CORALVILLE, Iowa (AP) — The U.S. wrestling team will find out this weekend which 18 athletes will be eligible for the Summer Olympics. Half of the wrestlers who make the team might not make it the Rio.

The Americans find themselves in a precarious position as Olympic qualifying draws to a close. The U.S. has earned Summer Games spots in just nine of 18 classes ahead of the Olympic Team Trials, which start Saturday in Iowa City.

The U.S. still has plenty of chances to add Olympic berths in upcoming tournaments in Mongolia and Turkey. So for many of the wrestlers who win team spots this weekend, the path to Rio De Janeiro will have just begun.

GIRLS

• Atlantic 179, Creston 206
  Medalist: Brooke Newell, Atlantic 38. Runner-Up: Erin Olsen, Atlantic 40.
• Clarinda 211, Lewis Central 292
• Griswold 234, Red Oak No Team Score
  Medalist: Reagan Whitehill, Griswold 55
• Denison-Schleswig 246, Harlan 264

BOYS

• Atlantic 151, Creston 162
  Medalist: Jake Olsen, Atlantic 35. Runner-Up: Kyle Nelson, Atlantic 37.
• Clarinda 166, Lewis Central 182
• Red Oak 183, Griswold 189
  Medalist: James Reynolds, Griswold 39
• Nishnabotna 181, Southwest Iowa 235, Rock Port MO. 251
• Bedford 199, Southwest Valley 207
• Nodaway Valley 169, East Union 191, Adair-Casey 286
  Medalist: Wes Davis, Nodaway Valley 40. Runner-Up: Jackson Lamb, Nodaway Valley.

GIRLS

Creston 9, Atlantic 0
Clarinda 7, Lewis Central 2Glenwood 9, Sioux City East 0
Glenwood 9, Sioux City West 0

BOYS

Creston 6, Atlantic 3
Lewis Central 7, Clarinda 2
Glenwood 9, Southwest Valley 0Denison-Schleswig 5, Harlan 4

BOYS

Atlantic 4, Tri-Center 1.  (Ryan Hawkins had 2 goals and 2 assists.  Goals also from David Thomsen and Eric Weiser. Goal Keeper Nolan Farver had 8 saves. Trojans play Mo-Valley on Friday.)
ADM, Adel 1, North Polk, Alleman 0
Denison-Schleswig 3, St. Albert, Council Bluffs 2
Glenwood 6, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 0
Lewis Central 1, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 0
Riverside 13, Clarinda Academy 1

GIRLS

Tri-Center 7, Atlantic 1
A-D-M/Van Meter 10, Carroll 0
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 1, Glenwood 0
Nodaway Valley/AC/WCV 11, Creston 1.  (Senior Hailey Gross scored a team record 6 goals in the match.)
St. Albert, Council Bluffs 10, Denison-Schleswig 0

AHSTW CO-ED Invite

GIRLS

1. Underwood 152
2. Fremont-Mills 136
3. Audubon 104
4. AHSTW 103
5. Riverside 78
6. Exira-EHK 69
7. East Mills 63

Underwood’s Karley Larson led the way with wins in the 8000m, 15000m, and 3000m.  Audubon got three wins on the night: Sydney Obermeier won the High Jump and the Sprint Medley and 4x400m Relay teams picked up wins.  AHSTW also had a good night winning the 4x100m, 4x200m, Anna Bauer took the 100m, and Jaycie Schueman took the 100m Hurdles.  Sydnee Young of Exira-EHK won the 200m.  Riverside won the 4x800m Relay.

Full results here.

BOYS

1. Audubon 132
2. Fremont-Mills 113
3. Denison-Schleswig 105
4. Riverside 86
5. AHSTW 84
6. Exira-EHK 74
7. East Mills 57
8. Underwood 28

The Wheelers won a total of nine events en route to the team title. Jake Mulford won the 100m, Mitchell Nelsen took the 110 High Hurdles, Kyle Rustvold won the high jump, Nolan Smith took the 400 Hurdles.  The Wheelers won five of the six relay events. AHSTW was led by Jay Heiny with a win in the 800m and Dalton Fischer with a win in the 3200m.  The Exira-EHK Spartans got wins from Brady Hansen in the Long Jump and Martin Olsen in the Shot Put.  Tim Brink of Riverside took the 1600m.

Full results here.

Red Oak Lady Tiger Relays

Class 1A

1. Sidney 148
2. Bedford 119
3. Griswold 96
4. Essex 85.5
5. Stanton 59.5
6. Lenox 44
7. Clarinda Academy 16
8. South Page 4

Griswold had four wins on the night: Charli Adams in the 1500m, Alisha Seyler in the 3000m, Jessica Marshall in the 400m Hurdles, Distance Medley.

Full results here.

Class 2A

1. Glenwood 177
2. Creston 148
3. Shenandoah 84
4. Clarinda 55
5. Southwest Valley 47
6. St. Albert 43
7. Red Oak 32

Glenwood won eight events in route to the team title.

Full results here.

Girls Koos Relays at Harlan

1. Bishop Heelan 138
2. Boone 101
3. Harlan 96
4. Abraham Lincoln 85
5. Treynor 71
6. Thomas Jefferson 63
7. Earlham 58
8. Denison-Schleswig 57
9. Lewis Central 56
10. Kuemper Catholic 15

Harlan got two wins from Gillian Streit in the Shot Put and Discus.  The Cyclones also won the 4x200m Relay and 4x800m Relay.

Full results here.

Missouri Valley Boys Big Red Relays

1. Logan-Magnolia 150
2. Boyer Valley 114
3. Missouri Valley 112
4. Woodbine 82
5. Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 57
6. West Harrison 26
7. Glenwood JV 14
8. Heartland Christian 9

Full results Boys Big Red Relays 2016.

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A tax break will be updated to benefit the Knoxville Raceway, under a bill that advanced with bipartisan support in the Iowa Senate. The raceway is revising its building plans, and the bill would make it easier to access a 2 million dollar sales tax rebate that was approved two years ago. Waterloo Democrat and avid racing promoter Bill Dotzler says the Raceway needs help to compete with other venues.

Backers say the bill is needed because the raceway has abandoned plans to expand with suites and retail space in favor of general upgrades including making the facility more accessible for aging fans. Track officials say the new plan includes upgrades to meet the requirements of the American with Disabilities Act.

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IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – Iowa walk-on Nicholas Baer has been awarded a scholarship by coach Fran McCaffery. Baer, who redshirted in 2014-15, was the most surprising player on Iowa’s roster. He broke through a deep class of fellow freshmen, all of whom were on scholarship, and averaged nearly five points a game. Baer scored 15 points in the Hawkeyes’ last game, an 87-68 NCAA Tournament loss to eventual national champion Villanova.

Baer will take up one of the scholarships freed up when Andrew Fleming and Brandon Hutton decided to leave the program after the season. Baer’s role should be expanded next season, as Iowa loses four seniors starters.

The St. Louis Cardinals traded left-handed pitcher Jayson Aquino to the Baltimore Orioles for cash considerations this morning.

Aquino was acquired by the Cardinals on a waiver claim from the Cleveland Indians on Dec. 9, 2015, and assigned to the Cardinals 40-man roster, before being designated for assignment and traded to the Orioles.  He did not make an appearance in any of the Cardinals Major League Spring Training games.

The Orioles become Aquino’s sixth organization since being signed as a non-drafted free agent out of the Dominican Republic by the Colorado Rockies in 2009.