Baseball
Boone 12, Lewis Central 2
Cedar Rapids, Kennedy 14, Burlington 1 (5 imm)0
Denison-Schleswig 14, Denver 4 (Final 5 innngs)
Denison-Schleswig 14, Denver 4 (Final 6 innings)
Essex 16, Red Oak 12
Interstate 35, Truro 12, East Greene, Grand Junction 2
Interstate 35, Truro 9, Wayne, Corydon 0
Jefferson-Scranton 1, Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 0
Johnston 6, Lewis Central 1
Logan-Magnolia 10, Treynor 0
Logan-Magnolia 12, Nishnabotna 2 (Tournament)
Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 5, Underwood 4
St. Mary, Storm Lake 3, Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 1

Softball
Exira-EHK 3, Audubon 2
Audubon 5, Grandview Park Baptist 4
Harlan 6, Chariton 2
Treynor 5, Clarinda 0
Clarinda 28, St. Albert, Council Bluffs 3
Coon Rapids-Bayard 10, Boyer Valley 0
Coon Rapids-Bayard 14, Grandview Park Baptist 2
Griswold 18, Fremont-Mills 5
Walnut 13, Griswold 0
Red Oak 7, Griswold 3
Harlan 14, Nodaway Valley 0
Maple Valley-Anthon Oto 14, Hinton 4
Lewis Central 8, LeMars 6
Sioux City, East 2, Lewis Central 1
Maple Valley-Anthon Oto 16, West Monona 6
Ogden 4, Carroll 2
Carroll 8, Prairie Valley 3
Shenandoah 6, Essex 1
Shenandoah 15, Fremont-Mills 3
Red Oak 6, Shenandoah 2
Treynor 13, St. Albert, Council Bluffs 0
Winterset 13, Van Meter 0
Red Oak 4, Walnut 2
Walnut 3, Essex 2
Winterset 2, A-D-M, Adel 0

ST. LOUIS — Kyle Kendrick’s first win of the year was almost worth the wait.

The right-hander was in complete control with a seven-hitter for his first career shutout, putting the Philadelphia Phillies on the verge of their first four-game sweep in St. Louis since 1913 with a 4-0 victory on Saturday night.Shane Victorino’s RBI double in the fourth was the only support Kendrick (1-4) needed. John Mayberry added a two-run double in a three-run sixth, and Hunter Pence and Brian Schneider had two hits apiece for the Phillies, who have won four in a row.Roy Halladay (4-4, 3.58) pitches in the finale on Sunday, facing Adam Wainwright (3-5. 4.78)”That’s a good offense over there, so it’s a good feeling,” Kendrick said. “I wanted to go out there and finish it, give the bullpen a little rest and watch Roy throw tomorrow.”Kendrick entered with a 5.23 ERA and the Phillies were 1-9 in the games he pitched, five of them starts. But he’s 5-1 against the Cardinals in eight games, all but two of them starts, and three of the wins have come in St. Louis.He didn’t mind that it was 94 degrees at gametime.”This is one of my favorite places to pitch, Atlanta and here,” Kendrick said. “It’s warm, I like the humidity.”Jaime Garcia (3-3) allowed four runs on six hits in six innings for the Cardinals, who swept a three-game series against the Padres before hitting the wall against the team they upset in the NL division series last fall.  The Cards and the Phils play again on Sunday 5/27 with a 12:20 pregame on KJAN.

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The first day of the state golf tournament began yesterday in all classes and will continue today (5/26).  Below are the standings after day 1 play.

Softball
Atlantic 11, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 6
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 11, Atlantic 4
Carroll 7, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 4
Carroll 6, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 0
Guthrie Center 12, CAM, Anita 2
Van Meter 4, Harlan 2
Martensdale-St Marys 11, East Union 1
Missouri Valley 11, Riverside, Oakland 1
OA-BCIG 3, River Valley 1
Stanton 8, Fremont-Mills 4
Treynor 10, Griswold 0
Logan-Magnolia 1, West Monona 0
Winterset 2, Interstate 35, Truro 0

Baseball

Carroll 8, Atlantic 7
A-H-S-T, Avoca 8, Audubon 6
Clarinda 6, Corning 0
Coon Rapids-Bayard 13, Prairie Valley, Gowrie 3 (5 innings)
East Mills 12, Clarinda Academy 2
Fort Dodge 5, Abraham Lincoln 0
Fort Dodge 5, Abraham Lincoln 1
Fremont-Mills, Tabor 18, Stanton 3
Griswold 12, Bedford 9
Logan-Magnolia 10, St. Mary, Storm Lake 0 (6 innings)
River Valley, Correctionville 17, OA-BCIG 1
Sidney 14, Nishnabotna 4
St. Albert, Council Bluffs 9, Lewis Central 2
Tri-Center, Neola 4, Underwood 0
Villisca 15, Essex 1

ST. LOUIS (AP) – Hunter Pence hit a two-run homer in the 10th inning off Jason Motte and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-3 on Friday night. The Phillies won their third in a row after surviving a fourth inning in which Pence, the right fielder, and Shane Victorino, the center fielder, lost balls in the lights. The winning runs came too late for Cliff Lee, a 17-game winner last season still seeking his first win of 2012. Juan Pierre singled to start the 10th against Motte, working his second inning. Pence had been hitless in nine at-bats before lining the St. Louis closer’s first pitch over the right field wall for his team-leading 11th homer. He’s 3 for 10 against Motte (3-2) with two homers and three RBIs.

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The State Boys Tennis Tournament in Class 1A and 2A will take place today (5/25) and Saturday, May 26th.  The Class 1A tournament will be played at Byrne’s Park Tennis Complex in Waterloo and Class 2A is playing at Veteran’s Memorial Tennis Center in Cedar Rapids.

In Class 1A Doubles play the Atlantic duo of Senior Mitch Leiferman and Junior Tyler Fischer will be competing for a championship.  Also in 1A Doubles play the Red Oak team of Senior Craig White and Sophomore Jordan Nelson will compete.  In 1A Singles Senior Nate Ohms of Harlan and Junior Pete Walker of Red Oak are part of the field.

In Class 2A Alex Crowl of Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln will play in singles action.