NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Wacha recovered from a wild start to earn his first major league win and Allen Craig hit a three-run homer for the St. Louis Cardinals in a 9-2 victory over the staggering New York Mets on Tuesday night. Matt Holliday had three hits and the NL Central leaders took full advantage of a crucial error by new Mets first baseman Daniel Murphy, who was shifted over from second after slumping Ike Davis got demoted to the minors Sunday.

David Freese extended his career-high hitting streak to 20 games, longest in the National League this season, and Wacha even knocked in a run with a groundout for his first RBI. Omar Quintanilla homered for the Mets, who gave up seven unearned runs and lost for the seventh time in eight games.

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The Green Bay Packers have signed wide receiver Terrell Sinkfield, a speedy rookie who said he posted an astounding 4.19-second 40-yard dash at Minnesota’s pro day during the offseason. The transaction was announced Tuesday. Terms were not disclosed. With Greg Jennings gone and Donald Driver retired, Green Bay is rebuilding its receiving corps with James Jones, Jordy Nelson and Randall Cobb.

Sinkfield is a 6-foot rookie out of Northern Iowa who was waived by the Miami Dolphins late last month. At Northern Iowa, he had 76 receptions for 1,097 yards (14.4 avg.) and 10 touchdowns. Sinkfield was invited to Minnesota’s pro prospect workouts and was told his fastest 40-yard dash was 4.19 and his average over three was 4.33 — still elite speed in the NFL.

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) – Former Virginia guard Paul Jesperson has transferred to Northern Iowa.  Coach Ben Jacobson announced Tuesday that Jesperson will join the Panthers. He’ll sit out in 2013-14 and have two years of eligibility left.
 
Jesperson averaged 4.7 points for Virginia last season and shot 37 percent from 3-point range. He started 33 games in two seasons with the Cavaliers.  The 6-foot-6 Jesperson was The Associated Press player of the year as a senior at Merrill High in Wisconsin.

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AMES, Iowa (AP) – Iowa State track star Betsy Saina has been named the school’s female athlete of the year for the second year in a row. Saina won her third NCAA title last weekend, taking first in the 10,000 meters at the national outdoor meet in Fayetteville, Ark.  Saina also finished second in the 5,000 and fourth in the 3,000. 

Saina won eight Big 12 titles and earned All-America honors 11 times in her career. She is the fifth Cyclone woman to win athlete of the year twice. Golfer Scott Fernandez was named Iowa State’s male athlete of the year on Monday.

Atlantic 7, Denison-Schleswig 5

Carlisle 10, Carroll 1

Creston 10, Clarinda 0

Exira-EHK 12, Adair-Casey 0

Grandview Park Baptist 11, Orient-Macksburg 0

Grandview Park Baptist 18, Orient-Macksburg 1

Griswold 6, Riverside, Oakland 2

IKM-Manning 18, West Harrison 7

OA-BCIG 13, Maple Valley-Anthon Oto 1

Panorama 10, Coon Rapids-Bayard 6

Shenandoah 3, Glenwood 0

Treynor 4, Audubon 1

Tri-Center, Neola 5, Missouri Valley 4

Underwood 5, A-H-S-T, Avoca 1

Van Meter 18, Guthrie Center 1

Denison-Schleswig 10 Atlantic 6

Harlan 10 Lewis Central 5

Treynor 10 Audubon 0 (5 inn)

EHK-Exira 7, Adair-Casey 5

Griswold vs. Riverside (score currently not avail.)

Creston 13 Clarinda 3

Glenwood 3 Shenandoah 2

Red Oak Clarinda vs. Academy (n/a)

IKM-Manning 10 West Harrison 1

Nishnabotna Essex (na/)

Lenox 16 Stanton 3

Thomas Jefferson Fremont-Mills (cancelled)

Underwood 12 AHST 3

Missouri Valley 14 Tri-Center 5

MV/AO 6, OA-BCIG 2 (Game 1 ) MV/AO 7, BCIG 5 (Game 2)

Carlisle 1 Carroll 0

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State has named golfer Scott Fernandez as the school’s male athlete of the year. Fernandez was a first-team All-Big 12 selection this spring, and he earned second-team All-American honors from Golfweek magazine. Fernandez finished the year ranked 18th nationally after breaking the school’s single-season stroke mark at 71.27.

Previous male athletes of the year for the Cyclones include Fred Hoiberg, Marcus Fizer and Olympic gold-medal winning wrestlers Cael Sanderson and Jake Varner.

Class 4-A

1. Ankney
2. Iowa City West
3. WDM Valley
4. Cedar Rapids Xavier
5. Urbandale
6. Dowling Catholic
7. Fort Dodge
8. Johnston
9. Sioux City East
10. Des Moines East

Class 3-A

1. Bishop Heelan Catholic
2. Clear Lake
3. Benton Community
4. Davenport Assumption
5. Glenwood
6. Harlan
7. LeMars
8. Norwalk
9. Waverly-Shell Rock
10. Decorah

Class 2-A

1. Beckman Catholic
2. North Polk
3. Wilton
4. Roland-Story
5. Iowa City Regina
6. Cascade
7. Kuemper Catholic
8. St. Albert
9. Ogden
10. St. Edmond

Class 1-A

1. Newman Catholic
2. Van Meter
3. Twin Cedars
4. Don Bosco
5. Martensdale-St. Marys
6. Lawton-Bronson
7. Coon Rapids-Bayard
8. West Lyon
9. Hinton
10. Bishop Garrigan

1st Team

• Brooke Jensen*             Lewis Central      12      O
• Allie Dmyterko*            Lewis Central      9        O
• Michaela Ruis               Lewis Central      12      D
• Sara Gutschenritter      Glenwood            10      D
• Sydney Gutschenritter*  Glenwood            11      O
• Sydney Stivers*             Glenwood            11      O
• Ana Petersen                 Harlan                 11      O
• Dru Beach                     Harlan                 12      D
• Rachel Grossman        Kuemper              12      O
• Liz Yetmar                   Kuemper              11      D
• Maren McNees              Atlantic                11      GK
• *Unanimous Selection                    

 2nd Team                     

• Brandi Johnson            Lewis Central      12      O
• Sarah Homan               Glenwood            10      O
• Cheryl Kleffman          Harlan                 12      O
• Kayleigh Putnam         Lewis Central      9        O
• Gabby Lancial              Lewis Central      10      O
• Taylor Thomas             Lewis Central      10      D
• Jordyn Hanshaw           Glenwood            11      O
• Dannielle Finn               Glenwood            10      O
• Hannah Dentlinger       Kuemper              11      D
• Emily Mitchell               Atlantic                11      D
• Kristen Nakamoto        Glenwood            11      GK

Honorable Mention                        

• Katie Tigges                  Kuemper              10      O
• Nancy Nolasco              Denison                12      GK
• Megan Gettys                Harlan                 12      O
• Brenna Baker                Creston                10      D
• Hanna Luther               Creston                10      D
• Sadie Jones                   Creston                11      GK
• Melissa Wagner             Kuemper              11      O
• Sierra Pauley                 Denison                12      D
• Shelby Hawn                 Denison                12      D
• ReAnn Cappel              Atlantic                12      D
• Molly Brown                 Harlan                 12      GK