ST. LOUIS (AP) — Baseball players with big wads of chewing tobacco in their cheek are now a thing of the past at Busch Stadium. The St. Louis Board of Aldermen voted Friday to prohibit the use of smokeless tobacco products like chewing tobacco, dip and snuff at all sports venues, including Cardinals games at Busch Stadium. The measure provides no exemption for players or anyone else on the field or in the dugouts.

The bill’s sponsor, Alderwoman Dionne Flowers, says it sends a message that tobacco shouldn’t be associated with sports. Busch Stadium becomes the 14th Major League Baseball venue where smokeless tobacco is banned. Last month, the city council in St. Petersburg, Florida, banned smokeless tobacco products at all organized sporting events, including Tampa Bay Rays games.

Drake 71, S. Illinois 60

N. Iowa 62, Evansville 36

Upper Iowa 63, Northern St. (SD) 56

ADM, Adel 53, Bondurant Farrar 20

Boyer Valley, Dunlap 61, Charter Oak-Ute 33

CAM, Anita 41, Coon Rapids-Bayard 28

Carlisle 63, Winterset 42

Central Decatur, Leon 92, Southwest Valley 37

Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 74, Atlantic 49

Denison-Schleswig 52, Clarinda 36

Des Moines Christian 62, West Central Valley, Stuart 34

Earlham 49, Woodward-Granger 43

Essex 67, Heartland Christian 26

Griswold 44, Riverside, Oakland 27

Harlan 60, Glenwood 38

IKM-Manning 68, Logan-Magnolia 61

Interstate 35,Truro 59, East Union, Afton 26

Lewis Central 74, St. Albert, Council Bluffs 31

Martensdale-St. Marys 48, Lenox 21

Murray 55, Orient-Macksburg 31

Panorama, Panora 45, Ogden 35

Red Oak 39, Creston 17

Shenandoah 55, Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 54

Sidney 51, Fremont Mills, Tabor 37

Sioux City, East 45, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 31

Treynor 64, Missouri Valley 28

Underwood 69, Audubon 44

Van Meter 59, AC/GC 33

Western Valley Conference Tourney
OA-BCIG 60, River Valley, Correctionville 36

Siouxland Community Christian 54, Ridge View 43

West Monona, Onawa 47, Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 18

Woodbury Central, Moville 42, Lawton-Bronson 40

ADM, Adel 64, Bondurant Farrar 59, OT

Audubon 51, Underwood 48

Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City 55, Sioux City, West 50

Boone 56, Carroll 52

Boyer Valley, Dunlap 68, Charter Oak-Ute 54

CAM, Anita 56, Coon Rapids-Bayard 43

Carlisle 76, Winterset 56

Central Decatur, Leon 66, Southwest Valley 50

Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 78, Bellevue East, Neb. 72

Creston 86, Red Oak 65

Denison-Schleswig 72, Clarinda 44

Des Moines Christian 78, West Central Valley, Stuart 39

Earlham 66, Woodward-Granger 49

Fremont Mills, Tabor 65, Sidney 50

Glenwood 74, Harlan 60

IKM-Manning 65, Logan-Magnolia 53

Interstate 35,Truro 63, East Union, Afton 44

Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 62, Shenandoah 56

Martensdale-St. Marys 74, Lenox 39

Murray 81, Orient-Macksburg 39

Panorama, Panora 71, Ogden 57

Pleasantville 61, Mount Ayr 43

Riverside, Oakland 48, Griswold 27

Sioux City, East 72, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 28

St. Albert, Council Bluffs 59, Lewis Central 50

Stanton 85, Clarinda Academy 72

Treynor 60, Missouri Valley 31

Van Meter 77, AC/GC 49

Wayne, Corydon 83, Bedford 75, OT

The Audubon Wheelers boys basketball team held on just enough down the stretch to beat Underwood 51-48 on Friday night in Audubon.  The Wheelers led most of the night but it took a three point miss by the Eagles at the end to seal the Audubon win.

Audubon led 25-20 in a very methodical first half that saw Tate Killeen score 14. Underwood star Isaiah Humphrey sat most a good portion of the game with foul trouble and ended up fouling out with a couple minutes left in the fourth quarter.  He finished the night as Underwood’s leading scorer with 10, well below his 23 point average.

Audubon led 38-32 at the end of the third quarter but the Eagles would rally to tie the game at 40 with 4:22 left to play. The Eagles would tie it once more but never took the lead.  Audubon ended up in the double bonus as Underwood was trying to play catch-up and the Wheelers made just enough free throws to win. They made it interesting though only making 14-30 from the line for the game. Jared Martin hit a three to close the gap to two with nine seconds left. Josh Lange then made one of two free throws to give the Wheelers a three point lead. Jared Martin then forced up a wild three well short and time expired with the Wheelers hanging on.

Audubon was led by Tate Killeen with 19 points and they improve their record to 10-9. The Wheelers next play Exira-EHK on Monday.

Underwood fell to 16-3 and now put doubt into their chance to share the Western Iowa Conference title, falling a game behind AHSTW.  The Eagles finish conference play Monday against Logan-Magnolia.

Listen to the full post-game interview with Audubon Head Coach Michael Strasko below.

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The Underwood girls basketball team built a lead over the Audubon Wheelers in the second quarter that they wouldn’t relinquish and put the game away in the fourth with a 69-44 win.

The Eagles built an 8 point halftime lead behind 16 first half points from Karley Larson.  They would keep the lead right around 8-10 points for much of the rest of the game before slamming the door shut in a 20-5 fourth quarter.

Larson finished with 25 to lead the Eagles, who improve to 14-6 on the season with the win. They next face Logan-Magnolia on Monday.

Audubon was led in the loss by Sydney Obermeier with 19 points and the Wheelers are now 9-10. The Wheelers have a meeting with Tri-Center on Tuesday.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa has brought back former offensive coordinator Ken O’Keefe as its quarterbacks coach. Hawkeyes coach Kirk Ferentz announced Friday that O’Keefe, who was his coordinator and quarterbacks coach from 1999-2011, will return next season to work with Iowa’s signal callers.

O’Keefe spent the past five seasons with the Miami Dolphins in a variety of offensive coaching roles. Before that, he was crucial in the successful careers of Hawkeyes quarterbacks Brad Banks, Drew Tate and Ricky Stanzi.

O’Keefe will work under offensive coordinator Brian Ferentz, who played on Iowa’s offensive line when O’Keefe was coordinator in the mid-2000s.

• The Iowa High School Athletic Association released the postseason boys basketball brackets today for classes 1A and 2A.  Check out the full brackets by following the links below.

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Iowa Hawkeye Senior Ally Disterhoft and sophomore Megan Gustafson combined for 45 points and 21 rebounds as the University of Iowa defeated Rutgers for a fifth consecutive time Thursday, 71-57, at home in front of 3,884 on Mediacom Court inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

Gustafson posted her 11th double-double of the season with 25 points and 12 rebounds (six offensive); she made 10-of-13 field goals. Disterhoft poured in 20 points with nine rebounds; she was 7-of-11 from the field. The Hawkeyes improved to 14-8 overall, 5-4 in the Big Ten Conference by winning their third game in the last four outings. Rutgers is 6-17, 3-7.

Aliyah Jeune paced the Scarlet Knights with 17 points. Up next for Iowa is a game at Michigan on Sunday beginning at 1 p.m. The Wolverines (18-5, 7-2) are undefeated in 11 home games this season and have won three in a row and five of their last six.

(Hawekyesports.com)