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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Authorities have completed their investigation into the deaths of Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher and his 22-year-old girlfriend, formally ruling them a murder-suicide. The Kansas City Star reported Tuesday that Jackson County prosecutors closed the case Friday.
Newly released police reports show Belcher sent a text message to a girlfriend several weeks before he killed Kasandra Perkins on Dec. 1. Afterward, he drove to the team’s practice site and committed suicide in front of his coach and general manager.
In the text, he wrote he “would shoot” Perkins “if she didn’t leave him alone.” Belcher and Perkins were the parents of a 3-month-old daughter. Belcher also told his girlfriend that Perkins had “threatened to take all his money and his child if they split up.”
The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Iowa high school basketball poll with first-place votes in parentheses and won-loss record, total points and position last week at right:
| Class 4A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Iowa City, West (16) | 6-0 | 160 | 1 |
| 2. Dubuque, Senior | 5-0 | 130 | 2 |
| 3. North Scott, Eldridge | 8-0 | 122 | 4 |
| 4. Bettendorf | 6-0 | 108 | 5 |
| 5. Sioux City, East | 6-0 | 70 | T7 |
| 6. Epworth, Western Dubuque | 5-0 | 66 | 6 |
| 7. Urbandale | 6-1 | 62 | 9 |
| 8. Ankeny | 4-2 | 52 | 3 |
| 9. Valley, West Des Moines | 5-2 | 49 | T7 |
| 10. Sioux City, North | 6-0 | 24 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Pleasant Valley 13. Des Moines, Roosevelt 10. Dowling Catholic, West Des Moines 5. Xavier, Cedar Rapids 4. Des Moines, Hoover 2. Cedar Falls 1. Cedar Rapids, Jefferson 1. Johnston 1.
| Class 3A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Vinton-Shellsburg (6) | 6-0 | 144 | 4 |
| 2. Iowa Falls-Alden (2) | 6-0 | 114 | 7 |
| 3. Creston | 6-0 | 99 | 10 |
| 4. Grinnell (2) | 5-0 | 95 | 9 |
| 5. Assumption, Davenport (3) | 3-3 | 92 | 1 |
| 6. Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City | 3-2 | 67 | 5 |
| 7. Solon | 5-1 | 61 | 2 |
| 8. Dallas Center-Grimes (2) | 6-0 | 56 | NR |
| 9. MOC-Floyd Valley (1) | 6-1 | 51 | 3 |
| 10. Spencer | 6-1 | 24 | 8 |
Others receiving votes: Atlantic 22. Pella 21. Mount Pleasant 11. Norwalk 4. Waverly-Shell Rock 4. Chariton 3. Harlan 3. Le Mars 2. Crestwood, Cresco 2. Carroll 2. Centerville 1. Bondurant Farrar 1. Fort Madison 1.
| Class 2A | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record | Pts | Prv | ||
| 1. Nodaway Valley (11) | 6-0 | 147 | 1 | |
| 2. Western Christian, Hull | (3) | 5-0 | 143 | 2 |
| 3. West Fork, Sheffield (2) | 6-0 | 116 | 4 | |
| 4. IKM-Manning | 8-0 | 91 | 5 | |
| 5. Cascade,Western Dubuque | 6-0 | 86 | 6 | |
| (tie)Des Moines Christian | 7-0 | 86 | 3 | |
| 7. Sheldon | 8-0 | 62 | T10 | |
| 8. PCM, Monroe | 8-0 | 57 | 9 | |
| 9. MFL-Mar-Mac | 5-0 | 53 | 7 | |
| 10. Pella Christian | 5-1 | 8 | NR |
Others receiving votes: West Branch 7. New Hampton 7. Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 5. Sioux Center 4. Hudson 3. Notre Dame, Burlington 2. St. Edmond, Fort Dodge 2. West Marshall, State Center 1.
| Class 1A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Danville (14) | 7-0 | 158 | 1 |
| 2. St. Mary’s, Storm Lake (1) | 6-0 | 141 | 2 |
| 3. Lone Tree (1) | 8-0 | 94 | 4 |
| 4. Harris-Lake Park | 7-0 | 93 | 3 |
| 5. Riverside, Oakland | 6-0 | 76 | 7 |
| 6. Murray | 8-0 | 70 | 6 |
| 7. North Tama, Traer | 8-0 | 55 | 8 |
| 8. Belmond-Klemme | 7-0 | 40 | 10 |
| 9. North Iowa, Buffalo Center | 7-1 | 34 | 5 |
| 10. Preston | 6-0 | 33 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Lawton-Bronson 29. Boyden-Hull 27. Iowa Mennonite, Kalona 15. Ankeny Christian Academy 6. Moulton-Udell 3. Dunkerton 3. Woodbury Central, Moville 2. Gehlen Catholic, Le Mars 1
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State junior Melvin Ejim is the Big 12’s player of the week after leading the Cyclones past Drake on Saturday.
Ejim scored 21 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as Iowa State beat the Bulldogs 86-77 in Des Moines. It was the fourth double-double of the season for Ejim, who now leads the Big 12 with 9.3 rebounds a game.
Ejim also leads the league with seven games of at least 10 rebounds. His 11 career double-doubles are the most of anyone in the Big 12.
Iowa State (8-3) plays at Missouri-Kansas City on Wednesday.
Chaillie is one of the few coaches in the state to have received the Cross Country Coach of the Year for both boys and girls. She was honored as the 1A boys’ cross county coach of the year in 2006 when the Tigers were the state runners-up. She has led the boys’ squad to five WIC titles.
The Coach of the Year is selected by peers. “I am humbled to be recognized by my peers from across the state, but this award really belongs to the entire Griswold community. I get to work with talented students who have great work ethics, have awesome assistants in Coach Topham and Wilder, and can’t say enough about the incredible parent and community support, ” shared Coach Chaillie after accepting the honor.
Chaillie also credits her own coaches and those that have served as mentors with helping her develop as a coach. She ran cross-country and track as a high school student at Cumberland-Massena. Chaillie competed for Dakota Wesleyan and Graceland University, representing both schools at nationals in the race walk. While student teaching at Atlantic she had the opportunity to serve as a volunteer coach for cross country under Bruce Henderson. Chaillie also had the chance to serve as an assistant track coach under Gary Bergstrom. ” I am so grateful for having had great mentors,” she adds.
In addition to her cross country responsibilities at Griswold, Chaillie teaches 5th grade and coaches the boys’ track and field team.
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The Wheelers rolled to the Western Iowa Conference Wrestling Dual Team Championship held on Saturday in Audubon.
Audubon finished the day at 7-0, followed by Riverside (5-2) and Tri-Center (5-2). The Bulldogs finished in second place due to the head-to-head win.
The Wheelers finished in second place in 2011 at 6-1, as Underwood picked up the 2011 WIC title with a 7-0 record.
2012 WIC Duals Final Team Standings: 1st) Audubon 7-0; 2nd) Riverside 5-2; 3rd) Tri-Center 5-2; 4th) Griswold 3-4; 5th) Missouri Valley 3-4; 6th) Underwood 3-4; 7th) Treynor 1-6; 8th) AHST 0-7.
TEAM RESULTS
Aud (7-0) def. Griswold 46-33; def. Missouri Valley 48-27; def. Treynor 72-12; def. Tri-Center 42-34; def. Underwood 57-21; def. Riverside 49-27; def. AHST 63-6.
Riverside (5-2): def. AHST 57-21; def. Missouri Valley 39-37; def. Treynor 70-9; def. Tri-Center 39-38; def. Underwood 51-27.
Tri-Center (5-2): def. AHST 50-21; def. Treynor 69-12; def. Underwood 51-23; def. Missouri Valley 52-26; def. Griswold 56-21.
Griswold (3-4): def. AHST 43-33; def. Treynor 63-12; def. Missouri Valley 40-33.
Missouri Valley (3-4): def. AHST 54-24; def. Underwood 42-37; def. Treynor 51-24.
Underwood (3-4): def. Griswold 41-40; def. Treynor 53-24; def. AHST 42-24.
Treynor (1-6): def. AHST 37-36.
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Sebastian Janikowski kicked five field goals, Darren McFadden rushed for 110 yards and the Oakland Raiders shut out Kansas City for the second time ever, beating the Chiefs 15-0 on Sunday. The Raiders (4-10) overwhelmed the undermanned Chiefs (2-12) to snap a six-game losing streak. Sandwiched around those losses are a pair of wins over Kansas City, a rare bright spot in this disappointing season in Oakland.
There has been little to cheer for this season for the Chiefs, who have lost 10 of 11 games and are tied for the second most losses in franchise history behind a 2-14 mark in 2008.
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