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Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press
SEATTLE (AP) — Whit Merrifield hit the first pitch of the game from Felix Hernandez for his seventh home run, Mike Moustakas added his 24th homer of the season, and the Kansas City Royals beat the Seattle Mariners 7-3 yesterday for their fifth win in six games. Kansas City knocked around Hernandez for five earned runs in six innings.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Christian Yelich hit a three-run homer, Jose Urena tossed five solid innings and the Miami Marlins beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-2 yesterday. JT Riddle added a two-run single for the Marlins, who had dropped five of six. Dee Gordon had three hits, and Giancarlo Stanton reached three times.
DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Avalanche have added another goal-scoring option by signing former No. 1 overall pick Nail Yakupov to a one-year deal. Yakupov was the top pick by Edmonton in the 2012 draft and was traded to St. Louis before last season. The right winger scored three goals and dished out six assists in 40 games for the Blues.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Timberwolves first-round draft pick Justin Patton will not play in summer league after breaking his left foot during a workout. The Timberwolves announced yesterday that Patton had surgery to repair the fifth metatarsal in his foot. Minnesota has high hopes for Patton, who declared for the draft after his redshirt freshman season at Creighton.
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Christian Yelich hit a three-run homer, Jose Urena tossed five solid innings and the Miami Marlins beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-2 on Tuesday. JT Riddle added a two-run single for the Marlins, who had dropped five of six. Dee Gordon had three hits, and Giancarlo Stanton reached three times.
Greg Garcia hit a two-run homer for St. Louis, which lost for just the second time in seven games. Matt Carpenter had two hits.
The first of three weekends of competition in the Iowa Summer Games is coming up and several sports are facing registration deadlines this week. Cory Kennedy is a spokesman for the Iowa Games.
Kennedy says several of the most popular individual sports have deadlines this week.
Kennedy says there are some team sports that allow for late roster adjustments
Kennedy says the best way to find out information about a sport you may be interested in is to go to Iowa Games-dot-org.
(Learfield Sports/Radio Iowa)
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Two local wildlife refuges are hosting events this summer to teach youths about nature. The DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge is hosting a fishing clinic on July 26 from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. All youths from kindergarten through age 15 are encouraged to attend. Fishing poles, tackle and bait will be provided along with instruction. Participants should meet near the South Gate Area near the fishing dock. Nebraska and Iowa residents younger than 16 can fish without a license.
The Boyer Chute National Wildlife Refuge is hosting a guided nature hike on Aug. 5 at 10 a.m. The hike will focus on ecosystems. Participants will learn about prairies and forestland and will look at important plant species for each biome.
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Coon Rapids-Bayard 10, South Central Calhoun 4
Creston 10, Winterset 7
Denison-Schleswig 9, IKM-Manning 1
Earlham 9, Glidden-Ralston 1
Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 2, Kingsley-Pierson 0 (Western Valley Conference Tournament)
OA-BCIG 6, Westwood, Sloan 5
Sioux City, West 9, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 3 (5 innings (weather))
Stanton 18, East Union, Afton 4 (5 innings )
Treynor 8, Van Meter 1
Underwood 12, Sidney 2
West Harrison, Mondamin 12, Whiting 2 (6 Innings)
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Rookie Luke Voit hit his first major league homer and drove in four runs, Tommy Pham reached base five times and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Miami Marlins 14-6 on Monday night. St. Louis scored four runs in the first inning and seven in the third on the way to an 11-0 lead. Voit added a two-run homer in the eighth in the Cardinals’ fifth win in six games.
Adam Wainwright (9-5) picked up his second successive win and also drove in two runs with a bases-loaded single. The Marlins have lost five of six. Miami starter Jeff Locke (0-5) gave up 11 hits and 11 earned runs in 2 2/3 innings. Pham had three hits and two walks. He drove in a pair of runs.
Class 1A, Region 1
East Mills 8, Fremont-Mills 5
Remsen St. Mary’s 11, Whiting 1
Woodbine 8, West Harrison 3
Boyer Valley 11, St. Albert 4
Class 1A, Region 8
Bedford 11, Essex 1
Mt. Ayr 12, Diagonal 0
Lenox 11, Stanton 1
Griswold 6, East Union 5
Riverside 14, Orient-Macksburg 8
Class 1A, Region 3
Audubon 8, Glidden-Ralston 4
Exira/EH-K 8, CAM 3
Ft. Dodge/St. Edmond 3, Coon Rapids-Bayard 2
Colo-Nesco 20, GMG 0
Montezuma 4, Tri-County 3
Class 1A, Region 2
Harris-Lake Park 2, Trinity Christian 0
Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 13, Clay Central-Everly 2
Charter Oak-Ute 14, Ar-We-Va 8
River Valley 11, Storm Lake/St. Mary’s 4
Class 2A, Region 8
Nodaway Valley 15, West Central Valley 5
AHST-W 13, Southwest Valley 7
Class 2A, Region 7
Woodward-Granger 11, Panorama 7
Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 9, AC-GC 7
2017 Iowa Girls High School FINAL Softball Rankings
Monday, July 3, 2017
Class 1A
| School | Record | LW | |
| 1 | Kee | 32-2 | 1 |
| 2 | Akron-Westfield | 32-2 | 2 |
| 3 | Martensdale-St.Marys | 30-3 | 3 |
| 4 | West Sioux | 23-7 | 6 |
| 5 | Newell-Fonda | 27-10 | 5 |
| 6 | Clarksville | 24-2 | 7 |
| 7 | Westwood | 26-10 | 9 |
| 8 | AGWSR | 24-12 | 4 |
| 9 | Woodbury Central | 22-10 | 10 |
| 10 | Murray | 26-5 | 13 |
| 11 | Colfax-Mingo | 22-11 | 11 |
| 12 | Belle Plaine | 20-6 | 12 |
| 13 | North Butler | 21-7 | 8 |
| 14 | Remsen St. Marys | 20-9 | 14 |
| 15 | Mason City Newman | 24-10 | NR |
Dropped Out: Calamus-Wheatland (15)
Class 2A
| 1 | CMB | 25-5 | 3 |
| 2 | Durant | 28-7 | 4 |
| 3 | Interstate-35 | 23-4 | 1 |
| 4 | Pella Christian | 30-5 | 8 |
| 5 | Columbus Catholic | 31-5 | 6 |
| 6 | North Union | 27-6 | 2 |
| 7 | Beckman Catholic | 27-11 | 5 |
| 8 | Iowa City Regina | 24-11 | 7 |
| 9 | Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont | 27-8 | 9 |
| 10 | Central Springs | 26-4 | 10 |
| 11 | Logan-Magnolia | 28-3 | 11 |
| 12 | BCLUW | 26-8 | 13 |
| 13 | South Hamilton | 19-8 | NR |
| 14 | West Lyon | 21-6 | NR |
| 15 | IKM-Manning | 22-6 | 15 |
Dropped Out: Lisbon (12), Alta-Aurelia (14)
Class 3A
| 1 | Davenport Assumption | 36-1 | 1 |
| 2 | Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley | 29-2 | 3 |
| 3 | Sioux Center | 20-6 | 2 |
| 4 | Humboldt | 27-4 | 4 |
| 5 | Atlantic | 30-8 | 5 |
| 6 | Solon | 27-12 | 7 |
| 7 | Center Point-Urbana | 24-10 | 8 |
| 8 | Mount Vernon | 25-14 | 6 |
| 9 | Albia | 24-8 | 11 |
| 10 | West Marshall | 30-5 | 10 |
| 11 | Spirit Lake | 24-8 | 14 |
| 12 | Algona | 18-6 | 11 |
| 13 | Cherokee | 23-9 | 12 |
| 14 | Clarke | 20-15 | NR |
| 15 | West Delaware | 26-14 | 13 |
Dropped Out: Southeast Valley (15)
Class 4A
| 1 | Benton | 31-6 | 1 |
| 2 | Winterset | 29-7 | 3 |
| 3 | Fairfield | 31-7 | 2 |
| 4 | Ballard | 30-5 | 5 |
| 5 | Oskaloosa | 26-12 | 4 |
| 6 | Bishop Heelan | 28-6 | 6 |
| 7 | Burlington | 21-17 | 11 |
| 8 | Mount Pleasant | 27-10 | 8 |
| 9 | Carlisle | 22-14 | 9 |
| 10 | Perry | 24-10 | 7 |
| 11 | ADM | 19-15 | 12 |
| 12 | Boone | 24-10 | 13 |
| 13 | Dallas Center-Grimes | 20-17 | NR |
| 14 | Charles City | 29-6 | 14 |
| 15 | Independence | 23-13 | NR |
Dropped Out: Sergeant Bluff-Luton (10), Denison-Schleswig (14)
Class 5A
| 1 | Waukee | 33-3 | 1 |
| 2 | West Des Moines Valley | 33-4 | 2 |
| 3 | Cedar Rapids Jefferson | 34-4 | 4 |
| 4 | Cedar Rapids Kennedy | 31-7 | 7 |
| 5 | Johnston | 32-5 | 3 |
| 6 | Urbandale | 29-7 | 6 |
| 7 | Pleasant Valley | 29-8 | 5 |
| 8 | Indianola | 31-5 | 8 |
| 9 | Davenport West | 31-8 | 9 |
| 10 | Dowling Catholic | 27-9 | 10 |
| 11 | Ottumwa | 23-14 | NR |
| 12 | Bettendorf | 26-11 | 11 |
| 13 | Muscatine | 22-10 | 12 |
| 14 | Southeast Polk | 21-15 | 14 |
| 15 | Cedar Rapids Prairie | 26-9 | NR |
Dropped Out: Linn-Mar (13), Dubuque Hempstead (14),
The Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association has released their latest rankings on Monday. For Classes 1A and 2A these are the final rankings before postseason play begins. There will be one final set of rankings for Classes 3A and 4A next week.
Class 1A
Class 2A
Class 3A
Class 4A
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