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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Kansas City Chiefs have released wide receiver Jeremy Maclin, cutting ties with one of the most high-profile free-agent signings made by general manager John Dorsey and coach Andy Reid.
The unexpected move Friday came after the Chiefs wrapped up the second week of voluntary workouts. Maclin had been a regular at the Chiefs’ practice facility this offseason, and he recently got married – with Reid and a number of his teammates in attendance.
Maclin was entering the third year of a $55 million, five-year contract with Kansas City. It was a deal that became especially costly when the Chiefs found guilty of tampering in their pursuit of him and were stripped of two draft picks and received a fine.
HOUSTON (AP) – Mitchell Boe, Iowa’s No. 9 hitter, had a pair of run-scoring hits and the Hawkeyes knocked off top-seeded Houston 6-3 in the first round of the Houston Regional on Friday night.
Robert Neustrom broke a 2-2 tie with an RBI single in the fifth for the No. 4 seed Hawkeyes (39-20), who will play Texas A&M on Saturday night. The Cougars (40-20) will face Baylor in an elimination game between former Southwest Conference foes.
Boe’s RBI double put Iowa up 2-0 in the fourth, and his single made it 5-3 in the eighth. Ben Norman, the No. 8 hitter, went 3 for 3 and scored two runs.
Ryan Erickson (4-3) gave up three runs – two earned – in five innings for the Big Ten Tournament champions. Josh Martsching struck out four over the final 2 2/3 innings for his eighth save.
Houston ace Trey Cumbie (10-2) allowed a season-high 10 hits in 5 1/3 innings, and three of the four runs against him were earned.
CHICAGO (AP) — Jason Heyward hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the eighth inning, and the Chicago Cubs snapped a six-game losing streak with a 3-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday.
Heyward also had an RBI double in the sixth and Kris Bryant homered as the Cubs washed away some of the sting from a winless road trip against the Dodgers and Padres. Anthony Rizzo reached four times and scored two runs a day after he got engaged.
Rizzo led off the eighth with a double over the head of rookie left fielder Magneuris Sierra. He moved up on Ben Zobrist’s grounder to third and scampered home when Heyward hit a fly ball to center against Trevor Rosenthal (1-2).
Pedro Strop (1-2) struck out Yadier Molina with the bases loaded for the final out of the Cardinals eighth, and Wade Davis finished for his 11th save.
Dexter Fowler homered for St. Louis in his first game at Wrigley Field since he signed with the Cardinals in the offseason. Sierra had an RBI single, and Lance Lynn pitched 5 1/3 innings of two-hit ball.
Fowler received his World Series ring during a pregame ceremony, drawing loud cheers from the crowd of 41,051 on a picturesque day at the iconic neighborhood ballpark.
State Girls Tennis began on Thursday, June 1st at the University of Iowa Tennis Complex. Here is a look at results for western Iowa players.
Class 1A Doubles
1st Round
Quarterfinals
Consolation 1st Round
Semifinals Friday
3rd Place Match Friday
Class 1A Singles
First Round
Quarterfinals
Consolation First Round
Consolation Quarterfinals
Consolation Semifinals Friday
7th Place Match Friday
Class 1A Team Semifinals Saturday
CHICAGO (AP) – The St. Louis Cardinals have recalled outfielder Magneuris Sierra from Double-A Springfield. The 21-year-old Sierra made his major league debut last month and hit .367 (11 for 30) in seven games before he was sent down when infielder Jhonny Peralta was activated from the disabled list. The speedy Sierra got the start in left field for Friday’s game against the Chicago Cubs.
Sierra takes the roster spot of infielder Jedd Gyorko, who was placed on paternity leave after Thursday’s 2-0 victory over the Dodgers. Gyorko’s wife, Karley, had a baby girl on Tuesday, named Brooklyn Ellee. Gyorko is expected to return to the team in time for Sunday night’s series finale.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – The Iowa Supreme Court has ordered a new trial in the case of a Muscatine high school baseball player who was injured when he was struck in the head by a foul ball during a game in Davenport in 2011. A jury sided with Spencer Ludman, finding Davenport Assumption High School partially responsible for his injuries and awarded him damages in excess of $1 million.
However, the Supreme Court on Friday concluded the trial judge should have allowed the school to present evidence that its dugout was of standard design and construction for high schools and that the jury should hear testimony about whether Ludman had a responsibility to be on the lookout for a foul ball.
The court ordered the case returned to Scott County for a new trial.
Class 1A Regional Semifinals
Region 1
Region 2
The St. Albert Boys Soccer team was the lone Southwest Iowa participant in the State Soccer Tournament which began on Thursday for all three classes. The Falcons came up short against Gilbert in the Quarterfinal round with a 2-1 loss at Cownie Soccer Complex in Des Moines. The Falcons finish the season with a record of 11-11.
2017 Iowa High School Softball Rankings
Compiled by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union
Thursday, June 1, 2017
Class 1A
| School | Record | LW | |
| 1 | Kee High | 6-0 | 1 |
| 2 | Arkon-Westfield | 7-0 | 2 |
| 3 | Newell-Fonda | 7-1 | 5 |
| 4 | North Butler | 4-1 | 3 |
| 5 | Martensdale-St. Marys | 3-1 | 4 |
| 6 | West Sioux | 4-1 | 8 |
| 7 | Colfax-Mingo | 5-1 | 6 |
| 8 | Westwood | 6-2 | 9 |
| 9 | Sigourney | 5-2 | 15 |
| 10 | Belle Plaine | 2-1 | 7 |
| 11 | Murray | 6-1 | 13 |
| 12 | AGWSR | 3-2 | 10 |
| 13 | Glidden-Ralston | 5-0 | NR |
| 14 | Wayne | 3-5 | 11 |
| 15 | Calamus-Wheatland | 4-1 | 12 |
Dropped Out: Exira/EHK (14)
Class 2A
| 1 | Interstate 35 | 4-0 | 3 |
| 2 | Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont | 4-2 | 2 |
| 3 | North Union | 6-0 | 4 |
| 4 | CMB | 3-2 | 1 |
| 5 | Durant | 3-2 | 5 |
| 6 | Iowa City Regina | 3-0 | 7 |
| 7 | Central Springs | 5-0 | 8 |
| 8 | Waterloo Columbus Catholic | 4-1 | 6 |
| 9 | Logan-Magnolia | 7-1 | 11 |
| 10 | Pella Christian | 2-1 | 9 |
| 11 | Highland | 3-0 | 12 |
| 12 | Alta-Aurelia | 7-0 | NR |
| 13 | Lisbon | 6-0 | NR |
| 14 | Treynor | 3-1 | NR |
| 15 | Cascade | 5-3 | 13 |
Dropped Out: Underwood (10), Van Meter (14), Wapello (15)
Class 3A
| 1 | Davenport Assumption | 4-1 | 1 |
| 2 | Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley | 4-0 | 3 |
| 3 | Solon | 5-1 | 2 |
| 4 | Humboldt | 4-0 | 4 |
| 5 | Atlantic | 5-0 | 7 |
| 6 | Center Point-Urbana | 4-2 | 5 |
| 7 | West Delaware | 7-1 | 6 |
| 8 | Union | 5-0 | 9 |
| 9 | Sioux Center | 2-1 | 8 |
| 10 | Beckman Catholic | 4-0 | 10 |
| 11 | Mount Vernon | 6-0 | 11 |
| 12 | North Polk | 6-1 | 12 |
| 13 | PCM | 4-0 | NR |
| 14 | Spirit Lake | 6-1 | 14 |
| 15 | Albia | 5-2 | 13 |
Dropped Out: Central Decatur (15)
Class 4A
| 1 | Oskaloosa | 6-0 | 1 |
| 2 | Fairfield | 6-0 | 2 |
| 3 | Benton | 9-0 | 8 |
| 4 | Burlington | 4-2 | 3 |
| 5 | Winterset | 5-1 | 9 |
| 6 | Bishop Heelan | 6-1 | 6 |
| 7 | Perry | 4-2 | 5 |
| 8 | Sergeant Bluff-Luton | 9-0 | 14 |
| 9 | Mount Pleasant | 3-1 | 10 |
| 10 | ADM | 4-2 | 12 |
| 11 | Boone | 4-2 | 11 |
| 12 | Carlisle | 5-3 | 4 |
| 13 | Keokuk | 2-2 | 7 |
| 14 | North Scott | 5-2 | NR |
| 15 | Cedar Rapids Xavier | 4-3 | 13 |
Dropped Out: Lewis Central (15)
Class 5A
| 1 | Cedar Rapids Jefferson | 8-0 | 4 |
| 2 | West Des Moines Valley | 6-1 | 2 |
| 3 | Pleasant Valley | 3-1 | 1 |
| 4 | Indianola | 5-0 | 5 |
| 5 | Urbandale | 3-1 | 2 |
| 6 | Waukee | 2-1 | 9 |
| 7 | Davenport West | 2-0 | 8 |
| 8 | Johnston | 3-0 | 10 |
| 9 | Cedar Rapids Kennedy | 4-2 | 6 |
| 10 | Fort Dodge | 5-2 | 7 |
| 11 | Ottumwa | 4-0 | 11 |
| 12 | Dowling Catholic | 3-1 | 12 |
| 13 | Linn-Mar | 5-1 | NR |
| 14 | Dubuque Hempstead | 6-1 | 14 |
| 15 | Bettendorf | 3-2 | NR |
Dropped Out: Cedar Rapids Prairie (13), Iowa City West (15).
Baseball
Boyer Valley, Dunlap 7, Whiting 4
CAM, Anita 10, Stanton 0 (5 innings)
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 13, Sioux City, East 10 (5 innings, called due to darkness)
Denison-Schleswig 2, Clarinda 1
Glenwood 9, Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 7
Harlan 10, Creston 0 (6 innings)
Harlan 17, Creston 7 (5 innings)
Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 4, Glenwood 3
Lewis Central 14, Red Oak 1
Madrid 15, ACGC 5 (5 innings)
Madrid 8, ACGC 0
Martensdale-St. Marys 13, Interstate 35, Truro 2 (5 Innings )
Missouri Valley 10, Audubon 3
Mount Ayr 13, Bedford 7
Pleasantville 11, Wayne, Corydon 1 (6 innings)
Pocahontas Area 6, Coon Rapids-Bayard 4
Saydel 15, Carroll 0
Seymour 7, Orient-Macksburg 5
Sioux City, East 5, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 4
Treynor 4, AHSTW, Avoca 0
Tri-Center, Neola 3, Riverside, Oakland 0
Underwood 15, IKM-Manning 2
Van Meter 14, Panorama, Panora 0
Van Meter 33, Panorama, Panora 1
West Central Valley, Stuart 14, Woodward Academy 0
West Central Valley, Stuart 17, Woodward Academy 6
Softball
Atlantic 4, Exira-EHK 0 (WP: Ally Anderson: 0 runs, 0 walks, 3 hits, 8 K’s. Alyssa Derby 3 RBI Single in 4th)
ACGC 8, Madrid 3
Madrid 12, ACGC 9
Carroll 10, Saydel 6
Denison-Schleswig 11, Clarinda 0
Denison-Schleswig 7, Clarinda 6
Glenwood 7, Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 4
Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 11, Glenwood 6
IKM-Manning 7, Underwood 6
Lenox 3, Southwest Valley 0
Lewis Central 11, Red Oak 0
Lewis Central 18, Red Oak 7
Logan-Magnolia 14, Griswold 3
Martensdale-St Marys 2, Interstate 35, Truro 0
Missouri Valley 10, Audubon 0
OA-BCIG 3, River Valley 2
Stanton 10, CAM, Anita 7
Treynor 9, AHSTW 2
Tri-Center, Neola 6, Riverside, Oakland 2
Tri-County, Thornburg 4, Grinnell 0
Van Meter 12, Panorama 5
Van Meter 8, Panorama 5
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