The Drake Relays get into full swing on Thursday at Drake Stadium in Des Moines. High School events on Thursday will include the Girls 3000M and Boys 3200M finals, Boys Discus and Long Jump, and Girls High Jump and Shot Put.

Take a look at the full schedule for the entire weekend here: 18_Drake_Relays_Schedule

Revisit the list of area qualifiers here: 2018 Drake Relays Qualifiers

IOWA CITY, Iowa — The University of Iowa baseball team scored 11 runs in the first three innings en route to a 12-4 victory over Milwaukee on Wednesday night at Duane Banks Field.

The victory moves the Hawkeyes’ record to 24-13 overall.

The Panthers struck first, pushing two runs across the plate in the first.  Ben Chally had a two-out RBI as part of Milwaukee’s five-hit first inning and Colin Kreiter’s base made the score 2-0.

Iowa tied the game in the bottom half of the inning on an RBI ground out by Robert Neustrom and an infield single by Lorenzo Elion.  The Hawkeyes took the outright lead in the second after loading the bases with two walks and two hit-by-pitches. Junior Tanner Wetrich scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch.

The Hawkeyes broke the game open in the third, sending 12 batters to the plate in an eight-run inning.  Iowa benefited from four Milwaukee errors in the inning and the Hawkeyes got a two-run double from Wetrich along with RBIs from Jenkins, Cropley, and Elion.

Iowa scored its final run in the fourth when Wetrich led off the inning with a base hit to left field before scoring on Jenkins’ RBI single, making the score 12-2.

The Hawkeyes held Milwaukee scoreless until the ninth when the Panthers plated two unearned runs against reliever Grant Leonard.  Trevor Schwecke hit a two-run home run to left field with two outs, capitalizing on an Iowa fielding error.

Iowa used six pitchers in the game with freshmen Trenton Wallace, Jack Dreyer, and Ben Probst each logging two innings.  Dreyer (2-2) earned his second in, allowing two hits and fanning five.

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The Hawkeyes (24-13) return to action Friday, hosting Michigan for a three-game series this weekend. The Wolverines bring a 20-game winning streak — the second-longest streak in the nation — into Iowa City.

AMES, Iowa — The University of Iowa softball team dropped a 4-2 decision to Iowa State Wednesday afternoon in the annual Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series game at the Cyclone Sports Complex.

The Hawkeyes jumped on Iowa State early, plating two runs in the top of the first. Sophomore Lea Thompson hit a leadoff single and stole second during Aralee Bogar’s at-bat. The freshman reached base on a walk and the pair scored on a single by senior Angela Schmiederer.

The home team responded in the bottom frame, scoring two runs on two hits against Iowa’s Allison Doocy. The Cyclones scored two unearned runs in the third to go ahead, 4-2. Iowa saw four more runners reach base, but were unable to score any more runs.

Schmiederer led the Hawkeyes at the plate going 2-for-3 with a single, a triple, and two RBIs.

Doocy (12-12) took the loss in the circle. The sophomore allowed two earned runs on four hits and struck out three in four innings. Kenzie Ihle pitched two scoreless innings in relief, striking out one and yielding only one hit.

Iowa’s loss gives Iowa State two points in the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series. Iowa currently leads Iowa State, 13-12, with two academic points to be decided in May.

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The Hawkeyes hit the road for a weekend series at Northwestern beginning on Friday at 4 p.m. (CT). Game two of the series is slated for Saturday at 1 p.m. with the finale scheduled for Sunday at noon.

Graceland University in Lamoni will have a new Head Men’s Basketball Coach next season coming off their first ever NAIA DI Men’s Basketball National Championship this past season. Craig Doty has left the program to become the Head Coach at Emporia State University in Emporia, KS.

Doty lead the Yellowjackets to back to back 20+ win seasons including a 29-10 record this past season on their way to the National Title.

Graceland announced on Wednesday that Associate Head Coach Cory Hoff has been promoted to be the next Head Men’s Basketball Coach for the Yellowjackets effective immediately.

Hoff has been on the Graceland staff the past two seasons and prior to that spent four years as the lead assistant at Mesa Community College in Arizona.

Former Iowa standout point guard Jeff Horner has been named the new Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Truman State University in Kirksville, MO. He is set to be introduced to the campus community in a meet and greet this morning at 10:00am in the Student Union Building.

Horner comes to Truman State after a four-year stint at the University of North Dakota. He served as UND’s director of operations for one season before becoming an assistant coach from 2015-2018. Horner also had previous coaching stops at Grand View University as an assistant for one year and head coach at West Des Moines Valley High School for three seasons.

Horner is still Iowa’s all-time leader in assists and three-pointers made. He played professionally in four stops from 2006-2009 after his Iowa career.

Horner takes over the Bulldog program from Chris Foster who resigned to take the head coaching position at McKendree University. Truman State was 20-11 in the 2017-18 campaign.

The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union released the regional tennis pairings for singles and doubles competition on Tuesday. Regional play will be held on Wednesday, May 16th at 9:00am.

Most area teams will be in Class 1A Region 1, Region 2, and Region 3.

Class 1A Region 1 at LeMars: Bishop Heelan, Cherokee/Ridge View, Denison-Schleswig, Estherville Lincoln Central, LeMars, Spencer, Spirit Lake/Okoboji, Storm Lake.
Class 1A Region 2 at Shenandoah: Atlantic, Clarinda, Glenwood, Harlan, Red Oak, St. Albert, Shenandoah, Southwest Valley.
Class 1A Region 3 at Norwalk: Audubon, Ballard, Clarke/Murray, Creston/Orient-Macksburg, Kuemper Catholic/Carroll, North Polk, Norwalk, Saydel.

Full list: 2018-tennis-singles-doubles-regional-assignments

The Kuemper Catholic girls and boys golf teams came out on top of the CYO Golf Tournament on Wednesday in Fort Dodge.

Boys Team Scores

1. Kuemper Catholic 314
2. Bishop Garrigan 349
3. Ft. Dodge St. Edmond 351
4. Remsen St. Mary’s 353
5. Storm Lake St. Mary’s 436
6. LeMars Gehlen Catholic 451

Medalist: Jared Tigges, Kuemper Catholic, 76. Runner-Up: Nate Mertz, Kuemper Catholic, 76

Girls Team Scores

1. Kuemper Catholic 384
2. Bishop Garrigan 398
3. LeMars Gehlen Catholic 435
4. Bishop Heelan 453
5. Remsen St. Mary’s 461
6. Ft. Dodge St. Edmond 471

Medalist: Katie Schweers, Kuemper Catholic, 85. 3rd: McKenna Ludwig, Kuemper Catholic, 95

The Glenwood girls and Lewis Central boys came out on top at the Heartland Christian Golf Invite at Fox Run on Wednesday. Rachel Schafer of East Mills was the girls medalist with a round of 93. Bryson Duncan of Southwest Iowa was the boys medalist with an 80.

Girls Team Scores

1. Glenwood 409
2. CB Abraham Lincoln 438
3. East Mills 445
4. Lewis Central 449
5. Southwest Iowa 462
6. Woodbine 483
7. St. Albert 515
8. Boyer Valley NTS
9. Heartland Christian NTS

Girls Individuals

1. Rachel Schafer, East Mills 93
2. Zoe Moores, Southwest Iowa 96
3. Garret Reich, Glenwood, 100
4. Ellie Brown, Glenwood, 102
5. Taylor Elam, Lewis Central, 102

Boys Team Scores

1. Lewis Central 333
2. St. Albert 368
3. Southwest Iowa 369
4. Boyer Valley 438
5. East Mills 448
6. Woodbine 456
7. Heartland Christian NTS

Boys Individuals

1. Bryson Duncan, Southwest Iowa, 80
2. Jaden Doebelin, Lewis Central, 80
3. Owen O’Brien, Lewis Central, 82
4. Zayne Osborn, Southwest Iowa, 84
5. Tyler Huttman, Lewis Central, 85

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

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Marcell Ozuna hit a tiebreaking two-run single and Michael Wacha won his fourth straight start as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the New York Mets 9-1. Jedd Gyorko added a two-run homer for St. Louis, which has won nine of 11. Ozuna had just one hit in his previous 24 at-bats prior to a bases-loaded single to cap a three-run third inning that put the Cardinals in front to stay 3-1. Ozuna, who had struck out 23 times in his previous 20 games, finished 1 for 4.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Cardinals center fielder Tommy Pham was removed from St. Louis’ game against the New York Mets in the bottom of the third inning due to a head injury. Pham got a cut on his head before his second at-bat when he accidentally hit himself warming up in the indoor batting cage.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jhoulys Chacin efficiently mowed through the Kansas City lineup, Milwaukee manufactured four runs in the fourth inning and the Brewers went on to beat the Royals 6-2 for their eighth consecutive victory. Milwaukee’s bullpen combined for 3 1/3 scoreless innings, running its streak to 28 straight. Chacin did not allow a hit until two outs in the fourth. The veteran right-hander wound up allowing two runs on four hits and a walk while working into the sixth inning.