ST. LOUIS (AP) – St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina has undergone a second operation on his injured left thumb and will be in a cast for 4-5 weeks. The second surgery took place because Molina was still experiencing discomfort in the thumb. The first operation came in mid-October after the Cardinals were eliminated by the Chicago Cubs in the NL Division Series.

The team is hopeful the eight-time Gold Glove winner and seven-time All-Star can return by opening day. After the first procedure, they had anticipated he would be ready for spring training. The 33-year-old Molina returned for the playoffs after injuring the thumb while tagging out the Cubs’ Anthony Rizzo at the plate in Chicago on Sept. 20.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Jake White scored 17 points, on 7-of-10 shooting, and grabbed 11 rebounds, while Tre’Shawn Thurman had 10 points and a career-high 14 boards to help Nebraska-Omaha beat Simpson (Iowa) 81-71 Wednesday night.

Kyler Erickson scored a career-high 13 and Tim Smallwood had 10 points for Omaha (6-5). The Mavericks outrebounded Simpson 56-33, including 23-5 on the offensive glass. White scored the final six points in an 8-0 run to give Omaha a 35-20 lead with 8:16 left in the first half. Simpson’s Austin Turner hit a 3 just more than a minute later but the Storm went scoreless for five-plus minutes as the Mavericks pushed their lead to 27 with 1:55 left before halftime.

Omaha shot just 41 percent from the field and made 14 of 25 free throws. Simpson was 2 of 2 from the line. Ryan Skaar scored 18 — all on 3-pointers — to lead Simpson, a Division Three school.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State coach Matt Campbell has signed five junior college players to bolster the Cyclones in 2016. Iowa State announced Wednesday that Campbell has brought in two defensive backs, a pair of linemen and a tight end. All five will enroll for the spring semester.

Perhaps the most intriguing new Iowa State player is defensive back D’Andre Payne, a former four-star recruit who played at Tennessee as a freshman in 2014 before redshirting last year at a junior college.

The linemen are Oge Odeogu and Karson Green, the tight end is Clifford Fernandez and the other defensive back is Thadd Daniels.

Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield is the unanimous pick as the Big 12 offensive player of the year and one of seven Sooners on The Associated Press All-Big 12 first team. The playoff-bound Sooners won their ninth Big 12 title under Bob Stoops, who on Wednesday became the first four-time winner of the AP Big 12 coach of the year award.

Oklahoma had four first-team selections on offense, including sophomore running back Samaje Perine a year after he was the league’s top offensive newcomer. Oklahoma State junior defensive end Emmanuel Ogbah, with 13 sacks, is the Big 12 defensive player of the year.

Iowa State freshman running back Mike Warren is newcomer of the year after running for 1,339 yards.

DALLAS (AP) — Iowa’s Kirk Ferentz has won the Eddie Robinson Award, given to the nation’s top coach in the Football Bowl Subdivision. The Football Writers Association of America announced Wednesday that Ferentz was selected for the honor by its members. Ferentz is the first Iowa coach to win the award in its 59-year history.

Ferentz, the AP national coach of the year in 2002, took a team that went 7-6 in 2014 and led them to the first 12-0 regular season in school history. Iowa lost to Michigan State in the Big Ten championship game.

The Hawkeyes (12-1) close out their season by playing Stanford (11-2) in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1st.

Double Dual at Kuemper Catholic

Atlantic 58, Shenandoah 15
Kuemper Catholic 34, Shenandoah 27
Kuemper Catholic 39, Atlantic 28

Double Dual at Clarinda Academy

Riverside 63 Clarinda Academy 18
Riverside 55 Red Oak 22
Red Oak 51 Clarinda Academy 27

Double Dual at Creston

Creston/O-M 48 Glenwood 19
Creston/O-M 75 Denison-Schleswig 0
Glenwood 62 Denison-Schleswig 13

Double Dual at Sidney

AHSTW 78 Southwest Iowa 0
AHSTW 70 St. Albert 3
St. Albert 36 Southwest Iowa 24

Quad at Logan-Magnolia

Logan-Magnolia 72 Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 12
Logan-Magnolia 58 Treynor 19
Logan-Magnolia 78 West Harrison 6
Treynor 72 West Harrison 0
Treynor 60 Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 9
Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 30 West Harrison 12

Double Dual at Griswold

Missouri Valley 70 Griswold 6
Missouri Valley 68 Nodaway Valley 6
Nodaway Valley 40 Griswold 24

Double Dual at South Central Calhoun

South Central Calhoun 51 Audubon 15
Audubon 42 East Sac County 12

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AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State coach Matt Campbell has promoted line coach Tom Manning to offensive coordinator. Manning spent the past four seasons as an assistant under Campbell at Toledo. Manning then came with Campbell when he was hired by Iowa State last month.

Manning and Campbell were teammates for a season at Division III powerhouse Mount Union. Manning later coached at Mount Union for a season before joining Campbell at Toledo.

Manning’s promotion fills one of the last pieces on Campbell’s new staff. The first-year coach still has yet to hire a defensive coordinator. Iowa State went 3-9 last season under Paul Rhoads, who was fired in November after seven years in Ames.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State starting guard Naz Mitrou-Long is out for the rest of the season because of his ailing hips. The fifth-ranked Cyclones say Mitrou-Long will miss the remainder of his senior year because his surgically repaired hips haven’t responded the way he would like.

Mitrou-Long says he’ll seek a medical redshirt after playing eight games and averaging 12 points. Mitrou-Long missed Sunday’s win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff, but apparently the rest didn’t help his discomfort.

Mitrou-Long’s absence will further deplete Iowa State’s thin rotation. Though the Cyclones (9-0) will finally have transfer Deonte Burton eligible for Saturday’s game against Northern Iowa, they’ll still be only seven players deep.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Atlantic 57, Glenwood 48- Ryan Hawkins 22pts, 11reb, 6steals, 3blk.  Garrett Franken 19pts, 13reb, 6asst.
Denison-Schleswig 65, Red Oak 49
Harlan 80, Creston 44
Lewis Central 53, Shenandoah 48
St. Albert, Council Bluffs 74, Clarinda 48

Corner Conference

Fremont Mills, Tabor 63, Essex 38
Stanton 92, Clarinda Academy 35

Western Iowa Confernece

Audubon 45, A-H-S-T-W, Avoca 43
IKM-Manning 92, Griswold 31
Riverside, Oakland 69, Tri-Center, Neola 66
Treynor 50, Missouri Valley 35
Underwood 56, Logan-Magnolia 43

Pride of Iowa Conference

Bedford 71, East Union, Afton 31
Lenox 63, Southwest Valley 46
Nodaway Valley 74, Mount Ayr 59

Rolling Valley Conference

Boyer Valley, Dunlap 60, West Harrison, Mondamin 49
Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 68, Coon Rapids-Bayard 42
Glidden-Ralston 56, Paton-Churdan 53 (OT)
Woodbine 50, Adair-Casey 43

Other Scores

Iowa Christian Academy 56, Orient-Macksburg 36
Panorama, Panora 52, Madrid 51
Carroll 66, South Central Calhoun 47
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 82, Sioux City, North 64
Sioux City, West 73, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 53
Van Meter 66, West Central Valley, Stuart 51

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Confernce

Denison-Schleswig 47, Red Oak 43
Harlan 58, Creston 35
Glenwood 49, Atlantic 43- Molly Dean 19pts for Glenwood, Erin Olsen 18pts for Atlantic.
Lewis Central 48, Shenandoah 45
St. Albert, Council Bluffs 62, Clarinda 29

Rolling Valley Conference

Adair-Casey 66, Woodbine 20
Boyer Valley, Dunlap 71, West Harrison, Mondamin 21
CAM, Anita 37, Charter Oak-Ute 34
Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 69, Coon Rapids-Bayard 29

Western Iowa Conference

Audubon 46, A-H-S-T-W, Avoca 26
IKM-Manning 73, Griswold 29
Logan-Magnolia 77, Underwood 62
Treynor 61, Missouri Valley 34
Tri-Center, Neola 62, Riverside, Oakland 24

Corner Conference

Essex 51, Fremont Mills, Tabor 38
Nishnabotna 63, South Page, College Springs 19
Stanton 67, Clarinda Academy 16

Pride of Iowa Conference

Bedford 66, East Union, Afton 13
Mount Ayr 54, Nodaway Valley 33
Southwest Valley 50, Lenox 37

Other Scores

Panorama, Panora 49, Madrid 18
Sioux City, North 59, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 50
Sioux City, West 79, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 37
South Central Calhoun 79, Carroll 39
Van Meter 54, West Central Valley, Stuart 43