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

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Frankie Montas pitched shutout ball into the eighth inning to win his third straight start since being called up from the minors and Khris Davis homered twice to lead the Oakland Athletics to a 7-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals. Dustin Fowler also homered and Jonathan Lucroy drove in three runs to help the A’s send the Royals to their sixth straight loss.

CINCINNATI (AP) — Jose Martinez homered twice off Matt Harvey, and Jedd Gyorko singled home the tiebreaking run in the 10th inning as the St. Louis Cardinals rallied to a 7-6 victory, their 12th in a row over the Cincinnati Reds. The Cardinals haven’t dominated the Reds so completely since the Great Depression.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Bernhard Langer returned for a three-week break to shoot an 8-under 64 and take the first-round lead in the PGA Tour Champions’ Principal Charity Classic. Langer closed the bogey-free round with a 12-foot birdie putt on the par-4 18th at Wakonda Club. The 60-year-old German star took the brief break in part to attend his son’s high school graduation.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Bernhard Langer returned for a three-week break to shoot an 8-under 64 and take the first-round lead Friday in the PGA Tour Champions’ Principal Charity Classic. Langer closed the bogey-free round with a 12-foot birdie putt on the par-4 18th at Wakonda Club. The 60-year-old German star took the brief break in part to attend his son’s high school graduation.

“I think I have a pretty good idea now how to play the golf course,” Langer said. “When I had to get up and down I got most of them up and down, and just bogey-free is always fun.”

Glen Day and Woody Austin were a stroke back, and defending champion Brandt Jobe was at 66 with Jerry Kelly, Tom Lehman and Doug Garwood. Day opened 66-67 last year at Wakonda, then faded with a 76. “That was real easy. I had about three Coors Lights, we got in the car, drove home. It was no big deal,” said Day about moving past his finish in 2017. “That’s long gone.” On Friday, he had four birdies in a six-hole stretch on his final nine.

Austin, in search of his fourth senior win, shot a 31 on the front nine. Jobe struggled so much during the pro-am Thursday that he spent an extra two hours hitting balls in an effort to correct his swing. “It was worth it. I needed to,” Jobe said.

Mark Calcavecchia, the 2016 winner, withdrew after two holes for what tour spokesman Chris Richards said were family reasons.

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Atlantic 10, Shenandoah 0 (6 inn) (Game 1)
Atlantic 3, Shenandoah 1 (Game 2)
Harlan 13, Clarinda 0 (Game 1)
Harlan 12, Clarinda 0 (Game 2)
Kuemper Catholic 7, Creston 5 (Game 1)
Creston 24, Kuemper Catholic 10 (Game 2)
Lewis Central 10, Glenwood
Red Oak 10, St. Albert 1 (Game 1)
Red Oak 18, St. Albert 3 (Game 2)

Corner Conference

West Harrison 13, Fremont-Mills 0

Western Iowa Conference

IKM-Manning 10, AHSTW 0
Logan-Magnolia 7, Riverside 1 (Game 1)
Logan-Magnolia 10, Riverside 4 (Game 2)
Treynor 13, Missouri Valley 1 (6 inn)
Underwood 12, Griswold 2

Pride of Iowa Conference

Central Decatur 4, Martensdale-St. Marys 2
East Union 7, Southwest Valley 1
Lenox 3, Bedford 1
Mount Ayr 8, Nodaway Valley 1
Pleasantville 6, Interstate 35, Truro 5
Wayne 4, Southeast Warren 1

Rolling Valley Conference

Glidden-Ralston 16, Greene County 14

Other Scores

Orient-Macksburg 17, Lamoni 10
Sioux City West 12, Abraham Lincoln 0

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Atlantic 10, Shenandoah 2
Harlan 7, Clarinda 3
Harlan 9, Clarinda 4 (Game 2)
Kuemper Catholic 8 Creston 0 (Game 1)
Kuemper Catholic 10 Creston 6 (Game 2)
St. Albert 10, Red Oak 0
Lewis Central 11 Glenwood 1

Western Iowa Conference

IKM-Manning 7, AHSTW 1
Missouri Valley 10, Treynor 2
Tri-Center 8, Audubon 2
Underwood 12, Griswold 1 (6 inn)

Rolling Valley Conference

Exira-EHK 3, Boyer Valley 2
Des Moines Christian 7, Coon Rapids-Bayard 0

Pride of Iowa Conference

Lenox 11, Bedford 10
Martensdale-St. Marys 13, Central Decatur 0 (5 inn)
Mount Ayr 5, Nodaway Valley 2 (11 inn)
Pleasantville 5, Interstate 35, Truro 1
Southeast Warren 6, Wayne 2
Southwest Valley 4, East Union 3 (8 inn)

Other Scores

Abraham Lincoln 10 Sioux City West 4 (Game 1)
Abraham Lincoln 6 Sioux City West 3 (Game 2)
Thomas Jefferson 3 Sioux City East 2 (Game 1)
Sioux City East 4 Thomas Jefferson 2 (Game 2)
Lamoni 4 Orient-Macksburg 3
Moravia 10 Melcher-Dallas 0
Mormon Trail 11 Seymour 10

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WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A $25 million complex proposed for West Des Moines would include indoor space for youth and adult hockey and soccer. West Des Moines City Manager Tom Hadden told The Des Moines Register the number of indoor facilities to meet the demand is lacking. There are three ice rinks and two indoor soccer fields in the metropolitan area.

The Iowa Soccer Association and the Iowa Ice Sports Foundation are working with the city and an unnamed corporate sponsor to pay for and build the complex on 60 acres (24 hectares) of farmland. Hadden says the city is expecting to pay about 60 percent of the project’s $25 million price tag, with the rest coming from the unnamed corporate sponsor and other donors.

Class 1A Semifinals
11:00 a.m. – Field 9
Davenport Assumption (16-2) vs. Center Point-Urbana (17-4)

11:15 a.m. – Field 6
Bishop Heelan (12-7) vs. Iowa City Regina (11-7)

Class 2A Semifinals

1:30 p.m. – Field 9
Lewis Central (16-3) vs. Spencer (17-3)

1:45 p.m. – Field 6
Waverly-Shell Rock (19-0) vs. Pella (14-2)

Class 3A Semifinals

4:00 p.m – Field 9
Ankeny Centennial (18-2) vs. Waukee (14-4)

4:15 p.m. – Field 6
Ankeny (18-2) vs. West Des Moines Valley (17-2)

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

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Miles Mikolas rebounded from his first loss of the season to pitch three-hit ball over seven innings and lead the St. Louis Cardinals over the Miami Marlins 4-1. Mikolas allowed an unearned run, struck out five and walked one, improving to 7-1 and lowering his ERA to 2.27. Jordan Hicks and Bud Norris finished the four-hitter. Jose Martinez and Luke Volt homered. Trevor Richards gave up three runs and seven hits in five-plus innings. He was born in Aviston, Illinois, 50 miles from St. Louis.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Matt Chapman doubled in the go-ahead run in the sixth inning to make a winner of Paul Blackburn in his first start of the season, and the Oakland Athletics beat the Kansas City Royals 4-1. Matt Olson hit his 13th home run, Stephen Piscotty singled three times and Marcus Semien added two hits and an RBI to help the A’s to their third win in four games against the Royals over the past seven days.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Bernhard Langer is once again finding success on the PGA Tour Champions circuit, ranking second on the money list through 11 events. Langer enters this weekend’s Principal Charity Classic at Wakonda Club in Des Moines with 37 career victories in the series. But the German has notched just two top-10s in five tries in Iowa.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Red Schoendienst, a Hall of Fame second baseman who managed the St. Louis Cardinals to two pennants and a World Series championship in the 1960s, has died. He was 95.

Class 1A Quarterfinals

Davenport Assumption 8, North Polk 0
Center Point-Urbana 2, Columbus Catholic 1
Bishop Heelan 2, Gilbert 0
Iowa City Regina 2, Nevada 1 (OT)

Class 2A Quarterfinals

Lewis Central 2, Dallas Center-Grimes 0
Spencer 3, Norwalk 2
Waverly-Shell Rock 4, Notre Dame/West Burlington/Danville 1
Pella 2, Cedar Rapids Xavier 0

Class 3A Quarterfinals

Ankeny Centennial 7, Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln 0
Waukee 3, Pleasant Valley 1
Ankeny 5, Linn-Mar 1
West Des Moines Valley 2,  Dowling Catholic 0