Baseball

Red Oak 8, Atlantic 7 (Cole Carlson 2 hits, 2 RBI for Red Oak)
AHSTW 10, Riverside 0 (6 innings)
Bedford 3, Southwest Valley 1
CB Abraham Lincoln 3, CB Thomas Jefferson 1
Central Decatur 4, Wayne 2
Des Moines Christian 10, ACGC 0
Des Moines Christian 11, ACGC 0
Kuemper Caholic 7, Clarinda 3
Murray 4, Orient-Macksburg 3
Nodaway Valley 10, Lenox 2
Ogden 3, Van Meter 0
Van Meter 5, Ogden 4
Panorama 4, Pleasantville 0
Pleasantville 6, Panorama 5
Shenandoah 4, Denison-Schleswig 1
St. Albert 3, Glenwood 2
Treynor 10, Audubon 2
Tri-Center 12, IKM-Manning 1

Softball

ACGC 11, Des Moines Christian 9
Bedford 7, Southwest Valley 1
Creston 9, Lewis Central 5
Denison-Schleswig 16, Boyer Valley 1
Glenwood 13, St. Albert 1
Glenwood 6, St. Albert 2
Kuemper Catholic 7, Clarinda 2
Lenox 2, Nodaway Valley 1
Murray 10, Orient-Macksburg 0
Riverside 6, AHSTW 3
Shenandoah 12, Stanton/Essex 2
Treynor 11, Audubon 0
Wayne 10, Central Decatur 1

The Exira-EHK Spartans sit in 8th in the team race and the Carroll brothers are tied for 6th after the first round of the Class 1A Boys State Golf Tournament at Westwood Golf Course in Newton. Everett and Will Carroll each shot a +7, 78 on Thursday to tie for 6th. They are six shots off the lead heading into Friday’s final round.

CAM’s Ben Tibken opened up his tournament with a +12, 83 and is tied with one other golfer in 16th place. Ethan Streicher of Edgewood-Colesburg shot a +1, 72 to lead the field.

Exira-EHK sits in 8th place in the team standings at +80. Harris-Lake Park is the day one team leader with a +38 total.

Exira-EHK’s other scores on Thursday were: Cole Burmeister 102, Tyler Petersen 106, Jayden Jensen 112, Trey Nelson 112.

2nd Round play is set for an 8:00am shotgun start on Friday.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Thursday night’s Iowa-Nebraska game at the Big Ten Tournament was postponed until this (Friday) morning because of inclement weather in the Omaha, Nebraska, area on Thursday night.

The Ohio State-Maryland game Thursday was delayed 95 minutes because of a thunderstorm, and more rain was expected late at night.

The loser between eighth-seeded Iowa and No. 5 seed Nebraska will play an elimination game against Minnesota tonight (Friday night). The winner would advance to a game Saturday against an opponent to be determined.

The Kuemper Catholic Knights find themselves in 3rd place after round one of the boys Class 2A State Golf Tournament at American Legion Memorial Golf Course in Marshalltown. The Knights shot a +33, 309 on the opening day to sit five shots out of the lead that is held by Des Moines Christian. Panorama sits in 4th after a +45, 321 on their first round.

Panorama’s Kyle Shackleford is the overall leader after shooting and even par 69 on day one. His round featured 3 birdies and 3 bogeys. Kuemper Catholic’s Corbin Borelli is in 5th place with a +6, 75. His teammate Dawson McDermott is tied for 8th at +8.

Round 2 action tees up with an 8:00am shotgun start on Friday.

Atlantic senior golfer Matt Gearheart sits in third place on the leaderboard following an even par first round at the Class 3A Boys State Golf Tournament at Lakeside Municipal Golf Course in Fort Dodge. Gearheart shot a 72 on day number one of the two day tourney and is three shots back of the leader Brandon Larsen of West Deleware, Manchester. Matt’s round featured 5 birdies, two bogeys, and a double to score even 36’s on both front and back nines.

Atlantic’s Cyle Renaud opened with +15 round of 87 and currently sits in a tie for 55th.

Nevada currently leads the team scoring at +12, Spirit Lake is 3 shots back in 2nd and Carroll sits in 9th at +37 after day one.

The second round is set to tee off with an 8:00am shotgun start on Friday.

Uncasville, Conn. – Former Iowa State women’s basketball guard Bridget Carleton secured a roster spot with the Connecticut Sun on Thursday, the team announced. Carleton was drafted 21^st overall by the Sun and becomes the first Cyclone to make an opening day roster since Alison Lacey in 2010.

Carleton was named to every All-America list in women’s college basketball for her efforts during the 2018-19 season with the Cyclones. She was also named the Cheryl Miller Award winner, which honors the nation’s best small forward. As a result, she was earned a spot on the prestigious Naismith Starting Five.

She concluded her career with the Cyclones just eight points shy of breaking ISU’s all-time scoring mark with 2,142 points. Carleton also ranks in the top-five in Iowa State’s record book in career field goals (3^rd, 713), steals (3^rd, 211), blocked shots (3^rd, 124) and 3-pointers (5^th, 255). She also put together the best single-season in school history setting school records for points scored (760), scoring average (21.7 PPG).

Carleton and the Sun officially begin the regular season on Saturday, May 25 at 6:30 p.m. against the Washington Mystics at the Mohegan Sun Arena. Cyclone fans can catch Saturday’s game on League Pass.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Iowa State sophomore guard Tyrese Haliburton has been invited to the 2019 USA Basketball Men’s U19 World Cup Team training camp from June 15-18 at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Haliburton, one of seven hopefuls that played college basketball last season, is among 34 total players invited to the training camp. This will be the Oshkosh, Wisconsin native’s first experience with USA Basketball.

“It’s crazy, a year ago this wouldn’t even have been a thought,” Haliburton said. “This wouldn’t be possible without the people by my side and it’s truly a blessing. I look forward to possibly getting the chance to represent our country.”

Haliburton proved his mettle as an all-around player on the court for the Cyclones as a freshman. He averaged 6.8 points, 3.6 assists, 3.4 rebounds and 1.5 steals in helping Iowa State to the NCAA Tournament in 2018-19. He is one of four college freshman since 1992-93 to compile 125 assists, 50 steals and 30 blocks.

Finalists for the team are expected to be announced on the morning of June 18, and the team will be named prior to its departure for the 2019 FIBA World Cup in Greece on June 24. Athletes eligible for this team must be U.S. citizens born on or after Jan. 1, 2000.

The USA will be led by head coach Bruce Weber (Kansas State), with assistant coaches Mike Hopkins (Washington) and LeVelle Moton (North Carolina Central).

The Iowa High School Soccer Coaches Association has released their final weekly boys soccer rankings for the 2019 season.

In Class 3A Waukee received all the first place votes.

In Class 2A Cedar Rapids Xavier is top ranked. ADM is 11th and Denison-Schleswig is 12th.

In Class 1A Columbus Catholic, Waterloo is top ranked. AHSTW is #4 and Riverside checks in at #14.

Full rankings here: 20190522_Week_8_Rankings

Girls Soccer

CB Abraham Lincoln 1, CB Thomas Jefferson 0
Harlan 3, WCV/NV/ACGC 2
Lewis Central 3, St. Albert 1

AHSTW Superintendent Darin Jones has announced the hiring of Jason Holst as the district’s 7-12 Activities Director. Holst is in his 14th season as head baseball coach at AHSTW and also serves as a sixth-grade teacher and assistant football coach. Holst has been a teacher in the district for 22 years.

Holst will take over for the departing Davis Pattee, who recently accepted a similar position with the Harlan Community School District. Holst will split his time during the day between sixth-grade teaching duties and Activities Director.

Superintendent Jones said, “Jason knows the Western Iowa Conference landscape over the last few decades as well as anyone around. He is extremely passionate about AHSTW and will be a terrific ambassador for the school. His organizational skills, dedication, overall knowledge, and management skills make him an excellent fit for this position.”

Holst has over 150 victories in his baseball coaching career and has led two teams to the state tournament. He’s had a wealth of success as an assistant football coach, assistant girls basketball coach, and junior high and high school track coach.

Holst resides in Avoca with his wife, Amanda, son, Blake, a sophomore, and daughter Madison, a 4th grader at AHSTW.