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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State says a lawsuit filed by a former star player against women’s basketball coach Bill Fennelly has been settled for $60,000.

Nikki Moody had sued Fennelly, the university and the state of Iowa for racial discrimination and retaliation, saying she was repeatedly called a “thug” and labeled a selfish player despite being the program’s career assists leader. A trial was set for September.

The school said Thursday that the Iowa attorney general’s office had reached a settlement agreement. Moody will receive $35,600, with the rest going to attorneys. The deal includes no admission of guilt by the defendants.

Fennelly had been dismissed from the lawsuit in April, one month after he agreed to a contract extension through 2022. He has been Iowa State’s coach for 22 seasons.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Adam Wainwright hit a two-run homer off Brandon McCarthy and pitched six innings of four-hit ball, leading the St. Louis Cardinals over the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-0 on Thursday for a four-game split.

Wainwright (6-3) struck out six and walked two, pitching out of two-on, one-out jams in the fourth and fifth, and extending his scoreless streak to 16 1/3 innings. Matt Bowman, Trevor Rosenthal and Seung Hwan Oh pitched an inning each to complete a five-hitter. Oh threw a one-hit ninth for his 13th save in 15 chances.

Wainwright followed Paul Dejong’s second-inning single with a drive over the left-field bullpen for his 10th career homer. Wainwright has six hits and seven RBIs this season.

McCarthy (5-2) gave up seven hits in four innings, struck out six and walked one.

Long-time Tryenor head girls basketball coach Gail Hartigan officially removed her name from consideration for continuing the post on Wednesday Night at a Treynor School Board Meeting.

Hartigan had previously decided that she wanted to step down and be an Assistant Coach with the program in order to transition slowly out of the coaching ranks.  She submitted that original resignation on April 20th.

That situation didn’t go as smoothly as was hoped and Hartigan then had  a momentary change of heart and asked to rescind her original resignation. The board had offered the job to former boys basketball assistant Joe Chapman but tabled that decision after Hartigan’s change of heart.

At Wednesday’s meeting Hartigan read a letter to the board explaining her thought process, and decision now to officially resign. The board accepted her resignation and will likely wait until their next meeting on June 19th to make a decision on a new coach.

Hartigan plans to continue as Treynor girls track coach. She finishes her basketball coaching career with a 710-172 record, including 14 state tournament appearances including last year’s state title game.

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The Big 12 and Big Ten Conferences announced some kickoff times for games throughout the upcoming college football season on Wednesday.

The Big 12 announced that the annual Iowa vs. Iowa State Cy-Hawk battle will be played in Ames on Saturday, September 9th with an 11:00am kickoff. The game will be televised by ESPN or ESPN2.

Also Iowa State will host Texas on Thursday, September 28th on ESPN with a kickoff of 6:30 or 7:00pm.

The Big Ten Conference announced that the annual day after Thanksgiving match-up between Iowa and Nebraska will be televised on FS1 with a 3:00pm kickoff.

Also Iowa’s Homecoming game against Illinois has been set for an 11:00am kickoff on Saturday, October 7th. The game will be televised on a network to be announced.

Iowa’s September 16th home game against North Texas will kickoff at 2:30pm and be televised by ESPN2.

Baseball

Hawkeye Ten Conference
Atlantic 10, Nodaway Valley 1 (Chase Mullenix 1 run on 3 hits and 2 RBI, Gratt Reed 2 runs on 2 hits.)
Denison-Schleswig 14, Southwest Valley 0
Glenwood 15, Abraham Lincoln 6
Harlan 14-10, Shenandoah 1-0
I-35 10, Creston 0
Red Oak 5, Sidney 4

Western Iowa Conference
Audubon 11, West Central Valley 6
IKM-Manning 7, East Sac County 6

Rolling Valley Conference
Exira-EHK 11, Glidden Ralston 0 (5 innings)
West Harrison 11, Boyer Valley 6

Pride of Iowa Conference
Lenox 9, Murray 5

Softball

Hawkeye Ten Conference
Denison-Schleswig 8, East Sac County 0
Sergeant Bluff-Luton 13, Harlan 3
Sidney 16, Clarinda 6

Western Iowa Conference
AHSTW 12, Charter Oak-Ute 1
Essex 17, Griswold 14
Logan-Magnolia 10, Abraham Lincoln 0 (5 innings)
Missouri Valley 8, West Monona 6
Underwood 13, East Mills 0

Rolling Valley Conference
Ar-We-Va 21, Woodbine 8
Coon Rapids-Bayard 14, CAM 4
Glidden-Ralston 4, Exira-EHK 2
West Harrison 10, Boyer Valley 4

Pride of Iowa Conference
Murray 16, Lenox 2 (6 innings)

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Dexter Fowler hit tiebreaking homer in the eighth inning to back Carlos Martinez and give the St. Louis Cardinals a 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers Wednesday night.

Martinez (4-4) allowed one run on four hits while striking out nine as he pitched into the eighth inning for his third consecutive start to help St. Louis snap a three-game losing streak.

Ross Stripling (0-3) lost for the first time since April 26 as he surrendered Fowler’s seventh home run of the season, a 429-foot shot to right-center field. The Dodgers saw their six-game winning streak end. Seung-Hwan Oh pitched a scoreless ninth for his 12th save in 14 opportunities this season.

Hyun-Jin Ryu returned to the rotation in place of Alex Wood after earning the save last Wednesday, May 24 versus St. Louis in his first career relief appearance. Ryu allowed one run on three hits in six innings in his first start since May 11 at Colorado.

The Atlantic Girls Golf team has repeated as Class 3A State Champions. The Trojans turned in a 350 on day two at at Lake Panorama National Golf Course in Panora to give them a two-day total of (+113) 689.  That gave them a 11 stroke win over New Hampton who shot 355 on day two to finish with a (+124) 700 two-day total.

Atlantic’s Brooke Newell also repeated as Runner-Up individually in Class 3A. Newell finished as the State Runner-Up after shooting a second round 76 for a two-day total of (+2) 146. Newell headed into the second day as the co-leader after shooting a (-2) 70 in the first round. Emily Snelling of Clear Lake was tied at the top with Newell after day one and followed that up with a (-1) 71 for a two-day total (-3) 141 to take the individual title.

Day 2 Atlantic Scores: Brooke Newell, 76. Baylee Newell 87. Alyssa Ginther 91. Sarah Fixmer 96. McKenna DenBeste 96. Mary Hayes 108.

Atlantic Totals: 2nd-Brooke Newell 146 (+2). 13th- Baylee Newell 175 (+31). T18th- Alyssa Ginther 183 (+39). 20th- Sarah Fixmer 185 (+41). T29th- McKenna DenBeste 196 (+52). T43rd- Mary Hayes 216 (+36).

Team Standings

Cedar Falls outdistanced the field with a 631 two-day stroke total to win the Class 5A Girls Golf Tournament at Colwater Links in Ames.

Maddie Hawkins of Dubuque Senior was the Individual Champion with a total (-1) 141. She shot a four under 67 on the second day to pull away for the title.