IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Bricks from the University of Iowa’s Kinnick Stadium have proven to be a popular souvenir for Hawkeye fans when there is construction on the facility. The Iowa City Press-Citizen reports Bravo Sports Marketing is selling bricks from the stadium with a commemorative plaque for $99 apiece.

The company acquired about 8,000 bricks from the stadium after a 2004 renovation and sold them all quickly. So Bravo Sports’ Dave Gallagher says it was natural for the company to bid on 1,200 bricks that were available last summer.

The bricks were all washed with a special detergent, dried and given a special plaque. They all come with a certificate of authenticity from the university. Only about 400 remain available.

Central Decatur, Leon 11, Fremont-Mills, Tabor 1 (6 innings)
Clear Lake 6, Coon Rapids-Bayard 3
Glenwood 10, Red Oak 3
Glenwood 10, Red Oak 0
Kuemper Catholic 7, Pocahontas Area 6
Pocahontas Area 11, Carroll 5
Greene County 5, Carroll 1
Sioux City West 8, Lewis Central 7
Southeast Warren, Liberty Center 11, Ankeny Christian Academy 1
Treynor 11, Griswold 3
Van Meter 9, ACGC 3

Central Decatur, Leon 11, Bedford 7
Central Decatur, Leon 13, Lamoni 1
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 12, Clarinda 1
Denison-Schleswig 4, Estherville Lincoln Central 1
Denison-Schleswig 9, Akron-Westfield 5
Dubuque, Hempstead 5, Creston 2
Fremont-Mills 9, Tri-Center, Neola 8
Griswold 8, Bedford 7
Mount Ayr 12, Griswold 0
IKM-Manning 12, Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 0
Indianola 4, Winterset 2
Iowa City, West 5, Creston 4
Lewis Central 2, Sioux City, North 0
Lewis Central 3, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 1
Lewis Central 5, Treynor 3
Mount Ayr 15, Central Decatur, Leon 5
Pleasantville 4, Bishop Heelan, Sioux City 1
Sergeant Bluff-Luton 10, Clarinda 0
Sergeant Bluff-Luton 9, Red Oak 4
Sioux City, North 13, Clarinda 1
Southwest Valley 12, Fremont-Mills 0
Treynor 10, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 0
Treynor 5, Red Oak 3
Van Meter 11, Coon Rapids-Bayard 0
Van Meter 14, Orient-Macksburg 1
West Monona 15, LeMars Gehlen Catholic 9
West Monona 18, Boyer Valley 6
Winterset 10, Martensdale-St Marys 0

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

HOUSTON (AP) — Carlos Correa hit a game-ending RBI single in the 12th inning, lifting the Houston Astros to a 4-3 win over the Kansas City Royals. George Springer led off the 12th with a walk, and Alex Bregman followed with a bloop single into shallow right field that fell between three players. An error by Ryan Goins allowed Springer to advance to third. After reigning AL MVP Jose Altuve was walked intentionally, Correa singled into right-center gap against Justin Grimm.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Kevin Abel and Jake Mulholland combined on a four-hitter, Tyler Malone hit his third home run of the College World Series, and Oregon State survived some ninth-inning drama to beat Mississippi State 5-2 to reach the best-of-three finals against Arkansas. As they did in 2006, when they won the first of two straight national titles, the Beavers came back from losing their CWS opener to win four straight and make the finals.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Yadier Molina homered twice to back a strong start by Miles Mikolas and lift the St. Louis Cardinals to a 3-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers. Molina’s two-run homer in the sixth inning off reliever Jeremy Jeffress gave St. Louis the lead and the Cardinals held on behind the pitching of Mikolas and four relievers.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Shelby Houlihan stormed past Jenny Simpson to win the women’s 1,500 meters at the USATF national outdoor championships in Des Moines. Houlihan, who grew up in nearby Sioux City, passed Simpson _ also a native Iowan _ with 50 meters left to knock off the seven-time national champion in the event.

MADISON, Ill. (AP) — Justin Haley won the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Gateway Motorsports Park for his first career victory, pulling away on a wild last restart. The 19-year-old Haley took the lead when Kyle Busch Motorsports teammates Noah Gragson and Todd Gilliland made contact racing for the lead on a restart with seven laps to go. Haley then held off GMS Racing teammate Johnny Sauter on the final restart with two laps left

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Yadier Molina’s defense and longevity might earn him a ticket to the Hall of Fame. Suddenly the veteran St. Louis Cardinals catcher is on a home-run tear. He homered twice to back a strong start by Miles Mikolas and lift the St. Louis Cardinals to a 3-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday.

Molina’s two-run homer in the sixth inning off reliever Jeremy Jeffress gave St. Louis the lead and the Cardinals held on behind the solid pitching of Mikolas and four relievers. Molina has five home runs in his last six games, including another two-homer game in Philadelphia on Wednesday.

Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said the 35-year-old Molina has developed more power as he has grown older. Marcell Ozuna led off the sixth with a line-drive single to center and scored on Molina’s shot to right-center, a ball that bounced off the top of the wall and into the St. Louis bullpen for a 3-2 Cardinals lead.

The Brewers (45-31) remained two games ahead of the second-place Chicago Cubs in the NL Central after Chicago lost in Cincinnati on Saturday. Mikolas (8-2), who pitched in Japan last season, allowed three hits and two runs in 6 2/3 innings while walking two and striking out five. Bud Norris earned his 14th save with a scoreless ninth. Jeffress (5-1) took the loss. Mikolas retired 16 of the last 17 hitters he faced.
UP NEXT
Cardinals: RHP Luke Weaver (3-6, 4.69 ERA) will be making his 16th start of the season and seventh career start against the Brewers. He is 2-2 against Milwaukee.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Shelby Houlihan grew up in Sioux City admiring fellow Iowan and middle-distance star Jenny Simpson. Houlihan just might be poised to pass Simpson as America’s next great hope at 1,500 meters. The 25-year-old Houlihan stormed past Simpson, 31, to win the 1,500 on Saturday at the USATF national outdoor championships at Drake Stadium— Simpson’s hometown track.

Houlihan took the lead from Simpson with 50 meters left to knock off the seven-time national champion in the event. Instead of going hard for the entire race, Simpson’s strategy was to find a more realistic pace in hopes of having enough energy left to make the final kick count. She didn’t, but the younger Houlihan sure did.

Houlihan won in 4:05.48, almost a second better than Simpson, to notch her second victory over Simpson in a month. Houlihan beat her Hawkeye State rival for the first time in the Prefontaine Classic on May 26.

A slight headwind helped keep the times down in the sprints, but world record-holder Keni Harrison still took the women’s 100 hurdles in an impressive 12.46. Kahmari Montgomery won the men’s 400 in 44.58 seconds. Kenny Selmon took the men’s 400 hurdles in 48.21, and Shakima Wimbley cruised to the women’s 400 title in 49.52.

WOMEN’S HAMMER THROW
This discipline has been arguably the most exciting among U.S. field events of late. DeAnna Price kept that trend going by setting an American record, winning with a world-leading throw of 256 feet, 3 inches. Price had set the mark on June 2, only to have Gwendolyn Berry break it six days later at 255-2. Berry finished second on Saturday. Price credits her improvement in 2017 in part to the 45 pounds she lost in the offseason.

MEN’S 1,500
Matthew Centrowitz, who was upset by Robby Andrews in this meet a year ago, won in 3:43.37 to claim his fifth title. Centrowitz, the Olympic champion from 2016, is one victory shy of matching the legendary Steve Scott, who won the event six times from 1978-86. “At this point in my career I want to keep checking off boxes and leave my mark in the 1,500 and the U.S,” Centrowitz said.

MEN’S POLE VAULT
Sam Kendricks became the first American pole vaulter to win five consecutive national titles in 74 years, clearing 19-2 1/4 to best a field of up-and-comers. “This is a huge responsibility to compete well. Don’t give them an inch, they’ll take it,” Kendricks said.

WOMEN’S STEEPLECHASE
Defending world champion Emma Coburn claimed her seventh national title in a thriller over Courtney Frerichs. Coburn won in 9:17.70, just a second faster than Frerichs. The two also finished 1-2 at worlds in 2017. “It’s great having a really strong competitor that challenges you. It really makes you keep it honest and grind,” Coburn said.

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Neither Jesus Aguilar nor Bud Norris wanted to let their team down.

Aguilar succeeded twice.

Aguilar homered to break up rookie Jack Flaherty’s no-hit bid in the seventh inning, then homered again in the ninth to lift the Milwaukee Brewers over the St. Louis Cardinals 2-1 on Friday night.

Both teams got just three hits. The benches and bullpens briefly cleared in the eighth after Eric Sogard slid into St. Louis shortstop Yairo Munoz, who caught a wide throw on a bunt play in the eighth.

Norris (3-2) started the ninth for the Cardinals by striking out Travis Shaw. But, Aguilar followed with an opposite-field drive to right for his 16th home run.

It was another tough loss for the Cardinals, who have lost nine of the last 12.

Corey Knebel (1-0) pitched the ninth for the NL Central leaders.

With one out in the seventh, Aguilar drove an 83 mph slider from Flaherty into the Brewers’ bullpen in left, where reliever Jeremy Jeffress caught the ball on the fly. A woman who was knitting — it appeared to be crochet, actually — in the front row behind home plate barely flinched as Aguilar connected.

Brewers starter Junior Guerra allowed one run and three hits with four walks and seven strikeouts in five-plus innings.

UP NEXT

Cardinals: RHP Miles Mikolas (7-2, 2.69 ERA) makes his third start against the Brewers this season. He won 8-4 in his Cardinals debut on April 2.

Brewers: RHP Chase Anderson (5-6, 4.54 ERA) makes his second start this season against the Cardinals. He is 2-2 with a 3.19 ERA in 10 career outings, including a no-decision April 3 at Miller Park.

Hawkeye Ten Conference

CB Abraham Lincoln 5, Atlantic 0
Clarinda 10, Denison-Schleswig 6
Harlan 8, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 7
Lewis Central 11, Red Oak 1
Sioux City East 10, Glenwood 5
St. Albert 8, Shenandoah 7

Corner Conference

Sidney 12, Essex/South Page 2
Stanton 3, East Mills 0

Western Iowa Conference

IKM-Manning 2, AHSTW 1
Missouri Valley 6, Treynor 5
Tri-Center 8, Audubon 1
Underwood 14, Griswold 0

Pride of Iowa Conference

Central Decatur 4, East Union 0
Interstate 35 5, Mount Ayr 0
Martensdale-St. Marys 2, Nodaway Valley 0
Pleasantville 12, Bedford 1 (8 inn)
Southeast Warren 3, Southwest Valley 1 (8 inn)

Rolling Valley Conference

Coon Rapids-Bayard 3, Ar-We-Va 2 (8 inn)
Coon Rapids-Bayard 15, Boyer Valley 1
Glidden-Ralston 5, CAM 3
West Harrison 7, Exira-EHK 6
Woodbine 4, CAM 1

Other Scores

Earlham 6, Lenox 5
Lamoni 5, Melcher-Dallas 2
Moravia 11, Seymour 3
Orient-Macksburg 6, Murray 5 (8 inn)

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Red Oak 13, Kuemper Catholic 2 (Game 1)
Kuemper Catholic 12, Red Oak 11 (Game 2)
Lewis Central 5, CB Thomas Jefferson 0

Corner Conference

East Mills 16, Stanton 7
Sidney 14, Essex 4

Western Iowa Conference

Audubon 8, Tri-Center 6 (Game 1)
Audubon 22, Tri-Center 21 (Game 2)
IKM-Manning 4, AHSTW 0
Treynor 10, Missouri Valley 0
Underwood 7, Griswold 4

Pride of Iowa Conference

East Union 1, Central Decatur 0
Lenox 6, East Union 2
Martensdale-St. Marys 12, Nodaway Valley 9
Mount Ayr 10, Interstate 35 0
Pleasantville 11, Bedford 1
Southeast Warren 11, Southwest Valley 1

Rolling Valley Conference

Boyer Valley 4, Coon Rapids-Bayard 1
CAM 11, Woodbine 10
Coon Rapids-Bayard 3, Ar-We-Va 1
Exira-EHK 7, West Harrison 3
Glidden-Ralston 13, CAM 6

Other Scores

CB Thomas Jefferson 13, CB Abraham Lincoln 1
Melcher-Dallas 10, Lamoni 0
Moravia 7, Seymour 4
Murray 6, Orient-Macksburg 0

Ames Tournament

Ames 7, Glenwood 6
West Delaware 8, Glenwood 2

Spencer Tournament

Denison-Schleswig 17, Spencer 2
Columbus Catholic 2, Denison-Schleswig 1

Westwood Tournament

Gehlen Catholic 5, Riverside 1
Riverside 6, Westwood 4