SOFTBALL

Atlantic 4, Missouri Valley 2
Adair-Casey 10, Audubon 1
A-D-M, Adel 14, Carroll 0
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 14, Denison-Schleswig 9
Interstate 35, Truro 11, Lenox 1
Harlan 8, Bishop Heelan 0
Glidden-Ralston 13, Storm Lake St. Mary’s 0
Griswold 8, CAM 7
Logan-Magnolia 4, Charter Oak-Ute 0
Nodaway Valley 10, Stanton 0
River Valley 2, Boyer Valley 1
Shenandoah 8, Essex 2
Westwood, Sloan 12, Whiting 2

BASEBALL

Atlantic 16, Logan-Magnolia 0 (4 Innings)
Audubon 12, Adair-Casey 0 (5 innings)
Coon Rapids-Bayard 10, IKM-Manning 4
Denison-Schleswig 10, Carroll 0 (Final 5 innings)
Griswold 5, CAM, Anita 1
Indianola 11, Creston 0
Interstate 35, Truro 6, Lenox 5 (8 innings)
Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 7, Missouri Valley 5
Orient-Macksburg 9, Melcher-Dallas 8
Shenandoah 5, Red Oak 1

Boys Soccer Sub-State Semi-Finals

Class 1A Substate 7

Des Moines Christian 1, Atlantic 0
Pella Christian 2, AHSTW 1

Class 1A Substate 8

Underwood 5, Riverside 1
Tri-Center 3, St. Albert 2 (OT/PK)

Class 1A Substate 1

Kuemper Catholic 2, West Sioux 1
Unity Christian 3, MOC Floyd Valley 2 (OT)

Class 2A Substate 8

Denison-Schleswig 3, Glenwood 2
Bishop Heelan 3, Harlan 1

Class 3A Substate 8

WDM Valley 5, Lewis Central 0
Des Moines Lincoln 2, Urbandale 1

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ST. LOUIS (AP) – Jake Arrieta remained unbeaten on the season despite allowing as many as four runs for the first time in nearly a year and the Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 9-8 on Wednesday.

Arrieta (9-0) joined the White Sox’s Chris Sale as the only nine-game winners in the majors.

Arrieta allowed four runs in a regular-season game for the first time since June 16, 2015.

Arrieta became the first Cub to win his first nine decisions since Kenny Holtzman in 1967 and it is the best start to a season for the franchise since Jim McCormick went 16-0 in 1886.

Kris Bryant hit a three-run homer and Jason Heyward and Ben Zobrist each drove in two for the Cubs.

ST. LOUIS (AP) – The St. Louis Cardinals acquired outfielder Jose Martinez from the Kansas City Royals for cash considerations on Wednesday. Martinez, 27, was playing for Triple-A Omaha and has been assigned to Triple-A Memphis. He was hitting .298 with three home runs and 18 RBIs at Omaha. The Cardinals moved right-handed pitcher Mitch Harris (elbow) to the 60-day disabled list to make room for Martinez on the 40-man roster.

GIRLS

Perry 7, Atlantic 1 (Trojans end regular season 5-11)
Boone 5, Carroll 2
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 4, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 1
Glenwood 3, Tri-Center, Neola 2 (2OT)
Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 5, Denison-Schleswig 3 (PKs 3-1)
Lewis Central 6, St. Albert, Council Bluffs 0
Nodaway Valley/AC/WCV 6, Harlan 0

Softball

Carroll 8, Denison-Schleswig 5
Creston 11, Glenwood 2
IKM-Manning 11, AHSTW 0
Kuemper Catholic 8, Harlan 1
Lewis Central 9, St. Albert 5
Logan-Magnolia 13, Griswold 1
Missouri Valley 8, Tri-Center, Neola 0
Mount Ayr 16, East Mills 1
OA-BCIG 12, Maple Valley-Anthon Oto 9 (8)
Panorama 16, Des Moines Christian 9
Shenandoah 3, Red Oak 2
Sidney 13, Stanton 4
Treynor 10, Riverside, Oakland 0
Underwood 16, Audubon 6

Baseball

Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 2, Atlantic 0
Audubon 3, Underwood 2
Creston 4, Glenwood 0
Des Moines Christian 8, Panorama, Panora 2
East Union 4, Orient-Macksburg 1
Glidden-Ralston 13, East Mills 3 (6 inn)
Glidden-Ralston 15, East Mills 3 (5 inn)
Griswold 6, Logan-Magnolia 3
Harlan 17, Kuemper Catholic 5
IKM-Manning 4, AHSTW, Avoca 0
Lewis Central 9, St. Albert, Council Bluffs 1
Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 7, OA-BCIG 4
Murray 13, Lamoni 0 (6 innings)
Norwalk 3, Nodaway Valley 2
Shenandoah 13, Bedford 9
Southwest Valley 14, Essex 1
Spencer 13, Denison-Schleswig 1
Stanton 15, Sidney 3
Treynor 15, Riverside 3
Tri-Center, Neola 3, Missouri Valley 2
West Central Valley, Stuart 3, Guthrie Center 2

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The Iowa Western Community College baseball team won’t need Google Maps or GPS to find its way to Grand Junction, Colorado. The Reivers are headed to the NJCAA Division I World Series for the 10th time in the last 14 years and while the 11 and a half hour route remains the same, it never gets old. The Reivers not only have experience playing in the World Series but winning it as well. The will be in search of their fourth title since 2010.

Iowa Western plays Santa Fe College out of Florida in Saturday morning’s tournament opener. Coach Marc Rardin says the key is to not get caught up in the moment. Iowa Western is 50-13 on the season.

(Learfield Sports)

Iowa coach Rick Heller would like to see Omaha and TD Ameritrade Park become the permanent home of the Big Ten Conference Tournament. The home of the College World Series will host the league tournament for a second time this week and the Big Ten announced an agreement in April to have Omaha serve as host from 2018 through 2022.

Heller says the fan support in Omaha gives the tournament an outstanding atmosphere. The championship game in 2014 set an all-time attendance record of 19.965 fans. Iowa is the eighth seed in the tournament and plays regular season champion Minnesota in Wednesday’s opening round. Nebraska is the second seed. The Hawkeyes played their way into the tournament by winning five of their last six games and Heller hopes they can maintain that momentum.

Iowa sends sophomore C.J. Eldred to the mound and will face Gopher ace Matt Fiedler. Heller says starting pitching sets the tone in a tournament. Minnesota took two out of three games from the Hawkeyes back in early April.

(Learfield Sports)