The 7:17-a.m. Sportscast w/Ric Hanson

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Atlantic 16, Red Oak 5 (5 innings)
AHSTW 13, Griswold 6
Boyer Valley 6, Ar-We-Va 5
CAM 15, West Harrison 0 (4 innings)
Central Decatur 8, Mount Ayr 5
Clear Lake 2, Treynor 0
Coon Rapids-Bayard 12, EHK-Exira 11
CB Abraham Lincoln 11, Pleasant Valley 9
Earlham 16, Glidden-Ralston 3
Kuemper Catholic 3, Clarinda 2
Logan-Magnolia 5, IKM-Manning 4
MVAOCOU 14, Westwood, Sloan 1
Martensdale-St. Marys 5, Bedford 3
Missouri Valley 7, Audubon 3
Nodaway Valley 4, Interstate 35 3
Shenandoah 11, Denison-Schleswig 4
Sidney 8, East Mills 4
St. Albert 15, Glenwood 0
Stanton 16, Clarinda Academy 3
Tri-Center 11, Underwood 5
Van Meter 11, AC/GC 0
Wayne 9, East Union 5

Fort Dodge Tournament:

Muscatine 6, Atlantic 5 (10 inn)
Atlantic 6, Clear Creek-Amana 5 (Alexis Handel reached 45 career home runs. Ally Anderson won her 100th career game. Kennedy Goergen had a walk-off hit in the win)
Bishop Heelan 4, Harlan 3
Fort Dodge 6, Harlan 1

Elsewhere:

CB Abraham Lincoln 11, Clarinda 7
Audubon 7, Missouri Valley 6 (9 inn)
Boyer Valley 9, Ar-We-Va 8
Carroll 16, Kuemper Catholic 3
Coon Rapids-Bayard 5, Exira-EHK 0
Creston 5, Red Oak 2
Fremont-Mills 13, Essex 7
Glidden-Ralston 4, Earlham 3
IKM-Manning 6, Logan-Magnolia 2
Lenox 11, Southeast Warren 1
Mount Ayr 11, Central Decatur 2
Pleasantville 12, Southwest Valley 0
Sidney 12, East Mills 1
Treynor 12, Riverside 6
Underwood 12, Tri-Center 6

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

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Kris Bryant ended a 24-game homerless drought, the longest of his career, and Ian Happ and Kyle Schwarber also went deep as the Chicago Cubs routed the St. Louis Cardinals 13-5. Bryant drilled a 448-foot, two-run shot to left field off an ineffective Michael Wacha in the third inning for his first home run since May 14.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Hundreds of people have gathered to say goodbye to Red Schoendienst. Among them are current and past St. Louis Cardinals players as well as fans. The Hall of Fame second baseman’s funeral was at the Cathedral Basilica in St. Louis. He died last week at 95. Schoendienst spent most of his playing career in St. Louis and managed the Cardinals to the 1967 World Series championship and the 1968 National League pennant.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Evan Gattis hit a go-ahead grand slam, Alex Bregman and Carlos Correa also went deep and the Houston Astros beat the Kansas City Royals 7-3 for their ninth consecutive win. Charlie Morton was a bit shaky but lasted six innings on the mound. Jakob Junis allowed three homers for Kansas City.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Florida pitcher Brady Singer has won the Dick Howser Trophy as college baseball’s player of the year. Singer carries a 12-1 record and 2.30 ERA into the College World Series. He was the 18th overall pick in the Major League Baseball draft by the Kansas City Royals. The winner is determined by a vote of National College Baseball Writers Association members and presented by the College Baseball Foundation.

The 7:20-a.m. Sportscast w/Chris Parks.

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The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union released their latest softball rankings on Thursday. Click the document below to see the full rankings.

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Hawkeye Ten Conference

Atlantic 7, Clarinda 1
Denison-Schleswig 17, Creston 10 (Game 1)
Denison-Schleswig 17, Creston 7 (Game 2)
Harlan 12, Glenwood 11 (Game 1)
Harlan 11, Glenwood 2 (Game 2)
Lewis Central 23, Shenandoah 9 (Game 1)
Lewis Central 14, Shenandoah 4 (Game 2)

Western Iowa Conference

Audubon 12, Griswold 0 (Game 1)
Audubon 14, Griswold 2 (Game 1)
Missouri Valley 12, Logan-Magnolia 1
Treynor 17, Tri-Center 4
Underwood 11, AHSTW 6

Rolling Valley Conference

Coon Rapids-Bayard 16, IKM-Manning 6
Glidden-Ralston 6, Exira-EHK 1
West Central Valley 7, CAM 2
Woodbine 15, East Mills 3

Pride of Iowa Conference

Central Decatur 11, Southwest Valley 3

Other Scores

AC/GC 10, East Union 3
Bedford 14, Stanton 11
Bishop Heelan Catholic 13, CB Abraham Lincoln 0 (Game 1)
Bishop Heelan Catholic 17, CB Abraham Lincoln 1 (Game 2)
Sioux City North 17, CB Thomas Jefferson 2 (Game 1)
Sioux City North 11, CB Thomas Jefferson 1 (Game 2)
Twin Cedars 21, Orient-Macksburg 3

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Atlantic 10, Clarinda 0 (Game 1) (5 inn) (Perfect game from Ally Anderson, 2-run homerun from Alexis Handel, 2 RBI double to end the game from Alyssa Derby.)
Atlantic 13, Clarinda 3 (Game 2) (5 inn) (4 hits and 4 RBIs from Olivia Engler)
Denison-Schleswig 7, Creston 0 (Game 1)
Denison-Schleswig 13, Creston 0 (Game 2)
Fremont-Mills 12, St. Albert 5
Harlan 10, Glenwood 1 (Game 1)
Glenwood 5, Harlan 4 — 9 inn (Game 2)
Lewis Central 12, Shenandoah 0 (Game 1)
Lewis Central 7, Shenandoah 3 (Game 2)

Western Iowa Conference

Audubon 12, Griswold 6 (Game 1)
Griswold 11, Audubon 0 (Game 2)
IKM-Manning 10, Riverside 0 (Game 1)
IKM-Manning 11, Riverside 1 (Game 2)
Logan-Magnolia 12, Missouri Valley 0
Treynor 14, Tri-Center 1
Underwood at AHSTW

Pride of Iowa Conference

Central Decatur 10, Southwest Valley 0
Lenox 8, Martensdale-St. Marys 2

Rolling Valley Conference

CAM at West Central Valley
Coon Rapids-Bayard 9, AC/GC 6
Glidden-Ralston 12, Ar-We-Va 3
Westwood 16 West Harrison 5

Other Scores

Bedford 12, Stanton 1
Bishop Heelan 8, CB Abraham Lincoln 0
East Union 5, Lamoni 2
Sioux City North 4, CB Thomas Jefferson 1 (Game 1)
CB Thomas Jefferson 10, Sioux City North 8 (Game 2)
Twin Cedars 12, Orient-Macksburg 0

A former Iowa All-American will be one of the favorites in the 800 meter run at the U-S Track and Field Championships. Erik Sowinski burst onto the international scene in 2013. The five time All American for the Hawkeyes was a late addition to the 600 meter run at the Millrose Games in New York. He not only did he pull off a shocking win but he set an American record in the process. Three weeks later he won the 800 meter title at the U-S Indoor Championships.

A win in Des Moines next week would be his first outdoor title and winning it at Drake Stadium would make it even more special. Sowinski may be peaking at the right time. He is coming off a win in Europe in his last race.

(Learfield Sports)

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

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs coach Andy Reid dismissed his players early after a productive offseason program, joking that even he plans to take one day off before turning his attention to training camp. His young quarterback, Patrick Mahomes II, plans to take twice as many days off _ two of them _ before he plans to get back to work.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The annual doubleheader between Iowa, Iowa State, Northern Iowa and Drake will come to an end after next season. The Hawkeyes say they are pulling out of the Des Moines-based event partly because the Big Ten is moving from an 18 to a 20-game schedule, which limits their options in non-conference scheduling.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida has established itself as “Pitching U” while advancing to the College World Series for the fourth straight season and seventh time in nine years. The staff features two first-round draft picks and an All-American closer. Throw in a pair of budding freshmen and the defending national champions might be as deep as anyone in the eight-team field. Florida’s pitching prowess will be on display when it begins play in Omaha, Nebraska against Texas Tech on Sunday.