ST. LOUIS, Mo., December 10, 2015 – The St. Louis Cardinals announced today that they have signed free-agent right-handed reliever Jonathan Broxton to a two-year (2016-17) contract.  Broxton, who was acquired by the Cardinals in a trade with the Milwaukee Brewers this past August, rejoins the team that he’d helped to win the 2015 National League Central title.

Broxton, 31, was 3-3 with a 2.66 ERA in his 26 games with St. Louis last season, striking out 26 batters in 23.2 innings pitched.  He allowed just one run in his 12 appearances (12.0 IP; 0.75 ERA) at Busch Stadium in 2015.

A two time (2009-10) All-Star with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Broxton is 39-35 career with a 3.23 ERA and 118 saves (10^th among active pitchers).  The 6-4, 305-pound Georgia native combined for 63 strikeouts in 60.1 IP between the Cardinals and Brewers last season, averaging 9.4 strikeouts per 9 IP.

Broxton, who had a career-high 36 saves for the Dodgers in 2009, has appeared in 608 games with the Dodgers (2005-11), Kansas City (2012), Cincinnati (2012-14), Milwaukee (2014-15) and St. Louis (2015).

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) – Two eastern Iowa men are attempting to run marathons in each of the state’s 99 counties. The Mason City Globe Gazette reports that 44-year-old Dennis Lee of Walford and 30-year-old Daren Schumaker of Cedar Rapids plan to run in their 86th county, Cerro Gordo, on Saturday.

The men say the idea was born because both of their lives have been altered by losing family members to heart disease and strokes. The runs are intended to raise awareness and research funding for the American Heart Association. Lee and Schumaker will run a 100th marathon after running all of the counties. The final run will take place in the county that donates the most to the American Heart Association.

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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Billy Garrett Jr scored 19 points on 7 of 8 shooting to help lead DePaul past Drake, 74-71, on Wednesday night. Eli Cain and Tommy Hamilton IV each had 13 points for the Blue Demons (5-3), who have won four straight. Reed Trimmer scored a career-high 30 points for Drake (4-5).

Drake’s Graham Woodward hit a 3-pointer and Trimmer made two free throws to cut the Bulldogs deficit to 71-68 with 19 seconds left in the game. But Myke Henry hit three of his four free throws in the final 15 second for DePaul to push the lead back to 74-68 and effectively ice the game. Woodward hit a final 3-pointer as time expired.

The Blue Demons led 38-37 at the break and trailed for only 18 seconds in the second half, after a layup by Drake’s Jacob Enevold Jensen briefly gave the Bulldogs a 41-40 lead.

The Big 12 Conference announced their 2015 Football Award Winners on Wednesday.  Iowa State Junior Nose Tackle Demond Tucker was named Defensive Newcomer of the Year and Freshman Running Back Mike Warren was named Offensive Freshman of the Year.

Tucker in his first year as a Cyclone tallied 28 tackles, 13 tackles for loss, and 6 sacks.  Warren was the leading Freshman rusher in the nation amassing 1,339 yards on the season.  He also led all Big 12 rushers in league play with 131.7 yards per game.

Iowa State Senior Offensive Lineman Jamison Lalk was named as an All Big 12 Second Teamer and Senior Defensive End Dale Pierson was a Second-Team Honoree as well.

Other conference award winners were:

Quad at Missouri Valley

Logan-Magnolia 42, Thomas Jefferson 40
Logan-Magnolia 45, Missouri Valley 30
Logan-Magnolia 72, West Harrison 6
Thomas Jefferson 39, Missouri Valley 31Thomas Jefferson 72, West Harrison 6
Missouri Valley 72, West Harrison 3

Double Dual at Omaha Westside

Underwood 53, Omaha Westside 24
Creighton Prep 42, Underwood 36

Quad at Guthrie Center

Audubon 39, Guthrie Center 36
Audubon 36, Van Meter 34
Woodward-Granger 54, Audubon 26

The Atlantic Girls Basketball team improved to 4-0 on Tuesday night with a win on the road at Red Oak.  The Trojans jumped out to a 22-4 lead after the first quarter and never looked back.  Hot shooting started the charge for Atlantic as Skye Thompson hit 4 first half three pointers and Erin Olsen had 13 first half points to lead the charge.

Altantic head Coach Kelly Juhl was pleased with the balanced scoring he continues to get from his team saying “Any one of those five starters we put out on the floor can lead us in scoring and you bring Stephanie (Sandbothe) off the bench and she could lead us in scoring too.  We just have to keep teams guessing.”

The Trojans did get a little sloppy with their play in the second half and Coach Juhl said part of that is they are not experienced in playing with a large lead yet. “We aren’t used to playing with a double digit lead.  I think we are still practicing on what we are supposed to do.  We want to still be aggressive but we don’t want to just pump up three point shots and let them back in the game. Something that we need to acclimate ourselves to a little better. We still want to run our offense and still be patient. It gives us something to work on as we build for Creston on Friday.”

The Trojans were led on the night by 16 total points from Erin Olsen who did go down a little awkwardly guarding a sideline play toward the end of the game.  Skye Thompson had 12pts and Stephanie Sandbothe finished with 9.

The Trojans are on the road to Creston on Friday night for a Hawkeye 10 Conference game.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye 10 Conference

Atlantic 70, Red Oak 32 (Ryan Hawkins 24 points, 17 rebounds)
Glenwood 77, Lewis Central 54
Harlan 65, Blair, Neb. 35
Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 58, St. Albert, Council Bluffs 41
Maryville, MO 74, Clarinda 32
Shenandoah 81, Creston 44

Western Iowa Conference

A-H-S-T-W, Avoca 52, Logan-Magnolia 43
IKM-Manning 63, Audubon 46
Missouri Valley 53, Riverside, Oakland 33
Treynor 66, Underwood 45
Tri-Center, Neola 70, Griswold 36

Rolling Valley Conference

Ar-We-Va 70, Woodbine 39
CAM, Anita 66, Adair-Casey 36
Coon Rapids-Bayard 42, Boyer Valley, Dunlap 40
Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 64, Glidden-Ralston 33

Corner Conference

Essex 55, Clarinda Academy 50
Fremont Mills, Tabor 52, East Mills 33
Stanton 77, Heartland Christian 23

Pride of Iowa Conference

Bedford 63, Southwest Valley 56
Earlham 58, Panorama, Panora 55
Lenox 60, Nodaway Valley 55
Mount Ayr 57, East Union, Afton 54

Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 56, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 20

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye 10 Conference

Atlantic 57, Red Oak 28 (Erin Olsen 16pts, Skye Thompson 12pts)
Denison-Schleswig 51, Carroll 37
Lewis Central 50, Glenwood 13
Maryville, Mo. 46, Clarinda 34
Shenandoah 43, Creston 31
St. Albert, Council Bluffs 60, Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 38

Western Iowa Conference

Audubon 56, IKM-Manning 52 (Emily Haubrich 20pts Audubon)
Treynor 75, Underwood 52
Tri-Center, Neola 53, Griswold 38
Logan-Magnolia 58, A-H-S-T-W, Avoca 24
Missouri Valley 35, Riverside, Oakland 22

Rolling Valley Conference

Ar-We-Va 51, Woodbine 24
Adair-Casey 63, CAM, Anita 39
Boyer Valley, Dunlap 55, Coon Rapids-Bayard 42
Charter Oak-Ute 54, West Harrison, Mondamin 18
Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 49, Glidden-Ralston 37

Corner Conference

Fremont Mills, Tabor 37, East Mills 35
Sidney 28, South Page, College Springs 18
Stanton 76, Heartland Christian 18

Pride of Iowa Conference

Bedford 67, Southwest Valley 26
Mount Ayr 75, East Union, Afton 19
Nodaway Valley 52, Lenox 9
Panorama, Panora 57, Earlham 27
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 52, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 43

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