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Denison Monarch Cross Country Invite 09/25/2018

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September 26th, 2018 by admin

Girls Team Top 5

  1. Harlan 37
  2. CB Abraham Lincoln 85
  3. Logan-Magnolia 98
  4. Denison 125
  5. Tri-Center 125

Girls Individual Top 5

  1. Peyton Pogge, Tri-Center 18:30.44
  2. Courtney Sporrer, Logan-Magnolia
  3. Raegan Andersen, Denison
  4. Taylor Sporrer, Logan-Magnolia
  5. Kaia Bieker, Harlan

Denison Monarch XC Girls 2018

Boys Team Top 5

  1. Okoboji 83
  2. Harlan 116
  3. Denison 132
  4. Storm Lake 166
  5. Woodward Academy 175

Boys Individual Top 5

  1. Spencer Moon, South Central Calhoun 15:59.12
  2. Jordan Hustak, Missouri Valley
  3. Dylan Blake, MVAOCOU
  4. Justin Ambrose, Boyer Valley
  5. Trey Gross, Harlan

Denison Monarch XC Boys 2018

High School Volleyball Scoreboard Tuesday 09/25/2018

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September 26th, 2018 by admin

Hawkeye Ten Conference

(3-0) Creston 25-25-25, Atlantic 11-15-19
(3-0) Lewis Central 25-25-25, Atlantic 13-13-9
(3-0) Lewis Central 25-25-25, Creston 12-18-15
(3-0) Abraham Lincoln 25-27-25, Glenwood 14-25-15
(3-0) Kuemper Catholic 25-25-25, Shenandoah 16-12-13
(3-0) Red Oak 26-25-29, Harlan 24-14-27

Corner Conference

(3-2) Fremont-Mills 21-25-25-12-15, East Mills 25-16-15-25-11
(3-0) Griswold 25-25-25, Essex 15-19-17
(3-0) Sidney 25-25-25, South Page 9-8-8

Western Iowa Conference

(3-2) Logan-Magnolia 25-12-13-25-15, AHSTW 18-25-25-20-13
(3-0) Treynor 25-25-25, Riverside 12-15-13
(3-0) Tri-Center 25-25-25, IKM-Manning 15-11-9
(3-0) Underwood 25-24-25-25, Audubon 21-26-13-14

Pride of Iowa Conference

(3-1) East Union 25-25-19-25, Martensdale-St. Marys 14-11-25-19
(3-1) Mount Ayr 25-22-25-25, Lenox 21-25-18-11
(3-1) Nodaway Valley 25-25-20-25, Central Decatur 13-23-25-23
(3-0) Southwest Valley 25-25-25, Bedford 23-19-14

Rolling Valley Conference

(3-1) Ar-We-Va 23-25-25-25 Coon Rapids-Bayard 25-15-19-18
(3-0) CAM 25-25-25 West Harrison 18-14-11

Other Scores

(3-0) Thomas Jefferson 26-25-25 Sioux City West 24-23-15

Yelich, Brewers dent Cards’ playoff chances with 12-4 win

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September 26th, 2018 by admin

By JAY COHEN, AP Sports Writer
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Milwaukee’s last NL MVP thinks he is about to get some company.

Led by Christian Yelich’s silky smooth game, the Brewers are closing in on the playoffs.

Yelich homered and drove in a career-high six runs, and surging Milwaukee hurt St. Louis’ postseason chances with a 12-4 victory over the Cardinals on Tuesday.

“Just trying to help the boys out any way you can,” Yelich said. “A lot of guys came through in some big situations for us. That was a lot of fun tonight.”

Ryan Braun went deep twice and Jesus Aguilar also connected as Milwaukee lowered its magic number for clinching a playoff spot to one. But the Brewers are thinking bigger after their fifth win in six games put them just a half-game back of the NL Central-leading Chicago Cubs.

“I think the division is kind of what’s on our mind right now,” manager Craig Counsell said, “and I think we’ve earned that with the last two days.”
Milwaukee (91-67) leads Colorado by 3½ games for the top wild card. St. Louis (87-71) dropped a half-game behind Colorado for the second NL wild card after the Rockies routed Philadelphia 10-3.

“We have four games to play, and we feel good about the club we have and the kind of guys we have and the character we have and the talent we have,” Cardinals manager Mike Shildt said. “We’ll control what we can control and we’ll get after it and let the chips fall.”

Following Wednesday’s series finale, Milwaukee closes the regular season with a weekend set at home against lowly Detroit. St. Louis also is off Thursday before beginning a three-game series against the slumping Cubs at Wrigley Field.

Yadier Molina hit a three-run homer for the Cardinals, who had won six of seven before their 6-4 loss to Milwaukee on Monday night. Marcell Ozuna went 3 for 3 with a walk.

St. Louis left the bases loaded in the fifth and seventh innings when Jedd Gyorko came up empty each time. Third baseman Mike Moustakas turned an inning-ending double play on Gyorko’s chopper near the bag in the fifth, and Gyorko flied to right for the final out of the seventh.

“This one’s kind of on me,” Gyorko said. “I’ve got to find a way to get the job done in those situations.”

Milwaukee scored 11 runs with two out, including its first six. Yelich came up with the bases loaded in the fourth and tripled into the gap in right-center, lifting the Brewers to a 6-0 lead. After Lorenzo Cain was intentionally walked with two out in the ninth, Yelich hit a three-run drive to center.

“It’s part of the game, but at the same time, it’s a challenge,” Yelich said of the walk to Cain. “As a competitor, you want to answer the challenge.”

Yelich is batting .346 with seven homers and 28 RBIs in 22 games this month. He has 33 homers, 104 RBIs, 110 runs and 181 hits on the year, all career highs.

Braun, who won the MVP award in 2011, said he thinks Yelich is about to join the club.

“I can’t foresee a scenario in which he doesn’t win it,” Braun said. “He’s been so incredible for us in every facet of the game.”

Taylor Williams (1-3), the second of six Milwaukee relievers after Gio Gonzalez pitched four innings, got three outs for the win. The Brewers used nine pitchers in their series-opening victory.
Cardinals rookie Austin Gomber (6-2) was tagged for five runs and seven hits in 3 2/3 innings.

LONG GONE
Cardinals first baseman Matt Carpenter and Shildt were ejected in the seventh inning. Carpenter argued with home plate umpire Will Little after he was called out on strikes, and then was thrown out as he walked toward the dugout.
“I understand the importance of staying in these games,” Carpenter said. “So when I get thrown out of the game as I’m walking away, that’s something I have a problem with.”

TRAINER’S ROOM
Brewers: All-Star reliever Jeremy Jeffress was available after he missed the series opener because of neck spasms.
Cardinals: 2B Kolten Wong returned to the starting lineup for the first time since he left Friday’s victory over San Francisco with cramps in both hamstrings. He struck out swinging as a pinch hitter in the ninth inning of Monday’s loss. “Obviously at this point of the season no one’s 100 percent,” he said. “For me as long as I know I can run and I can play I’m going to be out there.”

UP NEXT
Brewers right-hander Jhoulys Chacin (14-8, 3.61 ERA) and Cardinals right-hander John Gant (7-6, 3.53 ERA) pitch Wednesday night in the series finale. Chacin is 0-3 with a 4.34 ERA in four September starts. Gant lasted just 2 2/3 innings in his last outing, yielding one run and four hits Friday against the Giants.

Iowa State seeking TDs, not FGs, in the red zone

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September 25th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State kicker Connor Assalley earned national recognition for the four field goals he made in last week’s victory over Akron. That was a great sign for the Cyclones’ special teams — and a troubling one for their offense.

Iowa State (1-2, 0-1 Big 12) is thrilled that Assalley, a sophomore walk-on in his first season as a starter, has been 7 for 7 on field goals since taking over for Garrett Owens. But the bigger takeaway is that the Cyclones already have had to settle for field goals seven times in the red zone, a clear indication of an attack that has yet to find its footing.

Iowa State, which ranks 120th out of 130 teams nationally with 18.7 points a game, travels to face TCU (2-2, 0-1) on Saturday. Coach Matt Campbell isn’t panicking about his red zone offense yet. “It is too early to sit here and say, ‘Gosh, where are we with only three games so far being played,’ and playing some good opponents,” Campbell said. “But I see some areas of improvement where we wanted to make improvement, and time will tell where we get to.”

The Cyclones have played mostly strong defense in 2018, allowing just 21 points a game after a breakout season a year ago. So it looks like Iowa State can lean on its defense more often than not and still push for an upper-division finish in the Big 12.
But the Cyclones have simply got to get more out of their offense.

The only Power Five team averaging fewer points per game than Iowa State is Louisville, which is in transition after two seasons of leaning on Heisman Trophy winner Lamar Jackson. And what’s such a head scratcher about the Cyclones’ struggles on offense is that they have a star of their own in running back David Montgomery, who is as electric in space as anyone in America.

The problem is that they haven’t gotten Montgomery in space nearly enough.
Iowa State’s offensive line was supposed to be better in 2018. It hasn’t been, and never is that more evident than when the Cyclones try to get Montgomery going between the tackles. Montgomery is averaging just 3.8 yards a carry and has sprung only one run longer than 20 yards. But he also had his first 100-yard game and a 1-yard TD in the 26-13 victory over Akron, giving Campbell hope that the Cyclones are getting closer to freeing Montgomery up.

“The key to success is continuing to find ways to get your best players the ball in critical situations,” Campbell said. “I think that’s where I felt really excited about what I saw (last) Saturday, that we could get (Montgomery) the ball and force feed it in his hands.” All the attention that opponents are paying to Montgomery has allowed Iowa State to get its other offensive star, wide receiver Hakeem Butler, the space he needs to make big plays.

Butler has caught 14 passes for 297 yards and three touchdowns, including two of over 50 yards in a loss to Oklahoma. “If I make plays, hopefully it will open (space) up for him, and I know a lot of people are keying on him so it’s been open for me,” Butler said of Montgomery. “It’s vice versa for both of us.”

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Orient-Macksburg Cross Country Invitational 09/24/2018

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September 25th, 2018 by admin

The Orient-Macksburg Cross Country Invitational was held on Monday evening and the Creston girls and Earlham boys came away with team titles.

Bedford’s Emma Lucas was the individual girls champion, while Joshua Baudler of Nodaway Valley won the boys race.

Girls Team Top 5

  1. Creston 48
  2. AHSTW 95
  3. Earlham 100
  4. Nodaway Valley 131
  5. Exira-EHK 147

Girls Top 5 Individuals

  1. Emma Lucas, Bedford 20:21
  2. Brielle Baker, Creston
  3. Braelyn Baker, Creston
  4. Reagan Weinheimer, Nodaway Valley
  5. Sophia Broers, Nodaway Valley

Orient-Macksburg XC Girls 2018

Boys Team Top 5

  1. Earlham 36
  2. Nodaway Valley 38
  3. Creston 99
  4. Bedford 149
  5. CAM 173

Boys Top 5 Individuals

  1. Joshua Baudler, Nodaway Valley 17:27
  2. Louden Foster, West Central Valley
  3. Andrew Dixon, Earlham
  4. Zach Dixon, Earlham
  5. Clayton Stafford, Creston

Orient-Macksburg XC Boys 2018

High School Volleyball Scoreboard Monday 09/24/2018

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September 25th, 2018 by admin

Western Iowa Conference

(3-0) Audubon 25-25-25, Logan-Magnolia 23-20-23

Rolling Valley Conference

(3-1) CAM 20-25-25-25, Paton-Churdan 25-14-19-8

Corner Conference

(3-1) Fremont-Mills 25-25-17-25, Heartland Christian 21-8-25-13
(2-0) Fremont-Mills 25-25, Cornerstone Christian 9-12
(2-1) Heartland Christian 25-22-15, Cornerstone Christian 23-25-10
(3-0) South Page 25-25-26, West Nodaway 17-16-24

Brewers beat Cardinals 6-4 to open 3-game wild-card lead

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September 25th, 2018 by admin

By JAY COHEN, AP Sports Writer
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A chuckling Eric Thames said it felt so good he almost ripped third base out of the ground and hoisted it above his head.
A lot of that going around for Milwaukee these days.

Thames tripled and scored on reliever Bud Norris’ throwing error in the eighth inning, and the Brewers improved their playoff positioning by topping the St. Louis Cardinals 6-4 on Monday night.

“You have to capitalize on errors and bad pitches, wild pitches and stuff like that,” Thames said. “Tonight we did that.”

Ryan Braun homered and Christian Yelich drove in two runs as Milwaukee won for the fourth time in five games. The Brewers (90-67) opened a three-game lead over St. Louis for the top spot in the wild-card standings and pulled within 1 1/2 games of the NL Central-leading Chicago Cubs, who lost 5-1 to Pittsburgh.

“Offensively, we did a heck of a job,” manager Craig Counsell said.

Corbin Burnes (7-0), the seventh of nine Milwaukee pitchers, got two outs for the win, and Corey Knebel worked the ninth for his 16th save. With a runner on, Jose Martinez fouled off four two-strike pitches before taking a called third strike for the final out.

Chase Anderson was slated to start before Counsell announced Sunday that the team had decided to go with a bullpen game instead. Dan Jennings made his first career start and retired Matt Carpenter on a grounder to second before the left-hander was replaced by Freddy Peralta, beginning a parade of relievers for the Brewers.

“Props to everybody who came in behind me and the position players for getting it done,” Jennings said. “That’s a grind right there.”

Martinez and Marcell Ozuna homered off Josh Hader in the rain, but St. Louis (87-70) was unable to close out a one-run lead. The Cardinals’ advantage in the race for the second NL wild card was trimmed to a half-game over Colorado, which cruised to a 10-1 win over Philadelphia.

“It’s not frustrating, at all,” Martinez said. “We’ve got two games to win the series.”

Thames has played sparingly this year with the Brewers in playoff contention. But Counsell sent him up to hit for Burnes in the eighth and he tripled past a sliding Martinez in right field with one out.

“Oh man, it felt amazing,” Thames said.

After Mike Moustakas was intentionally walked, Norris (3-6) tried a pickoff throw that hit the baserunner before bounding away from first baseman Matt Carpenter.

“It was called from the dugout. … A decent throw, but obviously crept in and got him and the ball bounced away,” Norris said. “Just a tough break. Very unfortunate.”

Thames scored easily and Yelich added an RBI double in the ninth as Milwaukee improved to 9-8 against St. Louis this season. Yelich, one of the top candidates for NL MVP, also walked and scored on Braun’s bases-loaded walk as the Brewers scored two runs in the sixth without a hit, opening a 3-1 lead.

St. Louis staged a dramatic rally as the showers intensified on a soggy night at Busch Stadium.
Martinez led off the sixth with a drive to center for his 17th homer, sending a charge through the crowd of 36,508. After Paul DeJong walked, Ozuna put the Cardinals in front with a screaming liner just over the wall in center.

Hader had given up just six homers in 51 appearances this year, and none since Anthony Rizzo connected for the Cubs on Sept. 3.
But Milwaukee quickly answered. The Brewers loaded the bases with one out in the seventh against Jordan Hicks, and Keon Broxton scampered home with the tying run on Yelich’s fielder’s choice back up the middle.

UP NEXT
Brewers left-hander Gio Gonzalez (9-11, 4.28 ERA) and Cardinals left-hander Austin Gomber (6-1, 3.63) pitch on Tuesday night. Gonzalez is 2-0 with a 1.65 ERA in three starts since he was acquired in a trade with Washington on Aug. 31. Gomber is coming off a solid start at Atlanta, allowing one run in five innings for an 8-1 victory.

A-P Iowa Prep Football Poll

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September 24th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Iowa high school football polls of the 2014 season with first-place votes in parentheses and won-loss record, total points and position last week at right:

Class 4A
Record Pts Prv
1. West Des Moines Valley (9) 5-0 108 1
2. Cedar Falls (1) 5-0 97 2
3. Ankeny Centennial (1) 5-0 88 3
4. Bettendorf 4-1 68 4
5. Johnston 4-1 53 5
5. Iowa City West 4-1 53 6
7. West Des Moines Dowling 3-2 49 7
8. Indianola 5-0 39 8
9. Waukee 3-2 21 9
10. Cedar Rapids Prairie 4-1 17 10

Others receiving votes: Fort Dodge 10. Ankeny 1. Muscatine 1.

Class 3A
Record Pts Prv
1. Cedar Rapids Xavier (10) 5-0 109 1
2. Council Bluffs Lewis Central (1) 5-0 98 2
3. Solon 5-0 88 3
4. Pella 5-0 78 4
5. Sergeant Bluff-Luton 4-1 51 6
6. Eldridge North Scott 4-1 48 8
7. Epworth Western Dubuque 4-1 39 10
8. Clear Creek-Amana 5-0 37 9
9. Harlan 4-1 28 NR
10. Sioux City Heelan 4-1 18 5

Others receiving votes: Independence 4. Waverly-Shell Rock 4. Decorah 3.

Class 2A
Record Pts Prv
1. Monroe PCM (11) 5-0 110 1
2. Spirit Lake 5-0 94 2
3. Boyden-Hull-RV 4-1 87 3
4. Algona 5-0 72 5
5. Greene County 5-0 64 6
6. Waukon 4-1 59 7
7. Clear Lake 4-1 44 8
8. State Center West Marshall 4-1 34 10
9. Van Horne Benton 4-1 15 4
10. Union, La Porte City 3-2 13 NR

Others receiving votes: Waterloo Columbus 5. Des Moines Christian 4. Tipton 2. Chariton 2.

Class 1A
Record Pts Prv
1. Dike-New Hartford (3) 5-0 96 2
(tie) Van Meter (4) 5-0 96 3
3. Bellevue (2) 5-0 76 5
4. South Central Calhoun (1) 5-0 75 4
5. Mediapolis 5-0 56 6
6. West Branch 4-1 49 1
7. Hawarden West Sioux 4-1 48 7
8. Inwood West Lyon 4-1 35 8
9. Truro Interstate 35 5-0 25 T9
10. Sumner-Fredericksburg 5-0 23 T9

Others receiving votes: Wilton 13. Cascade 10. Pella Christian 3.

Class A
Record Pts Prv
1. Hudson (8) 5-0 105 1
2. A-H-S-T-W, Avoca (3) 5-0 95 2
3. Algona Garrigan 5-0 88 3
4. Belmond-Klemme 5-0 69 4
5. Hinton 5-0 46 5
6. Packwood Pekin 4-1 41 7
(tie) Traer North Tama 4-1 41 6
8. St. Ansgar 4-1 39 9
9. Brooklyn BGM 5-0 25 NR
10. Edgewood-Colesburg 4-1 24 NR

Others receiving votes: Grundy Center 10. Southwest Valley 7. Fairbank Wapsie Valley 6. Riverside Highland 4. Mason City Newman 3. Sioux Rapids Sioux Central 1. Alta 1.

Class 8-Man
Record Pts Prv
1. Gilbertville-Don Bosco (8) 5-0 102 1
2. New London (2) 5-0 95 2
3. Elk Horn-Kimballton Exira 5-0 84 3
4. Westside Ar-We-Va 5-0 68 4
5. Marengo Iowa Valley (1) 5-0 57 5
6. Newell-Fonda 5-0 50 6
7. Liberty Center SE Warren 6-0 47 8
8. Fremont Mills, Tabor 4-1 36 9
9. Central City 5-0 30 NR
10. Northwood-Kensett 5-0 17 NR

Others receiving votes: Jackson Junction Turkey Valley 7. Wyoming Midland 7. Stanton 4. HLV, Victor 1.

Radio Iowa High School Football Poll 09/24/2018

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September 24th, 2018 by admin

Class 4A
1. WDM Valley (5-0) LW #1 vs Urbandale
2. Cedar Falls (5-0) LW #2 vs Cedar Rapids Jefferson
3. Ankeny Centennial (5-0) LW #3 vs S.E. Polk
4. Bettendorf (4-1) LW #4 @ Burlington
5. Iowa City West (4-1) LW #5 @ Linn-Mar
6. Dowling Catholic (3-2) LW #6 @ DSM Lincoln
7. Johnston (4-1) LW #7 vs Ottumwa
8. Waukee (3-2) LW #8 vs DSM East
9. Cedar Rapids Prairie (4-1) LW #9 @ Dubuque Hempstead
10.Indianola (5-0) LW #10 vs Mason City

Class 3A
1. Lewis Central (5-0) LW #1 @ Winterset
2. Cedar Rapids Xavier (5-0) LW #2 vs Dubuque Wahlert
3. Pella (5-0) LW #3 vs South Tama
4. Solon (5-0) LW #4 vs Washington
5. North Scott (4-1) LW #6 @ Iowa City Liberty
6. Western Dubuque (4-1) LW #7 vs Center Point-Urbana
7. Clear Creek-Amana (5-0) LW #10 @ Clinton
8. Sergeant Bluff-Luton (4-1) LW #9 vs LeMars
9. Harlan (4-1) LW (X) vs Glenwood
10.Sioux City Heelan (4-1) LW #5 @ Denison-Schleswig

Class 2A
1. PCM (Monroe) (5-0) LW #1 @ Saydel
2. Spirit Lake (5-0) LW #2 @ Southeast Valley
3. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley (4-1) LW #3 vs Okoboji
4. Waukon (4-1) LW #5 @ Oelwein
5. Clear Lake (4-1) LW #6 @ Crestwood
6. Greene County (5-0) LW #7 @ Carroll Kuemper
7. Algona (5-0) LW #8 @ Clarion-Goldfield-Dows
8. West Marshall (4-1) LW #10 vs Vinton-Shellsburg
9. Union (LaPorte City) (3-2) LW (X) vs Roland-Story
10.Benton (4-1) LW #4 vs Nevada

Class 1A
1. Van Meter (5-0) LW #1 @ West Central Valley
2. Dike-New Hartford (5-0) LW #3 @ East Marshall
3. South Central Calhoun (5-0) LW #4 @ South Hamilton
4. Bellevue (5-0) LW #7 @ Dyersville Beckman
5. Wilton (4-1) LW #5 @ Wapello
6. West Lyon (4-1) LW #6 @ Unity Christian
7. West Branch (4-1) LW #2 vs North Cedar
8. Mediapolis (5-0) LW #8 @ Columbus Jct.
9. West Sioux (4-1) LW #9 vs Western Christian
10.Sumner-Fredricksburg (5-0) LW #10 vs Osage

Class A
1. Hudson (5-0) LW #1 vs #4 Saint Ansgar
2. Algona Garrigan (5-0) LW #2 vs #8 Belmond-Klemme
3. AHSTW (Avoca) (5-0) LW #3 @ Earlham
4. Saint Ansgar (4-1) LW #5 @ #1 Hudson
5. North Tama (4-1) LW #6 vs Grundy Center
6. Pekin (4-1) LW #7 vs Highland (Riverside)
7. Hinton (5-0) LW #8 @ HMS (Hartley)
8. Belmond-Klemme (5-0) LW #10 @ #2 Algona Garrigan
9. BGM (Brooklyn) (5-0) LW (X) vs Belle Plaine
10.Edgewood-Colesburg (4-1) LW (X) vs Lisbon

Eight-man
1. Don Bosco (5-0) LW #1 vs #9 Northwood-Kensett
2. Newell-Fonda (5-0) LW #2 vs #7 AR-WE-VA
3. New London (5-0) LW #5 vs Winfield-Mt. Union
4. Iowa Valley (5-0) LW #4 @ English Valleys
5. Exira-EHK (5-0) LW #6 vs West Harrison
6. Midland (5-1) LW #7 vs West Central (Maynard)
7. AR-WE-VA (5-0) LW #8 @ #2 Newell-Fonda
8. S.E. Warren (6-0) LW #9 @ Lenox
9. Northwood-Kensett (5-0) LW #10 @ #1 Don Bosco
10.Central City (5-0) LW (X) @ Easton Valley