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Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz says college football has changed since he first joined the Iowa staff prior to the 1981 season and summer is a prime example. Iowa’s veteran players have been back for more than a week and first year players are scheduled to arrive today (Monday).
Ferentz said “The off-season and recruiting are our two biggest areas, but we had a handful of guys…more than a handful, back in the ’80’s. A lot of the guys in the two deep would stay here and train, but it’s just a whole different thing, and now you can mandate it if you choose to, so it’s just a whole different world.”
It means the players got about three weeks off from the end of semester exams. Ferentz says he likes the fact that they can watch their guys go in and train now, and “We’re feeding them now, so the guys are eating good food year ’round. The breaks…Thanksgiving break used to be a really good time for guys to have a chance to go home and recharge. That’s not coming back, that won’t change ever again in the future, so the calendar just gets squeezed. We’re really fortunate, I think, in that we’ve got a nice break after the bowl game, where the guys have a couple of weeks to get back home and do some things on their own.”
Ferentz says these days time off is limited to a few weeks after spring semester, a few weeks after a bowl game and spring break. Therefore he says, it’s important the guys get a chance to get off campus and go home or wherever they choose to go. “Those break,” he says “Are getting more and more limited by the year, it seems, so it’s just really important for them to have a chance, and this one worked out beautifully. They had three-plus weeks before they had to be back here.”
Iowa opens the season at home on September third against Miami of Ohio.
(Learfield Sports)
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Matt Holliday and Randal Grichuk homered, and the surging St. Louis Cardinals completed a three-game sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates with an 8-3 victory Sunday. Holliday and Yadier Molina each had three hits. Mike Leake reverted back to his mastery of Pittsburgh with seven effective innings for the Cardinals, who have won five straight games and seven of eight.
Leake had won seven consecutive decisions against the Pirates before losing his Cardinals debut at PNC Park on April 6. St. Louis entered this weekend series having lost 22 of its past 31 in Pittsburgh but won a series at PNC Park for the first time since 2012 and earned a sweep there for the first time since 2008.
Clarke 16, Atlantic 4 (6 innings)
Treynor 2, Atlantic 0
A-D-M, Adel 3, Ankeny Centennial 1
Clarke, Osceola 9, Treynor 3
Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 16, East Mills 4
Denison-Schleswig 16, Maple Valley-Anthon Oto 2
East Sac County 2, Newell-Fonda 1
IKM-Manning 15, Van Buren, Keosauqua 2
Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 5, East Sac County 4
Lenox 12, Stanton 2
Maple Valley-Anthon Oto 10, OA-BCIG 6
Murray 10, Red Oak 0
Murray 14, Clarinda 1
Newell-Fonda 10, Charter Oak-Ute 5
Nodaway Valley 19, Clarinda 3
Riverside, Oakland 9, East Mills 7
Sidney 11, Riverside, Oakland 6
Sidney 12, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 0
Sidney 16, East Mills 3
Sioux City, East 6, IKM-Manning 3
Spirit Lake 8, Westwood, Sloan 0
Van Buren, Keosauqua 10, Nodaway Valley 1
Western Christian 11, West Sioux, Hawarden 1
Westwood, Sloan 14, Mason City 4
Westwood, Sloan 9, Okoboji 3
Winterset 9, Woodward-Granger 3
Atlantic 11, Perry 5
Atlantic 6, Treynor 5
Assumption, Davenport 8, Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City 0 (Dowling Classic)
CAM, Anita 2, Red Oak 1
Davenport, Central 1, Lewis Central 0
Don Bosco, Gilbertville 7, St. Albert, Council Bluffs 2 (@ Dowling)
Glidden-Ralston 17, West Central Valley, Stuart 2 (4 INN)
Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 9, Coon Rapids-Bayard 1
Missouri Valley 18, West Central Valley, Stuart 0
South Central Calhoun 17, Missouri Valley 6
St. Edmond, Fort Dodge 10, St. Albert, Council Bluffs 2
Van Meter 3, Winterset 1
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Carlos Martinez pitched into the ninth inning for his third consecutive win and Matt Holliday had a three-run homer among his three hits as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-1 on Saturday night. The Cardinals won for the sixth time in seven games. Pittsburgh lost its fourth in a row.
Martinez (7-5) gave up one run and six hits in 8 1/3 innings before being lifted when the Pirates put runners on first and second with one out. Trevor Rosenthal got two outs for his 12th save in 14 opportunities. He blew a save in the ninth inning Friday night in a game the Cardinals eventually won 9-3 in 12 innings.
Martinez threw 122 pitches in an attempt to pitch his first career complete game in his 49th start. He struck out five and walked three. Before starting his winning streak, Martinez lost five straight starts. Holliday’s 10th home run capped a four-run fifth inning against Francisco Liriano (4-6).
In other Midwest MLB News…
Cheslor Cuthbert hit a pair of solo home runs, Danny Duffy pitched six shutout innings and the Kansas City Royals ended an eight-game losing streak, beating the Chicago White Sox 4-1 Saturday. Kendrys Morales also homered as the World Series champion Royals stopped their longest slide since May 2013.
The Kansas City Royals have recalled right-hander Dillon Gee from Triple-A Omaha. Left-hander Scott Alexander was optioned to Omaha on Saturday to create a roster spot. The 30-year-old Gee has appeared in 11 games with the Royals, including four starts.
Class 1-A Championship: Davenport Assumption 1, Iowa City Regina 0
Class 2-A Championship: Lewis Central 5, Pella 0
Class 3-A Championship: Ankeny Centennial 2, Iowa City West 1
ALL TOURNAMENT TEAMS
Class 1-A: Molly Gervase, Davenport Assumption; Kennedy Brown, Iowa City Regina; Abby Stephenson, Nevada; Kati Cassabaum, Nevada; Taylor Hiatt, Waterloo Columbus Catholic; Kiera Cabrera, Waterloo Columbus Catholic; Carly King, Davenport Assumption; Lauren Ronnfeldt, Iowa City Regina; Annie Argo, Davenport Assumption; Clare Gervase, Davenport Assumption; Jenny Wick, Iowa City Regina (Captain).
Class 2-A: Kelsey McSorley, Lewis Central; Katie Vander Molen, Pella; Katie Foy, Waverly-Shell Rock; Zoey Campbell, Waverly-Shell Rock; Jensen Froehlich, Bishop Heelan; Katie Glover, Bishop Heelan; Jessica Craigmile, ADM; Kiara Bradley, Pella; Allie Dmyterko, Lewis Central; Kayla Langstraat, Pella; Kayleigh Putnam, Lewis Central (Captain).
Class 3-A: Nahomi Lopez, Ankeny Centennial; Emma Cooper, Iowa City West; Macy Miller, Waukee; Taylor Gates, Waukee; Sydney Hayden, Cedar Rapids Kennedy; Annie Frerichs, Cedar Rapids Kennedy; Kate Johnson, Ankeny Centennial; Regan Steigleder, Iowa City West; Claire Dahm, Ankeny Centennial; Payton Pottratz, Iowa City West; Meg Brandt, Ankeny Centennial (Captain).
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Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pitcher Adam Wainwright, pinch-hitting because the Cardinals were out of positon players, hit a two-run, two-out double to spark a six-run 12th inning as St. Louis beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-3 Friday night. Wainwright batted for reliever Jonathan Broxton after Matt Carpenter drew a two-out walk from Juan Nicasio and Pirates manager Clint Hurdle decided to intentionally walk Alemdys Diaz to bring up Broxton’s spot in the order.
CHICAGO (AP) — Alex Avila hit two of Chicago’s season-high four home runs and the struggling White Sox beat Kansas City 7-5 on Friday night to give a shaky Chris Sale his major league-leading 10th win and the Royals their eight straight loss. The defending champions matched their longest losing streak since May 2013.
CHICAGO (AP) — Kansas City Royals hitting coach Dale Sveum was ejected in the seventh inning of Friday’s game against the Chicago White Sox. Sveum was tossed after Salvador Perez struck out to end the top of the seventh. It was his 14th career ejection and fourth as a coach.
CHICAGO (AP) — Kansas City Royals manager Ned Yost says he did not expect Yordano Ventura to be suspended nine games by Major League Baseball for his brawl with Baltimore third baseman Manny Machado this week. Machado was suspended four games and both players were fined an undisclosed amount on Thursday. Ventura is scheduled to start Sunday against the White Sox.
Ankeny 9, Creston 5
Atlantic 12, Murray 2
Burlington 2, Atlantic 1
East Sac County 4, Denison-Schleswig 1
Fremont-Mills 13, Essex 8
IKM-Manning 3, AHSTW 1
LeMars Gehlen Catholic 10, Sioux City, West 0
Logan-Magnolia 11, Griswold 0
Missouri Valley 9, Tri-Center, Neola 5
Newell-Fonda 7, Maple Valley-Anthon Oto 0
Sioux City, North 9, LeMars Gehlen Catholic 0
Treynor 3, Riverside, Oakland 0
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