Girls Soccer

Sergeant Bluff-Luton 10, Missouri Valley 0
Sioux City East 2, CB Abraham Lincoln 1
St. Albert 10, Logan-Magnolia 0
Winterset 7, Creston 0

Boys Soccer

CB Abraham Lincoln 3, Sioux City West 2 (OT)
Kuemper Catholic 10, Clarinda Academy 0
Lewis Central 4, CB Thomas Jefferson 0
Riverside 5, Underwood 2
Sergeant Bluff-Luton 9, Missouri Valley 0
St. Albert 10, Logan-Magnolia 0

Girls Tennis

Class 2A Region 1 First Round
Sioux City East 5, CB Thomas Jefferson 3

Boys Tennis

Class 2A Preliminary Substate (Ppd from Saturday)
Lewis Central 5, Sioux City North 4

Girls Golf

Atlantic 185, Harlan 189. Medalist: Alyssa Ginther, Atlantic, 38. Runner-Up: Baylee Newell, Atlantic, 38. Other Atlantic Scores: Hannah Alff 46, Anna Wieser 63, Nouha Barray 69, Adriana Mendez 101, Cambry Miller 67, Belle Wickman 76.

Atlantic Head Coach Kathy Hobson: “Really glad we were able to get a competitive match in this week leading into Regionals next Monday.
Alyssa, Baylee, and Hannah had great nights on the links. Alyssa was a putting machine – making several long putts, Baylee really chipped well and Hannah was steady with all parts of her game. Those are the kinds of efforts we will need Monday from all four positions if we are going to score well enough at Regionals, as we are in a really strong Regional.”

Abraham Lincoln 215, Lewis Central 226, CB Thomas Jefferson 291.

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Mitchell Boe stole home in the top of the ninth inning as the Iowa Hawkeyes rallied from an early 4-0 deficit to win at Western Illinois 5-4. It was the Hawkeye’s 30th victory of the season.

Iowa coach Rick Heller. Grant Leonard came out of the bullpen to earn his second win of the season.

The Hawkeyes close the regular season by hosting Penn State in a three game series beginning Thursday.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Joey Wendle drove in the winning run in the ninth to get Jonny Venters his first victory since 2012, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Kansas City Royals 6-5. Venters got two outs for his first victory since Sept. 27, 2012 while with Atlanta against the Mets. The left-hander had been out since 2012 due to four major elbow surgeries, including three Tommy John operations, before returning to the majors this season.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals have placed Adam Wainwright back on the 10-day disabled list after the right-hander struggled with velocity in his last start and said he needed “to pause and get it right.” The 36-year-old Wainwright also was on the DL with elbow inflammation before returning Sunday in San Diego. But he lasted just 2 1/3 innings in the Cardinals’ 5-3 loss to the Padres.

Girls Regional Singles and Doubles Tennis tournaments are set to be played on Wednesday, May 16th around the state beginning at 9:00am. The champions and runners-up in singles and doubles play will qualify for the State Tournament that begins on May 30th. Third place finishers will be the first alternate. Here is a look at the Regional assignments for area teams.

Class 1A

Region 1 @ LeMars: Bishop Heelan, Cherokee/Ridge View, Denison-Schleswig, Estherville-Lincoln Central, LeMars, Spencer, Spirit Lake/Okoboji, Storm Lake.

Region 2 @ Shenandoah: Atlantic, Clarinda, Glenwood, Harlan, Red Oak, St. Albert, Shenandoah/Essex, Southwest Valley.

Region 3 @ Norwalk: Audubon, Ballard, Clarke/Murray, Creston O-M, Kuemper Catholic, North Polk, Norwalk, Saydel.

Class 2A

Region 2 @ Urbandale: CB Abraham Lincoln, Des Moines North, Des Moines Roosevelt, Indianola, Johnston/DCG/Woodward-Granger, Urbandale/DM Christian.

Region 3 @ WDM Valley: Ankeny/Ankeny Christian, Boone/Gilbert, Des Moines Hoover, Des Moines Lincoln, Lewis Central, WDM Valley.

Region 4 @ Southeast Polk: Ankeny Centennial, CB Thomas Jefferson, Des Moines East, Dowling Catholic/Iowa Christian, Southeast Polk/Bondurant-Farrar, Waukee/ADM.

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A few thousand athletes with intellectual disabilities from across Iowa will be gathering in Ames this week for the 34th annual summer games of the Special Olympics. Games spokeswoman Stephanie Kocer says the opening ceremony will be held Thursday night at Hilton Coliseum. “We have just over 2,800 athletes this year and 2,000 volunteers and about 1,500 coaches that come,” Kocer says. “They’re all coming to Ames and the Iowa State campus.”

The competitions run through Saturday and are the highlight of the year for many hundreds of the participants. “It’s three days of a ton of different sporting events,” Kocer says. “We have six sports: swimming, athletics — which is track and field, bocce, cycling, soccer, tennis and developmental events.”  This year is a special one as the games are marking their 50th anniversary. “We’re doing a few different things to celebrate the 50th here in Iowa,” Kocer says, “and there’s also going to be a big 50th celebration in July in Chicago, which is where the first games were held.”

Special Olympics was started by Eunice Kennedy Shriver in 1968. Today it is the largest sports organization for children and adults with intellectual disabilities.

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The U-S Supreme Court has overturned a law which limited sports betting to the state of Nevada. Iowa Gaming Association president, Wes Ehrecke, says the state’s casinos have been preparing for the possibility of legalized sports betting in anticipation of the ruling. “This ruling is great news and we’d hoped that this would have been the outcome when New Jersey had challenged the constitutionally of only allowing one state — Nevada — to have legalized sports betting for over the last two-and-half decades,” Ehrecke says.

The Iowa Gaming Association represents the 19 state-licensed casinos and pushed for legislation making sports betting legal, but it failed to pass in the last session. Ehrecke says legislators wanted the certainty of the Supreme Court ruling before moving ahead, and he says they hoped the ruling would have come four weeks ago. “But now we will deal with trying to get the education and awareness ready for the next session,” Ehrecke says.

He says they believe the more than two decades of experience in the state-licensed casinos have make them the best places to run sports betting operations. “Certainly our Racing and Gaming Commission having that expertise and integrity and standards being set,” Ehrecke says. “Having someone come into a casino to establish their account, they could do so in person to bet, but also being able to could come through secure portals to have the option bet on their phone or laptop — we believe would be the best option.”

Critics who oppose legalized sports betting say it expands gambling. But Ehrecke says millions and millions of dollars are already bet illegally each year in Iowa and other states.”This is not really an expansion of gambling, but it allows for a more legalized structured and regulated form of what’s already existed — not only in Iowa, but around the country,” according to Ehrecke.

He says casinos have a variety of options if state lawmakers make sports betting legal. “Every casino would probably do something a bit different,” Ehrecke, “but certainly having a sports betting area. Some could be on the gaming floor, some could be incorporated into their existing sports bars they have now. That will be a part of that decision that works best for each respective casino.”

Ehrecke says the first order of business is to get a sports betting law passed. “We’re looking forward to educating and working with legislators and the media and the public to create awareness about why a legalized sports betting bill hopefully will get adopted here in the next session,” Ehrecke says.

The I-G-A supports a bill that would allow legalized betting on pro and college sports.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Adeiny Hechavarria danced around catcher Salvador Perez with an inventive slide at home plate to score the go-ahead run, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Kansas City Royals 2-1. Hechavarria dashed home on Matt Duffy’s single to right field in the sixth inning, sidestepped Perez to the right, then dived back toward the plate. Hechavarria faked toward the dish with his right hand, then jabbed his left hand just past Perez’s outstretched glove to tag the plate.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Anthony Holman has been named the NCAA managing director for championships operations and playing rules. Holman will be the lead administrator for the College World Series as successor to Ron Prettyman. Holman also will oversee championships in bowling, men’s ice hockey, FCS football, women’s volleyball, beach volleyball and rifle. Holman also will have responsibilities related to playing rules, governance duties and sport committee activity for multiple championships.

The Denison-Schleswig vs. St. Albert boys tennis Preliminary Substate match was postponed from Saturday to Monday and the Monarchs came out victorious 5-4. The Class 1A Substate at Kuemper Catholic on Saturday is now all set.

Atlantic will take on Denison-Schleswig and Kuemper Catholic will face Creston O-M. Winners of those matches will then play in the State Quarterfinal one hour after the final Substate match is finished.