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Chiefs take Miss St DT Chris Jones in second round of draft

Sports

April 30th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs chose versatile defensive tackle Chris Jones from Mississippi State with the sixth pick in the second round of the NFL draft on Friday night. The Chiefs had traded their first-round choice to San Francisco on Thursday night for a package that included the No. 37 overall pick, plus selections in the fourth and sixth rounds.

The 6-foot-6, 308-pound Jones provides depth along the defensive line after the retirement of veteran Mike DeVito this offseason. He also gives the Chiefs some bargaining leverage with defensive tackle Dontari Poe, whose contract expires after next season.

Chiefs general manager John Dorsey had expressed his admiration of UCLA linebacker Myles Jack on Thursday night, but Jacksonville moved up to take him one pick ahead of Kansas City.

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Strasburg, long balls power Nationals past Cardinals

Sports

April 30th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Stephen Strasburg struck out nine including seven of eight in one stretch and the Washington Nationals got home runs from Michael Taylor and Danny Espinosa in a 5-4 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night. Taylor’s second leadoff homer of the year ended a 22-inning scoreless drought for the Nationals. Espinosa’s first of the season was a two-run shot that capped a four-run fourth against Mike Leake (0-3).

Strasburg (4-0) gave up two runs on eight hits in seven innings with one walk. He has 29 strikeouts in 22 1-3 innings his last three outings. Jonathan Papelbon earned his eighth save in nine chances for Washington, which is 5-0 in Strasburg’s starts.

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TINA LONG, 51, of Fontanelle (Svcs. 5/2/16)

Obituaries

April 30th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

TINA LONG, 51, of Fontanelle, died Friday, April 29th, at the Adair County Memorial Hospital in Greenfield. Funeral services for TINA LONG will be held 11-a.m. Monday, May 2nd, at the Steen Funeral Home in Greenfield.

The family will greet friends on Sunday, May 1st, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Steen Funeral Home in Greenfield. Online condolences may be left to the family at www.steenfunerals.com.

Memorials may be directed to the Tina Long memorial fund to be established by the family.

TINA LONG is survived by:

Her husband – Dan Long, and their daughter Breanna, of Fontanelle.

Her daughter – JoAnna Naig, of Fort Dodge.

Her brothers – Orval (Stephanie) Auten, and Roger (Janet) Auten, all of Creston, and Harold (Shelli) Auten, of Villisca.

Her sisters – Julie (Roy) Foley, Lisa (Scott) Kyle, & Donna (Tax) McFarland, all of Winterset.

3 grandchildren; other relatives and friends.

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Iowa Amber Alert issued Saturday, April 30th 2016

News

April 30th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Authorities in eastern Iowa have issued an Amber Alert. The alert was issued at 12:06 -a.m. Sat., April 30th, following the alleged abduction from Waterloo, of a 15-year old black female by three black males armed with guns.

The victim was described as being 5-feet 2-inches tall, weighing 190-pounds. She wore a white, zippered shirt, black stretch pants and shiny, silver shoes. No other description of the suspects was available.

Amber AlertThe girl and the three suspects are believed to be traveling in a light green or white conversion van with a green stripe, late 1990′ to early 2000’s model. Unknown direction of travel. License plate unknown. The incident happened at around 11pm Friday.

If you have any information about the vehicle, suspects or victim, call 9-1-1, or the Waterloo Police at 319-291-2515.

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High School Tennis Scoreboard Friday 04/29/2016

Sports

April 29th, 2016 by admin

GIRLS

Lewis Central 9, Atlantic 0
Singles
1. Ally Bergsten 10 (LC) def Jena Brosam 11 (A) 8-1
2. Hannah Moen 10 (LC) def Olivia Davis 11 (A) 8-0
3. Heather Henderson 11 (LC) def Heather Freund 10 (A) 8-3
4. Marie Johnson 9 (LC) def Carly Westphalen 11 (A) 8-0
5. Maddie Davis 10 (LC) def Alexis Boes 11 (A) 8-1
6. Montana Johnson 11 (LC) def Ashley Freund 11 (A) 8-2

Doubles

1. Bergsten/Moen (LC) Brosam/Davis (A) 8-1
2. Henderson/Davis (LC) HFreund/Westphalen (A) 8-6
3. Johnson/Johnson (LC) Boes/AFreund (A) 8-0

BOYS

Atlantic 7, Lewis Central 2
Singles

1. Grant Podhajsky 10 (A) def Colton Lear (LC) 8-0
2. Cooper McDermott 10(A) def Cole Schindle (LC) 8-4
3. Cory Lear (LC) def Kaleb Flory 10 (A) 8-2
4. Caleb Williams 11 def Grant Rodenburg (LC) 8-0
5. Luke Hohenberger 10 def Calvin Ficke (LC) 8-3
6. William Weppler 12 def Justin Reynolds (LC) Retired injury

Doubles

1. Podhasky/McDermott (A) def Lear/Lear (LC) 8-1
2. Scheidle/Rodenburg (LC) def Flory/Weppler 8-6
3. Williams/Hohenberger (A) def Fricke/Reynolds (LC) 8-3

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High School Golf Scoreboard Friday 04/29/2016

Sports

April 29th, 2016 by admin

GIRLS

Coon Rapids-Bayard 255, West Central Valley 278, Exira-EHK 281, CAM no team score. (Medalist: Morgan Ferguson, CAM 54. Runner-Up: Jorrie Esslinger, Coon Rapids-Bayard 55.)
Creston 193, Clarinda 219 (Medalist: Madison Hance, Creston 44)
Griswold 232, Riverside no team score (Medalist: Mateya Peters, Griswold 52)
Tri-Center 221, Underwood 232 (Medalist: Jordan Ollie, Underwood 52)

BOYS

Exira-EHK 191, CAM 206, West Central Valley no team score (Medalist: Chris Paulsen Exira-EHK 45. Runner-Up: Gage Lauritsen, Exira-EHK 46)
Griswold 177, Riverside 210 (Medalist: James Reynolds, Griswold 40)
Underwood 186, Tri-Center 189 (Medalist: Connor Fink, Underwood 42)

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High School Girls Soccer Rankings 4/29/2016

Sports

April 29th, 2016 by admin

Click here to see the latest High School Girls Soccer rankings released Friday, April 29, 2016.

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High School Soccer Scoreboard Friday 04/29/2016

Sports

April 29th, 2016 by admin

GIRLS

Atlantic 4, Harlan 3 (Double OT, Winning score with one minute left)
Papillion LaVista South 6, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 0

BOYS

Atlantic 1, Harlan 0 (Atlantic 7-4 on the season)
Underwood 1, St. Albert, Council Bluffs 0

 

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Drake Relays High School Results Friday 04/29/2016

Sports

April 29th, 2016 by admin 

Finals results and prelim qualifiers for area high school athletes Friday at the Drake Relays.  Follow the link at the bottom to see where teams that did not make finals finished in the prelim events.

Girls Discus
11th Konfrst, Linnaea          SR Glenwood                124-01     37.82m   
      FOUL  124-01  122-09

Girls Long Jump

2nd Thomas, Darby             FR CB Abraham Lincoln    17-10.50   NWI     5.44m               
     17-03(-1.9) FOUL      17-10.50(-0.0) FOUL      17-03.50(-1.5) 17-06.75(-0.8) 

Boys High Jump

2nd Durbin, Cody              SR OA-BCIG                6-05.00      1.95m   
     6-01 6-03 6-05 6-07                                                                                                        
7th Rupiper, Miles            SO Kuemper Cath          J6-05.00      1.95m   
     6-01 6-03 6-05 6-07                                                                                                                                                              
15th Hayes, Alec               SR Atlantic              J6-03.00      1.90m   
     6-01 6-03 6-05                                                                     

Girls Sprint Medley
11th CB Abraham Lincoln                                  1:49.88   2          
     1) Damgaard, Kalyn JR              2) Fichter, Rylee SO                 
     3) Hart, Merzedes SR               4) Thomas, Darby FR  

Boys Sprint Medley

 14th Mount Ayr                                           3:35.75   1           
     1) Taylor, Jacob SR                2) Daughton, Cal JR                   
     3) Anderson, Trevor SR             4) Dolecheck, Kyle SR       

Girls 4x200m Relay

20th CB Abraham Lincoln                                  1:47.60   2          
     1) Damgaard, Kalyn JR              2) Fichter, Rylee SO                 
     3) Thomas, Darby FR                4) Hart, Merzedes SR     

Boys 4x200m Relay

 11th Lewis Central                                       1:30.01   1          
     1) Owens, Brantley SR              2) McMahan, Kenneth JR               
     3) Main, Ryan SR                   4) Fidone, Sal SR

Boys 4x400m Relay Prelims

5th  Lewis Central                                       3:21.45q  1      (Qualified for Finals)    
     1) Owens, Brantley SR              2) McMahan, Kenneth JR               
     3) Teply, Bailey SR                4) Fidone, Sal SR

Find all results from the Drake Relays here.

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Iowa rehires Kirk Ferentz’s son-in-law for staff position

Sports

April 29th, 2016 by admin

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa has rehired the son-in-law of football coach Kirk Ferentz to a staff position three years after he departed following questions of nepotism.

Iowa announced Friday that Tyler Barnes would be the team’s new director of recruiting. The 30-year-old Barnes had been working as an assistant at Vanderbilt since 2013.

Barnes was hired in 2012 to work as an entry-level assistant for the Hawkeyes when he was dating Ferentz’s daughter, Joanne.

Ferentz pushed to extend Barnes’ temporary position for a second year without disclosing to athletic director Gary Barta or others that Barnes was his future son-in-law. That avoided a public search for the position.

The university later moved the supervision of Barnes outside the football program, and he left Iowa for Vanderbilt months later.

Ferentz’s son, Brian, also is an assistant.

 

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