Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz says Spencer Petras leads the quarterback race at the end of spring practice. The Hawkeyes closed out drills with an open practice over the weekend. Petras, Alex Padilla and Joe Labas are competing for the starting job.

Petras has started 19 games the past two seasons while Padilla started three games last season while Petras was injured. Labas is a redshirt freshman. Offensive lineman Connor Colby feels the experience he gained last season will be a plus. The former Cedars Kennedy standout become the first true freshman to start on the offensive line since 2017.

Colby made 11 starts at guard last season for an Iowa offense that struggled with inexperience up front.

The Cincinnati Reds beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-1 on Sunday, snapping an 11-game losing streak in the process.

Tommy Pham and Nick Senzel each had two hits and Colin Moran had 2 RBI to lead the Redlegs.

Nick Lodolo had 7 strikeouts and allowed just 5 hits to get the win on the mound.

St. Louis got their lone run on an RBI-hit by Tyler O’Neill. The Cards fall to 9-5 on the season. The Cardinals will host the NY Mets on Monday at 6:45 p.m. We’ll have the game on KJAN with pregame at 5:50 p.m.

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – No. 8 Rutgers put up nine runs in the first four innings en route to a 10-4 victory over the University of Iowa baseball team on Sunday afternoon at Bainton Field.  The Hawkeyes won two of three games during the three-game series.

Rutgers’ win snaps Iowa’s season-long seven-game winning streak. Iowa now sits at 23-13 overall, 8-4 in the Big Ten heading into Tuesday’s midweek game against Western Illinois.

The Hawkeyes jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first on an Izaya Fullard RBI single through the left side, but Rutgers answered in a big way.  The Scarlet Knights scored three in the first and chased Iowa starter Ty Langenberg from the game just eight batters into the game.

Rutgers pushed its lead to 5-0 on a Danny DiGeorgio two-run double in the second off redshirt junior Duncan Davitt, they scored one in the third and three more in the fourth (on a two-out rally) to push the lead to 9-3.  Iowa scored single runs in the third and fourth on a Fullard RBI single and a Rutgers balk.

After Rutgers made it 10-4 with one run in the bottom of the eighth, Iowa plated its fourth run in the top of the ninth. Sophomore Michael Seegers doubled and scored on Keaton Anthony’s RBI single to right field.

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GIRLS TENNIS

Lewis Central 6, St. Albert 3

BOYS GOLF

Denison Monarch Golf Tournament

Team Scores

1. Lewis Central 343
2. Carroll 359
3. Atlantic 361
4. Harlan 405
5. St. Albert 408
6. Denison-Schleswig 409

Individual Top Ten

1. Jordan Greenwood, Lewis Central, 80
2. Payton Greenwood, Lewis Central, 80
3. Bryce Barlau, Carroll, 85
4. Easton Emery, Denison-Schleswig, 87
5. Lucas Campbell, Lewis Central, 87
6. Lane Nelson, Atlantic, 87
7. Drew Munson, Carroll 88
8. Cruz Weaver, Atlantic, 88
9. Will Ragaller, Carroll, 88
10. Garrett McLaren, Atlantic, 92

Other Atlantic Scores: Roth Den Beste 98, Tristan Hayes 94, Cooper Jipsen 112.

Sidney Invitational

Team Scores

1. Fremont-Mills 356
2. Sidney 362
3. Clarinda 378
4. Audubon 383
5. Bedford 393
6. East Mills 425
7. Shenandoah 435
8. Essex 442
9. Nebraska City 491

Indvidual Top Ten

1. Jake Malcom, Fremont-Mills, 80
2. Brad Hall, Auburn, 82
3. Kyle Beam, Sidney, 89
4. Cole Jorgensen, Sidney, 89
5. Owen Thornton, Fremont-Mills, 90
6. Micha Johnson, Bedford, 90
7. James McCall, Clarinda 91
8. Cooper Neal, Clarinda, 91
9. JT Mahaney, Fremont-Mills, 92
10. Kellen Rose, Sidney, 92

Hal Rossow Invitational at Lake Panorama

Team Scores

1. Webster City 346
2. Kuemper Catholic 366
3. Montezuma 371
4. Panorama 382
5. Earlham 406
6. Audubon 416
7. Coon Rapids-Bayard 416
8. ACGC 426
9. West Central Valley  NTS

Individual Top Five

1. Beau Klaver, Webster City, 84
2. Maverick Schwabe, Kuemper Catholic, 84
3. Eddie Burgess, Montezuma, 86
4. Evan Powell, Panorama, 87
5. Cruz DeJong, Montezuma, 87

GIRLS SOCCER

Bellevue West 3, CB Thomas Jefferson 1
CB Abraham Lincoln 8, Elkhorn 1
CB Abraham Lincoln 2, Millard North 0
Omaha Northwest 2, CB Thomas Jefferson 1

BOYS SOCCER

Bellevue East 2, CB Abraham Lincoln 1
Elkhorn 6, CB Thomas Jefferson 0
Millard North 2, CB Thomas Jefferson 0
Omaha Northwest 1, CB Thomas Jefferson 0
Spencer 4, Harlan 1
Sergeant Bluff-Luton 1, Harlan 0 -PK’s

The St. Louis Cardinals picked up a 5-0 win over the Reds on Saturday. Paul Goldschmidt, Dylan Carlson and Andrew Knizner each had two hits. Goldschmidt added 2 RBI to lead the Cardinals offense.

Dakota Hudson got the win with 4 strikeouts and allowing 2 hits in 6 2/3 innings of work.

The Cardinals move to 9-4 on the season and will wrap up their set against the Reds on Sunday.

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Graduate transfer Connor Schultz was masterful, scattering two hits over eight shutout innings and the University of Iowa baseball team scored 12 runs on 13 hits in a 12-2 rout of No. 8 Rutgers on Saturday afternoon at Bainton Field.

The victory is the Hawkeyes’ seventh straight and secures the road series win.  It is Iowa’s first series win over a top 10 ranked team since 2018 (No. 7 Michigan) and the first road series win over a ranked foe since 2019 (No. 19 Oklahoma State).

“This shows who we are,” said Schultz. “Today and yesterday, this is the team we are. Going out today and showing it against a team like this is huge.  It shows people how good we are.”

Iowa moves to 8-3 in the Big Ten and 23-12 overall.

PISCATAWAY, N. J. – Redshirt sophomore Adam Mazur’s 11 strikeout gem propelled the University of Iowa baseball team to a 4-1 victory over No. 8 Rutgers on Friday afternoon at Bainton Field.

The win is the Hawkeyes’ sixth straight and it is the program’s first victory over a top 10 ranked foe since 2018 (No. 7 Michigan).  Iowa now sits at 7-3 in the Big Ten, 22-12 overall.

Mazur was dynamic for a second straight start, allowing one run on six hits over eight innings – tying a career-long appearance for a second straight week — en route to his fourth win.

The right-hander had 11 strikeouts for a second consecutive start and didn’t walk a batter for the second time in as many games.

“Getting ahead and mixing and matching pitches was key,” said Mazur, who has 22 strikeouts to zero walks over his last 16 innings. “My curveball felt great today, which I hadn’t used too much this year. It was nice to get that and the slider felt good.

“Everything was clicking and having good defense behind me helped.  After the second inning when we scored one and I wasn’t able to get the shutdown inning we needed, it lit a fire underneath me that I needed to keep going and push through.”

Mazur held down a Rutgers offense that entered the game with a Big Ten-best .322 average, while averaging 9.2 runs per game.  The Scarlet Knights’ one run output is its second lowest of the season (lowest since March 18).

UP NEXT

The Hawkeyes will face Rutgers in game two of the series Saturday at noon (CT).

The St. Louis Cardinals opened up their weekend three-game set against the Reds with a 4-2 win on Friday night.

Paul Goldschmidt had 3 hits and 2RBI and Lars Nootbaar had 1 hit, 1 walk, 1 RBI, and 1 run scored for the Cardinals. The Cardinals pounded out 10 hits in the game.

Steven Matz went 5 innings on the mound with 6 strikeouts and allowing just 1 earned run. The Cardinals improve to 9-4 this season.

The Cards and Reds will meet again on Saturday for a 3:10 p.m. first pitch. We’ll have the pregame starting at 2:15 p.m. on KJAN.