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NASCAR Xfinity series returns to Iowa Speedway

Sports

June 14th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) — Sunday afternoon’s NASCAR Xfinity series race will highlight the opening weekend of the season at the Iowa Speedway. It begins Saturday night with a NASCAR truck race and Iowa Speedway President David Hyatt says they will have the attention of the racing community.

Hyatt says the track will also host a concert after Saturday night’s truck race.

Tyler Reddick currently leads the Xfinity series standings after posting his third win of the season at Michigan. Des Moines native Michael Annett is ninth. He posted his first career victory in the season opener at Daytona.

Regulators give 3 casinos approval for sports book plans

News, Sports

June 14th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) — The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission approved renovation plans for three casinos Thursday to create areas for sports books. Commission administrator, Brian Ohorilko,
says the Lakeside Casino in Osceola is using existing space. He says they had existing space in the lower deck of their boat and they are spending an estimated 150-thousand dollars to transform it into a sports book.  Ohorilko says the Grand Falls Casino in Larchwood included the sports book in with another renovation project. “There was a one-point-five million dollar renovation for a sports book. But then in addition to that — eight-point-five million dollars set aside for improvements to the hotel and R-V park,”he says.

The Hard Rock Casino in Sioux City is also a renovating an area in the current building. “It took some existing space in the wine bar, their high-limit area. There was a project conversion of approximately 895-thousand dollar total budget,” according to Ohorilko. “And that will essentially turn some of that area into a sports book.” Ohorilko says the 19 state-licensed casinos are moving as quickly as they can to have a sports book in place after the governor signed the bill legalizing sports betting into law in May. “It’s hard to say what we’ll see down the road. I know most of the properties are anxious to have things up and ready prior to the football season,” Ohorilko says. “There’s only so much that you can do in a few months. And so we are seeing remodels right now that just updates that existing space. It’s hard to say if we’ll see more material renovations as time moves on.”

Ohorilko says there are a lot of unknowns about how many gamblers might use the sports books or how many would use an online option. He says that is whey there is a lot of renovation of existing spaces. “I think a lot of it is everything is just moving so quickly and the facilities are wanting to make sure they’re not making material plans for their facilities until they really know what the impact will be at each of their locations,” according to Ohorilko.  He says they are on track with the rule-making so it may be possible that you could legally place a bet in Iowa on the first college football games of the year.

Area High School Baseball Scores from 6/13/19

Sports

June 14th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

CAM, Anita 11, Glidden-Ralston 1 (5 innings )
Carlisle 10, ADM, Adel 0 (Foss no-hitter)
Clarke, Osceola 11, Red Oak 2
Denison-Schleswig 14, Creston 5
Denison-Schleswig 18, Creston 5
Des Moines Christian 10, Panorama, Panora 1
Des Moines Christian 9, Panorama, Panora 8
Glenwood 12, Harlan 11 (Game 2)
Glenwood 7, Harlan 4 (Game 1)
Lewis Central 15, Shenandoah 0
Lewis Central 6, Shenandoah 0
Murray 20, Orient-Macksburg 3
Ogden 12, Earlham 2
Ogden 9, Earlham 2
Pleasantville 11, ACGC 1
Pleasantville 13, ACGC 3 (6 innings )
Sidney 9, Griswold 2
Stanton 12, Bedford 5
Treynor 11, Tri-Center, Neola 5
Underwood 2, AHSTW, Avoca 1
West Central Valley, Stuart 10, Woodward Academy 0
West Central Valley, Stuart 32, Woodward Academy 18

Area High School Softball Scores from 6/13/2019

Sports

June 14th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Atlantic 17, Clarinda 1
Atlantic 3, Clarinda 2
Carlisle 4, ADM 2
Creston 7, Denison-Schleswig 1
Denison-Schleswig 11, Creston 7
Des Moines Christian 13, Panorama 0
Logan-Magnolia 6, Missouri Valley 4
Mount Ayr 5, Lenox 0
Murray 12, Orient-Macksburg 0
Nodaway Valley 8, Southwest Valley 5
OABCIG 5, South Central Calhoun 2
Panorama 6, Des Moines Christian 5
Pleasantville 11, ACGC 4
Pleasantville 7, ACGC 6
Shenandoah 11, Lewis Central 0
Shenandoah 12, Lewis Central 4
Sidney 6, Griswold 4
Underwood 5, AHSTW 4
West Harrison 5, Westwood 1
Winterset 4, Carroll 0

Nurse leads Toronto to NBA title

Sports

June 14th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) — Nick Nurse is an NBA champion. The Carroll native led the Toronto Raptors to a 114-110 win over Golden State in game six of the NBA Finals. It was last summer Nurse was named head coach for a team known more for coming up short in the playoffs.

It has been a long road for Nurse who began coaching in the pros in England and he also made two different stops in the G-League.

The Raptors won the series by winning three straight games in Oakland.

Skyscan Forecast – Friday, June 14 2019

Weather

June 14th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Today: Mostly cloudy w/scattered showers & tstrms. High 75. S winds @ 10-20 mph.

Tonight: Scattered shwrs & tstrms. Low 64. S @ 5-10.

Tomorrow: Variably cloudy w/scattered shwrs early & again late. High around 83.

Sunday: P/Cldy to Cldy. High 77.

Monday: P/Cldy to Cldy w/scattered shwrs & tstrms. High around 73.

Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 77. Our Low 46. Last year on this date our High was 84 and the Low was 66. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 97 in 1987. The Record Low was 41 in 1933.

GARY R. SCHERDIN, 78, of Atlantic (Private Graveside Svcs. )

Obituaries

June 14th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

GARY R. SCHERDIN, 78, of Atlantic, died Thursday, June 13th, at the Montgomery County Memorial Hospital, in Red Oak. Private Family Graveside services with Military Rites by the Atlantic Color Guard will be held for GARY SCHERDIN. Roland Funeral Home, in Atlantic has the arrangements

Online condolences may be left at www.rolandfuneralservice.com

GARY SCHERDIN is survived by:

His son – Christian (Julia) Scherdin, of Weatherford, OK.

and 1 granddaughter.

DALE HAINES, 70, of Plattsmouth, NE. (formerly of Oakland) – Memorial Svcs. 7/6/19

Obituaries

June 14th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

DALE HAINES, 70, of Plattsmouth, NE. (formerly of Oakland), died Wed., June 12th. Memorial services for DALE HAINES will be held 10:30-a.m. Saturday, July 6th at the Oakland United Methodist Church. Rieken Vieth Funeral Home in Oakland has the arrangements.

Visitation with the family will be one hour prior to the service. Interment will be in the Fairview Cemetery.

Midwest Sports Headlines: 6/14/19

Sports

June 14th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Pat Bowlen, the Denver Broncos owner who transformed the team from also-rans into NFL champions and helped the league usher in billion-dollar TV deals, has died. He was 75. In a statement on the team’s website, Bowlen’s family says he died late Thursday night at home surrounded by loved ones. The statement did not specify a cause of death. Bowlen had battled Alzheimer’s for several years. Bowlen, elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame this year, was the first owner in NFL history to have his team win 300 games — including playoffs — in three decades. He had as many Super Bowl appearances (seven) as losing seasons, and the Broncos had a 354-240-1 record since he bought the team in 1984. Under his stewardship, the Broncos won Super Bowls in 1998, ’99 and 2016.

NEW YORK (AP) — The game between the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Mets was suspended because of rain, moments after Harrison Bader hit an RBI double with two outs in the top of the ninth inning that made it 4-all. Play will resume Friday beginning in the bottom of the ninth. That will be followed by the regularly scheduled game between the teams.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nicky Lopez hit his first major league homer in the stadium where he played college ball, Homer Bailey allowed two hits in six shutout innings and the Kansas City Royals beat the Detroit Tigers 7-3 in the first big league regular season game played in Nebraska. The Royals won two of three over the Tigers for their first series win since April 12-14 against Cleveland. The game at TD Ameritrade Park coincided with the buildup to the College World Series, which begins Saturday.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs signed kicker Harrison Butker to a five-year contract extension, locking up the former Panthers practice squad player through the 2024 season.

UNDATED (AP) — Florida State’s Mike Martin improbably has one last chance to capture a College World Series title that has eluded college baseball’s winningest coach during his 40-year career. Martin is retiring at the end of the season. The 75-year-old’s final team earned one of the last four at-large bids into the NCAA Tournament and is on a six-game winning streak.

Iowa early News Headlines: Friday, June 14th, 2019

News

June 14th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CDT

KELLOGG, Iowa (AP) — Authorities in central Iowa say a Jasper County man has died after being trapped in a grain bin. Des Moines television station KCCI reports that the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office and other first responders were alerted to a man trapped in the bin near Kellogg just after 8 a.m. Thursday. First responders found 78-year-old Bill Hotger, of rural Kellogg, inside the bin. Once Hotger was freed, he was flown by helicopter to a Des Moines hospital, where he died.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A fifth suspect in the shooting death of a man during a 2017 robbery has pleaded not guilty to charges in the case. The Quad-City Times reported Thursday that 35-year-old Christopher Dixon entered the written plea to first-degree murder, robbery and conspiracy to commit a forcible felony in the Sept. 22, 2017, shooting that killed 20-year-old Brady Tumlinson and injured Tumlinson’s girlfriend.

MITCHELLVILLE, Iowa (AP) — The adoptive grandmother of a central Iowa teenager who starved to death faces new charges of trying to escape prison. Station KCCI reports that 64-year-old Carla Bousman was in court Thursday morning to face a charge of escape. The Iowa Department of Corrections says Bousman walked away from the Iowa Correctional Institution for Women in Mitchellville in early May and was caught about half-a-mile away. She’s serving a 20-year sentence for her role in 16-year-old Sabrina Ray’s 2017 death.

DURANT, Iowa (AP) — The sheriff of an eastern Iowa county has declared that his jail will no longer book suspects arrested in one town because he doesn’t trust the officers who work there. Cedar County Sheriff Warren Wethington issued the directive last month, which applies to anyone arrested by the Durant Police Department. Wethington says one of Durant’s three officers has a history of being untruthful and using questionable force and the chief knows this but hired him anyway.