MONDAY RESULTS – November 5
(major league baseball)
NEW YORK (AP) – Boston outfielder Mookie Betts, Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout and Cleveland’s Jose Ramirez are finalists for the AL MVP, while Milwaukee outfielder Christian Yelich, Colorado third baseman Nolan Arenado and Chicago Cubs infielder Javier Baez are up for the NL’s top honor. The Cy Young Award finalists are Tampa Bay lefty Blake Snell, Indians ace Corey Kluber and Houston right-hander Justin Verlander on the American League side, and New York Mets ace Jason de Grom, Washington’s Max Scherzer and Philadelphia’s Aaron Nola in the National League. Angels DH Shohei Ohtani will be battling Yankees outfielder Gleyber Torres and Miguel Andujar for the AL Rookie of the Year, while Dodgers pitcher Walker Buehler, Braves outfielder Ronald Acuna Jr. and Washington outfielder Juan Soto are the rookie finalists in the NL.
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) – Former players Harold Baines, Orel Hershiser, Will Clark, and Joe Carter are on a 10-man ballot for the baseball Hall of Fame’s Today’s Game Era committee to consider next month. Will Clark and Lee Smith are on the ballot, as are late New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner and former managers Lou Piniella, Davey Johnson and Charlie Manuel. The 16-member committee will meet Dec. 9 at the winter meetings in Las Vegas, and a candidate will need at least 12 votes to be elected.
(N-F-L football)
Tennessee 28, Dallas 14
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) – Marcus Mariota fumbled on the Tennessee Titans’ first two possessions before throwing for two touchdowns and running for another in a 28-14 victory at Dallas. Mariota was 21 of 29 for 240 yards without an interception as the Titans ended a three-game skid and evened their record at 4-4. Amari Cooper made his Cowboys debut and grabbed five passes for 58 yards, including a four-yard scoring pass from Dak Prescott in the first quarter.
(N-B-A basketball)
Houston 98, Indiana 94
Miami 120, Detroit 115, OT
Orlando 102, Cleveland 100
Chicago 116, New York 115, 2OT
Oklahoma City 122, New Orleans 116
Denver 115, Boston 107
Toronto 124, Utah 111
Golden State 117, Memphis 101
L.A. Clippers 120, Minnesota 109
(N-H-L hockey)
New Jersey 5, Pittsburgh 1
Boston 2, Dallas 1, OT
Montreal 4, N.Y. Islanders 3, SO
Washington 4, Edmonton 2
Philadelphia 5, Arizona 2
TUESDAY RESULTS November 6
(high school volleyball)
STATE TOURNAMENT AT THE U-S CELLULAR CENTER IN CEDAR RAPIDS
CLASS 5A QUARTERFINALS
#1-Cedar Falls (45-0) def. #10-Waukee (29-15) 3-0
#2-Ankeny Centennial (39-3) def. #7-Dowling Catholic (29-13) 3-1
#5-Linn-Mar (32-9) def. #4-Cedar Rapids Jefferson (37-7) 3-1
#3-West Des Moines Valley (41-3) def. #6-Ankeny (31-13) 3-0
CLASS 4A QUARTERFINALS
#1-Sergeant Bluff-Luton (35-6) def. #8-West Delaware (33-11) 3-1
#2-Cedar Rapids Xavier (28-8) def. #7-Pella (31-7) 3-0
#4-Dubuque Wahlert (24-12) def. #5-Independence (34-7) 3-2
#3-Dallas Center-Grimes (36-4) def. #6-Bondurant-Farrar (34-3) 3-0
(college basketball)
Top-25 games:
(1) Kansas 92, (10) Michigan St. 87
(4) Duke 118, (2) Kentucky 84
(3) Gonzaga 120, Idaho St. 79
(5) Virginia 73, Towson 42
(6) Tennessee 86, Lenoir-Rhyne 41
(7) Nevada 86, BYU 70
(8) North Carolina 78, Wofford 67
(9) Villanova 100, Morgan St. 77
(11) Auburn 101, South Alabama 58
(14) Oregon 84, Portland St. 57
(16) Syracuse 66, E. Washington 34
(17) Florida St. 81, Florida 60
(19) Michigan 63, Norfolk St. 44
(21) UCLA 96, Fort Wayne 71
(22) Clemson 100, The Citadel 80
(23) LSU 94, SE Louisiana 63
(24) Purdue 90, Fairfield 57
(25) Washington 73, W. Kentucky 55
(N-B-A basketball)
Charlotte 113, Atlanta 102
Dallas 119, Washington 100
Brooklyn 104, Phoenix 82
Portland 118, Milwaukee 103
(N-H-L hockey)
Columbus 4, Dallas 1
Toronto 3, Vegas 1
N.Y. Rangers 5, Montreal 3
Ottawa 7, New Jersey 3
Detroit 3, Vancouver 2, SO
Tampa Bay 5, Edmonton 2
St. Louis 4, Carolina 1
San Jose 4, Minnesota 3
Los Angeles 4, Anaheim 1
WEDNESDAY RESULTS – November 7
(high school volleyball)
STATE TOURNAMENT AT THE U-S CELLULAR CENTER IN CEDAR RAPIDS
CLASS 1A QUARTERFINALS
#2-Gehlen Catholic (28-4) def. #8-East Mills (28-6) 3-0 (25-17, 25-14, 25-20)
Gehlen statistical leaders: KILLS– Katie Peters 13, Katelyn Langel 10 and Brooklyn Heissel 5. ASSISTS– Sydney Livermore 18 and Anna Britt 10. BLOCKS– several with 1 each. DIGS– Chloe Bunkers 12. ACE SERVES– Katie Peters 6, Aubree Nilles 5 and Anna Britt 4. (Lady Jays finished with 16 aces)
#1-Janesville (44-5) def. #11-Gladbrook-Reinbeck (28-10) 3-0
#6-Tripoli (24-15) def. #4-Starmont (29-7) 3-1
#3-Holy Trinity Catholic (36-3) def. #7-Montezuma (29-10) 3-0
CLASS 3A QUARTERFINALS
#6-Osage (30-6) def. #4-Davenport Assumption (31-6) 3-2
#2-Tipton (38-3) def. #13-New Hampton (36-6) 3-1
#1-Kuemper Catholic (43-1) def. Clarion-Goldfield-Dows (27-9) 3-0
#9-Mount Vernon (28-15) def. #3-M-O-C/Floyd Valley (28-8) 3-1
CLASS 2A QUARTERFINALS
#2-Beckman Catholic (44-3) def. #11-Wilton (36-5) 3-0
#3-Western Christian (40-5) def. #8-Treynor (33-8) 3-2
#5-Unity Christian (31-6) def. #6-Dike-New Hartford (35-13) 3-0
#4-Sidney (39-2) def. #7-Tri-Center (31-8) 3-1
(college basketball)
Dakota Wesleyan 88, Northwestern 75 (former Le Mars Bulldog, Trent Hilbrands, had 20 pts. & 8 reb. & former Hinton Blackhawk, Jay Small, had 7 pts. for NW)
(20) TCU 66, Cal State-Bakersfield 61
(N-B-A basketball)
Detroit 103, Orlando 96
Oklahoma City 95, Cleveland 86
Miami 95, San Antonio 88
New York 112, Atlanta 107
Memphis 89, Denver 87
New Orleans 107, Chicago 98
Philadelphia 100, Indiana 94
Utah 117, Dallas 102
Toronto 114, Sacramento 105
L.A. Lakers 114, Minnesota 110
(N-H-L hockey)
Washington 2, Pittsburgh 1
Nashville 4, Colorado 1
Anaheim 3, Calgary 2
THURSDAY RESULTS – November 8
(high school volleyball)
STATE TOURNAMENT AT THE U-S CELLULAR CENTER IN CEDAR RAPIDS
CLASS 5A SEMIFINALS
#1-Cedar Falls (46-0) def. #5-Linn-Mar (32-10) 3-0
#2-Ankeny Centennial (40-3) def. #3-West Des Moines Valley (41-4) 3-2
CLASS 4A SEMIFINALS
#4-Dubuque Wahlert (25-12) def. #1-Sergeant Bluff-Luton (35-7) 3-1
#2-Cedar Rapids Xavier (29-8) def. #3-Dallas Center-Grimes (36-5) 3-1
CLASS 3A SEMIFINALS
#1-Kuemper Catholic (44-1) def. #6-Osage (30-7) 3-2
#2-Tipton (39-3) def. #9-Mount Vernon (28-16) 3-1
CLASS 2A SEMIFINALS
#5-Unity Christian (32-6) def. #2-Beckman Catholic (44-4) 3-1
#3-Western Christian (41-5) def. #4-Sidney (39-3) 3-0
CLASS 1A SEMIFINALS
#1-Janesville (45-5) def. #6-Tripoli (24-16) 3-0
#3-Holy Trinity Catholic (37-3) def. #2-Gehlen Catholic (28-5) 3-1. (25-15, 26-28, 25-20, 25-16) Lady Jays statistical leaders: KILLS– Katie Peters 21, Katelyn Langel 9, Brooklyn Heissel 7, Sydney Livermore 6, and Aubree Nilles 5. . (Emily Box 22 & Eryn Anderson 13 led Holy Trinity). ASSISTS– Sydney Livermore 27 & Anna Britt 19. BLOCKS– Katelyn Langel 9 & Sydney Livermore 7. DIGS– Chloe Bunkers 25, Brooklyn Heissel 18, Katie Peters 17, Anna Britt 15, & Sydney Livermore 11. ACE SERVES– Aubree Nilles 2
(high school playoff football)
SEMIFINALS AT THE UNI-DOME IN CEDAR FALLS
8-PLAYER
#6-New London (11-1) 60, #5-Fremont Mills (10-2) 54
Rockford (11-1) 52, #4-Southeast Warren (12-1) 19
CLASS 3A
#8-Epworth, Western Dubuque (10-2) 35, #5-Sergeant Bluff-Luton (10-2) 18
#1-Cedar Rapids Xavier (12-0) 37, #2-Lewis Central (11-1) 13
(college basketball)
Iowa 77, Missouri-Kansas City 63
(college football)
Top 25 game:
Wake Forest 27, (22) North Carolina State 23
(N-F-L football)
Pittsburgh 52, Carolina 21
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers earned their fifth consecutive win as Ben Roethlisberger threw for 328 yards and five touchdowns in a 52-21 thrashing of the Carolina Panthers. Antonio Brown had a 53-yard scoring grab, hours after being cited for speeding over 100 mph. James Conner ran for 65 yards and a score before leaving late with a possible concussion.
(N-B-A basketball)
Oklahoma City 98, Houston 80
Boston 116, Phoenix 109, OT
Portland 116, L.A. Clippers 105
Milwaukee 134, Golden State 111
(N-H-L hockey)
Vancouver 8, Boston 5
Florida 4, Edmonton 1
Philadelphia 5, Arizona 4, OT
Buffalo 6, Montreal 5, OT
Vegas 5, Ottawa 3
Tampa Bay 4, N.Y. Islanders 2
Carolina 4, Chicago 3
Dallas 4, San Jose 3
Minnesota 3, Los Angeles 1
(major league baseball news)
UNDATED (AP) —The World Series-champion Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Indians each landed two players on the American League Silver Slugger team. Red Sox stars Mookie Betts and J.D. Martinez are on the squad, as are infielders Jose Ramirez and Francisco Lindor of the Indians. Colorado has a major league-high three players on the team: Nolan Arenado, Trevor Story and German Marquez.
CARLSBAD, Calif. (AP) — The Seattle Mariners have acquired outfielder and leadoff hitter Mallex Smith from Tampa Bay in a five-player package that sends catcher Mike Zunino and outfielder Guillermo Heredia to the Rays.Smith swiped a career-high 40 bags this year for a team that finished second in the majors with 128 steals. The entire Mariners lineup totaled just 39 more stolen bases than Smith, who also hit .296 and tied for the major league lead with 10 triples.
FRIDAY RESULTS – November 9
(high school volleyball)
STATE TOURNAMENT AT THE U-S CELLULAR CENTER IN CEDAR RAPIDS
CLASS 5A CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
#2-Ankeny Centennial (41-3) def. #1-Cedar Falls (46-1) 3-0
CLASS 4A CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
#4-Dubuque Wahlert (26-12) def. #2-Cedar Rapids Xavier (29-9) 3-1
CLASS 3A CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
#1-Kuemper Catholic (45-1) def. #2-Tipton (39-4) 3-1
CLASS 2A CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
#3-Western Christian (42-5) def. #5-Unity Christian (32-7) 3-1`
CLASS 1A CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
#1-Janesville (46-5) def. #3-Holy Trinity Catholic (37-4) 3-0
NOTE: Gehlen Catholic’s Katie Peters was named to the 1A All-Tournament team for the second year in a row.
(high school playoff football)
SEMIFINALS AT THE UNI-DOME IN CEDAR FALLS
CLASS A
#1-Hudson (12-0) 35, #9-West Hancock (9-3) 28
#2-AHSTW, Avoca (12-0) 39, #5-Edgewood-Coleburg (10-2) 12
CLASS 4A
#5-Dowling Catholic (10-2) 41, #4-Bettendorf (10-2) 34, 4 OTs
#2-Cedar Falls (12-0) 26, Southeast Polk (6-6) 12
(college football)
Top 25 games:
(13) Syracuse 54, Louisville 23
Boise State 24, (16) Fresno State 17
(college basketball)
Iowa State 76, Missouri 59
Top-25 games:
(2) Kentucky 71, Southern Illinois 59
(6) Tennessee 87, Louisiana-Lafayette 65
(7) Nevada 83, Pacific 61
(8) North Carolina 116, Elon 67
(11) Auburn 88, (25) Washington 66
(12) Kansas State 56, Kennesaw State 41
Buffalo 99, (13) West Virginia 94, OT
(14) Oregon 81, Eastern Washington 47
(15) Virginia Tech 87, Gardner-Webb 59
(18) Mississippi State 95, Austin Peay 67
(21) UCLA 91, Long Beach State 80
(22) Clemson 71, North Carolina Central 51
(23) LSU 97, UNC-Greensboro 91
(N-B-A basketball)
Orlando 117, Washington 108
Philadelphia 133, Charlotte 132, OT
Detroit 124, Atlanta 109
Indiana 110, Miami 102
Brooklyn 112, Denver 110
Utah 123, Boston 115
Sacramento 121, Minnesota 110
(N-H-L hockey)
Toronto 6, New Jersey 1
Columbus 2, Washington 1
Detroit 3, N.Y. Rangers 2, OT
St. Louis 4, San Jose 0
Winnipeg 5, Colorado 2
Minnesota 5, Anaheim 1
SATURDAY RESULTS – November 10
(high school playoff football)
SEMIFINALS AT THE UNI-DOME IN CEDAR FALLS
CLASS 1A
#1-Dike-New Hartford (12-0) 34, Pella Christian (8-4) 21
#5-West Sioux (11-1) 38, #3-Van Meter (11-1) 35
CLASS 2A
#2-Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley (11-1) 48, #3-Waukon (10-2) 12
#1-P-C-M, Monroe (12-0) 27, West Liberty (10-2) 0
(college football)
Morningside 49, Jamestown 13
Northwestern 31, Briar Cliff 14
Dordt 27, Midland Lutheran 21
Simpson 56, Buena Vista 7
Northwestern 14, Iowa 10
Nebraska 54, Illinois 35
(23) Iowa State 28, Baylor 14
Youngstown State 31, U-N-I 10
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Isaiah Bowser ran for 165 yards and a touchdown and Northwestern upset Iowa 14-10 to clinch a spot in the Big Ten Championship. The Wildcats will now await their opponent for the league title game in Indianapolis next month.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Adrian Martinez threw for 290 yards and accounted for four touchdowns and Devine Ozigbo ran for 162 yards and three scores to lead Nebraska past mistake-prone Illinois 54-35. Illinois committed turnovers on four of five full possessions spanning the halves and Nebraska converted them into 24 points.
AMES, Iowa (AP) — Brock Purdy threw for 230 yards and a touchdown and ran for another score and No. 23 Iowa State held off Baylor 28-14, winning a fifth straight Big 12 game in the same season for the first time. Deshaunte Jones caught a TD pass and threw a 2-point conversion for the Cyclones.
Top 25 games:
(1) Alabama 24, (18) Mississippi State 0
(2) Clemson 27, (17) Boston College 7
(3) Notre Dame 42, Florida State 13
(4) Michigan 42, Rutgers 7
(5) Georgia 27, Auburn 10
(6) Oklahoma 48, Oklahoma State 47
(7) West Virginia 47, T-C-U 10
(8) Ohio State 26, (24) Michigan State 6
(9) L-S-U 24, Arkansas 17
(10) Washington State 31, Colorado 7
(11) U-C-F 35, Navy 24
Tennessee 24, (12) Kentucky 7
(14) Utah State 62, San Jose State 24
(15) Texas 41, Texas Tech 34
(19) Florida 35, South Carolina 31
(21) Penn State 21, Wisconsin 10
(25) Cincinnati 35, South Florida 23
(college basketball)
(W) Buena Vista 63, Iowa Wesleyan 46 (former Le Mars’ athletes, senior Holly Schneider had 14 pts. & 14 reb. while freshman sister Jennifer Schneider added 7 pts. & 5 reb. for B-V) (The Lady Beavers are coached by Dana Christens, the former Dana Lehner, a Le Mars graduate)
Dakota State 105, Northwestern 98, 2 ots (former Le Mars Bulldog, Trent Hilbrands, had 25 pts. & 12 reb. & former Hinton Blackhawk, Jay Small, had 14 pts. & 7 reb. for NW)
Morningside 77, Dordt 66 (former Le Mars Bulldog, Tyler Borchers, had 12 pt.s & 4 reb. for Morningside)
(3) Gonzaga 104, Texas Southern 67
(9) Villanova 86, Quinnipiac 53
(16) Syracuse 84, Morehead State 70
(19) Michigan 56, Holy Cross 37
(24) Purdue 84, Ball State 75
(N-B-A basketball)
Toronto 128, New York 112
L.A. Clippers 128, Milwaukee 126, OT
New Orleans 119, Phoenix 99
Chicago 99, Cleveland 98
Memphis 112, Philadelphia 106, OT
Washington 116, Miami 110
Golden State 116, Brooklyn 100
San Antonio 96, Houston 89
Dallas 111, Oklahoma City 96
L.A. Lakers 101, Sacramento 86
(N-H-L hockey)
Philadelphia 4, Chicago 0
Buffalo 4, Vancouver 3, SO
Nashville 5, Dallas 4, OT
Boston 5, Toronto 1
Florida 4, N.Y. Islanders 2
Pittsburgh 4, Arizona 0
Montreal 5, Vegas 4
Detroit 4, Carolina 3, SO
Ottawa 6, Tampa Bay 4
N.Y. Rangers 5, Columbus 4, SO
Calgary 1, Los Angeles 0
SUNDAY RESULTS – November 11
(college basketball)
Iowa 93, Green Bay 82
Top 25 games:
(4) Duke 94, Army 72
(5) Virginia 76, George Washington 57
(10) Michigan State 106, Florida Gulf Coast 82
(18) Mississippi State 77, Hartford 59
(20) TCU 79, Oral Roberts 62
(N-F-L football)
New Orleans 51, Cincinnati 14
Cleveland 28, Atlanta 16
Kansas City 26, Arizona 14
Tennessee 34, New England 10
Washington 16, Tampa Bay 3
Indianapolis 29, Jacksonville 26
Buffalo 41, N.Y. Jets 10
Chicago 34, Detroit 22
L.A. Chargers 20, Oakland 6
Green Bay 31, Miami 12
L.A. Rams 36, Seattle 31
Dallas 27, Philadelphia 20
(N-B-A basketball)
Charlotte 113, Detroit 103
Houston 115, Indiana 103
Orlando 115, New York 89
Milwaukee 121, Denver 114
Portland 100, Boston 94
L.A. Lakers 107, Atlanta 106
(N-H-L hockey)
Minnesota 3, St. Louis 2
Florida 5, Ottawa 1
Arizona 4, Washington 1
Winnipeg 5, New Jersey 2
Boston 4, Vegas 1
San Jose 3, Calgary 1
Colorado 4, Edmonton 1
