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Others receiving votes: Harlan 4.

Others receiving votes: Nevada 8. Letts Louisa-Muscatine 6. Monticello 3. Sioux Center 2.

Others receiving votes: Mount Ayr 5. Iowa City Regina 3. Troy Mills North Linn 2.

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Defying the NCAA, California opened the way Monday for college athletes to hire agents and make money from endorsement deals with sneaker companies, soft drink makers, car dealerships and other sponsors, just like the pros.

The first-in-the-nation law, signed by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom and set to take effect in 2023, could upend amateur sports in the U.S. and trigger a legal challenge.

Newsom and others cast it as an attempt to bring more fairness to big-money college athletics and let players share in the wealth they create for their schools. Critics have long complained that universities are getting rich off the backs of athletes — often, black athletes struggling to get by financially.

“Other college students with a talent, whether it be literature, music, or technological innovation, can monetize their skill and hard work,” the governor said. “Student athletes, however, are prohibited from being compensated while their respective colleges and universities make millions, often at great risk to athletes’ health, academics and professional careers.”

Newsom predicted other states will introduce similar legislation.

The NCAA — which had called on him to veto the bill, arguing that it would destroy the distinction between amateurs and pros and give California an unfair recruiting advantage — said it is considering its next steps. It did not elaborate.

In a statement, the NCAA said it is working to revise its rules on making money off a player’s name and likeness. But it said any changes should be made at the national level through the NCAA, not through a patchwork of state laws.

California’s law applies to students at both public and private institutions — but not community colleges — in the nation’s most populous state. While the measure covers all sports, the big money is in football and basketball.

Student athletes won’t get salaries. But under the law, they can’t be stripped of their scholarships or kicked off the team if they sign endorsement deals.

There are some limitations: Athletes can’t enter into deals that conflict with their schools’ existing contracts. For example, if your university has a contract with Nike, you can’t sign with Under Armour.

The law represents another instance of California jumping out in front of other states when it comes to social and political change. The movement to allow student athletes to profit from their labors on the court or the playing field has been simmering for years, portrayed as a matter of economic fairness and civil rights.

“A majority of these athletes, it’s no secret, are African American,” said Sen. Steven Bradford, a co-author of the bill who is black. “It’s an issue of fairness, and it’s an issue that has been long overdue.”

Newsom tweeted a video showing him signing the law during a special episode of HBO’s “The Shop: Uninterrupted” alongside NBA superstar LeBron James, one of many professional athletes who have endorsed the measure.

James, whose 14-year-old son is a closely watched basketball prospect in Los Angeles and will be 18 when the law takes effect, exulted over its signing on Instagram, saying it will “change the lives for countless athletes who deserve it!”

He added: “NCAA, you got the next move. We can solve this for everyone!”

NBA rookie Jordan Poole of the Golden State Warriors also welcomed the new law. Six months ago, as a player at the University of Michigan, he hit a game-winning shot at the buzzer in the second round of the NCAA tournament as millions watched on TV.

“I know for sure I would have been using my name after that Houston shot,” he said, adding that letting athletes make money on endorsements is “huge for the game.”

Before the governor signed the law, the NCAA threatened to bar California universities from competition, meaning powerhouses like the University of Southern California, UCLA, Stanford and the University of California, Berkeley, could find themselves banned.

If that were to happen, California schools could form a new governing body and get schools from like-minded states to join, in a threat to the NCAA’s dominance.

But the governor, a former college baseball player, said he doubts the NCAA would kick California schools out, arguing that the state’s 40 million people and status as the world’s fifth-largest economy make it too big to lose.

The NCAA “can’t afford to do that,” he said.

Democratic state Sen. Nancy Skinner, the bill’s author, said it could especially help female athletes, who have limited opportunities for professional sports once they leave college.

“College is the primary time when the spotlight is on” them, Skinner said. “For women, this might be the only time they could make any money.”

NCAA rules bar players from hiring agents. The NCAA has also steadfastly refused to pay players in most cases. But a committee is studying other ways players could make money. Its report is expected in October.

The NCAA does let some athletes accept money in some instances. Tennis players can accept up to $10,000 in prize money per year, and Olympians can accept winnings from their competitions. Also, many schools pay players yearly cost-of-living stipends of $2,000 to $4,000.

“We just kind of joked every kid is going to want to go to college out here in Cali now,” Warriors forward Glenn Robinson III, who played college ball at Michigan, said of the new law.

“I think it’s time. A lot of people are waking up and starting to see how much money that these universities are making off of players,” he added. “Where I went to school, a lot of players couldn’t afford lunch.

Class 4A
1. WDM Valley (5-0), LW #1 @ Urbandale
2. Dowling Catholic (4-1), LW #2 vs DSM Lincoln
3. Cedar Falls (5-0), LW #3 @ CR Jefferson (Thur)
4. Bettendorf (4-1), LW #4 vs Burlington
5. Cedar Rapids Kennedy (4-1), LW #5 vs CR Washington
6. Ankeny Centennial (4-1), LW #6 @ #7 S.E. Polk
7. Southeast Polk (4-1), LW #7 vs #6 Centennial
8. Ankeny (2-3), LW #8 vs DSM Hoover
9. Fort Dodge (4-1), LW #9 @ DSM Roosevelt
10.Waukee (2-3), LW (X) @ DSM East

Class 3A
1. Western Dubuque (5-0), LW #1 @ Center Point-Urbana
2. Solon (5-0), LW #2 @ #8 Washington
3. Cedar Rapids Xavier (5-0), LW #3 @ Dubuque Wahlert
4. Lewis Central (5-0), LW #4 vs Winterset
5. Dallas Center-Grimes (4-1), LW #5 @ Humboldt
6. North Scott (4-1), LW #6 vs Iowa City Liberty
7. Sergeant Bluff-Luton (4-1), LW #7 @ LeMars
8. Washington (5-0), LW #8 vs #2 Solon
9. Independence (5-0), LW #9 @ Waterloo East
10.Norwalk (4-1), LW #10 @ North Polk

Class 2A
1. Waukon (5-0), LW #1 vs Oelwein
2. Clear Lake (5-0), LW #2 vs #9 Crestwood
3. Algona (5-0), LW #3 vs Clarion-Goldfield-Dows/CAL
4. Waterloo Columbus (5-0), LW #4 @ Anamosa
5. Des Moines Christian (4-0), LW #5 @ Centerville (tonight)
6. Greene County (5-0), LW #6 vs Carroll Kuemper
7. Benton (5-0), LW #7 @ #10 Nevada
8. OABCIG (5-0), LW #8 vs Atlantic
9. Crestwood (3-2), LW #9 @ #2 Clear Lake
10.Nevada (4-1), LW (X) vs #7 Benton

Class 1A
1. West Sioux (5-0), LW #1 @ #7 Western Christian
2. Dike-New Hartford (5-0), LW #2 vs East Marshall
3. Van Meter (5-0), LW #3 vs West Central Valley
4. West Branch (5-0), LW #4 at North Cedar
5. West Lyon (5-0), LW #5 vs Unity Christian
6. South Central Calhoun (5-0), LW #6 vs South Hamilton
7. Western Christian (5-0), LW #7 vs #1 West Sioux
8. Iowa City Regina (4-1), LW #8 @ South Hardin
9. Mount Ayr (5-0), LW #9 @ Panorama
10.Treynor (5-0), LW #10 vs Underwood

Class A
1. West Hancock (5-0), LW #1 @ North Union
2. Saint Ansgar (5-0), LW #2 vs Hudson
3. North Tama (5-0), LW #3 @ #5 Grundy Center
4. Westwood (Sloan) (5-0), LW #4 vs Woodbury Central
5. Grundy Center (5-0), LW #6 vs #3 North Tama
6. BGM (Brooklyn) (5-0), LW #7 @ Belle Plaine
7. South O’Brien (5-0), LW #8 vs MMCRU
8. MFL MarMac (5-0), LW #10 @ Maquoketa Valley
9. South Winneshiek (4-1), LW (X) @ Nashua-Plainfield
10.Earlham (4-1), LW (X) @ AHSTW

Eight-man
1. Don Bosco (5-0), LW #1 @ Northwood-Kensett
2. Turkey Valley (5-0), LW #2 vs Lansing Kee
3. Remsen St. Mary’s (5-0), LW #3 @ #8 Harris-Lake Park
4. Coon Rapids-Bayard (5-0), LW #4 @ #5 Audubon
5. Audubon (5-1), LW #5 vs #4 Coon Rapids-Bayard
6. Lenox (6-0), LW #6 @ S.E. Warren
7. Easton Valley (5-0), LW (X) @ Central City
8. Harris-Lake Park (5-0), LW #8 vs #3 Remsen St. Mary’s
9. Newell-Fonda (4-1), LW #9 @ AR-WE-VA
10.CAM (5-0), LW (X) @ Woodbine

Hunting season is right around the corner, and the Cass County Chapter of Pheasants Forever s sponsoring a mentored hunt. Their annual pheasant hunt for youth will be held 8-a.m. Saturday, Oct. 19th. Participants and organizers will meet at the Atlantic Hy-Vee that day to pair up with mentors and then head to the field. The event is limited to the first 15 participants who sign up. Please contact Becky Draeger at (712) 249-5130 to register.

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ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals clinched the NL Central on the final day of the regular season, using Jack Flaherty’s arm and Matt Carpenter’s bat to win their first division title since 2015 with a 9-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs. The Cubs lost on Joe Maddon’s day as their manager. It was announced before the game that he won’t return next year. St. Louis starts the NL Division Series beginning Thursday at Atlanta. Second-place Milwaukee plays at Washington in the NL wild-card game Tuesday night.

DETROIT (AP) — Darrel Williams ran for a go-ahead, 1-yard touchdown with 23 seconds left for his second score in the fourth quarter to lift the Kansas City Chiefs to a 34-30 win over the Detroit Lions. Detroit drove to the Kanas City 44 on the final drive and Matthew Stafford heaved two passes toward the end zone that were incomplete. The Chiefs went ahead for the first time early in the third quarter when Bashaud Breeland recovered Kerryon Johnson’s fumble and returned it 100 yards.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jorge Soler locked up the AL home run crown with his 48th homer, Brett Phillips drove a game-ending sacrifice fly in the ninth inning and the Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 5-4 in manager Ned Yost’s final game. Phillips’ first career walk-off RBI gave Yost a celebratory send-off on the final day of the regular season. Twins manager Rocco Baldelli turned over coaching duties to infielder Ehire Adrianza.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Dairon Asprilla converted a penalty kick in the 85th minute to give Portland a contentious 2-2 draw with Sporting Kansas City, keeping the Timbers in line for a playoff spot. Asprilla was given the opportunity for his first goal after Ilie Sanchez fouled Jeremy Ebobisse in the penalty area.

UNDATED (AP) — Oklahoma State’s Chuba Hubbard turned in his third 200-yard game, running for 296 yards against Kansas State in the top rushing performance of the season. The sophomore from Canada has 938 rushing yards. That’s the third-best five-game total to open a season since 2010. All three quarterbacks who passed for 400 yards over the weekend were on Alabama’s roster last year. SMU smashed its school record with 10 sacks against South Florida.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals clinched the NL Central on the final day of the regular season, using Jack Flaherty’s arm and Matt Carpenter’s bat Sunday to win their first division title since 2015 with a 9-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs. The Cubs lost on Joe Maddon’s day as their manager. It was announced before the game that he won’t return next year.

Flaherty tossed seven impressive innings and Carpenter led a three-homer attack with a three-run drive to help St. Louis advanced to the NL Division Series, starting Thursday at Atlanta. Manager Mike Shildt and the Cardinals began the day with a one-game lead over Milwaukee. The second-place Brewers will play at Washington in the NL wild-card game Tuesday night, with the winner going on to play Los Angeles in the NLDS.

Paul Goldschmidt and Dexter Fowler also homered for St. Louis, which is back in the postseason after a three-year absence. The Cardinals have won or shared 12 division titles since the current format was developed in 1995. St. Louis (91-71) finished three games better than last season (88-74).

The Cubs had a four-year postseason run snapped this season. Maddon compiled a 471-339 record in five seasons and guided the Cubs to the World Series championship in 2016, ending a 108-year drought. Flaherty (11-8) allowed two hits in an efficient seven-inning 69-pitch stint. He struck out six and walked one. Flaherty has allowed just seven earned runs over his last 12 starts.

St. Louis scored twice in each of the first of two innings against Chicago starter Derek Holland (2-5).  Goldschmidt, who had three hits, singled after Holland walked the first two batters. Fowler added a two-run homer in the second for a 4-0 lead. He has a career-high 19 home runs. Carpenter’s drive in the third off Duane Underwood Jr. pumped the lead to 8-0. Goldschmidt added his team-high 34th homer in the fourth.
Chicago finished 84-78 after a 95-68 mark in 2018.

A sellout crowd of 47,212 watched the contest pushing the Cardinals attendance to 3,480,393, an average of 42,968 per game. It marked the 22nd sellout of the season. St. Louis averaged 42,020 last season.
Chicago infielder Ben Zobrist pitched a scoreless eighth for the Cubs, striking a swinging Yadier Molina to end the inning.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Cardinals: INF Kolten Wong is still not at 100 percent. He remains listed as day-to-to with a left hamstring strain although he is not able to run at full speed, according to St. Louis manager Mike Shildt.
UP NEXT
Cardinals: Will face the Atlanta Braves in the NLDS beginning Thursday in Atlanta.

DETROIT (AP) — Darrel Williams ran for a go-ahead, 1-yard touchdown with 23 seconds left for his second score in the fourth quarter, lifting the Kansas City Chiefs to a 34-30 win over the Detroit Lions. Detroit drove to the Kanas City 44 on the final drive and Matthew Stafford heaved two passes toward the end zone that were incomplete, ending the game. The Chiefs (4-0) went ahead for the first time Sunday early in the third quarter when Bashaud Breeland recovered Kerryon Johnson’s fumble and returned it 100 yards, taking advantage of everyone on the field appearing to stop momentarily and the officials not blowing a whistle. The pivotal play stood after review. The Lions (2-1-1) scored the first 10 points and, after Kansas City pulled into two ties, went back ahead late in the second, third and fourth quarters.

Stafford threw a 6-yard touchdown pass to Kenny Golladay with 2:26 left to give Detroit a 30-27 lead. The call on the field stood after a review, which showed Golladay got both feet in the end zone. Golladay had a touchdown overturned by review early in the third because he appeared to lose control of the football as he hit the turf. Kansas City started the winning drive on its 21. Mahomes converted a fourth-and-8 from his 34 with a 15-yard run to help him finish with a career-high 56 yards rushing and he completed just enough passes to set up Williams for a short run to take the lead for good.

Mahomes was 24 of 42 for 315 yards. The reigning MVP had thrown at least two touchdown passes in 14 straight games, one short of the NFL record set by Peyton Manning. Stafford was 21 of 34 for 291 yards with three touchdowns, including two to Golladay and one to T.J. Hockenson. Stafford’s second touchdown pass of the game — and first to Golladay — put Detroit up 23-20 and followed a fifth fumble in the third quarter. Johnson had 125 yards rushing on 26 carries.
INJURIES
Chiefs: DE Alex Okafor (hip) and LB Damien Wilson (concussion) left in the fourth quarter.
Lions: Hockenson (concussion) was carted off the field in the third quarter and S Quandre Diggs (hamstring) left in the first quarter.
UP NEXT
Chiefs: Host the Indianapolis Colts.
Lions: Bye week.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — The fast-moving water flowing out of Gavins Point dam on the South Dakota-Nebraska border will create dangerous fishing conditions on the Missouri River this fall. The Sioux City Journal reports the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is warning fishermen to take precautions and stay out of restricted areas because of the high volume of water in the river.

The paddlefish snagging season begins Tuesday. But the Corps plans to continue releasing 80,000 cubic feet per second of water from the dam throughout October. All fishermen should wear life vests and be careful of their footing. The Corps says boaters should not anchor their boats in the area near the dam because of the turbulent water.