Girls Team Scores

1. Sioux City East 109
2. Harlan 102
3. Glenwood 77
4. Abraham Lincoln 77
5. Sioux City West 74
6. Lewis Central 72.5
7. Sioux City North 69
8. Thomas Jefferson 57
9. Underwood 48.5
10. Atlantic 25.5
11. St. Albert 14.5

Boys Team Scores

1. Glenwood 134.5
2. Lewis Central 129
3. Atlantic 84
4. Thomas Jefferson 64
5. Sioux City North 63
6. Sioux City East 58
7. St. Albert 50
8. Harlan 48.5
9. Sioux City West 45
10. Underwood 38
11. Abraham Lincoln 27

Full results: Lewis Central Co-ed boys and girls track 2017 results

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The N-C-A-A men’s basketball tournament is returning to Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines in 2019. The president of the Greater Des Moines Convention and Visitors Bureau, Greg Edwards, got emotional a couple of times Tuesday as he talked with reporters following the announcement by the N-C-A-A. Edwards says winning the bid to host the tourney is as big a deal for the organizing committee as it is for the teams who play their way in.

Greg Edwards

Des Moines hosted the first two rounds in 2016, but Edwards says they knew they weren’t guaranteed to get another bid. “So when we sat down and began strategizing with this round, we knew the N-C-A-A was very pleased with some of the things we did and we had several follow up meetings with them since 2016. But, we continue to really create that bond between ourselves and the N-C-A-A staff, which I think is very important. and we do have a very strong bond with a lot of the basketball teammembers from the N-C-A-A,” Edwards said.

Edwards says the tickets sold out quickly for the rounds in Des Moines, and he says the turnout for the free day to watch practice made an impression. That was a huge thing for the N-C-A-A. They said they’d never seen any practice rounds so full,” according to Edwards. “They sold more merchandise out of the Wells Fargo Arena that day than they’d ever sold in any other arena. So, that was pretty cool.”

He says the announcement now sets things into motion for 2019. We’ll start really immediately hosting our local organizing committee meetings talking about everything from logistics to airport to transportation and on and on,”Edwards says. “We’ll have everything double crossed off by the time 2019 rolls around.”

Des Moines’ first tourney included big names teams like Kansas, Kentucky and Indiana, which put even more of a spotlight on the venue. Wells Fargo Arena Manager Chris Connolly says the timing of the tournament works well in the sports schedule. He says the N-C-A-A Tournament is after the boys and girls state tournaments, and the Wild hockey team and Energy basketball team understand that it is a good thing for Des Moines and don’t mind having the time blocked out.

The Greater Des Moines Convention and Visitors Bureau estimates the 2016 tournament had a five million dollar impact on the area.

(Radio Iowa)

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha will host first- and second-round games in the NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament and the Division I women’s volleyball final four in 2020. The NCAA on Tuesday announced sites for Division I, II and III championship events for 2017-18 through 2021-22.

Omaha’s CenturyLink Center hosted early games in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament in 2008, 2012 and 2015. The Midwest Regional will be played at the arena in 2018. The volleyball final four comes to Omaha a fourth time. The city previously hosted the volleyball championships in 2006, 2008 and 2015.

Omaha will not get the men’s ice hockey Frozen Four in this cycle of championships. Though the University of Nebraska-Lincoln does not sponsor ice hockey, it submitted a bid to host the event at CenturyLink Center.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An attorney for a former University of Iowa athletic administrator described her as an outstanding employee on track to head a college program until she was unfairly demoted and later laid off for discriminatory reasons.

Attorney Thomas Newkirk gave former administrator Jane Meyer’s view of her firing Tuesday in during opening statements of the trial over her lawsuit against the school. The trial is expected to offer a glimpse into big-time college sports with testimony by athletic director Gary Barta, head football coach Kirk Ferentz and others.

If they agree with Meyer, jurors could award her damages for pay and emotional distress. Assistant attorney general George Carroll responded that Meyer was moved out of the athletics department because of her performance and not due to discrimination.

Members of the Griswold School District’s Board of Education Monday evening, voted unanimously in favor of switching athletic conferences. Superintendent Dave Henrichs..

(He says the Board voted 5-0 to leave the WIC Conference and join the Corner Conference, beginning with the 2018-19 school year.)

Henrichs said there were many factors considered in making the decision.

(He says some include comparable school sizes, closer travel, a comparison of activities, and because it was a better fit for the district’s students.)

Girls Team Scores

Full results here.

Boys Team Scores

Full results here.

Girls Golf

• AHSTW 214, Riverside NTS. Medalist: Hannah Denning, AHSTW, 47.
• Creston 202, Clarinda 203. Medalist: Ashton Carter, Creston, 42.
• Griswold 207, Tri-Center 218. Medalist: Mateya Peters, Griswold, 39.
• IKM-Manning 202, Logan-Magnolia 255. Medalist: Lillie Ceminsky, IKM-Manning, 49.
• Kuemper Catholic 199, Harlan 228. Medalist: Alison Schweers, Kuemper Catholic, 48
• Lenox 255, Nodaway Valley 260, Martensdale St Marys NTS. Medalist: Kaitlyn Schad, Martensdale St Marys, 45.
• Mount Ayr 195, Central Decatur 211. Medalist: Tessa Shields, Mount Ayr, 42.
• Treynor 178, Audubon 239. Medalist, Aly Anderson, Treynor, 41.
• Underwood 216, Missouri Valley 234. Medalist: Madison Lease, Missouri Valley, 47.

Boys Golf

• AHSTW 172, Riverside 209. Medalist: Erik Jorgensen, AHSTW, 40.
• Central Decatur 160, Mount Ayr 190. Medalist: Keaton Minnick, Central Decatur, 35.
• Clarinda 154, Creston 190. Medalist: Kyle Somers, Creston, 37.
• Glenwood 165, Red Oak 210. Medalist: Eli Bales, Glenwood, 40
• Logan-Magnolia 158, IKM-Manning 172. Medalist: Joel Richardson, Logan-Magnolia, 35.
• Martensdale St Marys 195, Lenox NTS, Nodaway Valley NTS.
• Treynor 175, Audubon 191. Medalist: Jayden Anderson, 39.
• Tri-Center 201, Griswold 210. Medalist: Marty Pelzer, Griswold, 44.
• Underwood 216, Missouri Valley 234. Medalist: Madison Lease, Missouri Valley, 47.

Girls Tennis

• Abraham Lincoln 9, Thomas Jefferson 0.
• Glenwood 5, Red Oak 4.
• Kuemper Catholic 9, Harlan 0.
• St. Albert 5, Lewis Central 4.

Boys Tennis

• Abraham Lincoln 5, St. Albert 4.
• Creston 6, Clarinda 3.
• Glenwood 7, Red Oak 2.
• Kuemper Catholic 8, Harlan 1.
• Maryville 8, Southwest Valley 1.

Girls Soccer

• Bishop Heelan 2, St. Albert 0
• Harlan 4, Missouri Valley 2
• Lewis Central 8, Kuemper Catholic 0
• Nodaway Valley/WCV/ACGC 10, Riverside 1
• Tri-Center 2, Abraham Lincoln 1

Boys Soccer

• AHSTW 3, St. Albert 1
• Conestoga 4, Clarinda Academy 1
• Lewis Central 4, Underwood 1