In this installment of the 3 Up, 3 Down podcast, sports editors Troy Banning of The Daily Freeman-Journal in Webster City, IA and Ross Thede of the Times Republican in Marshalltown, IA give their thoughts and predictions on the upcoming Iowa High School State Softball Tournament, which will get underway in Fort Dodge on Monday, July 20. Which teams are they picking to win titles? Listen to find out. In the second segment they talk briefly about the British Open golf tournament, and finally they say goodbye to Northeast Hamilton High School, which closed its doors in May and saw its final baseball team bow out of district play earlier in the week.