Monday April 17th Local Sports

NEW YORK (AP) — Gerrit Cole pitched a two-hitter with 10 strikeouts for his fourth career shutout and the second complete game in the majors this season, leading the New York Yankees to a 2-0 victory over the Minnesota Twins. DJ LeMahieu homered and hit an RBI single for the Yankees, who earned a split of the four-game series. Cole improved to 4-0 with a 0.95 ERA in four starts, finishing off the Twins on 109 pitches in only 2 hours, 7 minutes. He got the final nine outs on just 25 pitches and retired former Astros teammate Carlos Correa on a fly ball to end it. It was Cole’s seventh career complete game and his first shutout since July 10, 2021, at Houston.

 

 

WEST BURLINGTON — The NIACC baseball team dropped all three games of their weekend series at 8th-ranked Southeastern Community College. NIACC dropped both games on Friday 6-4 and 7-0. NIACC collected 10 hits in the second game but left 13 runners on base. On Saturday, Southeastern scored three times in the bottom of the eighth to pick up a 7-4 win. Eli Anderson had three hits to move his batting average to an Iowa Community College Athletic Conference-leading .444. NIACC drops to 13-22 overall and 9-9 in the conference and will travel to Creston on Tuesday to face Southwestern.

 

 

MASON CITY — The 17th-ranked NIACC softball team picked up a pair of wins on Friday, beating Ellsworth 14-1 and 13-0, both games in five innings. Brynn Stalberger picked up the win in game one, striking out three. Brianna McPoland had three runs batted in while Laken Lienhard was 2-for-2 with two doubles and an RBI. Lienhard picked up the win in game two, striking out four in a three-hit shutout. NIACC is 28-8 overall and 12-2 in the conference. NIACC had two games at Indian Hills on Sunday canceled and moved the back-end of their four-game series with Ellsworth to today.

 

 

WATERLOO — The NIACC women’s golf team won the Battle of Waterloo golf tournament over the weekend. The Trojans had a two-day total of 719, six shots better than runner-up Simpson College. Sophomore Alyssa Alert led NIACC with a 176, which earned her fifth place honors. Sophomore Sophie Lunning had a 180, sophomore Kirsten Boerjan had a 181, Emmer Weiner had a 182 and freshman Karissa Hoon shot a 199. NIACC was scheduled to host its own women’s invitational today at Highland Park Golf Course, but that has been canceled due to the weather.

 

 

WATERLOO — The NIACC men finished fifth at the Battle of Waterloo golf tournament. NIACC shot a 54-hole total of 930. DMACC won the team title with an 886. Bryce Malchow led NIACC with a 227, which was a tie for ninth in the medalist competition. Tim Castle shot a 231, which was tied for 15th. The NIACC men are scheduled to go to Finkbine Golf Course in Iowa City on Tuesday and Wednesday for the Verhille Invitational.

 

 

 

BISMARCK — The North Iowa Bulls had their season come to an end over the weekend as they were swept in Bismarck. On Friday night, the Bobcats scored with 3:56 left in the contest for a 3-2 win. Logan Dombrowsky and Jacob Toll had the North Iowa goals. On Saturday night, Bismarck broke away from a 1-1 tie after the first period, scoring twice in the second and three times in the third for a 6-3 victory. Dombrowsky, Byron Hartley and Willy Johnson all scored for the Bulls in the loss. North Iowa ends their season with 62 points in the standings with a record of 29 wins, 27 losses, 3 overtime losses and a shootout loss. Four standings points separated second and last place in the Central Division standings. Aberdeen claimed the second place spot with 66 points, St. Cloud was third with 65 points, and Minot won the tiebreaker for fourth place with Bismarck as each had 64 points.

 

 

 

DENVER (AP) — Jamal Murray scored 24 points and the top-seeded Denver Nuggets routed the Minnesota Timberwolves 109-80 in the opener of their playoff series Sunday night. This marked Murray’s first playoff game since the 2020 NBA bubble. He missed the last two postseasons after tearing his left ACL in 2021. Nikola Jokic added 13 points and 14 rebounds and Michael Porter scored 18 for Denver. Anthony Edwards led the Timberwolves with 18 points.

 

 

 

IOWA CITY — As spring practice winds down at Iowa, senior corner Jermari Harris is happy to be back on the field. After playing in 13 games and recording four interceptions in 2021, Harris missed all of last season with an injury and his return will help offset the loss of veteran corner Riley Moss.

Despite not being on the field, Harris felt he made progress mentally last season.

He rejoins a defense that looks to replace some key players like Moss and linebacker Jack Campbell.

Junior defensive back Cooper DeJean says the return of Harris is a welcomed addition for the defense.

The Hawkeyes close out spring drills on Saturday.

 

 

 

AMES — Iowa State offensive line coach Ryan Clanton says it has been a physical spring as the Cyclones make changes to the run game. Clanton joined the ISU staff after five seasons at UNI and hopes to boost a Cyclone offense that ranked last in the Big 12 last season. Clanton says a key is unlocking the potential of the offensive line.

Clanton says a key in teaching new schemes is to keep them simple.

Clanton says practices this spring have been competitive and physical.

Clanton says the offensive linemen also need to be versatile.

The offensive line has been considered a weak spot at ISU and senior tackle Jake Remsburg says Clanton is working to change that.

Remsburg says Clanton’s level of expertise is a plus.

The Cyclones close out spring drills on Saturday.