Tuesday May 24th Local Sports

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

AM-1490/96.7-FM KRIB, kribam.com — Clear Lake baseball at Newman — pre-game 6:50, first pitch 7:00

AMES — A pair of north-central Iowa golfers are on top of the leaderboard after Monday’s first round of the Class 1A boys state golf tournament in Ames. Bennett Berger of Lake Mills leads the field after a 5-over 76. Tim Castle of Newman is second with a 7-over 78. Also from the area in the top ten after the opening day are Nolan Reser of North Butler, who is tied for seventh with an 85, and Garrett Ham of Lake Mills, who is tied for ninth with an 86. Lake Mills is the team leader after the first day with a 351. Akron-Westfield is one stroke off in second place, East Buchanan is third with a 359, while North Butler is 16 shots off the pace in fourth place with a 367.

AMES — Osage is in eighth place after the first day of the Class 2A boys state golf tournament in Ames. The Green Devils shot a 37-over 321, with Hudson and Beckman of Dyersville tied for the lead with a 25-over 309, and Des Moines Christian just two shots off the pace. Leo Klapperich had Osage’s best individual score on Monday and is tied for 10th in the overall standings with a 5-over 76.

AMES — In the Class 3A boys tournament in Ames, Gilbert leads the way with a 314, Solon is second with a 326. Hogan Hansen of Waverly-Shell Rock is the individual leader after the first round and has a five shot lead with a 3-under 69. Charles City’s Trevor White is tied for seventh with a 6-over 78.

— high school baseball last night
Newman 10, Osage 0
Mason City 12, Fort Dodge 4; Fort Dodge 9, Mason City 3
Clear Lake 3, West Fork 1
Rockford 4, Nashua-Plainfield 3
North Butler 6, Northwood-Kensett 1
West Hancock 11, Lake Mills 10
Eagle Grove 11, Forest City 0

— high school softball last night
#1/5A Fort Dodge 10-10, Mason City 0-2
West Fork 9, Clear Lake 2
Newman 2, Osage 1
#1/2A Central Springs 1, St. Ansgar 0
North Butler 19, Northwood-Kensett 0
Nashua-Plainfield 13, Rockford 9
Bishop Garrigan 14, Belmond-Klemme 13
Forest City 21, Eagle Grove 20

DES MOINES — Late Monday afternoon prior to the start of the season, the first rankings of the softball season were released by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union:

== Class 2A
1. Central Springs 31-7
2. Earlham 34-10
3. Wilton 29-5
4. Van Meter 31-8
5. Interstate 35 24-6
6. North Union 29-6
7. Pella Christian 18-19
8. Iowa City Regina 20-13
9. West Monona 25-10
10. Alburnett 28-13
11. Hudson 26-6
12. Louisa-Muscatine 20-9
13. Durant 16-20
14. Mount Ayr 15-13
15. Jesup 25-11

== Class 1A
North Linn 42-6
Newell-Fonda 38-4
Lisbon 37-9
Southeast Warren 30-3
Collins-Maxwell 24-3
Wayne 24-6
Sigourney 26-9
Remsen St. Mary’s 21-6
North Butler 20-7
Martensdale-St. Marys 19-8
Clarksville 24-5
Highland 22-7
Akron-Westfield 25-3
Central City 33-10
Griswold 26-2

== Class 3A
Davenport Assumption 40-3
Mount Vernon 36-5
Williamsburg 33-11
Anamosa 32-11
West Burlington/Notre Dame 30-5
West Liberty 24-9
Estherville-Lincoln Central 23-10
Northeast 26-14
Roland-Story 24-9
Davis County 21-8
Sioux Center 26-7
Sergeant Bluff-Luton 29-12
West Delaware 28-10
Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont 27-10
Harlan 26-12

== Class 4A
Winterset 36-8
Western Dubuque 35-7
Indianola 34-5
ADM 26-12
Fairfield 25-13
Oskaloosa 22-16
Clear Creek-Amana 30-10
Bondurant-Farrar 23-15
Carlisle 29-11
Creston 20-12
Bishop Heelan 31-9
North Polk 18-16
Dallas Center-Grimes 22-16
Marion 26-12
Solon 26-13

== Class 5A
Fort Dodge 38-4
Ankeny Centennial 33-10
Johnston 33-9
Muscatine 35-4
Waukee Northwest 1st year
Bettendorf 26-16
West Des Moines Valley 26-15
Linn-Mar 25-12
Southeast Polk 21-20
Pleasant Valley 34-9
Iowa City Liberty 24-16
Des Moines East 28-12
Cedar Rapids Prairie 28-14
Cedar Rapids Jefferson 26-15
Ames 20-20

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Max Kepler hit an early grand slam, and Gio Urshela’s infield single in the bottom of the ninth inning gave the Minnesota Twins a 5-4 victory over the Detroit Tigers. Urshela hit a grounder toward Tigers shortstop Javier Báez, who couldn’t make a play. That allowed Kepler — who launched his slam in the first inning — to score the winning run. Emilio Pagan pitched two scoreless innings of relief to earn the win. Kepler opened the scoring with his third career slam, and the third of the year for the Twins.

— boys high school soccer regional semifinals
== Class 1A Substate 2
North Fayette Valley 2, Clear Lake 1
Garner-Hayfield-Ventura 5, Hampton-Dumont-CAL 3

IOWA CITY — Former Iowa All-American Keegan Murray says he will be working out for and meeting with several teams leading up to next month’s NBA Draft. Murray took part in the draft combine which wrapped up Sunday in Chicago and is considered a possible top five pick.