Hawkeye 10:

• Atlantic 3, Kuemper Catholic 2
• Clarinda 11, Red Oak 1 (5 inn)
• Glenwood 15, Creston 6
• Harlan 8, Denison-Schleswig 0
• Lewis Central 13-6, Shenandoah 3-5 

Western Iowa:

• Griswold 3, Tri-Center 2
• Missouri Valley 12, Underwood 4
• Treynor 18, A-H-S-T 1 (4 inn)

Rolling Hills:

• Earlham 5, EHK-Exira 4
• Walnut 3, East Mills 2 (11 innings)

Others:

• ADM 5, Carroll 0
• Corning 15, Mount Ayr 9
• Nodaway Valley 15, Bedford 0
• Woodward-Granger 7, Coon Rapids-Bayard 1
• Essex 10, Nishnabotna 8
• Fremont-Mills 18, Clarinda Academy 3 (4 inn)

Hawkeye 10:

• Atlantic 11, Kuemper Catholic 1
• Clarinda 4, Red Oak 3
• Harlan 7, Denison-Schleswig 2
• Shenandoah 11, St. Albert 1
• Creston 3, Norwalk 1

Western Iowa:

• Audubon 14, Riverside 4
• Missouri Valley 11, Underwood 1
• Treynor 4, A-H-S-T 3

Rolling HIlls:

• Exira-EHK 7, Boyer Valley 1

Others:

• Ballard 3, Carroll 1
• Coon Rapids-Bayard 9, Woodward-Granger 3
• Abraham Lincoln 14, Fremont-Mills 2
• IKM-Manning 9, Boyer Valley 2
• Nodaway Valley 16, Bedford 4
• Panorama 12, Guthrie Center 0
• Villisca 8, Stanton 6
• Essex 13, Nishnabotna 7

Former Atlantic High School Activities Director and Assistant Principal Bob Sweeney has accepted a similar position with the Shenandoah Community School District. Shenandoah Superintendent Jeff Hiser announced the move late Tuesday. Details of the contract are still being worked out. Sweeney served the Atlantic district for 13 years in the AD’s position, and has taught and coached at Shenandoah. He’s set to take over the position previously held by P-J Hedrington, whose contract was not renewed after one year.

ATLANTA (AP) — Dan Uggla hit a three-run homer, Michael Bourn also went deep and the Atlanta Braves snapped their longest losing streak in more than two years, holding off the St. Louis Cardinals 5-4 Tuesday night after an eight-game skid. Bourn led off the bottom of the first with his fifth homer of the season, tying a career high. Uggla made it 4-0 in the third, sending one into the seats in left-center. Randall Delgado (3-5) worked into the sixth, allowing three runs, and the Cardinals closed within a run in the seventh on Yadier Molina’s third RBI of the night, a run-scoring single. Molina went 4-for-4, including a solo homer. But Craig Kimbrel got the final three outs for his 14th save in 15 chances. Jake Westbook (4-4) took the loss.

The Chicago Cubs Tuesday, activated catcher Steve Clevenger from the 15-day disabled list before their game, optioning catcher Blake Lalli to Triple-A Iowa to make room on the roster. Cubs manager Dale Sveum said that Clevenger, who has been out since April 28 with a right oblique strain, will see the majority of action behind the plate. Regular backstop Geovany Soto is on the DL with a torn meniscus in his left knee

Iowa 5, Omaha 4

Iowa at Omaha, 7:35 p.m.

3-A Team:

1. Clear Lake  358
2. Charles City  359
3. South Tama  359
4. Grinnell  366
5. Atlantic  378
6. ADM  382
7. Wiliamsburg  389
8. Central Dewitt  396

3-A Individuals:

1. MacKenzie Black, Independence  74
2. Amy Ihm, Wahlert  76
3. Jessie Sindlinger, Charles City  79
4. Malorie Fischels, Clear Lake  80
5. Taylor Van Dyke, South Tama  80
6. Brooke Fletcher, Atlantic  82

Also for Atlantic:

• Kaitlynn Walter  91
• Bailey Walter  102
• Shelby Worth  103

Also:

• Sara Pettitt, Carroll  94
• Rachel Van Erdwyk, Carroll  91
• Courtney Leinen, Harlan  100

2-A Teams:

1. Dyersville Beckman  349
2. Cascade  371
3. Kuemper Catholic  373
4. Alta-Aurelia  387
5. Dike-New Hartford  391
6. Wapello  395
7. Sheldon  400
8. Clarinda  410

2-A Individuals:

1. Ellie Ament, Beckman  75
2. Brooke Klosterman, Beckman  84
3. Briana Weber, Dike-New Hartford  84
4. Erin Rasmussen, OA-BCIG  87
5. Morgan Naberhaus, Kuemper Catholic  89
6. Megan Wiederin, Kuemper Catholic  89

Also:

• Taylor Gardner, Missouri Valley  97

1-A Teams:

1. Bishop Garrigan  343
2. Grundy Center  375
3. Valley  389
4. Hinton  391
5. HLV  392
6. Gehlen Catholic  397
7. Lynnville-Sully  417
8. Audubon  420

1-A Individuals:

1. Victoria Grasso, Ankeny Christian  79
2. Sheridan Berte, Bishop Garrigan  82
3. Alexa Capesius, Bishop Garrigan  83
4. Katie Clausen, Hinton  84
5. Haley Froehlich, Bishop Garrigan  87

Audubon Scores:

• Susie Bylund  95
• Lexie Thygesen  102
• Rachel Flug  110
• Teagan Albright  113
• Faith Fliflet  120
• Melanie Petersen  134

Also:

• Anna Hildebrand, Riverside  98
• Kaleigh Westlake, Corning  96

w/ Jim Field

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The state’s largest Catholic Diocese is implementing a policy to create a separation between church and sports. Bishop Richard Pates of the Des Moines Diocese has approved a policy at the requests of the priests council that would prohibit any Catholic school from holding activities not related to religious services or religious education on Wednesday evenings and Sunday mornings.  “Our priests especially are experiencing the fact that it’s kind of a creeping incursion Wednesday evenings and also Sunday mornings, particularly in terms of their participation related to youth leagues related to sports, etcetera, soccer and that sort of thing,” Pates says. The Bishop says a young person confronted with the possibility of playing sports or going to church, they would naturally want to play sports, and the puts pressure on the parents that want them to go to church. The other Catholic Dioceses have varying policies that seek to accomplish the same end. 

The diocese in Dubuque and Sioux City leave it up to the schools to set restrictions and officials says most schools have some type of rule. Bishop Pates says the rules only apple to Catholic schools, but he hopes it will give parents some backing and allow them to take a stand with their kids. Pates says the Catholic church isn’t the only one facing the issue and he plans to seek support from the larger religious community.”The priests have asked me also to invite our ecumenical brothers and sisters to take a look at this. Our Lutherans, our Methodists, our Baptists…the Episcopalians, to see too if they might adopt a similar policy so it would have a little more teeth to it, and recognize that it is kind of widespread need in our community,” according to Pates.

Pates says it is important to keep the church’s place within the family along with the other activities. “You know, people are going around in circles all the time and don’t have time to relax and enjoy one another, and what I would describe of some of the finer things in life, that are so important for us to experience in our growing up,” Pates says. “You know the warmth of love and care for one another is also very important.” The Des Moines Diocese policy follows up the recent steps the leaders have taken to develop what it calls a “comprehensive ministry” for young people in the church.