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Girls Regional Singles and Doubles Tennis Results 05/15/2019

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May 15th, 2019 by admin

Regional Girls Tennis Singles and Doubles Tournaments were held on Wednesday with 8 Regions in Class 1A and 2A. The Champions and Runners-Up from each region advance to the State Singles and Doubles Tournament on Wednesday, May 29th and Thursday, May 30th in Iowa City for Class 1A and Bettendorf for Class 2A.

Here is a look at the qualifiers from area sites.

Class Region 1 at Spencer    

Singles

Cassie Barba (Spirit Lake – Okoboji) over Autumn Rausch (Spencer) Injury Default

Doubles

Kendall Evans  & Josie Condon (Estherville-Lincoln Central) over Emily English  & Gabby Kardell (Spencer) 6/1, 6/2

1A Region 2 at Shenandoah  

Singles

Sophie Walker (Red Oak) over Macy Baker (Red Oak) 6/1, 6/1

Doubles

Nichole Gilbert & Natalie Gilbert (Shenandoah) over Brooklyn Taylor & Brielle Smith (Glenwood) 6/3, 6/4

Atlantic’s Hana Holtz picked up a win in the opening round over Liz Devine of Harlan 6-2, 6-0. Holtz then dropped a match to Macy Baker of Red Oak 6-0, 6-2. Also in singles play Genevieve Martinez lost to Jentry Schafer of Southwest Valley 6-0, 6-1 in the opening round.

In Doubles play both Trojan duos lost opening matches. Emma Templeton and Chloe Davis lost to Kaylee Philby and Chloe Johnson of Red Oak 6-1,6-2. Molly McFadden and Tessa Grooms lost to Teya Stickler and Riley Morganstern of Clarinda 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (0)

1A Region 3 at Norwalk   

Singles

Sofia Ordinteva (Saydel) over Isabel Schwabe (Kuemper) 6/1, 6/3

Doubles

Deseree Stubbe & CeJay Blakely (Clarke) over Samantha Schwarte & Abby Boes (Kuemper) 6/4, 6/4

2A Region 2 at Johnston

Singles

Cari Naanep (Johnston) over Alli Gustafson (Centennial) 6/0, 6/0

Doubles

Julia Heil & Dasha Svitashev (Johnston) over Taylor Bloom & Jordyn Gustafson (Centennial) 6/1, 6/3

2A Region 3 at WDM Valley    

Singles

Katie Carver (Urbandale) over Kate Meade (Urbandale) 6/3, 6/4

Doubles

Brooke Dannenfeldt & Mylea Cole (Urbandale) over Paeton Morrow & Ava Torgerson (WDM Valley) 6/4, 6/3

2A Region 4 at SE Polk       

Singles

Arunadee Fernando (Ames) over Lauren Couves (Ames) 6/0, 6/1

Doubles

Caitlyn Hanulikova & Chloe Wilson (Ames) over Elizabeth Messman & Megan Severson (Waukee) 6/1, 6/3

Atlantic girls track excited for busy weekend at State

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May 15th, 2019 by admin

Trojan LogoThe Atlantic girls track team is preparing for one of the biggest weekends at State Track in recent memory. The Trojans qualified 9 events for State, including 6 individual event and 3 relays.

Individually Haley Rasmussen will compete in the Long Jump and 200M Dash. Alyssa Derby will compete in the 200M Dash as well. Pluma Pross is in the 400M field. Heidi Williams will be in the 400M Hurdles. Karsyn Rush will run in the 800M. Taylor McCreedy will be in the 1500M.

Atlantic Head Coach Matt Mullenix said the team has really improved as the season moved along and their work has really bared fruit as evidenced at the state qualifying meet.

Mullenix thinks the team will be very well prepared for State competition because the Hawkeye Ten has been very strong this year.

Class 3A athletes will be competing in the morning session on Thursday and Friday this year. We’ll have full coverage of the meet with hourly on-air reports and online results on our sports page.

Listen to the full interview that KJAN Sports Director Chris Parks conducted with Coach Mullenix below.

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Atlantic boys track eager to push for State Title this weekend

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May 15th, 2019 by admin

Trojan LogoThe Atlantic boys track team finished as State Runner-Up in Class 3A last season and the Trojans are eager to push for a title again this year. The Trojans scored 63 points a year ago and came up just 6 points shy of Marion for the title. This year Atlantic will compete in 9 events for those valuable points.

The Trojans have 4 relay entries: Sprint Medley, Distance Medley, 4x800M, and 4x400M. They will also send out 8 individuals to compete. Tyler Moen and Zade Niklasen are both competing in the 200M and 400M. Chase Mullenix will try to defend his title in the 800M. Craig Alan Becker will also be in that 800M field, as well as the 1600M Run. Jalen Petersen will run the 3200M.

Atlantic Head Coach Jordan Mullen said the team is primed to do well because they are peaking at the right time.

The mental aspect becomes a little easier for coaching staffs at the State Meet since the lineups are pretty much set. For the athletes it’s now about sharpening that mental edge and Coach Mullen says the team’s confidence helps that right now.

Class 3A athletes will compete in the morning season on Thursday and Friday this year. The Trojans’ first event on Thursday will be Jalen Petersen in the 3200M Run at about 10:25am. Listen to the full interview with Coach Mullen below.

We’ll have updates from state track nearly hourly on KJAN through the three-day meet. Our first report Thursday comes your way at 10:45am. Tune in on AM 1220, FM 101.1, and online at kjan.com. You can also follow written results on our sports page.

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Riley Till earns scholarship

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May 15th, 2019 by admin

IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa head men’s basketball coach Fran McCaffery announced Wednesday that redshirt junior Riley Till will be put on scholarship for the 2019-20 season.

Till (6-foot-7, 205 pounds), who was a walk-on the past three seasons, saw his minutes increase last season as a redshirt sophomore. The Dubuque, Iowa, native played in 16 games a year ago and had an impact in a handful of wins in 2018-19, including victories over No. 13 Oregon and Iowa’s comeback win at Penn State.

“I feel blessed and I thank God, coach McCaffery and staff, and my teammates for always believing in me and pushing me to be my best,” said Till. “I am grateful for the constant support of my family as well as the amazing Hawkeye fan base. Being an Iowa Hawkeye is a dream come true and I look forward to getting back to work with my brothers.”

Till was a two-year starter at Dubuque Wahlert High School, playing alongside current Hawkeye teammate Cordell Pemsl.

“Riley earned this scholarship,” said McCaffery. “He is the consummate teammate, a good student, and has worked extremely hard to improve his game the past three years. He has helped our team, and makes us better.”

(Podcast) KJAN Morning Sports report, 5/15/2019

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May 15th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

The 7:20-a.m. Sportscast with Jim Field.

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State expert advises boater to file a ‘float plan’ before venturing out on the water

Ag/Outdoor, News, Sports

May 15th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) — A safety expert says as Iowa boaters plan to make their first voyage on the water this season, they should check the boat’s life jackets.  Susan Stocker, the boating law administrator and education coordinator in the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, says “Make sure that there aren’t any rips or tears in it.”  The major concern is to ensure the life jacket fits whomever may be wearing it on the boat. “Every life jacket has a label on it that tells the weight and the size for the intended wearer,” Stocker says.

There are more than 230-thousand registered boats in Iowa. Stocker says all boaters should use the buddy system — and give a “float plan” to someone who is NOT out on the water. “Where you’re going to go, when you’re going to be back and potentially even what ramp you’re going to be putting in at,” Stocker says. “With any high water, we may have some snags or debris that’s in the rivers and streams and being able that if you don’t show up back at home at 6:30 in the evening, that somebody starts looking for you.”

Flood conditions in some areas of the state may make boating impossible. Stocker says boaters must realize in high water, submerged trees and other objects can wreck the boat. “The other thing is when you are in a paddle-craft, whether it’s a canoe or a kayak, you’d better expect to be dumped and put in the water because that’s just the nature of those,” Stocker says, “and unfortunately I can say that we just had our third boating accident and it was a paddler.”

It happened within the last few days in southeast Iowa. Stocker says the paddler tipped over and “almost died from hypothermia.”

Midwest Sports Headlines: 5/15/19

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May 15th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

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

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Hunter Dozier drove in three runs, top prospect Nicky Lopez had an RBI single in his big league debut, and the Kansas City Royals routed the Texas Rangers 11-5. Alex Gordon and Jorge Soler also drove in two runs apiece for the Royals, who scored nine times in the first inning and soon knocked Rangers starter Shelby Miller from the game. Danny Duffy earned the win with five shaky innings for Kansas City.

ATLANTA (AP) — St. Louis hit four home runs, including three-run shots by Marcell Ozuna, Yadier Molina and Kolten Wong, and the Cardinals beat struggling right-hander Mike Foltynewicz and the Atlanta Braves 14-3 on Tuesday night. Jack Flaherty did not allow a hit through four innings. St. Louis led 11-0 before Flaherty gave up three runs and three hits in the fifth.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Royals are giving top prospect Nicky Lopez his big league shot, summoning him from Triple-A Omaha and putting him right into the starting lineup for their series opener against the Texas Rangers on Tuesday night. The 24-year-old Lopez was the Royals’ fifth-round pick in the 2016 draft.

IAHSSCA weekly boys soccer rankings 05/14/2019

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May 14th, 2019 by admin

The Iowa High School Soccer Coaches Association released their latest set of weekly boys soccer rankings on Tuesday.

In Class 3A Waukee remains #1.

In Class 2A Cedar Rapids Xavier is still top-ranked. Lewis Central jumps in to the poll at #9 and Denison-Schleswig falls a spot to #13 this week.

In Class 1A Waterloo Columbus Catholic is still #1. AHSTW remains at #6 this week and Riverside moves up a couple spots to a tie for 13th with Chariton.

Check out the full rankings here: 20190514_Week_7_Rankings

High School Soccer Scoreboard 05/14/2019

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May 14th, 2019 by admin

Girls Soccer

CB Abraham Lincoln 1, Sioux City East 0
CB Thomas Jefferson 10, Carroll 0
Sergeant Bluff-Luton 10, Missouri Valley 0
St. Albert 11, Logan-Magnolia 1
Tri-Center 2, Underwood 0
Winterset/Earlham 5, Creston 0

Boys Soccer

CB Abraham Lincoln 5, Sioux City West 3
Lewis Central 3, CB Thomas Jefferson 0
Sergeant Bluff-Luton 9, Missouri Valley 0

Atlantic out-shoots Harlan in girls golf

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May 14th, 2019 by admin

The Atlantic girls golf team won their final tune-up before Regional play on Tuesday with a 204-225 win over Harlan.

The Trojans were led by Baylee Newell who shot 47 to take Medalist honors. Lauren Nicholas was Runner-Up with a 50. Atlantic’s other scores were ALyssa Ginther 52, Anna Wieser 55, Hannah Alff 55, Halsey Bailey 117.

Atlantic Head Coach Kathy Hobson: “Finally a great afternoon for golf. We had our ups and downs tonight as a team. Happy for Lauren Nicholas picking up a runner-up medal in her first year of golf. She has made a lot of improvement in her game. With our next outing being Regionals, we didn’t play like a team looking to earn a trip back to the state tournament.”