Editing Clarinda, Iowa (section)

==Sports==
Clarinda is the home of the Clarinda A's, a summer amateur [[baseball]] team, founded by Merl Eberly. The team won the 1981 [[National Baseball Congress]] championship. It has sent several players on to the major leagues, notably [[Baseball Hall of Fame]] member [[Ozzie Smith]], who regularly returns to Clarinda for special events. Previously, Clarinda was home to [[minor league baseball]]. The 1910-1911 [[Clarinda Antelopes]] played as members of the [[Class D (baseball)|Class D]] level [[Missouri-Iowa-Nebraska-Kansas League]].<ref>Gray, Rob. - "Smith remembers days as `Osborne' in Clarinda". - ''[[Des Moines Register]]''. - January 20, 2002. | - Clark, Bill. - "Town proves baseball still is America's game". - ''[[Columbia Daily Tribune]]''. - January 14, 2009.</ref>

Iowa Western Community College fielded Nationally Ranked junior college baseball teams from 1982 through 1984. Compiling a record of 119 wins and 26 losses during that time, the IWCC Bluejays were nationally ranked as high as 9th in the nation in 1982, ranked 4th in 1983 and the 1984 team was ranked 6th nationally and went to the National Junior College World Series in Grand Junction, Colorado. Coach Jeff DuPre's teams had a total of 10 players drafted during the three-year span and had players continue their college careers at schools such has Arizona State, Nebraska, Illinois, South Alabama, Jacksonville, Louisiana Tech, Grand Canyon State and South Carolina/Aiken. The 1982 to 1984 span also produced 6 All-American players, with George Gonzalez being First Team All American in 1982. The 1982 team set a Junior College record at the time with a .390 batting average. When the IWCC Bluejays went to the 1984 NJCAA World Series they were the smallest school ever to qualify.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}