CLASS 3A

Substate 6

Centerville 14, Winterset 6
Norwalk 3, Grinnell 1

Substate 7

Bondurant-Farrar 4, Ballard 2
ADM 11, North Polk 1

Substate 8

Dallas Center-Grimes 7, Carroll 1
Harlan 13, Denison-Schleswig 3

CLASS 4A

Substate 8

CB Abraham Lincoln 15, Des Moines North 0

CLASS 1A

Region 2: Newell-Fonda 10, Exira-EHK 0 (5 innings)
Region 3: Wayne 5, Twin Cedars 1
Region 5: Collins-Maxwell 7, Martensdale-St. Marys 0

CLASS 2A

Region 1: Underwood 8, West Monona 4
Region 2: Mount Ayr 4, Earlham 3 (Mount Ayr scores 3 runs in the bottom of the 7th to come back and win it.)

CLASS 3A

Region 3: Creston 6, Atlantic 3 (Trojans end the season at 17-2)

The Creston Panthers will make their 6th trip to the State Softball Tournament after notching a 6-3 win over Atlantic on Monday night. Creston got some early short hits to work in their favor and then came up big with the long ball later in the game.

The Panthers jumped on top early with a run in the 1st on an RBI single from Emma Hanson. They added two more runs in the 2nd inning on RBI singles from Sara Keeler and Gracie Hagle. Creston loaded the bases with nobody out to start that frame. The Trojans got a force out at home for the first out of the inning and then Olivia Engler prevented any more damage with two straight strikeouts to end the inning. Atlantic responded in the third with a 2 RBI double from Caroline Pellett and an RBI single from McKenzie Waters to tie the game at 3.

Creston freshman Nevaeh Randall came up with the big hit of the game in the 4th. With two down Gracie Hagle got on base with a single and then Randall stepped up and belted a 2-run shot over the right-center fence to put Creston back up 5-3. The Panthers added an insurance run in the top of the 7th and the Trojans couldn’t answer at the plate. Reagan Pellet got a bloop single with two out, but the next batter Lauren Nicholas hit into a 1-3 groundout to end the game. Atlantic Head Coach Terry Hinzmann said it was just a bit of an off night for the Trojans.

Creston improves to 13-5 with the win and will move on to the State Tournament in Fort Dodge next week. Atlantic sees another successful season end with a record of 17-2. Coach Hinzmann said it will be hard to say goodbye to a couple of great seniors in Reagan Pellett and McKenzie Waters.

Those two Trojans were a part of 135 wins for the program since they were eighth graders. The Trojans also earned their only two trips to the State Tournament in school history during that time span.

The Atlantic Trojans softball team will square off against the Creston Panthers tonight in the Class 3A Region 3 Final, with the victor heading to the State Tournament next week in Fort Dodge. The Trojans come in with a 17-1 record and face a 12-5 Panthers squad. This will be the third meeting of the season between the two Hawkeye Ten clubs. Atlantic took both games of a doubleheader back on July 2nd, 5-2 in game 1 and 9-8 in game 2. The Trojans had to come back from a 4-run deficit in that second contest. Atlantic Head Coach Terry Hinzmann knows Creston is a strong opponent.

Olivia Engler struck out 9 Panther batters in that first game back on July 2nd. She said she plays travel ball with a number of the Creston players so she knows what to expect and knows they are a tough out.

Both teams won a pair of games to get to this point. The Trojans opened with an 11-0 victory in 5 innings over Clarinda and followed with a Semifinal win over Red Oak on Friday 13-3 in 6 innings. Creston won their Quarterfinal game over Des Moines Christian 12-2 in 4 innings. The Panthers then got a big road win in the Semifinal round over North Polk 4-3.

We’ll have the Regional Final for you tonight on KJAN from the Atlantic Little League Complex. Chris Parks has the call with pregame at 6:45 p.m. and first pitch at 7:00 p.m. Tune in on AM 1220, FM 101.1 or online at KJAN.com.

The high school baseball playoffs continue tonight with Class 3A and 4A schools playing Substate Semifinals. Here is a look at the area match-ups with all games set to start at 7:00 p.m.

CLASS 3A

Substate 6

Centerville @ Winterset
Grinnell @ Norwalk

Substate 7

Bondurant-Farrar @ Ballard
North Polk @ ADM

Substate 8

Carroll @ Dallas Center-Grimes
Denison-Schleswig @ Harlan

CLASS 4A

Substate 8

CB Abraham Lincoln @ Des Moines North

Trips to the State Tournament are on the line tonight with Regional Final softball games in Classes 1A, 2A, and 3A. We’ll have the Class 3A Region 3 Final on KJAN as Atlantic hosts Creston. Pregame at 6:45 p.m. and first pitch at 7:00 p.m. Here is a look at all the area match-ups. All games are set to start at 7:00 p.m.

CLASS 1A

Region 2: Exira-EHK @ Newell-Fonda
Region 3: Twin Cedars @ Wayne
Region 5: Martensdale-St. Marys @ Collins-Maxwell

CLASS 2A

Region 1: Underwood @ West Monona
Region 2: Mount Ayr @ Earlham

CLASS 3A

Region 3: Creston @ Atlantic

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(Radio Iowa) — Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz says he agrees with the Big Ten’s decision to play a conference only football schedule even though it cost the Hawkeyes two games against in-state foes. Iowa was scheduled to open the season at home against Northern Iowa and was also set to host the annual Cy-Hawk game against Iowa State.

It will be the first time since 1976 the Hawkeyes and Cyclones have not met.

Ferentz says he is more focused on just having a season.

Sophomore center and Solon native Tyler Linderbaum says it is disappointing to lose the in-state games.

Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — There is a wave of 20-somethings in IndyCar that are giving the elder statesmen of open-wheel racing everything they can handle this season. Rinus VeeKay, Colton Herta and Santino Ferrucci along with Pato O’Ward, Alex Palou and Oliver Askew represent a quarter of the field, and all of them have been running near the front. That included the doubleheader at Iowa this weekend, where Askew and O’Ward battled for the podium on Friday night and Askew was in the mix again Saturday. They come from all kinds of backgrounds and walks of life, too. O’Ward is from Mexico, Palou is Spanish and VeeKay is Dutch.

NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — Josef Newgarden led nearly wire-to-wire Saturday night to win the IndyCar race at Iowa Speedway, giving team owner Roger Penske a sweep of the double-header and his fourth victory across three series this weekend. Will Power finished second after wrecking out of the doubleheader opener. Graham Rahal finished third for his first podium in more than a year, while Pagenaud again came from the back to finish fourth and series leader Scott Dixon was fifth.

NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — There is a wave of 20-somethings in IndyCar that are giving the elder statesmen of open-wheel racing everything they can handle this season. Rinus VeeKay, Colton Herta and Santino Ferrucci along with Pato O’Ward, Alex Palou and Oliver Askew represent a quarter of the field, and all of them have been running near the front.

That included the doubleheader at Iowa this weekend, where Askew and O’Ward battled for the podium on Friday night and Askew was in the mix again Saturday. They come from all kinds of backgrounds and walks of life, too. O’Ward is from Mexico, Palou is Spanish and VeeKay is Dutch.