8, OR)
Late rally sinks X's Jul 6, 2007
But, the 5-4 setback at the hands of the Lincoln Saltdogs Thursday night at Lewis and Clark Park might have been the most gut-wrenching off all. With Brad Guy turning in his usual sterling performance on the mound, Manager Ed Nottle's X's took a 4-1 lead into the ninth inning, but ending up losing 5-4, the 13th loss in 17 one-run games this season. (Sioux City Journal)
Dramatic comeback lifts X's to 9-8 triumph Jul 5, 2007
reborn again on the Fourth of July, rallying from an 8-3 deficit to stun the Saltdogs 9-8 in front of 3,442 at Lewis and Clark Park Wednesday night. Lincoln, the AA's North Division first-half champ with a 34-13 record, had opened the second half with a 10-2 demolition of the X's. (Sioux City Journal)
Explorers' McCoola named All-Star Jul 4, 2007
When I didn t get drafted out of college I decided that was the end of the line for me, said McCoola before a Tuesday night game with Lincoln at Lewis and Clark Park. I figured my time was up in this game. (Sioux City Journal)
Blacksnakes complete sweep of Explorers Jun 28, 2007
Sioux City first basemen Julian Benavidez makes the catch from pitcher Rory James as St. Joe's Chad Sosebee is picked off Wednesday at Lewis and Clark Park ... The news didn't get any better after that as the St. Joseph Blacksnakes nipped the X's 5-4 Wednesday night at Lewis and Clark Park, weathering a ninth-inning rally to finish off a sweep of a three-game American Association baseball series. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Sloppy defense sinks X's Jun 26, 2007
Gift-wrapping an astonishing eight unearned runs, the X's opened a nine-game homestand in rocky fashion, bowing 11-5 to the St. Joseph Blacksnakes in front of a sparse Monday night crowd at Lewis and Clark Park. After defeating the Lincoln Saltdogs in the final two games of a weekend road series with the American Association's winningest team, Manager Ed Nottle's troops were their own worst enemies in a loss to the league's losingest club. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Explorers win after dropped fly ball, 8-7 Jun 11, 2007
Baseball's version of the Alphonse and Gaston French comedy skit -- "After you, Alphonse. No, you first, my dear Gaston'' -- ended Sunday at Lewis and Clark Park with a grim collective grin of delight on the faces on the Sioux City Explorers.A bizarre 8-7 Sioux City victory over the Coastal Bend Aviators ended on a dropped fly ball. The Explorers' Jason Tuttle scored with two out in the bottom of the ninth inning when Aviator centerfielder Phil Grau and rightfielder Juan Figueroa collided while... (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Last member of Sioux City Ghosts dies Jun 7, 2007
Hansen said his fondest memory of Williams was from 2004, when Williams threw out the first pitch at a ball game at Lewis and Clark Park for the city's 150th birthday. "It was something that ... in walking around the stadium with him, you just saw how many people he had impacted in one way or another.". (Sioux City Journal, IO)
X's snap losing skid Jun 5, 2007
In the fifth of seven consecutive meetings between the I-29 rivals - and the second of four in a row at Lewis and Clark Park - veteran Brad Guy takes the hill for the X's tonight, squaring off with former major league Pat Mahomes of Sioux Falls. X's AND OH's: It was just the third time all season the Explorers have manufactured runs in the first inning. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
The man behind the mutt: Hinds enjoys role as X's mascot Jun 2, 2007
As fans enter Lewis and Clark Park to watch the Explorers and Lincoln Saltdogs, he prepares and literally gets into character inside a small storage room beneath the stands. While players dress in red and white polyester uniforms, Adam Hinds is cloaked in a solid black wool costume equipped with a giant head and paws turning him into Slider, the fan-friendly K-9 mascot of the Sioux City Explorers. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
X's salvage final game of St. Joe series May 28, 2007
50 ERA) will start on the mound for the Explorers Tuesday night at Lewis and Clark Park against Lincoln in the first of a three-game series. Read Comments > | Share This Story. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Youthful North squad could contend for 4A state tournament berth May 23, 2007
Current sophomore Dean McArdle was the starting pitcher two years ago in a Class 4A substate final against a senior-dominated Council Bluffs Lewis Central squad that beat perhaps then, the state's youngest 4A squad, 3-0 in a final at Lewis and Clark Park. Last year, McArdle was the losing pitcher in a 9-2 substate final loss to Mason City. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
The (Bat)Boys of Summer May 22, 2007
Sioux City Explorers' batboys Matt Solomon, Max Tushla and Alec DeVries head to the dugout before the opening ceremonies of the home opener last week against the Sioux Falls Canaries at Lewis and Clark Park ... It takes a lot of pressure off a manager to have someone like Fluff guiding this year's crop of batboys, Nottle said from the Explorers' dugout at Lewis and Clark Park shortly before last Thursday's season home opener against Sioux Falls. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Home runs doom Explorers May 21, 2007
Launching three wind-blown home runs that plated five runs, the Canaries improved to 9-2 on the young American Association season with a 6-2 win over the X's in a Sunday evening matchup at Lewis and Clark Park. On a day when routine fly balls to left or center field were apt to be blown out of the yard, the Yellow Birds had their uppercuts working as they improved their North Division lead to two games over the St. Paul Saints. (Sioux City Journal)
Dickinson State heads to championship May 12, 2007
The Blue Hawks punched their ticket to today's title game with a 9-2 victory over fourth-seeded Briar Cliff, the tournament's host team, Friday at Lewis and Clark Park. Dickinson State, continuing on with a 33-10 record, was awaiting its opponent in a 1 p.m. contest today. (Sioux City Journal)
Briar Cliff stays alive in regional May 11, 2007
Briar Cliff's seniors played like they didn't want their careers to end on Thursday and the result was a 4-1 triumph over Northwestern in the NAIA Region III Baseball Championships at Lewis and Clark Park. Jared Jacobs turned in a masterful pitching performance. (Sioux City Journal)
X's feel good about winning championship May 10, 2007
Sioux Falls, which lost a 13-7 exhibition slugfest with Sioux City in Yankton last week, hooks up with the X's again next Thursday for the home opener at Lewis and Clark Park. The Canaries had to juggle their rotation earlier this week after veteran Josue Matos jumped ship to sign with a team in Taiwan. (Sioux City Journal)
Burlea, Wall win top GMAC honors May 8, 2007
Northwestern has qualifed for the NAIA Region III tournament and will take a 33-15 record and the sixth seed into a first-round game Wednesday against top-seeded Dickinson State (31-9) of North Dakota Wednesday at Lewis and Clark Park (1 p.m.) ... Coach Boyd Pitkin's team (26-18), seeded fourth, will meet third-seeded Jamestown (28-14) Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Lewis and Clark Park. (Sioux City Journal)
Briar Cliff, M'side part of GPAC baseball tournament field May 3, 2007
The winner of the GPAC tournament earns an automatic berth in the NAIA Region III Championship May 9-11 at Lewis and Clark Park. Read Comments > | Share This Story. (Sioux City Journal)
Chargers get second seed in GPAC tourney Apr 30, 2007
Sioux Falls also earns one of the three GPAC automatic bids into next week's NAIA Region III tournament at Lewis and Clark Park. Briar Cliff (24-16) will open play on Thursday against seventh-seeded Mount Marty (25-15) at 9 a.m.. (Sioux City Journal)
Play ball: Explorers ticket sales under way Apr 17, 2007
At Lewis and Clark Park, the home of the Explorers since 1993, Dave Olsen of South Sioux City paid 95. 40 for 12 tickets -- two each for the six Sunday home games he'll be able to attend, with the first on May 20. (Sioux City Journal)
Mustangs ride strong pitching performances to GPAC sweep Apr 15, 2007
Josh Hansen and Heath Horsley twirled back-to-back pitching gems, leading Morningside to a Great Plains Athletic Conference baseball sweep of Hastings Saturday at Lewis and Clark Park. Hansen tossed a one-hit shutout in the opener and the Mustangs pushed across the game's only run in the bottom of the seventh inning. (Sioux City Journal)
Morningside's Hansen hurls gem Mar 24, 2007
Morningside's Josh Hansen twirled a two-hit shutout, outdueling Midland Lutheran's Mike Burdine as the Mustangs clipped Midland 1-0 in the Great Plains Athletic Conference baseball opener for both teams Friday at Lewis and Clark Park. Midland Lutheran won the second game 14-1 in five innings. (Sioux City Journal)
