IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Monika Czinano scored 23 points, Kathleen Doyle added 18 with seven assists and five rebounds and No. 19 Iowa rolled to a 100-57 win over Penn State. The Hawkeyes enter the final weekend of the regular season a game behind No. 7 Maryland and No. 18 Northwestern.

Iowa, which reached 100 points for the fourth time this season and surpassed 90 for the third consecutive game, took care of the Nittany Lions, who have lost 12 straight, quickly, en route to its 35th straight win at home. Kamaria McDaniel scored 22 points for Penn State.

JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Jack Flaherty is getting the ball on opening day for the St. Louis Cardinals. St. Louis manager Mike Shildt says the 24-year-old Flaherty will start the season opener March 26 at Cincinnati. It will be the right-hander’s first opening day start and comes after he finished fourth in NL Cy Young Award voting with a closing surge last season. Flaherty pitched the home opener for the Cardinals last year. Shildt gave Flaherty the news on Friday, not a surprise after Flaherty went 11-8 with a 2.75 ERA last season. Seven of those wins came after the All-Star break, when he posted a 0.91 ERA.

Consolation Semi-Finals

Class 2-A:

• 120:  Kolten Crawford (Union) beat Ben Schmitz (Kuemper Catholic) 5-3
• 145:  Emry Colby (Panorama) beat Nicholas Bockenstedt (North Polk) Injury Default 2:10
• 152:  Wyatt Appleseth (Panorama) beat Bret Hoyman (Emmetsburg) 6-0
• 195:  Wyatt Voelker (West Delaware) beat Sam Chapman (Creston/O-M) FALL 1:45
• 195:  Gabe Hemsted (Carlisle) beat Carter Maynes (Red Oak) FALL 3:31
• 220:  Crew Howard (Clarinda) beat Treyton Burnikel (Crestwood) FALL 1:57
• 285:  Cale Roller (Atlantic/CAM) beat Chris Van Der Brink (Boyden Hull-Rock Valley) FALL 3:40

Class 1-A:

• 113:  Jace Rose (Riverside) beat Cade Siebrecht (Lisbon) 5-2
• 120:  Stevie Barnes (Underwood) beat Garrett Funk (Don Bosco) 3-2
• 120:  Hagen Heistand (Logan-Magnolia) beat Trey Lashbrook (AGWSR) FALL 1:48
• 126:  Kael Brisker (Wilton) beat Wyatt Reisz (Logan-Magnolia) 5-3
• 132:  Easton Larson (Don Bosco) beat Zane Ziegler (Underwood) 10-2
• 152:  Casey Hanson (Lake Mills) beat Blake Thomsen (Underwood) 4-0
• 170:  Drew Venteicher (Bedford-Lenox) beat Bryson Freeburg (Tri-Center) 3-1 (SV-1)
• 182:  Coy Baker (Wilton) beat Nick Haynes (Missouri Valley) FALL 1:21
• 285:  Barrett Pitt (Logan-Magnolia) beat Dane Johnson (Pocahontas Area) FALL 5:34

Consolation Finals

Class 3-A:

• 145:  7th Place – Logan Adamson (Bettendorf) beat Tanner Higgins (Lewis Central) 9-3

Class 2-A:

• 120:  5th Place – Ben Schmitz (Kuemper Catholic) beat Brock Moore (Forest City) 7-4
• 126:  7th Place – Ethan Lemon (Harlan) beat Ty Koedam (Sergeant Bluff-Luton) 9-2
• 145:  3rd Place – Jack Thomsen (Union) beat Emry Colby (Panorama) FALL 1:45
• 152:  3rd Place – Wyatt Appleseth (Panorama) beat Logan Engebretson (North Polk) 5-2
• 160:  7th Place – Justin McCunn (Red Oak) beat Kalen Meyer (Central Lyon-G-LR) 5-3
• 195:  5th Place – Carter Maynes (Red Oak) beat Sam Chapman (Creston/O-M) Medical Forfeit
• 220:  3rd Place – Seth Adrian (Assumption-Davenport) beat Crew Howard (Clarinda) FALL :27
• 285:  3rd Place – Derrin Sesker (Van Meter-Earlham) beat Cale Roller (Atlantic/CAM) 1-0

Class 1-A:

• 113:  3rd Place – Braden Graff (West Sioux) beat Jace Rose (Riverside) 2-1
• 120:  3rd Place – Hagen Heistand (Logan-Magnolia) beat Stevie Barnes (Underwood) 3-1
• 126:  5th Place – Wyatt Reisz (Logan-Magnolia) beat Michael Mcclelland (Don Bosco) 4-2
• 132:  5th Place – Cullen Koedam (West Sioux) beat Zane Ziegler (Underwood) 5-0
• 152:  5th Place – Tate Entriken (Hudson) beat Blake Thomsen (Underwood) FALL 6:48 (SV-1)
• 170:  3rd Place – Tristan Mulder (Western Christian) beat Drew Venteicher (Bedford-Lenox) 8-3
• 170:  5th Place – Bryson Freeburg (Tri-Center) beat Connor Fehr (West Bend-Mallard) 5-2
• 182:  5th Place – Evan Wulfekuhle (Beckman Catholic) beat Nick Haynes (Missouri Valley) Tech Fall 4:53 (17-2)
• 195:  7th Place – Gavyn Fischer (AHSTW) beat Eli Van Ginkel (Western Christian) 8-6
• 220:  7th Place – Gideon Rollene (Northwood-Kensett) beat Luke Mosinski (Audubon) FALL :45
• 285:  3rd Place – Chandler Redenius (West Hancock) beat Barrett Pitt (Logan-Magnolia) FALL 3:38
• 285:  7th Place – Devin Whipple (Bedford-Lenox) beat Kody Timm (HLV) FALL 2:54

KJAN Sports Director Chris Parks talks Atlantic Winter Sports in the postseason. We speak with Boys Basketball Coach Jeff Ebling as his team preps for Substate play against Harlan on Monday. We talk Atlantic/CAM wrestling as Cale Roller is set to wrestle in the 2A 285lb Consolation Semfinals today. And finally we recap the girls basketball season with Head Coach Dan Vargason, their season came to an end on Wednesday night in the Regional Semifinals at Red Oak.

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CLASS 3A REGIONAL FINALS

Region 8

Red Oak vs. Creston (@ Southwest Valley, Corning) 5:00 p.m.

CLASS 4A REGIONAL SEMIFINALS

Region 1

Harlan @ Glenwood 5:00 p.m.
LeMars @ Carroll 5:00 p.m.

Region 8

Carlisle @ Lewis Central 5:00 p.m.
Dallas Center-Grimes @ ADM 5:00 p.m.

CLASS 5A REGIONAL SEMIFINALS

Region 3

Marshalltown @ Johnston 5:00 p.m.
Ankeny @ CB Abraham Lincoln 5:00 p.m.

Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — St. Louis Cardinals slugger Paul Goldschmidt never found consistency with his swing last season. Poor swings that yield ugly results early in spring training games may actually prevent that from happening again this season. The 32-year-old is ready to take his cuts as the games get underway this weekend, but he is not yet ready for the field. Arm soreness has limited Goldschmidt’s throwing, and manager Mike Shildt will use him as the designated hitter Saturday and in his next scheduled appearance on Monday.

UNDATED (AP) — Top-ranked Baylor heads into Saturday’s showdown with No. 3 Kansas carrying a league-record 23-game winning streak. That streak includes its first road victory in 18 tries against the Jayhawks. The Bears could deal a staggering blow to the Jayhawks’ hopes of winning the Big 12 championship by completing the series sweep. A win at home also might solidify their spot as the overall No. 1 seed in next month’s NCAA Tournament.

UNDATED (AP) — No. 7 Maryland visits No. 25 Ohio State on Sunday. The Big Ten-leading Terrapins look to win their 10th in a row and complete a two-game sweep against the Buckeyes, after beating them 67-55 at home last month behind Anthony Cowan Jr.’s 20 points. Ohio State shot just 31% in that one, 5 for 27 on 3-pointers. With a two-game lead over No. 9 Penn State, Maryland also hopes to create more space in the conference standings.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Alexa Willard scored 14 points, Abby Hipp added 11 points and 12 rebounds, and No. 23 Missouri State beat Evansville 76-62. Brice Calip had 10 points, seven rebounds and six assists for the Bears, who trailed for the only time when the Aces scored the opening basket on Lola Bracy’s 3-pointer. Abby Feit led the Aces with 17 points and made 4 of 5 from 3-point range.

The Exira-EHK Spartans hit 11 threes en route to a 60-50 win over the Stanton Viqueens in a Class 1A Region 7 Semfinal on Friday night.

Stanton started the game well with some great transition buckets and jumped on top 8-3. The Spartans regrouped after a timeout and grabbed the lead by the end of the quarter 18-17 on a Macy Emgarten three. Exira-EHK Head Coach Tom Petersen thought the players that came off the bench provided a great spark.

The Spartans then dropped in 3 more threes in the second quarter and led 35-28 by halftime. Three more triples in the third for Sparty pushed the lead to 13 after 3 quarters and Stanton would only get as close as 9 the rest of the way. Coach Petersen thought they would have a chance for some good outside looks if they worked inside out.

Macy Emgarten dropped in 19 points to lead the Spartans, including 3 threes. Tatum Grubbs added 10 and Kamryn Waymire had 8. The only sore spot for the Spartans was a 7 of 22 effort at the foul line. Emgarten said the Spartans worked on handling the Stanton press and executed well.

Exira-EHK advances to the Class 1A Region 7 Final next Wednesday night against St. Albert in Harlan at 8:00 p.m. The Saintes advanced with a 60-55 win over Central Decatur. We’ll have coverage of that game on KJAN.

Stanton got 11 points each from Kami Tibben and Abby Burke. The Viqueens end their season with a record of 21-3.

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Class 3-A Consolation:

• 145:  Ben Monroe (Ankeny Centennial) beat Tanner Higgins (Lewis Central) 16-7

Class 2-A Semi-Finals:

• 152:  Will Esmoil (West Liberty) beat Wyatt Appleseth (Panorama) 4-1
• 182:  Jackson Kinsella (Creston/O-M) beat Reese Moore (Forest City) 4-2
• 220:  Kobe Simon (West Liberty) beat Crew Howard (Clarinda) 6-3
• 285:  Taven Rich (Maquoketa) beat Cale Roller (Atlantic/CAM) FALL 1:30

Class 2-A 3rd Round Consolation:

• 120:  Ben Schmitz (Kuemper Catholic) beat Kayden Gryp (Williamsburg) 4-2 (SV-1)
• 126:  Brady Ortner (Vinton-Shellsburg) beat Ethan Lemon (Harlan) 14-13
• 145:  Emry Colby (Panorama) beat Jack West (Winterset) 3-2
• 160:  Carson Babcock (NH/TV) beat Justin McCunn (Red Oak) 6-2
• 195:  Sam Chapman (Creston/O-M) beat Gage Marty (Solon) 5-1
• 195:  Carter Maynes (Red Oak) beat Cole Lewis (Algona) 5-2

Class 1-A Semi-Finals:

• 106:  Gable Porter (Underwood) beat Garret Rinken (Nashua-Plainfield) 6-2
• 113:  Clayton McDonough (Central Springs) beat Jace Rose (Riverside) 3-2
• 138:  Logan James (Underwood) beat Dominic Lopez (New London) 5-2
• 145:  Nick Hamilton (Underwood) beat Daniel Meeker (Wapello) 11-6
• 152:  Marshall Hauck (Lisbon) beat Blake Thomsen (Underwood) 6-4
• 152:  Briar Reisz (Logan-Magnolia) beat Cael Frost (Don Bosco) 4-1
• 170:  Ethan Fulcher (Hudson) beat Bryson Freeburg (Tri-Center) 12-9
• 285:  Chet Buss (North Butler) beat Barrett Pitt (Logan-Magnolia) 8-1

Class 1-A 3rd Round Consolation

• 120:  Stevie Barnes (Underwood) beat Bryce Shaha (Mount Ayr) FALL 3:18
• 120:  Hagen Heistand (Logan-Magnolia) beat Chris Ferguson (Sioux Central) 6-5
• 126:  Wyatt Reisz (Logan-Magnolia) beat Mason Dye (Sigourney-Keota) 6-4 (SV-1)
• 132:  Zane Ziegler (Underwood) beat Randy Jimenez (SE Warren) FALL 1:25
• 170:  Drew Venteicher (Bedford-Lenox) beat Lane Swenson (South Hamilton) FALL 2:37
• 182:  Nick Haynes (Missouri Valley) beat Jackson Dewald (Westwood) 6-2
• 195:  Damon Meyer (South Winneshiek) beat Gavyn Fischer (AHSTW) 9-4
• 220:  Tanner Hagen (West Hancock) beat Luke Mosinski (Audubon) FALL 1:28
• 285:  Isaac Steffans (Postville) beat Devin Whipple (Bedford-Lenox) 3-2