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Today (Saturday), marks the start of the pheasant hunting season in Iowa. Mick Klemesrud, a spokesman for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, says weather conditions should be ideal for hunters this weekend, though there will be challenges. “We’ve got a lot of crops still out in the field and that could cause a little bit of tougher hunting if there’s a lot of standing corn for the birds to escape to,” Klemesrud says. “On the flip side of that, it could provide some better late season hunting because the birds haven’t been hunted that much.” He’s hopeful the number of hunters on opening day will be up this year after a drop in 2013.

“We’re hopeful that we can hit 60,000,” Klemesrud says. “Last year was our lowest on record of about 41,000. Traditionally, back in the late ’80s and ’90s, we’ve had opening day numbers around 200,000. We used to call it the largest sporting event in the state. We’re hoping that some of them come back.” Hunters should always get permission from land owners to hunt on their property. Klemesrud has some other safety tips.

“We always want to stress blaze orange, knowing the zone of fire, stay in a straight line, talk to everybody in the hunt so they all know what their role is and where there zones of fire are going to be,” he says. “You always want to be seen in the field. Go beyond the minimum. Wear as much blaze orange as you can.” The DNR says there was one hunting-related injury during the pheasant season last year. Learn more about the pheasant season at www.iowadnr.gov/hunting

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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Cardinals ace Adam Wainwright has undergone what the team describes as minor elbow surgery that should not set him back for next season. The Cardinals say Friday’s operation was an arthroscopic procedure to trim a small piece of cartilage from the right elbow. The 33-year-old Wainwright is expected to begin physical therapy in two weeks and resume his offseason throwing program in eight weeks.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Jeremy Guthrie pitched shutout ball into the sixth inning, Lorenzo Cain drove in an early run off Tim Hudson and made a pair of nifty catches, and the Kansas City Royals beat the San Francisco Giants 3-2 Friday night to take a 2-1 World Series lead. Cain’s RBI groundout three batters in put the Royals ahead, and Kansas City expanded its lead to 3-0 in the sixth when Alex Gordon hit an RBI double off Cain and scored on Eric Hosmer’s single off left-hander Javier Lopez.

See all of the qualifying teams in each class here.

Class 3-A District 8
ADM 35, Harlan 30
Creston 63, Atlantic 28
Dallas Center Grimes 45, Glenwood 16
Bondurant-Farrar 30, Winterset 13

Class 1-A @ Panora
1. Nodaway Valley 48
2. Tri-Center 109
3. St. Albert 113

Individual Top 10
1. Trey Thompson, Ogden 17:38
2. Andrew Stumbo, Ogden 17:48
3. Shane Breheny, Nodaway Valley 17:50
4. Sam Bassett, Panorama 18:23
5. Tim Brink, Riverside 18:28
6. Christopher Jarrett, Tri-Center 18:29
7. Brycen Wallace, Nodaway Valley 18:31
8. Mitchell Nelsen, Audubon 18:31
9. Cale Billheimer, Adair-Casey/CAM 18:31
10. Max Ross, St. Albert 18:32

Class 2-A @ Panora
1. Red Oak 54
2. Shenandoah 62
3. Southeast Valley 97

Individual Top 10
1. Austin Feller, Shenandoah 18:17
2. Joe Blake, Shenandoah 18:21
3. Logan Lerette, Red Oak 18:27
4. Carter Asche, Eagle Grove 18:30
5. Austin Smith, North Polk 18:36
6. Nate Hoyt, Shenandoah 18:43
7. Weston Rolenc, Red Oak 18:46
8. McCauley King, Eagle Grove 18:51
9. Spencer Warehime, Southeast Valley 18:51
10. Rylan Heffernan, West Central Valley 18:54

Class 3-A @ Perry
1. Gilbert 36
2. Algona 59
3. Dallas Center-Grimes 72

Individual Top 10
1. Wesley Greder, Gilbert 16:30
2. Thomas Pollard, Gilbert 16:31
3. Cooper McDermott, Creston 16:49
4. Jay Wolfe, Creston 17:03
5. Nathan Stumme, Algona 17:04
6. Bradley Richard, Gilbert 17:05
7. Peter Hollinger, Algona 17:07
8. Alex Thompson, Dallas Center-Grimes 17:08
9. Owen Whitham, Gilbert 17:11
10. Loren Shellabarger, Algona 17:28

Class 3-A @ Kuemper Catholic
1. Bishop Heelan Catholic 56
2. Harlan 76
3. MOC-Floyd Valley 102

Individual Top 10
1. Alec Pavone, Bishop Heelan Catholic 17:23
2. Josef Rogers, Denison-Schleswig 17:44
3. Ben Eastman, Bishop Heelan Catholic 18:00
4. Michael Sciranko, Harlan 18:01
5. Ryan Maris, Spirit Lake 18:02
6. Preston Burris, Harlan 18:03
7. Alec Harrington, Spirit Lake 18:04
8. Chandler Hagen, Kuemper Catholic 18:04
9. Carter Foughty, MOC-Floyd Valley 18:11
10. Miles Scott, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 18:18

Class 4-A @ Lewis Central
1. Johnston 29
2. Dowling Catholic 39
3. Urbandale 90

Individual Top 10
1. Ryan Schweizer, Dowling Catholic 15:51
2. Patrick Bose, Johnston 15:55
3. Drew Hershey, Johnston 16:13
4. Eldon Warner, CB Thomas Jefferson 16:31
5. Ben Renner, Johnston 16:34
6. Michael Westphal, Urbandale 16:43
7. Skyler Reisberg, Dowling Catholic 16:43
8. Ben Poss, Johnston 16:45
9. Jack Fink, Dowling Catholic 16:50
10. Matt Fraizer, Dowling Catholic 17:03

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Class 1-A @ Panorama
1. Griswold 74
2. Panorama 77
3. Underwood 118

Top 10 Individual Finishers
1. Rebekah Topham, Griswold 15:20
2. Karley Larson, Underwood 16:17
3. Payton Sporrer, IKM-Manning 16:27
4. Devyn Kemble, Panorama 16:30
5. Kristen Weber, Earlham 16:35
6. Alyx Flippin, Griswold 16:47
7. Emily Copic, Exira/EHK 16:50
8. Emma Harper, East Union 16:52
9. Hannah Appleseth, Panorama 16:52
10. Jacey Martin, St. Albert 17:01

Class 2-A @ Panorama
1. North Polk 58
2. Red Oak 76
3. West Central Valley 82

Top 10 Individual Finishers
1. Amelia Lesher, North Polk 17:13
2. Shelby Hunemiller, West Central Valley 17:29
3. Kate Walker, Red Oak 17:37
4. Jana Willard, Eagle Grove 17:44
5. Abbey Harris, West Central Valley 17:52
6. Gillian Stanley, West Central Valley 17:59
7. Sophie Blanchard, North Polk 18:02
8. Paige Shirley, Red Oak 18:04
9. Kenzie Alberts, Clarion-Goldfield/Dows 18:07
10. Nikki Graber, Red Oak 18:08

Class 3-A @ Perry
1. Gilbert 32
2. Winterset 84
3. Humboldt 90

Top 10 Individual Finishers
1. Grace Gibbons, Gilbert 14:46
2. Tiffany Williams, Atlantic 15:16
3. Carly Rahn, Gilbert 15:19
4. Karli Rastetter, Gilbert 15:19
5. Lexi Smith, Dallas Center-Grimes 15:20
6. Dianna Slight, Boone 15:31
7. Maria Mostek, Creston 15:35
8. Layken Gurwell, Winterset 15:36
9. Maddie Kampen, Humboldt 15:52
10. Dominque Fleming, Winterset 16:14

Class 3-A @ Kuemper Catholic
1. MOC-Floyd Valley 60
2. Sioux City Bishop Heelan 64
3. Harlan 84

Top 10 Individual Finishers
1. Ellie Mendlik, Denison-Schleswig 16:26
2. Caroline Ascherl, MOC-Floyd Valley 16:39
3. Sammy Blum, Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 16:51
4. Olivia Hamilton, Spencer 16:56
5. Tess Lord, Bishop Heelan 16:59
6. Marissa Klindt, Harlan 17:04
7. Kelsey Lang, MOC-Floyd Valley 17:04
8. Jaycee Vander Berg, MOC-Floyd Valley 17:07
9. Mercedee Mayberry, Harlan 17:10
10. Sara Bauermeister, Spencer 17:15

Class 4-A @ Lewis Central
1. Johnston 31
2. Urbandale 38
3. Dowling Catholic 63

Top 10 Individual Finishers
1. Jordyn Kleve, Johnston
2. Elyse Prescott, Urbandale
3. Jessica McKee, Johnston
4. Vivian Broderick, Dowling Catholic
5. Trina Moreno, Urbandale
6. Julia Noah, Urbandale
7. Hannah Thomas, Dowling Catholic
8. Maddy Bradley, Johnston
9. Sara Ness, Johnston
10. Anna Toot, Johnston

The pairings for the upcoming high school football playoffs will have a much different look this season. Gone is the format from the past few years where the entire bracket is released for all six classes and instead the pairings will be put together after each round. Todd Tharp of the Iowa High School Athletic Association says the new format is designed to limit travel.

He says school administrators have shared their concerns with schools traveling over three-hours to a ball game that their patrons have a hard time traveling to. The IHSAA visited with its Football Advisory Committee and Board and discussed putting in place the 125-mile travel limitation for the 8-Player through 3-A games.

Tharp says the new system won’t change the pairings when it comes to seeding but there could be district rematches in the first two rounds. He says “There’ll still be the District Champion. We’ll still play the 4th place team. The district runner-up will still play the 3rd place team. Unfortunately in some areas of the State, there might be some district rematches that will take place where the District 1 champion will still have to play the District 1st 4th place team on that first Wednesday night.”

Tharp says they will no longer be automatically matching teams from neighboring districts. “The number one team might be in the southern part of one district, and the number four is in the northern parts of another district. They might get matched-up, and maybe the number two is one the east side and the number three is one the west side from another district. You could combine maybe three different districts together to get those games in the first round,” according to Tharp.

He says they should have all 192 qualifiers and their seeding on the association website before midnight. It will then take a couple of hours to complete the pairings. Tharp says he’s “Hoping between two and two-thirty on Saturday morning, that we will have all 96 games on the website (at http://www.iahsaa.org/). The home team, visiting team, and their seed [will be there] for fans to see, at that particular time.”

The first round for all six classes is Wednesday night.

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