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Allgaier wins Xfinity race at Iowa, leads 182 of 250 laps

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June 18th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — Justin Allgaier won all three stages and the NASCAR Xfinity Series race Sunday at Iowa Speedway for his second victory of the season. Racing for Dale Earnhardt Jr. in JR Motorsports’ No. 7 Chevrolet Camaro, Allgaier led 182 of 250 laps and survived an unlucky late caution by winning the restart.

Allgaier also won last month at Dover. He has seven career victories — but few of those runs were as dominant as the one Allgaier pulled off in the searing heat on Iowa’s short track. Despite Allgaier’s dominance, Christopher Bell made him work to keep the lead throughout the final stage — at times closing to within a tenth of a second of taking the lead — before finishing second.

Daniel Hemric was third, followed by Cole Custer and Brandon Jones, and Riley Herbst was sixth in his series debut. Points leader Elliott Sadler lost a tire at the end of stage one. He finished 28th and saw his lead dwindle to just four points.

Area Softball Scores from Saturday, June 16th

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June 17th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Fort Dodge Tournament

Atlantic 5, Bishop Heelan 0
Columbus Catholic 1, Atlantic 0
Clear Creek-Amana 2, Harlan 1
Newell-Fonda 3, Sioux City East 2
Sioux City East 3, Harlan 2

ACGC Tournament

Boyer Valley 14, Audubon 2
Coon Rapids-Bayard 6, Audubon 4
MVAOCOU 10, Boyer Valley 5
MVAOCOU 4, Coon Rapids-Bayard 2
Panorama 11, Audubon 0
Panorama 9, West Harrison 2
Underwood 5, Coon Rapids-Bayard 3
Underwood 11, Panorama 8
West Harrison 8, MVAOCOU 7

Denison-Schleswig Tournament

Denison-Schleswig 11, Sioux City North 2
Denison-Schleswig 10, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 9
Logan-Magnolia 15, Sioux City North 0
Sergeant Bluff-Luton 6, Logan-Magnolia 5

Griswold Tournament

Exira/EHK 12, Southwest Valley 1
Griswold 22, Southwest Valley 0
Consolation: Mount Ayr 10, Exira/EHK 0
Championship: Mount Ayr 9, Griswold 6

Kuemper Catholic Tournament

East Sac County 4, Kuemper Catholic 1
East Sac County 4, Glidden-Ralston 3
Kuemper Catholic 8, Glidden-Ralston 7

Martensdale-St. Marys Tournament

Southeast Valley 4, Martensdale-St. Marys 2
Webster City 12, Martensdale-St. Marys 10

Orient-Macksburg Tournament

East Union 12 Diagonal 0
Lenox 2 Murray 1
Nodaway Valley 11 Melcher-Dallas 2
Consolation: Diagonal 17, Mormon Trail 5
Consolation: East Union 13, Orient-Macksburg 2
3rd Place: Melcher-Dallas 8, Murray 7
Championship: Lenox 12, Nodaway Valley 0

Oskaloosa Tournament

Albia 13, Creston 0
Knoxville 8, Creston 7

Shenandoah Tournament

Shenandoah 12, Stanton 0
Shenandoah 14, Missouri Valley 4
Missouri Valley 16, Stanton 4

Thomas Jefferson Tournament

CB Abraham Lincoln 15, Sidney 3
CB Abraham Lincoln 11, Bedford 10
Earlham 11, CB Thomas Jefferson 3
Earlham 10, St. Albert 0
Glenwood 8, Sidney 5
Glenwood 10, Central Decatur 1
Lewis Central 9, Bedford 1
Lewis Central 14, Fremont-Mills 7
St. Albert 12, Fremont-Mills 1
Thomas Jefferson 7, Central Decatur 5
9th Place: Sidney 11, Fremont-Mills 0
7th Place: Central Decatur 13, Bedford 1
5th Place: Thomas Jefferson 12, St. Albert 2
3rd Place: Lewis Central 10, Abraham Lincoln 0
Championship: Earlham 6, Glenwood 5

Saturday’s area High School Baseball Scores (from 6/16)

Sports

June 17th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Burlington 10, CB Thomas Jefferson 0
Clarinda 19, East Mills 4
Glenwood 10, ADM 7
Glenwood 6, LeMars 4
Norwalk 5, Creston 3
Sioux City North 7, Lewis Central 4
St. Albert 10, Clear Lake 2
Waukee 12, CB Abraham Lincoln 3
West Harrison 10, West Monona 9 (WH Tournament)
West Harrison 13, Sidney 2 (WH Tournament)

Midwest Sports Headlines: Sunday, 6/17/18

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June 17th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

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

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Addison Russell and Jason Heyward homered and Ian Happ’s double broke a 3-all tie as the Chicago Cubs rallied to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-3. Cubs starter Kyle Hendricks gave up three runs and seven hits in six innings, snapping a career-high three game losing streak. Brandon Morrow got the last three outs for his 16th save in 17 chances. Chicago trailed 2-0 and then 3-2 before Kyle Schwarber’s RBI single in the fifth tied the score and Happ’s double in the seventh put the Cubs ahead.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Houston Astros won their 10th straight game, with Dallas Keuchel getting three-run homers from Max Stassi and Alex Bregman to rout the Kansas City Royals 10-2. Jose Altuve hit a two-run double in the first inning to send the World Series champions on their way. The Astros had an 11-game win streak last season that ended in Kansas City. The Royals have lost five in a row and are just 2-12 since the calendar flipped to June.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Royals outfielder Jorge Soler will miss at least six weeks after breaking a bone in his left foot while leaving the batter’s box in Kansas City’s series opener against Houston. Soler had provided some much-needed punch to a struggling Kansas City offense. He’s third on the team with a .265 average, nine homers and 28 RBIs.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — North Carolina knocked Oregon State ace Luke Heimlich out of the game during a five-run third inning and went on to beat the Beavers 8-6 in the opening game of the College World Series. The Tar Heels used six pitchers in a four-and-a-half-hour slog in 95-degree heat. They turned back threats from one of the nation’s most potent offenses in the sixth and seventh innings.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Luke Alexander’s drive to right field got past Christian Jones in the bottom of the ninth inning, allowing Hunter Stovall to score from second base and give Mississippi State a 1-0 win over Washington in the College World Series. It was the Bulldogs’ third walk-off win, and fourth on their last at-bat, in their last eight NCAA Tournament games.

NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — Brett Moffitt won the NASCAR Truck Series race Saturday night at Iowa Speedway, his hometown track. The 25-year-old Moffitt is from nearby Grimes.

Tar Heels knock out Heimlich early, beat Beavers 8-6 in CWS

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June 16th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — It took nearly 4 1/2 hours in 95-degree heat to play the opening game of the College World Series. Time flew for North Carolina coach Mike Fox. He was having fun. The Tar Heels knocked out Oregon State ace Luke Heimlich during a five-run third inning and went on to beat the Beavers 8-6 on Saturday.

The Tar Heels (44-18) used six pitchers in a 4-hour, 24-minute slog that was the longest nine-inning game in CWS history. They turned back threats in the sixth and seventh innings and prevailed against an opponent they hadn’t faced since losing to the Beavers in the 2006 and ’07 CWS finals.

The Beavers were uncharacteristically sloppy while losing their third straight game over two years in Omaha. Carolina scored on a passed ball, and the Beavers committed three errors after making one in their first five NCAA Tournament games.
Then there was Heimlich (16-2), the two-time Pac-12 pitcher of the year who lasted just 2 1/3 innings — his shortest start in two years.
GRIEVING TAR HEELS
Fox said his team played with a heavy heart after learning former North Carolina pitcher Zach Attianese and his father died in a car accident in Michigan on Friday night. Attianese left after his freshman year in 2017, pitched at a junior college and was committed to playing at Florida State next season.
UP NEXT
North Carolina plays the Mississippi State-Washington winner on Monday night. Oregon State meets the Mississippi State-Washington loser on Monday.

Brett Moffitt claims hometown win in NASCAR Truck Series

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June 16th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — Brett Moffitt won the NASCAR Truck series race Saturday night at Iowa Speedway, his hometown track. The 25-year-old Moffitt, from nearby Grimes, led 76 laps for his second victory of the season in the No. 16 truck. He started 16th, the lowest spot on the grid for a race winner in 2018.

Noah Gragson was second. He briefly passed Moffitt on the final lap, but his bold effort on the back stretch sent him into the wall and allowed Moffitt to cross first. Harrison Burton was third, followed by David Gilliland. Johnny Sauter, who was seeking his third straight win, was fifth.

John Hunter Nemechek and Stewart Friesen, the first two stage winners, were caught in a multi-car wreck early in the final stage that knocked each of them out of contention.

Effort will combat sex trafficking in Omaha during CWS

News, Sports

June 16th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — State and local officials in Nebraska have announced an effort to combat sex trafficking in Omaha during the NCAA Men’s College World Series this month. The Omaha World-Herald reports that a panel of officials — including Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert, Gov. Pete Ricketts and state Attorney General Doug Peterson — introduced Thursday the Not On My Watch effort. Volunteers will pass out informational cards around TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, where the series is played. A message is already being regularly displayed on a large electronic billboard in the area listing indicators of someone trafficking a victim.

According to the Women’s Fund of Omaha, which is leading the effort, 900 people are sold for sex online in Nebraska every month. The group says about 75 percent show signs of being trafficked.

(Podcast) KJAN Morning Sports report, 6/16/2018

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June 16th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

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Area baseball scores from Friday, 6/15/18

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June 16th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Atlantic 16, Red Oak 5 (5 innings)
AHSTW 13, Griswold 6
Boyer Valley 6, Ar-We-Va 5
CAM 15, West Harrison 0 (4 innings)
Central Decatur 8, Mount Ayr 5
Clear Lake 2, Treynor 0
Coon Rapids-Bayard 12, EHK-Exira 11
CB Abraham Lincoln 11, Pleasant Valley 9
Earlham 16, Glidden-Ralston 3
Kuemper Catholic 3, Clarinda 2
Logan-Magnolia 5, IKM-Manning 4
MVAOCOU 14, Westwood, Sloan 1
Martensdale-St. Marys 5, Bedford 3
Missouri Valley 7, Audubon 3
Nodaway Valley 4, Interstate 35 3
Shenandoah 11, Denison-Schleswig 4
Sidney 8, East Mills 4
St. Albert 15, Glenwood 0
Stanton 16, Clarinda Academy 3
Tri-Center 11, Underwood 5
Van Meter 11, AC/GC 0
Wayne 9, East Union 5

Area Softball Scores from Friday, 6/15/18

Sports

June 16th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Fort Dodge Tournament:

Muscatine 6, Atlantic 5 (10 inn)
Atlantic 6, Clear Creek-Amana 5 (Alexis Handel reached 45 career home runs. Ally Anderson won her 100th career game. Kennedy Goergen had a walk-off hit in the win)
Bishop Heelan 4, Harlan 3
Fort Dodge 6, Harlan 1

Elsewhere:

CB Abraham Lincoln 11, Clarinda 7
Audubon 7, Missouri Valley 6 (9 inn)
Boyer Valley 9, Ar-We-Va 8
Carroll 16, Kuemper Catholic 3
Coon Rapids-Bayard 5, Exira-EHK 0
Creston 5, Red Oak 2
Fremont-Mills 13, Essex 7
Glidden-Ralston 4, Earlham 3
IKM-Manning 6, Logan-Magnolia 2
Lenox 11, Southeast Warren 1
Mount Ayr 11, Central Decatur 2
Pleasantville 12, Southwest Valley 0
Sidney 12, East Mills 1
Treynor 12, Riverside 6
Underwood 12, Tri-Center 6