The Atlantic Girls Golf Team came away with a second place finish at the Southeast Polk Invitational on Thursday, May 12th at Copper Creek Golf Course in Pleasant Hill.

Team Scoring

1. WDM Dowing Catholic 319
2. Atlantic 340
3. Fairfield 359
4. WDM Valley 370
5. SE Polk 380
6. Newton 382
7. DM Roosevelt 409
8. Ankeny 421
9. Marshalltown 443
10. Indianola 444
11. DM East/Lincoln/North 465
12. Urbandale no team score

Individual Scores

Medalist: Allison Olberding, Dowling 76
3rd: Brooke Newell, Atlantic 78
5th: Erin Olsen, Atlantic 83
9th: Alyssa Ginther, Atlantic 85
Baylee Newell, Atlantic 94
Sarah Fixmer, Atlantic 98
McKenna DenBeste, Atlantic 104

Notes from Head Coach Kathy Hobson: “Because of an open playing date and assistant Marty spending a lot of time searching team schedules, we were able to add this tournament to our schedule.  It gave us an opportunity to match up with the best in the state (Dowling is currently ranked #1 out of all classes and the defending 5A state champ with all players back from a year ago) and the opportunity to play an unfamiliar course.  Very pleased with the outcome. Shooting a 340 on an unfamiliar course is great.  Our 2 losses thus far in our season have come at the hand of 2 of the top schools in the state (we got beat by Waukee, currently ranked #3 overall, earlier in the season at the WDM Valley tournament).  Playing tough competition can only help us become more competitive and focused on our game. Brooke Newell, Erin Olsen and Alyssa Ginther played right along with 3 of 5A’s top 11 individuals and Baylee Newell scoring in the mid 90’s was important for us.”

Class 1A Boys District Tennis @ Carroll

Atlantic Results

Singles

Alec Plagman 11 (Harlan) def Kaleb Flory 10 (A) 6-2, 3-6, 6-2
Andrew Troe 11 (Boone) def William Weppler 12 (A) 6-1, 6-3

Doubles

Caleb Williams 11/Luke Hohenberger 10 (A) def
Josh Cheek 11 / Kaleb Kaster (Harlan) 6-4, 6-0
Danny Anderson 12/ Ethan Patterson 12 (Boone) def
Caleb Williams 11/Luke Hohenberger 10 (A) 6-2, 6-3

Grant Podhajsky 10/Cooper McDermott 10 (A) def
Jackson Zehr 10/Mason Hulse 10 (Boone) 6-2, 6-7 (2), 6-4
Grant Podhajsky 10/Cooper McDermott 10 (A) def
Jaden Heiden 10/ Sam Weber 11 (Denison) 6-2, 6-5
*Podhajsky/McDermott qualify for State Tourney.
Danny Anderson 12/ Ethan Patterson 12 (Boone) def
Grant Podhajsky 10/Cooper McDermott 10 (A) 6-0, 6-3

Class 1A Boys District Tennis @ Shenandoah

Team Scoring

1. Glenwood 21
2. Creston 17
3. Clarke 10

Glenwood advances to Substate, Creston an Clarke dual in a Prelim Substate round Saturday.

Singles

1. Travis Miller, St. Albert 6-2, 6-3
2. Ryan Kucera, Creston

Both advance to state.

Doubles

1. Aaron Bertini/Adam Konfrst, Glenwood 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
2. Alex Chekal/Sam Lauritsen, Glenwood

Both teams advance to state.

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An official with the architectural firm FRK, in West Des Moines, and an Engineer from Snyder and Associates, in Atlantic, presented a final report Wednesday to the Atlantic School Board, on an Athletics Facility Assessment Study that began late last year with a steering committee being established. Afterward, engineers with Snyder and Associates in Des Moines and Atlantic toured the facilities to gain a design professional perspective on how the facilities can be improved, repaired, and on what needed to be done to make them ADA compliant.

A survey was then sent out to the community, with 25 having been returned. FRK’s Tom Wollan said round table and stakeholders sessions took place as well, with representatives of the community and others, to discuss issues related to the athletic facilities. Wollan pointed out there were several issues at the outdoor facilities that needed to be dealt with at some point in time.

Snyder & Assoc. Landscape Architect Tim West shows some options for ACSD athletic facilities.

Safety was a concern, especially at the baseball/softball complex. Wollan says they also looked at the “Spectator experience,” including how people gain access to the facilities, how they get into the stands, how the concessions and ticket booths are used, etc. He said as far as the indoor Athletic facilities are concerned, they are well maintained, but some areas could use fresh paint, a few repairs and updates. Wollan said overall, the Community Needs Survey showed the respondents thought the condition of the facilities was 20-percent Good, 52-percent Fair, and 28-percent Poor. And, the majority of those surveyed thought the Trojan Bowl should stay where it is, and not be relocated.

Snyder and Associates’ Landscape Architect Tim West, displayed several options for the school board to consider when it comes to improving the Trojan Bowl, including adding a new bleacher system with more home team and spectator seats, a new scoreboard, a visitor ticket booth and putting in a parking area along Olive Street. West said there aren’t as many improvements necessary to the High School Stadium, but they did look at upgrading the bleacher areas and adding seats.

Wollan also proposed a new “competition gymnasium” be added to the high school, with additional locker rooms and 500 seat capacity bleachers. The gymnasium would be added onto the current gym and multipurpose wrestling room. West said there’s no price tag yet for the proposed improvements, because the facilities’ committee is still trying to crunch the numbers. The improvements would likely be made over a period of years.

The Corner Conference held their Boys and Girls Golf Championships on Wednesday, May 11th at Fox Run Gold Course in Council Bluffs.

GIRLS

Team Scoring

1. Nishnabotna 459
2. East Mills 516
3. Southwest Iowa 532
4. Heartland Christian no team score

Individuals Scores

1. Jolean McClane, Southwest Iowa 106
2. Christine Rost, Nishnabotna 107
3. Zoe Moores, Nishnabotna 111
4. Maddy Moores, Nishnabotna 115
5. Megan Hossle, East Mills 124
6. Elayna Mincer, Nishnabotna 126
7. Zoey Courtier, East Mills 128
8. Rachel Schafer, East Mills 131
9. Kassidy Croghan, East Mills 133
10. Carly Almquist, Southwest Iowa 136
11. Kayla Myers, Heartland Christian 137
12. Anna Kraft, Heartland Christian 137

BOYS

Team Scoring

1. Nishnabotna 333
2. Heartland Christian 393
3. East Mills 411
4. Southwest Iowa 436

Individual Scores

1. Jared Williamson, Nishnabotna 78
2. Bryson Duncan, Nishnabotna 79
3. Kameron Wederquist, East Mills 82
4. Eric Charbonneau, Nishnabotna 84
5. Ryan Atchley, Heartland Christian 92
6. Austin McFarland, Nishnabotna 92
7. Lon Gray, Heartland Christian 93
8. Zayne Osborn, Southwest Iowa 98
9. Dylan Schroeder, East Mills 99
10. Cal Wise, Heartland Christian 99
11. Partrik Boucek, Southwest Iowa 106
12. Brett Bourland, Heartland Christian 109

The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union released regional girls soccer pairings on Wednesday.  Check out the full list of pairings here.

The postseason schedule is set up as follows:

Class 1A: First Round Tuesday, May 31st; Regional semifinals Friday, June 3rd; Regional final Monday, June 6th.
Class 2A: First Round Thursday, May 26th; Semifinals Tuesday, May 31st; Regional final Monday, June 6th.
Class 3A: First Round Saturday, May 28th; Semifinals Wednesday, June 1st; Regional final Monday, June 6th.

Each regional winner advances to the state tournament June 9-11 in Des Moines.

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Jaime Garcia allowed just four hits in seven innings to lead the St. Louis Cardinals past the Los Angeles Angels 5-2 on Wednesday night. Garcia (3-2) gave up two unearned runs and struck out eight to win his second straight start. He has yet to allow an earned run in 14 innings this month. Kevin Siegrist pitched a perfect eighth and Trevor Rosenthal retired the side in the ninth to complete the four-hitter.

The Cardinals scored four times in the second inning against Matt Shoemaker (1-5) to jump out to an early lead and never trailed. Stephen Piscotty, Yadier Molina and Randal Grichuk had two hits apiece to lead the offense. C.J. Cron hit a two-run homer for the Angels, who have lost five straight and nine of 11. The Angels have scored two runs or less every game during their current losing streak.

The Iowa High School Athletic Association released postseason pairings for Boys Soccer on Wednesday.  First round play in all three classes begins on Monday, May 23rd with the substate semifinals on Wednesday, May 25th and the substate final on Saturday, May 28th.  Winners will qualify for the state tournament June 2nd-June 4th in Des Moines.  You can see full brackets here.

The Rolling Valley Conference Boys Golf Championships were played on Tuesday, May 10th at Atlantic Golf and Country Club.

Team Scoring

1. Coon Rapids-Bayard 347
2. Glidden-Ralston 360
3. Charter Oak-Ute 384
4. Boyer Valley 391
5. CAM 392
6. Exira-EHK 398
7. Woodbine 420
8. Adair-Casey 523

Individual Scoring

1. Owen Pevestorf, Coon Rapids-Bayard 84
2. Colton Lenz, Coon Rapids-Bayard 86
3. Zach Lee, Coon Rapids-Bayard 87
4. Oliver Connor, Glidden-Ralston 87
5. Drew Olberding, Glidden-Ralston 89
6. Isaac McAllister, Coon Rapids-Bayard 90
7. Spencer Miller, Boyer Valley 90
8. Gage Lauritsen, Exira-EHK 90
9. Brady Danner, Glidden-Ralston 90
10. Clay Schmidt, Woodbine 91
11. Alec Hast, Boyer Valley 93
12. Jared Ewoldt, Glidden-Ralston 94