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

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Dee Gordon got three hits and drove in two runs as the high-scoring Seattle Mariners extended baseball’s best record with a 6-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals. The Mariners improved to 11-2 and have scored at least five runs in 12 of those games. The Royals lost their eighth in a row. Whit Merrifield extended his hitting streak to 30 games, tying a Royals record set by George Brett in 1980.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Whit Merrifield has extended his hitting streak to 30 games, matching the Kansas City Royals’ team record set by George Brett in 1980. Merrifield led off the bottom of the first inning with an opposite-field triple to right against Seattle. Merrifield ended last season with a hit in 20 straight games, and has gotten a hit in all 10 Royals games this year. The major league record is a 56-game hitting streak by Joe DiMaggio in 1941.

UNDATED (AP) — The Iowa Hawkeyes have a long pipeline to the pros for tight ends and this year they have a pair of prospects expected to be first-round selections in the NFL draft. T.J. Hockenson is the reigning Mackey Award winner as the nation’s top tight end. His teammate Noah Fant says the two of them have a friendly but fierce competition going to see who will be the first tight end taken in the draft.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Yadier Molina drove in three runs, Paul Goldschmidt homered and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-0, overcoming an embarrassing play by Marcell Ozuna. St. Louis already had a 4-0 lead when Kiké Hernández led off the eighth with a drive to left. Ozuna went back and climbed up the wall, but he misjudged the ball and tumbled onto the warning track as he tried to make the play. Hernandez’s drive bounced over for a ground-rule double, but the Cardinals escaped the threat.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers have placed left-hander Hyun-Jin Ryu on the 10-day injured list with a strained left groin. The same injury sidelined Ryu for more than half of last season, but he said Monday night that this injury did not feel as serious. Ryu left with two outs in the second inning of a loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. Manager Dave Roberts said Ryu did not undergo an MRI and that Ryu “did feel a little better” on Tuesday.

Class A Team Scores

1. Woodbine 153
2. Fremont-Mills 140
3. Griswold 139
4. Riverside 94
5. Essex 22
6. South Page 10

Griswold’s Charli Adams won the 800M and Hope Ogg took the 100M Hurdles title. Jocelyn Amos won the 400M Hurdles and the Long Jump for the Tigers and they took the 4x100M Relay and Distance Medley. Riverside’s Kelly Clevenger won the 200M and Izzy Bluml won the 400M. Alexis Post also won the 1500M and the 3000M for the Lady Dawgs, who also won the Sprint Medley and the 4x100M Relay.

Full results here.

Class AA Team Scores

1. Underwood 150
2. AHSTW 145
3. Southwest Valley 84
4. Kuemper Catholic 77
5. Sidney 58
6. Red Oak 57

Ryann Portch of AHSTW won the 200M and 400M, Jade Draman won the 1500M, Chloe Falkena took the 3000M, Holly Hoepner won the 400M Hurdles, and Kinsey Scheffler won the Discus for the Lady Vikes.

Full results here.

Girls Soccer

Atlantic 5, Missouri Valley 2
CB Thomas Jefferson 10, Logan-Magnolia 0
Glenwood 10, Denison-Schleswig 0
Kuemper Catholic 3, Creston 2 (OT)
Lewis Central 1, Omaha South 0
Treynor 8, Nodaway Valley/WCV 0
Tri-Center 7, Harlan 1

Boys Soccer

Atlantic 7, Missouri Valley 0
CB Abraham Lincoln 4, Sioux City North 3
CB Thomas Jefferson 8, Logan-Magnolia 0
Creston 3, Underwood 2 (OT)

IOWA CITY, Iowa – Iowa State (23-15) continued its winning ways with a 2-0 Cy-Hawk victory over Iowa (15-19) on Tuesday at Bob Pearl Field. The Cyclones are winners of five straight and have won four of their last five meetings against the in-state rival Hawkeyes.

Junior Sami Williams went 3-for-3 with a home run and a double, and also drew a walk to lead the way offensively. Harlan alum Logan Schaben was 2-of-3 at the plate with two doubles and broke up a 0-0 tie with her two-out RBI shot down the left field line in the top of the sixth inning.

The senior pitching duo of Savannah Sanders and Emma Hylen was simply tremendous on the night, combining to surrender just two hits in the shutout win.

The Atlantic Boys swept past Glenwood and the Rams returned the favor in girls tennis on Tuesday night.

The Trojan boys tennis team was a 9-0 winner over the Rams with Nile Petersen leading the way in the number one singles and teaming up with Jesse Reid to win top doubles pairing as well.

The Trojan girls fell 9-0 to Glenwood. Brooklyn Taylor won the top singles match over Hana Holtz and teamed up with Brielle Smith to win the top doubles match as well.

Full results: ATL_GWD_BGtennis19

The OA-BCIG girls track team won the Spartan Invitational hosted by West Monona on Tuesday night. The Falcons scored 142 points and Logan-Magnolia scored 111 in second.

Logan-Magnolia’s Courtney Sporrer won the 400M and 1500M. Kylie Morrison won the 800M. Taylor Sporrer won the 3000M.

Team Scores

1. OA-BCIG 142
2. Logan-Magnolia 111
3. West Monona 88
4. Missouri Valley 58
5. MVAOCOU 54
6. Boyer Valley 42
7. Westwood 29
8. West Harrison 28
9. Whiting 21
10. Ar-We-Va 14

Full results here: 2019 West Monona Girls Spartan Invite

The Harlan boys track team won their home Ken Carstens Inviational on Tuesday night. The Cyclones scored 124 points to edge by Atlantic by 3.

The Cyclones only won the 4x400M but had a number of events with 2-3 finishers to rack up the points to win the meet.

Atlantic had 6 event wins on the night. Tyler Moen won the 200M. Zade Niklasen won the 400M and Chase Mullenix took the 800M title. Craig Alan Becker won the 1600M and Jalen Petersen won the 3200M. The Trojans also won the Sprint Medley.

Team Scores

1. Harlan 124
2. Atlantic 121
3. Treynor 80
4. St. Albert 75
5. OA-BCIG 71
6. Lewis Central 65
7. Underwood 53
8. CB Thomas Jefferson 40
9. Woodbine 38
10. Denison-Schleswig 36
11. CB Abraham Lincoln 32
12. Harlan JV 6

Full results: Ken Carstens HCHS Invitational 2019 Results

Girls Golf

• Atlantic 180, Glenwood 204. Medalist: Alyssa Ginther, Atlantic 41. Runner-Up: Baylee Newell, Atlantic 41. Other Atlantic Scores: Anna Wieser 48, Hannah Alff 50. Lauren Nicholas 52. Belle Wickman 61.
  Atlantic Head Coach Kathy Hobson: “Really proud of the effort given by whole team tonight. Baylee started out hot with a long putt for birdie, her first of the season. Alyssa recovered nicely from an uncharacteristic round at Kuemper last night where one hole spoiled her game. That shows the type of competitor she is. Anna, Hannah, Lauren, & Belle keep bringing their scores down too. That is important to the continued success of our team. As Reagan & Halsey play the game more i look for them to score more consistently as well.”
• CAM 217, Exira-EHK 227, AHSTW 238, AC/GC NTS. Medalist: Sammi Jahde, CAM 43. Runner-Up: Emma Jorgensen, AHSTW 47.
• Boyer Valley 208, IKM-Manning 221, Denison-Schleswig 247. Medalist: Abbie Miller, Boyer Valley 48.
• Creston 190, Winterset 221, Clarke 277. Medalist: Rylie Driskell, Creston 41.
• East Union 214, Lenox 270, I-35 NTS. Medalist: Quinn Eslinger, East Union 47.
• Griswold 221, Audubon 230. Medalist: Jenna Reynolds, Griswold 52.
• Harlan 210, Lewis Central 242. Medalist: Haley Manz, Harlan 49.
• Logan-Magnolia 221, Riverside 231. Medalist: Jaice Johnsen, Logan-Magnolia.
• Mount Ayr 213, Wayne 241, Nodaway Valley 253. Medalist: Cadee Firch, Nodaway Valley 46.

Boys Golf

• Audubon 202, Griswold NTS. Medalist: Brock Wallace, Griswold 44
• Creston 179, Winterset 180, Clarke 197. Medalist: Colby Burg, Creston 38.
• East Union 220, Lenox 248, I-35 NTS. Medalist: Matt McGuire, East Union 50.
• Exira-EHK 177, CAM 192, AHSTW 197, AC/GC 217. Medalist: Will Carroll, Exira-EHK 41.
• Lewis Central 163, Harlan 179. Medalist: Jay Swanson, Harlan 39.
• Mount Ayr 180, Wayne 202, Nodaway Valley 288. Medalist: Myles Greene, Mount Ayr 39.
• Norwalk 144, Kuemper Catholic 149. Medalist: Dawson McDermott, Kuemper Catholic 33.
• Riverside 170, Logan-Magnolia 192. Medalist: Joel Richardson, Logan-Magnolia 40.
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The Glenwood boys golf team took first and Atlantic came in second at the Shenandoah Tournament on Tuesday. Glenwood shot 315 and Atlantic 319 at American Legion Golf Course. The Trojans top golfer on the day was Matt Gearheart in 3rd place with a 78.

Team Scores

1. Glenwood 315
2. Atlantic 319
3. Denison 339
4. Maryville 341
5. Clarinda 358
6. Shenandoah 376
7. Red Oak 405

Atlantic Scores

Matt Gearheart, 3rd, 78
Cyle Renaud, 4th, 79
Braden Smith, 6th, 79
Drey Newell, 13th, 83
Tate Den Beste 93
Garrett McLaren 97

Atlantic Head Coach Ed Den Beste: “Temps were good in Shenandoah today. Wind was a little strong and the greens were fast. We had several that took many holes to get used to greens. Matt had a great front. Shot one over. Then started the back with a triple and went on the boggy run until the last few holes with pars. Cyle was two over on the front and also went on a boggy run on the back. Had 7 holes that he couldn’t get thing going. Braden played pretty consistent today. Good round for him. Drey started rough with a triple and a double two holes later. However, he rallied and had a good score of 83. Tate was playing pretty well. Hole 7 he lost a ball and lost some focus. He parred the next but then took an 8 on 9 and a triple on 10. Still worked to finish in the 90s. Garrett had never see the course so he was learning as he played. Had some good holes and parred his last which was good to see. it is one of the toughest holes on the course.”