The Atlantic Trojans girls golf team got a fourth place finish at the Class 3A-Region 2 Meet on Wednesday at Nishna Hills Golf Course in Atlantic. Here is how the top four Atlantic golfers did individually: Senior Bell Berg shot a 86, sophomore MaKenna Schroeder shot a 89, senior Abby Muller shot a 96 and McKenna Sonntag shot a 99. The Trojan girls finished with total team score of 370. The medalist was Eden Lohrbach from Gilbert and runner-up was Ava Lohrbach from Gillbert. The two state qualifying teams were Gilbert who had a low score of 299 and Nevada placed second with a score of 348.

Coach Kathy Hobson talked about how her team did at the regional.

Trojans coach Hobson commented on what her message was to the girls after the regional meet.

This will end the Trojans girls golf season. The Trojans will only be losing Berg and Muller to graduation this year but there is more talent coming back for next season.

IOWA CLASS 1A SUBSTATE CHAMPIONSHIPS 

North Polk 5, Shenandoah 2

Boone 5, Kuemper Catholic 0

Pella 5, Grinnell 0

Wahlert Catholic 5, Central DeWitt 0

Waverly-Shell Rock 5, Ballard 0

Xavier 5, Fairfield 0

Decorah 5, Aplington-Parkersburg 1

Hawkeye Ten 

Denison-Schleswig 7, Storm Lake 6

Raccoon River Conference

Carlisle 12, Grinnell 0
Boone 13, Norwalk 2

West Central Activities Conference

Pleasantville 10, Bishop Garrigan 1

Other Non-Conference Scores

Fort Dodge 15, Des Moines North 1
Southeast Polk 8, Des Moines Roosevelt 4
Lynnville-Sully 13, Collins-Maxwell 0
Des Moines East 16, Roland-Story 4

Regional Scores

Class 1A

Van Meter 10, Lamoni 0
Humboldt 3, Webster City 0
Solon 2, Regina Catholic1
Des Moines Christian 10, Chariton 0
Wahlert Catholic 2, Clayton Ridge 0
Dike-New Hartford 3, Aplington-Parkersburg 1
Pella Christian 3, Grand View Christian 2
St. Albert 7, Riverside 0
Assumption 6, West Branch 0
Bishop Heelan 4, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 0
East Sac County 3, Sioux Center 1
Gilbert 3, Gladbrook-Reinbeck 0
Harlan 3, Kuemper Catholic 1
Tri-Center 4, Missouri Valley 3
Nevada 10, Williamsburg 0
Treynor 6, Logan-Magnolia 0
Underwood 11, AHSTW 0
West Central Valley 6, Clarke 0

The Griswold Tigers are coming off a 10-0 loss to Tri-Center last season in the first round of the Class 1A-Region 7 playoff bracket. The Tigers are coached by Ryan Lockwood this season, who is in his fourth season as the coach.

The Tigers just won their home opener on Tuesday night, when they got a 11-1 win over Audubon. Griswold junior Bode Wyman pitched over six solid innings, while striking out fifteen Audubon batters to help secure the win. The Tigers currently have 1-0 overall record on the season.

Griswold will be bringing everyone back from last years team, due to not losing anyone to graduation according to coach Lockwood.

Coach Lockwood talked about what his roster going to be looking like this season.

Griswold will have many pitching options this season says coach Lockwood.

The Tigers next game will be Tuesday May 21st, when they will take on East Mills in Corner Conference regular season game. The first pitch of that game will be at 7:30 p.m

IOWA CLASS 1A REGION 1 FINAL AT LAKE CREEK, ST. MARY’S STORM LAKE 

State team qualifiers: 1. Central Lyon 403, 2. Akron-Westfield 410.

IOWA CLASS 1A REGION 2 FINAL AT CRESTWOOD HILLS GOLF COURSE, CAM

State team qualifiers: 1. BCLUW 378, 2. Newell-Fonda 397

Area team scores:

3. Sidney 410

4. Mount Ayr 416

5. St. Albert 424

6. Riverside 458

Riverside Scores: Kaycie Perkins 114, Akia Turney 128, Jadyn Beckman 130, Laney Rice 135

IOWA CLASS 1A REGION 5 FINAL AT HONEY CREEK RESORT, MORAVIA

State team qualifiers: 1. Highland Riverside 350, 2. New London 363

Area team scores:

4. Martensdale-St. Marys 412

5. Nodaway Valley 436

IOWA CLASS 2A REGION 2 FINAL AT CARROLL MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE 

State team qualifiers: 1. Roland-Story 335, 2. Kuemper Catholic 381

IOWA CLASS 2A REGION 3 FINAL AT LEON COUNTRY CLUB, CENTRAL DECATUR 

State team qualifiers: 1. Van Meter 346, 2. West Marshall 348

Area team scores:

3. Red Oak 375

6. Shenandoah 435

Area individual state qualifiers: 2. Brynn Knaus, Red Oak (79), 4. Sophi Pedersen, Treynor (83)

IOWA CLASS 3A REGION 2 FINAL AT NISHNA HILLS GOLF COURSE, ATLANTIC

State team qualifiers: 1. Gilbert 299, 2. Nevada 348

Area team scores:

3. Sergeant Bluff-Luton 368

4. Atlantic 370

5. Harlan 404

6. Denison-Schleswig 407

9. Bishop Heelan Catholic 423

11. Glenwood 454

Creston NTS

Atlantic scores: Belle Berg 86, Makenna Schroeder 89, Abby Muller 96, McKenna Sonntag 99, Emma Rose 106, Nevaeh Fewson 130.

IOWA CLASS 4A REGION 1 FINAL AT WILLOW CREEK GOLF COURSE, WDM VALLEY 

State team qualifiers: 1. Waukee Northwest 339, 2. Southeast Polk 359

Area team scores:

7. Lewis Central 411,

9. Abraham Lincoln 479,

Thomas Jefferson NTS

With a spot in the Big Ten Tournament secured the Iowa Hawkeye baseball team closes the regular seaaon with a three game series against Florida International beginning Thursday night at Principal Park in Des Moines. The Hawkeyes currently reside in sixth in the conference race but could get the fourth seed with some help.

That’s Iowa coach Rick Heller. playing a nonconference seriues allows him to line up his pitching for next week’s Big Ten Tournament. Sophomore Cade Obermueller (Oh-bir-myoolir) will start game two in Omaha next week while junior standout Brody Brecht will throw in the tournament opener.

Heller says one of the benefits of playing in the Principal Park is playing on a natural surface leading into the Big Ten Tournament.

The Wartburg College softball team opens an NCAA Division III regional in Oshkosh, Wisconsin Thursday afternoon against Illinois Wesleyan. Wartburg is 23-16 and coach Jamie Mueller (moo-ler) says a demandng schedule has prepared them for the regional.

Mueller says the schedule has her team battle tested.

Illinois Wesleyan is one of two teams in the regional that Wartburg played during the regular season.

The Knights lost to Illinois Wesleyan 7-1 back in early March in Columbus, Georgia.

Wartburg is one of four Iowa schools taking part in the NCAA Tournamnent. Coe, Central and Grinnell are also in regional play.

Jan Jensen is ready to lead a seamless transition for the Iowa women’s basketball program. After spending the last 24-years as an assistant with the Hawkeyes, Jensen was named head coach after long-time coach Lisa Bluder announced her retirement on Monday.

While it is a change in title it does not change what she does.

The losses from this past season’s team are substantial but Jensen says the expectations for the program are always high.

In the age of the transfer portal Jensen’s first win as head coach was on Monday when she was able to preserve the current roster as well as the incoming recruiting class.

Jensen says Bluder has agreed to remain involved with the program as an advisor.

IOWA CITY, Iowa – Three University of Iowa track and field athletes earned Big Ten postseason honors, the conference announced on Wednesday.

Sophomore Mike Stein was voted the Men’s Field Athlete of the Championships following his record-setting javelin performance at the Big Ten Championships in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on May 10. The Milford, Iowa, native won his first Big Ten javelin title with an 81.19-meter throw on his final attempt.

Stein’s new personal best was also a Big Ten, meet, and school record. Stein is ranked No. 1 in the West Region and No. 2 among NCAA DI competitors.

Seniors Grant Conway and Ali Dorn were recognized as Iowa’s representatives for the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award.

The Hawkeyes prepare for the NCAA West First Rounds in Fayetteville, Arkansas, on May 22-25.