EVANSTON, Ill. — The University of Iowa baseball team rallied late, but fell to Northwestern, 7-6, in extra innings on Friday night at Rocky Miller Park.

The Hawkeyes fought back from a 5-3 deficit to tie the game in the top of the ninth inning. Junior Robert Neustrom led off a single to centerfield before senior Austin Guzzo followed with a two-out single to put runners on the corners.

After pinch runner Kace Massner moved into scoring position on catcher’s indifference, sophomore Justin Jenkins tied the game with a two-run single, making the score 5-5 to send the game into extras.

The Hawkeyes took the lead in the 10th.  Junior Chris Whelan singled to start the frame before moving into scoring position on a Grant Judkins sacrifice bunt.  Senior Matt Hoeg gave Iowa a 6-5 lead with an RBI to right field, but Iowa missed a chance for more when Ben Norman struck out to leave the bases loaded.

Northwestern rallied in the bottom of the 10th against reliever Grant Leonard, using a one-out walk and single to put the game-winning run on base.  With two outs, the Wildcats’ Jack Dunn delivered a two-run single up the middle to give Northwestern the walk-off 7-6 victory.

The Hawkeyes will continue the series agains the Wildcats with a 2:00pm game on Saturday. We’ll have coverage on KJAN with pregame at 1:30pm.

The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union released the Regional Soccer Pairings on Friday afternoon. Class 2A Regional play will begin on Thursday, May 24th with first round games. Class 1A First Round play begins on Tuesday, May 29th, the same night 2A play will continue. Regional Finals are set for Monday, June 4th in all classes. The State Girls Soccer Tournament is scheduled for June 7th-9th at Cownie Soccer Complex in Des Moines.

Atlantic will be in Class 2A Region 2 with a pigtail game against Nodaway Valley/WCV/ACGC on May 24th at 6:00pm in Stuart. Lewis Central awaits the winner on May 29th. The other pigtail game in that region has Denison-Schleswig hosting Carroll. The winner of that game will play at Glenwood on the 29th.

Check out full pairings and brackets below:

Class 1A

Class 2A 

Class 3A

w/ Chris Parks

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Boys Tennis

Glenwood 8, CB Abraham Lincoln 1

Boys Soccer

Denison-Schleswig 4, Atlantic 0
AHSTW 2, Tri-Center 0
CB Abraham Lincoln 4, Glenwood 1
Harlan 4, St. ALbert 0
Treynor 10, Missouri Valley 0

Girls Soccer

Denison-Schleswig 3, Missouri Valley 1
CB Thomas Jefferson 3, CB Abraham Lincoln 2 (SO)

1A Sectional at Tri-Center

Team Scores

1. Tri-Center 324 (Qualify for Districts)
2. Exira-EHK 328 (Qualify for Districts)
3. St. Albert 350 (Qualify for Districts)
4. Riverside 372
5. Griswold 381
6. East Mills 513
7. Heartland Christian 579

Individual Qualifiers

1. Everet Carroll, Exira-EHK, 76
2. Zach Matthews, Tri-Center, 78
3. Trevor Carlson, Tri-Center, 78
4. Jackson Nelson, Tri-Center, 78
5. Will Carroll, Exira-EHK, 80
6. Cole Burmeister, Exira-EHK, 82
7. Brent Klusman, St. Albert, 83
8. Jared Gast, St. Albert, 83
9. Ethan Reicks, Riverside, 87
10. Ryan Atchley, Heartland Christian, 89

1A Sectional at East Union

Team Scores

1. CAM 351
2. IKM-Manning 354
3. East Union 364
4. Coon Rapids-Bayard 367
5. Audubon 375
6. Glidden-Ralston 394

Individual Qualifiers

1. Kyler Rasmussen, IKM-Manning, 76
2. Tyler Kopp, CAM, 81
3. Ben Tibken, CAM, 82
4. Gavin Kline, East Union 83
5. Zack Lee, Coon Rapids-Bayard, 85

Other CAM Scores: Kaleb Venteicher 94, Mitchell Williamson 94.

1A Sectional at Lamoni

Team Scores

1. Bedford 366
2. Southwest Valley 372
3. Mormon Trail 375
4. Wayne 383
5. Lamoni 384
6. Central Decatur 400
7. Lenox 477

Individual Qualifiers

1. Avery Kwirant, Southwest Valley, 84
2. Jett Beemer, Bedford, 84
3. Cole Swenson, Southwest Valley, 85
4. Lucas Hemphill, Wayne, 90
5. Travis Pollock, Mormon Trail, 91
6. Parker Hitt, Mormon Trail, 91
7. Cooper Ranney, Lamoni, 91
8. Eli Weed, Bedford, 91

2A Sectional at Shenandoah

Team Scores

1. Mount Ayr 341 (Qualify for Districts)
2. Southwest Iowa 360 (Qualify for Districts)
3. Clarinda 360
4. Missouri Valley 360
5. Treynor 361
6. Underwood 377
7. Shenandoah 392
8. Red Oak 400

Individual Scores

1. Dalton Elwood, Mount Ayr, 78
2. Parker Rock, Clarinda, 80 (Qualified for Districts)
3. Coby Fink, Underwood, 83 (Qualified for Districts)
4. William Shull, Clarinda, 84
5. Myles Greene, Mount Ayr, 84
6. Bryson Duncan, Southwest Iowa, 84

2A Sectional at Kuemper Catholic

Team Scores

1. Keumper Catholic 316 (Qualify for Districts)
2. Ogden 363 (Qualify for Districts)
3. OA-BCIG 366 (Qualify for Districts)
4. MVAO-COU 366
5. East Sac County 379
6. South Central Calhoun 381
7. Woodward-Granger 385
8. Southeast Valley 389

Individual Qualifiers

1. Cole Collison, Kuemper Catholic, 74
2. Nate Mertz, Kuemper Catholic, 79
3. Sam Auen, Keumper Catholic, 80
4. Ty Warnke, OA-BCIG, 81
5. Dawson McDermott, Kuemper Catholic, 83
6. Ethan Pietig, Kuemper Catholic, 84
7. Nathaniel Ramirez, MVAO-COU, 84
8. Jaxon Myers, Southeast Valley, 86

2A Sectional at West Central Valley

District Qualifying Teams:

1. Des Moines Christian 318
2. Panorma 323

Individual Qualifiers

1. Kolby Shackelford, Panorama,71
2. Nate Juffer, Des Moines Chrsitian, 76
3. Ben Clement, Earlham,76
4. Drew Shisler, Des Moines Christian, 77
5. Anthony Lowman, Van Meter, 80

See other story for Atlantic win in 3A at Denison.

The Atlantic Trojan boys golf team won their Class 3A Golf Sectional on Friday at Majestic Hills Golf Course in Denison. The Trojans shot 309 to beat out ADM who shot 323 in 2nd.

Atlantic was led by Ben Renaud who won the Sectional with a 309. Matt Gearheart finished 3rd with a 76. Other Atlantic scores were Cyle Renaud 84, Mason Goergen 84, Austin Alexander 81, and Braden Smith 91.

Team Scores

1. Atlantic 309
2. ADM 323
3. Carroll 332
4. Creston 366
5. Denison-Schleswig 329
6. Glenwood 325
7. Greene County 375
8. Harlan 341

Atlantic and ADM will move on to District play on Friday, May 18th at Atlantic Golf and Country Club. Play will begin at 10:00am that day.

Atlantic Head Coach Ed DenBeste: “Once again, great day in Denison.  Tough conditions today as the wind and temps changes several times during the round. Started good but the last 5 or so holes, the wind picked up and caused some issues. Ben had a great day today. Any time you go under par is super. Good to see him finish even though he didn’t always hit the ball great. He did have some great recovery shots though. Especially on 17 where he hit one out but chipped in to save bogie. Matt had a solid round as well. Good to see him in mid 70s. Cyle had his struggles but finished ok. Good to see him battle. Austin had the best round this year.  Good to see him in the low 80s. Braden struggled but at least in the low 90s. Good experience for him. Had to wait on Mason but he came in his normal of mid 80s. Good to see him tie Cyle.”

The Iowa High School Athletic Association and Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union released the tentative lists of State Track qualifiers on Friday afternoon and the Atlantic Boys have added one more participant. Jaxson Eden qualified for the 1600M Run after posting the 18th fastest qualifying time. Eden was third in the district race in Atlantic on Thursday. His entry brings the Atlantic boys qualifier number to 14. No other girls events were added for Atlantic, they had 3 automatic qualifiers on Thursday night.

Boys events that qualified are: Chase Mullenix and Craig Allen Becker-800M, Craig Allen Becker and Jaxson Eden-1600M, Bradley Dennis and Jalen Petersen-3200M, Gratt Reed-110M Hurdles and 400M Hurdles, 4x200M Relay (Gratt Reed, Zade Niklasen, Tyler Moen, Dillon Sonntag), 4x400M Relay (Zade Niklasen, Tyler Moen, Dillon Sonntag, Chase Mullenix), 4x800M Relay (Craig Allen Becker, Jaxson Eden, Zeke Whetstone, Chase Mullenix), Sprint Medley (Jayden Barnwell, Tyler Moen, Gratt Reed, Zade Niklasen), Distance Medley (Zade Niklasen, Dillon Sonntag, Tyler Moen, Chase Mullenix), Spencer Ray- High Jump.

Girls events that qualified: Taylor McCreedy- 3000M, 4x200M Relay (Taylor Hansen, Alyssa Derby, Jessica Hartwig, Haley Rasmussen), Haley Rasmussen- Long Jump.

Class 4A

Class 3A

Class 2A

Class 1A

The Atlantic Trojans had a successful night at the State Qualifying Class 3A Track Meet they hosted on Thursday night.  The top two finishers in each event were automatic qualifiers for State Track next week in Des Moines and the next 8 top performances around the state will also qualify for state. Atlantic had 13 boys and 3 girls events finish in the top-two last night in Atlantic to earn their automatic state berth.

Boys events that qualified are: Chase Mullenix and Craig Allen Becker-800M, Craig Allen Becker-1600M, Bradley Dennis and Jalen Petersen-3200M, Gratt Reed-110M Hurdles and 400M Hurdles, 4x200M Relay (Gratt Reed, Zade Niklasen, Tyler Moen, Dillon Sonntag), 4x400M Relay (Zade Niklasen, Tyler Moen, Dillon Sonntag, Chase Mullenix), 4x800M Relay (Craig Allen Becker, Jaxson Eden, Zeke Whetstone, Chase Mullenix), Sprint Medley (Jayden Barnwell, Tyler Moen, Gratt Reed, Zade Niklasen), Distance Medley (Zade Niklasen, Dillon Sonntag, Tyler Moen, Chase Mullenix), Spencer Ray- High Jump.

Girls events that qualified: Taylor McCreedy- 3000M, 4x200M Relay (Taylor Hansen, Alyssa Derby, Jessica Hartwig, Haley Rasmussen), Haley Rasmussen- Long Jump.