State Tournament Size and Venues The spring baseball tournament had 8 teams from its creation in 1928 through 1958. In 1959, it was reduced to 4 teams. Manson hosted 14 spring tournaments in a row from 1933 to 1946. The following year, Mason City hosted for the first time and was the site of most of the spring tournaments through 1972. From 1924 to 1927 Ames hosted an unofficial "invitational state tournament" which attracted around 30 to 40 schools each year.
The fall tournament was had 8 teams from 1939 to 1952, when the field was reduced to 4 teams. Starting in 1967, the "state tournament" became merely a two team championship game. The tournament was held at several sites in its early days, but from 1963 to 1985 Boone hosted the championship game all but three years.
The summer baseball tournament expanded to 8 team for the first time in 1969. Prior to that time, the tournament had always included either four teams or two (the two-team championship game format was used in 1952, 1953, and 1956-1966). When the tournament split into two classes in 1973, only four teams from each class qualified. The tournament was expanded to 8 teams per class two years later in 1975, was reduced to four again with the expansion to 4 classes in 1981, and was again increased to 8 per class in 1995. The tournament has been held at Principal Park in Des Moines since 2005. Marshalltown hosted at least a portion of every tournament from 1975 to 2004.
35 - St. John's, Bancroft: 1943 (F), 1944 (F), 1946 (Su), 1947 (Su), 1948 (F), 1950 (F), 1953 (F), 1956 (F), 1957 (Su), 1957 (F), 1958 (Sp), 1959 (F), 1960 (F), 1961 (Sp), 1964 (Sp), 1964 (F), 1966 (F), 1968 (F), 1969 (Sp), 1972 (F), 1975 (1A), 1976 (1A), 1977 (1A), 1977 (F), 1978 (F), 1979 (1A), 1980 (1A), 1982 (1A), 1983 (1A), 1984 (1A), 1985 (1A), 1985 (F), 1986 (1A), 1987 (1A), 1988 (1A) 29 - Dowling Catholic: 1941 (Sp), 1942 (Sp), 1943 (Sp), 1945 (Sp), 1946 (Sp), 1949 (Sp), 1951 (Sp), 1958 (Sp), 1962 (Sp), 1966 (Sp), 1975 (2A), 1977 (2A), 1979 (2A), 1981 (4A), 1987 (4A), 1988 (4A), 1989 (4A), 1992 (4A), 1994 (4A), 1999 (4A), 2000 (4A), 2001 (4A), 2009 (4A), 2010 (4A), 2011 (4A), 2012 (4A), 2014 (4A), 2017 (4A), 2019 (4A) 29 - Norway: 1944 (F), 1949 (F), 1965 (F), 1966 (F), 1967 (Sp), 1967 (F), 1968 (Sp), 1968 (Su), 1968 (F), 1969 (Su), 1970 (F), 1972 (F), 1974 (1A), 1974 (F), 1975 (1A), 1979 (F), 1981 (1A), 1981 (F), 1982 (1A), 1982 (F), 1983 (1A), 1983 (F), 1984 (1A), 1985 (1A), 1987 (1A), 1988 (1A), 1989 (1A), 1990 (1A), 1991 (1A) 27 - Davenport Central (including Davenport): 1938, 1940 (Sp), 1941 (Sp), 1943 (Sp), 1944 (Sp), 1947 (Sp), 1948 (Sp), 1949 (Sp), 1950 (Sp), 1959 (Sp), 1960 (Sp), 1969 (Sp), 1970 (Sp), 1971 (Sp), 1972 (Sp), 1975 (2A), 1976 (2A), 1979 (2A), 1985 (4A), 1988 (4A), 1993 (4A), 1994 (4A), 1995 (4A), 2006 (4A), 2007 (4A), 2009 (4A), 2011 (4A) 27 - Mason City: 1935, 1937, 1938, 1942 (Sp), 1944 (Sp), 1945 (Sp), 1946 (Sp), 1947 (Sp), 1954 (Sp), 1956 (Sp), 1957 (Sp), 1958 (Sp), 1967 (Sp), 1968 (Sp), 1970 (Su), 1972 (Sp), 1972 (Su), 1978 (2A), 1979 (2A), 1982 (4A), 1997 (4A), 2003 (4A), 2004 (4A), 2006 (4A), 2010 (4A), 2011 (4A), 2017 (4A) 26 - Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson: 1953 (Su), 1954 (Sp), 1954 (Su), 1956 (Sp), 1956 (Su), 1957 (Sp), 1959 (Sp), 1959 (Su), 1960 (Sp), 1960 (Su), 1962 (Sp), 1962 (Su), 1963 (Su), 1964 (Sp), 1964 (Su), 1966 (Sp), 1966 (Su), 1967 (Sp), 1967 (Su), 1969 (Sp), 1970 (Sp), 1970 (Su), 1973 (2A), 1974 (2A), 1978 (2A), 1993 (4A) 24 - Newman Catholic: 1967 (Su), 1977 (1A), 1979 (1A), 1987 (2A), 1995 (2A), 1998 (1A), 2001 (1A), 2002 (1A), 2004 (1A), 2005 (2A), 2006 (1A), 2008 (1A), 2009 (1A), 2010 (1A), 2011 (1A), 2012 (1A), 2013 (1A), 2014 (1A), 2015 (1A), 2016 (1A), 2017 (1A), 2018 (1A), 2019 (1A), 2020 (1A) 23 - Kee: 1973 (1A), 1975 (F), 1977 (F), 1978 (F), 1980 (1A), 1980 (F), 1981 (2A), 1984 (2A), 1985 (2A), 1986 (2A), 1989 (2A), 1990 (2A), 1991 (2A), 1992 (1A), 1995 (1A), 1996 (1A), 2000 (1A), 2001 (1A), 2002 (1A), 2005 (1A), 2007 (1A), 2009 (1A), 2011 (1A) 20 - Bishop Heelan Catholic (including Trinity, Sioux City): 1947 (Sp), 1968 (Su), 1970 (Su), 1977 (2A), 1980 (4A), 1985 (4A), 1996 (3A), 1998 (3A), 2000 (3A), 2001 (3A), 2003 (3A), 2004 (3A), 2005 (3A), 2007 (3A), 2012 (3A), 2013 (3A), 2016 (3A), 2017 (3A), 2018 (3A), 2019 (3A) 19 - Harlan: 1945 (Sp), 1969 (Su), 1975 (2A), 1995 (3A), 1996 (3A), 1999 (3A), 2002 (3A), 2003 (3A), 2004 (3A), 2005 (3A), 2008 (3A), 2011 (3A), 2012 (3A), 2013 (3A), 2014 (3A), 2015 (3A), 2016 (3A), 2017 (3A), 2018 (3A) 18 - Assumption, Davenport (including St. Ambrose): 1953 (Sp), 1982 (4A), 1992 (3A), 1993 (3A), 1995 (3A), 1997 (3A), 1999 (3A), 2002 (3A), 2003 (3A), 2004 (3A), 2006 (2A), 2007 (2A), 2008 (2A), 2013 (3A), 2014 (3A), 2017 (3A), 2018 (3A), 2019 (3A) 18 - Beckman: 1968 (Su), 1982 (3A), 1984 (3A), 1986 (3A), 1996 (2A), 1998 (2A), 2000 (2A), 2001 (2A), 2002 (2A), 2003 (2A), 2005 (2A), 2006 (2A), 2009 (2A), 2012 (2A), 2013 (2A), 2014 (2A), 2016 (2A), 2017 (2A) 18 - Johnston: 1977 (1A), 1979 (1A), 1984 (3A), 1985 (3A), 1992 (3A), 1993 (3A), 1995 (3A), 1997 (4A), 1998 (4A), 2008 (4A), 2009 (4A), 2013 (4A), 2014 (4A), 2016 (4A), 2017 (4A), 2018 (4A), 2019 (4A), 2020 (4A) 18 - Martensdale-St. Marys: 1941 (F), 1978 (1A), 1987 (1A), 1992 (1A), 1994 (1A), 2002 (1A), 2003 (1A), 2004 (1A), 2010 (1A), 2011 (1A), 2012 (1A), 2013 (1A), 2014 (1A), 2015 (1A), 2017 (1A), 2018 (1A), 2019 (1A), 2020 (1A) 17 - Spalding Catholic: 1965 (F), 1971 (F), 1972 (Su), 1973 (F), 1974 (1A), 1974 (F), 1975 (1A), 1976 (F), 1981 (2A), 1985 (1A), 1989 (1A), 1992 (1A), 2000 (1A), 2001 (1A), 2003 (1A), 2004 (1A), 2005 (1A) 17 - St. Mary's, Remsen: 1979 (1A), 1980 (F), 1981 (1A), 1981 (F), 1983 (2A), 1983 (F), 1984 (2A), 1984 (F), 1985 (2A), 2007 (1A), 2010 (1A), 2013 (1A), 2016 (1A), 2017 (1A), 2018 (1A), 2019 (1A), 2020 (1A) 15 - Burlington: 1935, 1937, 1946 (Su), 1965 (Su), 1967 (Su), 1971 (Su), 1972 (Su), 1973 (F), 1974 (2A), 1975 (2A), 1979 (2A), 1983 (4A), 1999 (4A), 2000 (4A), 2008 (4A) 15 - Cedar Rapids Kennedy: 1969 (Su), 1980 (4A), 1983 (4A), 1993 (4A), 2000 (4A), 2001 (4A), 2002 (4A), 2003 (4A), 2006 (4A), 2007 (4A), 2008 (4A), 2010 (4A), 2011 (4A), 2012 (4A), 2015 (4A) 15 - Decorah: 1932, 1968 (Sp), 1970 (Sp), 1970 (Su), 1972 (Sp), 1975 (2A), 1989 (3A), 1990 (4A), 1991 (3A), 1992 (3A), 1993 (3A), 1995 (3A), 2003 (3A), 2009 (3A), 2012 (3A) 15 - Urbandale: 1978 (2A), 1984 (4A), 1990 (4A), 1996 (4A), 1997 (4A), 2000 (4A), 2001 (4A), 2002 (4A), 2003 (4A), 2006 (4A), 2007 (4A), 2016 (4A), 2018 (4A), 2019 (4A), 2020 (4A) 14 - Ankeny High: 1987 (4A), 1992 (4A), 1993 (4A), 1994 (4A), 1999 (4A), 2004 (4A), 2005 (4A), 2007 (4A), 2008 (4A), 2010 (4A), 2012 (4A), 2013 (4A), 2019 (4A), 2020 (4A) 14 - Dubuque Hempstead: 1974 (2A), 1978 (2A), 1983 (4A), 1984 (4A), 1986 (4A), 1988 (4A), 1996 (4A), 1999 (4A), 2002 (4A), 2003 (4A), 2008 (4A), 2010 (4A), 2014 (4A), 2020 (4A) 14 - Fort Dodge: 1944 (Sp), 1969 (Su), 1970 (Su), 1971 (Su), 1974 (2A), 1989 (4A), 1990 (4A), 1995 (4A), 1996 (4A), 2005 (4A), 2007 (4A), 2009 (4A), 2011 (4A), 2012 (4A) 14 - Valley, West Des Moines: 1951 (Su), 1954 (Su), 1955 (Su), 1983 (4A), 1995 (4A), 1996 (4A), 1999 (4A), 2003 (4A), 2004 (4A), 2005 (4A), 2006 (4A), 2012 (4A), 2014 (4A), 2018 (4A) 13 - North Polk: 1973 (1A), 1989 (2A), 1991 (2A), 1995 (2A), 1996 (2A), 1998 (2A), 2003 (2A), 2005 (2A), 2006 (2A), 2011 (2A), 2012 (2A), 2013 (2A), 2014 (2A) 12 - Boone: 1965 (Su), 1967 (Su), 1970 (Su), 1971 (Su), 1972 (Su), 1986 (4A), 2009 (3A), 2011 (3A), 2013 (3A), 2015 (3A), 2018 (3A), 2019 (3A) 12 - Cedar Rapids Jefferson: 1961 (Sp), 1964 (Sp), 1970 (Su), 1972 (Su), 1978 (2A), 1989 (4A), 1991 (4A), 1995 (4A), 1996 (4A), 1998 (4A), 2014 (4A), 2016 (4A) 12 - Iowa City West: 1981 (4A), 2004 (4A), 2005 (4A), 2009 (4A), 2010 (4A), 2011 (4A), 2012 (4A), 2014 (4A), 2015 (4A), 2016 (4A), 2017 (4A), 2019 (4A) 12 - Marshalltown: 1975 (2A), 1976 (2A), 1981 (4A), 1985 (4A), 1986 (4A), 1995 (4A), 2000 (4A), 2001 (4A), 2002 (4A), 2008 (4A), 2009 (4A), 2018 (4A) 11 - Davenport West: 1963 (Sp), 1965 (Sp), 1966 (Sp), 1973 (2A), 1977 (2A), 1987 (4A), 1996 (4A), 1999 (4A), 2000 (4A), 2001 (4A), 2016 (4A) 11 - Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont (as Eddyville): 1939 (F), 1944 (Sp), 1945 (F), 1950 (F), 1954 (Sp), 1956 (F), 1957 (F), 1958 (Sp), 1958 (F), 1976 (1A), 1982 (2A) 11 - MFL-MarMac (as M-F-L and Monona): 1944 (F), 1946 (Sp), 1946 (F), 1947 (Sp), 1947 (F), 1948 (Sp), 1948 (F), 1949 (F), 1972 (Su), 1976 (1A), 1977 (1A) 11 - St. Albert: 1977 (1A), 1980 (1A), 1981 (3A), 1995 (2A), 1996 (2A), 1998 (2A), 1999 (2A), 2009 (2A), 2011 (2A), 2018 (1A), 2020 (1A) 11 - Wahlert: 1960 (Sp), 1962 (Sp), 1963 (Sp), 1965 (Sp), 1985 (4A), 1992 (4A), 1997 (4A), 2001 (4A), 2015 (3A), 2016 (3A), 2017 (3A) 11 - Waterloo East: 1942 (Sp), 1943 (Sp), 1945 (Sp), 1946 (Su), 1947 (Su), 1954 (Sp), 1962 (Sp), 1967 (Sp), 1973 (2A), 1975 (2A), 1998 (4A) |