ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals added pitching depth to their organization, signing right-hander Angel Castro to a one-year contract. The 31-year-old Castro is 4-3 with a 1.29 ERA in eight starts for Aguilas in the Dominican Winter League and the Cardinals had spots open on their 40-man roster. He has spent seven seasons in the minors since being drafted by Detroit in 2006 and also played in the Mexican League in 2010-11 and Japanese Pacific League in 2012. He has not pitched in the majors.

Last year, the 5-foot-11, 200-pound Castro was 8-5 with a 3.48 ERA for the Dodgers’ Triple-A affiliate in Albuquerque and made 19 starts. He also pitched for the Dominican Republic in the 2013 World Baseball Classic.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Drake has hired assistant Rick Fox to replace Chris Creighton, who earlier Wednesday was named the head coach at Eastern Michigan. Fox spent the past six seasons as the assistant head coach under Creighton for the Bulldogs, who compete in the FCS. He also coached the offensive line and special teams.

Fox joined Creighton after serving as the offensive coordinator at Centre College (Ky.) from 1999-2007. Fox played at Wheaton College (Ill.) and served as the program’s offensive line coach and special teams coordinator before joining the staff at Centre College.

Drake went 44-22 with a pair of Pioneer Football League titles with Creighton in charge.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa coach Fran McCaffery’s solution to having 10 guys who can play has been to play them all. It has made the Hawkeyes one of the deepest and most dangerous teams in the country. No. 23 Iowa (10-1) heads into Friday night’s game at No. 17 Iowa State (7-0) with a rotation that’s the envy of opponents everywhere. The Hawkeyes have 10 players averaging at least 15 minutes per game, and they’re getting nearly half of their Big Ten-leading 89.5 points a game from their backups.

Iowa’s talented and experienced pool of reserves is a major reason why the Hawkeyes are fourth nationally with a scoring margin of plus-24.6 a game.

DES MOINES, Iowa(AP) — Drake senior guard Gary Ricks Jr., the team’s second-leading scorer, will miss the rest of the season with a broken foot. The Bulldogs say that Ricks, who is averaging 12.3 points a game with a team-high 3.6 assists, has a fractured bone in his left foot.

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Hawkeye 10:

• Red Oak 56, Atlantic 39
• Denison-Schleswig 58, Carroll 19
• Kuemper Catholic 68, St. Albert 58
• Lewis Central 50, Glenwood 36
• Shenandoah 55, Creston 49
• Clarinda 52, Maryville, MO 32

Western Iowa:

• Audubon 45, Griswold 34
• IKM-Manning 63, Treynor 49
• Missouri Valley 56, Riverside 40
• Underwood 55, A-H-S-T 43

Rolling Valley:

• Adair-Casey 45, Coon Rapids-Bayard 43 (2OT)
• Glidden-Ralston 57, West Harrison 40
• Woodbine 65, Ar-We-Va 64
• Paton-Churdan 58, Exira/EHK 49

Others:

• Bedford 62, Southwest Valley 40
• Abraham Lincoln 57, Thomas Jefferson 19
• Essex 76, Clarinda Academy 27
• Fremont Mills 57, East Mills 25
• Guthrie Center 49, West Central Valley 43
• Nodaway Valley 63, Lenox 31
• Orient-Macksburg 41, Diagonal 30
• Panorama 59, Earlham 26
• Sidney 43, South Page 21

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals hold their players to a high standard of conduct, and manager Mike Matheny is certain Jhonny Peralta will fit right in. The Cardinals’ new shortstop was suspended last summer along as part of Major League Baseball’s investigation into the Biogenesis clinic. Peralta served a 50-game drug suspension and returned to the Tigers at the end of the regular season.

Several players around the majors expressed anger when Peralta signed a $53 million, four-year contract with St. Louis in November. But Matheny sees a player who popular with his teammates and is working to make amends. “Been very proud just from the outside of him being part of our club now and watched how he’s handled this. He’s been very remorseful but taking it like a man. He made a mistake. This is what’s happened. Now I’d like to move on. And I get that,” Matheny said.

Hawkeye 10:

• Atlantic 66, Red Oak 31
• Carroll 65, Denison-Schleswig 50
• Glenwood 65, Lewis Central 58 (OT)
• Creston 94, Shenandoah 67
• Kuemper Catholic 71, St. Albert 50
• Maryville, MO 48, Clarinda 44

 Western Iowa:

• Griswold 53, Audubon 35
• IKM-Manning 63, Treynor 57
• Missouri Valley 52, Riverside 46
• Underwood 52, A-H-S-T 28

Rolling Valley:

• Boyer Valley 62, CAM 38
• Coon Rapids-Bayard 55, Adair-Casey 34
• Paton-Churdan 48, Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 32
• West Harrison 58, Glidden-Ralston 42
• Ar-We-Va 75, Woodbine 45

Others:

• Bedford 57, Southwest Valley 37
• Abraham Lincoln 61, Thomas Jefferson 47
• East Mills 66, Fremont Mills 50
• Essex 47, Clarinda Academy 43
• Guthrie Center 47, West Central Valley 36
• Heartland Christian 57, Stanton 55
• Nodaway Valley 58, Lenox 37
• Panorama 64, Earlham 51
• Sidney 86, South Page 35

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