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(Radio Iowa) — A bold plan is being proposed to create a nationwide biking and hiking trail from Washington D-C to Washington state that would also cut a path through the heart of Iowa. Lisa Hein, senior director of conservation programs for the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation, says the route across Iowa would encompass 465 miles of trail from Council Bluffs to Davenport. Already, 246 miles are complete, but don’t pump up your bike tires in anticipation just yet.
“In Iowa, trails have to apply for competitive grant funding and in the State Recreational Trails Fund there’s a million dollars,” Hein says. “That might do three miles of trail. At that rate, it’s going to take a few years but folks are plugging away at it.” Many of the trails in Iowa are existing, but creating the links between them would be a long process.
Still, the concept of a 37-hundred mile coast-to-coast trail of this sort is staggering — and alluring. “There’s a lot of interest and support across the country because it’s not just for bicycling,” Hein says. “People can get out and walk and run. These trails are really linear parks. Being able to connect across the country is pretty exciting from a transportation as well as recreation and tourism standpoints.”
Many segments of the proposed Great American Rail-Trail are to be built on former railroad beds, but it takes time to acquire other connecting tracts of the land, clear it, grade it and build the trails. “I’m optimistic that the interest and action and implementation of this will just continue to grow, especially as big visions like this are put forth by national organizations,” Hein says. “Iowa can be a very important piece to the entire puzzle.”
Current Iowa trails that would be incorporated under the plan include: Cedar Valley Nature Trail, High Trestle Trail, Raccoon River Valley Trail, the Heart of Iowa Trail and the T-Bone Trail. It will likely be several years before a truly statewide bicycle trail exists in Iowa, reaching from the Missouri River to the Mississippi. “I don’t know that we have really put a timeframe on it at this point,” Hein says. “This whole concept was just launched this spring. Folks are still getting a handle on it and working on how this vision could be implemented in Iowa.”
Learn more about the proposal at the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation website: http://www.inhf.org/blog/blog/the-great-american-railtrail/
Here’s a full list of the Iowa trails that would be incorporated in the effort:
• Government/Arsenal Bridge
• Mississippi River Trail/Riverfront Trail
• Running River Trail System
• Kent Stein to Deep Lakes Park Trail
• Hoover Nature Trail
• Cedar Valley Nature Trail
• Gilbert Drive Trail
• Evansdale Nature Trail
• River Forest Road Trail/Cedar River Levee Trail
• Cedar Valley Lakes Trail
• South Riverside Trail
• Cedar Prairie Trail
• Sergeant Road Trail
• Pioneer Trail
• Iowa River Trail
• Linn Creek Recreational Trail
• Iowa 330/US 30 Trail
• Heart of Iowa Nature Trail
• High Trestle Trail
• Raccoon River Valley Trail
• T-Bone Trail
• Railroad Highway Trail
• Valley View Trail
• Lake Manawa Trail
• Veterans Memorial Trail
• Western Historic Trails Center Link
• Iowa Riverfront Trail
• Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge
Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Matt Carpenter broke out of his slump with a homer and three hits, Dexter Fowler drove in three runs and the St. Louis Cardinals cruised to an 11-4 victory over the Colorado Rockies after a long rain delay. St. Louis, which has won seven of eight and 13 of 16, swept the four-game series by a combined score of 31-12. The Cardinals moved 2 1/2 games ahead of the second-place Cubs in the NL Central.
CLEVELAND (AP) — Ryan O’Hearn led off the 10th inning with his second homer of the game, sending Kansas City to a 9-8 win over the Cleveland Indians, whose playoff hopes were rocked by losing third baseman Jose Ramírez to a broken right hand. The Indians scored four in the ninth to tie it before O’Hearn’s homer helped the Royals salvage a wild series finale. Ramírez will have surgery Monday in New York and miss Cleveland’s playoff push.
UNDATED (AP) — In the past week, three pitchers were taken out with no-hitters in progress in the sixth inning or later, part of a growing trend in which managers are willing to go to the bullpen even when the starter has a chance to make history. In an era when complete games are rare, this isn’t a surprise, but it’s noteworthy all the same.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska softball coach Rhonda Revelle will continue leading the program after being placed on administrative leave in July. Athletic director Bill Moos announced Revelle’s return. He had placed Revelle on leave while school officials looked into concerns raised by players. The nature of the concerns were not disclosed.
The Audubon Wheelers took full control early in the second half against East Mills and pulled away for a 61-26 victory in their opening game of the 2019 high school football season.
The two teams traded scores through the first half of play. A big turning point came late in the first half as East Mills was driving down by 5 at 25-20, but suffered back to back penalties to back them up. The Wolverines ended up turning the ball over on downs and the Wheelers took over on their own 8 yard line. Audubon then went 72 yards in 9 plays capped by a 3 yard touchdown run by Skyler Schultes with 20 seconds left in the half. That gave the Wheelers a 31-20 lead at halftime.
Ethan Klocke had 3 touchdowns receiving and 1 rushing for the Wheelers
The second half became all Wheelers. Audubon forced a three and out for the Wolverines to open the half. Then the Wheelers scored on their first two possessions of the half to put the game out of reach.
Sklyer Schultes ran for 275 yards and 4 touchdowns for the Wheelers, three of those scores in the second half. Gavin Smith went 4-4 passing for 98 yards and two scores and ran for another. Ethan Klocke had a big game as well with six cathes for 139 yards and three touchdowns. He also ran for 40 yards and one more score.
Audubon will travel to face Remsen, St. Mary’s next week. East Mills heads back home to Malvern to host East Union.
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Martensdale-St. Marys 46, GMG, Garwin 8
Nodaway Valley 32, Central Decatur, Leon 24
B-G-M 62, Wayne, Corydon 26
Iowa Valley, Marengo 46, Collins-Maxwell 14
Audubon 61, East Mills 26
Ar-We-Va, Westside 56, Griswold 50, OT
Lenox 48, Bedford 32
Montezuma 61, Southeast Warren, Liberty Center 36
Baxter 68, Mormon Trail 32
Sidney 52, Seymour 16
Stanton 40, Murray 6
The Iowa Association of Track Coaches has released their official preseason cross country rankings for the 2019 season. Here is a look at area teams and individuals in the rankings and links to the full lists.
CLASS 1A
Girls Individual Rankings
1. Peyton Pogge, Tri-Center
3. Taylor Sporrer, Logan-Magnolia
4. Courtney Sporrer, Logan-Magnolia
10. Reagan Weinheimer, Nodaway Valley
13. Kylie Morrison, Logan-Magnolia
16. Violet Lapke, Logan-Magnolia
18. Katie Noah, Earlham
23. Sophia Broers, Nodaway Valley
25. Gabrielle Valencia, East Union
27. Julia Kock, AHSTW
Girls Team Rankings
1. Logan-Magnolia
9. Earlham
14. Tri-Center
Teams to Watch: AHSTW
Boys Individual Rankings
1. Joshua Baudler, Nodaway Valley
5. Noah Jorgenson, Sidney
12. Brett McGee, Tri-Center
13. Bennett Heisterkamp, St. Albert
16. Randy Jiminez, SE Warren
26. Isaac Timmerman, Mount Ayr
28. Zach Dixon, Earlham
30. Ben Breheny, Nodaway Valley
Boys Team Rankings
4. Earlham
5. Nodaway Valley
7. St. Albert
14. Ogden
CLASS 2A
Girls Individual Rankings
3. Ella Waddle, Panorama
4. Tori Castle, Treynor
9. Kate Crawford, ACGC
Girls Team Rankings
5. Panorama
13. ACGC
14. Shenandoah
Boys Individual Rankings
4. Louden Foster, West Central Valley
28. Baylor Bergren, Red Oak
Boys Team Rankings
6. DM Christian
13. Red Oak
Teams to watch: Treynor
CLASS 3A
Girls Individual Rankings
5. Taylor McCreedy, Atlantic
20. Braelyn Baker, Creston
Girls Team Rankings
4. Glenwood
7. Atlantic
8. Harlan
Boys Individual Rankings
2. Nate Mueller, ADM
23. Evan Brummer, Atlantic
26. Trey Gross, Harlan
Boys Team Rankings
11. Glenwood
12. Atlantic
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Yadier Molina knew Dexter Fowler would come up big, even before Fowler did.
Marcell Ozuna, Paul DeJong and Fowler each hit two-run homers, and the St. Louis Cardinals came back to beat the Colorado Rockies 6-5 on Thursday night.
Fowler’s 15th home run of the season, off of a 97 mph fastball from Yency Almonte (0-1) in the seventh, capped the rally. Molina had his hands in the air as the pitch left Almonte’s hand.
“I got a good feeling the way he was the previous at-bat,” Molina said. “He was taking good swings, and I knew it for some reason.”
Fowler made solid contact his previous two at-bats, sending a pair of drives to the center field wall that were caught. After the second fly out, Paul Goldschmidt gave some advice to his teammate.
“Goldy said, ‘Hey, try to pull the ball,’ so that’s what I did,” Fowler said.
Matt Carpenter set it up by working a walk in an eight-pitch, pinch-hitting appearance to lead off the frame.
“He came off the bench with the right kind of mindset, took a really, really good, tough, quality at-bat, worked a deep count and then made the guy make pitches and worked a walk and brought the go-ahead run to the plate which we were rewarded for,” manager Mike Shildt said.
Fowler leads the Cardinals with 15 RBIs in August. He is batting .320 (8 for 25) in his last seven games with two homers and 12 RBI.
“The situation’s there,” Fowler said of his recent surge, which has coincided with his being moved to the leadoff spot. “The guys have been getting on base and I’ve just been in the right situation at the right times.”
Dominic Leone (1-0), who was recalled from Triple-A Memphis before the game, got the win. Giovanny Gallegos and Andrew Miller pitched a scoreless eighth and Carlos Martínez picked up his 15th save in 18 opportunities.
It was the third straight start in which Cardinals starter Miles Mikolas gave up five earned runs. The Rockies put runners on the bases in five of his six innings, but St. Louis managed to win for the fourth time in its last five games.
UP NEXT
The Rockies will send RHP Peter Lambert (2-3, 6.55 ERA) to the mound in the second game of the four-game series against the Cardinals and RHP Jack Flaherty (7-6, 3.46 ERA). Lambert will be making his first-ever start against St. Louis. Flaherty has won his last three starts and has only allowed one run in his last 28 innings.
Week 0 of the 2019 High School Football season is here. Here is a look at the few area games on tap tonight. All games are non-district match-ups.
GMG, Garwin at Martensdale-St. Marys
Nodaway Valley at Central Decatur, Leon
Wayne, Corydon vs B-G-M, Brooklyn
Collins-Maxwell at Iowa Valley, Marengo
East Mills at Audubon
Griswold at Ar-We-Va, Westside
Lenox at Bedford
Montezuma at Southeast Warren, Liberty Center
Mormon Trail, Garden Grove at Baxter
Sidney at Seymour
Stanton at Murray
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