Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An unknown walk-on player nicknamed “Shooter” is about to get his shot with the Iowa football team. Guard Kyler Schott is a sophomore who had zero NCAA scholarship offers coming out of his tiny eastern Iowa high school. He is now set to join the Hawkeyes’ starting lineup. Iowa has been forced to reshuffle the line after losing tackle Alaric Jackson to a sprained knee. Iowa hosts Rutgers on Saturday.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jorge Soler broke the Kansas City home run record with his 39th homer of the season and Ryan O’Hearn hit a game-ending home run as the Royals beat the Detroit Tigers 6-5.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jack Flaherty pitched one-hit ball over eight innings, Marcell Ozuna homered and the St. Louis Cardinals _ with a fluky foul ball-turned-base hit _ beat the San Francisco Giants 1-0. Flaherty carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning and dominated with eight strikeouts and a walk. The 23-year-old right-hander threw a career-high 113 pitches, 84 for strikes, and lowered his ERA to 0.90 over his past 11 starts dating to July 7.

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — There was a time when fast-paced, air-it-out spread offenses were a novel concept in college football. Kansas State remains decidedly old school. Their ground-based system under new coach Chris Klieman bludgeoned Nicholls State in the opener last weekend. Kansas State hosts Bowling Green on Saturday.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas linebacker Thomas Patrick Barrett has been arrested at a student bar on suspicion of contributing to a child’s misconduct and displaying or possessing a fictitious or fraudulent ID card. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that the 20-year-old from Cleveland posted $1,500 bond and was released from jail a couple of hours after his early Sunday arrest at the Jayhawk Cafe, which is commonly known as The Hawk.

The Iowa Association of Track Coaches has released weekly individual rankings for cross country. Here is a look at the area runners that made the list.

Class 4A Boys

10. Aiden Booton, CB Thomas Jefferson
14. Wimach Gilo, CB Thomas Jefferson

Class 3A Boys

26. Trey Gross, Harlan
30. Craig Becker, Atlantic

Class 3A Girls

5. Taylor McCreedy, Atlantic
21. Braelyn Baker, Creston

Class 2A Boys

4. Louden Foster, West Central Valley
23. Baylor Bergren, Red Oak

Class 2A Girls

3. Tori Castle, Treynor
4. Kate Crawford, ACGC
7. Ella Waddle, Panorama
25. Mayson Hartley, Clarinda

Class 1A Boys

1. Josh Baudler, Nodaway Valley
5. Noah Jogensen, Sidney
6. Bennett Heisterkamp, St. Albert
24. Isaac Timmerman, Mount Ayr
29. Ben Breheny, Nodaway Valley

Class 1A Girls

1. Peyton Pogge, Tri-Center
2. Taylor Sporrer, Logan-Magnolia
3. Courtney Sporrer, Logan-Magnolia
10. Reagan Weinheimer, Nodaway Valley
12. Ryann Portch, AHSTW
14. Kylie Morrison, Logan-Magnolia
17. Violet Lapke, Logan-Magnolia
24. Sophia Broers, Nodaway Valley

Full rankings can be viewed here.

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Class 4A
1. Dowling Catholic (1-0), LW #1 @ #5 WDM Valley
2. Ankeny Centennial (1-0), LW #4 @ Urbandale
3. Waukee (0-1), LW #2 vs S.E. Polk
4. Cedar Rapids Kennedy (1-0), LW #5 @ Linn-Mar
5. WDM Valley (1-0), LW #6 vs #1 Dowling Catholic
6. Bettendorf (1-0), LW #7 @ #9 Iowa City West
7. Cedar Falls (1-0) LW #8 @ Iowa City High
8. Ankeny (0-1), LW #9 vs Johnston
9. Iowa City West (0-1), LW #3 vs #6 Bettendorf
10.Fort Dodge (1-0), LW (X) @ Ames

Class 3A
1. Western Dubuque (1-0), LW #1 vs 2A #4 Williamsburg
2. Solon (1-0), LW #2 vs West Liberty
3. Cedar Rapids Xavier (1-0), LW #3 @ Decorah
4. North Scott (1-0), LW #4 @ Davenport Central
5. Pella (1-0), LW #5 @ #10 Mount Pleasant
6. Lewis Central (1-0), LW (X) vs Carlisle
7. Norwalk (1-0), LW (X) vs Dallas Center-Grimes
8. Davenport Assumption (1-0), LW (X) @ Dubuque Wahlert
9. Glenwood (1-0), LW (X) @ Sioux City Heelan
10.Mount Pleasant (1-0), LW (X) vs #5 Pella

Class 2A
1. Waukon (1-0), LW #1 @ #3 Crestwood
2. Clear Lake (1-0), LW #3 @ Waverly-Shell Rock
3. Crestwood (1-0), LW #4 VS #1 Waukon
4. Williamsburg (1-0), LW #5 @ 3A #1 Western Dubuque
5. Algona (1-0), LW #6 @ Hampton-Dumont
6. Des Moines Christian (1-0), LW #7 vs Madrid
7. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley (0-1), LW #2 vs Western Christian
8. Carroll Kuemper (1-0), LW #9 @ 1A #8 South Central Calhoun
9. Waterloo Columbus (1-0), LW #10 @ A #10 Hudson
10.Greene County (1-0), LW (X) @ Nevada

Class 1A
1. West Sioux (1-0), LW #1 @ Central Lyon
2. Dike-New Hartford (1-0), LW #2 @ Aplington-Parkersburg
3. Van Meter (1-0), LW #3 @ #7 Pella Christian
4. West Branch (1-0), LW #4 vs Wapello
5. West Lyon (1-0), LW #5 @ Sioux Center
6. Mediapolis (1-0), LW #7 vs Central Lee
7. Pella Christian (0-1), LW #6 vs #3 Van Meter
8. South Central Calhoun (1-0), LW #10 vs 2A #8 Carroll Kuemper
9. Mount Ayr (1-0), LW #8 @ Interstate-35
10.Dyersville Beckman (1-0), LW (X) @ Monticello

Class A
1. West Hancock (1-0), LW #1 @ Emmetsburg
2. Alta-Aurelia (1-0), LW #2 vs Storm Lake
3. Wapsie Valley (1-0), LW #3 @ Denver
4. Saint Ansgar (1-0), LW #4 @ Osage
5. Edgewood-Colesburg (1-0), LW #6 @ Starmont
6. Council Bluffs St. Albert (0-1), LW #5 @ Treynor
7. Westwood (Sloan) (1-0), LW (X) @ Riverside (Oakland)
8. Wayne (1-0), LW #9 vs Cardinal (Eldon)
9. North Tama (1-0), LW (X) @ Lisbon
10.Hudson (0-1), LW #7 vs 2A #9 Waterloo Columbus

8-Man
1. Don Bosco (1-0), LW #1 vs Baxter
2. Newell-Fonda (1-0), LW #2 @ Coon Rapids-Bayard
3. Fremont-Mills (1-0), LW #3 @ #8 Audubon
4. Turkey Valley (1-0), LW #4 vs Gladbrook-Reinbeck
5. Remsen St. Mary’s (1-0), LW #5 @ Boyer Valley
6. New London (1-0), LW #6 vs Moravia
7. Iowa Valley (1-0), LW #8 @ S.E. Warren
8. Audubon (1-1), LW #7 vs #3 Fremont-Mills
9. Lenox (2-0), LW #10 vs Melcher-Dallas
10.Glidden-Ralston (1-0), LW (X) @ River Valley

Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — It’s going on a decade since Nebraska and Colorado went their separate ways because of conference realignment, and current players weren’t born yet or can’t remember when the series was one of the most competitive in the old Big Eight and Big 12. The vibe in Lincoln this week is that the rivalry is still alive heading into Saturday’s game in Boulder, Colorado. Nebraska is still seething from last year’s loss and what the Huskers believe was an intentional injury to quarterback Adrian Martinez.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Adam Wainwright tossed seven scoreless innings and Kolten Wong delivered a run-scoring triple to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 3-1 win over the San Francisco Giants. Paul DeJong had an RBI single for the Cardinals, who have won 10 of 12. They remain three games ahead of the Chicago Cubs in the NL Central. Mauricio Dubon hit his first major league homer for San Francisco, which has lost six of seven.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs announced the signing of two-time All-Pro running back LeSean McCoy, two days after he was released by Buffalo and quickly reached an agreement with Kansas City. The Chiefs signed Carlos Hyde in the offseason with the hope he could provide a veteran presence in a young backfield. But he was unproductive in the preseason and was traded to Houston, and Chiefs general manager Brett Veach moved quickly to sign McCoy to a $4 million contract for this season.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Adam Wainwright tossed seven scoreless innings and Kolten Wong delivered a run-scoring triple to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 3-1 win over the San Francisco Giants on Monday. Paul DeJong had an RBI single for the Cardinals, who have won 10 of 12. They stretched their lead over the Chicago Cubs in the NL Central 3½ games. Mauricio Dubon hit his first major league homer for San Francisco, which has lost six of seven.

Wainwright (10-9) allowed four hits. He struck out one and did not walk a batter in a 96-pitch stint. Wainwright lowered his home ERA to 2.43 in 13 starts this season. Carlos Martínez recorded four outs to pick up his 18th save in 21 chances. He leads the NL with 14 saves since the All-Star break. St. Louis scored twice in the first off Tyler Beede (3-9), who gave up three runs on five hits over four innings. He struck out two and walked one. Dexter Fowler led off with a single and scored on Wong’s triple down the right field-line. Paul Goldschmidt brought in Wong with a groundout. DeJong pushed the lead to a 3-0 with his 200th career RBI in the third.

St. Louis is an NL-best 33-16 since the All-Star break. The Cardinals also improved to a league-best 12-2 on Mondays.
BUSY TIME
The Cardinals, thanks to back-to-back doubleheaders on Saturday and Sunday, played five games in a span of 51 hours, 44 minutes.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Cardinals: C Matt Wieters received a cortisone shot for a mild calf strain. There is no timetable for his return. “He’s in a very optimistic place,” manager Mike Shildt said.
UP NEXT
San Francisco RHP Dereck Rodríguez (5-7, 5.49) will face RHP Jack Flaherty (8-8, 3.71) in the second game of the four-game series on Tuesday. The Giants are 5-8 in games Rodríguez has started this season. Flaherty had a career-best four-game winning streak stopped in a 4-1 loss to Milwaukee on Wednesday.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs have announced the signing of two-time All-Pro running back LeSean McCoy, two days after he was released by Buffalo. The Chiefs signed Carlos Hyde in the offseason with the hope he could provide a veteran presence in a young backfield. But he was unproductive in the preseason and was traded to Houston, and Chiefs general manager Brett Veach moved quickly to sign McCoy to a $4 million contract for this season.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs are under no preconceptions that the LeSean McCoy they officially signed Monday is the same running back that was a two-time All-Pro with the Philadelphia Eagles. They don’t need him to be, either. The Chiefs have a clear-cut starter in Damien Williams and two young, capable backups in second-year pro Darrel Williams and rookie Darwin Thompson. So whatever McCoy can provide after his release by Buffalo is gravy, whether that is on-field production or locker-room leadership. “There were a lot of teams that called in and I thought this was the best fit,” McCoy said. “You see this offense, I’m just trying to fit in a small part. These guys are rolling.”

Chiefs coach Andy Reid was responsible for drafting McCoy in Philadelphia, and the six-time Pro Bowl pick wound up playing his first four seasons for him. McCoy played two more with the Eagles after Reid was fired and landed in Kansas City, then spent the past four seasons in Buffalo. But he was released over the weekend in a surprise move, and several teams immediately expressed interest, including the AFC West rival Los Angeles Chargers. But the relationship McCoy had with Reid and Chiefs general manager Brett Veach — and McCoy’s agent, Drew Rosenhaus — made for a relatively quick negotiation, and McCoy was in the Chiefs’ practice facility to sign his contract Monday.

Now, the trick will be to get up to speed in time to offer some help Sunday in Jacksonville. “We’ll see what he can pick up in a short period of time, how comfortable he is with it,” Reid said. “He’s a pretty sharp kid. He’s been practicing and playing, so conditioning is not an issue.” McCoy should have some familiarity with the offense from his days with Reid in Philadelphia, but the coach acknowledged some elements have changed dramatically the past few years. The Chiefs run more run-pass options, play at a quicker pace and cater to MVP quarterback Patrick Mahomes. “I’ve been in the playbook all day,” McCoy said. “Some of the terminology is different but a lot of the concepts are the same. Coach has a lot more wrinkles than before.”

Reid said he wouldn’t put McCoy “out there in a bad situation without knowing the plays,” so his package may be limited Sunday. Besides, Reid said, “we have other guys who can play, too.” That is where McCoy might just be the most valuable. The Chiefs signed Carlos Hyde in the offseason with the hope he could provide a veteran presence in the backfield. But he was unproductive in the preseason and was traded to Houston, leaving a major experience void among the four running backs the Chiefs kept on the roster. Damien Williams has the most, but that is still just 74 games over parts of five seasons and a total of 733 yards rushing. Darrel Williams has appeared in six games. Thompson and second-year pro Tremon Smith have never appeared in a game at running back — Smith is a converted cornerback.

In other words, McCoy alone has played in 67 more games than the rest of the Chiefs’ running back group. Eight times McCoy has run for more yards in a single season than the other four running backs have in their entire careers combined. He’s reached the end zone 69 times on the ground, 10 times the number of touchdowns that the rest of the Chiefs’ backfield has scored. “I think that’s a great fit for him,” Bills general manager Brandon Beane said. “He is going in to a team that they’ve got a lot of high expectations and I’m sure he will be a great addition to what they’re doing. We truly wish him the best, unless we play him.”

Reid is cognizant of the stress it could bring to a tight locker room to add a running back just before the season that wasn’t around for training camp. But he was heartened by the way the rest the Chiefs embraced McCoy, and he made sure to discuss the signing with Damien Williams specifically. “It’s a great situation to be in, and really for both of them and the team,” Reid said. “They don’t know each other, but they’ll get to know each other, and I know they’ll work well together.” For good reason. While the Bills are still in the midst of a vast rebuild, the Chiefs have won three straight AFC West titles, and many have pegged them as Super Bowl favorites this season. “You got to put the work in. Nothing is given in this league. You have to earn it,” McCoy said. “But just look at the players, the success they had, the focus, and something about just being here, the players are all just good friends. Sometimes you have superstars — ‘This guy has a routine and off to the side’ — but here they’re all on the same page. It’s special.”

Notes: The Chiefs’ roster stood at 52 players, so adding McCoy did not require any additional moves. … McCoy will wear his familiar No. 25 and Thompson will switch to No. 34. … Backup TE Deon Yelder (ankle) is healthy for Week 1 after missing most of the preseason, Reid said.

(Radio Iowa) — Iowa’s quail population took the biggest hit of any of the game birds from the tough winter conditions. The annual roadside survey found their populations were down 36 percent from last year. D-N-R wildlife biologist, Todd Bogenschutz says impact was greatest on quail because their range is only across the southern three tiers of counties.

“The got that kind of transition — the got freezing rain, they go sleet, ice several times — and that’s just brutal on quail. Because they are not big enough to get through it and they don’t venture as far as pheasants,” according to Bogenschtuz. “We kind of fully expected that they would take a hit. I was hoping maybe not as much as they did.” He says the number of quail taken last year increased by 45 percent from the previous year. Bogenschutz says the harvest would have been much higher if more hunters had been out.

“We had about 10-thousand quail hunters last year and they shot about 50-thousand quail — which was the highest we’d seen in more than a decade,” Bogenschutz says. “So quail numbers have been good the last four or five years just like pheasants — the highest we’ve seen since the late 90s.” Bogenschutz projects the take would have been as high as a quarter million quail if the hunter numbers had been comparable to the 90’s.

He says there were around 20-thousand quail hunters back then, so there weren’t as many hunters chasing quail last year. Bogenschutz says hunter numbers for pheasant and quail had dropped off during the period when bad weather hurt their populations. And he says they are working to get younger hunters more involved in all types of hunting.