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

WASHINGTON (AP) — Adam Wainwright pitched neatly into the seventh inning, helping himself by kicking the ball over to first for a key out, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Washington Nationals 3-2. Harrison Bader drove in two runs and Kolten Wong had two hits as NL Central-leading St. Louis earned its fourth straight win. It was the Cardinals’ 18th victory in April, matching a team record set in 2008.

SEATTLE (AP) — The Chicago Cubs will option shortstop Addison Russell to Triple-A Iowa when he’s eligible to return from his 40-game suspension for violating Major League Baseball’s domestic violence policy later this week. Cubs manager Joe Maddon said the team wants to give Russell more time in the minors before rejoining the major league roster. Russell was suspended last fall after a series of allegations made by his ex-wife.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Rays’ game against the Kansas City Royals was washed out Tuesday night, and the teams will make it up at part of a doubleheader Wednesday with the first game starting at 12:15 p.m. The second game will begin 45 minutes after the first game.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Big 12 coaches are discussing the implementation of a standardized conference-wide injury report, but they would prefer some type of national uniformity. The Big 12 is among six FBS conferences holding spring meetings in Arizona this week. Introducing NFL-style injury reports to college football has become more likely in the past year as legal wagering on sporting events has become more prevalent. Currently, the sharing of information about injured players varies from school to school.

SEATTLE (AP) — The Chicago Cubs will option shortstop Addison Russell to Triple-A Iowa when he’s eligible to return from his 40-game suspension for violating Major League Baseball’s domestic violence policy later this week.

Cubs manager Joe Maddon said the team wants to give Russell more time in the minors before rejoining the major league roster. Maddon said Tuesday before Chicago opened a two-game series in Seattle that he didn’t expect Russell to be in the minors for long.

Russell was suspended last fall after a series of allegations made by his ex-wife. Without getting into specifics, Russell said in February that he was accountable for his past actions and apologized for “the hurt and the pain” he caused.

Russell had been working out in Arizona, playing in extended spring training games and meeting with a counselor twice a week before joining Iowa last week to begin getting ready for the season.

Girls Golf

• Audubon 208, Underwood 278. Medalist: Jasmine Turner, Audubon 46
• Creston 193, Red Oak 232. Medalist: Rylie Driskell, Creston 43
• IKM-Manning 223, Logan-Magnolia 227. Medalist: Bailey Schechinger, IKM-Manning 53
• Lewis Central 205, Denison-Shleswig 206. Medalist: Taylor Elam, Lewis Central 47
• Missouri Valley 200, IKM-Manning 223. Medalist: Madison Lease, Missouri Valley 45
• Riverside 218, Treynor 252. Medalist: Maddie Lewis, Treynor

Boys Golf

• IKM-Manning 172, Missouri Valley 183. Medalist: Nick Tennis, Missouri Valley 36
• IKM-Manning 172, Logan-Magnolia 177. Medalist: Joel Richardson, Logan-Magnolia 36.
• Red Oak 199, Creston 200. Medalist: Cole Magill, Red Oak 53.
• Riverside 177, Treynor 181. Medalist: Caiden Goodman, Riverside 40
• Shenandoah 176, Lenox 245, Fremont-Mills 247. Medalist: Zander Steiner, Shenandoah 41.
• Underwood 181, Audubon 191. Medalist: Coby Fink, Underwood 37.

The Nodaway Valley girls and Mount Ayr boys track teams were winners at the Pride of Iowa Conference Championships in Corning on Monday night.

In girls action Nodaway Valley got wins from Maddax DeVault in the 200M, Reagan Weinheimer in the 400M, Lexi Shike in the 100M Hurdles, and won the 4x100M Relay and Sprint Medley. Bedford got a trio of wins from Emma Lucas. She won the 800M, 1500M, and 3000M. The Bulldogs also won the Distance Medley. Southwest Valley’s Kyli Aldrich won the Shot Put.

Girls Team Scores

1. Nodaway Valley 131
2. Mount Ayr 114
3. Central Decatur 110.50
4. Wayne 79.00
5. Southwest Valley 65.5
6. Bedford 65
7. Lenox 58
8. Martensdale St Marys 54
9. East Union 39
10. Southeast Warren 25

Full results here.

In boys action Josh Baudler of Nodaway Valley won the 1600M and 3200M. Southwest Valley had a couple of winners with Hunter Poston in the Discus and Jacob Webb in the Shot Put.

Boys Team Scores

1. Mount Ayr 209
2. Central Decatur 90
3. Wayne 74
4. Nodaway Valley 70
5. Bedford 65
6. Martensdale St Marys 64
7. Southwest Valley 59
8. Southeast Warren 54
9. Lenox 28
10. East Union 27

Full results here.

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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa philanthropist has given $5 million to Drake University in what the school says is the largest non-capital gift ever to a women’s basketball program. Drake officials announced the gift Monday from Suzie Glazer Burt, a member of the university’s board of trustees. Drake didn’t release specifics about how the gift would be used but said some would endow the head coaching position and some would enhance support for students.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Harrison Bader homered to spark a six-run fifth inning as the surging St. Louis Cardinals rallied past Patrick Corbin and the Washington Nationals 6-3 in the opener of a four-game series. Marcell Ozuna put the Cardinals ahead 4-3 with a two-run single.

WASHINGTON (AP) — St. Louis Cardinals right-hander Michael Wacha has been activated from the 10-day injured list after missing one start with patellar tendinitis in his left knee. Wacha was scheduled to pitch the Cardinals’ series opener at the Washington Nationals.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Tommy Pham, Yandy Diaz and Ji-Man Choi each drove in a pair of runs as the Rays beat the Royals 8-5. Yonny Chirinos improved to 4-0 by earning the win in relief of effective opener Ryne Stanek. Brad Keller took the loss for Kansas City in his first game since serving a five-game suspension for his role in a fracas with the White Sox.

Girls Soccer

CB Thomas Jefferson 2 Sergeant Bluff-Luton 0
Bishop Heelan Catholic 1, Lewis Central 0
Missouri Valley 2, Logan-Magnolia 0
Sioux City East 4, Glenwood 0
Sioux City West 3, Denison-Schleswig 2 OT
St. Albert 7, Harlan 0
Underwood 10, Riverside 0

Boys Soccer

Harlan 1, Glenwood 0
Lewis Central 2, St. Albert 0
Logan-Magnolia 5, Missouri Valley 0
Riverside 4, Underwood 3

The Atlantic girls and boys track teams scored wins at their home Co-Ed Relays on Monday night. The girls tied with Glenwood atop the team standings with 137.5 points. The boys scored 139 points to beat out Glenwood by 12.5 points.

In girls action Haley Rasmussen won the 100M, finished 2nd in the 200M and the Long Jump. The Trojans also won the 4x400M Relay.

Girls Team Scores

1. Atlantic 137.50
2. Glenwood 137.50
3. CB Abraham Lincoln 112.50
4. Creston 98
5. Harlan 88.50
6. Lewis Central 54
7. Shenandoah 49
8. St. Albert 28
9. Clarinda 21
10. CB Thomas Jefferson 15

In boys action Tyler Moen won the 100M and the 200M for the Trojans. Zade Niklasen won the 400M and Chase Mullenix took the 800M. Bradley Dennis won the 1600M and Jalen Petersen took the 3200M win. Colin Mullenix won the 400M Hurdles. Atlantic also won the 4x400M Relay and the 4x800M Relay.

Boys Team Scores

1. Atlantic 139
2. Glenwood 126.50
3. Harlan 109
4. Lewis Central 88
5. St. Albert 69
6. Shenandoah 63
7. CB Abraham Lincoln 44.50
8. Red Oak 41
9. Clarinda 40
10. Clarinda Academy 15

Full results here: AHS COED Results 4.29.19

The Woodbine Tigers swept the Rolling Valley Conference Track Meet at West Harrison on Monday night. The Tigers scored 138 points to win the girls half of the meet and 173 points to win the boys side.

Some local highlights from the girls portion of the meet include Jade Jackson of CAM winning the 100M Hurdles and High Jump along with Exira-EHK winning the 4x800M Relay.

Girls Team Scores

1. Woodbine 138
2. Glidden-Ralston 111
3. West Harrison 87
4. CAM 86
5. Boyer Valley 76
6. Ar-We-Va 39
7. Exira-EHK 31
8. Coon Rapids-Bayard 9
9. West Harrison 4

In boys action Exira-EHK won the 4x100M Relay and the Sprint Medley. CAM won the Shuttle Hurdle Relay. Mitchell Williamson of CAM won the Shot Put.

Boys Team Scores

1. Woodbine 173
2. CAM 105
3. Boyer Valley 96
4. Ar-We-Va 71
5. Exira-EHK 55
6. Coon Rapids-Bayard 33
7. Paton-Churdan 22
8. Glidden-Ralston 19
9. West Harrison 13

Full results here: 2019 RVC Track Results

The Clarinda Cardinals boys tennis team won the Hawkeye 10 Conference Tournament at Shenandoah on Monday. The Cardinals compiled 24 points to edge out Atlantic by one point.

In #1 Singles play Reed Miller of St. Albert was the Champion. He beat Atlantic’s Nile Petersen in the final 6-2, 6-3.

The #2 Singles title was won by Jeff Miller of St. Albert. He defeated Kory Rogers of Clarinda in the final 7-5, 6-1.

The #1 Doubles Champions were Sean Moran and Colin Reis of Denison-Schleswig. They topped Brock Bruns and Jonny Cheek of Harlan in the final 6-1, 6-2.

In #2 Doubles play the Denison-Schleswig duo of Chris Krajicek and Caleb Seuntjens defeated Ethan Williams and Ethan Sturm of Atlantic in the final 6-2, 7-5.

Team Scores

1. Clarinda 24
2. Atlantic 23
3. Denison-Schleswig 21
4. St. Albert 20
5. Kuemper Catholic 14
6. Glenwood 11
7. Lewis Central 10
8. Harlan 9
9. Red Oak 6
10. Shenandoah 4
11. Creston 2