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A-H-S-T, Avoca 46, Underwood 8Adair-Casey 34, Coon Rapids-Bayard 26Albia 41, Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont 0Alburnett 29, Tipton 21Ames 41, Johnston 7Ankeny Centennial 42, Mason City 17Ankeny Christian Academy 42, Mormon Trail, Garden Grove 17Assumption, Davenport 42, Davenport, North 14Audubon 36, Earlham 24Ballard 33, Newton 13BCLUW, Conrad 32, Iowa Valley, Marengo 6Beckman Catholic, Dyersville 42, ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) ? There's no telling how these wacky World Series games will end.One night after a rare obstruction call, this one finished with a pickoff play ? both firsts in postseason history. Oh, and Jonny Gomes hit a decisive, three-run homer when he wasn't even in the original lineup.An entertaining, even goofy World Series is tied at two games apiece after the Boston Red Sox beat the St. Louis Cardinals ...

The Pekin cross-country team put forth another dominating performance Thursday at Wildwood Park in Ottumwa.All seven boys varisty runners and seven girls varsity runners will be running in the state meet on Nov. 2. The girls came into the race as heavy favorites.?They were favored to win so the pressure was on to live up to their ranking,? Pekin coach Davis Eidahl said. ?They started fast and never looked ...

BOSTON (AP) ? Michael Wacha and his Cardinals bullpen provided the power pitching. Carlos Beltran, injected with a painkiller, came through with a huge hit. And this time, it was the Red Sox who were tripped up by fielding failures.Wacha bested John Lackey in a matchup of present and past rookie sensations, and St. Louis beat Boston 4-2 Thursday to even the World Series at a game apiece.?Somebody would have to ...

Fairfield swimming team hosted Keokuk, BurlingtonA message from Fairfield swim team coach Erin Cracker about the meet Thursday: The final home meet at Fairfield Aquatic Center for the Fairfield Trojan girls swim team sparkled with excitement. Each girl was on a mission to achieve her personal best against Burlington and Keokuk. I can officially state that each girl completed that. The biggest time drops were ...

Pekin will play its biggest football game of the year tonight in Packwood.BGM marches into Pekin with an 8-0 record and plenty of players returning from the team that made it to the state semifinals last season.BGM?s quarterback and top two running backs are each seniors. Running back Jack Kline already has more than 1,000 yards rushing and 23 touchdowns. Pekin coach Joe Donovan knows his Panthers will be ...

BOSTON (AP) ? Nearly a decade ago, the Boston Red Sox reversed The Curse.Now they?re even getting key calls turned around in the World Series, leaving them on the verge of an opening Fenway Park sweep for the third time in 10 seasons.And not even a need for instant replay. The umpires overturned this blown call on their own.After Dustin Pedroia was called out on a phantom force play in the first inning of ...

The Pekin Panthers will advance to the next round of regionals after a tough matchup Tuesday with Wapello.Pekin (11-10) entered its home playoff game winning only one of its previous seven matches. The Panthers would go on to win a close game by the score of 22-25, 25-23, 25-14, 21-25, 15-13.?We started off the match slow and made a lot of errors,? Pekin coach Ashley Bartels said. ?We picked it up by the third ...

The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press 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 4ARecordPtsPrv1. West Des Moines Dowling (13)8-013012. Pleasant Valley8-011523. Ames8-010634. Waukee7-17845. Cedar Rapids Xavier7-17456. Iowa City High7-16367. Iowa City West7-14510...

SwimmingThe Fairfield swim team lost a close matchup Monday at the Roosevelt Aquatic Center to Tipton by the score of 86-85It was senior night for Fairfield?s lone senior, Baylee Bowman. Bowman won the 100-yard freestyle and 100-yard backstroke. She was also part of the relay team that won the 200-yard medley relay and the 400-yard freestyle relay.Jada Lippincott, Brynna Bowman and Lauren Ward were the other ...

The Pekin seventh and eighth grade cross-country teams competed at the State Junior High Cross-Country Championships Saturday at Saydel High School in Des Moines. The seventh grade girls, consisting of Zoey Wright, Kelly Myers, Hunter Lock, Ayren Essary, Holly Loper and Kameron Fears, finished in first place. The seventh grade boys, consisting of Tony Deutschle, Jacob Weber, Blaze Muntz and Tyler Reynolds, also ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) ? Iowa is as deep at tight end as any other position group on its roster.The Hawkeyes exploited that advantage quite a bit against Ohio State ? and wound up with one of their best passing efforts of the season.Jake Rudock threw for 245 yards and a career-high three TDs, including one each to tight ends C.J. Fiedorowicz and Jake Duzey, in a 34-24 road loss to the fourth-ranked Buckeyes.The ...