Class 4A
1. Johnston (23-4), LW #1
2. Iowa City West (26-6), LW #2
3. Western Dubuque (25-6), LW #3
4. Urbandale (22-10), LW #6
5. Des Moines Roosevelt (22-5), LW #4
6. Southeast Polk (24-9), LW #8
7. Ankeny Centennial (20-9), LW #7
8. Dowling Catholic (20-10), LW #9
9. Linn-Mar (23-7), LW #5
10. Waukee (20-10), LW (X)

Class 3A
1. Cedar Rapids Xavier (28-2), LW #1
2. Davenport Assumption (23-3), LW #2
3. Central DeWitt (25-0), LW #3
4. Harlan (20-4), LW #5
5. Marion (23-5), LW #4
6. Gilbert (21-2), LW #7
7. Centerville (19-3), LW #9
8. Fairfield (20-4), LW #10
9. North Polk (20-4), LW (X)
10. Ballard (19-5), LW #6

Class 2A (final poll)
1. Wilton (22-2), LW #1
2. North Linn (34-4), LW #3
3. Dike-New Hartford (24-3), LW #2
4. West Lyon (24-0), LW #5
5. Van Meter (23-3), LW #6
6. Treynor (25-6), LW #4
7. New Hampton (25-6), LW #7
8. Dyersville Beckman (25-10), LW #8
9. Hinton (23-2), LW #9
10. Estherville Lincoln Central (25-2), LW #10

Class 1A (final poll)
1. Mason City Newman(26-3), LW #1
2. Martensdale-St. Mary’s (29-4), LW #2
3. Alburnett (27-4), LW #3
4. Calamus-Wheatland (27-3), LW #4
5. Southeast Warren (25-3), LW #5
6. Don Bosco (22-4), LW #6
7. Saint Ansgar (20-7), LW #7
8. Kingsley-Pierson (23-4), LW #8
9. Coon Rapids-Bayard (22-4), LW #9
10. Remsen St. Mary’s (20-7), LW #10

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Evan Longoria blamed himself for being overly aggressive in his first two at-bats against St. Louis pitcher Jack Flaherty, a byproduct of the spacious field at Oracle Park and Flaherty’s dominance early on.

The third time around, San Francisco’s slugging third baseman slowed down just enough to catch up to one of the few mistakes Flaherty made.

Longoria homered with one out in the seventh inning to break up Flaherty’s bid for a no-hitter, and the Giants held on to beat the Cardinals 1-0 on Sunday.

“This ballpark has a tendency to make you feel like you have to add a little bit and be a little bit more perfect,” Longoria said after his fifth home run in seven days. “I was more focused on trying to get on base any way I can. Any guy will tell you it’s better off that way. Home runs are usually accidents.”

The Giants managed only one baserunner against Flaherty until Longoria drove an 0-1 pitch into the left field stands. It’s Longoria’s 12th of the season and fifth in July. He hit four during a three-game series in San Diego earlier in the week.

San Francisco won for the seventh time in nine games despite getting only two hits off Flaherty. Alex Dickerson followed Longoria’s drive with a bloop single to left that glanced off the glove of All-Star shortstop Paul DeJong.

Flaherty was masterful before Longoria’s home run. The 23-year-old retired his first 12 batters before walking Alex Dickerson leading off the fifth. He struck out two of the next three and got Kevin Pillar to foul out.

But the Cardinals couldn’t muster much offensively and Flaherty became the latest St. Louis pitcher to come up short in a no-hit bid. Adam Wainwright twice had no-hitters broken up in the sixth inning this season, against Cincinnati on April 13 and the Cubs on June 2.

Flaherty (4-6) struck out six and allowed two hits in seven innings.

Jeff Samardzija (6-7) pitched seven scoreless innings and allowed four hits to beat the Cardinals for the first time in four career starts at Oracle Park.

Samardzija took a no-hitter into the fifth, pitched out of a jam in the sixth after allowing a one-out double, then got Matt Wieters to fly out with two on and two out in the seventh.

Sam Dyson retired three batters. All-Star closer Will Smith pitched the ninth and is 23-for-23 in save opportunities.

Yairo Munoz had two hits for St. Louis. The Cardinals finished 4-5 on their road trip and head into the All-Star break two games behind first-place Chicago in the NL Central.

UP NEXT

Cardinals: Wainwright (5-7, 4.31 ERA) will face Arizona on Friday in St. Louis. Wainwright’s eight career wins against the Diamondbacks are the most by any Cardinals pitcher.

Giants: RHP Shaun Anderson (3-2, 4.23) makes his first appearance against the Brewers on Friday in Milwaukee. Anderson allowed four runs in four innings of his most recent start and has one win since June 12.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — St. Louis Cardinals right-hander Jack Flaherty has completed six no-hit innings against the San Francisco Giants. Flaherty has thrown 70 pitches and struck out six. The 23-year-old retired his first 12 batters before walking Alex Dickerson leading off the fifth. He struck out two of the next three and got Kevin Pillar to foul out.

Flaherty got some help in the first inning when center fielder Harrison Bader made a running catch at the warning track to take away a possible hit from leadoff man Brandon Belt.

The Cardinals have nine no-hitters in their history. The last was by Bud Smith against San Diego Padres on Sept. 3, 2001. Giants starter Jeff Samardzija matched Flaherty with a no-hitter into the fifth before allowing Yairo Muñoz’s two-out single.

The game was scoreless through six innings.

LeMars 5, Lewis Central 3
Treynor 7, Denver 6 (Mount Mercy – Cedar Rapids)

Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Austin Slater hit a pinch-hit grand slam, San Francisco overcame an early injury to Madison Bumgarner and the surging Giants held on to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 8-4. Pablo Sandoval homered and drove in three runs as the Giants won for the sixth time in eight games. Kevin Pillar added two hits. Paul Goldschmidt hit his 16th home run for St. Louis.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Max Scherzer sustained a dominant stretch with seven strong innings, Kurt Suzuki homered and the Washington Nationals beat the Kansas City Royals 6-0. The NL pitcher of the month for June, Scherzer allowed four hits and struck out 11 with one walk in his final start before heading to Tuesday’s All-Star Game. He struck out the side in the seventh.

KANSAS CITY, Kansas (AP) — Yohan Croizet scored in the 14th minute and Sporting Kansas City held on to beat the Chicago Fire 1-0. Felipe Gutiérrez launched the counterattack with a through ball from behind the center circle, splitting a pair of defenders with the pass and giving Croizet the opening to run behind and slot it past the onrushing goalkeeper.

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — On a night when he came within a double of hitting for the cycle, Dexter Fowler was more impressed with two defensive plays he made in center field than anything he did at the plate.

It’s easy to see why considering what the rest of the Cardinals lineup did.

Fowler, José Martinez and Paul Goldschmidt homered, Tommy Edman tripled in the go-ahead run in the fourth inning and St. Louis beat the San Francisco Giants 9-4 on Friday night.

“I told the umpire, ‘Hey man, I still got it,'” Fowler said after driving in two runs and scoring three times. “Any time you can make plays to help the guy on the mound, it’s definitely a plus.”

The 33-year-old Fowler has spent most of his time in right field this season, but is likely to see more time in center now that Martinez is a mainstay in the lineup. Fowler’s two running catches in the deepest parts of Oracle Park, including one to take away a hit from Mike Yastrzemski in the fourth, certainly helped as did homering for the second straight day.

“He’s back to being in the strike zone,” manager Mike Shildt said. “He’s seeing the ball well, his swing feels good. Everything looks really good for Dex. Good at-bats, good ballgame.”

Kolton Wong had three hits and two RBIs to help the Cardinals win their third straight and keep pace with Milwaukee in the crowded NL Central. Matt Wieters added two hits and an RBI in a rare start in place of catcher Yadier Molina.

Buster Posey had two hits and Alex Dickerson homered for San Francisco, which had its four-game winning streak stopped. The Giants scored at least seven runs in each of the four previous wins, but were held to one over the final six innings by St. Louis.

Martinez hit a solo home run off starter Drew Pomeranz (2-9) in the first. DeJong followed with a single before Goldschmidt hit his 15th, a two-run blast to deep center that traveled an estimated 449 feet.

San Francisco came back with two runs in the bottom of the first, then tied it on Dickerson’s solo home run leading off the third.

Edman’s triple in the fourth drove in Wong and put St. Louis ahead to stay. It’s the third consecutive game that the Cardinals rookie has driven in the deciding run.

Fowler homered in the ninth after getting a single and triple in his previous two at-bats.

Dakota Hudson (7-4) overcame three first-inning walks to win. The right-hander allowed three runs and struck out six in five innings.

UP NEXT

Madison Bumgarner (5-7, 4.02 ERA) starts for the Giants on Saturday. The big lefty needs one strikeout to move past Tim Lincecum into second place on the team’s all-time list in the San Francisco era. The Cardinals counter with RHP Miles Mikolas (5-8, 4.34) . Mikolas won in his only career start against the Giants last season.

Atlantic 3, Kuemper Catholic 2 (10 innings, Gunnar Kirchhoff with the walk-off hit to bring in Nile Petersen.)
AHSTW 8, Sidney 1
Bedford 13, Lenox 1
Carlisle 6, ADM, Adel 3
Central Decatur, Leon 15, East Union, Afton 2 (5 innings)
Dowling Catholic, West Des Moines 8, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 3
Exira-EHK 5, Panorama 4
Harlan 8, Des Moines Roosevelt 7
Lamoni 19, Orient-Macksburg 4 (Continuation of 7/3)
Lewis Central 9, Creston 1 (Game 1, LC clinches outright Hawkeye Ten Conference Title)
Lewis Central 10, Creston 7 (Game 2)
Martensdale-St. Marys 4, Southeast Warren 3 (Clinched POI Conference Championship)
Mount Ayr 3, Nodaway Valley 2 (11 innnings)
Ogden 4, Coon Rapids-Bayard 3
Shenandoah 12, Fremont-Mills 1
Tri-Center 5, CAM 3
West Branch 19, Treynor 9
Westwood 10, Logan-Magnolia 3

Atlantic 12, Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson 0
ACGC 14, West Harrison 4
ADM 3, Urbandale 0
ADM 8, Gilbert 2
Ankeny Centennial 6, Winterset 0
Glidden-Ralston 8, CAM 7 (Game 1)
CAM 15, Glidden-Ralston 3 (Game 2)
Carroll 4, Glenwood 1
Central Decatur 10, East Union 1
Dallas Center-Grimes 13, Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln 1
Harlan 2, Treynor 1
Lenox 4, Bedford 1
Mount Ayr 10, Nodaway Valley 1
North Mahaska 3, CB Thomas Jefferson 1
Panorama 6, Exira-EHK 5
Perry 4, Coon Rapids-Bayard 1
Southeast Warren 13, Martensdale-St. Marys 12
West Lyon 6, Westwood 2
West Monona 10, Missouri Valley 0
Winterset 9, Southeast Valley 1

The 7:20-a.m. Sportscast with Ric Hanson.

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