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Midwest Sports Headlines: 5/22/18

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May 22nd, 2018 by Ric Hanson

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

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Miles Mikolas pitched a four-hitter for his first career shutout and Tyler O’Neill homered for the third straight game and drove in four runs, leading the St. Louis Cardinals to a 6-0 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Monday night. Mikolas needed just 109 pitches to remain unbeaten and struck out a career-high nine.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The University of Kansas has fired athletic director Sheahon Zenger. Chancellor Douglas Girod says “progress has been elusive” in some areas of the program. Girod has named deputy director Sean Lester interim athletic director while the university searches for a replacement.

UNDATED (AP) — LSU is usually among the nation’s best teams, not this year. A rare up-and-down season has left the Tigers unsure of their NCAA Tournament future heading into this week’s SEC Tournament. LSU is among the eight teams that will play in Tuesday’s single-elimination knockout round, which kicks off the six-day tournament.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Courtney Force has won her second straight Funny Car race, capturing the rain-delayed NHRA Heartland Nationals in Topeka, Kansas. She defeated defending world champion and teammate Robert Hight in the final round. It was her third victory of the season and 11th of her career. Also winning were Clay Millican in Top Fuel and Deric Kramer in Pro Stock.

Girls Tennis Scoreboard, Glenwood advances to Final Four 05/21/2018

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May 21st, 2018 by admin

Girls First Round State Team Tennis Matches in Class 1A were played Monday. Regional Team Tennis was played in Class 2A with First Round State matches taking place on Tuesday.

Class 1A Region 1 @ Denison

Glenwood 5, Spirit/Lake Okoboji 1

Glenwood advances to Girls State Team Tennis Final Four on June 2nd at Byrne’s Park in Waterloo.

Class 1A Region 2 @ Johnston

Columbus Catholic 5, Shenandoah 1

Class 2A Region 1 @ Sioux City North

Regional First Round: CB Abraham Lincoln 5, Sioux City North 1
Regional First Round: Ames 5, Sioux City East 0
Regional Final: Ames 5, CB Abraham Lincoln 0
First Round State on Tuesday at Ankeny: Ames vs. Jonston 3:00pm

Griswold girls golf cards top score in Atlantic, earns State berth

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May 21st, 2018 by admin

The Griswold Tigers girls golf team topped the field at the Class 1A Region 2 Tournament at Atlantic Golf and Country Club on Monday and will now head to the State Tournament. The Tigers shot a 387 team total to way outdistance the rest of the field. Woodbury Central was Runner-Up with a 424 and will also head to State. The CAM Cougars narrowly missed out on a State trip with a 425, just one shot back in 3rd.

Individually Sally Gallagher of Woodbury Central was Medalist with an 82. Mateya Peters of Griswold was Runner-Up with an 84. CAM’s Sammi Jahde finished 3rd with an 85.

Team Scores

  1. Griswold 387
  2. Woodbury Central 424
  3. CAM 425
  4. East Union 427
  5. Boyer Valley 433
  6. Mount Ayr 441
  7. Audubon 465

Individual Qualifiers

  1. Sally Gallagher, Woodbury Central, 82
  2. Mateya Peters, Griswold, 84
  3. Sammi Jahde, CAM, 85
  4. Abby Schafer, Mount Ayr, 90
  5. Kayla Chapman, Treynor, 91
  6. Jacey Anthofer, Exira-EHK, 92
  7. Shelby Keiser, Griswold, 95
  8. Cierra DeHoet, Woodward-Granger, 96

The Class 1A Girls State Golf Tournament will be played May 29th and 30th at American Legion Golf Course in Marshalltown.

Kuemper Catholic and Roland-Story advance to 2A Girls State Golf

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May 21st, 2018 by admin

The Kuemper Catholic Knights and Roland-Story Rockets were the two girls golf teams to advance out of the Class 2A Region 2 Final at 5×80 Golf Course in Menlo. The Knights shot 375 to win it. Roland-Story carded a team 403 to earn the second spot at State.

Team Scores

  1. Keumper Catholic 375
  2. Roland-Story 403
  3. Clarinda 414
  4. South Hamilton 414

Individual Qualifiers

  1. Maranda Wheelock, Ogden, 82
  2. Katie Schweers, Kuemper Catholic, 83
  3. Cece Sturdivant, Des Moines Christian, 89
  4. Madison Fear, Panorama, 95
  5. Macy Ludwig, Kuemper Catholic, 95
  6. McKenna Ludwig, Kuemper Catholic, 96
  7. Gracie Brown, Clarinda, 96
  8. Kaitlyn Rahfeldt, Roland-Story, 98

The Class 2A State Tournament will be played on May 29 and 30th at Lake Panorama National Golf Course in Panora.

Atlantic’s Ginther and Newell earn trip to Girls State Golf

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May 21st, 2018 by admin

Atlantic’s Alyssa Ginther and Baylee Newell earned trips to the Girls State Golf Tournament through Regional play on Monday in Adel. Atlantic was competing in the Class 3A Regional Tournament at River Valley Golf Course. Ginther advanced by finishing 3rd overall with an 81 on the Par 72 course. Newell finished 5th overall with an 85.

As a team the Trojans won’t get the chance to defend their title. Creston was the team champion with a team total of 341. Centerville was the Runner-Up with a 371. Those two teams will advance to State. Atlantic finished 3rd as a team with a 382 total.

Other Atlantic Scores: Hannah Alff 105, Anna Wieser 111.

Team Scores

  1. Creston 341
  2. Centerville 371
  3. Atlantic 382
  4. Pella 397
  5. Glenwood 433
  6. Chariton 442
  7. ADM 455
  8. Winterset 457
  9. Clarke 463
  10. Carlisle 471
  11. Knoxville 520
  12. Oskaloosa 569

Individual Qualifiers

  1. Rylie Driskell, Creston, 81
  2. Sophia Groumoutis, Creston, 81
  3. Alyssa Ginther, Atlantic, 81
  4. Ashton Carter, Creston,  84
  5. Baylee Newell, Atlantic, 85
  6. Lauren VanWyk, Pella, 86
  7. Emily Moorman, Centerville, 90
  8. Taylor Shinn, Centerville, 91
  9. Elizabeth Meng, Centerville, 91

The Class 3A State Tournament will be played at Coldwater Golf Links in Ames on Tuesday, May 29th and Wednesday, May 30th.

Boys Substate Soccer First Round tonight

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May 21st, 2018 by admin

The Boys Soccer Playoffs begin tonight with First Round games being played in all 3 classes. Here is a look at local match-ups.

Class 1A

Substate 1

Kuemper Catholic vs. Western Christian @ MOC-Floyd Valley 5:00pm
Sioux Center at MOC-Floyd Valley 7:00pm

Substate 7

Creston vs. Clarke @ DM Christian 5:00pm
Nodaway Valley at DM Christian 7:00pm

Panorama vs. AHSTW @ West Central Valley 5:00pm
Atlantic at West Central Valley 7:00pm

Substate 8

Clarinda Academy at St. Albert 5:00pm

Tri-Center vs. Logan-Magnolia @ Treynor 5:00pm
Missouri Valley at Treynor 7:00pm

Underwood at Riverside 5:00pm

Class 2A

Substate 1

Spirit Lake/Okoboji at Dension-Schleswig 7:00pm

Substate 8

Perry vs. Carlisle @ Harlan 5:00pm
Glenwood vs. Carroll @ Harlan 7:00pm

Class 3A

Substate 8

CB Thomas Jefferson at CB Abraham Lincoln 5:00pm

Girls Team Tennis Postseason rolls on today

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May 21st, 2018 by admin

Girls First Round State Team Tennis Matches in Class 1A will be contested today. Regional Team Tennis will be played in Class 2A with First Round State matches taking place on Tuesday. Here is a look at local match-ups.

Class 1A Region 1 @ Denison

Glenwood vs. Spirit/Lake Okoboji 3:00pm

Class 1A Region 2 @ Johnston

Shenandoah vs. Columbus Catholic 3:00pm

Class 2A Region 1 @ Sioux City North

Regional First Round: Sioux City North vs. CB Abraham Lincoln 9:00am
Regional First Round: Sioux City East vs. Ames 9:00am
Regional Final: Winners play at 1:00pm
First Round State on Tuesday at Ankeny 3:00pm

Girls Regional Golf Finals tee up today

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May 21st, 2018 by admin

Girls Regional Golf Finals will be played around the state today. The top two teams and top eight individuals will qualify for State Golf. Here’s a look at local sites.

Class 1A

Region 2 @ Atlantic (Atlantic Golf and Country Club)

Teams: Boyer Valley, Woodbury Central, Griswold, Audubon, Mount Ayr, CAM, East Union.

Individuals not on qualifying teams: Kayla Chapman, Treynor. Jesse Decker, St. Albert. Ashlyn Eckrich, Tri-Center. Jacey Anthofer, Exira-EHK. Alyssa Brink, Riverside. Whitney Reever, Glidden-Ralston.

Class 2A

Region 2 @ Menlo (5×80 Golf Course)

Teams: Kuemper Catholic, Clarinda, South Hamilton, Roland-Story.

Individuals not on qualifying teams: Kate Carlson, Red Oak. Rachel Teten, Underwood. Lexy Knop, AHSTW. Payton Hilts, Missouri Valley. Maranda Wheelock, Ogden. CeCe Sturdivant, Des Moines Christian. Madison Fear, Panorama. Kayla Walker, Ogden.

Class 3A

Region 1 @ LeMars (Willow Creek Golf Course)

Teams: Algona, Bishop Heelan, Carroll, Harlan, Humboldt, LeMars, MOC-Floyd Valley, Sergeant Bluff-Luton, Spencer, Spirit Lake, Storm Lake, Webster City.

Region 2 @ Adel (River Valley Golf Course)

Teams: ADM, Atlantic, Carlisle, Centerville, Chariton, Clarke, Creston, Glenwood, Knoxville, Oskaloosa, Pella, Winterset.

Class 4A

Region 1 @ West Des Moines (Willow Creek Golf Course)

Teams: CB Abraham Lincoln, CB Thomas Jefferson, Denison-Schleswig, Lewis Central, Sioux City East, Sioux City North, Sioux City West, Urbandale, Waukee, WDM Valley.

(Podcast) KJAN Morning Sports report, 5/21/2018

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May 21st, 2018 by Ric Hanson

The 7:20-a.m. Sportscast w/Jim Field.

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Midwest Sports Headlines: 5/21/18

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May 21st, 2018 by Ric Hanson

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

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jack Flaherty struck out a career-high 13 to earn his first major league win and Tyler O’Neill homered as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-1. Making his ninth big league start, Flaherty gave up just two hits and walked one in 7 2/3 dominant innings.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Tyler Austin hit a pair of two-run homers, Sonny Gray pitched eight innings of four-hit ball and the New York Yankees beat the Kansas City Royals 10-1 Sunday to win their eighth consecutive series. Miguel Andujar and Austin Romine added back-to-back homers in the ninth for the Yankees. Eric Skoglund was pounded for six runs over five innings for Kansas City.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The running back who won the Heisman for LSU in 1959 with a memorable Halloween night punt return touchdown against Mississippi has died. Billy Cannon was 80. LSU says Cannon died at his home in St. Francisville. Cannon led the Tigers to a national championship in 1958. The following year, his tackle-breaking 89-yard punt return led LSU to a 7-3 victory over Ole Miss. That helped Cannon win LSU’s only Heisman. He went on to play for the Houston Oilers, Oakland Raiders and Kansas City Chiefs.

TOKEKA, Kan. (AP) — Courtney Force reached the Funny Car semifinals Sunday in the Menards NHRA Heartland Nationals before dewy conditions postponed the eliminations at Heartland Motorsports Park. Force, the points leader and No. 1 qualifier, will face J.R. Todd when action resumes Monday.