Boys substate soccer brackets were released on Thursday by the IHSAA. The first round of postseason games in all three classes is scheduled for Thursday, May 20. Second round substate games will be played on Monday, May 24, and substate final games are set for Wednesday, May 26. Eight teams from each classification will advance to the 2021 IHSAA State Soccer Tournament, currently scheduled for June 1, 3, and 5 at Cownie Soccer Complex in Des Moines.

Tickets for the first two rounds of substate are $6, then substate finals tickets are $8. All host sites will utilize HomeTown Ticketing, which creates a digital ticket for spectators. Tickets for all games, once determined, will be for sale through the IHSAA Tickets page.

Here’s a look at the local first round match-ups on May 20th with higher seeds the home team:

CLASS 1A

Substate 7
#1 Greene County vs. #8 Atlantic 7:00 p.m.
#4 Van Meter vs. #5 Panorama 5:00 p.m.
#2 Des Moines Christian vs. #7 Grand View Christian 6:30 p.m.
#3 West Central Valley/Nodaway Valley vs. #6 PCM 6:30 p.m.

Substate 8

#1 St. Albert vs. #8 Tri-Center 6:30 p.m.
#4 Underwood vs. #5 AHSTW 6:30 p.m.
#2 Treynor vs. #7 Logan-Magnolia 7:00 p.m.
#3 Riverside vs. #6 Missouri Valley 5:00 p.m.

CLASS 2A

Substate 8

#1 ADM Bye
#4 Glenwood vs. #5 Carroll 6:30 p.m.
#2 Denison-Schleswig vs. #7 Harlan 6:30 p.m.
#3 Creston vs. #6 Boone 6:30 p.m.

CLASS 3A

Substate 1

#1 Sioux City West Bye
#4 CB Abraham Lincoln vs. #5 Sioux City East 6:30 p.m.
#2 Sioux City North Bye
#3 Lewis Central vs. #6 CB Thomas Jefferson 6:30 p.m.

The boys golf postseason fires up on Friday with Sectional Golf Tournaments for Class 1A, 2A, and 3A schools around the state. The top two teams from each sectional advance to District Tournaments the following Friday. If a host school is among the top two, then a third team also qualifies. The top two individuals not on a qualifying team plus ties will also advance on to District play.

Here’s a look at the area Sectional sites and assignments.

CLASS 1A

@ Coon Rapids Country Club (CR-B): Ankeny Christian Academy, Audubon, Coon Rapids-Bayard, Earlham, Glidden-Ralston, Madrid, St. Edmond.

@ Dunlap Golf Course (Boyer Valley): Boyer Valley, CAM, Exira-EHK, Griswold, Logan-Magnolia, Riverside, St. Albert.

@ The Meadows Country Club (Woodbury Central): Kingsley-Pierson, Lawton-Bronson, Siouxland Christian, West Monona, Westwood, Woodbine, Woodbury Central.

@ Three Lakes Golf Course (Lenox): East Mills, Essex-Stanton, Fremont-Mills, Lenox, Sidney, SW Valley.

@ Lamoni Golf and Country Club (Lamoni): Bedford, East Union, Lamoni, Mormon Trail, Mount Ayr, Nodaway Valley, Wayne.

CLASS 2A

@ American Legion Country Club (Shenandoah): AHSTW, Clarinda, Missouri Valley, Red Oak, Shenandoah, Treynor, Tri-Center, Underwood.

@ Lake Panorama National (Panorama): ACGC, Colo-NESCO/Collins-Maxwell, IKM-Manning, Kuemper Catholic, Ogden, Panorama, Roland Story, South Hamilton.

CLASS 3A

@ Atlantic Golf and Country Club (Atlantic): ADM, Atlantic, Carroll, Denison-Schleswig, Glenwood, Greene County, Harlan, Perry.

@ Lakeview Country Club (Winterset): Bondurant-Farrar, Carlisle, Clarke, Creston, Newton, Pella, Saydel, Winterset.

Singles

1. Sam Brown, jr., Des Moines, Roosevelt
2. Dalton Pregon, sr., Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln

Doubles

1. Vyas Amalkar, fr., Beck Sissel, fr.; Valley, W.D.M.
2. Hank Lucas, jr., Tyson Trimble, jr.; Valley, W.D.M.

Teams

1. Valley, W.D.M.
2. Des Moines, Roosevelt
3. Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln

CB Abraham Lincoln will play at Des Moines Roosevelt on Saturday in a Preliminary Substate Matchup. Valley advances to Substate with the District win.

Team Scores

1. Denison-Schleswig 22
2. Kuemper Catholic 17
3. St. Albert 12
4. Harlan 11
5. St. Edmond 7
6. Webster City 6
7. Audubon 0
8. Sergeant Bluff-Luton 0

Singles Champion: Jeff Miller, St. Albert
Runner-Up: Brock Bruns, Harlan

Doubles Champions: Harrison Dahm/Colin Reis, Denison-Schleswig
Runners-up: Luke Hicks/Carter Soppe, Kuemper Catholic

All listed will advance to State. Denison-Schleswig advances as a team to Substate. Kuemper Catholic will face St. Albert on Saturday in a Preliminary Substate match to try and advance.

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The Atlantic boys tennis team competed at the District meet in Red Oak on Wednesday. Grant and Ethan Sturm took first in Doubles play and advance on to the State Meet in Waterloo.

The Sturms won their opening match against Cyrus Lawrence and Sant Dow of Clarinda 6-0, 6-0. They then took down Corbin Wolfe and Jonah Wemhoff of Red Oak 6-0, 6-0. They then secured their advancement with a win over Adam and Ethan Timmerman of Southwest Valley 6-2, 6-2. In the Finals match they defeated Reed Finnegan and Josh Schuster of Shenandoah 6-2, 6-2. The Class 1A State Singles and Doubles Tournament will be contested at Byrnes Park in Waterloo on May 28th and 29th.

The other doubles team for Atlantic of Bodie Johnson and Dayton Templeton won their opening match over Tom Nicholas and Owen Paul of Southwest Valley 6-1, 6-1. They then fell to Reed Finnegan and Josh Schuster of Shenandoah 2-6, 6-2, 6-2.

In Singles play Bryan York lost to Chris Carson of Clarke 6-3, 6-0. Hunter Weppler fell to Eli Schuster of Shenandoah 6-0, 6-4.

The Trojans finished 2nd in the team standings behind Shenandoah so they advance to a Preliminary Substate match on Saturday against Southwest Valley who finished 3rd. The winner there will qualify for Substate competition along with District Champion Shenandoah. Substate play will be on Saturday, May 22nd in Pella.

Singles

1. Andrew Lawrence, fr., Shenandoah
2. Nathan Brown, jr., Clarinda

Doubles

1. Grant Sturm, sr., Ethan Sturm, jr.; Atlantic
2. Reed Finnegan, sr., Josh Schuster, jr.; Shenandoah

Teams

1. Shenandoah
2. Atlantic
3. Southwest Valley

2021 State Qualifying Track Meets will be contested on Thursday around the state. In Class 4A, the top two place winners in each event plus the next twelve (12) best performances statewide from qualifying meet place winners (1st – 8th) will advance to the state meet. Class 3A and Class 2A, the top two place winners in each event plus the next eight (8) performances statewide from qualifying meet place winners (1st – 8th) will advance to the state meet. In Class 1A, the top place winner in each event plus the next fourteen (14) best performances statewide from qualifying meet place winners will advance to the state meet. If there are ties, the highest qualifying meet place winner (1st – 8th) will be the qualifier. If the tie still remains, the school name, as printed in the IHSAA Directory, will be used as the tie breaker. The first school name alphabetically will become the qualifier. There will be no more than 24 qualifiers in any event.

Tickets for state qualifying meets are $6. All sites will utilize HomeTown Ticketing, which creates a digital ticket for spectators. Tickets for all sites and classes will go on sale at 9 a.m. on Monday, May 10 through the IHSAA Tickets page.

Here is a look at where area teams will be competing.

CLASS 1A

@Audubon: Alta-Aurelia, Audubon, CAM, Coon Rapids-Bayard, Earlham, Exira-EHK, Glidden-Ralston, Griswold, IKM-Manning, Newell-Fonda, Nodaway Valley, Orient-Macksburg, St. Mary’s Storm Lake, Stanton.

@ Mount Ayr: Bedford, Diagonal, East Union, Essex, Lamoni, Lenox, Moravia, Mormon Trail, Moulton-Udell, Mount Ayr, Murray, Seymour, Southwest Valley, Wayne.

@ West Harrison: Ar-We-Va, Boyer Valley, East Mills, Fremont-Mills, Heartland Christian, Iowa School for the Deaf, Logan-Magnolia, Riverside, Sidney, St. Albert, Tri-Center, West Harrison, West Monona, Woodbine.

CLASS 2A

@ Treynor: ACGC, AHSTW, Clarinda, Kuemper Catholic, Missouri Valley, MVAOCOU, Panorama, Red Oak, Shenandoah, Treynor, Underwood, West Central Valley.

CLASS 3A

@ Glenwood: Atlantic, Bishop Heelan, Carroll, Clarke, Creston, Denison-Schleswig, Glenwood, Harlan.

CLASS 4A

@ CB Abraham Lincoln: CB Abraham Lincoln, CB Thomas Jeffeson, Dowling Catholic, Lewis Central, Sioux City East, Sioux City North, Sioux City West, WDM Valley.

ST. LOUIS, Mo., May 11, 2021 – The St. Louis Cardinals announced prior to tonight’s game that they have placed right-handed pitcher Carlos Martínez (right ankle) on the 10-day Injured List, retroactive to May 9.  The team also announced that right-handed pitcher Johan Oviedo has been recalled from Memphis (AAA).

Martínez, who posted a 9-8 win over the Rockies last Saturday (May 8), is 3-4 with a 4.35 ERA in seven starts this season, limiting the opposition to a .219 BA and just two home runs.

Oviedo (0-1, 4.61) has made three appearances (two starts) for the Cardinals this season. The rookie right-hander worked 2.2 innings, throwing 48 pitches, in a start for Memphis this past Sunday (May 9).

Oviedo wears uniform no. 59.

ST. LOUIS, Mo., May 11, 2021 – The St. Louis Cardinals organization announced that it has received approval from the City of St. Louis and the Health Department to increase capacity at Busch Stadium beginning Friday, May 21.

“As more of our residents make the choice to become vaccinated, in tandem with the Cardinals leadership’s efforts to have stadium-goers follow COVID-19 safety protocols, we believe more fans can be allowed into Busch Stadium without impacting the critical work our community has done to limit the spread of SARS-COV2,” said Dr. Fredrick Echols, acting director of Health for the City of St. Louis.  “As the Cardinals take this latest step toward a new normal, we all must continue to comply with the city’s COVID-19 mitigation measures to continue efforts to reopen the economy in a safe and responsible manner.”

Seating pods will now be spaced a minimum of three feet apart in all directions, allowing Busch Stadium capacity to roughly double.  Additional tickets to the May 21-23 weekend series vs. the Chicago Cubs at Busch Stadium are on sale now at cardinals.com or via phone at 314-345-9000, with tickets starting as low as $20.  Ticket on-sale dates for June games will be determined and announced at a later date.

Additionally, the St. Louis Cardinals are partnering with the City of St. Louis to host a vaccination event inside the Cardinals Club at Busch Stadium on Wednesday, May 12 (9AM—4PM), Thursday, May 13 (9AM—4PM), and Friday, May 14 (9AM—1PM).  Each individual who receives a vaccine at the event will receive a voucher good for two free tickets to a 2021 Cardinals game.  Free parking will be offered in the Starr Lot located directly across the street from Gate 2, on the southwest side of Busch Stadium.  Individuals can also ride Metrolink to the Stadium Station downtown to be dropped off directly across the street from the ballpark.  Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson vaccines will be available.  Individuals are asked to register in advance for the event at https://form.jotform.com/211295106818152 (link accessible via St. Louis Department of Health’s social media accounts @CityofSTLDOH).  Individuals must enter through Gate 2 (Home Plate) for the event.  The club plans to announce a similar vaccination effort in cooperation with St. Louis County at a later date.

“We are thankful for the guidance provided by Mayor Tishaura Jones’ office and Dr. Echols in helping us safely increase our capacity at Busch Stadium,” said Bill DeWitt III, Team President.  “We are also proud to partner with the City of St. Louis in their effort to vaccinate more fans and encourage those who haven’t been vaccinated yet to come down to the ballpark, get your vaccine, and enjoy a Cardinals game on us later this year.”

“I am excited that Busch Stadium will now be able to welcome more Cardinals fans into Downtown St. Louis,” said City of St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones.  “As we #ReopenSTL, I encourage our visitors from all over the region to support our businesses Downtown, and to do so with the health and safety of others in mind.”

To accommodate the increase of guests at the ballpark, gate times will open two hours before first pitch on Friday-Sunday games and one-and-a-half hours before first pitch on Monday-Thursday contests.

Policies and protocols that have been in place since the start of the season will remain to ensure the health and safety of fans, employees, and players in 2021, including:

·         Socially-distanced seating: Guests will be seated in pods of four or less with a minimum distance of three feet between seating pods in all directions.

·         Masks required: Masks are required at all times in all areas of the stadium, including the seating bowl, unless guests are actively eating and drinking.

·         Mobile-only ticketing: All game tickets will be delivered via the MLB Ballpark app, ensuring a touchless entry into the ballpark.

·         Cashless transactions: Concession stands, kiosks and other retail transactions made in the stadium are cashless and only offer credit and debit payment options. Debit cards are available for purchase using cash with no service fees at a limited number of locations inside the stadium.

·         Bags not permitted: To reduce contamination and ensure touchless entry, bags are not permitted to be brought in to Busch Stadium, except for medical bags, diaper bags with a child or clutches/wristlets not exceeding 6″ x 8″.  All exceptions must enter via the designated Inspection Lane at each gate.

·         Designated entry gates: Guests will be directed to enter and exit the stadium through one of six designated entry gates to expedite the process and limit crowding at any one entrance.  A designated entry gate will be noted on each ticket.  Guests are not permitted to exit and re-enter the stadium.

Fans can view the full list of Busch Stadium policies and protocols for the 2021 season at cardinals.com/backatbusch.

Further, with the increase in capacity, the organization is looking to add more ushers and event staff at Busch Stadium.  Interested candidates should visit cardinals.com/jobs to apply or learn more information.