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

CHICAGO (AP) — Leury Garcia had three hits and three RBIs, All-Star Jose Abreu homered for the first time in July, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 9-6. Garcia doubled in two runs in the first, singled in the third and connected for a solo drive in the sixth. Omar Narvaez added a two-run homer in the eighth off Kevin McCarthy and Joakim Soria pitched the ninth for his 14th save in 17 chances.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Scooter Gennett and Dilson Herrera homered, Matt Harvey tossed five solid innings and the Cincinnati Reds beat the St. Louis Cardinals 9-1. Jesse Winker reached base four times and drove in three runs for the Reds. They won their second in a row against St. Louis after breaking a 13-game losing streak to the Cardinals on June 10.

SILVIS, Illinois (AP) — Michael Kim took a four-shot lead at the John Deere Classic in the Quad Cities, which was suspended twice because of weather concerns. Kim, who is winless in 84 career PGA Tour starts, was 16 under through 35 holes, with the second round still to be completed. Kim birdied eight of his first 14 holes without a bogey to race past first-round leader Steve Wheatcroft, who shot 68.

District 16 @ Winterset
Glenwood 17, Greene County 5 (5 innings)
Winterset 4, Creston 1 (Winterset & Glenwood will face off 7-p.m. Monday at Winterset for the chance to move on to Substate)

The Class 3-A District baseball games scheduled to be played at Harlan Friday were postponed due to rain. The games will be played on Saturday, July 14 at J.J. Jensen Park in Harlan.

The times have been moved up slightly. Atlantic will play Denison at 4:00 pm and Harlan will play Carroll in the second game, at about 6:00 pm.

We’ll have the Atlantic vs. Denison game live on KJAN AM 1220/FM 101.1 with the pre-game at 3:45 pm.

The Class 3-A District baseball games scheduled to be played at Harlan today have been postponed due to rain.  The games will be played on Saturday, July 14 at J.J. Jensen Park in Harlan.

The times have been moved up slightly.  Atlantic will play Denison at 4:00 pm and Harlan will play Carroll in the second game, at about 6:00 pm.

We’ll have the Atlantic vs. Denison game live on KJAN AM 1220/FM 101.1 with the pre-game at 3:45 pm.

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Atlantic will open up Class 3-A district baseball play tonight as the first game of a doubleheader at Harlan.  The Trojans will face Denison at 5:00 pm.

Atlantic split the two regular season games with the Monarchs, winning 11-1 in five innings on the road and losing a tough 5-4 decision at home.  Trojan coach Gaylord Schelling explained that the main difference in those two games was the pitching.  Denison had Dawson Dorhout throwing in the Monarch victory and despite several chances for Atlantic, he was able to hold them off for the win.  Expect Dorhout to start tonight for Denison.

Atlantic will throw Chase Mullenix tonight.  Injuries limited Chase to just three starts during the regular season, but Schelling feels Mullenix is ready to give his best effort.  He says if he has all three of his pitches, fastball, curve and change-up, working tonight, Chase will be tough for the Monarchs.

Atlantic doesn’t have a lot of power in the line-up, instead they depend on consistency at the plate and stringing hits together.

We’ll have the game for you tonight on KJAN.  Jim Field will have the call with the pre-game at 4:45.

The area 3-A schedule:

District 15 @ Harlan

• 5:00 – Atlantic (15-12) vs. Denison (16-18)
• 7:00 – Harlan (28-3) vs. Carroll (4-21)

District 16 @ Winterset

• 5:00 – Greene County (14-11) vs. Glenwood (10-19)
• 7:00 – Winterset (16-10) vs. Creston (8-22)

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

SILVIS, Ill. (AP) — Steve Wheatcroft shot a career-best 9-under 62 on Thursday to take a one-shot lead in the John Deere Classic. Wheatcroft birdied seven of the last nine holes to finish a shot ahead of Michael Kim. Johnson Wagner, Nick Taylor, Andres Romero and Joel Dahmen shot opening-round 64s. Defending champion Bryson DeChambeau withdrew with a right shoulder injury.

CHICAGO (AP) — Cardinals pitcher Miles Mikolas has been removed from the National League’s active roster for the All-Star Game next Tuesday because he is scheduled to start Sunday for St. Louis against the Cincinnati Reds. Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Ross Stripling was added to the NL pitching staff as Mikolas’ replacement.

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma State athletics will start selling beer at its venues this fall. The school made the announcement Thursday. Oklahoma State had a pilot program at baseball and softball games during the spring. At football games, beer will be sold at up to 22 locations adjacent to existing concession stands throughout Boone Pickens Stadium. Oklahoma State joins Texas and West Virginia as the only Big 12 schools that will allow fans to purchase beer throughout stadiums.

District 13 @ Lenox
Nodaway Valley 5, Stanton 0
Lenox 8, Lamoni 7
District 14 @ St. Albert
Essex/South Page 14, Bedford 12
St. Albert 15, East Mills 0 (4 innings)
District 15 @ Coon Rapids
Audubon 10, IKM-Manning 0 (6 innings)
CAM 9, Coon Rapids-Bayard 0
District 16 @ Neola
Ar-We-Va 11, Westwood 9
Tri-Center 10, West Harrison 0 (5 innings)

SILVIS, Ill. (AP) — Steve Wheatcroft shot a career-best 9-under 62 on Thursday to take a one-shot lead in the John Deere Classic. Wheatcroft birdied seven of the last nine holes to finish a shot ahead of Michael Kim. Johnson Wagner, Nick Taylor, Andres Romero and Joel Dahmen shot opening-round 64s. Francesco Molinari, who won the Quicken Loans National two weeks ago, was among a group of players three strokes back.

Zach Johnson shot 69 and three-time John Deere winner Steve Stricker finished at 1-under 70. Defending champion Bryson DeChambeau, the highest-ranked player in the field, withdrew because of a right shoulder injury. DeChambeau, who won the Memorial Tournament earlier this season, first tweaked his shoulder on a shot out of the rough on the second hole. He pulled out after an awkward tee shot on No. 16.

Wheatcroft hasn’t had a top-10 finish this season, and he’s 209th in the FedEx Cup standings. But Wheatcroft caught fire on the back nine, finishing with six straight birdies — including a 13-foot putt on the par-4 18th — for just his third round in the 60s this season. Wheatcroft’s previous best scores on the PGA Tour were 64s at the 2012 Greenbrier Classic and the 2016 Canadian Open.

Johnson completed his 38th straight round of par or better at TPC Deere Run. But he knows he’ll need to do better than 2 under on Friday at a course known for low scores.

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District 13 @ Lenox

• 5:00 – Stanton (13-5) vs. Nodaway Valley (9-13)
• 7:00 – Lenox (15-9) vs. Lamoni (12-6)

District 14 @ St. Albert

• 5:00 – Essex/South Page (5-14) vs. Bedford (4-17)
• 7:00 – St. Albert (28-9) vs. East Mills (9-13)

District 15 @ Coon Rapids

• 5:00 – IKM-Manning (8-14) vs. Audubon (11-10)
• 7:00 – Coon Rapids-Bayard (17-14) vs. CAM (18-7)

District 16 @ Neola

• 5:00 – Ar-We-Va (11-7) vs. Westwood (13-14)
• 7:00 – Tri-Center (18-2) vs. West Harrison (12-8)