Tuesday October 10th Local Sports

TODAY:
AM-1300 KGLO — AL Division Series, Game 3 — Minnesota vs. Houston — pre-game 2:00, first pitch 3:00

 

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Sonny Gray was a high school quarterback who helped his team win consecutive Tennessee state football championships before narrowing his focus and joining Vanderbilt’s prestigious baseball program. He’s pitched 11 years in the major leagues and made the All-Star Game three times along the way. Gray got his first career win in the playoffs last week for the Minnesota Twins in a two-game AL Wild Card Series sweep of the Toronto Blue Jays. The Twins will gladly give Gray the ball for the pivotal Game 3 of their AL Division Series against the Houston Astros.

 

 

DES MOINES — Clear Lake, St. Ansgar and West Hancock remain rated in the new Radio Iowa sports broadcasters high school football poll, and Clear Lake and St. Ansgar are now at the top of the Iowa High School Athletic Association’s playoff rankings:

Class 3A
1. Creston (7-0), LW #2 vs #7 Nevada
2. Clear Lake (7-0), LW #3 @ Humboldt
3. Solon (6-1), LW #4 @ Fairfield
4. Mount Vernon (6-1), LW #7 vs Washington
5. Williamsburg (6-1), LW #1 @ Grinnell
6. Sioux Center (6-1), LW #6 vs Carroll
7. Nevada (6-1), LW #8 @ #1 Creston
8. Independence (6-1), LW (X) @ West Delaware
9. Sioux City Heelan (6-1), LW #9 @ Sergeant Bluff-Luton
10.Davenport Assumption (5-2), LW #10 vs Keokuk

 

Class A
1. Woodbury Central (7-0), LW #1 vs West Monona
2. Saint Ansgar (7-0), LW #2 @ Lake Mills
3. Madrid (7-0), LW #3 vs Wayne
4. West Hancock (6-1), LW #4 vs Mason City Newman
5. Lynnville-Sully (6-1), LW #5 @ Central Decatur
6. Lisbon (7-0), LW #7 vs Van Buren County
7. Adair-Casey/Guthrie Center (7-0), LW #8 @ Southwest Valley
8. Wapsie Valley (6-1), LW #9 @ Nashua-Plainfield
9. Logan-Magnolia (6-1), LW (X) vs IKM-Manning
10.Starmont (6-1), LW #10 vs Maquoketa Valley

 

Class 1A
1. Grundy Center (7-0), LW #1 @ Hudson (Thurs)
2. Underwood (6-1), LW #2 @ Red Oak
3. Sumner-Fredricksburg (6-1), LW #3 vs Aplington-Parkersburg
4. Wilton (7-0), LW #4 vs #6 Regina
5. MFL-MarMac (6-1), LW #5 @ Central Springs
6. Iowa City Regina (6-1), LW #6 @ #4 Wilton
7. Sigourney-Keota (6-1), LW #8 vs Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont
8. Waterloo Columbus (5-2), LW #10 @ South Hardin
9. Treynor (6-1), LW (X) vs Missouri Valley
10.South Hamilton (6-1), LW (X) @ Grand View Christian

 

Class 2A
1. Van Meter (7-0), LW #1 @ Centerville
2. Central Lyon/George-Little Rock (7-0), LW #2 vs #3 West Lyon
3. West Lyon (7-0), LW #3 @ #2 Central Lyon
4. Monticello (6-1), LW #4 @ Tipton
5. Spirit Lake (6-1), LW #5 @ Clarion-Goldfield-Dows
6. Carroll Kuemper (5-2), LW #7 vs Southeast Valley
7. PCM (Monroe) (5-2), LW #8 vs Iowa Falls-Alden
8. Roland-Story (5-2), LW #9 vs Saydel
9. Western Christian (5-2), LW #6 @ Unity Christian
10.Mediapolis (5-2), LW #10 @ Central Lee

 

Class 4A
1. ADM (Adel) (6-1), LW #1 @ Indianola
2. Western Dubuque (6-1), LW #2 vs Decorah
3. Bondurant-Farrar (6-1), LW #3 @ Pella
4. Cedar Rapids Xavier (5-2), LW #4 @ Clear Creek-Amana
5. Lewis Central (5-2), LW #5 @ Norwalk
6. North Scott (5-2), LW #6 @ Clinton
7. North Polk (5-2), LW #9 @ Boone
8. LeMars (6-1), LW #10 vs Denison-Schleswig
9. Glenwood (5-2), LW (X) @ CB Thomas Jefferson
10.Marion (5-2), LW (X) vs Mason City

 

Class 5A
1. Southeast Polk (7-0), LW #1 vs #2 Dowling Catholic
2. West Des Moines Dowling (7-0), LW #2 @ #1 S.E. Polk
3. Pleasant Valley (6-1), LW #3 vs Iowa City West
4. Cedar Rapids Kennedy (5-2), LW #5 @ Cedar Falls
5. Waukee Northwest (5-2), LW #6 @ #9 Ankeny Centennial
6. Bettendorf (6-1), LW #7 @ #10 Prairie
7. Waukee (5-2), LW #4 @ DSM Roosevelt (Thurs)
8. Ankeny (5-2), LW #8 @ WDM Valley
9. Ankeny Centennial (4-3), LW #9 vs #5 Northwest
10.Cedar Rapids Prairie (4-3), LW #10 vs #6 Bettendorf

 

8-Player
1. Winfield-Mount Union (7-0), LW #2 @ HLV
2. CAM (Anita) (7-0), LW #3 @ Stanton/Essex
3. Remsen St. Mary’s (7-0), LW #4 vs West Harrison/Whiting
4. Bedford (7-0), LW #5 vs S.E. Warren
5. Clarksville (8-0), LW #9 vs Meskwaki Settlement
6. Gladbrook-Reinbeck (6-1), LW #1 @ GMG
7. Don Bosco (6-1), LW #7 vs Waterloo Christian
8. Central City (6-1), LW #6 vs Midland
9. Lenox (6-1), LW #8 vs Lamoni
10.WACO (6-1), LW #10 Idle

 

== In the new Iowa High School Athletic Association’s Ratings Percentage Index ratings, Clear Lake leads Class 3A, with district rivals Algona being ranked 9th, Webster City 10th, Humboldt 13th and Hampton-Dumont-CAL 15th. The top two teams in each of the six Class 3A districts as well as the next four highest teams in the RPI make the playoffs. In the IHSAA’s Class A playoff rankings, St. Ansgar is #1 and West Hancock is #3. The rankings are used as a primary tool for post-season assignments. You can see the full RPI and playoff ranking standings by clicking here

 

 

 

CEDAR FALLS — Off to a 2-0 start in the Missouri Valley race the UNI Panthers get ready for a huge test this week with a visit to top ranked South Dakota State. The Jackrabbits are 5-0 and the defending national champions.

That’s UNI coach Mark Farley. South Dakota State is averaging more than 43 points and 273 yards of rushing per game.

The Panthers are coming off a 27-20 win at Indiana State and Farley says a number of players will be questionable for this week’s game with injury.

The offense continues to make progress and has averaged over 35 points in the first two league games.

The Panthers held Indiana State to 98 yards of rushing and Farley says run defense will be a key against South Dakota State.

UNI is 3-2 overall.

 

 

 

MINNEAPOLIS — The Iowa Hawkeye women are the favorite in the Big Ten race but coach Lisa Bluder says they will have plenty of competition. As many as five Big Ten teams are expected to enter the season ranked, including three in the top ten.

Bluder made her comments at Big Ten Media Days in the Twin Cities. She says they have moved on from last season but wants her players to relish the run to the NCAA title game.

Reigning National Player of the Year Caitlin Clark says she needs to accept a bigger leadership role as she enters her senior season. The Hawkeyes have three starters returning this year but the loss of Monika Czinano and McKenna Warnock means new leaders need to emerge.

Clark made her comments at Big Ten Media Days in the Twin Cities. She says leadership will be importaant for this team.

Iowa opens their exhibition portion of their schedule hosting DePaul in a game to be played at Kinnick Stadium on Sunday afternoon. You can hear that game on AM-1300 KGLO starting with the pre-game at 1:45.