CLASS 1A

Region 2
Woodbine 16, Glidden-Ralston 4
Riverside 7, Boyer Valley 3
Exira-EHK 8, Audubon 2
Ar-We-Va 9, St. Albert 8
CAM 4, Coon Rapids-Bayard 1

Region 3
East Union 6, Orient-Macksburg 5
Murray 13, East Mills 1
Stanton/Essex 8, SW Valley 6
Fremont-Mills 4, Griswold 3
Bedford 14, Diagonal 2

CLASS 2A

Region 2
Pella Christian 11, Panorama 1
ACGC 9, West Central Valley 0

Region 3
IKM-Manning 12, Tri-Center 2
Logan-Magnolia 9, Clarinda 2

Class 1A and 2A schools begin Regional softball play tonight across the state. Here is a look at area match-ups.

CLASS 1A

Region 2
Woodbine vs Glidden-Ralston 7:00pm
Riverside vs Boyer Valley 7:00pm
Exira-EHK vs Audubon 5:30pm @ Kimballton
St. Albert vs Ar-We-Va 7:00pm
Coon Rapids-Bayard vs CAM 7:00pm

Region 3
East Union vs Orient-Macksburg 7:00pm
Murray vs East Mills 5:30pm
SW Valley vs Stanton/Essex 7:00pm
Griswold vs Fremont-Mills 7:00pm
Bedford vs Diagonal 7:30pm

CLASS 2A

Region 2
Pella Christian vs Panorama 7:00pm
ACGC vs West Central Valley 7:00pm

Region 3
IKM-Manning vs Tri-Center 7:00pm
Logan-Magnolia vs Clarinda 7:00pm

HERAKLION, Greece – Iowa State sophomore Tyrese Haliburton and his USA Basketball teammates are Gold medalists after defeating Mali, 93-79, Sunday at the FIBA U19 World Cup in Greece. Haliburton was named to the tournament’s All-Star Five.

Haliburton finished the game with six points, eight assists, four rebounds, two steals and a blocked shot. He was 3-for-4 from the field.

In the tournament, Haliburton averaged 7.9 points and 6.9 assists. He shot 68.9 percent from the field and made 10-of-18 three-pointers.

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Class 4A
1. Johnston (23-4), LW #1
2. Iowa City West (26-6), LW #2
3. Western Dubuque (25-6), LW #3
4. Urbandale (22-10), LW #6
5. Des Moines Roosevelt (22-5), LW #4
6. Southeast Polk (24-9), LW #8
7. Ankeny Centennial (20-9), LW #7
8. Dowling Catholic (20-10), LW #9
9. Linn-Mar (23-7), LW #5
10. Waukee (20-10), LW (X)

Class 3A
1. Cedar Rapids Xavier (28-2), LW #1
2. Davenport Assumption (23-3), LW #2
3. Central DeWitt (25-0), LW #3
4. Harlan (20-4), LW #5
5. Marion (23-5), LW #4
6. Gilbert (21-2), LW #7
7. Centerville (19-3), LW #9
8. Fairfield (20-4), LW #10
9. North Polk (20-4), LW (X)
10. Ballard (19-5), LW #6

Class 2A (final poll)
1. Wilton (22-2), LW #1
2. North Linn (34-4), LW #3
3. Dike-New Hartford (24-3), LW #2
4. West Lyon (24-0), LW #5
5. Van Meter (23-3), LW #6
6. Treynor (25-6), LW #4
7. New Hampton (25-6), LW #7
8. Dyersville Beckman (25-10), LW #8
9. Hinton (23-2), LW #9
10. Estherville Lincoln Central (25-2), LW #10

Class 1A (final poll)
1. Mason City Newman(26-3), LW #1
2. Martensdale-St. Mary’s (29-4), LW #2
3. Alburnett (27-4), LW #3
4. Calamus-Wheatland (27-3), LW #4
5. Southeast Warren (25-3), LW #5
6. Don Bosco (22-4), LW #6
7. Saint Ansgar (20-7), LW #7
8. Kingsley-Pierson (23-4), LW #8
9. Coon Rapids-Bayard (22-4), LW #9
10. Remsen St. Mary’s (20-7), LW #10

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Evan Longoria blamed himself for being overly aggressive in his first two at-bats against St. Louis pitcher Jack Flaherty, a byproduct of the spacious field at Oracle Park and Flaherty’s dominance early on.

The third time around, San Francisco’s slugging third baseman slowed down just enough to catch up to one of the few mistakes Flaherty made.

Longoria homered with one out in the seventh inning to break up Flaherty’s bid for a no-hitter, and the Giants held on to beat the Cardinals 1-0 on Sunday.

“This ballpark has a tendency to make you feel like you have to add a little bit and be a little bit more perfect,” Longoria said after his fifth home run in seven days. “I was more focused on trying to get on base any way I can. Any guy will tell you it’s better off that way. Home runs are usually accidents.”

The Giants managed only one baserunner against Flaherty until Longoria drove an 0-1 pitch into the left field stands. It’s Longoria’s 12th of the season and fifth in July. He hit four during a three-game series in San Diego earlier in the week.

San Francisco won for the seventh time in nine games despite getting only two hits off Flaherty. Alex Dickerson followed Longoria’s drive with a bloop single to left that glanced off the glove of All-Star shortstop Paul DeJong.

Flaherty was masterful before Longoria’s home run. The 23-year-old retired his first 12 batters before walking Alex Dickerson leading off the fifth. He struck out two of the next three and got Kevin Pillar to foul out.

But the Cardinals couldn’t muster much offensively and Flaherty became the latest St. Louis pitcher to come up short in a no-hit bid. Adam Wainwright twice had no-hitters broken up in the sixth inning this season, against Cincinnati on April 13 and the Cubs on June 2.

Flaherty (4-6) struck out six and allowed two hits in seven innings.

Jeff Samardzija (6-7) pitched seven scoreless innings and allowed four hits to beat the Cardinals for the first time in four career starts at Oracle Park.

Samardzija took a no-hitter into the fifth, pitched out of a jam in the sixth after allowing a one-out double, then got Matt Wieters to fly out with two on and two out in the seventh.

Sam Dyson retired three batters. All-Star closer Will Smith pitched the ninth and is 23-for-23 in save opportunities.

Yairo Munoz had two hits for St. Louis. The Cardinals finished 4-5 on their road trip and head into the All-Star break two games behind first-place Chicago in the NL Central.

UP NEXT

Cardinals: Wainwright (5-7, 4.31 ERA) will face Arizona on Friday in St. Louis. Wainwright’s eight career wins against the Diamondbacks are the most by any Cardinals pitcher.

Giants: RHP Shaun Anderson (3-2, 4.23) makes his first appearance against the Brewers on Friday in Milwaukee. Anderson allowed four runs in four innings of his most recent start and has one win since June 12.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — St. Louis Cardinals right-hander Jack Flaherty has completed six no-hit innings against the San Francisco Giants. Flaherty has thrown 70 pitches and struck out six. The 23-year-old retired his first 12 batters before walking Alex Dickerson leading off the fifth. He struck out two of the next three and got Kevin Pillar to foul out.

Flaherty got some help in the first inning when center fielder Harrison Bader made a running catch at the warning track to take away a possible hit from leadoff man Brandon Belt.

The Cardinals have nine no-hitters in their history. The last was by Bud Smith against San Diego Padres on Sept. 3, 2001. Giants starter Jeff Samardzija matched Flaherty with a no-hitter into the fifth before allowing Yairo Muñoz’s two-out single.

The game was scoreless through six innings.

LeMars 5, Lewis Central 3
Treynor 7, Denver 6 (Mount Mercy – Cedar Rapids)

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

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Austin Slater hit a pinch-hit grand slam, San Francisco overcame an early injury to Madison Bumgarner and the surging Giants held on to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 8-4. Pablo Sandoval homered and drove in three runs as the Giants won for the sixth time in eight games. Kevin Pillar added two hits. Paul Goldschmidt hit his 16th home run for St. Louis.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Max Scherzer sustained a dominant stretch with seven strong innings, Kurt Suzuki homered and the Washington Nationals beat the Kansas City Royals 6-0. The NL pitcher of the month for June, Scherzer allowed four hits and struck out 11 with one walk in his final start before heading to Tuesday’s All-Star Game. He struck out the side in the seventh.

KANSAS CITY, Kansas (AP) — Yohan Croizet scored in the 14th minute and Sporting Kansas City held on to beat the Chicago Fire 1-0. Felipe Gutiérrez launched the counterattack with a through ball from behind the center circle, splitting a pair of defenders with the pass and giving Croizet the opening to run behind and slot it past the onrushing goalkeeper.

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