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With the state tournament ending over the weekend, the flood of all-state teams has begun.  The Iowa Sports Spotlight released their list Sunday.  In class 3-A Dalton Franken of Atlantic is a first team selection.  Trey Lansman of Harlan was a second team pick, while Derek Hall of Denison is on the third team.  In class 2-A, Brad Baudler of Nodaway Valley was a first teamer.  His teammate, Alex Welsch was a second team pick along with Sam Brincks of Kuemper Catholic and TJ Sterk of IKM-Manning.  Britton Barrier of Tri-Center was on the third team.  In class 1-A Ricky Williams of Riverside was a first team selection.  Adam Courtney of Guthrie Center was on the second team and Spencer Rochholz of Adair-Casey was a third teamer.

The Des Moines Register all-state teams include many of the same players.  In class 3-A Dalton Franken of Atlantic was a first team pick, with Trey Lansman of Harlan on the second team.  I class 2-A, TJ Sterk of IKM-Manning was a first team selection.  Brad Baudler of Nodaway Valley was on the second team.  Third team picks include Alex Welsch of Nodaway Valley, Sam Brincks of Kuemper Catholic and Britton Barrier of Tri-Center.  In class 1-A, Ricky Williams of Riverside was selected for the first team.

First Team
Dalton Franken, Atlantic, 12*
Sam Markham, Atlantic, 12*
Luke Neitzel, Creston, 12
Trey Lansman, Harlan, 11*
Cole Neary, Kuemper, 11
Grant May, Glenwood, 12
Derek Hall, Denison, 12
Alex Reed, Lewis Central, 12
*unanimous

Second Team
Tanner Johnson, Red Oak, 12
Sam Brincks, Kuemper, 11
Nathan Cave, Harlan, 11
Chad Christensen, Atlantic, 12
Colby Taylor, Creston, 12
Corey Bertini, Glenwood, 11
Briar Evans, Creston, 12
Pete Walker, Red Oak, 12

Honorable Mention
Stuart Hoegh, Atlantic, 12
Trey Thomsen, Creston, 12
Chris Halbur, Kuemper, 12
Gabe Ferry, Harlan, 11
Tyler Jensen, Glenwood, 12
Jose Perez, Red Oak, 12
Zac Johnson, Denison, 12
Lincoln Rodenburg, Lewis Central, 11
Dakota Woods, Clarinda, 12
Jordan Peterman, Clarinda, 12
Jackson Baker, Shenandoah, 11
Payden Anderson, Shenandoah, 10

DALLAS (AP) – Anna Prins scored a career-high 32 points and Iowa State advanced to its first Big 12 tournament championship game in six years, beating Oklahoma 79-60 on Sunday.  Chelsea Poppens, the other Iowa State senior starter, had 14 points and 10 rebounds in Dallas, Texas.

The Cyclones (23-7) trailed only once. After Joanna McFarland’s 3-pointer put Oklahoma up 10-7 less than 4 minutes into the game, Brynn Williamson’s 3-pointer opened a 17-0 run when five different Iowa State players scored.  McFarland and Morgan Hook had 12 points each for Oklahoma (22-10), which overcome a 22-point second-half deficit Saturday to beat West Virginia.

Iowa State, which kept a double-digit lead after that 6-minute spurt, plays No. 1 Baylor (31-1) tonight (Monday). The Cyclones were tournament champs in 2000 and 2001, and lost their last title game appearance to Oklahoma in 2007.

JUPITER, Fla. (AP) – Shaun Marcum and six Mets relievers combined on a three-hit shutout Sunday, propelling New York to a 3-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals.  Making his third start of the spring, Marcum allowed only one hit and didn’t walk anyone in 3 2-3 innings.  St. Louis starter Jamie Garcia was equally baffling to New York hitters. The left-hander threw five shutout innings, surrendering four hits and a walk.

The Mets scored in the eighth when Travis d’Arnaud drew a walk from Edward Mujica, moved up on a wild pitch and later came home on Jordany Valdespin’s single.  Jamie Hoffman hit a two-run double in the ninth.

JUPITER, Fla. (AP) – Cardinals manager Mike Matheny plans to leave the team after Sunday’s spring training game and return to St. Louis for surgery to repair a ruptured disk in his lower back.  Matheny expects to be back at spring training for Thursday’s game against Atlanta in Jupiter. The 42-year-old said early in spring training that the injury probably traces back to his days as a big league catcher from 1994-06.

The ruptured disk sends pain into his right leg, which became severe on Feb. 28 and caused him to skip the next day’s game against Houston at Kissimmee. An epidural injection on March 4 failed to relieve the pain.

Officials with the Des Moines Register, on Sunday, released more details on the 2013 RAGBRAI route, including those cities which the bicyclists will roll through, but not stay overnight. As mentioned earlier, the throngs of bicyclists begin Sunday, July 21st, by dipping their wheels in the Missouri River at Council Bluffs. From there, they will travel through the unincorporated town of Weston, and then on to Underwood, Neola, Minden, Shelby and Tennant. The first day’s leg of the journey ends with an overnight stay in Harlan.

When the bikers roll out Monday morning on their way to Perry, they’ll pass through Kimballton and Hamlin. Between Harlan and Kimballton, the bicyclists have a chance to make a swing through Elk Horn, as part of  “Karras Loop,” which takes them from Highway 44 down M-47 to County Road F-58 and back up to Highway 44.The Karras Loop was named for RAGBRAI Co-founder, John Karras.

Then it’s on to Guthrie Center, Springbrook State Park and Yale, before they roll into Dallas County. The journey ends on Saturday, July 27th, at the Mississippi River in Lee County, near Ft. Madison. The route is just under 407 miles long and the 15th flattest in RAGBRAI history.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Dan Stensland scored 14 points and Waverly-Shell Rock pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat Harlan 48-41 Saturday night and win the Class 3A boys state basketball championship.

Klinton Carlson added 13 points and Jake Velky 11 for the Go-Hawks (23-4), who held Harlan without a field goal for 8 1/2 minutes while taking control of the game and claiming its third state title.

Waverly-Shell Rock kept the game at a deliberate pace and it proved to be the right tactic in slowing down a Harlan.

Harlan was seeded eighth in the eight-team field but fought its way into the finals with upsets of top-seeded Vinton-Shellsburg and fifth-seeded MOC-Floyd Valley.