The 7:20-a.m. Sportscast w/Jim Field.

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@ Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines….

Class 1A Semi’s
10:30-a.m. Council Bluffs/St. Albert vs. Britt/West Hancock
12:15-p.m. South O’Brien/Paullina vs. Gladbrook-Reinbeck

Class 2A Semi’s
2:00-p.m. Pella Christian vs. Cascade/Western Dubuque
3:45-p.m. Hull/Western Christian vs. Anamosa

Class 3A Semi’s
6:35-p.m. Chariton vs. Dubuque/Wahlert
8:15-p.m. Pella vs. Cedar Rapids/Xavier

The Championship and Consolation round games in Class 1A and 2A are on Friday, while the 3A and 4A finals are on Saturday.

JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Reigning NL batting champion Dee Gordon singled for his first hit of the spring after an 0-for-10 start and the Miami Marlins beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-3 on Wednesday. Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina made a sweeping tag play at the plate to save a run in his first appearance of the spring. He didn’t bat, protecting his surgically repaired left thumb for another week or so. He caught three innings.

Gordon, who batted .333 last year, got his hit off Marco Gonzales and scored in the third. Mike Leake worked two scoreless innings in his first spring start for St. Louis. Adam Conley allowed one hit in 2 2-3 innings in his second start for Miami. Justin Bour had two hits and two RBIs for Miami. Patrick Wisdom had a two-run homer for St. Louis.

4A State Tournament
First Round
Cedar Falls 60, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 58

Iowa City, West 51, Des Moines, Hoover 48

Pleasant Valley 57, Dubuque, Senior 42

Valley, West Des Moines 61, Dowling Catholic, West Des Moines 56

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Michael Finke scored 17 points and made five 3-pointers to lead No. 12 seed Illinois past 13th-seeded Minnesota 85-52 on Wednesday in the Big Ten tournament’s opening round.

The Fighting Illini (14-18) play No. 5 seed and 20th-ranked Iowa on Thursday in second-round action.

Kendrick Nunn added 15 points for Illinois while Malcolm Hill had 14 and Jalen Coleman-Lands 13. The Fighting Illini made 32 of 58 field-goal attempts (55 percent), including 14 of 26 from 3-point range (54 percent). Nunn, Hill and Coleman-Lands were a collective 15 of 26 from the field.

Illinois outrebounded Minnesota 35-26 and forced 15 Golden Gopher turnovers. Minnesota shot 39.2 percent (20 of 51) in dropping a fourth consecutive game to end the season.

Minnesota (8-23), which finished with a school record for single-season losses, got 12 points from Charles Buggs and 11 by Ahmad Gilbert.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Kansas City Chiefs were penalized Wednesday for violating the NFL’s anti-tampering rules for having impermissible contact with wide receiver Jeremy Maclin during last year’s free agency.

The Chiefs were stripped of their third-round pick this April and sixth-round pick next year and fined $250,000. Chiefs coach Andy Reid was also fined $50,000 and general manager John Dorsey fined $25,000.

Chiefs chairman Clark Hunt said in a statement the club intends to appeal the penalties.

The Chiefs are accused of having direct communication with Maclin, who played for Reid in Philadelphia, during the league’s negotiating period. That communication is a violation of NFL tampering rules.

Maclin later signed a $55 million, five-year deal with Kansas City.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Kansas City Chiefs have agreed to a five-year contract with former Browns offensive lineman Mitchell Schwartz, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press.

The person spoke on condition of anonymity Wednesday because the Chiefs had not announced the deal.

Schwartz played every game for Cleveland last season as the bookend to Pro Bowl tackle Joe Thomas. The second-round pick in the 2012 draft is the brother of former Giants offensive guard Geoff Schwartz, who played for Kansas City during the 2013 season.

The Chiefs also agreed to a deal with outside linebacker Jonathan Massaquoi as free agency began.

Meanwhile, the franchise was docked two draft picks and ordered to pay a $250,000 fine for violating the NFL’s anti-tampering rules in their discussions with wide receiver Jeremy Maclin last year. The Chiefs said in a statement they will appeal the penalties.

Class 4A Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal Round – VALLEY, WEST DES MOINES 61, DOWLING CATHOLIC, WDM 56 – BOXSCORE

Quarterfinal Round – PLEASANT VALLEY 57, DUBUQUE, SENIOR 42 – BOXSCORE