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CHICAGO (AP) – Ohio State quarterback J.T. Barrett and Iowa cornerback Desmond King highlight the preseason all-Big Ten selections. Barrett was selected to the East team along with Michigan defensive back Jabrill Peppers, Michigan State defensive lineman Malik McDowell, Ohio State linebacker Raekwon McMillan and Penn State running back Saquon Barkley by a media panel. Iowa quarterback C.J. Beathard and defensive back Desmond King, Northwestern running back Justin Jackson and linebacker Anthony Walker, and Wisconsin running back Corey Clement were West picks.
Barrett – 15-2 as a starter – enters his junior season in the top spot after losing out to Cardale Jones last year and then replacing him. King, the 2015 Thorpe Award winner as the country’s top defensive back, leads a team that went 12-2 and 8-0 in conference play.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – A University of Iowa football player says he was playing “Pokemon Go” in a public park when he was mistaken for a suspected bank robber, surrounded by police and searched at gunpoint. Faith Ekakitie writes on Facebook that he feared for his life Wednesday in Iowa City. He explains that a bank had been robbed nearby and that he matched the suspect’s description of a “large black male, wearing all black, with something on top of his head.” He says he was wearing goggles on his head at the time.
Ekakitie says he understands why police did what they did. He says he had headphones in and didn’t respond to police commands. He thanks Iowa City police for their professionalism. A police spokesman chalks up the episode to “unfortunate timing.”
AMES, Iowa (AP) – An Iowa State football player has been suspended from the team after his arrest in Ames. University police say 20-year-old Nigel Tribune was pulled over a little before 3 a.m. Sunday because he had not turned on his vehicle’s headlamps.
Police say Tribune failed field sobriety tests and a preliminary breath test. He’s been charged with operating while intoxicated and with two traffic violations. Iowa State coach Matt Campbell says Tribune has been suspended indefinitely from the team. Tribune is listed as a backup cornerback on the depth chart.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Adrian Gonzalez hit a grand slam and Howie Kendrick added a two-run homer, helping the Los Angeles Dodgers spoil Mike Mayers’ major league debut in a 9-6 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday night. Scott Kazmir (9-3) pitched five innings to earn the victory. He allowed three runs on six hits.
After a rainout earlier in the week forced a doubleheader, the Cardinals decided not to start Carlos Martinez on short rest and called up Mayers, 24, from Triple-A Memphis for a spot start. St. Louis was the last team in the majors to use a pitcher not in their starting five this season. Mayers (0-1) lasted just 1 1/3 innings, throwing 62 pitches. He gave up nine runs on eight hits, including two home runs. His ERA is 60.75.
Kenley Jansen got his 29th save in 34 opportunities with a spotless ninth. The Dodgers scored six runs in a 45-pitch first inning. Mayers loaded the bases on two singles and a walk. Gonzalez crushed a fastball 427 feet to center field for his fifth career grand slam. After a double by Kendrick, Mayers struck out Yasmani Grandal and got a nice ovation from the crowd. With two outs, Joc Pederson walked and stole second. Kazmir singled up the middle for the final two runs and his first RBIs of the year.
Matt Holliday doubled home a run in the first. It was the first run scored in the first inning by St. Louis since July 3. After Los Angeles chased Mayers in the second with three more runs, Tommy Pham cut the Dodgers’ advantage to 9-3 with a two-run homer in the bottom of the inning. Four St. Louis relievers combined for 7 2/3 scoreless innings. In the seventh, Los Angels failed to score despite four walks.
Dodgers reliever Adam Liberatore allowed three runs in the seventh inning. It was the first runs he’s allowed since May 20 — a span that covers 29 games. He had pitched scoreless relief in 41 of his previous 42 games this year.
CLASS 1A STATE TOURNAMENT
Friday’s quarterfinals (7/22)
Remsen St. Mary’s 10, Highland 5
Newman Catholic 12, Nodaway Valley 2 (six innings)
Saturday’s quarterfinals (7/23)
West Sioux 3, Edgewood-Colesburg 2
Don Bosco 11, Tri-Center 1
Thursday’s semifinals (7/28)
11 a.m. — Newman Catholic (33-5) vs. Remsen-St. Mary’s (31-5)
1:30 — West Sioux (26-2) vs. Don Bosco
Saturday’s championship (7/30)
11 a.m. — TBD
CLASS 2A STATE TOURNAMENT
Monday’s quarterfinals (7/25)
11 a.m. — Clear Lake (28-7) vs. Denver (20-15)
1:30 p.m. — Van Buren (23-4) vs. Hinton (23-5)
5 p.m. — Beckman Catholic (24-17) vs. Pleasantville (28-9)
7:30 p.m. — Kuemper Catholic (24-11) vs. Collins-Maxwell/Baxter
Thursday’s semifinals (7/28)
5 p.m. — TBD
7:30 p.m. — TBD
Saturday’s championship (7/30)
1:30 p.m. — TBD
CLASS 3A STATE TOURNAMENT
Tuesday’s quarterfinals (7/26)
11 a.m. — Harlan (27-5) vs. Bishop Heelan Catholic (27-15)
1:30 p.m. — Wahlert (29-14) vs. Solon (21-20)
5 p.m. — Carlisle (31-6) vs. Central DeWitt (32-11)
7:30 p.m. — Pella (30-8) vs. Humboldt (25-7)
Friday’s semifinals (7/29)
11 a.m. — TBD
1:30 p.m. — TBD
Saturday’s championship (7/30)
5 p.m. — TBD
CLASS 4A STATE TOURNAMENT
Wednesday’s quarterfinals (7/27)
11 a.m. — Waukee (30-11) vs. Johnston (29-10)
1:30 p.m. — Cedar Rapids Prairie (35-6) vs. Davenport West (22-12)
5 p.m. — Iowa City West (33-6) vs. Cedar Rapids Jefferson (28-11)
7:30 p.m. — Des Moines Roosevelt (32-10) vs. Urbandale (29-10)
Friday’s semifinals (7/29)
5 p.m. — TBD
7:30 p.m. — TBD
Saturday’s championship (7/30)
7:30 p.m. — TBD
The Don Bosco Dons got off to an early lead and never gave the lead back to defeat the Tri-Center Trojans 11-1, Saturday night at Principal Park to advance them to the semifinals of the Iowa High School Baseball Class 1A playoffs. Don Bosco scored one run in the bottom half the first to get out to an early lead that started with Cade Schares getting hit by a pitch. Schares was brought Austin Miller’s single to shallow right.
Baylor Bedard got the start for Don Bosco and gave the Dons 5.1 strong innings of work where he allowed no runs from four hits and four walks, while striking out seven batters. The Dons opened it up in the bottom half of the second with five runs from three hits, two errors and two walks from starting pitcher Konnor Handy. Handy was chased after 2.1 innings of work where he allowed seven runs, five earned, from six hits and three walks, while striking out three.
Tri-Center was held scoreless until the top of the sixth when Handy ripped a single up the middle off Trever Brown that scored Kaleb Harrison who reached on a walk. Don Bosco finished the game early in the bottom of the sixth by putting three runners across home plate to initiate the 10-run rule after five. Don Bosco will take on West Sioux Thursday at 1:30 in the second class 1A semifinal game.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Adrian Gonzalez hit his eighth home run, red-hot Justin Turner got two more RBIs and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat St. Louis 7-2 on Saturday night to end the Cardinals’ five-game winning streak. Turner’s two-run double capped a four-run third. He has 14 RBIs since the All-Star break.
Gonzalez’s 429-foot solo blast to center sparked a three-run sixth. Kenta Maeda (9-7) rebounded from a poor outing against Arizona on July 17, giving up two runs over 5 2/3 innings. Only one of the Cardinals’ first 15 batters was able to hit the ball out of the infield against the Japanese right-hander.
Maeda helped himself with an RBI bunt single to start the third-inning rally. Andrew Toles went 3 for 4 and scored once for the Dodgers. He has reached safely in nine of 10 games since being called up from the minors. Mike Leake (7-8) allowed seven runs — six earned — in six innings. He was victimized by a mental error on Maeda’s single when second baseman Greg Garcia failed to cover first on the bunt attempt.
Matt Adams homered for the second consecutive game. His blast to left in the fourth extended the Cardinals’ streak of home runs to 14 straight games. Aledmys Diaz reached safely for the 26th straight game with a first-inning single. Diaz’s streak is the second-longest by a Cardinals rookie since Albert Pujols had streaks of 30 and 48 games in 2001. The loss dropped St. Louis’ home record to 25-29.
A final word on the Atlantic Baseball season with Head Coach Trace Petersen and a recap of Atlantic Softball’s games at the state tournament and their 7th place finish.
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The 7:20-a.m. Sportscast w/Chris Parks.
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