SAN DIEGO (AP) — Rookie Aledmys Diaz had his first five-hit game, Jedd Gyorko and Jeremy Hazelbaker hit three-run homers and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the San Diego Padres 11-2 on Saturday night. Diaz had a two-run double in the ninth, while Gyorko homered off his old team and Hazelbaker snapped an 0-for-17 slump. Gyorko and Stephen Piscotty each had three hits, and Piscotty hit a solo homer in the sixth.

Gyorko and Hazelbaker homered off Carlos Villanueva, who pitched for the Cardinals last year before signing with the Padres as a free agent. Michael Wacha (2-0) and three relievers combined on a four-hitter. Kevin Quackenbush (1-1) allowed two runs and one hit in 1 1/3 innings for the loss.

Gyorko, traded to the Cardinals for outfielder Jon Jay on Dec. 8, reached the second deck in left field with a 436-foot shot, his third, with one out in the eighth.

GIRLS

Grinnell 2, St. Albert, Council Bluffs 0
St. Albert, Council Bluffs 1, Bondurant-Farrar 0

BOYS

Atlantic 7, Carroll 2 (Trojan Tournament First Round)
Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 6, Harlan 1 (Trojan Tournament First Round)
Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 3, Atlantic 1 (Trojan Tournament Championship) (Atlantic now 5-4 on the season)

Check out the latest High School Girls Soccer Rankings released on Friday, April 22nd by the Iowa High School Girls Athletic Union here.

The Fremont County Golf Invitational was played on Saturday in Sidney.

Team Scores

1. Clarinda  340
2. Nishnabotna  348
3. Woodbine  433
4. Southwest Iowa  445
5. Nebraska City  450
6. Auburn  452
7. East Mills  463

Individual Scores

1. Carlton Rahn, Clarinda 81
2. Conner Pirtle, Clarinda 83
3. Jared Williamson, Nishnabotna 84
4. Eric Charbonneau, Nishnabotna 85
5. Austin McFarland, Nishnabotna 85
6. Trent Willis, Woodbine 86
7. Benton Bielfeldt, Clarinda 88
8. William Shull, Clarinda 88
9. Bryce Neal, Clarinda 89
10. Zach Benton, Nebraska City 94
11. Bryson Duncan, Nishnabotna 94
12. Kameron Wederquist, East Mills 96

High School Qualifiers for the 2016 Drake Relays were released on Saturday.  Take a look at the full field of qualifiers here.

A few of the qualifying highlights include:

The Atlantic Boys will have two competitors in the Relays: Gratt Reed in the 110m Hurdles and Alec Hayes in the High Jump.

Mitchell Nelsen of Audubon will also compete in the 110m Hurdles.

Gage Clay of AHSTW also qualified in the 100m Dash.

Plenty of other area athletes especially from the Hawkeye Ten qualified so check out the link to the full list above.

Comments on the tournament from Atlantic Boys Golf Coach Ed DenBeste: “Going into this meet, I knew they boys were pretty tired.  We had traveled around the state for several meets and I was hoping that we weren’t too tired.  Great to see our team get the win today with a good score of 323 in the wind.  Denison is a good course but very tough with a strong wind.  When you have 5 of your 6 golfers in the top 10, you know you have played a good solid round.  Zac played great.  He had some struggles earlier in the week but this was a great round for him.  Jake had played well all day and just had two bad holes at the end.  The par 3s on the back are difficult.  Ben and Kyle played solid today.  This was Matt Gearheart’s first round here so it was great to see him shoot a good score of 83.  Nate had a nice round as well especially after being sick yesterday.  I know he will get that score down.  Great win for our team!!!!!”