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Midwest Sports Headlines: 6/6/18

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June 6th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

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

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Brian Anderson and J.T. Riddle homered to help a shaky Jose Urena get his first win of the season as the Miami Marlins stopped a six-game losing streak with a 7-4 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. Anderson had a two-run homer and two singles for the Marlins, who had lost nine of 10.

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Andrew Heaney pitched a one-hitter on his 27th birthday to lead the Los Angeles Angels to a 1-0 win over the Kansas City Royals. Heaney only allowed a single to Hunter Dozier with one out in the fifth and needed 116 pitches to pitch his first complete game.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals activated All-Stars Yadier Molina and Carlos Martínez from the 10-day disabled list.

Atlantic’s Newell and Renaud finish as Runner-Up at State Co-Ed Golf

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June 5th, 2018 by admin

Alyssa Ginther, Matt Gearheart, Cyle Renaud, Baylee Newell

Two Atlantic duo’s played well at the 2018 Class 1A State Co-Ed Golf Tournament at American Legion Golf Course in Marshalltown on Tuesday. The duo of Baylee Newell and Cyle Renaud finished at State Runners-Up with a round of 73 on the par 70 course.

Atlantic’s Alyssa Ginther and Matt Gearheart also played well carding a 78 to finish in 8th place.

Matt Gearheart and Alyssa Ginther

Cyle Renaud and Baylee Newell

State Co-Ed Golf and Tennis played today

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June 5th, 2018 by admin

The State Co-Ed Golf and Tennis Tournaments will be played today. Here is a look at the schedule of sites.

State Co-Ed Golf

Class 1A State Co-Ed Tournament at American Legion Golf Course, Marshalltown

Class 2A State Co-Ed Tournament at Coldwater Golf Links, Ames

State Co-Ed Tennis

Class 1A State Co-Ed Tournament at Waveland Tennis Court, Des Moines

Class 2A State Co-Ed Tournament at Prairie Ridge Sports Complex, Ankeny

High School Softball Scoreboard Monday 06/04/2018

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June 5th, 2018 by admin

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Atlantic 10, Kuemper Catholic 0 (6 innings)
Creston 7, Shenandoah 6
Denison-Schleswig 14, St. Albert 0 (3 innnings)
Glenwood 13, Clarinda 1
Lewis Central 8, Harlan 1
Red Oak 12, Southwest Valley 0 (3 innings)

Western Iowa Conference

IKM-Manning 10, Audubon 0
Logan-Magnolia 11, AHSTW 1 (6 innnings)
Riverside 11, Griswold 1
Treynor 3, Underwood 0
Tri-Center 12, Missouri Valley 2 (5 innings)

Rolling Valley Conference

Coon Rapids-Bayard 7, Boyer Valley 1
Exira-EHK 6, West Harrison 5
Glidden-Ralston 10, CAM 9

Corner Conference

East Mills 14, Stanton 10
Fremont-Mills 12, Whiting 8
Sidney 12, Essex 2

Pride of Iowa Conference

East Union 13, Mormon Trail 1
Melcher-Dallas 7, Interstate 35, Truro 2
Moravia 9, Central Decatur 7 (Game 1)
Moravia 13, Central Decatur 4 (Game 2)
Murray 8, Mount Ayr 1
Pleasantville 11, Lenox 1
Seymour 9, Southeast Warren 3
Wayne 15, Nodaway Valley 0

High School Baseball Scoreboard Monday 06/04/2018

Sports

June 5th, 2018 by admin

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Atlantic 5, Kuemper Catholic 0
Glenwood 12, Clarinda 2 (5 innings)
Harlan 7, Lewis Central 1
Red Oak 11, Southwest Valley 3
Shenandoah 5, Creston 1
St Albert 15, Denison-Schleswig 12

Rolling Valley Conference

CAM 11, Glidden-Ralston 0 (5 innings)
Coon Rapids-Bayard 16, Boyer Valley 6 (6 innnigs)
Exira-EHK 8, West Harrison 6

Western Iowa Conference

AHSTW 15, Logan-Magnolia 5 (6 innings)
Audubon 6, IKM-Manning 2
Treynor 9, Underwood 8
Tri-Center 7, Missouri Valley 3

Corner Conference

Fremont-Mills 13, Whiting 3
Sidney 6, Essex/South Page 3
Stanton 12, East Mills 2 (6 innings)

Pride of Iowa Conference

Centerville 9, I-35 2
Moravia 5, Central Decatur 4
Mount Ayr 17, Murray 0
Mormon Trail 15, East Union 4
Nodaway Valley 9, Wayne 1
Pleasantville 4, Lenox 0
Roland-Story 11, Martensdale-St. Marys 1 (Game 1)
Martensdale St. Marys 9, Roland-Story 5 (Game 2)
Southeast Warren 2, Seymour 1

Other Scores

Ankeny Christian Academy 16, Orient-Macksburg 0

Girls Regional Final Soccer Scoreboard 06/04/2018

Sports

June 5th, 2018 by admin

Trips to the Girls State Soccer Tournament were settled on Monday night. Regional Finals were played in all classes. Here is a look at area results.

Class 1A Regional Finals

Region 1
Bishop Heelan 2, MOC-Floyd Valley 1

Region 2
Gilbert 3, Treynor 0

Region 3
Nevada 1, Des Moines Christian 0

Class 2A Regional Finals

Region 1
Spencer 3, CB Thomas Jefferson 1

Region 2
Lewis Central 9, Glenwood 0

Region 3
Dallas Center-Grimes 2, ADM 1

Class 3A Regional Finals

Region 1
CB Abraham Lincoln 3, Sioux City North 1

The Girls State Soccer Tournament will be played June 7th-9th at Cownie Soccer Complex in Des Moines.

In Class 2A Lewis Central drew the top seed and will face the #8 seed Dallas Center-Grimes on Thursday at 1:30pm.

In Class 3A CB Abraham Lincoln is the #8 seed and will face top-seeded Ankeny Centennial on Thursday at 4:00pm in the quarterfinal round.

Full State Pairings: 2018-state-soccer-brackets

(Podcast) KJAN Morning Sports report, 6/5/2018

Podcasts, Sports

June 5th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

The 7:20-a.m. Sportscast w/Jim Field.

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Atlantic baseball knocks off Kuemper Catholic 5-0

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June 4th, 2018 by admin

The Atlantic Baseball team picked up a nice win on Monday night over Kuemper Catholic 5-0. The Trojans got a nice performance on the mound from Chase McLaren and Head Coach Gaylord Schelling praised him along with the overall performance.

Coach Schelling thought it was a great team effort to pick up a win against a good team like the Knights who came into the game ranked 8th in Class 2A.

Atlantic improves to 5-1 with the win and will travel to Harlan on Tuesday night. Kuemper falls to 4-4 with the loss.

Handel hits three-run blast as Atlantic downs Kuemper Catholic softball

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June 4th, 2018 by admin

Alexis Handel led the way at the plate with 3 hits including a three-run homer in the 3rd as Atlantic downed Kuemper Catholic in softball 10-0 in six innings on Monday night in Atlantic. The Trojans scored 1 run in the first, 5 in the 3rd, 2 in the 4th and 1 each in the 5th and 6th to pick up the win.

Atlantic scored their 10 runs on 13 hits. Handel went 3-3 on the night with two singles, the homer, and a base on balls. After the game she praised the entire team’s offensive effort.

8th grader Maleana Woodward got tossed into the lineup with Baylee Newell out for the game. Woodward played at third with Handel sliding over to shortstop and Woodward contributed well on both sides of the ball. She had a 2 RBI double in the big third inning for the Trojans and also got a base hit in the 5th that eventually scored. After the game she talked about getting her number called.

Atlantic Head Coach Terry Hinzmann was pleased with the effort of the defense getting out of jams and the offense that followed.

The Trojans get right back after it tomorrow night at Harlan as part of a busy week.

Ally Anderson picked up the win in the circle going the full 6 innings allowing 6 hits with 5 strikeouts and no walks. Anna Wanninger took the loss for Kuemper Catholic allowing 2 runs on 4 hits and 1 walk in 3 innings of work.  Atlantic improves to 7-0 and Kuemper Catholic falls to 3-7.

Atlantic takes on Kuemper softball tonight on KJAN

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June 4th, 2018 by admin

The Atlantic softball and baseball teams will host the Kuemper Catholic Knights tonight and we’ll have the softball game on the air.

Atlantic will look to stay undefeated taking their 6-0 mark against the 3-6 Knights. Atlantic 3A #9 is coming off a big win over 4A #5 Denison this past Friday.

Pregame coverage will start at approximately 7:15pm with first pitch scheduled for 7:30pm following the JV game. Tune in on AM1220, FM101.1, online at kjan.com, and on the mobile app.