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

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Mike Moustakas homered, doubled and drove in four runs in the first two innings, Jorge Soler went 4 for 5 with a home run, but the Kansas City Royals nearly blew a nine-run lead before holding on for a 11-8 victory over the Minnesota Twins.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Cardinals’ Alex Reyes pitched four scoreless innings in his return from Tommy John surgery, and Orlando Arcia hit a go-ahead single in a two-run seventh to lead the Milwaukee Brewers over St. Louis 3-2. Making his first major league appearance since Sept. 29, 2016, Reyes allowed three hits, struck out two and walked two.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Right-hander Alex Reyes was activated from the 60-day disabled list by the St. Louis Cardinals after recovering from Tommy John surgery and was set to start against Milwaukee in his first major league appearance since Sept. 29, 2016. Reyes was 4-1 with a 1.57 ERA two years ago, beating the Chicago Cubs three times and striking out 52 in 46 innings. Reyes was operated on in February 2017 by Cardinals head orthopedic physician Dr. George Paletta.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa forward Tyler Cook will withdraw his name from NBA Draft consideration and return to the Hawkeyes for his junior season. Cook’s return means the Hawkeyes will have their best player back after a trying 2017-18 season. Cook averaged 15.3 points and 6.8 rebounds as Iowa finished 14-19. But the return of Cook and fellow junior Isaiah Moss _ who also withdrew from NBA Draft consideration _ should put the Hawkeyes in position to improve next winter.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State guard Lindell Wigginton says he is withdrawing from NBA draft consideration and returning to school for his sophomore season. Wigginton averaged 16.7 points as a freshman, pairing with fellow newcomer Cameron Lard to give the Cyclones a pair of young cornerstone players in what was a rebuilding season.

Waukee took the Team and Individual State Championships at the Class 4A State Girls Golf Tournament at Elmwood Country Club in Marshalltown. The Warriors racked up a two-day team total of +112, 680 to easily win the State Title. West Des Moines Valley was Runner-Up with a +143, 711.

Individually Brooke Boardman of Waukee was the State Champion with a +9, 151 total for the tourney. She shot rounds of 75 and 76 to win by 11 shots. Paige Hoffman of WDM Valley was Runner-Up with a +20, 162 on rounds of 82 and 80.

CAM’s Sammi Jahde finished in 8th place individually and the Griswold Tigers finished in 6th place in the team race of the Class 1A Girls State Golf Tournament at American Legion Golf Course in Marshalltown. Play wrapped up on Wednesday after a rain-delayed day one and a shotgun start on day two.

Jahde finished with a two-day total of +27, 169. She shot an 86 on Wednesday to follow up a first round of 83. Abbey Schafer of Mount Ayr finished in 6th place with rounds of 80 and 85 for a +23, 165 total. Jacey Anthofer of Exira-EHK came in 12th overall with two rounds of 88. Kayla Chapman of Treynor was right behind her in 13th with rounds of 83 and 94. Mateya Peters of Griswold followed in 14th with rounds of 89 and 88 for a +35 total.

Casey Noble of New London was the Individual Champion with an +11 153 two day total. She shot rounds of 77-76.

Griswold shot a +208, 776 for the tournament. They improved on their first day effort of 397 with a 379 on Wednesday. Iowa Valley was the 1A State Team Champion with a +172, 740 total.

Atlantic girls golfers Alyssa Ginther and Baylee Newell finished up play Wednesday at the Class 3A State Girls Golf Tournament at Coldwater Links in Ames. Ginther finished tied for a share of 10th place and Newell finished 21st overall.

Ginther shot an 87 to follow up her opening round of 79 to finish at +24, 166 for the two day total. Ashton Carter of Creston also finished with a 166 total.

Newell shot matching 85’s for the two days and finished at +28, 170 for the tournament. Somer Sinnard of Carroll and Sophia Groumoutis of Creston finished with a 170 total.

Gilbert’s Britta Snyder was the individual State Champion with an even par 142 total. She had rounds of 70 and 72.

Creston ended up jumping up a spot from day one to finish as the State Runner-Up as a team with a +122, 690 total for the tourney. Washington was the State Champion at +94, 662 and Creston just edged out Gilbert who finished third at +123, 691.

Carroll ended up in 7th in the team standings with a +185, 753 total.

(Ginther tied for 9th on straight score and Newell tied for 18th on straight score. Handicap holes determined the adjusted placing.)

Iowans who love to fish or who want to learn will be able to fish for free this coming weekend. The state is holding its annual opportunity to see what the fishing fuss is all about, according to Joe Larscheid, chief of the Iowa D-N-R Fisheries Bureau. “Currently in Iowa, anybody under 16 years old can fish for free but this allows all residents to try fishing for free,” Larscheid says.  The event runs Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Given the warm weather, Larscheid says the fish should be biting across the state. “It’s a great time to go fishing,” he says. “The crappies and the bluegills are close to shore, so there’s shore fishing and lakes and ponds and impoundments across Iowa should be very good this coming weekend.”

You don’t need to invest in expensive equipment to give the sport a whirl. “If you go to our Special Events Calendar on the DNR website, you can find events close to where you live,” Larscheid says. “At these events, there’s usually people there to help you fish, even provide fishing tackle, rods and reels to go fishing.”

A fishing license for Iowa residents costs $19 a year, which Larscheid says is a good bargain, as that pays for the state to stock 150-million fish every year, in addition to running the hatcheries and staffing biologists and enforcement personnel.

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The Class 1A Girls State Golf Tournament battled through a lengthy weather delay to complete round 1 on Tuesday at American Legion Golf Course in Marshalltown. Lightning delayed the tournament from around 1:00pm-6:00pm but the round did get completed. The Girswold Tigers sit in 8th place after the first round in the team race. They shot +113 on the first day. New London was the first round leader with a +83 Tuesday.

Individually CAM’s Sammi Jahde and Treynor’s Kayla Champman were tied for 6th place with opening rounds of +12, 82’s. Exira-EHK’s Jacey Anthofer carded a +17, 88 to put her in 11th place. Mateya Peters of Griswold led her team with an +18, 89 to sit in 12th individually. Mount Ayr’s Abbey Schafer was in 2nd place after the first day with a +9, 80.

The second round got underway this morning at 8:30am with a shotgun start.

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Clarinda at Creston SUSPENDED
Glenwood 7, Abraham Lincoln 0
Lewis Central 13, Kuemper Catholic 3 — 5 inn
Shenandoah 10, Fremont-Mills 3

Western Iowa Conference

Audubon at Griswold PPD
IKM-Manning at CAM, Anita PPD
Logan-Magnolia 13, Missouri Valley 1 — 5 inn
Tri-Center at Treynor PPD 5/30
Underwood 9, AHSTW 8

Rolling Valley Conference

Greene County at Coon Rapids-Bayard PPD
Whiting at Boyer Valley PPD
West Monona 16, West Harrison 6

Pride of Iowa Conference

Bedford at Nodaway Valley PPD 6/28
Central Decatur 17, Wayne 5 — 5 inn
Lenox 4, East Union 0
Pleasantville 9, Martensdale-St. Marys 2
Southeast Valley at Mount Ayr PPD
Southeast Warren at Interstate 35, Truro PPD

Bluegrass Conference

Orient-Macksburg at Diagonal PPD
Moravia 17, Lamoni 0
Murray at Mormon Trail PPD
Twin Cedars 1, Seymour 0

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Atlantic at St. Albert PPD
Clarinda at Creston SUSPENDED
Harlan at Denison-Schleswig PPD
Kuemper Catholic at Lewis Central PPD
Shenandoah 12, Fremont-Mills 2 — 6 inn
Stanton at Red Oak PPD

Western Iowa Conference

AHSTW at Underwood PPD 5/30
Audubon at Griswold PPD 6/14
Missouri Valley 8, Logan-Magnolia 4
Tri-Center at Treynor PPD 5/30

Rolling Valley Conference

Coon Rapids-Bayard at Greene County PPD
Glidden-Ralston at St. Mary’s, Storm Lake PPD
Whiting at Boyer Valley PPD

Corner Conference

West Harrison at East Mills PPD

Pride of Iowa Conference

Bedford at Nodaway Valley PPD 6/28
Central Decatur 17 Wayne 0 — 4 inn
Lenox 11 East Union 1
Pleasantville 10 Martensdale-St. Marys 0 — 6 inn
Southeast Warren at Interstate 35, Truro PPD
Southwest Valley at Mount Ayr PPD

Missouri River Conference

CB Thomas Jefferson at Sergeant Bluff-Luton (DH) PPD

A number of area Girls Regional Soccer games were postponed from Tuesday to Wednesday night. Here is a look at scores from games on Tuesday and the schedule for area games tonight. Class 1A Schools are playing Regional Quarterfinals and Class 2A Schools are playing Regional Semifinals.

Scores Tuesday, May 29th

1A Region 1: St. Albert 11, Missouri Valley 0
1A Region 2: Treynor 10, Underwood 1
1A Region 3: Creston 7, Clarke 0 (Rain shortened)

2A Region 1: CB Thomas Jefferson 3, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 0
2A Region 2: Lewis Central 10, Atlantic 0

Schedule Wednesday, May 30th

1A Region 2: Kuemper Catholic at Panorama (7:00pm)
1A Region 2: Logan-Magnolia at Tri-Center (6:00pm)
1A Region 3: Riverside at Harlan (5:00pm)

2A Region 2: Denison-Schleswig at Glenwood (6:00pm)

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

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