Iowa came up short in the Big Ten Championship game in Omaha.

That’s John Leo and John Evans with the call on the Hawkeye Network. Maryland used two fifth inning homers to take command in a 4-0 victory. The Hawks were limited to five hits and hit into three double plays.

Iowa associate head coach Marty Sutherland says the Hawkeyes squandered too many scoring chances early.

The Hawkeyes were blanked after scoring 29 runs in three first three tournament games.

The Hawkeyes are 42-14 and find out tomorrow where they are headed for the NCAA Tournament.

The Clarinda doubles team of Taylor Cole and Mayson Hartley finished in 7th place at the Class 1A Girls State Doubles Tournament on Saturday in Waterloo. They started the second day with a loss in the consolation semifinals to Haley Gossman and Annalise Skrade of Decorah 6-3,6-4. Then in the 7th place match they defeated Ruby Smith and Isabel Tobin of Cedar Rapids Xavier 6-3, 6-4.

SOFTBALL

Clarinda Tournament

Clarinda 10, Essex 4
Earlham 11, Clarinda 8
Earlham 12, Essex 0
Missouri Valley 10, Thomas Jefferson 3
Missouri Valley 16, West Central Valley 1
5th Place: Thomas Jefferson 9, Essex 8
3rd Place: Clarinda 13, West Central Valley 11 (9 inn)
Championship: Missouri Valley 2, Earlham 0

ACGC Tournament

Riverside 9, ACGC 2

Ogden Tournament
Kuemper Catholic 14, Ogden 5
Gilbert 11, Kuemper Catholic 3
Des Moines Christian 7, Kuemper Catholic 1

Bishop Heelan Tournament
Lawton-Bronson 12, Underwood 6
Sioux Center 12, Underwood 5
MOC-Floyd Valley 11, LeMars 6
West Monona 6, LeMars 3
MOC-Floyd Valley 11, Bishop Heelan 6
MOC-Floyd Valley 7, Bishop Heelan 6

MVACOU Tournament
Logan-Magnolia 7, Woodbine 6 (10 inn)
Woodbine 10, Hinton 3
Logan-Magnolia 9, MVAOCOU 5

BASEBALL

CB Thomas Jefferson 12 Union 5
Denison-Schleswig 13, Alburnett 9
Southeast Polk 9, CB Abraham Lincoln 0
Southeast Polk 5, CB Abraham Lincoln 1

(Omaha, Nebraska) – The Iowa Hawkeyes baseball team clobbered Michigan Saturday morning, in Omaha, and advanced to the Big 10 Championship game this (Sunday) afternoon. Ty Langenberg, from Urbandale, tossed seven brilliant innings with zeroes on the scoreboard while waiting for his offense to heat up, then watched as the Iowa bats chipped in with the necessary insurance to remove all tension.

That productive blend propelled the Hawkeyes to a 5-0 win and a spot in Sunday’s championship game, where Iowa (42-13) will face regular-season champion Maryland at 2 p.m.

The Terps are headed back to the Big Ten Tournament Championship Game for the first time since 2015 after beating fourth-seeded Nebraska, 4-2, Saturday afternoon at Charles Schwab Field Omaha. They  reached their second-ever B1G Tournament final, winning 40 games in a season for the fourth time in program history and the second year in a row

Atlantic alum Gratt Reed has advanced to the NCAA Men’s Track and Field Championships in two events. Reed was part of the fifth-fastest 4×100 Meter Relay team in Iowa program history to move on to the next round. Reed was joined by Kalen Walker, Austin Kresley, and DeAndre Stapleton Jr. to run a time of 39.19. It’s the relay’s 10th strat qualification for the championships, the longest current streak in D1 track and field.

Reed also qualified to head to Austin, Texas in the 110M Hurdles. He ran a time of 13.69 in the quarterfinals on Friday to advance on to nationals.

The Hawkeyes wrap up their NCAA West Preliminaries on Saturday and will then prep for nationals June 7-10th in Austin, Texas.

SOFTBALL

Ballard 12, Atlantic 4
AHSTW 20, Riverside 10
Audubon 6, Treynor 4
Coon Rapids-Bayard 12, Boyer Valley 1
East Union 16, Lenox 5
Estherville-Lincoln Central 7, Lewis Central 0
Fremont-Mills 15, Red Oak 4
Glidden-Ralston 8, Ar-We-Va 0
Griswold 12, Stanton 5 (G: Joanna Reynolds 3 hits, 3 RBI, I run scored)
LeMars 15, Lewis Central 7
Logan-Magnolia 11, Underwood 1
Martensdale-St. Marys 11, Southwest Valley 1
Missouri Valley 2, MVAOCOU 0
Mount Ayr 13, Central Decatur 12
St. Albert 4, Westwood 2
Wayne 10, Nodaway Valley 0

BASEBALL

Red Oak 10, Atlantic 4
AHSTW 11, Riverside 5
Bedford 4, Southeast Warren 2
Clarinda 3, Glenwood 2
Denison-Schleswig 6, Maquoketa 5
Glidden-Ralston 4, Ar-We-Va 2
Harlan 10, Bishop Heelan 7
Kingsley-Pierson 10, St. Albert 0
Lenox 16, East Union 1
Lewis Central 10, Urbandale 0
Logan-Magnolia 6, Underwood 5
Martensdale-St. Marys 15, Southwest Valley 1
Mount Ayr 10, Central Decatur 1
Sindey 5, East Mills 4
Stanton 9, Griswold 5
Treynor 7, Audubon 6
Wayne 4, Nodaway Valley 4
West Harrison 12, Exira-EHK 0
Woodward-Granger 4, Carroll 3

The Clarinda doubles team of Mayson Hartley and Taylor Cole advanced on to the second day of play at the Class 1A Girls State Singles and Doubles Tennis Tournament. They were the only area players to move their way into the medal round on Friday at Byrnes Park in Waterloo.

In 1A singles play Lanee Olsen of Lewis Central lost in the first round to Ali Schuchmann of Cedar Rapids Xavier 5-7, 4-6. She then lost to Ishita Mukadam of Maharishi 4-6, 1-6 in. the consolation bracket.

Also in singles play Landry Miller of St. Albert lost in the first round to Avery Link of Cedar Rapids Xavier 2-6, 2-6. She then was knocked out in consolation play 5-7, 4-6 to Kaitlyn Zugay of Ballard.

In doubles play Taylor Cole/Masyon Hartley of Clarinda defeated Paige Owens/Isabelle Pierce of Central DeWitt 1-6, 7-5, 6-4. They then lost in the second round to Presley Blommers/Lucy Roach of Oaskaloosa 4-6, 3-6. In second round consolations Cole/Hartley advanced with a 6-1, 7-5 win over their teammates Brooke Brown and Avery Walter.

Brown and Walter reached that second round consolation match after falling in the first round 0-6, 1-6 to Avery Hogan/Kate Holton of Columbus Catholic. They then won their first round consolation 6-3, 6-3 over Alloree Else/Lily VanDusseldorp of Pella.

Check out all the state tennis results HERE

The Sioux City Musketeers of the USHL have hired a new General Manager from within the organization. Sean Clark has been with the Musketeers since 2018 and most recently served as Director of Scouting.

During the last five years nine Musketeers have been taken in the NHL Draft, including three in the second round.
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Clark also had a big say in this year’s draft thanks to former G.M. Troy Ward.
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Ward resigned after being named the associate head coach at Minnesota State in Mankato.

Iowa baseball coach Rick Heller was mulling over his pitching options as the Hawkeyes get ready for Saturday morning’s semifinal round of the Big Ten Tournament in Omaha. Iowa plays Indiana of Michigan beginning at 9-a.m.,  and with a victory would advance to Sunday’s title game. A loss this morning would force a second semifinal game Saturday night.

Marcus Morgan started Tuesday’s win over Michigan and Brody Brecht started Thursday’s win over Indiana. Third starter Ty Langenberg is ready to go.

Heller says they are discussing options.

Heller says one option would be to save Langenberg for the fourth game and use the bullpen Saturday morning.