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4A State Tournament
First Round
Cedar Falls 60, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 58
Iowa City, West 51, Des Moines, Hoover 48
Pleasant Valley 57, Dubuque, Senior 42
Valley, West Des Moines 61, Dowling Catholic, West Des Moines 56
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Michael Finke scored 17 points and made five 3-pointers to lead No. 12 seed Illinois past 13th-seeded Minnesota 85-52 on Wednesday in the Big Ten tournament’s opening round.
The Fighting Illini (14-18) play No. 5 seed and 20th-ranked Iowa on Thursday in second-round action.
Kendrick Nunn added 15 points for Illinois while Malcolm Hill had 14 and Jalen Coleman-Lands 13. The Fighting Illini made 32 of 58 field-goal attempts (55 percent), including 14 of 26 from 3-point range (54 percent). Nunn, Hill and Coleman-Lands were a collective 15 of 26 from the field.
Illinois outrebounded Minnesota 35-26 and forced 15 Golden Gopher turnovers. Minnesota shot 39.2 percent (20 of 51) in dropping a fourth consecutive game to end the season.
Minnesota (8-23), which finished with a school record for single-season losses, got 12 points from Charles Buggs and 11 by Ahmad Gilbert.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Kansas City Chiefs were penalized Wednesday for violating the NFL’s anti-tampering rules for having impermissible contact with wide receiver Jeremy Maclin during last year’s free agency.
The Chiefs were stripped of their third-round pick this April and sixth-round pick next year and fined $250,000. Chiefs coach Andy Reid was also fined $50,000 and general manager John Dorsey fined $25,000.
Chiefs chairman Clark Hunt said in a statement the club intends to appeal the penalties.
The Chiefs are accused of having direct communication with Maclin, who played for Reid in Philadelphia, during the league’s negotiating period. That communication is a violation of NFL tampering rules.
Maclin later signed a $55 million, five-year deal with Kansas City.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Kansas City Chiefs have agreed to a five-year contract with former Browns offensive lineman Mitchell Schwartz, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity Wednesday because the Chiefs had not announced the deal.
Schwartz played every game for Cleveland last season as the bookend to Pro Bowl tackle Joe Thomas. The second-round pick in the 2012 draft is the brother of former Giants offensive guard Geoff Schwartz, who played for Kansas City during the 2013 season.
The Chiefs also agreed to a deal with outside linebacker Jonathan Massaquoi as free agency began.
Meanwhile, the franchise was docked two draft picks and ordered to pay a $250,000 fine for violating the NFL’s anti-tampering rules in their discussions with wide receiver Jeremy Maclin last year. The Chiefs said in a statement they will appeal the penalties.
JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina is set to make his spring training debut behind the plate, with defensive limitations in place.
The All-Star is coming off two thumb operations and will be wearing a splint. He is not ready to hit and was ninth in the batting order Wednesday against the Miami Marlins. St. Louis planned to replace him with a pinch hitter after a couple innings.
Manager Mike Matheny said this was the target date given by medical staff for the 33-year-old Molina to play for the first time. Matheny said Molina has looked good swinging off a tee and with soft toss.
St. Louis acquired free agent Brayan Pena in the offseason. He is expected to play more than the previous backup, Tony Cruz.
The Rolling Valley Conference released their All-Conference Basketball selections for the 2015-16 season. First and Second Team selections are listed below:
FIRST TEAM – BOYS
SECOND TEAM – BOYS
FIRST TEAM – GIRLS
SECOND TEAM – GIRLS
At Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines…
Class 4A Quarterfinals
1:05-p.m. Dowling Catholic/West Des Moines (20-3) vs. West Des Moines/Valley (20-3)
2:45-p.m. Pleasant Valley (22-1) vs. Dubuque, Senior (14-10)
6:35-p.m. Council Bluffs/Abraham Lincoln (22-1) vs. Cedar Falls (19-4)
8:15-p.m. Des Moines/Hoover (21-2) vs. Iowa City/West (19-4)
The 4A Semi-finals will be on Friday, while Semi-final play in Class 1A, 2A and 3A takes place Thursday.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press that the Chiefs and Tamba Hali have agreed to a three-year contract to keep the veteran linebacker in Kansas City.
The person spoke on the condition of anonymity Tuesday because the deal had not been announced.
The 32-year-old Hali is coming off his fifth consecutive Pro Bowl, despite practicing on a limited basis much of the season because of a troublesome knee. He also had a broken thumb late in the year.
Still, the Chiefs’ former first-round pick finished with 6 1-2 sacks while starting 14 of the 15 games he played. That gave him 86 for his career, matching Neil Smith for second-most in franchise history.
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