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Creston Tournament

• Ogden 4, Nodaway Valley 3
• Ogden 7, Clarinda 1
• Nodaway Valley 11, Clarinda 10
• Red Oak 6, Griswold 2
• Red Oak 5, Mount Ayr 3 (8 inn)
• Bishop Heelan 13, Mount Ayr 1
• Mount Ayr 10, Atlantic 3
• Griswold 7, Bishop Heelan 3
• Creston 1, Albia 0
• Dallas Center-Grimes 5, Atlantic 0
• Dallas Center-Grimes 1, Creston 0

Underwood Invitational

• Underwood 6, Walnut 2
• Thomas Jefferson 6, Charter Oak-Ute 5
• Shenandoah 9, Woodbine 6
• Riverside 19, Sidney 8
• Underwood 5, Thomas Jefferson 4
• Shenandoah 11, Riverside 4
• Charter Oak-Ute 8, Walnut 3
• Woodbine 13, Sidney 10
• Charter Oak-Ute 5, Woodbine 4
• Underwood 12, Shenandoah 0 (3 inn) – Championship
• Riverside 5, Thomas Jefferson 2 – Third Place Game

OA-BCIG Tournament

• Denison/Schleswig 9, OA-BCIG 1
• Harlan 15, Carroll 5
• MVAO 12, IKM-Manning 1
• North Polk 8, Carroll Kuemper 7
• 7th place – IKM/Manning 15, Carroll-Kuemper 7
• 5th place – North Polk 12, MVAO 3
• 3rd place – Carroll 10, OA-BCIG 0
• Championship: Harlan 8, Denison-Schleswig 0

Also:

• Red Oak 6, Griswold 2
• Red Oak 5, Mt. Ayr 4
• Glenwood 16, St. Albert 1
• St. Albert 8, West Central Valley 7
• Earlham 10, Walnut 0

Carroll Tournament

• Algona 10, Denison 2
• Denison 5, Sgt. Bluff/Luton 4

Elsewhere:

• Griswold 2, Villisca 1
• Ogden 10, Griswold 0
• Orient-Macksburg 11, Bedford 5
• Corning 10, Bedford 0 (6 inn)
• Corning 12, Orient-Macksburg 2
• Carroll 7, Estherville Lincoln Central 1
• St. Edmond, Fort Dodge 5, St. Albert 3

A man who managed the Clarinda A’s summer collegiate program for more than 57-years died over the weekend, following a lengthy battle with cancer. According to the Eichemeyer Funeral Chapel in Clarinda, 76-year old Merl J. Eberly died Saturday.

Eberly was serving as the General Manager of the team at the time of his death. Notable alumnus  of the A’s include Ozzie Smith, Von Hayes, Buddy Black, and Jose Alvarez. They were among more than 30 former players who went on to have major league careers.

Eberly’s association with athletics began early in his life, as he was a four-sport athlete at the Clarinda High School, playing basketball at Clarinda Junior College and minor league baseball with the White Sox, in Holdrege, NE.

While he was a journalist for more than 30-years in Clarinda, his love of sports and working with young people led him to coach the Clarinda A’s, and the Clarinda Lancers basketball team until 1981. Eberly also served as coach at Iowa Western Community College’ Clarinda campus in the late 1960’s and early ‘70’s.

Merl Eberly was also active in the Clarinda Booster Club from the time of his graduation, as well as many other community groups and activities. A Celebration of Life service for Eberly will be held Thursday, in Clarinda.

Atlantic won it’s own baseball tournament Saturday with a pair of victories.  The Trojans got a complete game win from pitcher Gunnar Blum in a 4-3 win over Perry in the first round.  Atlantic then beat Coon Rapids-Bayard 3-2 in the title match.

Atlantic Trojans Baseball Tourney (June 11, 2011)

First Round:
Atlantic 4, Perry 3
Coon Rapids Bayard 16, Red Oak 3 (5)

3rd Place:
Perry 14, Red Oak 1 (5)

Championship Game:
Atlantic 3, Coon Rapids-Bayard 2

All Tourney Selections:
Gunnar Blum        Atlantic            11
Gage Reis        Coon Rapids, Bayard        11
Jake Kruger        Perry                12
Jose Perez        Red Oak              9
Chad Christensen    Atlantic            10
Brendan McAlister    Coon Rapids, Bayard        10
Michael Lansing    Perry                  9  (note, hit two grand slams vs RO)
Christian Holzapfel    Atlantic            11
Jacob Esdohr        Coon Rapids, Bayard        12
Garrett Eblen        Atlantic            12

Baseball

Lewis Central 3, Sioux City North 1
Logan-Magnolia 11, Ar-We-Va 0
Tri-Center 8, AHST 0

Softball

OA-BCIG Tournament:
OA-BCIG 12, Kuemper Catholic 5
Denison 5, North Polk 3
Harlan 12, IKM Manning 2
Carroll 10, Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 1

Other Softball Scores:
Missouri Valley 10, Audubon 0 (5 inn)
MOC-Floyd Valley 8, Okoboji 7
Treynor 15, Riverside 1 (5 inn)
Underwood 5, Glenwood 3

All games at Muscatine:

Class 1A – 11:00 AM:  Davenport Assumption vs. Union

Class 2A – 1:00 PM:  Cedar Rapids Xavier vs. Waukee

Class 3A – 3:00:  Iowa City West vs. Ankeny