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Midwest Sports Headlines: 5/14/19

Sports

May 14th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Royals are bringing up top prospect Nicky Lopez from Triple-A Omaha, and he could make his big league debut when Kansas City opens a series against Texas on Tuesday night. Right-hander Jake Newberry was optioned to Omaha in a corresponding roster move Monday. The Royals will still need to make a move with their 40-man roster before facing the Rangers.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Troy men’s basketball transfer Javan Johnson has signed with Iowa State. Johnson, who averaged 10.4 points a game last season, will join the team next fall. Johnson will sit out next season due to the NCAA’s transfer guidelines and be eligible to play the next two seasons after that. Johnson, a 6-foot-7 forward, started all 30 games as a sophomore for the Trojans in 2018-19.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs quarterback EJ Manuel, who was signed this offseason to compete for a backup job, has decided to retire after four seasons with Buffalo and one season with Oakland. Manuel was the 16th overall pick of the Bills in the 2013 draft, going 6-11 while struggling to live up to expectations. His decision was announced as part of several moves the Chiefs made to reshape their 90-man roster Monday.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Longtime NFL coach Gunther Cunningham, who emigrated from postwar Germany as a child and then dedicated his life to football, has died after a brief illness. He was 72. Cunningham’s wife, Rene, said in a statement that he died Saturday.

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Iowa early News Headlines: Tue., May 14th 2019

News

May 14th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed a bill into law that allows Iowa farmers to legally grow industrial hemp. The Iowa Hemp Act passed the Legislature with overwhelming support last month. The bill Reynolds signed Monday allows licensed growers to cultivate the crop on up to 40 acres. First, however, the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship must develop a plan and submit it for approval of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The USDA must still release its own regulations this fall.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed a bill into law that establishes a legal way to bet on professional, collegiate and international sporting events. It also legalizes fantasy sports contests and internet fantasy sports betting, but delays betting based on college sporting event statistics until May 2020. Betting is expected to begin as early as this summer.

KNOXVILLE, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say an 11-year-old Iowa boy whose bedroom was covered in plastic sheeting told an investigator that he hadn’t been outside in several months. His parents have been charged with kidnapping, child endangerment and neglect. Marion County court records say 49-year-old Rocky Wooldridge and 43-year-old Jennifer Wooldridge, of Knoxville, are scheduled for arraignment June 6. The records don’t list an attorney.

INDIANOLA, Iowa (AP) — A group is trying to raise money to repair the roof of a historic one-room schoolhouse near Indianola and prevent damage to documents inside the building. The Des Moines Register reports a nonprofit group that manages the Hoosier Row schoolhouse is trying to raise $7,000 to replace the roof after storm damage this past winter. Group secretary Genie Hansen says the 119-year-old building is filled with maps, slate chalk boards and other items. It’s the last one-room schoolhouse in Warren County.

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High School Soccer Scoreboard 05/13/2019

Sports

May 13th, 2019 by admin

Girls Soccer

Atlantic 10, Riverside 0
AHSTW 8, Logan-Magnolia 0
Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson 10, Missouri Valley 0
Glenwood 1, Kuemper Catholic 0
Lewis Central 10, Harlan 0
Treynor 9, Underwood 0
Tri-Center 10, Denison-Schleswig 1

Boys Soccer

Kuemper Catholic 4, Atlantic 1
AHSTW 8, Logan-Magnolia 0
Denison-Schleswig 3, Glenwood 1
Greene County 13, Panorama 3
Harlan 6, Creston 0
Treynor 2, Underwood 0

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Girls Regional Team Tennis Results 05/13/2019

Sports

May 13th, 2019 by admin

Some Girls Reigonal Team Tennis sites postponed play from this past Saturday to Monday. Here is a look at some results that are in the same bracket section as other area teams.

1A Region 3

Pella 5, Knoxville 0
Clarke 5, Newton 2
Pella 5, Clarke 0

Pella advances to play Shenandoah on Saturday, May 18th in Osceola at 9:00am.

2A Region 2

Lewis Central 5, Des Moines Roosevelt 3

LC advances to play at Johnston on Saturday, May 18th at 9:00am in the Regional Semifinals. Waukee will play Ankeny Centennial at that same site.

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Atlantic girls tennis picks up win over Southwest Valley

Sports

May 13th, 2019 by admin

The Atlantic girls tennis team picked up a win over Southwest Valley on Monday night. The Trojans won 6-3 over the Timberwolves.

Atlantic got singles wins from Hana Holtz, Molly McFadden, Tessa Grooms, Nellie Grooms, and Addie Schmitt. Atlantic also got Doubles wins from Holtz/Martinez and Grooms/Grooms.

Full results here: ATL_G19_SWvalley

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Class 2A Girls Regional Golf Results 05/13/2019

Sports

May 13th, 2019 by admin

Regional girls golf was played in Classes 1A and 2A on Monday. Here’s a look at results from Class 2A.

2A Region 1B

Team Scores (Qualifiers in Bold)

  1. Missouri Valley 412
  2. Red Oak 416
  3. Clarinda 442
  4. MVAOCOU 443
  5. Shenandoah 460
  6. Treynor 562
  7. Underwood 640

Individual Qualifiers

  1. Kate Carlson, Red Oak 85
  2. Madison Lease, Missouri Valley 94
  3. Madison Brown, Missouri Valley 99
  4. Payton Hilts, Missouri Valley 101
  5. Gracie Brown, Clarinda 102
  6. Maddie Lewis, Treynor 104

2A Region 1 Final will be played on Monday, May 20th at Willow Vale Golf Course in Mapleton, hosted by MVAOCOU.

Region 2A at Carroll

Team Scores (Qualifiers in Bold)

  1. Emmetsburg 371
  2. Kuemper Catholic 407
  3. OA-BCIG 426
  4. Cherokee 441
  5. Southeast Valley 449
  6. East Sac County 450
  7. South Central Calhoun 495

Individual Qualifiers

  1. Delany Conrad, Southeast Valley 80
  2. Gretchen Hofstad, Emmetsburg 82
  3. Somer Hudson, Emmetsburg 93
  4. Kayla Kraft, East Sac County 94
  5. Katie Schweers, Kuemper Catholic 94
  6. Mariah Naberhaus, Kuemper Catholic 94

The 2A Region 2 Final will be played next Monday, May 20th at Garner Golf Course in Garner, hosted by Garner-Hayfield-Ventura.

Region 4A at Lake Panorama National Golf Course

Team Scores (Qualifiers in Bold)

  1. Van Meter 405
  2. Colfax-Mingo 426
  3. Des Moines Christian 490
  4. Woodward-Granger 490
  5. Panorama 506
  6. Ogden 525
  7. I-35 602

Individual Qualifiers

  1. Kyler Carey, Van Meter 82
  2. London Wille, Van Meter 86
  3. Delaney Underwood, Colfax-Mingo 91
  4. CeCe Sturdivant, Des Moines Christian 91
  5. Cierra DeHoet, Woodward-Granger 98
  6. Ashley Kimani, Des Moines Christian 105

The Class 2A Region 4 Final will be played on Monday, May 20th at Pleasantville Golf and Country Club, hosted by Pleasantville.

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Class 1A Region 2 Girls Golf Results 05/13/2019

Sports

May 13th, 2019 by admin

Regional girls golf was played in Classes 1A and 2A on Monday. Here’s a look at results from Class 1A Region 2.

Region 2A at Anita

Team Scores (Qualifiers in Bold)

  1. Boyer Valley 401
  2. Griswold 406
  3. CAM 411
  4. Exira-EHK 431
  5. Audubon 439
  6. Lenox 463
  7. Nodaway Valley 508

Individual Qualifiers

  1. Sammi Jahde, CAM 84
  2. Abbie Miller, Boyer Valley 92
  3. Jacey Anthofer, Exira-EHK 94
  4. Roni Hook, Griswold 97
  5. Britney Nelson, Griswold 99
  6. Chelsey Hoakison, Lenox 99

Full results here: 1st Round Regional Golf Anita 2019

Region 2B at Coon Rapids Country Club

Team Scores (Qualifiers in Bold)

  1. IKM-Manning 392
  2. Coon Rapids-Bayard 418
  3. Glidden-Ralston 448
  4. Baxter 481
  5. Earlham 486

Individual Qualifiers

  1. Whitney Reever, Glidden-Ralston 91
  2. Kamaya Jacobsen, IKM-Manning 93
  3. McKayla Downing, Coon Rapids-Bayard 97
  4. Kim Daily, Glidden-Ralston 98
  5. Hannah Mullen, IKM-Manning 98
  6. Bre Muhlbauer, IKM-Manning 100

Region 2C at Mount Ayr Golf and Country Club

Team Scores (Qualifiers in Bold)

  1. East Union 424
  2. Mount Ayr 436
  3. Central Decatur 471
  4. Wayne 504
  5. Seymour 509
  6. Moravia 533
  7. Melcher-Dallas 543
  8. Mormon Trail 652

Individual Qualifiers

  1. Kristen Schaff, Central Decatur 77
  2. Quinn Eslinger, East Union 88
  3. Anna Collins, East Union 95
  4. Morgan Heaberlin, Moravia 97
  5. Kynser Reed, Melcher-Dallas 103
  6. Thayda Houser, Seymour 104

Qualifiers will play in the Region 2 Final next Monday, May 20th at 5×80 Golf and Country Club in Menlo, hosted by Exira-EHK.

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Class 1A Region 1 Girls Golf Results 05/13/2019

Sports

May 13th, 2019 by admin

Regional girls golf was played in Classes 1A and 2A on Monday. Here’s a look at results from Class 1A Region 1.

Region 1A at Hull

Team Scores (Qualifiers in Bold)

  1. Akron-Westfield 388
  2. Gehlen Catholic 428
  3. Hinton 432
  4. St. Mary’s, Remsen 432
  5. Central Lyon 437
  6. Boyden-Hull 441
  7. Kingsley-Pierson 490
  8. MMCRU 519
  9. George-Little Rock 520

Individual Qualifiers

  1. Autumn Bundy, Akron Westfield 90
  2. Hannah Vondrak, Hinton 91
  3. Tori Galles, St. Mary’s Remsen 93
  4. Alayna Mullinix, Akron-Westfield 94
  5. Brialle Koerselman, Boyden-Hull 97
  6. Brooke Koele, Akron-Westfield 98
  7. Sideny Tritz, St. Mary’s Remsen 98

Class 1A Region 1B at Logan-Missouri Valley Country Club

PPD to 5/14

Class 1A Region 1C at Quail Run Golf Course

Team Scores (Qualifiers in Bold)

  1. Riverside 454
  2. Essex 468
  3. Sidney 470
  4. Tri-Center 484
  5. St. Albert 485
  6. AHSTW 625
  7. Fremont-Mills 643

Individual Qualifiers

  1. Emma Jorgensen, AHSTW 87
  2. Lainey Sheffield, St. Albert 94
  3. Meghan Reed, Riverside 100
  4. Lexie Burnison, Essex 101
  5. Presley Pogge, Tri-Center 109
  6. Kayla Jensen, Tri-Center 110

The Region 1 Final will be played next Monday, May 20th at The Meadows Country Club in Moville, hosted by Woodbury Central.

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US farmers who sell to China feel pain of Beijing’s tariffs

Ag/Outdoor, News

May 13th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — China’s announcement Monday of higher tariffs on $60 billion of American exports — retaliation for President Donald Trump’s latest penalties on Chinese goods — hit particularly hard in the farm belt. China’s vast consumer market has been a vital source of revenue for American farmers.

Since December, when U.S. and China negotiators called a truce to tariffs and began signaling that an agreement might be reached, soybean farmers had been holding out hope that sales to China would resume, said Todd Hultman, an Omaha-based grain market analyst with agriculture market data provider DTN. In the meantime, the farmers had been storing a record stockpile of nearly 1 billion bushels.

The latest news of a new round of tariffs, with no agreement in sight, spooked the financial markets and some farmers who had been tentatively optimistic. In a statement Monday, the American Soybean Association reacted with frustration edged with anxiety. “The sentiment out in farm country is getting grimmer by the day,” said John Heisdorffer, a soybean farmer in Keota, Iowa, who is chairman of the ASA. “Our patience is waning, our finances are suffering and the stress from months of living with the consequences of these tariffs is mounting.”

A slowdown in soybean sales, and the huge stockpiles that result, has a ripple effect. Farmers in many parts of the corn belt have suffered from a wet and cooler spring, which has prevented them from planting corn. Typically when it becomes too late to plant corn, farmers will instead plant soybeans, which can grow later into the fall before harvest is required. Yet now, planting soybeans with the overabundance already in bins and scant hope for sales to one of the biggest buyers in China, could raise the risk of a financial disaster. “This is the fifth year of low prices, basically, for crops,” Hultman said. “I think time is just wearing us out.”

To Brent Gloy of Grant, Nebraska, many farmers like him appear to be facing only bleak alternatives for planting. On Monday, Trump told reporters that a new program to relieve U.S. farmers’ pain is being devised and predicted that they will be “very happy.” The administration last year handed farmers aid worth $11 billion to offset losses from trade conflicts.

Trump seemed to suggest that the aid will make up for, or partially cover, the $15 billion that he said represented “the biggest purchase that China has ever made with our farmers.” In fact, U.S. farm exports to China approached $26 billion in both 2012 and 2013 and equaled $19.5 billion in 2017 — before his trade war began taking a toll on agricultural sales to China.

Gloy, an agriculture economist and a partner in the online research website Agriculture Economic Insights, said he fears there may be no end in sight to the Trump administration’s trade dispute with China. And he noted that most crops that farmers could plant aren’t profitable right now. He said worries that the entire agriculture sector could face severe trouble if the dispute lasts indefinitely.

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Governor signs law legalizing sports betting in Iowa

News, Sports

May 13th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed a bill into law that establishes a legal way to bet on professional, collegiate and international sporting events. It also legalizes fantasy sports contests and internet fantasy sports betting but delays betting based on college sporting event statistics until May 2020.

The new law excludes betting on some events, including minor leagues and in-state college team players. Sports betting is limited to those 21 and older.

Reynolds, a Republican, has declined to suggest whether she supported the expansion of gambling in Iowa. She signed the bill on Monday. The law gives the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission regulatory authority over sports betting. The commission regulates the 19 state-licensed casinos in Iowa and its administrator, Brian Ohorilko, has said most of the state’s casinos are expected to set aside onsite space for betting.

The casinos also will contract with online and mobile application vendors to set up bets electronically. The commission has been developing rules that will determine how sports betting will work at the casinos, online and through a mobile application. Betting is expected to begin as early as this summer.

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