Van Meter Baseball

Home of all things related to Van Meter Baseball. 6 time state Champs 46’ 03’ 19’ 20’ 21’ 22’

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Lots of projection and development to come. Has been up to 87 mph with us towards the end of the summer. His best is yet to come #VanMeterBaseball

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Daniel Wiebelhaus ('27,IA)📝

Projectable 6'4" 215lb frame w/ more in the tank. Utilizes 2 pitch mix effectively, able to use tunnels. Can really spin the FB, very high upside to this guy. Must follow into senior year!

FB: 82-84 T85 mph / 2300+ rpm / IVB 15" / HB 12"
SL: 76-78 mph / 2100+ rpm / IVB -8" / HB 7"

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Incoming freshman who contributed on the Varsity Level this past summer on the mound. Bright future ahead for him! #VanMeterBaseball

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OF Gavin Giesking (Van Meter, 2030) sprays this 2K pitch the other way for a single.

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[Van Meter Baseball @VMBaseball2026]

Congratulations to Austin Strong on being selected to IHSBCA 2nd Team All State and Des Moines Register 2A All State Team (1 of 10 total players in all of 2A) well deserved. #VanMeterBaseball

[Van Meter Baseball @VMBaseball2026]

Congratulations to our postseason honors.

- Austin Strong 1st Team All Conference & 1st Team All District
- Daniel Wiebelhaus 2nd Team All Conference & 2nd Team All District
- Gabe Jones 2nd Team All Conference
- Mason Buck and Lexon Blevins Honorable Mention All Conference

[Van Meter Baseball @VMBaseball2026]

Van Meter Baseball season came to an end this past Saturday night. A bad inning did us in. Always tough to have the final night come earlier than you had hoped. Great group of kids incredibly thankful for their commitment all summer and going forward. #VanMeterBaseball

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Daniel Wiebelhaus went 3-4 with a double, and 3 RBIs

Nick Leary went 3-4 with an RBI single

Drew Rhodes 4 scoreless innings pitched and 6 Ks

Total team effort Dawgs at home Saturday night vs PCM 7 PM

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Dawgs win their first postseason game tonight over West Central Valley 10-0 in 5 innings.

Mason Buck went 3-3 with 2 doubles, a walk, 4 runs scored, and 1 RBI

Austin Strong went 2-3 with a double, a walk, 3 runs scored, and 2 RBI

[Van Meter Baseball @VMBaseball2026]

Honored 4 Seniors last night couldn’t be more proud of these 4 representatives of our program. Congratulations and thank you to all four and their families. Now time to get healthy and play good baseball. #VanMeterBaseball

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Youth night turnout from our game last night versus DCG. Good turnout future is bright. Senior night tonight vs ACGC #VanMeterBaseball

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Districts are set. We will be hosting starting July 7th at 7 PM as a part of substate 6. #VanMeterBaseball

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A video from yesterday showing the end of our busy week now continue building on good baseball. #VanMeterBaseball

[David Warrington @DWarringtonTV]

There was some great baseball today at Saydel. Austin Strong's 3-run home run was huge as Van Meter took down Webster City, 8-7. The Bulldogs also earned a 7-2 win over Saydel, while the Eagles beat Webster City 10-8.
@SoundOFF13

[Van Meter Baseball @VMBaseball2026]

8 game week ends with two good wins in Saydel today.

7-2 over Saydel
Garrison Thummel 4 scoreless innings for the W on the mound, @strong_austin33 with 2 💣’2

8-7 over Webster City @strong_austin33 with another 💣 and 4 RBIs, 8th grader Gavin Giesking 5 2/3 IP for the W

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Middle of an 8 game week means team meal. Big shout out to Mrs. Swartz and the parents that sent stuff and made it happen. Now 6 games in the next 3 days #VanMeterBaseball

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Busy 8 game week starting tonight at home vs Earlham.

Tuesday @ Pleasantville

Thursday DH home vs Ogden

Friday DH home vs Madrid

Saturday 10 AM and 12 PM @ Saydel triangular vs Saydel and Webster City

Can’t go 8-0 without going 1-0

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[Van Meter Baseball @VMBaseball2026]

Drew Rhodes is hitting .417 and slugging .611 while only giving up 4 ER in his last 14 innings

Gabe Jones is hitting .429 so far with an OBP of .543 also

Daniel Wiebelhaus has thrown 13 2/3 Innings with a 2.05 ERA against quality opponents

Bulldogs host DMC tomorrow @ home

[Van Meter Baseball @VMBaseball2026]

Heading into the 4th week of games this week our guys have competed well and have been competitive in all games. Need to clean up some things moving forward to get on a roll but flashes have been shown some positive starts so far coming.

[Van Meter Baseball @VMBaseball2026]

Good week for Van Meter Baseball. Freshman group 3-0, JV group 2-0, and Varsity team 4-0 on the week. Lots of Varsity debuts. Back in action at home Monday. #VanMeterBaseball

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Time for Moore baseball.

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Dropped a tough one tonight 9-7 to a good North Polk baseball team. One bad inning hurt us but we will be better because of it.

Daniel Wiebelhaus threw 5 innings of 1 run ball with 8 Ks.

Our top 6 hitters all had at least one hit. All 9 got on base.

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Opening night tonight at the Dog Park tonight. Excited to get it started officially #VanMeterBaseball

JV @ 5
Varsity @ 7