Thursday July 16th Local Sports

KGLO & KRIB Sports

TONIGHT:

AM-1300 KGLO, kgloam.com — Class 4A regional quarterfinal softball — Mason City at Waverly-Shell Rock — 7:00

ALGONA — Julia Merfeld had five runs batted in to lead Clear Lake to a 14-1, four-inning win over Forest City in a Class 3A Region 6 quarterfinal round softball contest in Algona on Wednesday night, as you heard on AM-1490/96.7-FM KRIB and kribam.com. After Forest City jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first, the Lions responded with eight runs in the third and six more in the fourth. Kennadi Colbert and Chelsey Holck each knocked in a pair of runs, as the Lions are now 8-8 on the season. Clear Lake will face Algona in Friday night’s regional semifinal round. The Bulldogs scored 12 runs in the first on their way to a 13-0, three-inning win over Garner-Hayfield-Ventura. Friday’s game in Algona is scheduled for 7 o’clock, and you can hear it on KRIB and kribam.com

— other games in Class 3A Region 6 at Cresco last night
Crestwood 7, Waukon 1
New Hampton 12, North Fayette Valley 0

MASON CITY — Paige Leininger fired a two-hit shutout, striking out seven as 12th-ranked Newman beat Nashua-Plainfield 10-0 in six innings in a Class 1A Region 4 quarterfinal round softball game last night in Mason City, as you heard on AM-1300 KGLO and kgloam.com. Leininger helped her cause with a 2-for-4 night from the plate with a triple and two runs batted in. Hailey Worman also knocked in a pair of runs for the Knights, who are now 17-3 on the season. They’ll host Kee High of Lansing in the regional semifinal round on Friday night. Kee knocked off Turkey Valley 19-10 in Jackson Junction last night.

— other games in Class 1A Region 4 last night
Bishop Garrigan 6, North Butler 4
St. Ansgar 13, Northwood-Kensett 0

— 2A Region 5
Central Springs 10, West Hancock 0
North Union 9, Lake Mills 4
Emmetsburg 11, East Sac County 1
Manson-Northwest Webster 10, Pocahontas 5

— 2A Region 6
West Fork 5, Aplington-Parkersburg 4
Waterloo Columbus 7, Osage 3
Hudson 5, Dike-New Hartford 4
North Linn 15, MFL-Mar-Mac 0

— Class 4A Region 5 tonight
7:00 — Mason City High at Waverly-Shell Rock (AM-1300 KGLO, kgloam.com)
= Winner plays at Decorah on Saturday night

7:00 — Waterloo East at Center Point-Urbana
= Winner plays at Charles City on Saturday night

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Miguel Sanó has finally joined the Minnesota Twins on the field, after a frustrating wait to be cleared following his quarantine for a positive coronavirus test. Sanó is switching to first base this season. He took part in his first workouts of summer camp on Wednesday. Sanó tested positive for the virus upon arrival in Minnesota from the Dominican Republic two weeks ago, despite never feeling any symptoms of COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus. He was relegated to hitting off a tee and doing agility work in his basement.

IOWA CITY — Iowa basketball player CJ Fredrick will be sidelined from summer workouts for six weeks. The redshirt sophomore underwent surgery on his right foot to fix a stress fracture. Fredrick started all 25 games he appeared in last season and was named to the All Big Ten Freshman team after leading the conference in three point field goal percentage at just over 46 percent. He finished third on the team in scoring at 10.2 points per game.

AMES — Iowa State quarterback Brock Purdy says he has plenty of areas to improve upon as he gets ready for his junior season. Purdy is coming off a sophomore season in which he passed for nearly four thousand yards and 27 touchdowns as the Cyclones made it to their third straight bowl game.