Success goes on for a pair of Griswold Track Girls at the collegiate level after sharing in some of the seasons of dominance by the Griswold Girls at the Iowa State High School Track & Field Championships.  During Coach Andy Everett’s tenure (2008 – 2015) the Tigers had a dominating run winning three State Championships (2011, 2012, 2013) and had one Runner-Up finish (2014).  At the state meet from 2009 – 2015 his teams went 5th, 4th, 1st, 1st, 1st, 2nd, and 4th, a remarkable seven year stretch.  He coached Rebekah Topham all four years who scored 147 points, more than anyone (boys and girls) in Iowa’s history at the state meet for all class divisions. Jordyn Sindt was also a huge contributor as she was on all three state championship teams and scored in relays, the 800, and the 400 Hurdles.

 

The 7:20-a.m. Sportscast w/Jim Field.

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A relatively new outdoor sport is beginning to gain traction in Iowa. It’s called FootGolf. Alex Rich of West Des Moines is working to promote the game. “FootGolf is a combination of soccer and golf. It’s more heavily related to golf. Just like the traditional round of golf, you tee off at the tee marker and (kick) the ball until you get it in the hole, in the least amount of strokes as possible,” Rich says.

FootGolf, which involves a soccer ball and a 21-inch diameter cup,  is growing in popularity throughout the United States. “I know the (U.S.) women’s soccer team just played Japan’s team in a charity outing for FootGolf, so it’s slowly picking up. I think it’s been around for about five years, but it’s starting to get that viral traction online and people are starting to hear about it,” Rich says.

There are now at least five FootGolf courses in Iowa that are registered with the American FootGolf League. Rich is helping open the latest course, located in Norwalk, later this month (May). The 27-year-old Rich is an assistant soccer coach for Urbandale High School and he plays with the Iowa State Soccer Club. Rich says FootGolf provides a way for kids to hone their soccer skills, but in a different setting.

“We’ve talked about having our high school varsity boys come out, just to get off the soccer field, have some fun with each other, as well as building skills…accuracy, distance, how to strike a ball, where to place it, and things like that all come into play when actually playing the sport of FootGolf,” Rich says.

The FootGolf course in Norwalk, located on the Warrior Run Golf Course, is slated to open in mid-to-late May. Iowa’s other FootGolf courses are located in Newton (Westwood Golf Course), Charles City (Cedar Ridge Golf Course), Davenport (Red Hawk Golf Course), and Muscatine (Muscatine Municipal Golf Course).

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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Max Scherzer pitched seven strong innings to beat his hometown team for the first time, and the Washington Nationals completed a three-game sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals with a 6-1 victory Sunday. Clint Robinson and Danny Espinosa hit back-to-back home runs, providing the power for Washington on a day when NL MVP Bryce Harper struck out all four times up.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Carlos Martinez was expected to start today (Sunday) against the Washington Nationals after leaving the team briefly to address a personal matter. The 24-year-old Martinez is the object of a civil lawsuit filed against him by a woman in West Palm Beach, Fla., near the team’s spring training site in Jupiter. General manager John Mozeliak said Saturday he was aware of the case.

(Top team scores listed by school district & timing) (Individual results listed by last name, first name, school district & timing)
Boys 4×800 M High School
1, Cedar Falls, 7:52.14.
2, Dowling C- WDM, 7:54.10.
3, Monticello, 7:58.88.
Boys 4×110 M SHR High School Preliminaries
1, Linn-Mar, 56.68q.
2, CR Kennedy, 57.27q.
3, Waukee, 57.84q.
Girls 1500 M High School Finals
1, Jenks, Stephanie, Linn-Mar, 4:32.02.
2, Noah, Julia, Urbandale, 4:36.09.
3, Prescott, Elyse, Urbandale, 4:36.78.

Girls 400 M Hurdles High School
1, Donahue, Carly, Pleasant Valley, 62.13.
2, Welch, Valerie, IC- West, 62.77.
3, Shellmyer, Skyler, Urbandale, 63.11.
4, Dean, Molly, Glenwood, 63.22. 5
Girls 4×100 M High School
1, CR Jefferson, 48.16.
2, Waukee, 48.39.
3, Wahlert, 48.72.
Girls 4×400 M High School
1, Pleasant Valley, 3:53.44.
2, Assumption, 3:53.51.
3, CR Jefferson, 3:56.28.
Girls 4×100 M SHR High School
1, Pleasant Valley, 62.39D.
2, IC- West, 62.96.
3, DSM- East, 65.52.
Boys 1600 M High School
1, Schweizer, Ryan, Dowling C- WDM, 4:14.65.
2, Sommer, Karson, Pleasant Valley, 4:16.02.
3, Schillinger, Sam, Cedar Falls, 4:20.73.
Boys 400 M Hurdles High School
1, Smith, Jacob, W Burlington/ND, 53.12.
2, Frost, JoJo, Center Point-Urbana, 53.73.
3, Barclay, Wade SE Polk, 53.80.
7, Daley, Brett, Treynor, 55.36.
Boys 4×100 M High School
1, Prairie- CR, 42.37.
2, Sioux City East, 42.74.
3, W Burlington/ND, 42.83.
Boys 4×400 M High School
1, Albia, 3:19.59.
2, Cedar Falls, 3:20.34.
3, Waukee, 3:21.07.
5, Lewis Central (Owens, Brantley SR, McMahan, Kenneth JR, Teply, Bailey SR, Fidone, Sal SR), 3:22.60.
Boys 4×110 M SHR High School
1, Linn-Mar , 55.68D.
2, CR Kennedy, 56.37.
3, Waukee, 57.04.

ST. LOUIS (AP) – Jayson Werth’s three-run home run capped a four-run first inning and Joe Ross had another stingy outing for the Washington Nationals in a 6-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday. Ross (3-0) allowed one run on six hits in six innings, raising his ERA to 0.79. He has given up only two runs in 22 2/3 innings.

Werth added an RBI single in the eighth, his fifth in the first two games of a weekend series and 10th of the year. Washington goes for a sweep Sunday after raising its record to 8-24 at 11-year-old Busch Stadium.

Opponents had been 2 for 13 with no runs in the first against Jaime Garcia (1-2) before the Nationals jumped on the lefty for four runs on three hits. Daniel Murphy had an RBI single before Werth hit his fourth over the left-field wall. Garcia struck out six and walked three in 6 1/3 innings.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Omar McLeod won the 110-meter hurdles at the Drake Relays in a world-leading 13.08 seconds Saturday. McLeod improved to 9-0 in indoor and outdoor races this season, a stretch that includes a world indoor title at 60 meters.

David Oliver was second in 13.31 and Hansel Parchment followed in 13.42 third in cold and rainy conditions. Reigning Olympic champion Aries Merritt, who competed in his first Olympic-style race since receiving a kidney transplant from his sister in September, was fifth in 13.61.

Kendra Harrison, the NCAA champion in the women’s 100 hurdles in 2015, held off the last two Drake Relays winners, Jasmin Stowers and Kristi Castlin, to win the 100 hurdles in 12.56. Castlin was second in 12.62, and Brianna Rollins third in 12.65.

The 7:18-a.m. Sportscast w/Ric Hanson.

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