District Baseball Finals are on tap Saturday for Class 1A and 2A schools. Here’s a look at the area match-ups will all games set to start at 7:00 p.m. unless otherwise noted.

CLASS 1A

District 1: Gehlen Catholic @ Remsen St. Mary’s
District 2: West Harrison @ Woodbine
District 13: Ogden @ Ankeny Christian
District 14: Lamoni @ CAM
District 15: Coon Rapids-Bayard @ Tri-Center
District 16: Woodbury Central @ Kingsley-Pierson

CLASS 2A

District 15: Treynor @ Clarinda
District 16: Kuemper Catholic @ OABCIG

Regional Semifinals are on tap Saturday night for 3A, 4A, and 5A softball teams and one 1A carry over from a postponement. All 3A, 4A, and 5A games start at 7:00 p.m.

Class 1A Regional Semfinals

Region3
Fremont-Mills @ Exira-EHK (Kimballton at 5:00 p.m., PPD from 7/8)

Class 3A Regional Semifinals

Region 2
Greene County @ Saydel
Harlan Community @ Sergeant Bluff-Luton

Region 4
Chariton @ Williamsburg
Clarinda @ Atlantic- ON KJAN

Class 4A Regional Semifinals

Region 1
Denison-Schleswig @ Dallas Center-Grimes
Spencer @ Bishop Heelan

Region 2
North Polk @ Indianola
Glenwood @ Creston

Class 5A Regional Semifinals
Des Moines Roosevelt @ Waukee Northwest
CB Thomas Jefferson @ CB Abraham Lincoln

Class 1A Regional Semifinals

Region 2
Newell-Fonda 1, GTRA 0
Woodbine 4, Boyer Valley 1

Region 3
Southeast Warren 12, Griswold 2
Fremont-Mills @ Exira-EHK (PPD to 7/9 at 5:00 p.m.)

Region 5
Martensdale-St. Marys 10, East Union 0
Wayne 18, Moravia 0

Class 2A Regional Semifinals

Region 3
Logan-Magnolia 6, Treynor 0
West Monona 13, MVAOCOU 1

Region 4
Mount Ayr 4, I-35 2
West Central Valley 6, Kuemper Catholic 5

Class 4A Region 1 Quarterfinal

Denison-Schleswig 2, LeMars 0

Class 3A

Substate 8
Lewis Central 13, Clarke 0
Creston 5, Denison-Schleswig 4
Harlan Community 2, Carroll 0
Glenwood 3, Atlantic 2- ON KJAN

Class 4A

Substate 8
Waukee Northwest 10, CB Thomas Jefferson 0
Valley 3, CB Abraham Lincoln 0
Des Moines Roosevelt 3, Norwalk 2

The Big 12 Conference released it’s media preseason football poll on Thursday. After winning last season’s Big 12 Football Championship, Baylor was picked to repeat as champion this season. The Bears garnered 17 first place votes, edging out Oklahoma in second with 12 top nods. Iowa State was voted 6th in the preseason poll and did get one top vote.

2022 Big 12 Football Media Preseason Poll
1.    Baylor (17), 365
2.    Oklahoma (12), 354
3.    Oklahoma State (9), 342
4.    Texas (2), 289
5.    Kansas State, 261
6.    Iowa State (1), 180
7.    TCU, 149
8.    West Virginia, 147
9.    Texas Tech, 119
10.    Kansas, 48
First-place votes in parenthesis.

Substate baseball play opens up tonight for Class 3A and 4A schools with Substate Quarterfinals. Here is a look at area match-ups with all games set to start at 7:00 p.m.

Class 3A

Substate 8
Clarke (1-22) @ Lewis Central (28-3)
Dension-Schleswig (10-20) @ Creston (13-15)
Carroll (1-25) @ Harlan Community (23-7)
Atlantic (9-17) @ Glenwood (17-9)- ON KJAN

Class 4A

Substate 8
CB Thomas Jefferson (1-33) @ Waukee Northwest (24-12)
CB Abraham Lincoln (22-13) @ Valley (18-14)
Norwalk (18-17) @ Des Moines Roosevelt (26-13-1)

Regional softball continues tonight with Regional Semifinals being contested in Class 1A and 2A. Here is a look at the area match-ups. All games will start at 7:00 p.m. unless noted otherwise.

Class 1A Regional Semifinals

Region 2
GTRA @ Newell-Fonda
Boyer Valley @ Woodbine

Region 3
Griswold @ Southeast Warren
Fremont-Mills @ Exira-EHK 5:00 p.m.

Region 5
East Union @ Martensdale-St. Marys
Moravia @ Wayne

Class 2A Regional Semifinals

Region 3
Treynor @ Logan-Magnolia
MVAOCOU @ West Monona

Region 4
Mount Ayr @ I-35
Kuemper Catholic @ West Central Valley

CLASS 4A

Region 1
Denison-Schleswig @ LeMars PPD to 7/8 at 7:00 p.m.
Spencer 13, Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 3

Region 2
North Polk 11, Des Moines Hoover 0
Glenwood 1, Lewis Central 0

Region 3
Boone 12, Perry 0
Carroll 10, Storm Lake 1

CLASS 5A

Region 1
Des Moines Roosevelt 12, Des Moines North 0

Class 4A and 5A schools will begin postseason softball play tonight with Regional Quarterfinal round games. Here’s a look at area match-ups or regions that feature area teams. Games are all set to start at 7:00 p.m. unless otherwise noted.

CLASS 4A

Region 1
Denison-Schleswig @ LeMars
Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley @ Spencer

Region 2
Des Moines Hoover @ North Polk (Moved up to 5:00 p.m.)
Lewis Central @ Glenwood (Moved up to 5:30 p.m.)

Region 3
Boone @ Perry (Moved up to 5:30 p.m.)
Storm Lake @ Carroll (Moved up to 6:00 p.m.)

CLASS 5A

Region 1
Des Moines North @ Des Moines Roosevelt

Iowa State had four players named to the 2022 Preseason All-Big 12 Football Team, announced Wednesday by the Big 12 Conference. Senior tight end Jared Rus, wide receiver Xavier Hutchinson and offensive lineman Trevor Downing earned a spot on the offensive side of the ball, while defensive end Will McDonald IV was also named to the team.

2022 Preseason All-Big 12 Football Team
Offensive Player of the Year: Bijan Robinson, Texas, RB
Defensive Player of the Year: Felix Anudike-Uzomah, K-State, DL
Newcomer of the Year: Dillon Gabriel, Oklahoma, QB

Offense
QB – Spencer Sanders, Oklahoma State
RB – Deuce Vaughn, K-State
RB – Bijan Robinson, Texas
FB – Jared Rus, Iowa State
WR – Xavier Hutchinson, Iowa State
WR – Quentin Johnson, TCU
WR – Xavier Worthy, Texas
TE – Ben Sims, Baylor
OL – Connor Galvin, Baylor
OL – Jacob Gall, Baylor
OL – Trevor Downing, Iowa State
OL – Cooper Beebe, K-State
OL – Zach Frazier, West Virginia
PK – Casey Legg, West Virginia
KR/PR – Malik Knowles, K-State

Defense
DL – Siaki Ika, Baylor
DL – Will McDonald IV, Iowa State
DL – Felix Anudike-Uzomah, K-State
DL – Collin Oliver, Oklahoma State
DL – Dante Stills, West Virginia
LB – Dillon Doyle, Baylor
LB – Daniel Green, K-State
LB – DeMarvion Overshown, Texas
DB – Kenny Logan Jr., Kansas
DB – Julius Brents, K-State
DB – Jason Taylor II, Oklahoma State
DB – Tre-Vius Hodges-Tomlinson, TCU
DB – Charles Woods, West Virginia
P – Michael Turk, Oklahoma