MONDAY RESULTS – October 14

(cross country)

WAR EAGLE CONFERENCE MEET AT MARCUS

(girls results) TEAM STANDINGS:  1. Unity Christian (18)  ..  2. South O’Brien (51)  ..  3. Gehlen Catholic (79)  ..  4. Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn (92).  Individual champion:  Amaya Van Essen (Unity Christian) (20:03.30).  Gehlen Catholic results:  14th- Addison Weber (21:59.59), 15th-Harlie Tesch (22:05.49), 17th- Patricia Sitzmann (22:30.02), 20th- Kailey Sitzmann (23:22.50), 28th- Addison Arens (25:34.68) & 30th- Hannah Zubrod (26:29.62).  MMCRU results:  2nd- Kaitlyn Goth (20:04.42), 32nd- Nicole Specht (26:53.75) & 34th- Kaelee Letsche (28:12.72).  Remsen St. Mary’s results:  11th- Maria Russell (21:52.63) & 25th- Emma Galles (24:19.02).  Hinton results:  26th- Morgan Stucky (24:19.66), 29th- Johana Deandra (25:58.55) & 35th- Kayanna Kunkel (28:26.87).

(boys results)  TEAM STANDINGS:  1. Gehlen Catholic (43)  ..  2. Unity Christian (60)  ..  3. MMCRU (85)  ..  4. Hinton (100)  ..  5. South O’Brien (108)  ..  6. Trinity Christian (113).

Gehlen Catholic results:  1st- Will Roder (15:43.33), 2nd- Isaac Vaske (17:06.25), 10th- Carver Ruhland (18:00.22), 12th- Jeff Augustine (18:03.10), 22nd- Vittorio Ballestrazzi (18:51.47) & 27th- Nathan Nemmers (19:05.33).  MMCRU  results:  7th- Brett Staab (17:53.37), 13th- Owen Alesch (18:04.49), 20th- Preston Astidias (18:49.51), 26th- Kamden Steffen (18:58.20), 30th- Brayden Dirks (19:17.05), 32nd- Gunnar Grage (19:38.19) & 41st- Derek Goth (20:45.55).  Hinton results:  4th- Steven Greigg (17:24.94), 6th- Aiden Christiansen (17:49.06), 31st- Dylan Devries (19:35.19), 36th- Zach Spersma (20:12.83), 43rd- Will Schindler (21:31.11) & 49th- Garrett Moran (22:34.83).    Remsen St. Mary’s results:  28th- Brody Schorg (19:10.45), 39th- Carter Schorg (20:37.21)

(major league baseball playoffs)

NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES (best-of-seven)
(GAME 3) Washington 8, St. Louis 1 (Nationals lead series, 3-0)

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Washington Nationals can close out the first National League pennant in franchise history by beating the St. Louis Cardinals this afternoon. Stephen Strasburg struck out 12 while allowing an unearned run and seven hits over seven innings of the Nationals’ 8-1 rout of the Redbirds. Howie Kendrick doubled three times and drove in three runs for the Nats, who have outscored the Cards 13-2 in the series.

(N-F-L football)

Green Bay 23, Detroit 22

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) – The Green Bay Packers still lead the NFC North after Aaron Rodgers engineered a pair of late scoring drives in a 23-22 comeback win over the Detroit Lions. Mason Crosby’s 23-yard field goal as time expired gives the Packers a 5-1 record and drops the Lions to 2-2-1. Detroit led 22-13 until Rodgers hit Allen Lazard for a 35-yard touchdown with 9:01 to play.

 

 

TUESDAY RESULTS – October 15

(volleyball)

(#5-1A)Gehlen Catholic (21-7/7-2) def. Hinton 3-0.  (25-12, 25-18, 25-23)

Le Mars (16-16/4-3) def. Council Bluffs T-J 3-0.   (25-19, 25-14, 25-23)

Lady Bulldogs statistical leaders:  KILLS-  Pypr Stoeffler (12) & Kylie Dreckman (10).  ASSISTS- Brooke Haage (29).  BLOCKS- Kady Leusink & Kylie Dreckman (4 each).  DIGS- Pypr Stoeffler (18), Alivia Van Otterloo (15) & Jacenta Sargisson (13).  SERVING- Jacenta Sargisson (15-15/ 1 ace), Kady Leusink (13-13/ 2 aces) & Brooke Haage (12-12).

(major league baseball playoffs)

AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES (best-of-seven)
(GAME 3) Houston 4, N.Y. Yankees 1  (Astros lead series, 2-1)

NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES (best-of-seven)
(GAME 4) Washington 7, St. Louis 4  (Nationals win series, 4-0)

NEW YORK (AP) – Gerrit Cole worked seven shutout innings and the Houston Astros took a two-games-to-one lead in the American League Championship Series with a 4-1 victory over the New York Yankees. Cole struck out seven and allowed four hits while improving to 3-0 with a 0.40 ERA in three starts this postseason. Jose Altuve and Josh Reddick belted solo homers to back Cole, who is 19-0 in 25 starts since a May 22 loss to the Chicago White Sox.

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Washington Nationals have their first National League pennant after erupting for seven runs in the first inning to complete a four-game sweep of St. Louis, 7-4. Trea Turner led off the game with a hit, scored the first run and capped the Nats’ outburst with a two-run single. The Cardinals managed just six runs and 16 hits the entire series, allowing a Washington team advance to a World Series for the first time since the 1933 Senators.

 

 

WEDNESDAY RESULTS – October 16

(major league baseball playoffs)

AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES (best-of-seven)
(GAME 4) Houston at N.Y. Yankees  – postponed, rain

 

 

THURSDAY RESULTS – October 17

(cross country)

MISSOURI RIVER CONFERENCE MEET AT BRUNSVILLE

(girls results)  TEAM STANDINGS:  1. Bishop Heelan (49)  ..  2. Sioux City East (51)  ..  3. Sioux City North (69)  ..  4. Le Mars (101)  ..  5. Sergeant Bluff-Luton (103)  ..  6. Council Bluffs A-L (123)  ..  7. Council Bluffs T-J (202)  ..  8. Sioux City West (238).  Individual champion:  Kaia Downs (Sioux City East ) (19:00.28).     Le Mars results:  11th- Chloe Calhoun  (20:39.51) (all-conf.), 13th- Kara Albrecht (21:10.34)(all-conf.),

(Kara Albrecht)            (Chloe Calhoun)

26th- Paige Washburn (22:08.05), 28th- Emily Chamberlain (22:17.26), 37th- Lilly McNaughton (23:11.96) & 43rd- Katie Cunningham (24:18.92).  J.V. results:  1. Sergeant Bluff-Luton  ..  6. Le Mars.  1st-Mariah Morrow (Sioux City East) (22:31.38).  13th- Clara O’Dwyer (Le Mars) (23:59.55)  ..  16th- Rebecca Hulinsky (Le Mars) (24:09.77).

(boys results)  TEAM STANDINGS:  1. Sioux City North (24)-new MRAC record  ..  2. Council Bluffs T-J (66)  ..  3. Le Mars (76)  ..  4. Sergeant Bluff-Luton (103)  ..  5. Sioux City East (110)  ..  6. Council Bluffs A-L (131)  ..  7. Sioux City West (201)  ..  8. Bishop Heelan (206).  Individual champion:  Jayson Bouwers (Sioux City North) (15:46.59).     Le Mars results:  9th- Jason Sudtelgte (17:06.88)(all-conf.)(new school record time), 11th- Ethan Hulinsky (17:08.51)(all-conf.),

(Jason Sudtelgte) (Ethan Hulinsky)

17th- Jackson Sudtelgte (17:41.89), 18th- Blake Dirksen (17:47.19), 21st- Kaden Wingert (17:58.29), 37th- Michael Meis (19:02.08) & 38th- Kyle Herbst (19:14.88).  J.V. results:  1. Sioux City North  ..  4. Le Mars.  1st- Yemane Kifle (Siou(x City North) (17:02.12)  ..  9th- Juan Sanchez (Le Mars (18:54.18), 14th- Jacob O’Dwyer (19:08.86) & 18th-Austin Haworth (19:31.00).

(volleyball)

(#5-1A)Gehlen Catholic (22-7/8-2) def. Harris-Lake Park 3-0.   (25-19, 25-10, 25-12)

(high school football)

CLASS 4A – District 1
Sioux City East 38, Des Moines Lincoln 7

(N-F-L football)

Kansas City 30 Denver 6

DENVER (AP) – It was a costly win for the Kansas City Chiefs over the Denver Broncos Thursday night. K.C. snapped a two-game losing streak but lost quarterback sensation Patrick Mahomes, who injured his right knee in the second quarter. He was injured on a sneak. He is a big reason why Kansas City was a preseason favorite to reach its second straight AFC championship game. The Chiefs won 30-6.

(major league baseball playoffs)

AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES (best-of-seven)
(GAME 4) Houston 8, N.Y. Yankees 3  (Astros lead series, 3-1)

NEW YORK (AP) – The Astros lead the AL Championship Series 3-1, putting the 2017 World Series winners on the brink of a showdown with the NL champion Washington Nationals. The Astros beat the New York Yankees 8-3 Thursday night in Game 4. The Yankees are at risk of failing to make the World Series for an entire decade for the first time since the 1910s. Game 5 is tonight.

 

 

FRIDAY RESULTS – October 18

(high school football)

SPENCER — Tate Westhoff led Le Mars back from a pair of 14-point deficits, throwing for three touchdowns and running for another, in a 30-28 win at Spencer Friday night in Class 3A Distrct 1 football action.  Westhoff led a late charge by the Bulldogs in the final 4:52 of the game, firing a 28-yard TD-pass to Colton Hoag followed by a two-point conversion pass to Carter Arens to trim Spencer’s lead to 28-22 with 2:05 to play.  Aisea Toki then recovered an onside kick, setting the Dogs up at the Tiger 47 with 1:52 remaining.  Five plays later, Westhoff fired a 23-yard touchdown pass to Carter Arens, who was able to stretch the ball over the goal line as he was being tackled with 33.8 to play to tie the score at 28-all.  A two-point conversion pass to Hoag gave Le Mars the cushion for victory.  The Bulldogs scored on their first two possessions of the second half to erase a 14-0 halftime deficit.  Westhoff flipped a five-yard TD-pass to Toki to trim the deficit to 14-6 and then a quarterback sneak by Westhoff capped an 11-play, 61 yard march to draw the Dogs to within 14-12.  Trevor Smith took a direct snap and ran the two-point conversion in to forge a 14-14 tie.  Isaiah Spencer’s ten-yard run put the Tigers back in front 21-14 and a 20-yard TD-pass from Gage Garnatz to twin brother Griffin Garnatz with 4:52 to play seemingly sealed the Bulldogs fate.  Tate Westhoff finished with 307 yards passing on 22 of 46.  Aisea Toki and Anthony Lamoreux caught five passes each and Colton Hoag hauled in four.  Spencer rolled up 341 yards on the ground.  Le Mars improves to 5-3 and 2-2 in the district.  Spencer slides to 4-4 and 2-2 in district play.

LE MARS —  Hinton took over the top spot in the Class A District 1 football standings Friday night, spoiling Gehlen’s homecoming with a hard-fought 16-6 victory at Jim Lorenzen Field.  Kade Hoefling broke up a scoreless game with a 20-yard run in the second quarter and Andrew Hessa’s 35-yard field as time expired in the first half put the Blackhawks ahead 9-0 at the break.  Derek Anderson fired a 19-yard touchdown pass to Kyle Brighton with 6:01 to play to extend the lead to 16-0 before freshman Conner Kraft connected with homecoming king, Ethan Peters, on a 52-yard scoring pass for the Jays lone touchdown with 2:34 to play.  It was the first points against the Blackhawks defense since September 13th. Gehlen’s starting sophomore quarterback, Ryan Livermore, left  suffered from muscle spasms in the back for much of the game after a first half hit and Zach Kraft left after a hard hit in the second half with a shoulder injury.  The Jays managed just 142 yards against the top defense in the district.   Kade Hoefling ran for 74 yards for Hinton, who improves to 6-2 with a 4-0 district mark.  Gehlen Catholic, despite falling to 5-3 and 3-1 in district play, still could be part of a three-way, first place tie in the district race if South O’Brien wins at Hinton next Friday night and Gehlen would have to win at Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn in their regular season finale’ next Friday.

CLASS 3A – District 1
Le Mars (5-3/2-2) 30, Spencer 28
(#6)Sergeant Bluff-Luton 41, Denison-Schleswig 14
Bishop Heelan 33, Storm Lake 30

CLASS A – District 1
Hinton (6-2/4-0) 16, Gehlen Catholic (5-3/3-1) 6 (homecoming)
South O’Brien 35, Akron-Westfield (0-8/0-4) 0
Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 60, MMCRU (0-8/0-4) 8

CLASS A – District 2
Alta/Aurelia 33, Fort Dodge St. Edmond 7
Manson-NW Webster 29, Ridge View 12

CLASS A – District 10
(#8)Woodbury Central 24, Lawton-Bronson 6
Logan-Magnolia 28, West Monona 20
(#10)Tri-Center 28, Westwood 8

CLASS 1A – District 1
(#8)West Lyon 54, Sibley-Ocheyedan 6
(#3)Western Christian 28, Emmetsburg 7
(#4)West Sioux 48, Unity Christian 6

CLASS 1A – District 9
Underwood 60, Cherokee Washington 0
Treynor 63, MVAOCOU 0

CLASS 2A – District 1
Central Lyon/George-Little Rock 26, (#9)Sioux Center 20, overtime
Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 42 M-O-C/Floyd Valley 12
Sheldon 40, Okoboji 21

CLASS 2A – District 2
(#3)Algona 34, (#10)Spirit Lake 32
Southeast Valley 24, Estherville/Lincoln Central 8

CLASS 4A
(#9)Ankeny 90, Sioux City North 7 (District 1)
Fort Dodge 57, Sioux City West 0 (District 2)

EIGHT-MAN – District 1
(#2)Remsen St. Mary’s (8-0/6-0) 50, Newell-Fonda 0
Kingsley-Pierson (4-4/3-2) 36, Ar-We-Va 22
River Valley 48, West Bend Mallard 14

(cross country)

UNITY CHRISTIAN INVITATIONAL AT ORANGE CITY

(girls results)  TEAM STANDINGS:  1. Spencer (32)  ..  2. Unity Christian (67)  ..  3. M-O-C/Floyd Valley (87)  ..  4. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley (124)  ..  5. Sibley-Ocheyedan (129)  ..  6. Western Christian (148)  ..  7. Okoboji (183)  ..  8. George-Little Rock/Central Lyon (199)  ..  9. West Lyon (225)  ..  10. Gehlen Catholic.  Individual champion:  Elisha Fisher (Spencer) (19:29.50).  Gehlen results:  36th- Addison Weber (22:59.05), 47th- Harlie Tesch (23:26.12), 51st- Patricia Sitzmann (24:02.27), 52nd- Kailey Sitzmann (24:10.83), 61st- Addison Arens (25:35.41) & 63rd- Hannah Zubrod (25:53.70).

(boys results)  TEAM STANDINGS:  1. M-O-C/Floyd Valley (83)  ..  2. Spencer (116)  ..  3. Okoboji (127)  ..  4. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley (132)  ..  5. George-Little Rock/Central Lyon (162)  ..  6. Sioux Center (163)  ..  7. Gehlen Catholic (183)  ..  8. Western Christian (193)  ..  9. Sibley-Ocheyedan (194)  ..  10. Unity Christian (216)  ..  11. West Lyon (245)  ..  12. Sheldon (258)  ..  13. Trinity Christian (270).  Gehlen Catholic results:  1st- Will Roder (16:28.33), 9th- Isaac Vaske (17:20.11), 40th- Carver Ruhland (18:43.82), 53rd- Vittorio Ballestrazzi (19:19.36) & 80th- Brian Schmit (21:42.77).

(college football)

(4) Ohio State 52, Northwestern 3

EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) – Justin Fields threw for 194 yards and four touchdowns as fourth-ranked Ohio State blasted Northwestern, 52-3 to improve to 7-0 overall and 4-0 in the Big Ten. Fields matched a career high with 22 touchdown passes this season and completed 18 of 23 passes for 194 yards. J.K. Dobbins has 947 yards rushing already this season after gaining 121 more while scoring two touchdowns.

(major league baseball playoffs)

AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES (best-of-seven)
(GAME 5) N.Y. Yankees 4, Houston 1  (Astros lead series, 3-2)

NEW YORK (AP) – The New York Yankees and Houston Astros will play Game 6 of the American League Championship Series later today. The Yankees extended the series by homering twice and getting six strong innings from winning pitcher James Paxton in a 4-1 decision over the Astros. D.J. LeMahieu hit a leadoff homer and Aaron Hicks added a three-run blast in the first inning off Justin Verlander after Houston took a 1-0 lead on a wild pitch.

 

 

SATURDAY RESULTS – October 19

(volleyball)

BISHOP HEELAN TOURNAMENT  —  Le Mars (18-18) went 2-2 for the day.

(#1-2A)Western Christian def. Le Mars 2-0.  (21-7, 21-8)  ..  Le Mars def. Worthington (MN) 2-1.  (21-16, 18-21, 15-12)  ..  Le Mars def. Lawton- Bronson 2-1.   (21-15, 17-21, 15-11)  ..  (#15-3A)Sioux Center def. Le Mars 2-0.  (21-15, 21-14).

Lady Bulldogs statistical leaders:  KILLS- Pypr Stoeffler (22) & Jacenta Sargisson (20).  ASSISTS- Brooke Haage (52).  BLOCKS- Kylie Dreckman (6) and Kady Leusink & Maddi Pippett (3 each).  DIGS- Jacenta Sargisson (43), Pypr Stoeffler (29), Brooke Haage (22) & Kady Leusink (20).  SERVING- Pypr Stoeffler (39-40/ 8 aces), Kady Leusink (24-25), Brooke Haage (23-24), Jacenta Sargisson (20-20/ 2 aces).

(college football)

(23) Iowa 26, Purdue 20
Iowa State 34, Texas Tech 24
Nebraska was idle

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s defense might be as good as any in America.  The Hawkeyes’ offense is lagging way behind though, and that inconsistency is threatening to submarine their season.  Mekhi Sargent ran for a 14-yard score with 2:16 left and 23rd-ranked Iowa held off Purdue 26-20 on Saturday, snapping a two-game losing streak.  Tyler Goodson scored his first career touchdown from a yard out and Keith Duncan kicked four field goals for the Hawkeyes (5-2, 2-2 Big Ten).

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Brock Purdy and the Iowa State Cyclones have been on quite a roll since late in the game that got away in their other trip to Texas.  Purdy threw for 378 yards and three touchdowns, freshman Breece Hall ran 75 yards for the first of his two scores and Iowa State (5-2, 3-1 Big 12) took a big lead early in a 34-24 victory against Texas Tech on Saturday.

AP Top 10 Games:
(1) Alabama 35, Tennessee 13
(2) L-S-U 36, Mississippi State 13
(3) Clemson 45, Louisville 10
(5) Oklahoma 52, West Virginia 14
Illinois 24, (6) Wisconsin 23
(7) Penn State 28, (16) Michigan 21
(9) Florida 38, South Carolina 27
(10) Georgia 21, Kentucky 0

G-P-A-C Games:
Morningside 61, Jamestown (N.D.) 0
Northwestern 17, Concordia (NE) 7
Dordt 61, Doane 0
Briar Cliff was idle

(major league baseball playoffs)

AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES (best-of-seven)
(GAME 6) Houston 6, N.Y. Yankees 4  (Astros win series, 4-2)

HOUSTON (AP) — Jose Altuve, the 5-foot-6 driving force of the Houston Astros, delivered a swing that will play in Astros’ highlights forever.  Altuve homered off Aroldis Chapman with two outs in the ninth inning and Houston outlasted the New York Yankees 6-4 Saturday night to advance to the World Series for the second time in three years.  In a bullpen Game 6 with a back-and-forth finish, DJ LeMahieu hit a tying, two-run shot off Astros closer Roberto Osuna in the top of the ninth.  Altuve answered with a two-run drive to left-center, setting off a wild celebration at Minute Maid Park and earning himself AL Championship Series MVP.

 

 

SUNDAY RESULTS – October 20

(N-F-L football)

L.A. Rams 37, Atlanta 10
Buffalo 31, Miami 21
Jacksonville 27, Cincinnati 17
Minnesota 42, Detroit 30
Green Bay 42, Oakland 24
Indianapolis 30, Houston 23
Arizona 27, N.Y. Giants 21
San Francisco 9, Washington 0
Tennessee 23, L.A. Chargers 20
New Orleans 36, Chicago 25
Baltimore 30, Seattle 16
Dallas 37, Philadelphia 10

Monday: New England at N.Y. Jets