BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) – Drake Robison held Northwestern to one run in seven innings, Jake Adams homered twice, and Iowa won the Big Ten Tournament for the first time with a 13-4 victory over Northwestern on Sunday. The fifth-seeded Hawkeyes (38-20) earned the Big Ten’s automatic NCAA bid and will make their second appearance in the national tournament in three years.

Robison (4-2), a senior used mostly as a reliever, limited seventh-seeded Northwestern to four hits and struck out six in the longest outing of his career. Adams homered in the seventh and eighth innings to increase his total to 27, tied with Morehead State’s Niko Hulsizer for the national lead.

Freshman Matt Gannon (0-4) didn’t make it out of the first inning as Iowa took a 5-0 lead. Northwestern (27-30) won eight of its last 10 and finished with 12 more wins than a year ago.

Class 1A

Class 2A

The Atlantic Boys Tennis Doubles team of Grant Podhajsky and Cooper McDermott finished eighth at the Class 1A State Tennis Tournament at Byrne’s Park in Waterloo on Friday and Saturday.

The duo won two of three matches on Friday. They defeated Gannon Courtright and Navin Martin of Fairfield, 6-2, 6-0 in the first round.  Lost to Kyle Marek and Jake Thompson of LeMars in the second round 7-5, 6-1. They then won a consolation match to more on to day 2 with a 6-0, 4-6, and 10-5 in a tiebreaker over Mark Mosher and Brody Echer of Ballard.

On day two Podhajsky and McDermott lost to Mason Hulse and Corhin Wafful of Boone 6-4, 5-7, 1-0 (7) in the Consolation Semifinals. That moved them into the 7th place match where they fell to Alex Hinrichs and Ryan Jasper of Cedar Rapids, Xavier 6-1, 6-0. That result left Podhajsky and McDermott with an 8th place medal on their successful season.

The Atlantic Boys Golf team stayed in 5th place after day 2 of the Class 3A State Golf Tournament at Spring Valley Golf Course in Livermore.  The Trojans were fifth after day one play and couldn’t inch up the leaderboard but the Trojans complete a very successful campaign.

Team Scores

Atlantic Scores: Jake Olsen was 14th with 80-79, (159). Ben Renaud and Nate Gifford finished in a four-way tie for 16th. Renaud fired a 77-83, and Gifford shot 80-80 for totals of (160). Matt Gearheart was 31st, with an 83-83, (166). Cyle Renaud, 85-83, (168). Zac Stork 82-90, (172).

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Minnesota pounded out 16 hits and blasted Iowa 9-3 Saturday to stay alive in the Big Ten baseball tournament. The Gophers (35-20) and Hawkeyes (36-20) will meet later Saturday in an elimination game.

Toby Hanson had four hits and three RBI for Minnesota, and Reggie Meyer (5-1) pitched eight innings of four-hit ball to pick up the win. The Gophers scored seven runs in the third and fourth innings to jump ahead 8-3 and chase Iowa’s Elijah Wood and Nick Nelsen. Wood (1-1) took the loss.

Mason McCoy hit a two-run homer to lead the Hawkeyes, who had beaten Maryland and Nebraska to open the tournament.

Tune in to KJAN at 8:30am this morning to hear from Atlantic Boys Golf Head Coach Ed DenBest, Girls Golf Head Coach Kathy Hobson,  and Tennis Head Coach Mike McDermott. They all have competitors at the State tournament now or next week! Next week we’ll begin our talk of Atlantic Baseball and Softball. The Softball team has their Hall of Fame game tonight against Exira-EHK and Michelle McLaren will be honored!

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Atlantic 8-12 Thomas Jefferson 2-0: Ally Anderson gave up four hits and two earned runs in the opener, then threw a one-hit shutout in the nightcap. Alexis Handel homered while Reagan Pellett had a two-RBI double. In the second game a bases-clearing triple by Alexis Derby broke the game open in the first inning.

AHSTW 13, Tri-Center, Neola 12
Bishop Heelan, Sioux City 1, Lewis Central 1
Bishop Heelan, Sioux City 13, Estherville Lincoln Central 2
Boyer Valley 5, AR-WE-VA, Westside 3
Chariton 6, Nodaway Valley 5
East Mills 10, Sidney 9 (10)
Exira-EHK 10, Coon Rapids-Bayard 0
Fremont-Mills 11, Essex 1
IKM-Manning 16, Riverside, Oakland 2
Interstate 35, Truro 2, A-D-M, Adel 1 (9)
LeMars 11, Charter Oak-Ute 5
Logan-Magnolia 7, Treynor 0
Martensdale-St Marys 15, East Union 0
Missouri Valley 10, Underwood 0
Red Oak 5, Lenox 4
Sioux City, East 3, Lewis Central 2
Southwest Valley 11, Clarinda 1
Van Meter 11, Harlan 1
West Harrison 9, CAM, Anita 2
West Marshall 11, Guthrie Center 3
Westwood, Sloan 9, River Valley 2
Woodbury Central 11, Maple Valley-Anthon Oto 5