NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — The NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Iowa Speedway has been postponed until 10 a.m. CDT Sunday because of rain. The race was set to begin at 7 p.m. Saturday night, but rain began falling about 40 minutes before the scheduled start. Workers were nearly finished drying the track before it started to rain again, forcing officials to push the race back a day. Austin Dillon will start first after winning the pole for the third week in a row, followed by Sam Hornish Junior, Brian Scott and Brian Vickers.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Two Iowa baseball players and an incoming Hawkeyes freshman have been selected in the Major League Baseball draft. Senior pitchers Andrew Hanse and Matt Dermody and freshman outfielder Kendall Coleman were all taken by major league clubs on Saturday.

Coleman, a Texas native set to join Iowa in the fall, was taken by the New York Yankees in the 11th round. Hanse, who grew up in Marion, was selected by Tampa Bay in the 22nd round. Dermody, a Norwalk native, was taken for the fourth time in his career when Toronto picked him in the 29th round.

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NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — This weekend’s NASCAR Nationwide race in Iowa promises to be a rare treat for series regulars. The 0.875-mile oval has always been a favorite among the drivers and today’s (Saturday’s) race is as good a chance as any for a series regular to score a victory.

Joey Logano is the lone Sprint Cup driver scheduled to race at Iowa. Though Logano is coming off a win at Dover last weekend, it appears likely that a Nationwide driver could win for just the third time in 12 starts this season.

Baseball

Carlisle 2, Winterset 0
Coon Rapids-Bayard 13, Woodward Academy 1 (5 innings)
Essex 6, Stanton 5
Fremont-Mills, Tabor 5, Sidney 4 ((10))
Harlan 10, LeMars 5
Interstate 35, Truro 11, Bedford 1
Martensdale-St. Marys 22, Corning 1
Missouri Valley 5, Griswold 4
Nishnabotna 6, Clarinda Academy 5
Treynor 6, Underwood 1
Tri-Center, Neola 13, Audubon 1 (5 innings)

IKM-Manning 11, Woodbine/Boyer Valley 1 (5 innnings)

Softball

Bondurant-Farrar 8, Atlantic 2
Central Decatur, Leon 11, Nodaway Valley 5
Charter Oak-Ute 10, West Monona 0
Creston 12, Griswold 0
Creston 5, Bishop Heelan, Sioux City 3
Denison-Schleswig 5, Logan-Magnolia 0
Exira-EHK 14, Woodbine 6
Grandview Park Baptist 15, West Central Valley, Stuart 2
Lenox 16, CAM, Anita 0
Lewis Central 4, Madrid 3
Maple Valley-Anthon Oto 8, Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 5
Martensdale-St Marys 18, Corning 6
North Polk 5, Carroll 4
Treynor 8, Underwood 2
Villisca 8, East Mills 6
Winterset 5, Lewis Central 2
Winterset 9, Woodward-Granger 2

     CINCINNATI (AP) – Adam Wainwright pitched seven innings for his ninth win, and every Cardinals starter had a hit in a 9-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Friday night that gave St. Louis a four-game lead in the NL Central, its biggest of the season.
 
     Wainwright (9-3) gave up two runs and seven hits as the Cardinals improved the major leagues’ best record to 40-21.
 
     Slumping Pete Kozma drove in three runs, David Freese and Jon Jay knocked in two apiece, and four Cardinals extended long hitting streaks against a pitching staff in a downturn. Mike Leake (5-3) lasted only five innings for the Reds, who have given up 26 runs while losing their last three games.
 
     St. Louis has won the last four series between the teams.

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 Hawkeye 10

• Lewis Central 8, Atlantic 1
• Clarinda 2, Shenandoah 0
• Creston 10, Red Oak 0
• Harlan 1, Underwood 0

 Others

• Audubon 7, Guthrie Center 3
• Stanton 9 Nishnabotna 2
• Villisca 15, Fremont-Mills 10
• Treynor 6, Logan-Magnolia 4
• Corning 3, East Union 1
• Lenox 15, Bedford 13
• Glidden-Ralston 4, Orient-Macksburg 2
• Carroll 11, IKM-Manning 9

Hawkeye 10

• Shenandoah 14, Clarinda 1 (5 inn)
• Creston 11, Red Oak 0
• Kuemper Catholic 7, Denison-Schleswig 3

 Others

• Guthrie Center 15, Audubon 3
• Underwood 12, Boyer Valley 2
• CAM 11, Adair-Casey 3
• Glidden-Ralston 14, Orient-Macksburg 4
• Fremont-Mills 15, Villisca 0
• Sidney 19, Clarinda Academy 5 (5 inn)
• Underwood 12, Boyer Valley-Woodbine 2
• Carroll 15, Greene County 3
• Coon Rapids-Bayard 11, Madrid 1 (5innings)
• Abraham Lincoln 4-5, Sioux City, West 3-2
• East Union 10, Corning 0
• Nishnabotna 16, Stanton 0

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Twelve past champions are scheduled to play in the U.S. Senior Open that will be held next month at Omaha Country Club.  The U.S. Golf Association on Thursday announced 78 of the 156 spots have been filled. Remaining spots will be taken by golfers who advance in sectional qualifying later this month and by eligible winners of official PGA Tour and Champions Tour events in the weeks remaining before the Senior Open.
 
Returning champions are 2012 winner Roger Chapman, Olin Browne (2011), Brad Bryant (2007), Allen Doyle (2005, 2006), Dave Eichelberger (1999), Fred Funk (2009), Hale Irwin (1998, 2000), Peter Jacobsen (2004), Bernhard Langer (2010), Graham Marsh (1997), Don Pooley (2002) and Eduardo Romero (2008).
 
Other familiar names are Colin Montgomerie, Mark Calcavecchia, Fred Couples, Tom Kite, and Tom Watson.