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

JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Catcher Matt Wieters has agreed to a minor league contract with the St. Louis Cardinals. If added to the 40-man roster, the 32-year-old would get a one-year contract calling for a $1.5 million salary while in the major leagues. A four-time All-Star with Baltimore from 2009-16, Wieters will compete with Francisco Pena for the backup job behind Yadier Molina. He spent the past two seasons with Washington.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa has suspended coach Fran McCaffery for two games for yelling at an official in a hallway heading to the locker room following a loss at Ohio State. Hawkeyes athletic director Gary Barta announced the move, which will sideline McCaffery for upcoming games against Rutgers and Wisconsin.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa play-by-play announcer Gary Dolphin, who was suspended last week for likening Maryland’s Bruno Fernando to “King Kong” during a game, will be reinstated after the end of the season. Hawkeye Sports Properties says Dolphin will return to cover Iowa’s spring football practice. Meanwhile, Iowa men’s basketball coach Fran McCaffery has been suspended for yelling at an official in a hallway following a 90-70 loss at Ohio State.

UNDATED (AP) — No. 9 Michigan will go for its second win over No. 17 Maryland in two weeks when the teams meet Sunday in College Park. The Wolverines clamped down defensively while beating the Terrapins in Ann Arbor on Feb. 16. Michigan is one game behind Michigan State heading into a Thursday home game against Nebraska. Ohio State and Minnesota have work to do to secure NCAA Tournament bids. The Maryland women wrapped up their fourth Big Ten regular-season championship in their five years in the league.

UNDATED (AP) — Baylor plays at Kansas State to headline Big 12 play. The Wildcats will win a share of the league title if they win out, despite falling at Kansas on Monday night. Baylor will be looking to secure an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, and beating K-State in Manhattan would go a long way in achieving that goal.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska outside linebackers coach and special teams coordinator Jovan Dewitt has been throat cancer and won’t work full-time during spring practice. Cornhuskers coach Scott Frost said on his statewide radio show that Dewitt’s prognosis is pretty good and that he’s fighting a good fight. Dewitt is entering his fourth season on Frost’s staff after serving as associate head coach, linebackers coach and special teams coordinator at Central Florida in 2016-17.

The CAM Cougars girls basketball team raced out to a 16-7 lead over Montezuma in the first quarter, but five three-point makes in the second made the difference in the game for the Bravettes. Montezuma grabbed a three point lead by half and they carried that momentum into the second half, and on to a 59-45 win.

The Cougars seemed to have control of the game early but the Bravettes found a groove behind the outside shooting of Elise Boulton and Shelby Conger. Montezuma only made five of sixteen threes in the entire game, but they all came in that second quarter flurry. Montezuma tied the game at 22 near the final minute of the first half, and Shelby Conger hit her second three of the period as time ran out to end the half.

The Bravettes made that rally while leading scorer, and future Iowa Hawkeye, Shateah Wetering sat on the bench with two fouls. CAM Head Coach Joe Wollum said it was a tough stretch for his squad.

Montezuma outscored CAM by 8 in the third quarter and hit 12 of 15 free throws in the second half to secure the win. The Bravettes were led by 17 from Wetering and 13 from Boulton. They now move on to the 1A Semifinals on Friday afternoon against West Hancock.

CAM was led by 19 from Madison Gettler, 12 from Zoey Baylor, and 11 from Paige McAfee. The Cougars outstanding season came to a close with a 21-3 record. Coach Wollum talked about how special this senior class has been for the program.

Wollum also talked about the strong bond he has developed with this team through some trying personal struggles in his life.

This trip to state marked just the second time the CAM district has played in the state tournament, and the first since 1997. It’s the 10th overall state appearance between the Cumberland, Massena, Anita, and CAM districts.

IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa Director of Athletics Gary Barta announced on Wednesday a two-game suspension of head men’s basketball coach Fran McCaffery for unsportsmanlike comments directed at an official following Iowa’s loss at Ohio State Tuesday in Columbus, Ohio. The suspension includes Iowa’s next two games versus Rutgers (Saturday) and at Wisconsin (March 7).

The Big Ten Conference supports the University of Iowa’s suspension and announced that the institution will be fined $10,000 as a result of violating the Big Ten Sportsmanship Policy, in addition to issuing a public reprimand.

“Following the basketball game at Ohio State, Coach McCaffery made unacceptable comments to a game official in the hallway headed to the locker room,” said Barta. “Fran’s comments do not represent the values of the University of Iowa, Hawkeye Athletics, and our men’s basketball program.

“Fran immediately accepted responsibility for his comments and understands the severe implications of his remarks. Fran fully understands this suspension and penalty imposed by the Big Ten Conference. Fran continues to have my full support moving forward.”

“I am in total agreement with the suspension by Iowa Athletics and the fine levied by the Big Ten Conference,” said McCaffery. “My comments directed toward a game official were regretful. I apologize to Big Ten Conference officials, Iowa Athletics, my players and staff, and the tremendous Hawkeye fans. This behavior is not acceptable and I take full responsibility for my inappropriate comments.”

Feb. 27, 2019 — Hawkeye Sports Properties, the multimedia rights manager for University of Iowa Athletics, today announced it will reinstate play-by-play announcer Gary Dolphin beginning with coverage of football spring practice. Dolphin will also return for the 2019-2020 football and men’s basketball seasons.

The reinstatement decision, like the suspension, was made by Learfield’s Hawkeye Sports Properties, following collaborative engagement with the Iowa Athletics Department. Dolphin has served as “Voice of the Hawkeyes” since 1996.

Dolphin was suspended on Friday through the remainder of the men’s basketball season for an inappropriate comment during the Feb. 19 broadcast of the Iowa men’s basketball game against Maryland.

Dolphin and Iowa Director of Athletics Gary Barta will participate in a 3 pm CT press conference at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

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The CAM Cougars girls basketball team will get the chance to test their skills on the State Tournament stage on Wednesday night with a match-up against Montezuma in the Class 1A Quarterfinals. We’ll have coverage of first appearance at State for the Cougars since 1997 on KJAN.

CAM comes into the game playing their best basketball of the season. The 21-2 Cougars dominated from wire-to-wire in their Regional final win over Colo-Nesco 66-29. The Cougars moved the ball well, played great pressure defense, and shot the light out in that win big win. CAM Head Coach Joe Wollum talked about the spot the Cougars are in right now.

CAM is averaging 67 points per game as a team and has two players that average double figures in seniors Madison Gettler (19.5ppg) and Paige Mcafee (13.3ppg). Coach Wollum said the team isn’t just settling for making the state tournament, they want to make some noise and have been focused on the work they need to do.

The Montezuma Braves are 21-2 on the season as well and are back in the state tournament for the second straight season. The Braves are averaging 58 points per game and also have two players averaging in double figures. Future Iowa Hawkeye Shateah Wetering leads the way with 19.2 points per game and fellow senior Riley Gatton averages 11.1 points per outing. Braves Head Coach Janel Burgess said they like to play a similar style as the Cougars.

We’ll have coverage of the game on KJAN with pregame at 5:45pm and tip-off set for 6:45pm. Chris Parks and Mike Smith will have the call from Des Moines.

Class 2A Quarterfinals

#2 Central Decatur vs. #7 Aplington-Parkersburg 10:00am
#3 Treynor vs. #6 North Linn 11:45am

Class 1A Quarterfinals

#1 Newell-Fonda vs. #8 Springville 1:30pm
#4 Clarksville vs. #5 Marquette Catholic 3:15pm
#2 West Hancock vs. #7 North Mahaska 5:00pm
#3 Montezuma vs. #6 CAM 6:45pm