CLASS 3A

Substate 8

Dallas Center-Grimes 15, Greene County 1
Carroll 11, Atlantic 1 (Atlantic finishes the season at 6-10)
Harlan 9, Creston 2
Denison-Schleswig 11, Glenwood 0

Substate 7

Perry @ Ballard
Bondurant-Farrar 6, Saydel 5
ADM 11, Newton 1
North Polk 11, Nevada 0

Substate 6

Knoxville @ Winterset (Knoxville unable to play, forfeit)
Centerville 10, Pella 3
Norwalk 1, Carlisle 0
Grinnell 4, Oskaloosa 3

CLASS 4A

Substate 8

Des Moines North @ CB Thomas Jefferson (CB Thomas Jefferson unable to play, forfeit)
CB Abraham Lincoln 7, Lewis Central 4

CLASS 3A

Region 2

Humboldt 10, Greene County 0
MOC-Floyd Valley 11, OABCIG 1

Region 3

Creston 4, North Polk 3
Atlantic 13, Red Oak 3 (6 innings) – ON KJAN

CLASS 2A

Region 1

West Monona 11, St. Albert 1
Underwood 4, Logan-Magnolia 2

Region 2

Mount Ayr 5, Woodward-Granger 1
Earlham 8, Van Meter 2

CLASS 1A

Region 2

Newell-Fonda 8, Audubon 1
Exira-EHK 6, West Harrison 2

Region 3

Wayne 10, Lenox 0
Twin Cedars 6, Central Decatur 2

Region 5

Collins-Maxwell 12, Southeast Warren 0
Martensdale-St. Marys 7, Grand View Christian 4

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The Atlantic Trojans softball team is one step away from a trip to Fort Dodge after a 13-3 win over Red Oak in 6 innings on Friday night in Atlantic. The Trojans got down in an early 1-0 hole through the first inning but a huge 10-run effort in the 2nd put the Trojans in control the rest of the way.

Lexi Johnson ripped a triple for the Tigers in the first and Chloe Johnson brought her home with a sac grounder to give Red Oak the early lead.  Atlantic loaded the bases up in the bottom half of the inning with 1 out but couldn’t bring anyone home. The Tigers went 3 up, 3 down in the second and then the Trojans started an avalanche in the bottom of the frame. Lauren Nicholas lead off the frame with a walk, one of what would become 7 free bases in the inning. Emma Bierbaum struggled to find the strikezone and was eventually pulled for a portion of the game in favor eighth-grader Josie McCunn. Maleana Woodward highlighted the inning with a 2 RBI double and the Trojans racked up 10 runs on 4 hits with 2 errors and 2 left on base.

Atlantic would add one more run in the 3rd to put the 10-run rule possibly into play but the Tigers extended the game with a run in the 4th. Both teams scored 1 in the 5th with Atlantic squandering chances on a couple of different occasions to bring the winning run home. The Trojans were able to seal the game in the 6th on an RBI single by Caroline Pellett. Atlantic Head Coach Terry Hinzmann liked the overall effort but said there was some things to clean up.

Olivia Engler only gave up 4 hits on the night and struck out 7. She also racked up 3 hits and drew 2 walks on the night. Engler said patience at the plate has been a big focal point in practice.

Atlantic improved to 17-1 on the season and advances to the Class 3A Region 3 Final on Monday night. The Trojans will face the Creston Panthers who picked up a big road win over North Polk 4-3 on Friday. With that result the Trojans will get to host on Monday night with a trip to State on the line. Coach Hinzmann reflected on the team reaching an opportunity they had their sights set on.

Engler said Creston will be a tough opponent on Monday night.

We’ll have that Atlantic vs. Creston game on KJAN with pregame at 6:45 p.m. and first pitch at 7:00 p.m.

NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — After the first two months of the IndyCar season were derailed by the coronavirus, former champion Tony Kanaan finally began his abbreviated swansong to the open-wheel racing series at Texas the first weekend of June.

IndyCar driver Tony Kanaan, of Brazil, practices on his racing simulator in his home in Indianapolis, Saturday, March 28, 2020. Kanaan, along with other IndyCar drivers and NASCAR’s Jimmie Johnson will compete in the series’ inaugural virtual racing event Saturday. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Then he sat for two more weeks because of his schedule. But the former series champion and Indy 500 winner is back in the car this weekend for A.J. Foyt Racing for the doubleheader at Iowa Speedway.

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The baseball postseason gets started tonight for Class 3A and 4A schools. Atlantic opens up on the road against Carroll in 3A Substate 8. Here is a look at all the area contests. All games are set to start at 7:00 p.m.

CLASS 3A

Substate 8

Greene County @ Dallas Center-Grimes
Atlantic @ Carroll
Creston @ Harlan
Glenwood @ Denison-Schleswig

Substate 7

Perry @ Ballard
Saydel @ Bondurant-Farrar
Newton @ ADM
Nevada @ North Polk

Substate 6

Knoxville @ Winterset
Pella @ Centerville
Carlisle @ Norwalk 4:30 p.m.
Grinnell @ Oskaloosa

CLASS 4A

Substate 8

Des Moines North @ CB Thomas Jefferson
CB Abraham Lincoln @ Lewis Central

Playoff softball continues on Friday with Regional Semifinals in Classes 1A, 2A, and 3A. We’ll have a Class 3A Region 3 Semifinal between Atlantic and Red Oak on KJAN. Pregame at 6:45 p.m. First pitch at 7:00 p.m. Here is a look at all the area match-ups tonight. All games start at 7:00 p.m. unless otherwise noted.

CLASS 3A

Region 2

Greene County @ Humboldt
OABCIG @ MOC-Floyd Valley

Region 3

Creston @ North Polk 5:00 p.m.
Red Oak @ Atlantic – ON KJAN

CLASS 2A

Region 1

St. Albert @ West Monona
Logan-Magnolia @ Underwood

Region 2

Woodward-Granger @ Mount Ayr
Van Meter @ Earlham

CLASS 1A

Region 2

Audubon @ Newell-Fonda
West Harrison @ Exira-EHK 5:00 p.m.

Region 3

Lenox @ Wayne
Central Decatur @ Twin Cedars

Region 5

Southeast Warren @ Collins-Maxwell
Grand View Christian @ Martensdale-St. Marys

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

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Djimon Colbert says the death of George Floyd and revelations of mistreatment of Black players in the Iowa football program is prompting him to confront issues he used to put to the side. The Hawkeyes’ linebacker said the summer has been liberating for him. He’s participated in protests in downtown Iowa City, and he’s found his voice as a member of the Hawks’ 21-player Leadership Group. Dozens of former players have alleged racial bias in the program run by Kirk Ferentz. The coach has taken steps to make the program more inclusive. Colbert said he’s seen positive developments.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Men’s and women’s college basketball coaches are proposing the NCAA eliminate standardized testing requirements from initial-eligibility standards. The coaches call exams such as the SAT and ACT “longstanding forces of institutional racism.” The proposal comes out of the new committee on racial reconciliation formed by the National Association of Basketball Coaches in response to the Black Lives Matter movement and other social justice initiatives to wear warmup jerseys with “Black Lives Matter” and “Say Her Name.”

NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — Scott Dixon is giving team owner Chip Ganassi quite the celebration of his 30th anniversary in IndyCar, winning three of the first four races headed into this weekend’s doubleheader at Iowa. The only interruption in that streak? When his Swedish teammate Felix Rosenqvist went to victory lane for the first time last weekend at Road America. Throw in a fourth-place run for their other teammate, Marcus Ericsson, and the Ganassi bunch has everybody trying to play catch-up.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Not long ago, pitcher Tim Hill was wrapping up eight brutal months of chemotherapy to treat colon cancer. If anybody had a reason to opt out of baseball’s restart, it would be him. Yet there he was, on a blazing evening at Kauffman Stadium, throwing pitches to Kansas City Royals teammates as they prepared for the start of their 60-game season next weekend in Cleveland. One after another, the lanky left-hander with the easy grin, infectious personality and sinker-style delivery left the woefully out-of-sync hitters baffled. Turns out, he caught San Diego’s eye at some point, too. The Padres acquired Hill from Kansas City in a trade Thursday night.

UNDATED (AP) — Oklahoma State junior running back Chuba Hubbard has been named the Big 12 preseason offensive player of a year. The selection comes only weeks after the NCAA rushing leader lashed out at coach Mike Gundy and suggested he might boycott the Cowboys program. West Virginia senior defensive lineman Darius Stills was tabbed as the preseason defensive player of the year.