Metro Sports Report

Unlucky Lions fall with 32 seconds left

DES MOINES - Linn-Mar's trip to the state soccer tournaments ended on a stroke of bad luck Thursday night.

West Des Moines Valley's Sami Pick's sent a header into the right corner of the net with 32 seconds remaining to give her team a 2-1 victory in a Class 3A state quarterfinal match at the Cownie Soccer Complex.

The 80th-minute goal came off of a Tiger corner kick that was deflected off a Linn-Mar player's arm prior to Pick's header, and could have been called a hand ball.

"I was on the post and one of my players actually hit it with their arm," said defender Jenna Ajram, who scored the lone Linn-Mar goal in the first half.

Schmit suffered left facial fracture

The Cedar Rapids Kernels and Minnesota Twins announced Thursday that infielder Blake Schmit has been placed on the 7-day disabled list with a left facial fracture.

Schmit suffered the injury in the eighth inning of Wednesday's 2-1 loss to Great Lakes when he was hit on the helmet by a 95 mph fastball. He was taken by ambulance to Mercy Hospital for treatment.

He is hitting .226 with a home run and 12 RBIs for the Kernels this season.

Schmit taken to hospital with head injury

Cedar Rapids Kernels second baseman Blake Schmit was taken to Mercy Hospital Wednesday night after being hit in the head by a 95 mph fastball by Great Lakes pitcher Karch Kowalczyk.

Great Lakes won the game, 2-1.

Schmit lay face-down in the right-handed batter's box after the accident in the eighth inning as Kernels trainer Curtis Simondet and Manager Jake Mauer rushed to his side.

Schmit, a right-handed batter, was hit on the helmet near his left temple. The violent impact appeared to shove the helmet into Schmit's nose, causing bleeding from his left nostril.

Mauer said Schmit was dizzy, but never lost consciousness.

Prairie knocks off No. 10 North Scott

Tyler Nunemaker went 4-for-4 and drove in two runs Wednesday night as the Prairie Hawks upset 10th-ranked North Scott, 12-2, in six innings at Prairie.

The Hawks raised their record to 10-2.

Cal Clark, Trey Beckman and Cooper Reittinger went 2-for-3 for Prairie. Beckman drove in two runs.

Alex Mixon was the winning pitcher.

North Scott    101 000 - 2 8 0
Prairie        420 402 - 12 14 3

W - Mixon. L - Summers.