Tuesday August 22nd Local Sports

TONIGHT:
AM-1300 KGLO — Minnesota Twins at Milwaukee — pre-game 6:30, first pitch 7:10

MILWAUKEE — The Minnesota Twins had the day off on Monday. The Twins hold a six-game lead over Cleveland in the American League Central Division standings. The Guardians also had Monday off before hosting the Los Angeles Dodgers for a three-game series tonight. Minnesota heads to Milwaukee for a two-game interleague series starting tonight at 7:10 with a 6:30 pre-game show on AM-1300 KGLO. The series wraps up Wednesday with a 1:10 start and a 12:30 pre-game show on KGLO.

DES MOINES— West Hancock, Osage and St. Ansgar are ranked in the pre-season Radio Iowa sports broadcasters high school football poll. In Class A, West Hancock is the top team with St. Ansgar ranked 8th. Osage cracks the poll in Class 2A as they are in the #10 spot. Looking at the full rankings:

Class A
1. West Hancock vs Garner-Hayfield-Ventura
2. Lynnville-Sully vs Danville
3. East Buchanan vs Sumner-Fredricksburg
4. Woodbury Central @ Lawton-Bronson
5. Columbus Community @ Mediapolis
6. Madrid @ Woodward-Granger
7. Southwest Valley vs Red Oak
8. Saint Ansgar vs 2A #10 Osage
9. LeMars Gehlen vs Hinton
10.Mount Ayr @ Nodaway Valley

Class 1A
1. Grundy Center vs #8 Dike-New Hartford
2. Underwood vs 2A #1 Van Meter
3. MFL MarMac vs Crestwood
4. South Hamilton vs South Hardin
5. Iowa City Regina vs West Liberty
6. AHST (Avoca) vs Tri-Center
7. Waterloo Columbus @ Dyersville Beckman
8. Dike-New Hartford @ #1 Grundy Center
9. OABCIG vs Estherville Lincoln Central
10.Sigourney-Keota @ PCM (Monroe)

Class 2A
1. Van Meter @ 1A #2 Underwood
2. Central Lyon/GLR vs Emmetsburg
3. Spirit Lake @ 3A #10 Algona
4. Greene County @ Carroll
5. West Lyon @ Sioux Center
6. Western Christian vs Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley
7. Monticello @ 3A #3 Mount Vernon
8. West Marshall vs 3A #9 Nevada
9. Carroll Kuemper @ Sioux City Heelan
10.Osage @ A #8 Saint Ansgar

Class 3A
1. Harlan @ 4A #1 Lewis Central
2. Williamsburg vs West Branch
3. Mount Vernon vs 2A #7 Monticello
4. Solon @ Assumption
5. Webster City vs Fort Dodge
6. West Delaware vs Western Dubuque
7. Creston vs Winterset
8. Humboldt vs Spencer
9. Nevada @ 2A #8 West Marshall
10.Algona vs 2A #3 Spirit Lake

Class 4A
1. Lewis Central vs 3A #1 Harlan
2. Cedar Rapids Xavier @ #5 Waverly-Shell Rock
3. North Scott vs Central DeWitt
4. Adel ADM @ Newton
5. Waverly-Shell Rock vs #2 Xavier
6. Bondurant-Farrar vs #7 North Polk
7. North Polk @ #6 Bondurant-Farrar
8. Carlisle vs Norwalk
9. Indianola vs Urbandale
10.Glenwood vs 5A #10 Sioux City East

Class 5A
1. Southeast Polk @ #3 Valley
2. West Des Moines Dowling @ #4 Kennedy (Sat)
3. West Des Moines Valley vs #1 Southeast Polk
4. Cedar Rapids Kennedy vs #2 Dowling (Sat)
5. Cedar Falls @ Prairie
6. Johnston vs #9 Waukee Northwest
7. Ankeny @ Ankeny Centennial
8. Iowa City Liberty @ Iowa City West
9. Waukee Northwest @ #6 Johnston
10.Sioux City East @ 4A #10 Glenwood

8-Player
1. Gladbrook-Reinbeck vs #9 Don Bosco
2. Winfield-Mount Union @ #4 Central City
3. CAM (Anita) @ Audubon
4. Central City vs #2 Winfield-Mount Union
5. Lenox @ Stanton/Essex
6. Southeast Warren @ Montezuma
7. Fremont-Mills vs #10 WACO @ Valley Stadium
8. Remsen St. Mary’s vs Harris-Lake Park
9. Don Bosco @ #1 Gladbrook-Reinbeck
10.WACO vs #7 Fremont-Mills @ Valley Stadium

DES MOINES— Pre-season volleyball rankings were released on Monday by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union, with three area teams in the rankings. St. Ansgar is ranked #9 in Class 1A, Forest City is ranked #13 in 3A, and Charles City is ranked #14 in Class 4A:

Class 1A
School 2022 Record
1 Ankeny Christian 39-3
2 Fort Madison Holy Trinity 29-16
3 Don Bosco 28-13
4 AGWSR 19-24
5 Riverside 33-6
6 Remsen St. Mary’s 20-7
7 Council Bluffs St. Albert 17-20
8 New London 28-10
9 St. Ansgar 16-12
10 BCLUW 19-20
11 Boyden-Hull 16-15
12 Central City 20-13
13 Gladbrook-Reinbeck 34-10
14 Edgewood-Colesburg 16-20
15 North Tama 39-5

Class 2A
School 2022 Record
1 Dike-New Hartford 45-3
2 Hinton 27-3
3 Grundy Center 31-13
4 Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont 31-6
5 Sumner-Fredericksburg 31-11
6 Carroll Kuemper 38-5
7 Ridge View 30-8
8 Pella Christian 25-15
9 Treynor 28-9
10 Denver 36-11
11 South Hardin 26-13
12 Wapsie Valley 41-5
13 Wilton 23-11
14 Central Lyon 17-13
15 South Central Calhoun 34-9

Class 3A
School 2022 Record
1 Des Moines Christian 46-6
2 Western Christian 43-5
3 Davenport Assumption 33-7
4 Union 42-10
5 Cherokee 25-12
6 Mount Vernon 35-6
7 West Liberty 31-8
8 West Delaware 29-15
9 Solon 26-13
10 Red Oak 22-15
11 Mid-Prairie 27-12
12 Dubuque Wahlert 14-18
13 Forest City 20-12
14 Estherville Lincoln Central 22-16
15 Roland-Story 22-13

Class 4A
School Record
1 Clear Creek-Amana 34-11
2 Indianola 37-7
3 North Scott 33-6
4 Cedar Rapids Xavier 33-4
5 Norwalk 24-11
6 Nevada 24-14
7 Lewis Central 26-8
8 Marion 35-7
9 Knoxville 26-13
10 Bondurant-Farrar 24-11
11 North Polk 29-10
12 ADM 19-10
13 Sioux City Bishop Heelan 24-15
14 Charles City 27-13
15 Waverly-Shell Rock 30-19

Class 5A
School Record
1 Waukee Northwest 28-13
2 West Des Moines Dowling 31-10
3 Johnston 26-11
4 West Des Moines Valley 22-21
5 Cedar Falls 33-7
6 Ankeny Centennial 30-10
7 Iowa City Liberty 33-8
8 Ankeny 35-5
9 Sioux City East 22-14
10 Pleasant Valley 29-7
11 Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln 23-18
12 Muscatine 17-13
13 Sioux City North 22-15
14 Linn-Mar 18-17
15 Dubuque Senior 21-17

— high school volleyball last night
@ Roland-Story
Central Springs 2-0 Webster City (25-5, 25-16)
Roland-Story 2-1 Central Springs (21-25, 25-22, 15-13)

CEDAR FALLS — Northern Iowa basketball coach Ben Jacobson says it was a difficult decision for Austin Phyfe to medically retire from basketball. Phyfe was limited two years ago by long COVID and missed all of last season due to blood clots in his lungs.