CLASS 1-A

• At Dunlap:   Boyer Valley vs. Woodbine
• At Griswold:   Griswold vs. Essex
• At Guthrie Center:   Guthrie Center vs. Coon Rapids-Bayard
• At Lenox:   East Union vs. Orient-Macksburg
• At Martensdale:  Martensdale-St. Marys vs. Adair-Casey
• At Stanton:   Stanton vs. Bedford
• At Tabor:   Fremont-Mills vs. Sidney

CLASS 2-A

• At Corning:   Southwest Valley vs. Mount Ayr
• At Council Bluffs:   St. Albert vs. Missouri Valley
• At Mapleton:   Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto vs. IKM-Manning
• At Treynor:   Treynor vs. Tri-Center
• At Underwood:   Underwood vs. Audubon

Class 3-A

• (3-0) Kuemper Catholic 25-25-25, Atlantic 14-15-2
• (3-0) Red Oak 25-25-25, Clarke 6-8-13
• (3-0) Greene County 25-25-25, West Central Valley 12-22-18
• (3-0) Clarinda 25-25-25, Shenandoah 20-19-13

Class 4-A

• (3-1) Carroll 25-24-25-25, Denison-Schleswig 18-26-18-16
• (3-0) Creston 25-25-25, Glenwood 11-19-15

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs cherish every victory. After all, they only had two of them all last season. So while the entire city is abuzz about their 8-0 start, and the fact that they lead the rival Denver Broncos in the suddenly stacked AFC West, the Chiefs remain humble to the point where it was hard to tell in Sunday’s postgame locker room that they had just defeated the Browns.

Safety Eric Berry said the reason for the humility is the fact that last season taught the Chiefs just how difficult it is to win. It’s hard to do in the NFL — just ask Tampa Bay and Jacksonville, which have not won this season.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jon Lester smothered St. Louis on four hits into the eighth, David Ross hit a tiebreaking RBI double in a two-run seventh inning off Adam Wainwright and the Boston Red Sox beat the Cardinals 3-1 Monday night to take a 3-2 World Series lead. David Ortiz’s RBI double in the first put the Red Sox ahead until Matt Holliday hit his second home run of the Series in the fourth, ending a 16 1-3 inning Series scoreless streak for Lester dating to 2007.

Lester beat Wainwright for the second time this Series, striking out seven and walking one in 7 2-3 innings, and Koji Uehara finished the four-hitter for his second save. Wainwright allowed all three runs and eight hits in seven innings with 10 strikeouts and a walk. He also gave up Jacoby Ellsbury’s RBI single in the seventh.

Boston can win its third title in a decade on Wednesday night, when the Series resumes at Fenway Park

The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press final Iowa high school football polls of the 2013 season with first-place votes in parentheses and won-loss record, total points and position last week at right:

Class 4A

Record Pts Prv

1. West Des Moines Dowling (13) 9-0 130 1

2. Pleasant Valley 9-0 115 2

3. Ames 9-0 106 3

4. Cedar Rapids Xavier 8-1 74 5

5. Waukee 8-1 71 4

6. West Des Moines Valley 7-2 63 8

7. Iowa City West 8-1 54 7

8. Davenport Assumption 8-1 48 9

9. Urbandale 7-2 31 10

10. Bettendorf 7-2 13 NR

Others receiving votes: 11, Iowa City High 6. 12, Southeast Polk 2. 13, Sioux City East 1. 13, Cedar Rapids Washington 1.

Class 3A

Record Pts Prv

1. Sioux City Heelan (13) 9-0 130 1

2. Decorah 9-0 113 2

3. Pella 9-0 105 3

4. Clear Lake 9-0 91 4

5. Harlan 8-1 76 5

6. Washington 8-1 56 7

7. Solon 8-1 42 8

8. Carroll 7-2 40 9

9. Dallas Center-Grimes 8-1 31 NR

10. Webster City 8-1 18 NR

Others receiving votes: 11, Boone 6. 12, Spencer 4. 13, Manchester West Delaware 3.

Class 2A

Record Pts Prv

1. Carroll Kuemper (13) 9-0 130 1

2. Albia 9-0 102 4

3. New Hampton 9-0 100 6

4. Mediapolis 9-0 87 5

5. Boyden-Hull-RV 8-1 75 7

6. Waukon 8-1 71 2

7. Spirit Lake 8-1 48 8

8. State Center West Marshall 8-1 31 3

9. Sioux Center 8-1 30 NR

10. Alleman North Polk 8-1 20 10

Others receiving votes: 11, Dyersville Beckman 7. 12, Wellman Mid-Prairie 5. 12, Central Lyon-GLR 5. 14, Bondurant Farrar 4.

Class 1A

Record Pts Prv

1. Iowa City Regina (13) 9-0 130 1

2. Dike-New Hartford 9-0 105 2(tie)

3. Council Bluffs St. Albert 9-0 100 2(tie)

4. Fort Dodge St. Edmond 9-0 82 5

5. Delhi Maquoketa Valley 9-0 72 6

6. Wilton 8-1 68 7

7. Van Meter 9-0 59 8

8. West Union North Fayette 9-0 34 4

9. Paullina South O’Brien 8-1 24 9

10. Ogden 8-1 15 10

Others receiving votes: 11, Guttenberg Clayton Ridge 13. 12, Calmar South Winneshiek 11. 13, Ridge View 2.

Class A

Record Pts Prv

1. Inwood West Lyon (8) 9-0 123 1

2. Brooklyn BGM (3) 9-0 114 2

(tie) Fairbank Wapsie Valley (2) 9-0 114 3

4. Avoca AHST 9-0 91 5

5. Hinton 7-2 56 7

6. Algona Garrigan 7-2 49 8

(tie) Gladbrook-Reinbeck 7-2 49 9

8. Lisbon 7-2 41 10

9. Ackley AGWSR 9-1 30 4

10. Packwood Pekin 7-2 22 6

Others receiving votes: 11, East Mills 18. 12, Lawton-Bronson 6. 13, Audubon 2.

Class 8-Man

Record Pts Prv

1. Gilbertville-Don Bosco (5) 9-0 119 2

(tie) Elk Horn-Kimballton(Exira (6) 8-0 119 1

3. Newell-Fonda (2) 9-0 100 3(tie)

4. Adair-Casey 9-0 94 3(tie)

5. Springville 9-0 87 6

6. Janesville 8-1 52 7

7. Marcus MMC 8-1 50 8

8. West Bend-Mallard 9-1 43 5

9. Glidden-Ralston 8-1 30 9

10. Correctionville River Valley 8-1 20 10

Others receiving votes: 11, Sidney 1.

AMES, Iowa (AP) – Lost in the uproar over Iowa State’s controversial loss to Texas earlier this month was that it appeared to show that the Cyclones could hang with the best of the Big 12.  Not anymore.  A thin and inexperienced roster was decimated by injuries, and the bottom soon fell out for Iowa State. The Cyclones have lost their last two games by a combined 95 points and appear headed for their worst season under fifth-year coach Paul Rhoads.

Iowa State (1-6, 0-4 Big 12) heads to Kansas State on Saturday needing to win every game left on its schedule for bowl eligibility. Rhoads says quarterback Sam Richardson is expected to play against the Wildcats. But running back Aaron Wimberly is “day to day” with a hamstring injury.

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Class 3-A

• Atlantic @ Kuemper Catholic
• Greene County @ West Central Valley
• Clarinda @ Shenandoah
• Clarke @ Red Oak

Class 4-A

• Carroll @ Denison
• Creston @ Glenwood

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jonny Gomes hit a tiebreaking, three-run homer in the sixth inning and the Boston Red Sox rallied to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-2 Sunday night, tying the World Series at two games each. David Ortiz added three hits and also encouraged the Red Sox, shouting at his teammates from second base after a double and later gathering them for a huddle in the dugout.

Inserted into the starting lineup about 75 minutes before gametime because Shane Victorino had a stiff back, Gomes was 0 for 9 in the Series before connecting off reliever Seth Maness. Felix Doubront won in relief of starter Clay Buchholz. John Lackey made a rare relief appearance to set up for Koji Uehara’s save.

Game 5 is tonight (Monday), with Jon Lester starting for Boston against Adam Wainwright.

ST. LOUIS (AP) – The Cardinals’ wild 5-4 win in Game 3 of the World Series received a 7.4 rating on Fox, up 21 percent from the record low set last year for San Francisco’s 2-0 victory over Detroit.  Saturday night’s game ended on an obstruction call against Boston third baseman Will Middlebrooks. Nielsen Media Research said Sunday the game received a 14 share and was watched by 12.5 million viewers. Game 3 last year received a 6.1/11, matching the record low for any Series game – Philadelphia’s rain-delayed 5-4 win over Tampa Bay in the third game in 2008.

The three-game average of 8.1/14 is up 13 percent over the first three games last year. The rating is the percentage of U.S. television households tuned to a program. The share is the percentage watching a broadcast among those homes with TVs on at the time.