The OA-BCIG girls track team won the Spartan Invitational hosted by West Monona on Tuesday night. The Falcons scored 142 points and Logan-Magnolia scored 111 in second.

Logan-Magnolia’s Courtney Sporrer won the 400M and 1500M. Kylie Morrison won the 800M. Taylor Sporrer won the 3000M.

Team Scores

1. OA-BCIG 142
2. Logan-Magnolia 111
3. West Monona 88
4. Missouri Valley 58
5. MVAOCOU 54
6. Boyer Valley 42
7. Westwood 29
8. West Harrison 28
9. Whiting 21
10. Ar-We-Va 14

Full results here: 2019 West Monona Girls Spartan Invite

The Harlan boys track team won their home Ken Carstens Inviational on Tuesday night. The Cyclones scored 124 points to edge by Atlantic by 3.

The Cyclones only won the 4x400M but had a number of events with 2-3 finishers to rack up the points to win the meet.

Atlantic had 6 event wins on the night. Tyler Moen won the 200M. Zade Niklasen won the 400M and Chase Mullenix took the 800M title. Craig Alan Becker won the 1600M and Jalen Petersen won the 3200M. The Trojans also won the Sprint Medley.

Team Scores

1. Harlan 124
2. Atlantic 121
3. Treynor 80
4. St. Albert 75
5. OA-BCIG 71
6. Lewis Central 65
7. Underwood 53
8. CB Thomas Jefferson 40
9. Woodbine 38
10. Denison-Schleswig 36
11. CB Abraham Lincoln 32
12. Harlan JV 6

Full results: Ken Carstens HCHS Invitational 2019 Results

Girls Golf

• Atlantic 180, Glenwood 204. Medalist: Alyssa Ginther, Atlantic 41. Runner-Up: Baylee Newell, Atlantic 41. Other Atlantic Scores: Anna Wieser 48, Hannah Alff 50. Lauren Nicholas 52. Belle Wickman 61.
  Atlantic Head Coach Kathy Hobson: “Really proud of the effort given by whole team tonight. Baylee started out hot with a long putt for birdie, her first of the season. Alyssa recovered nicely from an uncharacteristic round at Kuemper last night where one hole spoiled her game. That shows the type of competitor she is. Anna, Hannah, Lauren, & Belle keep bringing their scores down too. That is important to the continued success of our team. As Reagan & Halsey play the game more i look for them to score more consistently as well.”
• CAM 217, Exira-EHK 227, AHSTW 238, AC/GC NTS. Medalist: Sammi Jahde, CAM 43. Runner-Up: Emma Jorgensen, AHSTW 47.
• Boyer Valley 208, IKM-Manning 221, Denison-Schleswig 247. Medalist: Abbie Miller, Boyer Valley 48.
• Creston 190, Winterset 221, Clarke 277. Medalist: Rylie Driskell, Creston 41.
• East Union 214, Lenox 270, I-35 NTS. Medalist: Quinn Eslinger, East Union 47.
• Griswold 221, Audubon 230. Medalist: Jenna Reynolds, Griswold 52.
• Harlan 210, Lewis Central 242. Medalist: Haley Manz, Harlan 49.
• Logan-Magnolia 221, Riverside 231. Medalist: Jaice Johnsen, Logan-Magnolia.
• Mount Ayr 213, Wayne 241, Nodaway Valley 253. Medalist: Cadee Firch, Nodaway Valley 46.

Boys Golf

• Audubon 202, Griswold NTS. Medalist: Brock Wallace, Griswold 44
• Creston 179, Winterset 180, Clarke 197. Medalist: Colby Burg, Creston 38.
• East Union 220, Lenox 248, I-35 NTS. Medalist: Matt McGuire, East Union 50.
• Exira-EHK 177, CAM 192, AHSTW 197, AC/GC 217. Medalist: Will Carroll, Exira-EHK 41.
• Lewis Central 163, Harlan 179. Medalist: Jay Swanson, Harlan 39.
• Mount Ayr 180, Wayne 202, Nodaway Valley 288. Medalist: Myles Greene, Mount Ayr 39.
• Norwalk 144, Kuemper Catholic 149. Medalist: Dawson McDermott, Kuemper Catholic 33.
• Riverside 170, Logan-Magnolia 192. Medalist: Joel Richardson, Logan-Magnolia 40.
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The Glenwood boys golf team took first and Atlantic came in second at the Shenandoah Tournament on Tuesday. Glenwood shot 315 and Atlantic 319 at American Legion Golf Course. The Trojans top golfer on the day was Matt Gearheart in 3rd place with a 78.

Team Scores

1. Glenwood 315
2. Atlantic 319
3. Denison 339
4. Maryville 341
5. Clarinda 358
6. Shenandoah 376
7. Red Oak 405

Atlantic Scores

Matt Gearheart, 3rd, 78
Cyle Renaud, 4th, 79
Braden Smith, 6th, 79
Drey Newell, 13th, 83
Tate Den Beste 93
Garrett McLaren 97

Atlantic Head Coach Ed Den Beste: “Temps were good in Shenandoah today. Wind was a little strong and the greens were fast. We had several that took many holes to get used to greens. Matt had a great front. Shot one over. Then started the back with a triple and went on the boggy run until the last few holes with pars. Cyle was two over on the front and also went on a boggy run on the back. Had 7 holes that he couldn’t get thing going. Braden played pretty consistent today. Good round for him. Drey started rough with a triple and a double two holes later. However, he rallied and had a good score of 83. Tate was playing pretty well. Hole 7 he lost a ball and lost some focus. He parred the next but then took an 8 on 9 and a triple on 10. Still worked to finish in the 90s. Garrett had never see the course so he was learning as he played. Had some good holes and parred his last which was good to see. it is one of the toughest holes on the course.”

NEW YORK — University of Iowa senior Megan Gustafson has been invited to attend the 2019 WNBA Draft on Wednesday, April 10, the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) announced the invitational-only guest list Tuesday.

ESPN2 will cover the first round live at the Nike NYC Headquarters at 6 p.m. (CT), while the second and third rounds will air on ESPNU. The app will also stream live on the ESPN app.

Joining Gustafson are the draft are Kristine Anigwe (Cal), Kalani Brown (Baylor), Napheesa Collier (UConn), Sophie Cunningham (Missouri), Asia Durr (Louisville), Teaira McCowan (Mississippi State), Arike Ogunbowale (Notre Dame), Katie Lou Samuelson (UConn), Alanna Smith (Stanford), Han Xu (China), and Jackie Young (Notre Dame).

Twelve Hawkeyes have been selected in the WNBA Draft in program history. Gustafson looks to become the first Hawkeye to be drafted since Sam Logic was picked by the Atlanta Dream as the 10th overall pick in 2015.

Gustafson, the first consensus national player of the year in Big Ten history, ended her career as the most decorated Hawkeye in program history. The Port Wing, Wisconsin, native owns 16 Iowa records, including career marks for points (2,804) and rebounds (1,460).

In 2018-19, Gustafson became just the fourth Division I female student-athlete and the only post player to eclipse 1,000 points in a single season. She is the only women’s player in Division I history to average 27.8 or more points, 13.3 or more rebounds, and shoot 69.6 percent or better from the field. Her 33 double-doubles during her senior campaign are an NCAA Record. Gustafson’s 88 career double-doubles rank fourth all-time, her 65.7 career field goal percentage ranks fifth nationally, and her 1,459 career rebounds ranks 14th. The field goal percentage and rebounds are also Big Ten Conference records.

Gustafson is chronicling her path from the end of her college her career to the start of her WNBA career through an AP Draft Diary. To follow along, click here.

Boyer Valley took the win the Rolling Valley Conference girls golf meet on Monday in Carroll. CAM’s Sammi Jahde was medalist with a 45. Jacey Anthofer of Exira-EHK was runner-up with a 46.

Team Scores

1. Boyer Valley 199
2. CAM 209
3. Coon Rapids-Bayard 218
4. Exira-EHK 224
5. Glidden-Ralston 236

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs offensive lineman Ryan Hunter has tackled the halls of government. As part of the NFL Players’ Association’s Externship program, the pre-law graduate from Bowling Green State University worked for Republican Sen. Josh Hawley, of Missouri. He focused in part on helping improve rural internet access.

The Players’ Association promotes the externship program online as the “premier opportunity for NFL players to gain valuable experience with top organizations across the country.” Participants work in both political and business settings for several weeks in February and March.

Hunter entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent with the Chiefs in 2018. He didn’t appear for the team last season.

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(Radio Iowa) — Senate Majority Leader Jack Whitver says based on his own experience, he has no concerns about Iowa college athletes being influenced to change a game’s outcome if sports betting is legalized in Iowa. Whitver, a Republican from Ankeny, was a wide receiver for the Iowa State Cyclones from 1999 through 2003.

“I remember we sat down with compliance (staff in the athletic department) and they would show us videos of what happens to you if you try to shave points or try to throw a game and you get sent to prison,” Whitver says. “They really scared us into saying: ‘This isn’t even something that you should consider.'”

Bills eligible for debate in the Iowa House AND in the Senate where Whitver is a leader would let the 19 state-licensed casinos collect bets on professional and collegiate sporting events through a smart phone app. The casinos “sports betting” operations then would be subject to a state tax of less than seven percent.

“If you go to an Iowa State or an Iowa game on a Saturday, there are bookies literally in the parking lot taking bets on their text or taking bets from the people at a tailgate on these games,” Whitver says. “And so the question is should we just ignore it and pretend that it doesn’t happen or should we legalize it and regulate it, so that if there are concerns and there is corruption happening, we have a better chance to find that and make sure that it doesn’t happen.”

The bills that have emerged at the statehouse would prevent bets on individual performances in college games happening IN IOWA. That means you wouldn’t be able to bet on how many touchdowns a quarterback might throw or how many free throws a basketball player might miss. Whitver says he has no problem banning those kind of wagers — called “prop bets” — if it helps get the 26 votes he needs in the senate to make sports betting legal in Iowa.

“Illegal sports betting is happening every single day in the state of Iowa,” Whitver says. “All you have to do is pop on the radio this afternoon and listen to talk radio and they’re talking about point spreads and betting lines and all that.”

Whitver made his comments during a weekend appearance on Iowa Public Television’s “Iowa Press” program.

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

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Marcell Ozuna homered to back a solid start by Miles Mikolas, and the St. Louis Cardinals rallied for a 4-3 victory over the Dodgers, ending Los Angeles’ five-game winning streak. Mikolas allowed three runs on five hits in six innings, working around three hit batters in the first five innings. He had never hit more than one batter in a game and now has 17 in his career. For the Dodgers, the loss could be painful because of another groin injury to starting pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Edwin Encarnacion homered twice during an eight-run sixth inning, two of five homers for the hot-hitting Seattle Mariners during a 13-5 victory over the Kansas City Royals. The Mariners have scored five or more runs in 11 of their first 12 games and have 32 homers in that span, the most ever by a team a dozen games into the season. The St. Louis Cardinals had 31 in 2000, according to STATS. Encarnacion is the first Mariner to homer twice in an inning since Bret Boone and Mike Cameron in 2002.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu left his start against the St. Louis Cardinals with a strained left groin, an injury that sidelined him for 90 games last season. The 32-year-old left-hander hurt his groin on May 2 last year at Arizona and said at the time he previously hurt the groin in May 2016. Ryu did not return to the Dodgers last year until Aug. 15.

UNDATED (AP) — April is just over a week old, and already Whit Merrifield is more than halfway to matching Joe DiMaggio’s famous hitting streak. That’s because Merrifield’s run began toward the end of last season. The Kansas City infielder has now gone 29 straight games with a hit. DiMaggio’s 56-game mark isn’t exactly in jeopardy at the moment, but Merrifield needs only one more game to tie George Brett’s franchise record.

UNDATED (AP) — Kansas forward Dedric Lawson will skip his senior year and enter the NBA draft, the latest move in what should be a significant overhaul of the Jayhawks’ roster for next season. Lawson transferred from Memphis and sat out last season, then led the Big 12 with 19.4 points and 10.3 rebounds this past season.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Bill Moos is on a roll as Nebraska’s athletic director. The 68-year-old has pulled off two of the splashiest hires in college athletics in the 18 months since he arrived. He brought in Scott Frost to coach football and Fred Hoiberg to lead the basketball program. Moos has done all this while batting away criticism for leaving a hefty debt at Washington State and fending off social media rumors that forced the administration to issue a statement of support.