Tiffany Williams of Atlantic is the champion at the Creston Cross County meet.  Williams won the girls class A division with Maria Mostek of Creston the runner-up.  Winterset had four of the top seven runners and was the team champ with Atlantic placing third.  Earlham won the girls class B division with Emma Harper of East Union the individual champ.

On the boys side, the class A team champs are Winterset with Atlantic placing 7th.  Cooper McDermott of Creston won the race.  Ryan Hawkins had Atlantic’s best finish at 15th.  Nodaway Valley dominated the class B division, winning the title with Brayten Funke of Nodaway Valley winning the race.  He and four teammates made up the top five.

Click this link for complete results:  Creston CC Results

Hawkeye 10:

• (3-0) St. Albert 25-25-25, Atlantic 15-17-17
• (3-2) Creston 22-16-29-25-20, Kuemper Catholic 25-25-27-19-18
• (3-1) Glenwood 28-23-25-25, Denison-Schleswig 26-25-15-21
• (3-1) Harlan 22-25-25-25, Lewis Central 25-18-11-15
• (3-0) Shenandoah 25-25-25, Clarinda 20-13-23

Western Iowa:

• (3-0) Audubon 25-25-25, A-H-S-T-W 15-11-1
• (3-2) IKM-Manning 20-25-25-15-15, Tri-Center 25-21-21-25-13
• (3-1) Treynor 21-25-25-25, Griswold 25-21-22-18
• (3-0) Underwood 25-25-25, Logan-Magnolia 19-12-18
• (3-0) Missouri Valley 25-25-25, Riverside 13-15-19

Rolling Valley:

• (3-0) Ar-We-Va 25-25-25, Whiting 21-17-14
• (3-0) Ar-We-Va 25-25-25, Woodbine 12-17-18
• (3-0) Boyer Valley 25-25-25, West Harrison 16-8-11
• (3-1) CAM 25-26-18-24, Paton-Churdan 22-24-25-22
• (3-0) Coon Rapids-Bayard 25-25-25, Exira/EHK 15-21-22
• (3-0) Glidden-Ralston 25-25-25, Charter Oak-Ute 20-15-19

Others:

• (3-0) Bedford 25-25-25, East Union 12-19-21
• (3-0) Carroll 25-25-25, Carlisle 12-14-13
• (3-0) CB Abraham Lincoln 25-25-25, CB Thomas Jefferson 11-9-7
• (3-1) CB Abraham Lincoln 25-28-22-25, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 19-26-25-18
• (3-0) Sergeant Bluff-Luton 25-25-25, CB Thomas Jefferson 14-22-21
• (3-1) East Mills 25-22-25-25, Sidney 21-25-22-20
• (3-0) Essex 25-25-25, South Page 11-13-15
• (2-0) Melcher-Dallas 25-25, Orient-Macksburg 9-18
• (3-2) Mount Ayr 25-23-25-18-15, Lenox 16-25-18-25-11
• (2-0) Seymour 25-25, Orient-Macksburg 11-14
• (3-1) Southwest Valley 23-25-25-25, Nodaway Valley 25-18-19-20

CHICAGO (AP) — Welington Castillo homered and drove in the winning run with a 10th-inning single, giving the Chicago Cubs a 4-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals that tightened the NL Central race Tuesday night. St. Louis’ lead was reduced to 1 1/2 games over second-place Pittsburgh, which clinched a playoff berth by beating Atlanta. With four games to play, the Cardinals, who secured a postseason spot last weekend, still have a magic number of four to wrap up their second consecutive division crown.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz says quarterback C.J. Beathard will open this week’s practices as the starter ahead of Saturday’s Big Ten opener at Purdue. But that’s only because junior Jake Rudock is “day-to-day” because of a leg injury.

Beathard, a sophomore, finally got his shot at extended playing time last weekend. He gave the struggling Hawkeyes (3-1) a major boost in leading them back from 10 points down to beat Pittsburgh, 24-20. Beathard was 7 of 8 passing for 98 yards in relief of Rudock.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Purdue is making progress. The Boilermakers already have won twice – one more than in 2013 – and have beaten an FBS school, something they did not achieve during coach Darrell Hazell’s first season as head coach. When Iowa (3-1) comes to West Lafayette on Saturday, Purdue has a big chance to win its first Big Ten game in the Hazell era and to achieve that milestone on homecoming.

Hazell made no attempt to downplay this game’s significance on Tuesday. Since a 38-17 loss on Sept. 6 to Central Michigan, Purdue (2-2) has played well in a 30-14 loss to unbeaten Notre Dame and then scored the game’s first 25 points Saturday in a 35-13 victory against previously unbeaten Southern Illinois.