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Sixth-ranked Sigourney beat No. 3 Remsen St. Mary’s 3-1 in a Class 1A Iowa high school state softball quarterfinal game Tuesday in Fort Dodge.

Carly Goodwin spun a 13-strikeout two-hitter, and Sigourney handed Remsen St. Mary’s its first loss of the season, 3-1, in a Class 1A state softball quarterfinal.

Mason Tell’s walk-off two-run double in the bottom of the seventh inning rescued two-time defending Class 4A state baseball champion Johnston, giving the Dragons a 4-3 win over Waukee Northwest in a state tournament quarterfinal Tuesday.

No. 4-ranked Johnston beat No. 8 Waukee Northwest 4-3 in a Class 4A Iowa high school state baseball quarterfinal game Tuesday in Cedar Rapids.

Illinois’ Bret Bielema explained on Tuesday why he has kept the Tigerhawk tattoo that he got when he was a 19-year-old football player at Iowa, plus more Iowa notes from the Big Ten’s football media days.

Propelled by a 27-percent spike in women’s basketball income, a favorable home football schedule paired with ticket “price adjustments,” and a first-ever revenue line item for its new women’s wrestling team, University of Iowa Athletics is projecting another year of record-setting revenue.

Rains delayed the Iowa high school state baseball tournament at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Cedar Rapids for the second straight day. Iowa City High will open its state tournament against Waukee on Wednesday at 2 p.m.

Grant Mather smacked a two-run double and Jacob Doyle hit a sacrifice fly that scored two in a four-run sixth inning that propelled No. 1 Cedar Rapids Kennedy to a 6-3 win over Pleasant Valley in a Class 4A state baseball quarterfinal.