Wednesday September 27th Local Sports

TONIGHT:
AM-1300 KGLO — Minnesota Twins vs. Oakland — pre-game 6:00, first pitch 6:40

 

 

IOWA CITY — Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz says there is no magic formula to fix Iowa’s offense. The Hawkeyes laid a goose egg in a 31-0 loss at 6th-ranked Penn State and the offense has become a national laughingstock.

Ferentz says there are no plans to shake up the coaching staff or change the play caller.

Ferentz says bouncing back this week against Michigan State begins with the coaches.

Ferentz says there were no bright spots at Penn State.

Ferentz says they would like to get the wide receivers more involved in the offense. Wideouts have been targeted only 35 times in four games and only four times last week.

Kickoff on Saturday is scheduled for 6:30 with the pre-game at 4:30 on AM-1300 KGLO.

 

 

 

AMES — Iowa State coach Matt Campbell says the Cyclones need to be ready to face a confident Oklahoma team on Saturday night. After struggling to a 6-7 record in Brent Venables’ first season as head coach, the Sooners are 4-0 and ranked 14th nationally.

Communication will be a key. The offense will need to operate in a loud stadium and the defense will need to handle the Sooners’ fast paced offense.

Defense has been a key to OU’s rise this season. After giving up 30 points per game a year ago, the Sooners are yielding less than nine per game.

Campbell says there has been an influx of talent and added experience.

Kickoff in Norman is scheduled for 6 o’clock Saturday night.

 

 

 

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Matt Wallner hit a grand slam in a five-run first inning, Alex Kirilloff added a two-run homer and the Minnesota Twins beat the Oakland Athletics 11-3 on a cold and drizzly night Tuesday night. With its 109th loss, the Athletics set a record for losses in a season since moving to Oakland in 1968, topping the 108 in 1979. The franchise record is 117, set in Philadelphia in 1916. Wallner’s second career grand slam went an estimated 463 feet high into the right-field seats, the 13th homer of his rookie season, off Oakland starter Paul Blackburn. Christian Vázquez added a three-run double for Minnesota, the AL Central champion. Bailey Ober (8-6) pitched the first five innings to earn the win for the Twins.

 

 

 

— high school volleyball
Mason City 3-0 Des Moines Hoover (25-7, 25-16, 25-8)
Central Springs 3-0 Newman (25-15, 25-21, 25-11)

 

Osage 3-0 Rockford (25-14, 25-11, 25-12)
North Butler 3-0 West Fork (26-24, 26-24, 25-17)
St. Ansgar 3-0 Northwood-Kensett (25-12, 25-7, 25-16)
Forest City 3-0 Bishop Garrigan (25-19, 25-13, 25-12)

 

Garner-Hayfield-Ventura 3-1 Hampton-Dumont-CAL (22-25, 25-23, 25-19, 25-16)

 

 

 

DES MOINES — Mason City finished tied for third at the Iowa Alliance Conference boys golf tournament on Tuesday at the Blank Golf Course in Des Moines. Marshalltown won the team title with a 313, Ottumwa was second with 319, Ames and Mason City finished in the tie for third with 322. Drew DeGabriele had Mason City’s best score, finishing fifth with a 77, five shots behind medalist Jackson Kepley of Ames. Michael Solberg-Maas finished seventh with a 78, Noah Honn was 10th with an 81, Brayden Baker was 26th with an 86, Will Schissel was 36th with a 96, and Nathan Berkley was 40th with a 99. Mason City now prepares for the 4A state qualifying tournament next Monday at Pheasant Ridge Golf Course in Cedar Falls.

 

 

MASON CITY — Sophomore TIm Castle shot a career-best 68 to lead the NIACC men’s golf team at the NIACC Fall Invitational at Highland Park. The Trojans shot a fall season low of 295 and also received career-best rounds from Anders Palmquist and Mitchell Staudt each with a 74 as well as Bennet Suntken with a 79. DMACC won the team title with a 275, Hawkeye Community College was second with a 288. NIACC was fifth with a 295. NIACC’s Emma Weiner shot a career-best 83 at the NIACC Fall Invite on the women’s side. The NIACC women shot a 373, with Waldorf winning the team title with a 307. Also for NIACC, freshman Cameran Moellers shot a 92, Paige Danger a 93 and Karissa Hoon a 105. Both NIACC teams return to action on Friday at the Waldorf Fall Invite at Rice Lake Golf Course in Lake Mills.