Red Oak’s Sophie Walker and two area doubles teams will continue play in the Championship bracket at Girls State Tennis on Thursday.

Walker won her opening two matches to step into the Semifinals on Thursday.  She defeated Kuemper Catholic’s Isabel Schwabe 6-2, 6-2 in the first round and then took down Brooke Jorgensen of Pella 6-4, 6-0 in the Quarterfinals. Next up is a Semifinal match against Anatta Charoenkul of Fairfield in the Semifinals at 10:00am.

Schwabe went to the Consolation bracket and lost to Casie Barba of Spirit Lake-Okoboji 6-3, 7-6. Macy Baker of Red Oak lost her first round singles match to Sofia Ordinteva of Saydel 6-2, 5-7, 6-0. She then went on to win her first round consolation match 7-5, 4-6, 1-0 over Margaret Harn of Columbus Catholic. Baker then fell in the Consolation Quarterfinals to Brooke Jorgensen of Pella 6-0, 6-0.

Glenwood’s duo of Brielle Smith and Brooklyn Taylor came out on top of their opening two matches, as did the Shenandoah doubles team of Nichole and Natalie Gilbert.

Smith and Taylor notched a 6-2, 3-6, 7-5 win over Kendall Evans and Josie Condon of Estherville-Lincoln Central in the first round. Then in the Quarterfinals they took a 6-1, 6-3 win over Katie Wichman and Sadie Hansen of Waverly-Shell Rock. They now move on to face Emily Jasper and Miyahko Coffey of Cedar Rapids Xavier in the Semifinals on Thursday at 10:00am.

Shenandoah’s Gilbert tandem beat Abby Davis and Megan Brock of Independence in the first round 6-1, 6-1. Then in the Quarterfinals the Fillies team took down Deseree Stubbe and CeJay Blakely of Clark 6-0, 6-1. They will face Taylor Hogan and Elysse Trost of Columbus Catholic in the Semifinals also at 10:00am on Thursday.

Kuemper Catholic’s doubles team of Samantha Schwarte and Abby Boes lost in the first round 6-3, 6-3 to Wichman and Hansen of Waverly-Shell Rock. They then won in their first round consolation match 6-3, 6-2 over Tess Paton and Destiney Gridley of Fairfield. The Knights tandem then lost in the Consolation Quarterfinals to Lauren Dilulio and Caroline Bush of Davenport Assumption 6-2, 6-0.

The WDM Valley Tigers won the Class 4A Girls State Golf Tournament at the Coldwater Golf Links in Ames. The Tigers shot a two-day total of +63, 631 and beat out Bettendorf for the win by 25 shots.

Pauge Hoffman of WDM Valley was the Individual Champion with a -5, 137 for the tournament. She won a tight battle with Shannyn Vogler of Bettendorf who finished just one shot back at 138. Hoffman’s rounds were 68-69. Vogler shot 71-67.

New Hampton took the team title at the Class 2A State Girls Golf Tournament at Ames Golf and Country Club. The Chickasaws notched a +86, 662 to run away with the win. Missouri Valley finished 10th with a +268, 844.

The Individual Champion was Morgan Weber of Dike-New Hartford who shot 73 and 74 to finish +3 147 for the tourney. She beat out Allison Nuss of New Hampton by one shot for the win. Kyle Carey of Van Meter finished 3rd with a 150 total.

Katie Schweers of Kuemper Catholic was the top area golfer, finishing 20th with a +36 180 for the event. She shot a first round of 87, followed by a 93 in the second round.

IOWA CITY, Iowa — The Big Ten and BIG EAST conferences jointly announced on Wednesday the pairings for the fifth annual Gavitt Tipoff Games, which will tipoff on eight campus sites on consecutive days the first full week of the college basketball season, Nov. 11-14.

The University of Iowa is scheduled to play DePaul on Monday, Nov. 11, on Mediacom Court at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City. The Blue Demons posted a 19-17 overall record and finished runners-up of the College Basketball Invitational a year ago.

Scheduled through 2022, the Gavitt Tipoff Games is a unique early-season series named in honor of Dave Gavitt, founder of the BIG EAST and basketball visionary. This marks the third time Iowa will be participating in the Gavitt Games since the event was introduced in 2015. The Hawkeyes traveled to Marquette in 2015 and hosted Seton Hall in 2016.

This will be the fourth game between Iowa and DePaul and first meeting since 1995. Iowa won two of the previous three meetings in Chicago in 1938 (34-29) and in Moline, Illinois, in 1995 (97-86). DePaul edged the Hawkeyes in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, in 1956 (73-72).

Nine teams in the 2019 event advanced to the NCAA Tournament and won at least 20 games last season.

Tip times and television information will be released at a later date. Games will be televised on either FS1 or BTN.

Atlantic’s Baylee Newell finished 6th and Alyssa Ginther took 15th at the Class 3A Girls State Golf Tournament at Otter Creek Golf Course in Ankeny. Newell finished with a two-day total of +14, 156. She followed up a first round 83 with a 73 to grab the sixth place medal. Ginther shot 88-82 to finish in 15th with a +28, 170 total.

The Trojans finished 7th in the team standings with a +194, 762 for the tournament. Carroll was 8th at +200, 768. The Team Champion was Dubuque Wahlert with a +85, 653 total.

Creston’s Rylie Driskell finished in 9th place. She shot rounds of 82-80 to finish at +20, 162. Laura Sweeney of Carroll was 18th at +35, 177.

Atlantic’s other scores were: Hannah Alff 98-108, Anna Wieser 116-122, and Lauren Nicholas 130-114.

CAM’s Sammi Jahde finished the two-day Class 1A Girls State Golf Tournament with a +14, 154 total and grabbed a State Runner-Up Medal. Jahde shot back to back 77’s at American Legion Golf Course in Marshalltown. The completion of the first round took place Wednesday morning after play was suspended due to rain on Tuesday. Players then continued on to play their second round. Jahde finished six shots back of the Champion Annika Patton of Alta-Aurelia who followed up a first round 78 with a 70 to finish at +8, 148 for the tournament.

Griswold’s Roni Hook finished the tourney at +52, 192 to finish in 36th place. She shot 97-95 for the two rounds. Her teammate Jenna Reynolds finished in 40th with a +53, 193 two day total. She had rounds of 99-94.

Boyer Valley finished 9th in the team standings with a +258, 818 team total. IKM-Manning was behind them in 10th with a +307, 867 total.

Bishop Garrigan was the team Champion with a +167, 727 tournament total.

EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings have hired nine-year NFL veteran Nate Kaeding as a part-time kicking coach. Kaeding, a two-time Pro Bowl pick with the San Diego Chargers, has begun working with Vikings specialists this spring. He’s been at the practice facility a couple of times per week, with electronic communication between visits.

Coach Mike Zimmer said he anticipates Kaeding returning for training camp, and he left open the possibility of eventually creating a full-time role. The Vikings have struggled to find kicker stability since Zimmer arrived in 2014. New special teams coordinator Marwan Maalouf called Kaeding “another set of eyes” for him.

Since last playing in the league in 2012, Kaeding has worked in business development in and around his hometown of Iowa City , Iowa, where he also kicked in college.

The Girls Individual State Tennis Meet gets underway today and continues through Thursday. The Class 1A Tournament is being played at the Hawkeye Tennis and Recreation Complex in Iowa City. The Class 2A Tournament is being played at the Bettendorf High School Tennis Complex. Team Final Four play will be on Saturday in the Des Moines area.

In Class 1A Doubles teams from Glenwood, Shenandoah, and Kuemper Catholic are competing. Brooklyn Taylor and Brielle Smith of Glenwood, Nichole and Natalie Gilbert of Shenandoah, and Samantha Schwarte and Abby Boes of Kuemper Catholic will be competing with play beginning at 10:00am.

In Class 1A Singles play Isabel Schwabe of Kuemper Catholic, Macy Baker of Red Oak, and Sophie Walker of Red Oak will be in the field. Singles play also starts at 10:00am.

Shenandoah will play in the 1A Team Final Four on Saturday at the Johnston High School Tennis Complex. Their Semifinal pairing is against Cedar Rapids Xavier at 9:00am. Final matches will then be played at Noon.

Baseball

Audubon 13, Exira-EHK 3
IKM-Manning 16, Riverside 10
West Monona 10, Boyer Valley 2

Softball

IKM-Manning 10, Riverside 4
West Monona 4, West Harrison 1 (8 innings)

Regional Semifinals are on tap in Girls Class 3A Soccer tonight. Some area Class 1A and 2A games are on the schedule as well after being postponed from Tuesday night.

Class 3A

Region 1

Sioux City North @ CB Thomas Jefferson 5:00pm

Region 2

Sioux City East @ CB Abraham Lincoln 7:00pm

Class 2A

Region 2

Carlisle vs. Winterset 6:00pm (@ Earlham)

Class 1A

Region 2

St. Albert @ Underwood 6:00pm

Region 3

Grand View Christian @ North Polk 6:00pm
Creston @ Panorama 6:00pm
Chariton @ Des Moines Christian 6:00pm
Clarke @ WCV-NV-AC 6:00pm (@ West Central Valley)