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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Drake University’s head athletic trainer says he was abruptly fired after 31 years when a medical condition forced him to urinate in a training room. Scott Kerr filed a complaint Tuesday against Drake with the Iowa Civil Rights Commission, alleging disability and age discrimination.
Kerr said that he developed a medical condition that gave him sudden urges to urinate. He said that as he was working Aug. 29, he urinated in a tank that he was cleaning out. He believed he was alone and thoroughly cleaned the tank afterward.
But someone else saw what happened. Kerr says he reported it to administrators days later. Kerr said he was diagnosed with an enlarged prostate, and hoped Drake would accommodate his condition. But he was fired by athletic director Sandy Hatfield Clubb.
The Atlantic Girls Basketball team is now 0-2 on the young season after a 54-34 loss at Denison on Tuesday night. The Trojans suffered from poor shooting on the night and and couldn’t keep pace with a Denison team that returned the core of their lineup from last season. The Monarchs took advantage of a scoring drought for the Trojans in the second quarter and grabbed a 14 point halftime lead. Atlantic cut that lead down to 8 to start the third quarter but Denison pushed back and lead 41-26 by the end of the third on their way to the 20 point win.
Denison was led by Macy Waldemar with 12 points and Alex Mohr with 11. Atlantic got 10 points from McKenna DenBeste in the loss. Atlantic Head Coach Kelly Juhl thought his team was sluggish after playing last night and shooting suffered.
Coach Juhl didn’t believe the loss was due to a lack of knowledge they just need to shoot better and find some players that will lead by example.
The Trojans are off now for the Thanksgiving break and will be back on the floor Friday, December 2nd at St. Albert.
The Atlantic/CAM Wrestling squad is ranked 3rd in Class 2A in the preseason rankings released today by iawrestle.com. Atlantic/CAM also has six wrestlers ranked in the top 10 of their expected weight classes to open up the season. Carter Cox is top ranked at 113, Kole Hansen 6th at 120, Chase McLaren 9th at 126, Drake Roller 10th at 170, Zac Stork 2nd at 195, and John McConkey is 5th at 285. They open up their season on Thursday, December 1st with a Quad meet at CAM High School.
Check out the full rankings in all classes at the links below:
Chris Parks has the call of the game played at Atlantic High School
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Audubon 40, AC/GC 27
Boyer Valley, Dunlap 62, Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 37
Carroll 70, Atlantic 67
Mount Ayr 49, Creston 39
West Sioux, Hawarden 62, Siouxland Community Christian/Whiting 45
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Norwalk vs. ADM, Adel, ppd.
The Atlantic Girls Basketball team let one slip away to start the 2016-17 season at home against Carroll Monday night. The Trojans led by 10 at the end of the third quarter but let that lead slip away in a 70-67 loss.
The two teams traded the lead back and forth down the stretch and Atlantic lead by 1 before Madison Lingle nailed one of her 4 fourth quarter 3-pointers to put the Tigers back up by 1. Catherine Leonard was then fouled on the other end and went to the line for two free throws for Atlantic. She made the first but missed the second and the ball ended up tied up on a fight for the rebound. The possession arrow belonged to Carroll and they in-bounded the ball and ran off about five seconds until Atlantic was able to foul Tiger Sophomore Taylor Mohr with 9 seconds left. Mohr, who was playing much of the final quarter with four fouls, knocked down the 1-and-1 freebies and pushed the lead out to 3. Atlantic had one final three point heave from Baylee Newell that fell short and time ran out.
Atlantic Coach Kelly Juhl was disappointed that his team broke down defensively in the fourth quarter and said Carroll found the right moment in the game to get hot.
Carroll was led in the win by Lingle with 19 points. Taylor Mohr finished with 16. Atlantic was led in the loss by Baylee Newell with 18 points and Brooke Newell with 13. The Trojans really struggled in the fourth quarter to get out on the hot shooters for the Tigers and Coach Juhl said they didn’t execute the defensive game-plan the Trojans wanted to.
Atlantic doesn’t get any time to dwell on the loss as they head to Denison tonight for a tough game against the Lady Monarchs. Coach Juhl knows they will need to have a short memory to put the tough loss behind them and be ready for another big test.
We’ll have coverage of the Trojans and Lady Monarchs for you tonight on KJAN. Pre-Game scheduled for 7:15pm with Tip-off at 7:30pm.
Photo Credit Taka Yanagimoto/St. Louis Cardinals
ST. LOUIS, Mo., November 21, 2016 – The St. Louis Cardinals announced today that they have signed free-agent left-handed reliever Brett Cecil to a four-year deal that extends through the 2020 season. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
“Adding a proven late-game performer like Brett Cecil, who has consistently been among the game’s top set-up relievers, gives us another solid option late in games,” stated Cardinals Senior Vice President/General Manager John Mozeliak. “Having multiple bullpen options during the crucial latter portions of games is an area that we have placed significant importance on over the years, and to know that Brett is now going to be part of that mix is very exciting.”
Cecil, 30, has been used exclusively as a reliever since 2013, ranking among American League relief leaders in strikeouts (261, 7th), strikeouts per nine innings pitched (11.46, 10th), games pitched (243, 8th) and Holds (53, T13th).
The 6-3, 235-pound Maryland native was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1st round (38th player overall) in 2007 and debuted with the Jays in 2009. He has pitched his entire Major League career with Toronto, compiling a 41-42 mark with a 4.20 ERA and 11 saves in 330 games (74 games started), striking out 585 in 656.0 innings pitched.
Cecil, who was named an American League All-Star in 2013 ranks among the majors Top-10 active leaders in career strikeouts/9 innings (11.05) and strikeout to walk ratio (5.63) among left-handed relievers. Since moving into the bullpen exclusively in 2013, he’s allowed just one earned run in 28.2 innings pitched (0.31 ERA) in September while striking out 48 and he is unscored upon in his eight career postseason appearances between 2015 and 2016.
Last season, Cecil appeared in 54 games (36.2 IP) and struck out 45 batters while walking eight and he worked six scoreless appearances during the Blue Jays run to the American League Championship Series last month. Forty-five of his 54 appearances this past season came in the 7th and/or 8th innings and 192 of his 243 relief appearances since 2013 have been in either of those two innings.
Since 2013, Cecil has limited left-handed batters to a .218 batting average, while right-handers have hit just .221. He’s limited the opposition to a .177 batting mark with runners in scoring position over the past four seasons. Cecil had a record string of 38 consecutive appearances between 2015 and 2016 during which he allowed no earned runs.
Cecil will wear uniform no. 21 as a Cardinal.
The Cardinals also announced today that they have designated catcher Brayan Pena for assignment to make room for Cecil on the team’s 40-man Major League roster.
Iowa Running Back LeShun Daniels Jr. was named Big Ten Co-Offensive Player of the Week and Wide Receiver Riley McCarron was named Big Ten Co-Special Teams Player of the Week following their performances against Illinois.
Co-Offensive Players of the Week
LeShun Daniels Jr., Iowa
Sr., RB, Warren, Ohio/Harding
Co-Special Teams Players of the Week
Riley McCarron, Iowa
Sr., WR, Dubuque, Iowa/Wahlert
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