OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Final preparations are being made for the start of the College World Series this weekend. The grounds crew is manicuring the field at TD Ameritrade Park in downtown Omaha and vendors are setting up merchandise tents.

Six of the eight teams have appeared in the CWS since the ballpark opened in 2011. NCAA director of championships and alliances Damani Leech said at a news conference Wednesday “for a lot of the student-athletes it’s their first experience, so we’ll still get to see the wide-eyed, sort of slack-jawed expressions as they come into this stadium for the first time.”

Leech said more home runs and scoring are expected because of the new flat-seam ball. The CWS opens Saturday with Arkansas playing Virginia and Florida meeting Miami.

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The State Co-Ed Golf Championships were held on Tuesday, June 9th and Atlantic had two pairs fare well in the Class 1A meet at Cedar Pointe Golf Course in Boone.  The duo of Sophomore Brooke Newell and Freshman Ben Renaud placed 5th with a round of 81.  Atlantic’s other team of Junior Erin Olsen and Sophomore Jake Olsen shot an 83 which tied for the 10th best score but they finished 12th on tiebreakers.

Also the Kuemper Catholic team of Juniors Courtney Snyder and Mitchell Ludwig finished in 2nd place with a round of 78.  The Knights other team of Freshmen McKenna Ludwig and Nate Mertz finished 16th with a round of 85.

The Panorama team of Sophomore Adrienne Powell and Junior Reid Cobb shot a 95.

In the Class 2A Meet at Briggs Woods Golf Course in Webster City the Carroll duo of Seniors Jill Pettitt and Zach Riddle placed 7th with a round of 80.

Softball

Atlantic 4, Harlan 3
Coon Rapids-Bayard 14, Audubon 13
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 3, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 0
Earlham 10, Guthrie Center 1
East Sac County 12, Carroll 1
East Union 6, Bedford 4
Glidden-Ralston 6, Charter Oak-Ute 2
Greene County 3, Perry 2
Griswold 7, CAM, Anita 1
IKM-Manning 11, AR-WE-VA, Westside 0
Lenox 11, Mount Ayr 1
Missouri Valley 2, Treynor 1
Panorama 10, Woodward-Granger 7
Southwest Valley 4, Nodaway Valley 3
Westwood, Sloan 15, Maple Valley-Anthon Oto 3
Whiting 11, Adair-Casey 1
Woodbury Central 6, OA-BCIG 3

Baseball

Atlantic 4, Harlan 1- Tristen Benn 10 Strikeouts, 5 hits allowed.
Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City 14, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 3 (6 innings)
CAM, Anita 17, Griswold 14 (9 innings)
Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 6, Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City 5 (8 innings)
EHK-Exira 5, Tri-Center, Neola 2
Earlham 12, Guthrie Center 0
Lenox 16, Mount Ayr 1
Lewis Central 14, Denison-Schleswig 2
Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 10, Westwood, Sloan 1
Missouri Valley 5, Glidden-Ralston 1
Murray 13, Melcher-Dallas 3 (5 innings)
Nodaway Valley 14, Southwest Valley 4
Norwalk 10, ADM, Adel 5
Notre Dame, Burlington 11, Harmony, Farmington 1
OA-BCIG 7, Woodbury Central, Moville 3
Perry 6, Greene County 1
Southeast Polk 3, Creston 2
St. Albert, Council Bluffs 6, Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 1
Woodward-Granger 16, Panorama, Panora 1

DENVER (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals have placed left fielder Matt Holliday on the 15-day disabled list with a right quadriceps strain. The Cardinals recalled right-hander Miguel Socolovich from Triple-A Memphis. Holliday was injured charging for Carlos Gonzalez’s fly ball in the second inning of Monday’s loss to the Colorado Rockies. Holliday tripped and fell forward on his right knee. He grabbed his knee while on the ground. After a few minutes, he stood and walked off the field. Holliday, who is hitting .303 with three home runs and 25 RBIs in 52 games this season, is on the disabled list for the first time since July 2013.

AMES, Iowa (AP) – New Iowa State coach Steve Prohm is succeeding a man who remains so beloved in Ames that he’s been nicknamed “The Mayor” for decades. And the roster that Fred Hoiberg left behind before bolting for the Chicago Bulls is expected to compete for a national championship.

Prohm, who was introduced Tuesday as Hoiberg’s replacement, is facing one of the most unique challenges in college basketball. He’s following in the footsteps of an enormously popular coach but inheriting arguably the most talented team Iowa State has ever had.

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SOFTBALL
A-D-M, Adel 3, Winterset 2
Atlantic 15, Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 6
Bedford 17, Diagonal 3
Charter Oak-Ute 2, Woodbine 0
Creston 13, Shenandoah 0
Des Moines Christian 7, Guthrie Center 4 (8)
Essex 20, East Mills 10
Exira-EHK 5, Boyer Valley 2
Fremont-Mills 10, Whiting 9
Glidden-Ralston 13, Adair-Casey 1
Kingsley-Pierson 14, OA-BCIG 3
Logan-Magnolia 14, Griswold 2
Logan-Magnolia 6, Griswold 1
Missouri Valley 10, Riverside, Oakland 6
Missouri Valley 12, Riverside, Oakland 2
Murray 12, Mount Ayr 2
Pleasantville 3, Lenox 1
River Valley 12, Maple Valley-Anthon Oto 0
Treynor 10, AHSTW 0
Treynor 9, AHSTW 1
Underwood 15, Audubon 6
Underwood 18, Audubon 11
Van Meter 11, Panorama 1
Westwood 14, West Monona 0
Westwood, Sloan 14, West Monona 0
Woodward-Granger 7, Madrid 6

BASEBALL
AHSTW, Avoca 3, Treynor 0
AHSTW, Avoca 8, Treynor 7
Ar-We-Va, Westside 7, West Harrison, Mondamin 2
Clarke, Osceola 10, Centerville 6
Clarke, Osceola 15, Centerville 5
Coon Rapids-Bayard 9, CAM, Anita 0
Creston 6, Shenandoah 5
Des Moines Christian 9, Guthrie Center 0
Earlham 15, Woodward Academy 0 (4 innings)
Glenwood 15, Clarinda 3
Lewis Central 4, Harlan 0
Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 9, River Valley, Correctionville 2
Missouri Valley 18, Riverside, Oakland 2 (5 Inn.)
Missouri Valley 26, Riverside, Oakland 0 (4 Inn.)
Nishnabotna 7, Stanton 4
Ogden 14, West Central Valley, Stuart 1
St. Albert, Council Bluffs 8, Denison-Schleswig 5
Underwood 11, Audubon 1 (5 innings)
Underwood 9, Audubon 2
West Monona, Onawa 11, Westwood, Sloan 10