The college football preview magazines are hitting the newsstands and most expect Wisconsin’s domination of the Big Ten West Division to continue. Phil Steele says with Alex Hornibrook back at quarterback, Johnathan Taylor at running back and the nation’s top ranked offensive line the Badgers are loaded on offense. He expects the defense to be strong again despite some losses. Steele says Iowa could make a run at the division title if they can knock off the Badgers in Kinnick Stadium. He expects Nebraska to show improvement under first year coach Scott Frost even though the Huskers face a demanding schedule.

(Learfield Sports)

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

PHOENIX (AP) — Paul Goldschmidt hit a three-run homer, Zack Greinke pitched effectively into the seventh inning and the Arizona Diamondbacks ended a four-game losing streak with a 4-2 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. Goldschmidt followed a four-hit night on Monday with a three-run homer off Jack Flaherty in the fifth inning.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Yan Gomes hit a grand slam in the sixth inning and the Cleveland Indians rallied to beat the Kansas City Royals 6-4. The Indians lead the American League with eight grand slams and it was their second in two nights.

DENVER (AP) — The Denver Nuggets have agreed to a deal with rookie forward Michael Porter Jr. Porter was taken by the Nuggets with the 14th overall pick in the draft last month. He was considered a top-five pick before a back injury that required surgery limited him to three games at Missouri last season.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco 49ers linebacker Reuben Foster has been suspended without pay for the first two games of the regular season for violating the NFL’s conduct and substance-abuse policy. The NFL said Foster will also be fined for violations from a weapons offense and misdemeanor drug charge that were resolved earlier this offseason. Foster will miss San Francisco’s games against Minnesota and Detroit before being allowed to return on Sept. 17 before the Niners play Kansas City.

Atlantic 11, Treynor 1 (5 innings)
Ankeny Christian Academy 13, Murray 3
Ar-We-Va, Westside 13, EHK-Exira 3 (5 innings)
CAM 20, East Union 3 (4 innings)
Central Decatur 12, Wayne 0 (5 innings)
Coon Rapids-Bayard 5, Nodaway Valley 2
Coon Rapids-Bayard 8, Glidden-Ralston 0
CB Abraham Lincoln 17, Sioux City, West 7 (5 innings)
Earlham 12, Audubon 5
Harlan 13, Dallas Center-Grimes 1
Kuemper Catholic 10, Carroll 0
Lewis Central 13, Denison-Schleswig 3 (6 innings)
MVAOCOU 11, Lawton-Bronson 1 (WVC Tourney Consolation)
Martensdale-St. Marys 8, Des Moines Christian 4
Mount Ayr 12, Southwest Valley 9
Mount Ayr 5, Southwest Valley 2
Red Oak 4, Stanton 2
Sioux City, West 22, CB Abraham Lincoln 1 (4 innings)
Tri-Center 10, Sidney 0
Underwood 12, Fremont-Mills 0 (5 innings)
West Harrison 8, Woodbine 0
West Monona 18, Westwood 8 (5 innings)

Class 1A

Region 6

Moravia 8, Murray 6
Martensdale St. Marys 7, Southeast Warren 3
Lenox 5, Twin Cedars 4
Wayne 12, Central Decatur 0 (3 innings)

Region 7

Grand View Christian 3, Exira-EHK 2
Glidden-Ralston 5, Griswold 2
Collins-Maxwell 12, Stanton 0
Coon Rapids-Bayard 9, Baxter 4

Region 8

Akron-Westfield 10, Lawton-Bronson 0
Westwood 8, West Harrison 6
West Monona 11, Fremont-Mills 0 (5 innings)
Riverside 6, Sidney 5 (9 innings)

Class 2A

Region 2

Treynor 10, Clarinda 0 (5 innings)
Mount Ayr 10, Nodaway Valley 0 (6 innings)
Logan-Magnolia 13,  Tri-Center 0
Underwood 6, AHSTW 3

Region 3

IKM-Manning 10, Manson-NW Webster 0
Panorama 12, AC/GC 11
Ogden 3, Woodward-Granger 1
Earlham 13, South Hamilton 10

Class 3A

Region 3

North Polk 4, Gilbert 0
Kuemper Catholic 4, OA-BCIG 3
Roland-Story 8, Greene County 0
Saydel 7, Southeast Valley 4

Region 4

Atlantic 4, Shenandoah 1
Creston 11, Red Oak 9
Clarke 11, PCM 1
Chariton 4, Centerville 2

The Atlantic softball team picked up a Class 3A Regional Quarterfinal win over Shenandoah on Tuesday night by a final of 4-1. The Trojans played solid defense and mustered up just enough offense to move on to the Regional Semifinals on Friday night.

Atlantic opened the scoring in the bottom of the 1st with an RBI single from Ally Anderson that followed up a triple from Alexis Handel. The Trojans later pushed across 3 runs in the 3rd. Baylee Newell got the inning rolling with a lead-off double. Alexis Handel was intentionally walked to put two runners on and Ally Anderson singled to load the bases. Reagan Pellett then reached on a fielders choice to bring home a run. On that play the Fillies tried to get a force out at third but Cayley Lorimor’s foot never reached the bag and Alexis Handel was ruled safe. Olivia Engler then brought in Handel with a sac fly to center. Karsyn Rush then got a base hit to drive in the third and final run of the inning.

Atlantic Head Coach Terry Hinzmann thought it was a good team win.

Ally Anderson got the win in the circle for Atlantic allowing one run on 9 hits with 6 strikeouts and no walks. Ally talked about the teams approach to taking things as they come and also talked about her night in the circle.

The Fillies stranded 8 base-runners throughout the night. Makayla Adkins took the loss for Shenandoah allowing 4 runs on 7 hits with 1 strikeout and 1 walk. Shenandoah ends their season at 14-21.

The Trojans improved to 28-5 and will next face Creston on Friday night in the Regional Semifinal in Atlantic. The Panthers picked up an 11-9 win over Red Oak in the Quarterfinals on Tuesday. We’ll have coverage of the game on Friday with pregame and 6:40pm and first pitch at 7:00pm.

Regional Quarterfinal Softball is on tap tonight for Classes 1A, 2A, and 3A. We’ll have Atlantic’s postseason opener against Shenandoah on KJAN with pregame to start at 6:45pm and first pitch set for 7:00pm. Here is a look at area games.

Class 1A

Region 6

Murray vs. Moravia (@ Osceola) 5:30pm
Southeast Warren @ Martensdale St. Marys 7:00pm
Twin Cedars @ Lenox 7:00pm
Central Decatur @ Wayne 7:00pm

Region 7

Exira-EHK @ Grand View Christian 5:30pm
Griswold @ Glidden-Ralston 5:30pm
Stanton @ Collins-Maxwell 7:00pm
Coon Rapids-Bayard @ Baxter 7:00pm

Region 8

Lawton-Bronson @ Akron-Westfield 7:00pm
West Harrison @ Westwood 7:00pm
Fremont-Mills @ West Monona 7:00pm
Riverside @ Sidney 7:00pm

Class 2A

Region 2

Clarinda @ Treynor 7:00pm
Nodaway Valley @ Mount Ayr 7:00pm
Tri-Center @ Logan-Magnolia 7:00pm
AHSTW @ Underwood 7:00pm

Region 3

Manson-NW Webster @ IKM-Manning 7:00pm
AC/GC @ Panorama 7:00pm
Woodward-Granger @ Ogden 7:00pm
South Hamilton @ Earlham 7:00pm

Class 3A

Region 3

Gilbert @ North Polk 7:00pm
Kuemper Catholic @ OA-BCIG 7:00pm
Greene County @ Roland-Story 7:00pm
Saydel @ Southeast Valley 7:00pm

Region 4

Shenandoah @ Atlantic 7:00pm ON KJAN Pregame at 6:45pm
Creston @ Red Oak 7:00pm
PCM @ Clarke 7:00pm
Chariton @ Centerville 7:00pm

The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union released the final rankings for Classes 1A, 2A, and 3A on Monday with postseason play getting underway.

In Class 2A IKM-Manning is ranked #2. Fellow WIC members Treynor and Logan-Magnolia come in at 7th and 8th respectively in the final poll.

In Class 3A Atlantic finishes the regular season ranked #7.

Take a look at the full poll here: Final-softball-rankings-1A-2A-3A

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Atlantic 8, Glenwood 1
Clarinda 15, Griswold 0
Clarinda 6, Red Oak 4
Denison-Schleswig 11, IKM-Manning 0
Lewis Central 4, Harlan 3
Red Oak 21, Clarinda Academy 2
Shenandoah 11, Missouri Valley 1
St. Albert 14, Bedford 3
St. Albert 7, Kuemper Catholic 6
Winterset 8, Creston 0

Western Iowa Conference

Audubon 5, Southwest Valley 2
Treynor 11, Van Meter 8
Underwood 19, Sidney 1
Woodbine 6, AHSTW 2

Rolling Valley Conference

East Sac County 14, Ar-We-Va 5
Woodbine 7, Boyer Valley 4
Woodward-Granger 6, CAM 1
West Harrison 11, Whiting 1

Pride of Iowa Conference

Earlham 14, Nodaway Valley 1
Interstate 35 10, Central Decatur 8
Martensdale-St. Marys 10, Murray 0
Pleasantville 12, PCM, Monroe 1

Other Scores

Exira-EHK 13, Orient-Macksburg 7
Indianola 10, CB Abraham Lincoln 0 (Game 1)
Indianola 11, CB Abraham Lincoln 3 (Game 2)
Sioux City East 8, Thomas Jefferson 3 (Game 1)
Sioux City East 10, Thomas Jefferson 3 (Game 2)
Stanton 10, East Union 0
South Central Calhoun 11, Coon Rapids-Bayard 3
Southeast Warren 7, Mormon Trail 2

Class 1A Region 6

Central Decatur 5, Seymour 2
Moravia 18, Lamoni 0
Murray 11, Bedford 1
Southeast Warren 8, Melcher-Dallas 0
Twin Cedars 13, Moulton-Udell 3
Wayne 14, Mormon Trail 0

Class 1A Region 7

Baxter 6, Audubon 5
Coon Rapids-Bayard 6, Orient-Macksburg 1
Exira-EHK 12, Southwest Valley 0
Glidden-Ralston 12, Ar-We-Va 0
Griswold 8, East Union 5
Stanton 5, CAM 3

Class 1A Region 8

Fremont-Mills 17, Essex 5
Lawton-Bronson 15, Boyer Valley 5
Riverside 15, East Mills 4
Sidney 13, St. Albert 7
West Harrison 14, Woodbine 4
Westwood 13, Whiting 1

Class 2A Region 2

Clarinda 6, West Central Valley 3
Tri-Center 16 Missouri Valley 11 (8 inn.)

Regular Season Scores

Lewis Central 6, Harlan 0
Sergeant Bluff-Luton 7, CB Thomas Jefferson 3
Sioux City East 12, CB Thomas Jefferson 2
Sioux City North 7, CB Abraham Lincoln 3

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