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AHSTW 8, Missouri Valley 2
Atlantic 9, Denison-Schleswig 7 (Alyssa Delay 3-run homerun for Atlantic) 
Central Decatur 1, Bedford 0
Central Decatur 6, Bedford 4
Coon Rapids-Bayard 6, Ar-We-Va 2
Kingsley-Pierson 5, OABCIG 4 (8)
MVAOCOU 9, River Valley 8
Seymour 5, Nodaway Valley 1
Sidney 9, East Mills 2
West Monona 6, Westwood 5
Woodbine 14, Boyer Valley 4

BASEBALL

AHSTW 7, Missouri Valley 6 (9 innings)
Ballard 7, Carlisle 0
Central Decatur, Leon 12, Bedford 3
Coon Rapids-Bayard 13, Ar-We-Va, Westside 3
Dallas Center-Grimes 5, North Polk, Alleman 1
Denison-Schleswig 10, Atlantic 0
Fremont-Mills, Tabor 15, Essex-South Page 11
MVAOCOU 10, River Valley, Correctionville 0
Madrid 14, Panorama, Panora 5
Martensdale-St. Marys 3, Nodaway Valley 0
Sidney 6, East Mills 0
Southeast Warren, Liberty Center 10, Lenox 2
Stanton 13, Griswold 3 (5 innings )
Treynor 17, IKM-Manning 0
Underwood 17, Riverside, Oakland 0
Westwood, Sloan 11, West Monona, Onawa 4
Winterset 10, Greene County 3
Woodbine 11, Boyer Valley, Dunlap 1
Woodward-Granger 11, Clarke, Osceola 9

Region 2

Treynor 5, Harlan 0
St. Albert 3, Tri-Center 1

Region 3

North Polk 4, Panorama 0
Des Moines Christian 3, WCV-NV-AC 0

Region 5

Gilbert 4, Kuemper Catholic 1
Gladbrook-Reinbeck 9, Garner-Hayfield-Ventura 0

Class 1A

12:00—#8 West Liberty vs. #4 Regina, Iowa City – Field 9

12:05—#2 Columbus Catholic, Waterloo vs. #3 Sioux Center – Field 6

Class 2A

2:30—#1 Xavier, Cedar Rapids vs. #5 Gilbert – Field 9

2:35—#7 Hudson vs. #3 Lewis Central – Field 6

Class 3A

5:00—#1 Waukee vs. #4 Bettendorf – Field 9

5:05—#2 Iowa City, West vs. #6 Cedar Rapids, Washington – Field 6

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

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Matt Carpenter hit a game-ending single against an unusual defensive alignment in the 10th inning, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 2-1. The Cardinals won back-to-back games for the first time since April 30-May 1 and avoided the worst winning percentage for May in franchise history by going 9-18.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina was put on the 10-day injured list with a strained right thumb tendon. The 36-year-old, a nine-time All-Star, got hurt during Saturday’s game against Atlanta and tried to play through the injury. St. Louis says the move was retroactive to Wednesday. Matt Wieters will get most of the playing time while Molina is sidelined. St. Louis selected the contract of Andrew Knizner from Triple-A Memphis.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Joey Gallo’s first career grand slam capped a six-run, sixth inning outburst as the Texas Rangers rallied past the Kansas City Royals 6-2 Friday night. Gallo’s home run was his team leading 16th of the season. Ariel Jurado (2-2) won for the first time in three major league starts this season.

LONG POND, Pa. (AP) — Bubba Wallace hopes a new sponsorship deal leads to better results in the No. 43 car. Wallace also opened up about how talking about his fight with depression has helped himself and others. David Steward, one of just four black billionaires in America, is funding his ride. The Petty family Victory Junction camp will be on the hood for 16 races this season. The collaboration starts this weekend at Pocono Raceway.

IRVING, Texas (AP) — Big 12 revenues are up again and expected to surpass $40 million per school annually before the current media rights deal runs out in about five years. Commissioner Bob Bowlsby says each university was receiving $38.8 million for 2018-19. That’s a total of $388 million in the 10-team conference. The 6% jump is the 13th consecutive year of increasing revenues for the Big 12.

UNDATED (AP) — A Cincinnati team that entered the NCAA Tournament with barely a winning record pulled the biggest upset on the first day of games. The Bearcats knocked off defending national champion Oregon State 7-6 on the Beavers’ home field. The Bearcats made the tournament by winning the American Athletic Conference Tournament and were just 30-29. They were the only No. 4 regional seed to win on the first day of the tournament. No. 3 regional seeds opened the tournament 12-3.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — When the St. Louis Blues host the Boston Bruins in Game 3 on Saturday night, it’ll mark the first Stanley Cup Final game in the city in 49 years. The least-penalized team in the playoffs that went to the box 10 times in the two games in Boston will need to balance feeding off a raucous crowd and getting too overemotional in that charged atmosphere.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis Blues players say there’s a buzz in the city for the first Stanley Cup Final game here in 49 years. That view does not extend to noted pest Brad Marchand. The Boston Bruins agitator extraordinaire says players expect it to be loud in the NHL playoffs no matter where the game is.

Class 1A

West Liberty 4, North Polk, Alleman 2

Regina, Iowa City 2, Greene County 1 (OT)

Sioux Center 5, Iowa Mennonite, Kalona 1

Columbus Catholic, Waterloo 6, Center Point-Urbana 2

Class 2A

Cedar Rapids Xavier 5, Knoxville 0

Gilbert 2, Dallas Center-Grimes 0

Hudson 3, Dubuque Wahlert 2

Lewis Central 3, Storm Lake 2 (4-2, PK)

Class 3A

Waukee 3, Cedar Rapids, Kennedy 0

Bettendorf 1, Urbandale 0

Cedar Rapids, Washington 3, Marshalltown 0

Iowa City, West 2, Ankeny 1

ST. LOUIS, Mo., May 31, 2019 – The St. Louis Cardinals announced prior to tonight’s game that they have placed catcher Yadier Molina on the 10-day Injured List with a right thumb tendon strain retroactive to May 29.  Rookie catcher Andrew Knizner (KIZZ-ner) had his contract purchased from the Memphis Redbirds (AAA) and was added to the Cardinals active roster for tonight’s game against Chicago.

Molina, 36, a nine-time National League All-Star and Rawlings Gold Glove winner, was batting .265 with 4 home runs and 33 RBI through 50 games this season and had started 49-of-53 games through May 28.  This will be the sixth time Molina has been placed on the Injured List over his 16-year Major League career, last appearing on the I.L. from May 6-June 4, 2018 causing him to miss 26 games.

Knizner, 24, the Cardinals seventh round selection (226th overall) in the June 2016, First-Year Player Draft out of North Carolina State University, has been the starting catcher in Memphis, appearing in 37 games while batting .286 with 5 home runs, 17 RBI and eight doubles.

He has a career batting average of .307 over 279 minor league games with 30 HR and 155 RBI. Knizner will wear uniform No. 7.

Regional Girls Soccer Semifinals are on tap tonight for Class 1A. Here is a look at the area match-ups.

Region 2

Harlan @ Treynor 6:00pm
St. Albert @ Tri-Center 6:00pm

Region 3

Panorama @ North Polk 6:00pm
WCV-NV-AC @ Des Moines Christian 6:00pm

Region 5

Kuemper Catholic @ Gilbert 6:00pm
Garner-Hayfield-Ventura @ Gladbrook-Reinbeck 6:00pm

State Tournament Schedule
Friday, May 31

Class 1A

12:00—#1 North Polk, Alleman vs. #8 West Liberty – Field 9
12:05—#4 Regina, Iowa City vs. #5 Greene County – Field 8
12:10—#3 Sioux Center vs. #6 Iowa Mennonite, Kalona – Field 7
12:15—#2 Columbus Catholic, Waterloo vs. #7 Center Point-Urbana – Field 6

Class 2A

2:30—#1 Xavier, Cedar Rapids vs. #8 Knoxville – Field 9
2:35—#4 Dallas Center-Grimes vs. #5 Gilbert – Field 8
2:40—#2 Wahlert, Dubuque vs. #7 Hudson United – Field 6
2:45—#3 Lewis Central vs. #6 Storm Lake – Field 7

Class 3A

5:00—#1 Waukee vs. #8 Cedar Rapids, Kennedy – Field 9
5:05—#4 Bettendorf vs. #5 Urbandale – Field 8
5:10—#3 Marshalltown vs. #6 Cedar Rapids, Washington – Field 7
5:15—#2 Iowa City, West vs. #7 Ankeny – Field 6

The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union released the second weekly softball rankings of the 2019 season on Thursday. Here is a look at each class.

In Class 1A Collins-Maxwell is top ranked. Glidden-Ralston falls out of the top 15 after being in at 9 last week.

In Class 2A Durant is top ranked. West Monona is 4th.

In Class 3A Davenport Assumption is #1. Treynor checks in at #5 and Atlantic stays #8.

In Class 4A ADM is top ranked. Denison-Schleswig is 6th and Glenwood is 14th.

In Class 5A WDM Valley holds the top spot after a 3-0 start.

Check out the full rankings here: softball-2019-530sbrankings