Michael Schull held Atlantic to 1 run in 4 1/3 innings of work and the Clarinda Cardinals racked up 12 hits on their way to a 12-3 win over Atlantic on Thursday night in Griswold.

The Cardinals jumped on top early with 2 runs in the first. Atlantic pushed one across in the bottom of the inning but the Cardinals followed with 4 in the second and 3 more in the third to lead 9-1 after 3. Clarinda cruised to the win from there with the Trojans only threatening a big inning in the 5th when they scored two and left 3 on base.

Schull got the win with 6 strikeouts and never faced more than four batters in an inning. Cooper Neal came on to get the save and finished with 4 strikeouts.

Dayton Templeton took the loss for Atlantic going just two frames before Brody O’Brien came on to finish the rest of the game. Ethan and Grant Sturm had two hits each on the night and Grant scored two runs.

The Trojans fall to 1-2 and will get ready to face a tough St. Albert team on Monday night. We’ll have that game on KJAN.

Clarinda improves to 2-1 on the season and will travel to face Denison-Schleswig Friday.

2020 SECOND Softball Rankings
Compiled by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union
Thursday, June 18

Class 1A
School Record LW
1 Collins-Maxwell 2-1 1
2 Newell-Fonda 2-0 2
3 Clarksville 2-0 3
4 Wayne 3-0 4
5 Algona Bishop Garrigan 1-1 5
6 Lynnville-Sully 3-0 6
7 Newman Catholic 3-0 7
8 LeMars Gehlen Catholic 2-0 11
9 AGWSR 1-1 9
10 Akron-Westfield 2-0 12
11 Central City 0-2 11
12 Lisbon 2-0 14
13 Winfield-Mount Union 2-1 NR
14 North Mahaska 1-1 8
15 Martensdale-St. Marys 2-1 NR
Dropped Out: Grand View Christian (13), Lenox (15)

Class 2A
School Record LW
1 North Linn 4-0 1
2 Louisa-Muscatine 3-0 2
3 Ogden 2-0 4
4 Mount Ayr 3-1 3
5 Jesup 2-0 6
6 Central Springs 3-0 7
7 West Monona 3-0 8
8 West Sioux 1-1 5
9 Earlham 3-1 9
10 Northeast 2-0 13
11 West Lyon 2-0 15
12 Interstate 35 1-1 12
13 Beckman Catholic 2-2 10
14 Columbus Catholic 2-0 NR
15 Durant 1-0 NR
Dropped Out: Emmetsburg (11), Pleasantville (14)

Class 3A
School Record LW
1 Davenport Assumption 2-0 1
2 Humboldt 2-0 2
3 Williamsburg 4-0 3
4 Anamosa 1-0 4
5 Albia 3-0 6
6 Mount Vernon 3-1 5
7 Spirit Lake 3-0 7
8 West Liberty 1-0 8
9 Algona 3-0 10
10 Atlantic 3-0 12
11 North Polk 1-1 9
12 Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont 1-2 11
13 Crestwood 1-0 NR
14 West Burlington/Notre Dame 1-1 13
15 Nevada 2-0 NR
Dropped Out: Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley (14), Bishop Heelan (15)

Class 4A
School Record LW
1 Carlisle 3-0 1
2 North Scott 2-0 2
3 Oskaloosa 3-0 4
4 ADM 2-0 5
5 Dallas Center-Grimes 3-0 7
6 Sergeant Bluff-Luton 2-0 8
7 West Delaware 4-0 9
8 Ballard 1-1 3
9 Charles City 1-1 6
10 Winterset 2-0 13
11 Fairfield 2-1 11
12 Decorah 1-1 10
13 Harlan 2-0 NR
14 Clear Creek-Amana 3-1 NR
15 Webster City 2-1 15
Dropped Out: Washington (12), Central DeWitt (15)

Class 5A
School Record LW
1 Fort Dodge 3-1 1
2 Iowa City High 2-0 2
3 Johnston 3-1 3
4 Cedar Rapids Kennedy 2-0 4
5 Waukee 4-0 6
6 West Des Moines Valley 4-0 7
7 Indianola 3-0 9
8 Pleasant Valley 0-2 8
9 Dubuque Hempstead 2-0 10
10 Ankeny Centennial 4-0 11
11 Ottumwa 1-3 5
12 Muscatine 2-0 12
13 Cedar Rapids Prairie 2-0 13
14 Southeast Polk 4-0 14
15 Bettendorf 2-0 15
Dropped Out: None

A limited number of spectators will be allowed at Iowa Speedway each night for IndyCar races July 17-18.

About 5,000-6,000 tickets will be available each night at the facility, which has more than 25,000 permanent seats. Groups of fans will be separated by at least 6 feet in order to align with state guidelines for COVID-19 at the oval track, which is just under a mile long.

All tickets previously purchased for the Iowa races will be honored, including season tickets. But seating will be reassigned for all existent ticketholders in order to follow safe social distancing guidelines. A limited number of tickets are still available for purchase.

IndyCar didn’t allow fans for its first race of this season June 6 at Texas, and no spectators will be at the next race July 4 on the road course at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Tickets are already on sale for the two races July 11-12 at Road America in Wisconsin, on the 4-mile, 14-turn road course.