State First Round Girls Team Tennis was played on Monday, May 20th for some teams around the state.  Locally Red Oak traveled to Norwalk to face Ballard for a chance to move on to the final four of the state meet.

Red Oak defeated Ballard 5-0 and now moves on to the final four state semi-final.  The final four will be played Saturday, June 1st at the Ankeny Tennis Complex at the Prairie Ridge Sports Complex.  Some teams are still competing today (5/21) to complete the rest of the field.

Scores from Monday, May 20th

CLASS 1A:

Des Moines Christian 7, Nodaway Valley 0
Riverside, Oakland 8, Missouri Valley 0
Tri-Center, Neola 3, A-H-S-T, Avoca 2
West Central Valley, Stuart 2, Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 1

CLASS 2A:

ADM, Adel 4, Harlan 1
Creston 3, Winterset 2
Denison-Schleswig 2, Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City 0
Spirit Lake 4, Carroll 0

CLASS 3A:

Des Moines, Roosevelt 7, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 4
Sioux City, North 2, Lewis Central 1

Baseball
Bedford 6, Clarinda 2
Coon Rapids-Bayard 15, Newell-Fonda 1
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 5, St. Albert, Council Bluffs 1
Creston 16, Corning 2
Nishnabotna 13, A-H-S-T, Avoca 3

Softball
Creston 13, Corning 3
Grandview Park Baptist 3, Coon Rapids-Bayard 2
Greene County 1, Denison-Schleswig 0
Murray 7, Essex 1
Twin Cedars 10, Orient-Macksburg 0

Regional Finals played Monday, May 20th.  State Golf Meet will be held May 28th and 29th.  American Legion, Marshalltown (Classes 1A-2A).  Ames Golf & Country Club, Ames (Classes 3A-4A).

Class 1A Region 2 at Corning: Happy Hollow Country Club

• Pleasantville – 369 – State Qualifier
• Corning – 393 – State Qualifier
• Griswold – 406
• Lynnville-Sully – 407
• Exira-EHK – 414
• Guthrie Center – 453 

Individual Qualifiers:

• Ashley Jahner, Pleasantville – 83
• Hannah Gordon, Pleasantville – 91
• Kaleigh Westlake, Corning – 93
• Macy Lanser, Lynnville-Sully – 93
• Serena Robinette, Griswold – 95
• Haley Hood, Lynnville-Sully – 95

Class 2A Region 2 at Underwood: Quail Run Golf Club

• Audubon – 354 – State Qualifier
• Central Decatur – 373 – State Qualifier
• MVAO – 393
• Ridge View – 410

Individual Qualifiers:

• Susie Bylund, Audubon – 77
• Shelby Williams, CAM-AC – 82
• Taylor Gardner, Missouri Valley – 82
• Lexie Thygesen, Audubon – 84
• Saddie Greene, Central Decatur – 87

Class 3A Region 1 at Lake City: Lake City Country Club

• Kuemper Catholic – 370 – State Qualifier
• Unity Christian – 390 – State Qualifier
• East Sac County – 392
• Hampton-Dumont – 419

Individual Qualifiers:

• Mara Masching, Kuemper Catholic – 84
• Morgan Naberhaus, Kuemper Catholic – 88
• Madison Sietserna, Hampton-Dumont – 90
• Megan Mousel, MOC-FV – 92
• Mikaela Livengood, Clarion-Goldfield – 93
• Makayla Ernst, East Sac County – 93

Class 3A Region 2 at Chariton: Lakeview Golf & Country Club

• Atlantic – 376 – State Qualifier
• Clarinda – 384 – State Qualifier
• Albia – 400
• Nevada – 406

Individual Qualifiers:

• Brooke Fletcher, Atlantic – 87
• Maddie Peters, PCM – 89
• Christine Ausman, Nevada – 92
• Bailey Walter, Atlantic – 93
• Place Cassie Crall, Albia – 93

Class 4A Region 1 at Storm Lake: Lake Creek Golf Club

• Clear Lake – 374 – State Qualifier
• Humboldt – 414 – State Qualifier
• Carroll – 419
• Storm Lake – 426
• Bishop Heelan – 431
• Spencer – 432
• Harlan – 441
• Lewis Central – 450
• Denison – 472
• LeMars – 545
• Glenwood – 607
• Sergeant Bluff-Luton – 707

Individual Qualifiers:

• Megan Loux, Clear Lake – 86
• Malorie Fischels, Clear Lake – 87
• Paige Backhaus, Clear Lake – 92
• Savannah Schnetzer, Humboldt – 95
• Kayla Redeker, Lewis Central – 93

Class 3A Region 2 at Newton: Westwood Golf Club

• Grinnell – 353 – State Qualifier
• Newton – 376 – State Qualifier
• Vinton Shellsburg – 382
• ADM – 401
• DCG – 408
• Norwalk – 420
• Ballard – 426
• Winterset – 436
• Creston – 447
• Carlisle – 458
• Perry – 462
• Webster City – 468

Individual Qualifiers:

• Amanda Hintz, Grinnell – 82
• Erin Randall, Vinton – 89
• Natalie Ketchen, Vinton – 89
• Shelby Townsend, Perry – 89
• Samantha Ramsey, Grinnell – 90
• Amber Kracht, Grinnell – 90

Gabby Douglas is back in the gym. The Olympic all-around champion was to practice Monday afternoon after meeting with coach Liang Chow to discuss her comeback plan. The workout is in her old gym in West Des Moines, Iowa.

Chow won’t put a timeline on Douglas’ return, saying she has to get back in gymnastics shape before they can put a training plan together. But he says 2014 is an “excellent opportunity” for her to be back in competition.

Douglas has always said she’d like to keep going through the next Olympics. But she’s been in such demand since London that she hasn’t had time to train. Her last nine months have been a whirlwind of appearances. She was part of 40-city tour last fall with fellow Fierce Five members Aly Raisman, Jordyn Wieber and McKayla Maroney.