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Class 1A and 2A District Final Baseball Schedule 07/17/2021

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July 16th, 2021 by admin

Class 1A and 2A Baseball District Finals are on tap on Saturday night. Winners advance to the Substate Final next Tuesday night. Here is a look at area Districts and Districts that pair with them. All games are set for 7:00 p.m. first pitches.

CLASS 1A

District 11: Grundy Center @ Janesville
District 12: Ogden @ Coon Rapids-Bayard
District 13: Lenox @ CAM -ON KJAN
District 14: Exira-EHK @ St. Albert
District 15: Logan-Magnolia @ Tri-Center
District 16: Woodbury Central @ Kingsley-Pierson

CLASS 2A

District 3: Alta-Aurelia @ Pocahontas Area
District 4: ACGC @ Van Meter
District 15: Clarinda @ Underwood
District 16: Panorama @ Kuemper Catholic

Class 3A and 4A Playoff Baseball Scoreboard 07/16/2021

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July 16th, 2021 by admin

Class 3A

Substate 7
Grinnell 10, Perry 0
ADM 10, Clarke 0
Boone 8, Creston 1
Dallas Center-Grimes 6, Saydel 0

Substate 8
Gilbert 9, Greene County 0
Harlan 13, Glenwood 2
Winterset 10, Atlantic 0 (5 inn)– ON KJAN
Denison-Schleswig 8, Carroll 1

Class 4A

Substate 8
Norwalk 19, CB Thomas Jefferson 0
Waukee 10, CB Abraham Lincoln 0
Lewis Central 12, DM Hoover 2 (6 inn)

Hackett a force on the mound as Winterset zips past Atlantic

Sports

July 16th, 2021 by admin

Winterset ace pitcher Justin Hackett struck out 12 of 16 he faced on Friday night and led the Huskies to a 10-0 win over Atlantic in 5 innings of play. The Huskies took command of the Substate 8 District 16 contest in the 2nd inning, erupting for six runs on six hits in the frame. That was more than enough for the TCU commit Hackett to seal a win. Hackett only gave up one hit, a Garrett Reynolds single up the middle in the third. The Huskies added 1 in the 4th and then ended the game early with 3 more in the fifth. Jensen Kalgenberg was able to squeeze in an infield hit to allow Hunter Devine to come home and invoke the 10-run rule.

Lane Nelson took the loss for Atlantic, credited with 9 runs on 9 hits with 3 strikeouts. Dayton Templeton came in to pitch the fifth and gave up the final run on two hits with 1 strikeout and a walk.  Atlantic ends their season just below .500 at 12-13.

Winterset improved to 16-10 on the season and they will host Denison-Schleswig in the District Final on Monday night at 7:00 p.m.

Blake selected as new Head Boys Basketball Coach at N-V

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July 16th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Greenfield) – Officials with the Nodaway Valley School District announced today (Friday), the selection of Jeremy Blake as the new head boys basketball coach at Nodaway Valley High School. Blake brings over 17 years of experience, including four years as boys basketball coach at Phoenix College in Phoenix, Arizona. Coach Blake also played basketball for the Phoenix College Bears. Most recently, Blake has been the assistant coach at Atlantic High School for the past 10 seasons. He will also be the middle school resource instructor.
“We’re very excited that Coach Blake is beginning his tenure as our next boys basketball coach,” said Gerry Miller, activities director at Nodaway Valley High School. “Through the screening and interview process it became apparent that Coach Blake possessed the qualities we were looking for to lead our program.”

Nodaway Valley CSD photo.

Field of Dreams MLB game lottery underway

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July 16th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Dyersville, IA)  —  Iowans will have a chance to become eligible for tickets to next month’s Major League Baseball game at the Field of Dreams movie site through a lottery.  Anyone with an Iowa zip code can register for the lottery starting at MLB.com.  The lottery runs through next Friday and winners will be announced on August 2nd.  Winners will be eligible to purchase up to two tickets to the game.  The August 12th game features the White Sox against the Yankees.

Jefferson casino, two sports books fined by IRGC

News, Sports

July 16th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission approved fines for one casino and two sports gambling companies during its meeting Thursday. The Wild Rose Casino in Jefferson was fined 20-thousand dollars after a 20-year-old woman was allowed on the gambling floor. General Manager Travis Dvorak apologized to the commission. “First and foremost, Wild Rose Jefferson accepts full responsibility for the matter. We take responsible gaming very seriously and we take underage gaming very seriously,” according to Dvorak. “This Tuesday we hit our six-year mark. And I did look — and in the six years we have been open our admissions have been almost two-point-seven million — during the two-point-seven million, this is only the second violation that I’ve had.”

Dvorak says they should have caught the violation — but says it was a little tougher because the woman’s dad was helping her get in. “The father would go to turnstiles and distract and block, distract the security guard and block the view so the daughter could sneak in. This is something that we are trained for and we should have caught it, so we do take responsibility. But this was serious enough that the D-C-I charged the father and the county attorney prosecuted the father,” he says.  Dvorak says the father and daughter were persistent. He says the same father-daughter combination tried the same thing eight days later and the father tried to say the daughter was 22, not realizing though the casino had a copy of her driver’s license. “These things go on. These are challenges that we face, but they are our challenges and we do take them seriously,” Dvorak says.

Iowa Racing & Gaming Commission meeting, 7-15-21

Dvorak says this was during the COVID mask requirement and that also complicated the issue. He says they did some additional training with the D-C-I on making identification when people are wearing masks. The Racing and Gaming Commission also agreed to a 20-thousand dollar fine for the William Hill Sports Book after two betting machines were mistakenly left on, and a person was allowed to use the mobile sports app without in-person registration. The PointsBet Iowa sportsbook was fined 75-hundred dollars after the self-exclusion list was not properly updated. A company spokesman says they have made adjustments to meet the requirement.

Class 3A and 4A postseason baseball starts tonight

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July 16th, 2021 by admin

Class 3A and 4A postseason baseball starts up tonight. District semifinals in Class 3A and first round Substate in Class 4A. Games are slated for 7pm starts. Here’s a look at area match-ups with home teams listed first.

Class 3A

Substate 7
Grinnell vs Perry
Clarke vs ADM
Boone vs Creston
Dallas Center-Grimes vs Saydel

Substate 8
Gilbert vs Greene County
Glenwood vs Harlan
Winterset vs Atlantic – ON KJAN
Denison-Schleswig vs Carroll

Class 4A

Substate 8
Norwalk vs Thomas Jefferson
Waukee vs Abraham Lincoln
Lewis Central vs DM Hoover

(Podcast) KJAN morning Sports report, 07/16/21

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July 16th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

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Cedar Falls native Trev Alberts named new AD at Nebraska

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July 15th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Cedar Falls native Trev Alberts has been named the new Athletic Director at Nebraska. Alberts was an All-American for the Huskers in 1993 and spent the past 12 years as the AD at Nebraska-Omaha.

Alberts was a multi sport standout at Cedar Falls N-U High before signing with Husker coach Tom Osborne.

Alberts takes over at a time the Nebraska football program is struggling. The Huskers have posted a 12-20 record in three years under current coach Scott Frost.

Big 12 Football Media Days in Dallas

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July 15th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Iowa State has been picked to finish second in the Big 12 preseason football poll. The Cyclones head into the most anticipated season in school history after falling to Oklahoma in the league championship game and beating Oregon in the Fiesta Bowl 19 starters return from that team.

That’s Cyclone coach Matt Campbell who spoke at Big 12 Media Days in Dallas. Campbell says they are focused on the future and not what has been accomplished.

Campbell says the Cyclones know it will be a difficult road to a championship.

The Cyclones are also considered a contender for the College Football Playoff but must avoid the early season stumbles that have plagued them the past few years.

The Biggest hurdle may be an Oklahoma team that is favored to win a seventh straight Big 12 title. Sooner coach Lincoln Riley.

Riley says he does feel the Sooners have potential.

Texas has been picked to finish third in the pre season poll. Oklahoma State is fourth and TCU is fifth.