High temperatures should hit the mid-90s this (Monday) afternoon in parts of Iowa and thousands of visitors in the state for the big bicycle ride aren’t used to the heat and humidity. Dr. William Gossman, who runs the emergency room at Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, says to be very watchful for these symptoms of heat stress. “Usually people get light-headed and nauseated,” Dr. Gossman says. “That’s probably the most common thing that I see. The extreme is that they pass out.”

Whether you’re attempting to ride a bike across Iowa or are just working outside in the stifling heat, he says if you’re showing the signs of heat stress, quit whatever you’re doing and seek shelter. “The first thing you should do is try to get into a cool environment and drink as much fluid as you can,” Gossman says. “If you’re getting abdominal pain, chest pain or feel like you’re going to pass out, the best thing is to get in and be seen.” If you’re at that point, he says you may need an I-V to replenish fluids.

On the plus side, a cool front is expected to arrive late tonight, pushing high temps for the rest of the week down into the 70s and 80s statewide.

(Radio Iowa)

DALLAS (AP) – Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby says significant changes are needed in the NCAA, a belief he shares with commissioners from other power conferences.  Bowlsby and leaders of the SEC, Big Ten, Pac-12 and ACC met about six weeks ago to talk about issues. Bowlsby says the sense is that “transformative change is going to have to happen.”

SEC Commissioner Mike Slive delivered a similar message last week at his league’s media days. Bowlsby says there are no conversations about seceding from the NCAA, and that would be only “a last resort.”  But Bowlsby says it may be time to consider federation by “size and scope and equity brought to the system” or maybe federation by sport. He says it’s unrealistic to manage football and field hockey by the same rules.

w/ Jim Field

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The commissioner of the Missouri Valley Football Conference — which includes two schools from South Dakota and one from North Dakota — says her league would be hurt the most if the Big Ten Conference stops scheduling smaller Division One colleges. The Big Ten says it is unlikely to schedule Football Championship Subdivision teams now that Rutgers and Maryland are joining the league and a playoff system is being planned in the upper tier of Division One.

Missouri Valley commissioner Patty Viverito tells the Sioux Falls Argus Leader that her league has close ties to the Big Ten, mainly because teams from the conferences are located in the same area. Viverito says there’s always a lot of interest in games between Missouri Valley and Big Ten teams.

ST. LOUIS (AP) – Adam Wainwright worked eight sharp innings for his National League-leading 13th win and Allen Craig made a game-ending leaping catch at the left field wall as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the San Diego Padres 3-2 on Sunday.

Craig has 12 hits and six RBIs during a seven-game hitting streak for the Cardinals, who took two of three in both series against the Padres this season. The St. Louis defense turned three double plays behind Wainwright (13-5), who allowed two runs with seven strikeouts and worked around two walks.

Yonder Alonso singled three times with an RBI for the Padres. Eric Stults (8-8) allowed three runs on eight hits in six innings, stranding two runners in the second and fifth.

(at the Harlan Rogers Sports Complex in Ft. Dodge)

Class 1-A
11:00-a.m.: Janesville vs. Akron-Westfield (Diamond 1)
11:30-a.m.: Lynville-Sully vs. Don Bosco (Diamond 2)
1:00-p.m.: Remsen-St. Marys vs. Newell-Fonda (Diamond 1)
1:30-p.m.: New London vs. Martensdale-St.Marys (Diamond 2)

Class 2-A
3:00-p.m.: Iowa City Regina (20-19) vs. Treynor (28-5) (Diamond 1)
3:30-p.m.: Jesup vs. AGWSR (Diamond 2)
5:00-p.m.: Ride View vs. Ft. Dodge/St. Edmond (Diamond 1)
5:30-p.m.: Lawton-Bronson vs. Durant (Diamond 2)

Class 3-A
7:00-p.m.: Estherville-Lincoln Central vs. Sgt. Bluff-Luton (Diamond 1)
7:30-p.m.: Monticello vs. Bondurant-Farrar (Diamond 2)

(all games begin at 7-p.m.)

Monday, July 22, 2013

Class 3-A
Substate 8/District 15:
Glenwood vs. Greene County, at Creston

Substate 8/District 16:
Harlan vs. Carroll, at Harlan

Tuesday: July 23, 2013

Class 1-A
Substate 7:
Martensdale-St. Marys (29-9) vs. Underwood, at Creston

Substate 8:
Coon Rapids-Bayard (27-10) vs. Woodbury Central-Moville (19-9), at Denison-Schleswig

Class 2-A
Substate 8:
Council Bluffs/St. Albert (22-7) vs. Kuemper Catholic (27-6), at Harlan

Class 4-A
Substate 1:
Sioux City North vs. Council Bluffs/St. Albert, at Sgt. Bluff-Luton

CLASS 1-A:

Coon Rapids-Bayard 5, A-H-S-T 0
Martensdale-St. Marys 15, Lenox 0 (4 innings)
Underwood 10, Nishnabotna 1

CLASS 2-A:

Interstate 35 13, Nodaway Valley 12
Kuemper Catholic 5, IKM-Manning 4 (9 innings)
St. Albert 6, Treynor 5 (8 innings)