In class 1A baseball, top-ranked Mason City Newman Catholic starts district play tonight as they face SCMT on the Spartans’ home field in Sheffield. Newman is 34-3 overall, and Knights coach Tony Adams says they’ve had an excellent season and appreciate the number one ranking.Adams feels he’s fielded a well-balanced ball-club with a lot of depth.Newman has won or shared the last 23 Iowa Star Conference titles. Newman won a doubleheader over SCMT back on June 18th by scores of 13-6 and 2-1.