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(KMAland) -- It was the final Saturday of college baseball's regular season across the country. Regional scores are below. Michigan pounds Huskers (Lincoln) -- Nebraska was routed by Michigan 19-9 on Saturday in both team's regular-season finale. The win secured Michigan a spot in the Big Ten Tournament. The Wolverines earned the number six seed and will play third-seeded Nebraska on Wednesday at 3:30 at Target Field in Minneapolis. Nebraska's offense put up nine runs for the second game in a row and had double-digit hits for the fifth game in a row, but Husker pitching gave up a season-high 19 runs on a season-high 23 hits. Five Wolverines notched at least three hits on the day including four-hit games from Travis Maezes and Cole Martin. 
(Jefferson City) -- The Mound City girls track and field team placed in eight events on Saturday, and won the Class 1 State championship during Day 2 of the State meet on Saturday in Jefferson City. Mound City scored 73 points, 15 better than 2nd place Midway. Freshman Emily Wedlock led the way winning the 100 hurdles and 300 hurdles and was third in the long jump. Mound City also got a win from Alex Phillips in the pole vault. Also for the Panthers, Kendey Eaton was 2nd in the 1600 meter run, Mae Sanders was 6th in the 800, and the Panthers were also third in the 4x400 meter relay and 7th in 4x200 relay. Worth County placed sixth in the 4x100 meter relay. 
(KMAland) -- There are state berths on the line in team tennis throughout the state on Saturday. Area action is highlighted below. Red Oak girls roll past Glenwood - back to state (Red Oak) -- The Red Oak girls tennis team is headed back to the state team tournament. Red Oak defeated Glenwood 5-0 in the regional final at Red Oak on Saturday morning. The Tigers will travel to Norwalk on Monday afternoon for the first round of state team tennis. Red Oak will play Ballard in the first round. Ballard defeated Boone 5-2 in a regional final on Saturday. Red Oak holds off Creston - off to state (Norwalk) -- The Red Oak boys tennis team is also heading to state team tennis. The Tigers beat Creston 5-3 in the substate final on Saturday. It was a 3-3 tie after singles and all three doubles matches went three sets. Creston beat Atlantic 5-1 in a substate semifinal. 
(Des Moines) -- The Glenwood girls 4x100 meter relay team entered the finals of their Class 3A race with the second fastest time in the class. Then, they finished exactly where they started. The Rams team of Courtney Magnussen, Kecia Caudill, Sarah Salerno and Chelsea Webster ripped off a 49.76 to take a silver medal in the event. Elsewhere in the race, Carroll finished in seventh place, but it was the Rams who talked with KMA Sports after their run in a video you can view below... Glenwood finished with 13 total points and an 18th place finish at the meet. 
(Des Moines) -- For the third consecutive year the Griswold Tigers are state champions! Griswold scored 45 points to take the Class 1A state championship and held off West Hancock (39 points) and Sibley-Ocheydan and Lynville-Sully (37 points). The Tigers chase for a third straight title got off to an ominous start on Thursday when sophomore Rebekah Topham finished second in the 3000 meter run and senior Jordyn Sindt failed to score. However, the Tigers ended up scoring 28 points on Saturday alone. Topham won the 800 and 1500 meter run championships for 20 of those points while Sindt finished third in the 800 and the shuttle hurdle relay team finished seventh. Topham and Sindt also scored nine points together in the 400 meter hurdles on Friday. 
(Des Moines) -- Continue to check here for the latest updates from Day 3 of the State Track & Field Championships. One more second for Glenwood The Glenwood boys 4x400 meter relay team finished in second place in the Class 3A run. Derek Jones, who had every medal possible other than a gold, had to settle for silver with a run of 3:22.72. Jones was joind y James Fuller, Brady Wheeler and Jared Cook on the second place team. CAM and St. Albert each finished in seventh place in the event in Classes 1A and 2A, respectively. On the girl's side, Treynor had the top finish as they came in fourth place with a 4:04.48 in Class 2A. Also in Class 2A, Tri-Center came in sixth place. The Harlan girls also settled for sixth in the Class 3A race. East Mills boys 3rd in 4x100 The East Mills Wolverines and Nick Pittmon left Drake Stadium with one final medal on Saturday afternoon. 
Huskers take down Stanford (Lincoln) -- 14th-seede Nebraska is into the Lincoln Regional final after beating Stanford 7-1 on Saturday. It was a 2-1 game after five innings, when the Huskers scored five runs in the sixth inning, including four with two outs. Tatum Edwards fired a complete game two-hitter for th ewin. She gave up four walks and hit three batters. Taylor Edwards had two hits and two RBI. Nebraska will play in the regional final on Sunday afternoon at 1:00 against the team who survives two elimination games on Saturday. Northern Iowa wins first NCAA Tourney game (Lincoln) -- Northern Iowa earned its first NCAA Tournament win in school history on Saturday with a 2-1 win over Tulsa in an elimination game in the Lincoln Regional. UNI advances to play Stanford later Saturday. 
(Des Moines) -- It took a late lean, but Nick Pittmon of East Mills has his 200 meter dash championship at last. Pittmon out-leaned Logan McKenna of Belmond-Klemme to win his first 200 title after finishing in second place a year ago. Pittmon's 22.44 was just enough to edge McKenna's 22.46. For Pittmon, it caps off an incredible individual career and the greatest sprinting career in the history of the Corner Conference. Pittmon now has two titles in the 100 meter dash and now a championship in the 200 meter dash. Trever Ryan of OA-BCIG has also had quite the weekend. With a win in the Class 2A 200 meter dash, Ryan has now won three gold medals and will likely win a fourth. Ryan's golds had come in the 100 and the 4x200 before winning the 200, and he will try to lead the 4x100 team to a fourth gold. That 4x100 team has the fastest preliminary time. 
(Des Moines) -- Add a fourth state championship to Chaley Rath's terrific career. The Treynor senior won her first ever hurdles title in the Class 100 meter hurdles on Saturday afternoon with a run of 15.38. It was a final lean that did the job for Rath as she edged out Emily Mathews of Garner-Hayfield/Ventura, who ran a 15.43. Rath's fourth state title is her first in something outside of the high jump and her second this year. She also has a second place finish in the shuttle hurdle relay and a fourth in the 400 meter hurdles. Carmen Subbert of Stanton had a terrific finish herself as she took fourth place in the Class 1A 100 meter hurdles run. Subbert ran a 15.90 - .02 out of third place. Austin Hess of Harlan, the defending state champion, finished in second place this year in the Class 110 meter high hurdles. 
(Des Moines) -- KMAland teams had a successful run in the shuttle hurdle relay finals on Saturday morning. Treynor's girls and Underwood's boys finished second, Stanton's girls were fourth, Harlan's boys took fifth and Glenwood's boys and Griswold's girls were seventh. For Treynor, it added added eight points to their team total in a tight race that put them .75 behind the leader with 12 events scored. Glenwood also added to their total and moved into third place. The Eagles ran with a team of Ryan Spiegel, Nick Pedersen, Adian Mckee and Austin Konsor while Stanton's team was made up of Macy Elwood, Lauren Stephens, Logan Wagg and Carmen Subbert. You can view interviews KMA Sports conducted with the two teams below... 
(Des Moines) -- The Griswold Tigers picked up a huge 16 points in their quest for a third consecutive state championship on Saturday morning. Rebekah Topham, who finished second in the 3000 meter run on Thursday and second in the 400 meter hurdles on Friday, finished in first place of the Class 1A 800 meter run with a time of 2:15.28. Perhaps more importantly for the team race, Jordyn Sindt, Topham's teammate and a senior, finished with a time of 2:21.44 - good for third place. The 16 points moved Griswold into a tie for first place with West Hancock with 12 events scored. Each team has scored 33 points. After the race, KMA Sports talked with Topham and Sindt in a video you can view below... Both Topham and Sindt will run in the 1500 meter run final later Saturday. 
(KMAland) -- There is lots of tennis on the spring sports schedule on Saturday. Boys and girls team tennis is on the schedule and a few KMAland teams will be taking part. For the boys Substate Tennis is Saturday with the winner of each Substate advancing to the state team tennis tournament on Tuesday, May 28th. Class 1A is in Des Moines and 2A in Ankeny. Red Oak, Atlantic, Creston, and Ballard are in Norwalk in Class 1A competition. Atlantic and Creston meet in round one while Red Oak meets Ballard in the other semifinal. The winners will meet immediately following. Lewis Central is participating in Class 2A substate at Des Moines Roosevelt. The Titans plays West Des Moines Dowling Catholic in the semifinals while West Des Moines Valley meets Waukee in the other semifinal. Girls Team Tennis is Saturday as well. 
(Des Moines) -- The final day of the State Track & Field meet in Des Moines is today. Sports Director Derek Martin will have updates throughout the day on the air, as well as on Twitter @d2mart. Here's a list of the KMAland athletes that will be competing. 
(Oakland) -- The Oakland A's defeated the Kansas City Royals 2-1 on Friday evening in the series opener in Oakland. A Josh Donaldson home run in the 7th tied the game and an Adam Rosales home run in the 8th gave Oakland the lead. James Shields went eight innings, giving up six hits, two earned runs while walking one and striking out nine. David Lough, who was called up from Class AAA Omaha earlier Friday, drove in the only Royals run, driving in Salvador Perez on a third-inning single. Jarrod Parker gave up four runs and one earned run over seven innings while Sean Doolittle worked around a single in the eighth to get the win, his third of the season. 
(KMAland) -- It was a busy night in the final weekend in college baseball. All the regional action can be found below. Omaha walks off as Summit champions - splits doubleheader (Omaha) -- Ryan Keele hit a walk-off home run to lead Omaha to its first Summit League championship outright 6-4 on Friday afternoon over South Dakota State. It's the first conference championship for any Maverick team in Division I. Keele's home run was his sixth of the season, most in the league, and ended up with three hits, two RBI, and a run scored. Cory Buckley was 4-for-4 with two runs scored and two RBI. Alex Schulz added two hits and a run scored while Clayton Taylor had a hit, and RBI, and a run scored. Matt Tew gave up four runs -- three earned -- on six hits and seven strikeouts in six innings. Sam Murphy got the win throwing the final inning. 
(Saint Louis) -- David Freese hit a grand slam as part of a five-run first inning as the St Louis Cardinals held on to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 7-6 on Friday in the opener of a three-game series at Busch Stadium. Matt Holliday drove in a two runs and Jon Jay drove in one. Jaime Garcia (5-2) got the win, although he gave up six runs on six hits over 5 1/3 innings. Aramais Ramirez hit two three-run home runs for Milwaukee, who has lost four in a row. Wily Peralta (3-4) gave up all seven runs -- six earned -- on 11 hits and struck out six over five innings. 
Huskers defeat UNI (Lincoln) -- Tatum Edwards gave up just two hits and shutout Northern Iowa 4-0 in a first-round matchup at the NCAA Lincoln Regional. Nebraska will now play Stanford on Saturday at 1:00 in a winner's bracket game on Saturday. The Cardinal defeated Tulsa 4-2 in the regional's opening game. Edwards struck out 11 while giving up just two singles, three walks, and three hit batsmen. Edwards produced the game's first run with an RBI single in the fifth. Nebraska added two more in the sixth on a Brooke Thomason home run and a Jordan Bettiol sacrifice fly. Missouri wins regional opener (Columbia) -- Jenna Marston hit a three-run home run to lift Missouri to a 3-0 win over Stony Brook in Game 2 of the Columbia Regional. Nicole Hudson pitched her second complete game shutout of the year to lift the sixth-seeded Tigers to the regional opening win. 
(Des Moines) -- Day 2 of the State Track Meet is underway. Continue to check here for the latest updates. You can also follow @d2mart on Twitter for up-to-the-second updates. Glenwood, St. Albert into 4x400 boys final The Glenwood Rams ran the fastest qualifying time in the 4x400 meter relay in the final race of the day on Friday evening. The Rams ran a 4:22.19 in the opening heat of the prelims and watched on as it held on for the best time. Creston finished in 11th place in the event while Harlan was 16th. In Class 2A, St. Albert finished with the 7th-fastest time of the qualifying heats. The Falcons team of Hooch Johnson, Ryan Wettengel, Isaac Finn and Tucker Culjat ran a 3:26.50 and will run out of lane one on Saturday. Mount ran well but did not qualify in the top eight. The Raiders finished in 11th place. 
(Jefferson City) -- The Rock Port boys track and field team has the lead in Class 1 after day one of the Missouri Class 1 and 2 State meet in Jefferson City. Only four events have been scored on the first day, but Rock Port's Eric Duncan won two of them, the long jump and high jump. Duncan is also the number two qualifier in the 100 meter dash. Rock Port also got a sixth-place finish from Gage Lemmon in the 1600 meter run. Worth County is third in the team race with 18 points, thanks to Josh Warner and Lane Craven finishing 2nd and 3rd in the shot put. The Tigers also got a 5th-place finish from Grant Parman in the long jump. Other KMAland individuals and relays doing well enough on Friday to qualify for Saturday's finals can be found below. 
(Anita) -- The Riverside Bulldogs are going to the boys state golf tournament. Riverside took second in the team race at district golf in Anita at Crestwood Hills on Friday. Eric Rock led the Bulldogs with a 73, good enough to win medalist honors by one stroke. Boyer Valley won the district title with a 312, led by Michael Christensen's second place 74. Boyer Valley's Tyler Hoffman was third with a 76. Patrick Ahrens of Guthrie Center took the final state spot with a 77. The Class 1A state golf tournament is Friday, May 24th and Saturday, May 25th at Lake Panorama. 
(Des Moines) -- For the third consecutive year, Chaley Rath of Treynor is a high jump state champion. Rath, on her last attempt, leapt over 5-05.00 to win the Class 2A high jump title. The Class 2A title is her first after taking the championship in Class 1A in 2011 and 2012. Also on Friday, Rath posted the fastest qualifying 100 meter hurdles time and finished in fourth place of the Class 2A 400 meter hurdles. Rath will also run in the shuttle hurdle relay final on Saturday on a team that posted the fastest qualifying 2A time on Thursday. After her high jump win, KMA Sports talked with the three-time champion in a video you can view below... Continue to follow kmaland.com for all the latest from the 2013 State Track & Field Championships in Des Moines. 
(Des Moines) -- In the boys Class 2A high jump, Mount Ayr senior Braydee Poore and Drake Relays champion and sophomore Jeff Giannettino of West Burlington staged an epic battle for the state title. It was a battle that was eventually won by Giannettino after a jump at 6-09.00. Poore jumped 6-07.00 on the day. After the jump, Poore talked with KMA Sports in the video below. Poore won the Class 2A championship in 2011 and then finished in 4th place in Class 1A in 2012. Big day for KMAland in 400 hurdles KMAland brought home six medals between the Class 2A and 3A 400 meter hurdles. The top finisher was Glenwood's Derek Jones, who ran a personal best time of 52.51. 
(Carroll) -- The Creston and Atlantic boys golf rivalry continued on Friday in a Class 3A boys golf district matchup at the Carroll Country Club, and this time Creston wound up just ahead of the Trojans twice. Both teams qualify for the state tournament next week. The Panthers and Trojans shot identical team scores of 304, with the fifth individual score giving the Panthers the nod for the district title. Creston's Carson Whittington and Atlantic's Travis Olsen shot identical 69s to share low score with Whittington beating Olsen on the first playoff hole for individual medalist honors. Atlantic's Evan Schuler was third with a 72. 
(Des Moines) -- The fantastic morning for the Corner Conference continued in the girls high jump and boys discus throw. In the discus, Stanton freshman Alex Bechtold threw 147-00 to capture the sixth place medal. Meanwhile, in the high jump, Fremont-Mills sophomore Kelsey Hurley was setting personal and school records on her way to a second place finish. Hurley finished with a top jump of 5'4" - a height she says she has never even attempted. After the race, Hurley talked with reporters, including KMA Sports. You can view that interview in the video below... Continue to check kmaland.com and/or follow @d2mart on Twitter for the latest results. 
(Kansas City) -- The Kansas City Royals placed Jarrod Dyson on the 15-day disabled list on Friday with an ankle injury. David Lough has been called up from Class AAA Omaha to replace Dyson on the active roster. Dyson injured his ankle attempting to rob a Mike Trout home run in Wednesday's game. Dyson has 42 plate appearances this season and is hitting .268/.286/.561 Lough has swung the bat well in Omaha so far this season, hitting .340/.398/.477. In 65 plate appearances last year Lough hit .237/.292/.305 for the Royals. Lough is expected to be in uniform on Friday when the Royals start a three-game weekend series in Oakland. |
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