Hawkeye 10:

• Atlantic 15, Shenandoah 0 (4 inn)
• Denison-Schleswig 11, Clarinda 1
• Harlan 10-17, Creston 2-1
• Lewis Central 11-20, Red Oak 0-0
• Glenwood 5-13, Kuemper Catholic 4-6

Western Iowa:

• St. Albert 11, Riverside 1

Rolling Hills:

• Walnut 10, Orient-Macksburg 0

Others:

• Carroll 11, Jefferson-Scranton 2
• Coon Rapids-Bayard 10, Madrid 4
• Corning 14, East Union 3
• Abraham Lincoln 14-20, Sioux City, West 8-5
• Earlham 11, West Central Valley 4
• Lenox 12, Bedford 8
• Nodaway Valley 10, Mount Ayr 4
• Panorama 10, Woodward Academy 0
• Sidney 13, Clarinda Academy 3
• Villisca 12, Fremont-Mills 9

Hawkeye 10:

• Atlantic 10-11, Shenandoah 0-1
• Glenwood 1-5, Kuemper Catholic 0-6
• Lewis Central 8-4, Red Oak 1-5
• Denison-Schleswig 10-16, Clarinda 2-4

Western Iowa:

• Missouri Valley 14, Westwood 6
• Treynor 6, Logan-Magnolia 1
• Underwood 10, Griswold 0

Rolling HIlls:

• Coon Rapids-Bayard 12, CAM 0
• Glidden-Ralston 8, Adair-Casey 0

Others:

• Corning 9, East Union 0
• Abraham Lincoln 5, Sioux City West 2
• Essex 8, East Mills 5
• Fremont-Mills 5, Villisca 3
• Nodaway Valley 12, Mount Ayr 7
• Stanton 4, Nishnabotna 2

A horse owned by a group of Iowans is considered to have the best shot at denying the first Triple Crown winner since 1978.  At tomorrow’s (Saturday’s) Belmont Stakes in New York, I’ll Have Another is favored to win and become only the 12th horse to sweep the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness and Belmont.

Horse owner Jerry Crawford (On the left) & "Dullahan"

But, many people are betting on Dullahan, the colt that finished third in the Derby and sat out the Preakness. Des Moines lawyer Jerry Crawford is with Donegal  Racing, which owns Dullahan. He says the potential for a Triple Crown winner drew 140 television and print photographers to a Belmont press conference on Wednesday. “They told that last year, when there wasn’t a Triple Crown on the line, there were about a dozen (photographers),” Crawford told Radio Iowa. “Whenever something’s a big deal in New York City, it’s a really big deal. I told them that they had more cameras than we have people in Iowa.”

Dullahan drew post number five for the mile and a half race. I’ll Have Another will start from post 11. Crawford said, regardless of the outcome, he and his Donegal partners will remember this week for the rest of their lives. “This has been really one of those magnificent experiences you have in life that you get to share with family and close friends,” Crawford said. “I’m just hoping that our horse can bring home the trophy and make all of Iowa proud.” The post time for the Belmont Stakes – featuring I’ll Have Another, Dullahan, and 10 other horses – is set for 5:40 p.m. (CDT) tomorrow.

Lance Lynn joined the Mets’ R.A. Dickey as baseball’s first nine-game winners, striking out a career-high 11 while working six innings of the St. Louis Cardinals’ 14-2 laugher over Houston. David Freese hit a grand slam and a two-run homer after Carlos Beltran smacked his league-high 16th home run of the year.