The St. Louis Cardinals fell in their series opener to the Baltimore Orioles 5-3 on Tuesday night. The Orioles scored two runs in the third and a run each in the following three innings to secure the win.

Leadoff man Cedric Mullins had a monster game for Baltimore with 4 hits, 2 runs scored, and 2 RBI. Anthony Santander added three hits and an RBI. Kyle Bradish went seven innings on the mound with 11 strikeouts and allowed just 4 hits.

St. Louis was led by Harrison Bader with a hit, a run scored, and an RBI on a historic play. He notched the first ever inside-the-park home run at this rendition of Busch Stadium in the 6th.

The Cardinals fell to 16-13 with the loss. The two teams meet again on Wednesday night for a 6:45 p.m. first pitch. We’ll have pregame on KJAN starting at 5:50 p.m.

The Atlantic girls soccer team picked up a 10-0 win over Creston on Senior Night at the Atlantic High School on Tuesday. The Trojans controlled the match throughout, keeping the ball in the offensive zone for most of the night.

Jada Jensen continued her prolific play with five goals and an assist on the night. She had three goals in the opening half. Senior Jeanna Kramer scored the opening goal. Other Trojans that notched a goal were Quinn Grubbs, Aubrey Guyer, Mattie Dvorak, and Kiera Nichols. Nichols goal came with 22:36 left in the 2nd half to end the game on the mercy rule. Senior Chensia Narios had two assists on the night.

Atlantic Head Coach Dan Vargason said it was nice to get a win for their two seniors.

Coach Vargason thought it was great to get a lot of players involved and get back in the win column after a couple of close games in Sioux City over the weekend.

The Trojans have two more regular season games before they open up regional play on the 20th by hosting Carroll.

Watch the full game replay from KJANTV here.

The postseason gets started for girls tennis teams across the state on Wednesday. Regional singles and doubles tournaments will be played to determine state qualifiers. Action is set to get underway at 9:00 a.m. at all sites.

Atlantic will be a host site and will welcome in 1A schools Audubon, Ballard, Boone, Harlan, Kuemper Catholic, Lewis Central, North Polk, and St. Albert. Most other area teams in 1A will be in Shenanodah: Chariton, Clarinda, Clarke, Creston O-M, Glenwood, Red Oak, Shenandoah, and Southwest Valley.

Regional singles and doubles champions and runners-up in each class will advance to the state meet.

Sectional golf play is on the schedule Wednesday across the state. The top two teams and top two individuals outside of those qualifying teams will advance on to district play. If a host school finishes in the top two teams, then a third team also advances as well. District tournaments are set to be played on Monday, May 16th. Here’s a look at area sectional assignments for Wednesday.

Class 1A

@ St. Edmond, Fort Dodge: Audubon, Coon Rapids-Bayard, Exira-EHK, Glidden-Ralston, IKM-Manning, Madrid, St. Edmond

@ Boyer Valley: AHSTW, Boyer Valley, CAM, Griswold, St. Albert, Tri-Center

Class 2A

@ West Monona: Clarinda, Missouri Valley, Nodaway Valley, Red Oak, Shenandoah, Treynor, Underwood, West Monona

@ South Hamilton: ACGC, Colo-NESCO/Collins-Maxwell, SE Valley, Kuemper Catholic, Ogden, Panorama, Roland-Story, South Hamilton

Class 3A

@ Denison-Schleswig: Atlantic, Carroll, Denison-Schleswig, Glenwood, Greene County, Harlan, Lewis Central, Perry

GIRLS SOCCER

Atlantic 10, Creston 0
CB Abraham Lincoln 16, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 1
Denison-Schleswig 2, Missouri Valley 0
Harlan 9, AHSTW 0
Lewis Central 2, Glenwood 1
Sioux City West 2, CB Thomas Jefferson 0
St. Albert 6, Logan-Magnolia 2
Tri-Center 4, Panorama 2

BOYS SOCCER

Creston 3, Kuemper Catholic 0
Denison-Schleswig 10, Missouri Valley 0
Harlan 4, AHSTW 2
Panorama 5, Tri-Center 0
Sergeant Bluff-Luton 1, CB Abraham Lincoln 0
St. Albert 5, Logan-Magnolia 1
West Central Valley/Nodaway Valley 11, Central Iowa United 1

Dayton Templeton made it official on Tuesday morning. Templeton signed to continue his basketball career at Buena Vista University surrounded by family and coaches.

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Templeton is coming off a senior season in which he scored 288 points on 35% shooting. He also led the team with 105 rebounds and added 56 assists and 29 steals. He finished his career as a Trojan with 646 points. Dayton noted a few reasons why BVU felt like the right place.

He talked about the style of play they have and why he thinks he’ll fit in.

Templeton said he’ll try to get in some summer league play and just stay in shape to prepare for the opportunity next season. He also competed in baseball, football, track, and tennis for Atlantic.

(Anita, Iowa) – The Trevor Frederickson Memorial Fund has donated $500 to the Friends of Lake Anita, for their annual kids fishing clinic scheduled to take place the first weekend in June.  Fishing is a great sport that can be part of your entire life.  Fund spokesperson Melanie Petty (Trevor’s mom), said “Trev loved fishing in his down time, especially during his college years.”

The 14^th Annual TFred Memorial Golf Tournament will be held on June 18^th this year at the Atlantic Golf and Country Club.  All monies raised at the tournament are given back to the community that Trevor loved.  Although the tournament is full for this year there are still opportunities to donate.

Melanie Petty presents a check for the Friends of Lake Anita annual fishing clinic.

Melanie said “We are still taking items for the silent auction that is held in the clubhouse all day.  Hole sponsorships are also available for $100.  If you have time that day stop up and visit us to have lunch and bid on the items for the auction.”  The fund is a 501©3 Non Profit Organization.

The Iowa State softball program continues to set new marks under coach Jamie Pinkerton. After suffering key losses off last years team that made it to an NCAA regional Championship round at Missouri the Cyclones take a 27-26 record into Thursday’s start of the Big-12 Tournament in Oklahoma City. ISU is seeded fourth, the highest seed the program has ever had in the tournament.

It has been a difficult spring weather wise and most of their practices have been in the football facility.

Pinkerton feels the inability to practice outside may have kept the Cyclones from peaking earlier.

Pinkerton says they have only had about a dozen practices in their stadium this season.

Iowa State opens Thursday at Noon against Baylor. The Cyclones took two of three from the Bears two weeks ago in Waco.

(Radio Iowa) – Dubuque County Supervisors have approved spending five million dollars in federal funding on a permanent stadium next to the “Field of Dreams” movie site near Dyersville — and a new non-profit plans to seek other grants and private donations for the 50 million dollar project. Major League Baseball set up the playing field at the site for a nationally televised game last August, with another game scheduled there this summer. Travel Dubuque president Keith Ray says the ball diamond, fencing and lights are permanent at the site, so the new “This is Iowa Ballpark” non-profit plans to build a permanent club house, concession stands, restrooms and seating for spectators.

“We’ve had significant interest across the board, across the nation, across the world from individuals, teams that want to play at that site,” Ray says. “…We are trying to get the funds together to build a permanent, world-class, multi-purpose facility there.” Dubuque County Supervisors agreed to use five million dollars of the county’s American Rescue Plan funding on this project. Dyersville officials have approved one million dollars. Ray says the plan is for the stadium to host events mainly from April through November.

“To just showcase what Dubuque County, what rural, what Dyersville, what the State of Iowa is to millions of people,” Ray says. Ray discussed the non-profit’s plans at the Dubuque County Board of Supervisors meeting yesterday (Monday). Ray says it’s important to build on the momentum from the Major League games and the movie that inspired it all.

“Since 1989 when the first couple drove down the driveway from New York, came to Don Lansing’s farm and just wanted to go out on the ball diamond and play catch, it has become an iconic spot not only for the United States, but throughout the entire world.” This project to build a permanent Field of Dreams stadium is separate from the plan from private developers who intend to build a hotel, youth baseball and softball fields and dorms near the movie site.

The IGHSAU has set regional team tennis pairings. First round play and regional semifinals will be played on May 14th, regional finals May 17th, and First Round State on May 21st.

Atlantic will be a host site in 1A Region 2. They will host Harlan in the first round with Creston taking on Kuemper in the other dual.

Class 1A Regional Team Tennis Pairings

Class 2A Regional Team Tennis Pairings