ST. LOUIS (AP) – Pinch-hitter Allen Craig singled in the go-ahead run off reliever Alexi Ogando in the sixth inning with a sinking line drive that dropped just in front of right fielder Nelson Cruz, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Texas Rangers 3-2 on Wednesday night in a chilly World Series opener.  On a night when all the runs were driven in with opposite-field hits to right, Lance Berkman put St. Louis ahead with a two-run single in the fourth against C.J. Wilson. Mike Napoli tied it in the fifth with a two-run homer off Chris Carpenter.  Carpenter got the win, allowing five hits in six innings, and Jason Motte got his fifth postseason save. Wilson walked a career-high six in 5 2-3 innings and took the loss.  Colby Lewis starts for the Rangers in Game 2 on Thursday night against Jaime Garcia.

Class 3-A @ Atlantic (3:30 pm)
A-D-M, Adel
Atlantic
Ballard
Boone
Creston
Dallas Center-Grimes
Denison-Schleswig
Glenwood
Harlan
Perry
Saydel
Shenandoah
Winterset

Class 2-A @ Atlantic (3:30 pm)
Bondurant-Farrar
Clarinda
Clarke
Interstate 35
Jefferson-Scranton
Madrid
Missouri Valley
North Polk
OA-BCIG
Red Oak
South Central Calhoun
Southwest Iowa
West Central Valley
Woodward Academy (Boys Only)

Class 1-A @ Panora (4:00)
Adair-Casey
A-H-S-T
Audubon
Bedford
Clarinda Academy
Coon Rapids-Bayard
Corning
Exira/EHK
Griswold
Guthrie Center
Heartland Christian (Girls Only)
Logan-Magnolia
Nishnabotna
Nodaway Valley
Orient-Macksburg
Panorama
Paton-Churdan
Riverside
St. Albert
Stanton (Boys Only)
Treynor
Tri-Center
Underwood
Villisca
West Harrison

Two local athletes ran well Saturday at the state middle school cross country championships.  More than 600 athletes took part in eight divisions in a meet held at Saydel High School which featured runners from all over Iowa.  Tiffany Williams finished 7th in the 3-A Girls 8th Grade Division with a time of 14:17.  8th Grader Ryan Hawkins was 8th in the Boys 3-A Division with a time of 12:55 over the two mile course.  Approximately 70 runners were in each race.  The two AMS students completed successful cross country seasons.  Both Williams and Hawkins were individual champions at the Atlantic Cross Country Invitational.

(from Bruce Henderson)

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Class 2-A Regional First Round (Tuesday Results):

• (3-1) Audubon 24-25-25-25, Van Meter 26-15-22-23
• (3-1) Kuemper Catholic 22-25-25-25, IKM-Manning 25-14-23-18
• (3-0) Clarinda 25-25-25, Clarinda Academy 4-7-5
• (3-1) St. Albert 25-25-8-25, Treynor 23-23-25-10
• (3-0) Des Moines Christian 25-25-25, Panorama 9-18-18
• (3-0) Shenandoah 25-25-25, Griswold 13-19-22
• (3-0) Logan-Magnolia 25-25-25, West Monona 12-19-13
• (3-0) Missouri Valley 25-25-25, Westwood 15-23-10
• (3-2) Tri-Center 18-25-21-25-15, Underwood 25-21-25-15-9
• (3-1) Pleasantville 25-12-25-26, West Central Valley 19-25-19-24
• (3-1) Interstate 35 25-25-25, Nodaway Valley 19-17-20

Regular Season:

• (3-0) Denison 25-27-28, Atlantic 16-25-26

Class 1-A Regional First Round (Wednesday @ 7:00 pm)

• Boyer Valley @ Ar-We-Va
• A-H-S-T @ Woodbine
• Charter Oak-Ute @ River Valley
• Whiting @ West Harrison
• Lenox @ Mount Ayr
• Orient-Macksburg @ Corning
• Villisca @ Bedford
• East Mills @ Riverside
• Walnut @ Stanton
• Essex @ Nishnabotna
• Sidney @ Fremont-Mills
• Glidden-Ralston @ Coon Rapids-Bayard
• Paton-Churdan @ Guthrie Center
• Earlham @ CAM
• Grandview park Baptist @ Adair-Casey

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CLASS 1-A OPENING ROUND (Monday)

• (3-0) Coon Rapids-Bayard 25-25-25, Exira/EHK 22-10-11

CLASS 2-A FIRST ROUND (Tuesday, 7:00 pm)

• Westwood @ Missouri Valley
• West Monona @ Logan-Magnolia
• IKM-Manning @ Kuemper Catholic
• Van Meter @ Audubon
• Panorama @ Des Moines Christian
• Pleasantville @ West Central Valley
• Nodaway Valley @ I-35
• Underwood @ Tri-Center
• Treynor @ St. Albert
• Shenandoah @ Griswold
• Clarinda Academy @ Clarinda

Deer hunters are being reminded to take precautions to avoid bringing chronic wasting disease into Iowa. The neurological disease affecting deer and elk is not believed to be a threat to human health, but it is fatal to wildlife. Iowa Department of Natural Resources deer biologist Tom Litchfield says hunters who kill animals such as deer, elk or moose in areas affected by the disease are restricted in what they can bring home.  “If that animal comes from a chronic wasting disease area, then that animal must be butchered in that state and only the boned-out meat, hide and clean skull plate can legally be brought into the state of Iowa,” Litchfield said. The Iowa DNR has tested more than 38,000 deer for chronic wasting disease since 2003, with no positive results in the state. Officials have stepped up monitoring in border areas of Iowa in response to a report of the disease in deer in Minnesota for the first time last fall.

“We sample in every county, but in areas where the disease is likely to expand, we do increased surveillance in those counties,” Litchfield said. The disease also has been confirmed in Illinois and Wisconsin. Iowa’s early muzzleloader deer season opened this past weekend and runs through next Sunday (Oct. 23). The late muzzleloader season is set from December 19 through January 10. The two shotgun deer hunting season run from December 3-7 and December 10-18.

(Radio Iowa)

The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Iowa high school
football polls of the 2010 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 Valley (9)    8-0     162  1
2. Cedar Falls (8)               8-0     159  2
3. Marion Linn-Mar               8-0     134  3
4. Southeast Polk                7-1     119  4
5. Bettendorf                    7-1     89   6
6. Ankeny                        7-1     83   7
7. West Des Moines Dowling       7-2     66   8
8. Eldridge North Scott          7-1     46   10
9. Iowa City High                6-2     31   5
10. Des Moines Lincoln            7-1     27   NR

Others receiving votes: 11, Pleasant Valley 10. 12, Iowa City
West 3. 13, Cedar Rapids Washington 2. 13, Marshalltown 2. 15,
Council Bluffs Lincoln 1. 15, Davenport Assumption 1.
Class 3A
Record  Pts  Prv
1. Clear Lake (15)             8-0     159  1
2. Boyden-Hull-RV (1)          8-0     139  2
3. Adel ADM                    8-0     116  3
4. Webster City                7-1     108  4
5. Sioux City Heelan           7-1     88   5
6. Solon                       7-1     79   6
7. Manchester West Delaware    7-1     67   7
8. Maquoketa                   7-1     49   8
T9.Grinnell                    7-1     20   NR
T9.Pella                       7-1     20   NR

Others receiving votes: 11, Creston-Orient-Macksburg 13. 11,
Norwalk 13. 13, La Porte City Union 3. 14, Oskaloosa 2. 14, Harlan
2. 16, Keokuk 1. 16, Decorah 1.
Class 2A
Record  Pts  Prv
1. Iowa City Regina (11)             8-0     154  1
2. State Center West Marshall (5)    8-0     149  2
3. Spirit Lake                       8-0     122  3
4. Mediapolis                        8-0     100  4
5. Monroe PCM                        8-0     92   5
6. Carroll Kuemper                   7-1     76   6
7. Calmar South Winneshiek           8-0     65   7
8. Dyersville Beckman                7-1     42   8
9. Fort Dodge St. Edmond             7-1     41   9
10. South Central Calhoun             7-1     32   10

Others receiving votes: 11, Forest City 3. 12, Central Lyon-GLR
2. 13, West Union North Fayette 1. 13, New Hampton 1.
Class 1A
Record  Pts  Prv
1. Council Bluffs St. Albert (9)    8-0     149  1
2. Emmetsburg (7)                   8-0     143  2
3. Woodward-Granger                 8-0     113  3
4. Logan-Magnolia                   8-0     111  4
5. Aplington-Parkersburg            7-1     103  5
6. Lawton-Bronson                   8-0     79   6
7. Panora Panorama                  8-0     76   7
8. Alburnett                        8-0     58   9
9. Inwood West Lyon                 6-2     16   10
10. St. Ansgar                       6-2     11   NR

Others receiving votes: 11, Fairbank Wapsie Valley 6. 11, Des
Moines Christian 6. 13, Gladbrook-Reinbeck 5. 14, Jackson Junction
Turkey Valley 3. 15, West Branch 1.
Class A
Record  Pts  Prv
1. Le Mars Gehlen Catholic (10)    8-0     153  1
2. Lisbon (5)                      8-0     148  2
3. Postville (1)                   8-0     122  3
4. Britt West Hancock              7-1     113  4
5. Mason City Newman               7-1     89   5
6. Traer North Tama                7-1     78   6
7. Lone Tree                       7-1     68   7
8. Wayland WACO                    7-1     37   9
9. Bedford                         7-1     25   10
10. Madrid                          6-2     23   NR

Others receiving votes: 11, Elk Horn-Kimballton/Exira 13. 12,
Brooklyn BGM 8. 13, Lynnville-Sully 2. 14, Akron-Westfield 1.
Class 8-Man
Record  Pts  Prv
1. Armstrong-Ringsted (14)       9-0     156  1
2. Blairsburg NE Hamilton (1)    8-0     134  2
3. Tabor Fremont-Mills (1)       7-0     126  3
4. East Mills                    8-0     105  4
5. West Bend-Mallard             8-0     94   5
6. Newell-Fonda                  8-0     92   6
7. Preston                       8-1     59   8
8. Clarksville                   8-1     50   7
9. Melcher-Dallas                8-0     31   10
10. Remsen-Union                  7-1     13   NR

Others receiving votes: 11, Adair-Casey 8. 12, Moravia 7. 13,
Glidden-Ralston 3. 14, Janesville 1. 14, Murray 1.