Hawkeye 10:

• (3-0) Wahoo Bishop Neumann 25-25-25, St. Albert 23-22-21

Western Iowa:

• (3-0) Audubon 25-25-25, Riverside 20-17-10
• (3-0) Griswold 25-25-25, A-H-S-T-W 5-12-10
• (3-0) Treynor 25-25-25, Logan-Magnolia 13-13-20
• (3-2) Tri-Center 25-19-17-27-15, Missouri Valley 20-25-25-25-9
• (3-0) Underwood 25-25-25, IKM-Manning 20-19-18

Rolling Valley:

• (3-0) Adair-Casey 25-25-25, West Harrison 9-11-19
• (3-2) Coon Rapids-Bayard 20-25-25-21-15, Glidden-Ralston 25-22-14-25-10
• (3-2) Exira/EHK 25-25-22-22-15, Ar-We-Va 23-20-25-25-12
• (3-0) Boyer Valley 25-25-25, Paton-Churdan 14-17-20

Others:

• (2-0) Essex 25-25, Lenox 22-11
• (2-0) Essex 25-25, South Page 16-14
• (2-0) Lenox 25-25, Nishnabotna 15-22
• (2-0) Lenox 25-25, South Page 15-22
• (3-2) Panorama 19-24-25-25-15, Madrid 25-26-18-16-7

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CHICAGO (AP) — St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Jon Jay left the team due to a personal matter and missed Wednesday’s series finale with the Chicago Cubs, according to Cardinals manager Mike Matheny.

Jay is expected to rejoin the team Friday in Arizona when the Cardinals face the Diamondbacks. The Cardinals do not play Thursday.

Jay, who had an RBI in Tuesday’s loss to the Cubs, is batting .302 with 52 runs in 138 games this season.

The Cardinals currently lead the Pittsburgh Pirates by 1 1-2 games in the NL Central.

Peter Bourjos started in centerfield in Jay’s absence.

CHICAGO (AP) — Jake Arrieta pitched seven strong innings to outduel St. Louis’ John Lackey and lead the Chicago Cubs to a 3-1 victory over the Cardinals on Wednesday night.

Arrieta, coming off a one-hit shutout against Cincinnati last week, limited St. Louis to two hits and an unearned run while striking out 10. He also had a two-run triple in the fourth inning.

The Cardinals, who clinched a playoff berth earlier in the week, remained 1 1/2 games ahead of Pittsburgh in the NL Central. The Pirates lost at Atlanta, reducing St. Louis’ magic number to three for clinching the division title.

The Cardinals’ loss assured NL East champion Washington will open a division series at home.

Lackey gave up two runs and five hits in 6 2-3 innings. He struck out eight, his most since joining the Cardinals at the trade deadline.

Tri-Center captured the boys title and Underwood won the girls crown at the Tri-Center Cross Country Meet Tuesday night.  The boys champion was Tim Brink of Riverside and the girls champ was Alexis Cook of Missouri Valley.  See the complete results by clicking these links:

Tri-Center CC boys meet results

Tri-Center CC girls meet results

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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.