Marshalltown 4-1 and 6-4 (10 inn) Mason City
GMG 11-4 NE Hamilton
BCLUW 9-1 Dike-New Hartford
WDM VAlley 5-0, 12-0 Ames
CLARK-RELIEF EFFORTS
Dallas Clark chipping in to help relief effort
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Indianapolis Colts tight end Dallas
Clark will sign autographs in West Des Moines on Sunday to raise
money for Iowans affected by recent floods and tornados.
Clark, a native of Livermore and a former All-Big Ten performer
for Iowa, will appear at the Jordan Creek Town Center.
Clark still lives in Livermore part of the year. He says he
wants to do his part to help affected families rebuild.
Clark is asking fans to contribute $20 for each item signed to
flood and tornado relief.
SYRACUSE-JOHNSON
Iowa State transfer heads to Syracuse
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - Former Iowa State star Wesley Johnson says
he intends to transfer to Syracuse.
The 6-foot-7 forward told The Post-Standard of Syracuse he made
the decision after visiting the upstate New York campus this past
weekend. Johnson is picking Syracuse over Ohio State, Pittsburgh
and West Virginia.
Johnson averaged 12.4 points per game for Iowa State last
season. As a freshman, he averaged 12.3 points and 7.9 rebounds per
game, earning a spot on the Big 12 Conference's All-Rookie team.
According to NCAA transfer rules, Johnson must sit out the
2008-09 season. He will have two years of eligibility after that.
He plans to enroll in summer school classes at Syracuse beginning
Monday.
BERRYMAN-BARNSTORMERS
Barnstormers suspend Jason Berryman
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Iowa Barnstormers general manger John
Petit says that former Iowa State star Jason Berryman has been
suspended indefinitely.
Head coach John Gregory says the suspension, which is for an
undisclosed team violation, is in the current and future best
interests of the organization. Gregory says the Barnstormers gave
Berryman every opportunity to get his career on track.
Berryman was booted from the Cyclones in January 2006 after he
was cited by police for being at a bar while he was underage. He
was on probation at the time for a 2004 assault on an Iowa State
student.
He was arrested for punching the student and stealing $4 and a
cell phone. He spent 258 days in jail and was placed on probation
for two years.
UNI PLAYERS-SCUFFLE
Former UNI star pleads guilty to misdemeanors
WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) - A former Northern Iowa football player has
pleaded guilty to rioting and interference with official acts
following a scuffle with police in March.
Brandon Keith received two years probation for the interference
charge. He was granted a deferred judgment for rioting. Both are
misdemeanors.
Keith was one of three people arrested in connection with the
incident at the Main Event Center in Cedar Falls.
UNI defensive back Darrell Lloyd pleaded guilty earlier to
interference with official acts. He was sentenced to 30 days in
jail.
Sophomore defensive back Adam Roberts was charged with
interference causing bodily injury and interference causing serious
injury for wounds received by two Cedar Falls police officers.
Roberts has pleaded not guilty and his trial is under way this
week in Black Hawk County District Court.
GONE FOR GOOD
Flood washes away Negro League star's memories
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) - Baseball stole Art Pennington's
future. The Cedar River washed away his past.
His house, his car, his clothes, nearly all his pictures, even
one of his two dogs - it was all lost to the Midwest floods.
He is hardly alone: There are 10,000 or so others totaling up
their losses just in Cedar Rapids. But now, a month past his 85th
birthday, Pennington wonders where he'll find the cash or the
strength to begin picking up the pieces.
Pennington's skin color cost him a shot at the major leagues as
a young man.
He flourished instead in the Negro, Cuban, Mexican and
Venezuelan leagues in the 1940s. And when baseball in America
finally opened the door to blacks, in minor leagues across the
country.
Six decades later, the water came and carried off nearly every
bit of proof that Pennington was the equal of just about anybody
who played anywhere he went.
Pennington does have a scrapbook and a glove in the Negro League
exhibit at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. And three bats
were recovered from the flood; two were given to him by Henry
Aaron.
He has filed a claim with the Federal Emergency Management
Agency and is seeking a grant from MLB's Baseball Assistance Team,
which helps aging ballplayers.
