Regional Finals all games at 7:00pm

CLASS 1A:
Nodaway Valley vs. Fremont-Mills, Tabor @ Atlantic
Danville vs. Sigourney @ Fairfield
Gladbrook-Reinbeck vs. West Central, Maynard @ Independence
Grand View Christian School vs. Earlham @ Johnston
West Hancock, Britt vs. Nashua-Plainfield @ Mason City
Marquette Catholic, Bellevue vs. Belle Plaine @ Prairie, Cedar Rapids
Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto vs. Lawton-Bronson @ Sioux City, North
South O’Brien, Paullina vs. Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire @ Spencer

CLASS 2A:
Pocahontas Area vs. Forest City @ Algona
Pella Christian vs. Des Moines Christian @ Ankeny
Aplington-Parkersburg vs. New Hampton @ Cedar Falls High School
Monticello vs. Cascade, Western Dubuque @ Dubuque, Senior
Treynor vs. IKM-Manning @ Harlan Community
Sioux Center vs. Western Christian, Hull @ MOC-Floyd Valley
Regina, Iowa City vs. West Burlington @ Muscatine
Woodward Academy vs. Panorama, Panora @ Waukee

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JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Adam Wainwright won’t pitch in exhibition games until mid-March because of his abdominal strain, a delay that could prevent the St. Louis Cardinals ace from starting the major league season opener at the Chicago Cubs on April 5.’

Wainwright was hurt Monday while putting a 45-pound weight back on a rack. He returned to St. Louis for an examination by Dr. Michael Brunt, who said the injury was minor. Cardinals manager Mike Matheny is open to the idea of pushing back Wainwright’s season debut a couple of days if the right-hander doesn’t respond to proscribed rest as quickly as doctors expect.

4A Semifinals
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 75, Lewis Central 57
Sioux City, North 78, Sioux City, East 73

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1-A District 12 Championship
Earlham 74, Murray 48

1-A District 13 Championship
Nodaway Valley 66, Paton-Churdan 48

1-A District 14 Championship
Fremont Mills 67, Sidney 62

1-A District 15 Championship
Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 74, Ar-We-Va 59

3-A District 15 Championship
Denison-Schleswig 68, Carroll 65

3-A District 16 Championship
Glenwood 58, Harlan 56, OT

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Bethany Doolittle scored 22 points, Samantha Logic finished an assist short of a triple-double Thursday night and No. 17 Iowa held off Wisconsin 78-74 to remain in second place in the Big Ten with one game remaining. Logic, a Wisconsin native who had her career high of 30 points in the last meeting, had 20 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists for the Hawkeyes (22-6, 13-4 Big Ten). Ally Disterhoft added 17 points.

The Badgers (8-19, 4-13) trailed by 13 with 3:27 to play but after Nicole Bauman’s 3-pointer made it 73-70 at 56 seconds, Doolittle scored. Bauman made two free throws at 23 seconds, and then Logic fed Disterhoft for a five-point lead at 21 seconds. Jacki Gulczynski had 19 points and 11 rebounds and Bauman finished with 18 points for the Badgers.

Iowa can finish unbeaten at home for the fifth time and match the 1992-93 team’s 15-0 record with a win over Minnesota on Sunday.

JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Adam Wainwright has been diagnosed with an abdominal strain but the St. Louis ace could be available to pitch the Cardinals’ opener at Wrigley Field on April 5. Wainwright strained the muscle on Monday while putting a 45-pound weight back on a rack. General manager John Mozeliak said Thursday the strain is about belt high.

Wainwright said the pain originally felt like a twinge when it first occurred and the injury bothered him when he ran or lunged but did not affect his pitching. He walked off a practice field Tuesday following the team’s stretch, returned to St. Louis on Wednesday and was examined by Dr. Michael Brunt on Thursday.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs waived veteran tight end Anthony Fasano on Thursday, freeing up about $2 million in salary cap space that they could use to keep All-Pro linebacker Justin Houston. The Chiefs have been unable to come to a long-term deal with Houston, making it likely that they will place the franchise tag on him. But the deadline for that designation is Monday, and the Chiefs needed to free up salary cap space to do it.

If franchised, Houston would play next season on a one-year deal worth about $13 million. Fasano, who turns 31 this year, caught 25 passes for 253 yards and four touchdowns last season. He had two years left on his four-year contract.

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) – A mechanical problem forced a charter plane carrying the Evansville University men’s basketball team to turn around and land in Waterloo. Waterloo television station KWWL reports that the team spent Wednesday night at a hotel after an uneventful landing at Waterloo airport. The team was headed home to Indiana after losing to Northern Iowa 68-57 in nearby Cedar Falls. On board were three crew members and 22 passengers.

The turboprop was chartered from Corporate Flight Management, of Smyrna, Tennessee. Spokesman Matt Chaifetz told The Associated Press on Thursday that the plane had gotten blowing snow inside the mechanism that spins the blades. The pilots noticed a vibration they couldn’t identify after takeoff, so they returned to Waterloo.

Chaifetz says the plane will be back in the air later today (Thursday).