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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — LSU running back Derrius Guice, Iowa All-American cornerback Josh Jackson and Texas offensive lineman Connor Williams were left in the green room when the first round of the draft ended. Guice, Jackson and Williams are safe bets to be selected during day two. The top quarterback left on the board after five were taken in the first round is Mason Rudolph of Oklahoma State. Other notable players still available are linebacker Harold Landry of Boston College, linebacker Arden Key of LSU and running backs Ronald Jones of USC and Nick Chubb of Georgia.
Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — After going without a selection in the first round, the Kansas City Chiefs will have a second-round pick and two third-round choices when the NFL draft resumes Friday night. The Chiefs are scheduled to pick No. 54 overall for their first selection.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Matt Davidson hit two of Chicago’s five home runs, leading the White Sox to a 6-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals. Davidson, who drove in three runs, has seven home runs this season _ five against the Royals. He homered in the fourth and then hit a two-run shot in the sixth that wemt 450 feet to left-center. Yoan Moncada homered to open the first inning for Chicago for the second straight night, and Yolmer Sanchez and Trayce Thompson also went deep against Jakob Junis.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Dexter Fowler’s 13th-inning single capped a comeback from a pair of deficits and gave the St. Louis Cardinals a 4-3 victory over the New York Mets. St. Louis trailed 2-0 in the seventh and 3-2 in the 10th. Tommy Pham had four hits and scored twice, a day after leaving a game after cutting his head with his bat while warning up in an indoor batting game. He played with a large bandage on his head. St. Louis won its second straight against the Mets after losing the series opener in 10 innings.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Because of its place on the calendar, the Drake Relays has always been at the mercy of the weather. After a miserable spring in Iowa, the organizers of this weekend’s meet couldn’t have asked for better conditions. Competitors are expected to be greeted by sunny skies and temperatures in the low 70s on Friday and near 60 for Saturday’s closing session.
The St. Louis Cardinals were able to outlast the New York Mets on Thursday afternoon with a 4-3 win in 13 innings. Dexter Fowler delivered the winning hit with a walk-off single that brought home Jose Martinez to end the game in the bottom of the 13th. The Cardinals tied the game at 2 on a Tommy Pham single in the bottom of the 8th. Both teams brought a run home in the 10th to make it 3-3 before the Fowler winner.
John Gant came on in relief ,after being added to the roster before the game, and pitched 3 no-hit innings with one strikeout to pick up the win. Paul Sewald pitched 1 1/3 innings for the Mets and took the loss.
The Cardinals took two of three games from the Mets and have now won 10 of their last 12. The Redbirds will now head to Pittsburgh for a three game set over the weekend with the Pirates.
After a miserable spring in Iowa, the organizers of this weekend’s meet couldn’t have asked for better conditions.
Competitors are expected to be greeted by sunny skies and temperatures in the low 70s on Friday and near 60 degrees for Saturday’s closing session. Those conditions could lead to some new Drake records after just one mark — Omar McLeod’s own in the men’s 110-meter hurdles (13.04 seconds) — fell a year ago in part because of nasty weather.
The Iowa Hawkeyes will try to cool off the nation’s hottest team beginning Friday night when they open a three game series against Michigan in Iowa City. After stumbling out of the gate the Wolverines have won 20 straight games and are 11-0 in the Big Ten. The Big Ten’s unbalanced schedule has a lot to do with where these teams stand. The Hawkeyes are 7-6 and when the weekend is over will have played the top five teams in the standings while the wolverines have already played the bottom three teams.
The Hawkeyes are 13-3 at home this season and hope to use that as an advantage this weekend. Iowa will send Nick Allgeyer to the mound in the opener.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed a bill requiring schools to adopt return-to-play rules for students who may have concussions. The Republican governor signed the bill on Thursday. The new law received bipartisan support from both legislative chambers. Schools will be required to adopt medical review protocols. Those protocols were first developed in 2013 by the associations that oversee high school athletics in Iowa. Most schools already followed the protocols, but they have been optional until now.
Legal liability will be limited for schools that choose to have a health care provider present at games. The nonpartisan Legislative Services Agency says the law is expected to result in “minimal” costs for schools.
The Drake Relays get into full swing on Thursday at Drake Stadium in Des Moines. High School events on Thursday will include the Girls 3000M and Boys 3200M finals, Boys Discus and Long Jump, and Girls High Jump and Shot Put.
Take a look at the full schedule for the entire weekend here: 18_Drake_Relays_Schedule
Revisit the list of area qualifiers here: 2018 Drake Relays Qualifiers
IOWA CITY, Iowa — The University of Iowa baseball team scored 11 runs in the first three innings en route to a 12-4 victory over Milwaukee on Wednesday night at Duane Banks Field.
The victory moves the Hawkeyes’ record to 24-13 overall.
The Panthers struck first, pushing two runs across the plate in the first. Ben Chally had a two-out RBI as part of Milwaukee’s five-hit first inning and Colin Kreiter’s base made the score 2-0.
Iowa tied the game in the bottom half of the inning on an RBI ground out by Robert Neustrom and an infield single by Lorenzo Elion. The Hawkeyes took the outright lead in the second after loading the bases with two walks and two hit-by-pitches. Junior Tanner Wetrich scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch.
The Hawkeyes broke the game open in the third, sending 12 batters to the plate in an eight-run inning. Iowa benefited from four Milwaukee errors in the inning and the Hawkeyes got a two-run double from Wetrich along with RBIs from Jenkins, Cropley, and Elion.
Iowa scored its final run in the fourth when Wetrich led off the inning with a base hit to left field before scoring on Jenkins’ RBI single, making the score 12-2.
The Hawkeyes held Milwaukee scoreless until the ninth when the Panthers plated two unearned runs against reliever Grant Leonard. Trevor Schwecke hit a two-run home run to left field with two outs, capitalizing on an Iowa fielding error.
Iowa used six pitchers in the game with freshmen Trenton Wallace, Jack Dreyer, and Ben Probst each logging two innings. Dreyer (2-2) earned his second in, allowing two hits and fanning five.
UP NEXT
The Hawkeyes (24-13) return to action Friday, hosting Michigan for a three-game series this weekend. The Wolverines bring a 20-game winning streak — the second-longest streak in the nation — into Iowa City.
AMES, Iowa — The University of Iowa softball team dropped a 4-2 decision to Iowa State Wednesday afternoon in the annual Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series game at the Cyclone Sports Complex.
The Hawkeyes jumped on Iowa State early, plating two runs in the top of the first. Sophomore Lea Thompson hit a leadoff single and stole second during Aralee Bogar’s at-bat. The freshman reached base on a walk and the pair scored on a single by senior Angela Schmiederer.
The home team responded in the bottom frame, scoring two runs on two hits against Iowa’s Allison Doocy. The Cyclones scored two unearned runs in the third to go ahead, 4-2. Iowa saw four more runners reach base, but were unable to score any more runs.
Schmiederer led the Hawkeyes at the plate going 2-for-3 with a single, a triple, and two RBIs.
Doocy (12-12) took the loss in the circle. The sophomore allowed two earned runs on four hits and struck out three in four innings. Kenzie Ihle pitched two scoreless innings in relief, striking out one and yielding only one hit.
Iowa’s loss gives Iowa State two points in the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series. Iowa currently leads Iowa State, 13-12, with two academic points to be decided in May.
UP NEXT
The Hawkeyes hit the road for a weekend series at Northwestern beginning on Friday at 4 p.m. (CT). Game two of the series is slated for Saturday at 1 p.m. with the finale scheduled for Sunday at noon.
Graceland University in Lamoni will have a new Head Men’s Basketball Coach next season coming off their first ever NAIA DI Men’s Basketball National Championship this past season. Craig Doty has left the program to become the Head Coach at Emporia State University in Emporia, KS.
Doty lead the Yellowjackets to back to back 20+ win seasons including a 29-10 record this past season on their way to the National Title.
Graceland announced on Wednesday that Associate Head Coach Cory Hoff has been promoted to be the next Head Men’s Basketball Coach for the Yellowjackets effective immediately.
Hoff has been on the Graceland staff the past two seasons and prior to that spent four years as the lead assistant at Mesa Community College in Arizona.
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