The Atlantic Archery Club recently held a raffle fundraiser and gave away a bow. The winners of the bow were Briley and Troy Dunning. Congratulations to the winners and thanks to everyone that contributed to the fundraiser.

Front Row: Jaylen McDaniel, Xander Cook, Hayden Kline, Rylee Bengel, Mariah
Hadley, Troy Dunning raffle winner, Henry Knudsen, Kaydee Pedersen, Kaylee
Stetzel, Conner Johnson
Second Row: Halie Kelsey, Rylie Vandevanter, Bennet Whetstone, Connor Sarsfield,
Cayleigh Sarsfield, Aubrey Graham, Lily Johnson, Margaret McCurdy, Zander Pieken,
Kipp Namanny, Brett Dreager, Dylan Comes, David Retallic, Mason Dougherty, Head
Coach Clint Roland, Volunteer Coach Rob Kirchner
Third Row: Volunteer Coach Tyler Petty, Volunteer Coach Dent Petty, Wyatt Simons,
Braden Spurr, Belle Berg, Kyler Edie, Rio Johnson, Savanah Cameron, Clayton Jipsen,
Zane Berg, Derek Dreager, Cooper Jipsen, Dayna Dreager, Koby Namanny

Bow Winner
Briley Dunning & Troy Dunning

ST. LOUIS, MO., January 9, 2020 – The St. Louis Cardinals announced a four-player trade with the Tampa Bay Rays this evening, acquiring top pitching prospect lefty Matthew Liberatore, minor league catcher Edgardo Rodriguez and the Rays Compensation B draft pick (66th overall), in exchange for outfielders Randy Arozarena, Josè Martínez and the Cardinals Compensation A draft pick (38th overall).

“We are extremely excited to be adding a top pitching prospect in Matthew Liberatore to our organization, and this trade also helps us to create more opportunity in the outfield for players like Tyler O’Neill, Lane Thomas and others,” stated Cardinals’ President of Baseball Operations John Mozeliak.

Liberatore, 20, was the Rays 1st round draft pick in 2018 (16th player overall) out of Mountain Ridge High School in Glendale, Ariz., and is ranked as the no. 3 prospect in the Rays system.

The 6-5, 200-pound Liberatore has compiled an 8-4 mark with a 2.59 ERA in 25 games (24 starts) in the minors, striking out 113 batters in 111.0 innings pitched, allowing just two home runs to go along with a 1.22 WHIP and .224 opponent’s batting average. Liberatore was 6-2 with a 3.10 ERA in 16 games (15 starts) for Bowling Green of the Midwest League (A) this past season.

Liberatore went 8-1 with a 0.93 ERA and 104 strikeouts as a senior at Mountain Ridge High School and was Arizona’s Gatorade Baseball Player of the Year. He was named a first-team Rawlings/Perfect Game All-American, and helped lead Mountain Ridge to the Class 6A state championship game.   In 2017, Liberatore pitched 12 scoreless innings for USA Baseball’s 18U National Team and recorded the win in its gold medal game victory over Korea, and in the 2017 Under Armour All-America Game he threw scoreless 9th, 10th and 11th innings for the American League to get the win and earn Most Valuable Player honors.

The Rays selected Liberatore higher than any other high school pitcher in club history, and he became the fourth high school pitcher selected by the Rays in the first round, following Jason Standridge (No. 31) in 1997, Taylor Guerrieri (No. 24) in 2011 and Blake Snell (No. 52) in 2011.

Rodriguez, 19, a right-handed hitting catcher from Valencia, Venezuela, was signed by the Rays as an international free agent in July of 2017.   The 6-0, 205-pound Rodriguez has produced a .338 batting average, six home runs and 40 RBI in his first two seasons as a professional.   He batted .330 with 6 HR’s and 34 RBI in 51 games in the Dominican Summer League in 2018, ranking among the Rays minor league leaders in batting (3rd), slugging (.492, 6th) and on-base pct. (.384, 9th).  In limited action with the GCL Rays, he batted .400 in 2019.

Today’s trade reduces the Cardinals current 40-man Major League roster to 38 players.

The 7:20-a.m. Sportscast with Chris Parks.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (7.3MB)

Subscribe: RSS

Tri @ Denison

Harlan 42, Atlantic-CAM 30
Harlan 65, Denison-Schleswig 15
Atlantic-CAM 53, Denison-Schleswig 28

(Double winners on the night for Atlantic-CAM include Easton O’Brien, Aybren Moore, Joe Weaver, Kadin Stutzman, and Cale Roller.)

Quad @ AHSTW

AHSTW 52, East Mills 24
AHSTW 45, AC/GC 9
AHSTW 72, Griswold 0
East Mills 39, AC/GC 34
East Mills 60, Griswold 12
AC/GC 42, Griswold 18

Tri @ Central Decatur

Winterset 63, Bedford-Lenox 15
Winterset 71, Central Decatur 3
Bedford-Lenox 42, Central Decatur 39

Dual @ Grant City

Mount Ayr 48, South Harrison 20

Quad @ Greene County

Greene County 60, Audubon 18
Ogden 48, Audubon 24
Southeast Valley 48, Audubon 16

Quad @ Shenandoah

Red Oak 48, Glenwood 30
Red Oak 39, Lewis Central 39 (Red Oak wins on criteria)
Red Oak 74, Shenandoah 0
Lewis Central 51, Glenwood 24
Lewis Central 72, Shenandoah 6
Glenwood 60, Shenandoah 12

Tri @ Sioux City West

Bishop Heelan 63, CB Thomas Jefferson 12
CB Thomas Jefferson 42, Sioux City West 39

Quad @ St. Albert

Creston/O-M 52, Clarinda 24
Creston/O-M 71, St. Albert Albert 7
Creston/O-M 45, Kuemper Catholic 27
Clarinda 47, St. Albert 36
Clarinda 42, Kuemper Catholic 36
Kuemper Catholic 54, St. Albert 18

Dual @ Treynor

Contestoga, NE 49, Treynor 21

Tri @ Tri-Center

Logan-Magnolia 61, Tri-Center 15
Logan-Magnolia 61, West Central Valley 17
West Central Valley 39, Tri-Center 36

(Radio Iowa/Learfield) — Former Iowa State star Allen Lazard will make his playoff debut Sunday night when the Green Bay Packers host the Seattle Seahawks in NFC Divisional Round. Lazard is trying to approach it like a regular season game.

Lazard had 35 catches, including three touchdowns, during the regular season.

After missing out the last two seasons Green Bay tackle and former Iowa standout Bryan Bulaga says it is great to be back in the playoffs.

The Packers are the two seed after a 13-3 regular season.

(Radio Iowa/Learfield) — Iowa is expected to be without leading three point shooter CJ Fredrick for tonight’s (Friday night’s) game against 12th ranked Maryland. Fredrick missed this week’s loss at Nebraska with a foot injury, becoming the third Hawkeye starter to go down. Fredrick’s injury means Iowa’s thin roster will need to log even more minutes.

Iowa is coming off a game in which it made only four of 33 from three point range. The Hawk’s two-post lineup will go up against a Maryland team that has primarily a four guard lineup. Maryland coach Mark Turgeon has been happy with his team’s progress. The Terrapins are 13-2 but they are 0-2 on the road.

Listen for the game beginning at 5-p.m., on KJAN, with the tip-off from Iowa City at 6-p.m.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – Kathleen Doyle scored 21 points, Makenzie Meyer had 20 points and Iowa beat No. 17 Maryland 66-61. Alexis Sevillian added 15 points and made a 3-pointer and a jumper back-to-back in the final 3 1/2 minutes to help the Hawkeyes (12-3, 3-1 Big Ten) pull away.

The Hawkeyes led by 14 in the second quarter, but the Terrapins (11-4, 2-2) erased the deficit and led 44-41 after an 11-0 run in the third quarter. Iowa retook the lead before the end of the quarter and never trailed in the fourth. Kaila Charles had 23 points and 18 rebounds for the Terrapins.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Audubon 79, Ar-We-Va 43
Martensdale-St. Marys 65, Ankeny Christian Academy 63
Murray 74, East Union 50
Riverside 52, Griswold 30
Shenandoah 58, Fremont Mills, 35
Treynor 70, Underwood 38

GIRLS BASKETBALL

East Union 52, Murray 42
Falls City Sacred Heart, Neb. 48, Sidney 34
Shenandoah 47, Fremont Mills 38
Treynor 33, Underwood 26

The Riverside Bulldogs picked up their second win of the boys hoops season on Thursday night with a 52-30 win over the Griswold Tigers. The Bulldogs took advantage of some outside looks against the Griswold zone and shot well enough to make the difference. Riverside connected on 6 threes in the opening half and took a 26-15 lead into the break. Riverside Head Coach Nicholas Kroon felt they attacked the zone well from outside.

Drake Woods knocked down 3 of those triples in the first half and added two more in the third quarter to help the Bulldogs push away. The Bulldogs expanded the lead to 18 by the end of the third and then sealed the game with 9-10 shooting from the foul line in the 4th quarter. The Bulldogs did a nice job taking care of the ball and Coach Kroon said that was a huge difference from other games they didn’t have success in.

Woods finished with 16 points to lead all-scorers in the game. Riverside also got 12 from Brogan Allensworth who had an active night rebounding and blocking some shots as well. The Bulldogs improve to 2-7 on the season and will next host Logan-Magnolia on Friday night.

Griswold got 15 points from Jayden Amend, but no other Tiger finished in double-figures. The Tigers are still searching for their first win and fall to 0-9 on the year. They will play host to Essex on Friday night, a game you can see on Griz Tiger Vision in the KJAN Video Network.