Class 1A @ American Legion Golf Course, Marshalltown

Individually Sammi Jahde of CAM is in 7th with an opening round of 89 and Griswold’s Mateya Peters sits in a tie for 21st with an opening round of 99. Mount Ayr’s Abbey Schafer is tied for 2nd with an 83 on day one.

Class 2A @ Jester Park Golf Course, Granger

Individually Aly Anderson of Treynor is in 2nd after an opening round of 78, she is one shot back of Annika Patton of Alta-Aurelia. Madelyn Deitchelr of Treynor is 10th after an opening 87.

Class 4A @ Elmwood CC, Marshalltown

Individually Ashton Carter of Creston is tied for 12th with a first day 93.

Class 5A @ Coldwater Links, Ames

The Atlantic Girls Golf team got off to a great start to defending their state title at the Class 3A State Tournament on Tuesday. The Trojans shot a first day total of 339 at Lake Panorama National Golf Club in Panora to lead the field.  Individually Brooke Newell had a terrific opening round of two-under 70 to share the lead with Emily Snelling of Clear Lake.

Team Scores

1. Atlantic 339 (+51)
2. New Hampton 345 (+57)
3. Clear Lake 362 (+74)
4. Centerville 371 (+83)
5. Kuemper Catholic 384 (+96)
6. Vinton-Shellsburg 405 (+117)
7. Gilbert 407 (+119)
8. MOC-Floyd Valley (+138)

Atlantic Scores: T1st-Brooke Newell, 70 (-2). T13th-Baylee Newell, 88 (+13). T16th- Sarah Fixmer, 89 (+17). T22nd- Alyssa Ginther, 92 (+20). T30th- McKenna DenBeste, 100 (+28). 40th- Mary Hayes, 108 (+36).

Grace Davidson of Clarinda is tied for 6th with an opening round 84 (+12)

Girls Regional Soccer play will be in full swing for all classes on Tuesday night. After some pigtail games were played last week the first full round of action will be played tonight.  Here’s a look at the schedule for local teams.

Class 1A

Region 1
Creston @ AHSTW -6:00pm
Riverside @ Treynor -6:00pm

Region 2
Kuemper Catholic @ Harlan -6:00pm
Underwood @ Missouri Valley -6:00pm

Class 2A

Region 1
CB Abraham Lincoln @ Bishop Heelan -5:00pm
Sergeant Bluff-Luton @ Lewis Central -6:00pm

Region 3
Denison @ ADM -6:00pm
Nodaway Valley/WCV/ACGC @ CB Thomas Jefferson -6:00pm

Girls State Golf Tournaments begin today for all classes and continue into Wednesday.

Class 1A Tournament – American Legion Golf Course, Marshalltown
Local Teams: Boyer Valley
Local Individuals: Sammi Jahde, CAM. Mateya Peters, Griswold.

Class 2A Tournament – Jester Park Golf Course, Granger
Local Teams: Treynor.
Local Individuals: Madison Lease, Missouri Valley.

Class 3A Tournament – Lake Panorama, Panora
Local Teams: Atlantic, Kuemper Catholic.
Local Individuals: Grace Davidson, Clarinda.

Class 4A Tournament – Elmwood Country Club, Marshalltown
Local Teams: Carroll, Creston.

Class 5A Tournament – Coldwater Links, Ames

The Atlantic Girls Golf team will begin play today in the Class 3A State Golf Tournament at Lake Panorama National Golf Course in Panora and the Trojans are ready to defend their title from last season. The Trojans qualified for state with a Regional Final win at 5×80 Golf Course in Menlo last week. The Trojans shot 361 at that final to win it by 26 strokes over Kuemper Catholic but despite the big win Atlantic Head Coach Kathy Hobson said they can play even better.

Brooke Newell was Runner-Up at the Regional Final with an 85 and she has been a strong leader for the Trojans throughout her career. Coach Hobson said there is strong leadership throughout the whole group but it definitely helps having Brooke lead the charge.

The Trojans have made an effort to challenge themselves with tough tournaments all season and Coach Hobson knows that will certainly help at the State Tournament because they have already competed against a lot of those teams. When asked about a number goal for the weekend Coach Hobson said she thinks they will need to go a little lower than last year to defend their title.

Coach Hobson thinks the experience of winning it last year should make the girls comfortable and give them a slight advantage playing there again. She said she doesn’t fell like there is pressure on them as defending champs. Play will continue Wednesday in Panora.

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

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ST. LOUIS (AP) – Chase Utley, Cody Bellinger and Logan Forsythe hit solo home runs, leading Rich Hill and the Los Angeles Dodgers over the St. Louis Cardinals 5-1 Monday for their fifth straight victory.

Hill (2-2) recovered from a bout of wildness in his last start to pitch five innings, giving up one run and two hits. In his previous outing, also against the Cardinals, he permitted five runs on four hits and seven walks in four innings.

Mike Leake (5-3) entered the game leading the majors with a 1.91 ERA, but allowed a season-high four runs in 6 2/3 innings.

The 7:20-a.m. Sportscast w/Ric Hanson.

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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Sixteen teams representing seven conferences will host regionals in the NCAA Division One baseball tournament. Five Atlantic Coast Conference teams and four from the Southeastern Conference were chosen as hosts Sunday night. Last year, 13 of the 16 hosts were from the ACC and SEC.

Each of the host schools are guaranteed spots in the 64-team tournament, with the rest of the field, including the top eight national seeds, and pairings to be announced today (Monday). The ACC hosts are North Carolina, Louisville, Florida State, Clemson and Wake Forest. SEC hosts are LSU, Florida, Kentucky and Arkansas.

Oregon State and Stanford are hosts from the Pac-12, and Texas Tech and TCU are home teams in the Big 12. Other hosts are Southern Mississippi of Conference USA, Long Beach State of the Big West and Houston of the American Athletic Conference.

DENVER (AP) – German Marquez pitched into the sixth inning, Gerardo Parra hit a three-run homer and the Colorado Rockies beat the St. Louis Cardinals 8-4 Sunday. Marquez (4-2) allowed two runs and eight hits in 5 2/3 innings. He went 4-1 in May to help the Rockies’ rookie starters finish 12-3 for the month, the most wins by rookie starting pitchers since Oakland got 11 in September 2009, according to Elias Sports Bureau.

Parra finished with three hits as the Rockies won a series for the 12th time this season. They have dropped two and split two others. Up next for the Cardinals, is the L-A Dodgers. Pre-game coverage on KJAN begins this afternoon at 12:20.