Class 4A Quarterfinals – Wednesday, July 25

11:00—#4 Valley, West Des Moines (27-15) vs. #5 Waukee (29-11)

1:30—#1 Johnston (34-5) vs. #8 Cedar Rapids, Washington (25-17)

5:00—#3 North Scott, Eldridge (28-10) vs. #6 Epworth, Western Dubuque (33-9)

7:30—#2 Urbandale (33-6) vs. #7 Marshalltown (20-18)

Former Atlantic golf star Brooke Newell took 4th place at the Iowa Women’s Amatuer Golf Tournament on Saturday. Brooke shot a three day total +22 238 at Spirit Hollow Golf Club in Burlington. The University of Nebraska redshirt freshman shot rounds of 79, 83, and 76.

The tournament was won by Indiana State University junior Sierra Hargens who finished with a +12 228 for the tournament.

The Southwest Iowa Swarm softball teams turned in some good performances at the Iowa Games this past weekend.

Their are four age divisions that compete for the invite only teams. The team is organized by Trevor Gipple and he said the teams have three coaches for each age group and they all pitch in to coach the entire program.

At the Iowa Games the 8-U team played up into the 10-U bracket and gained some good experience. The 10-U team placed 4th out of 12 teams. The 12-U team finished 3rd. The 14U team placed 2nd.

The older teams will scrimmage some other select teams from here.

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

CINCINNATI (AP) — Left-hander Austin Gomber took a no-hitter in the seventh inning and Dexter Fowler hit a two-run shot in the 11th, leading the St. Louis Cardinals to a 4-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. Fowler connected off left-hander Amir Garrett for only his second homer while batting right-handed. Fowler has been mired in a season-long slump.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Burch Smith picked up his first win in nearly five years, Mike Moustakas and Salvador Perez homered, and the Kansas City Royals beat the Detroit Tigers 5-4. Smith gave up just one hit _ a single by Niko Goodrum to leadoff the fourth _ and walked two while striking out six in 6 1/3 innings. He got his second career win, and first since Sept. 15, 2013, for San Diego against Atlanta. Injuries limited the right-hander’s career to just 5 1/3 innings the next three seasons.

CHICAGO (AP) — Parker Hesse has turned into a productive defensive end for Iowa after he was lightly recruited coming out of high school. He had 43 tackles, four sacks, one interception and a fumble recovery last season, helping the Hawkeyes to an 8-5 record and a 27-20 victory over Boston College in the Pinstripe Bowl.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota will play Oklahoma State on Nov. 30 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. That’s the site of this season’s NCAA Final Four. It’s the first basketball game at the football stadium, which opened in 2016 for the Vikings and hosted the Super Bowl five months ago. The U.S. Bank Stadium Basketball Classic will also include a Division III game between St. Thomas and Wisconsin-River Falls and contests between North Dakota State and Drake and between South Dakota State and Northern Iowa.

LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Five-time Maui Invitational champion Duke will open against San Diego State in the quarterfinals of this year’s bracket, with a potential showdown against Arizona or Gonzaga in the title game. This year’s tournament is from Nov. 19 to Nov. 21 at the Lahaina Civic Center. The field also includes Xavier, Auburn, Iowa State and Illinois.

ROCHESTER, Mich. (AP) — Oakland University has hired Steven Waterfield as its new athletic director. Waterfield arrives after serving as an executive associate AD at Nebraska. He replaces Jeff Konya, who left in February for Northeastern.

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State will open the 2018 Maui Jim Maui Invitational against Pac-12 foe Arizona on Monday, Nov. 19 at 4 p.m. (HT)/8 p.m. (CT) on ESPNU, the tournament announced Tuesday.

The Cyclones will face either Gonzaga or Illinois in their second game of the tournament.

Iowa State and Arizona will meet for the seventh time in series history, with each team having won three times. This will be the first meeting between the teams since 1998.

Iowa State is making its second appearance in the tournament, while Arizona is playing in Maui for the seventh time. The Wildcats won the 2014 tournament in their last appearance.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota will play Oklahoma State on Nov. 30 at U.S. Bank Stadium, the site of this season’s NCAA Final Four.

The Gophers on Tuesday announced the first basketball game at the gigantic football stadium, which opened in 2016 for the Minnesota Vikings and hosted the Super Bowl less than six months ago.

The U.S. Bank Stadium Basketball Classic will include four contests over two days. St. Thomas meets Wisconsin-River Falls in a Division III game on Nov. 30. Then, on Dec. 1, North Dakota State faces Drake and South Dakota State plays Northern Iowa in a pair of matchups between Summit League and Missouri Valley conference teams.

Minnesota and Oklahoma State will also play in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 2019. The Cowboys beat the Gophers in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in 2015.

3A Quarterfinals – Tuesday, July 24

Assumption, Davenport 5, Bondurant-Farrar 0

Bishop Heelan, Sioux City 3, Solon 2 (8 innings)

Waverly-Shell Rock 8, Carlisle 5

Harlan 5, Boone 4

3A Semi-finals Schedule for Friday, 7/27/18

11:00-a.m. Waverley-Shell Rock vs. Harlan

1:30-p.m. Davenport/Assumption vs. Sioux City/Bishop Heelan Catholic

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IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A University of Iowa football player faces a public intoxication charge after police say he drunkenly mistook a police car for an Uber. University police say 22-year-old Brady Reiff was arrested in Iowa City early Saturday. According to police, Reiff tried to open the doors of the parked cruiser. When an officer asked what he was doing, Reiff said he was looking for a ride. When the officer asked whether Reiff thought he was an Uber driver, Reiff replied, “Yes.” Reiff allegedly registered a blood-alcohol content of .204, more than twice the legal limit to drive.

University Athletics Director Gary Barta says officials are looking into the incident. Reiff, a junior defensive tackle from Parkston, South Dakota, had 13 tackles and one sack in 12 games last season and was competing for a starting position this season.

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

CINCINNATI (AP) — Cardinals starter Daniel Poncedeleon was sensational 14 months after suffering a severe head injury, throwing no-hit ball for seven innings before Eugenio Suarez led the Cincinnati Reds’ rally in the ninth for a 2-1 victory. The 26-year-old right-hander was hit on the right temple by a line drive while pitching for Triple-A Memphis on May 9 last year, fracturing his skull and causing bleeding in the brain. He had emergency surgery followed by months of slow recovery.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jim Adduci delivered a two-run double in the ninth and scored the go-ahead run on James McCann’s double as the Detroit Tigers rallied for a 5-4 victory over the Kansas City Royals. After Adduci’s double off Brandon Maurer tied it, Jason Hamel replaced Maurer and gave up a first-pitch RBI double to McCann, his third hit, to put the Tigers ahead.

CHICAGO (AP) — Scott Frost thinks he can return Nebraska to its lofty status as one of college football’s marquee programs by incorporating some of the same principles that former coach Tom Osborne used while Frost played quarterback for the Cornhuskers. Frost looks quite comfortable back at his alma mater after a successful stint with Central Florida.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A University of Iowa football player faces a public intoxication charge after police say he drunkenly mistook a police car for an Uber. University police say 22-year-old Brady Reiff was arrested in Iowa City around 2 a.m. Saturday. According to police records, Reiff tried to open the front and rear doors of the parked cruiser. An officer says when he asked Reiff what he was doing, Reiff told him he was looking for a ride.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Jacksonville State is the preseason pick to win the Ohio Valley Conference as the Gamecocks chase their fifth consecutive league title. OVC coaches and sports information directors gave Jacksonville State 14 of their 18 first-place votes in their preseason poll. Austin Peay got the other four first-place votes and was picked second.