DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Drake University and its former head athletic trainer fired in 2016 after 31 years on the job have agreed to settle his wrongful termination lawsuit. KCCI reports that the university admits no wrongdoing in the settlement. The terms of the settlement were not disclosed.

Scott Kerr filed the lawsuit after he says he was abruptly fired when a medical condition forced him to urinate in a dirty training room whirlpool. Kerr said he had been diagnosed with an enlarged prostate and another condition that caused him to urinate more frequently. Kerr said he urinated in the whirlpool because he didn’t have time to get to a bathroom. Kerr said he thoroughly cleaned the whirlpool tank afterward.

His lawsuit said he was fired because of his disability, age and gender.

Class 1A, 2A, and 3A Regional Semifinals are set to be played tonight. Here is a look at the schedule for area teams.

Class 1A

Region 6
Moravia @ Martensdale St. Marys 7:00pm
Wayne @ Lenox 7:00pm

Region 7
Glidden-Ralston @ Grand View Christian 5:30pm
Coon Rapids-Bayard @ Collins Maxwell 7:00pm

Region 8
Westwood @ Akron-Westfield 7:00pm
Riverside @ West Monona 7:00pm

Class 2A

Region 2
Mount Ayr @ Treynor 7:00pm
Underwood @ Logan-Magnolia 7:00pm

Region 3
Panorama @ IKM-Manning 7:00pm
Earlham @ Ogden 7:00pm

Class 3A

Region 3
Kuemper Catholic @ North Polk 7:00pm
Saydel @ Roland-Story 7:00pm

Region 4
Creston @ Atlantic – ON KJAN Pregame 6:40pm, First pitch 7:00pm
Chariton @ Clarke 7:00pm

SOFTBALL

Corner Conference Tournament

East Mills 9, Essex 5
Semifinal: Fremont-Mills 6, Stanton 5
Semifinal: Sidney 14, East Mills 3
Championship:  Sidney 16, Fremont-Mills 6

BASEBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Anamosa 8, Denison-Schleswig 7
Harlan 8, Shenandoah 0
Kuemper Catholic 13, Perry 1
Lewis Central 7, Creston 2 (Game 1)
Lewis Central 8, Creston 6 (Game 2)
Red Oak 14, East Mills 7
St. Albert 11, Des Moines Christian 0

Western Iowa Conference

AHSTW 5, Sidney 4
IKM-Manning 5, Exira-EHK 4
Stanton 10, Griswold 0
Missouri Valley 6, West Harrison 5
Tri-Center 1, CAM 0
Independence 16, Treynor 6
Wahlert Catholic 4, Treynor 1

Rolling Valley Conference

Ar-We-Va 10, Whiting 2
Boyer Valley 11, Fremont-Mills 0
Glidden-Ralston 4 ACGC 1 (10 inn)
Ogden 3 Coon Rapids-Bayard 0
Panorama 3 Glidden-Ralston 2 (8 inn)

Other Scores

CB Abraham Lincoln 5, Sioux City North 4 (Game 1)
CB Abraham Lincoln 11, Sioux City North 8 (Game 2)
Mount Ayr 13, Orient-Macksburg 1
Nodaway Valley 10, Lenox 8
Sioux City West 10, CB Thomas Jefferson 0 (Game 1)
Sioux City West 14, CB Thomas Jefferson 4 (Game 2)

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The executive director of the Iowa Bicycle Coalition has some issues with a survey out this week by A-D-T that showed five Iowa communities are in the top ten for the most dangerous to ride a bicycle. Webster City was ranked number three on the list behind New York City and Los Angeles. Mark Wyatt is with the Iowa Bicycle Coalition. “I think the results of this study are incomplete and inaccurate — but I don’t want to underemphasize that we have some work to do as far as making bicycling safer in this state,”Wyatt says.

Wyatt said the coalition is addressing the issue of bike safety. He says they have been working in the Iowa Legislature to get a safe passing distance bill approved and they have been working with the D-O-T to complete a state bike plan by this fall.  Wyatt says there are a lot of other efforts underway to improve the safety of bicyclists. “One city in Iowa — Hudson, Iowa — has adopted a local ordinance on safe passing and we’re working on more cities to join that city to upgrade their local ordinance,” according to Wyatt. “And then finally, as of July first we are launching a 20-thousand dollar media campaign addressing the safe passing of bicycles.”

Wyatt says the A-D-T study overlooks the work the coalition has been doing with other bike groups in making bike safety a key issues. “Unfortunately I don’t think the study from a home security company really reflected that amount of work that’s going on in the state,” Wyatt says. “Or the amount of fatal crashes in comparison to per capita rankings to say Florida and California, where it seems much more dangerous.” While he thinks the rankings aren’t accurate, Wyatt again says Iowa is by no means done when it comes to work to improve safety for bikers. “One death is too many in this state and we need to get to zero fatalities,” Wyatt says.

The other four Iowa communities listed among the most dangerous for bicyclists are Waterloo (7th) , Sioux City (8th), Johnston (9th) and Des Moines (10th).

(Radio Iowa)

CLASS 4A

Region 1

Lemars 9, Bishop Heelan 3
Storm Lake 6, Spencer 2

Region 2

Des Moines Hoover 5, Bondurant 2
Glenwood 2, Harlan 0

Region 3

Carroll 3, Perry 1
Boone 12, Webster City 2

Region 4

Dallas Center-Grimes 12, Knoxville 0
Pella 5, Grinnell 4

CLASS 5A

Region 1

Sioux City North 10, Sioux City West 0

Region 2

CB Thomas Jefferson 10, CB Abraham Lincoln 3

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

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Luke Weaver pitched two-hit ball over eight innings and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the San Francisco Giants 11-2. Jedd Gyorko had three hits including a home run and drove in five runs to spoil Johnny Cueto’s return after two months on the disabled list. Matt Carpenter and Harrison Bader also went deep while Yadier Molina singled three times. The Cardinals had a season-high 18 hits _ their most since getting 19 against the New York Mets on Aug. 24, 2016.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas has hired former Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long to lead its department. Long signed a five-year, fully guaranteed contract that will pay $1.5 million annually. He takes over for Sheahon Zenger, who was fired in May after struggling to turn around the Jayhawks’ football program and failing to build support for much-needed stadium renovations.

The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union released the final softball rankings for Classes 4A and 5A as postseason play begins tonight.

In Class 4A Denison-Schleswig comes in at #8 and Lewis Central is #9 in the final poll.

Check out the full polls for all classes here: 2018-final-softball-rankings-all-classes

Regional softball play gets underway for the 2 largest classes tonight around the state. Winners will move on to Regional Semifinals on Saturday. Here is a look at area games.

Class 4A

Region 1

Bishop Heelan vs. LeMars (@ Morningside) 5:30pm
Spencer @ Storm Lake 7:00pm

Denison-Schleswig and Sergeant Bluff-Luton await winners.

Region 2

Des Moines Hoover @ Bondurant-Farrar 7:00pm
Harlan @ Glenwood 7:00pm

Winterset and Lewis Central await winners.

Region 3

Perry @ Carroll 7:00pm
Webster City @ Boone 7:00pm

ADM and Norwalk await winners.

Class 5A

Region 2

CB Abraham Lincoln @ CB Thomas Jefferson 7:00pm

Ankeny awaits the winner.

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