Tuesday June 27th Local Sports

TONIGHT:
AM-1300 KGLO — Minnesota Twins at Atlanta — pre-game 5:30, first pitch 6:20

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Iowa basketball star Caitlin Clark was honored as the Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year on Monday night.

She received the Honda Cup in a ceremony at UCLA. It’s the second consecutive year that a women’s basketball player won the award as South Carolina’s Aliyah Boston was the recipient in 2022. Overall, 17 basketball players have won the Honda Cup — the most of any sport.

Clark, the AP women’s basketball Player of the Year, helped Iowa reach the national championship game for the first time in school history this past April before the team lost to LSU.

The junior became the first Division I women’s basketball player to have over 1,000 points and 300 assists in the same season.

Other finalists for the award were Texas senior volleyball player Logan Eggleston and Stanford sophomore golfer Rose Zhang.

ATLANTA (AP) — Marcell Ozuna hit a go-ahead homer in the seventh, Spencer Strider allowed three hits in seven innings while striking out 10 and the Atlanta Braves beat the Minnesota Twins 4-1 in the Twins’ first visit to Atlanta in seven years. Ronald Acuña Jr. added a two-run homer in a three-run seventh. In the matchup of first-place teams in the NL East and AL Central, the Braves won for the 11th time in 12 games. Minnesota played its first game at Truist Park, which opened in 2017, a year after the Twins visited Turner Field. Strider won his fifth consecutive decision,

WEBSTER CITY — Delainey Bargfrede fired a one-hit shutout, striking out nine to lead Webster City past Clear Lake 1-0 in North Central Conference softball last night in Webster City, as you heard on AM-1490/96.7-FM KRIB and kribam.com. Jezzie Thompson took the loss for Clear Lake, allowing only two hits and striking out eight, and had the Lions only hit of the night. Clear Lake drops to 10-12 overall and 5-5 in the conference and will travel to Hampton-Dumont-CAL on Wednesday night.

MASON CITY — Newman used a run in the fifth and four more in the sixth in a 6-1 win over Crestwood at home last night in non-conference softball play. Ava Hanig had a two-run double to lead the Knights. Macy Kellar struck out nine in picking up the win in the circle. Newman is now 25-6 on the season and will host Central Springs tonight.

— other softball last night
Ames 12-15, Mason City 3-0
Central Springs 25, Northwood-Kensett 0
North Butler 10, Nashua-Plainfield 0
West Fork 4, Osage 0
St. Ansgar 13, Rockford 1
Belmond-Klemme 13, Forest City 3
Bishop Garrigan 10, North Iowa 1
Eagle Grove 13, Garner-Hayfield-Ventura 1
North Union 14, Lake Mills 0

WEBSTER CITY — Webster City scored three times in the bottom of the seventh to beat Clear Lake 4-3 last night in North Central Conference baseball play. Titan Schmitt and Tate Garman knocked in runs for Clear Lake, as the Lions drop to 12-10 overall and 8-4 in the conference, in a tie with Webster City for second place. Humboldt captured the conference title last night as they improved to 12-0 in league play with an 11-0 win at Clarion-Goldfield-Dows

MASON CITY — Ames swept Mason City last night 14-0 and 18-10 in Iowa Alliance Conference baseball doubleheader. Kaden Tyler had four hits on the night, Jakob Gold had three hits and three runs batted in in the second game while Alex Deets had a three-run homer in game two. Mason City drops to 21-12 overall and 13-9 in the conference and will travel to Des Moines Lincoln for a doubleheader tonight.

— other baseball last night
Central Springs 8, Northwood-Kensett 3
North Butler 3, Nashua-Plainfield 2
Osage 4, West Fork 3
St. Ansgar 9, Rockford 0
Forest City 16, Belmond-Klemme 5
Bishop Garrigan 15, North Iowa 0
Lake Mills 6, North Union 2
Charles City 15-5, Waukon 8-4
Hampton-Dumont-CAL 11, St. Edmond 10
Algona 17, Iowa Falls-Alden 7

DES MOINES — Radio Iowa/Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association rankings — June 26, 2023

= Class 1A (Final)
1. Mason City Newman (25-3), LW #1
2. Kingsley-Pierson (21-1), LW #2
3. Remsen St. Mary’s (23-2), LW #3
4. Lynnville-Sully (21-1), LW #4
5. Don Bosco (23-5), LW #7
6. North Linn (22-4), LW #5
7. West Harrison (18-3), LW #6
8. Burlington Notre Dame (23-6), LW #8
9. Lisbon (19-4), LW #9
10.LeMars Gehlen (17-3), LW (X)

= Class 2A (Final)
1. Van Meter (22-8), LW #1
2. Mid-Prairie (20-6), LW #2
3. Dyersville Beckman (18-8), LW #4
4. Estherville Lincoln Central (17-6), LW #3
5. Underwood (18-2), LW #5
6. Carroll Kuemper (18-9), LW #6
7. Cascade (16-7), LW #7
8. West Marshall (21-6), LW #8
9. New Hampton (19-8), LW #9
10.Pleasantville (22-6), LW (X)

= Class 3A
1. Western Dubuque (26-6), LW #1
2. North Polk (20-3), LW #3
3. Lewis Central (22-3), LW #2
4. Marion (21-5), LW #5
5. ADM (20-7), LW #7
6. Knoxville (27-2), LW #4
7. Dubuque Wahlert (22-10), LW #8
8. Davenport Assumption (21-10), LW #9
9. Ballard (15-8), LW #10
10.Sioux City Heelan (19-11), LW #6

= Class 4A
1. Ankeny Centennial (25-2), LW #1
2. Cedar Rapids Prairie (27-3), LW #2
3. Johnston (27-7), LW #3
4. Cedar Rapids Kennedy (25-9), LW #6
5. Southeast Polk (23-9), LW #4
6. Iowa City High (22-12), LW #8
7. Dowling West Des Moines (19-9), LW #5
8. Dallas Center-Grimes (21-6), LW #9
9. Indianola (22-7), LW #10
10.Ankeny (16-15), LW (X)

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Timberwolves have kept center Naz Reid off the market by agreeing to terms on a three-year, $42 million contract that comes with a player option after two seasons. The deal was confirmed on Monday morning by Reid’s agents, Sean Kennedy and Jeff Schwartz of Excel Sports Management. Reid was eligible to become an unrestricted free agent following a breakout year on both ends of the court. The Timberwolves have already made major investments in big men Rudy Gobert and Karl-Anthony Towns yet still valued Reid’s upside enough to make him a well-paid backup.

AMES — With workouts underway it is a much different summer for Iowa State sophomore Tamin (tay-min) Lipsey. The Ames native is coming off a freshman season in which he started all 33 games at point guard and was named to the Big 12 All-Freshman Team.

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Lipsey says with a year under his belt, coach T.J. Otzelberger wants him to become even more of a leader.

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With more depth at guard next season it should help Lipsey share some of the ball handling duties.

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Lipsey is working on all aspects of his offense. He averaged just over seven points per game last season but shot only 20 percent from three point range. Otzelberger says one of Lipsey’s biggest strengths is his durability.