ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals have signed David Bell to a two-year contract as bench coach to replace Mike Aldrete, who left last week for the same role with Oakland. The 42-year-old Bell was assistant hitting coach last year. He played in the majors for 12 years with six teams including the Cardinals. Bell was a minor league manager in the Reds organization from 2009-12 and third base coach with the Cubs in 2013 before joining St. Louis last year.

Aldrete coached with St. Louis from 2008-14. Also Monday, the Cardinals added catcher Ed Easley to the 40-man roster, which has five open slots after right-handers Eric Fornataro and Jorge Rondon were claimed off waivers. Fornataro was taken by the Nationals and Rondon by the Rockies.

The Cass County chapter of Pheasants Forever will hold a youth pheasant hunt on Sunday November 16. The event is open to Cass County youths who have completed hunter safety training. The hunt will take place in the afternoon from 1 pm until 5pm. Participants will be provided a box of either twenty gauge or 12 gauge ammunition. If there are youth who would like to attend, but don’t have a shotgun, the PF chapter will provide one.

Parents or guardians of youth who want to participate need to contact Tom Hurford, Cass County PF Youth Coordinator prior to Friday the 14th @ 712 249 5356. The youth will meet at the Atlantic Hy-vee parking lot at 1pm.

DYERSVILLE, Iowa (AP) — A court challenge has largely stalled the proposed development at the “Field of Dreams” movie site. In September 2012, a group of nearby property owners filed a lawsuit against Dyersville, claiming the City Council didn’t consider the impact commercial development would have on the surrounding area by rezoning the property from agricultural use.

Both sides are expected to appear in court next year for the case. Dyersville Mayor Alvin Haas says all local officials can do now is wait. Tentative construction deadlines have passed for the All-Star Ballpark Heaven project, a proposed $74 million baseball and softball complex for traveling youth tournament teams.

Due to the distance patrons of the Exira/Elk  Horn Kimballton School District will have to travel after tonight’s football game versus Lamoni, Superintendent Dean Schnoes says classes will start 2 hours late Tuesday morning.

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We have a Class 1-A playoff match-up tonight on KJAN as A-H-S-T-W travels to Fort Dodge to face St. Edmond.  Both teams are ranked in the AP top ten and this figures to be a hard-fought game.  We are on the air with the pre-game at 6:00 pm with kick-off at 7:00 pm.  Jim Field will have the call of the game.  You can hear it on AM 1220, FM 101.1 or on our live stream at KJAN.com.

Also, on the TV page at KJAN.com, Chris Parks and Rod Christensen will bring you an 8-Man match-up as Exira/EHK travels to Lamoni.  pre-game is at 6:00 pm and kick-off is at 7:00 pm.

Here is the complete round 2 schedule tonight:

CLASS 4-A:
Cedar Falls @ Cedar Rapids Washington
Cedar Rapids Kennedy @ Bettendorf
Dowling Catholic vs Ames at Williams Stadium
Iowa City West @ Linn-Mar
Johnston @ West Des Moines Valley
Lewis Central @ Ankeny
North Scott @ Pleasant Valley
Southeast Polk @ Waukee

CLASS 3-A:
Carlisle @ Washington
Gilbert @ Dallas Center-Grimes
Newton @ Pella
Norwalk @ Creston
Sergeant Bluff-Luton @ Carroll
Solon @ West Delaware
Waverly-Shell Rock @ Cedar Rapids Xavier
Webster City @ Bishop Heelan Catholic

CLASS 2-A:
Albia @ Clarinda
Beckman Catholic @ Western Dubuque
East Sac County @ Spirit Lake
Hampton-Dumont @ Collins-Maxwell/Baxter
Mount Vernon @ North Fayette Valley
New Hampton @ Union
Sioux Center @ Clear Lake
South Tama County @ Williamsburg

CLASS 1-A:
A-H-S-T-W @ St. Edmond
Central Decatur @ Van Meter
Dike-New Hartford @ West Branch
Hinton @ IKM-Manning
North Cedar @ South Winneshiek
Panorama @ Regina, Iowa City
South Central Calhoun @ Saint Ansgar
Western Christian @ West Lyon

CLASS A:
AGWSR @ Nashua-Plainfield
B-G-M @ Gladbrook-Reinbeck
Denver @ Maquoketa Valley
Earlham @ Montezuma
Lisbon @ Pekin
Van Buren Community @ Mount Ayr
West Sioux @ Logan-Magnolia
Westwood @ Woodbury Central

CLASS 8:
Coon Rapids-Bayard @ Newell-Fonda
Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton @ Lamoni
H-L-V @ Janesville
Harris-Lake Park @ West Bend-Mallard
Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn @ Glidden-Ralston
Melcher-Dallas @ Fremont-Mills
Northwood-Kensett @ Elkader Central
Jackson Junction @ Gilbertville Don Bosco

The Iowa Hawkeyes opened the second half with a 31-11 run and cruised to a 92-51 victory over Northwood of Florida in a college basketball exhibition game, Sunday. Peter Jok led the Hawks with 16 points, Jared Uthoff added 15 points and Aaron White had 12. Northwood is an N-A-I-A program and is led by former Villanova coach Rollie Massimino.

The Hawkeyes open the regular season at home against Hampton on November 14th.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Alex Smith threw for 199 yards and two touchdowns, Jamaal Charles ran for another score and the Kansas City Chiefs won 24-10 on Sunday, sending the New York Jets to their eighth straight loss.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Jets quarterback Geno Smith was inactive for Sunday’s game against the Kansas City Chiefs, and Matt Simms has been promoted from the practice squad to back up starter Michael Vick. Smith lost his starting job to Vick this week. He hurt his right shoulder in last week’s loss to Buffalo, and had been listed as questionable on the injury report. Jets cornerback Darrin Walls was also inactive with calf and knee injuries.

Pro Bowl safety Eric Berry was active for the Chiefs for the first time since Week 2, when he sustained a high ankle sprain in a loss to Denver.  Wide receiver Donnie Avery is out with a groin injury, cornerback Chris Owens with a knee injury, and linebacker Josh Martin and cornerback Jamell Fleming with hamstring injuries.

Officials with the Pride of Iowa Conference, Saturday, released their picks for members of the All-Conference Volleyball teams.

Among the 1st Team selections from the KJAN listening area was: Junior Callyn Bonde, of Bedford (Unanimous selection; Sophomore Kelcie Shields, from Mount Ayr (unanimous); Senior Sidney Hohertz, of Nodaway Valley; Senior Marie Palmer, of Southwest Valley (Unanimous); Junior Rachel Armstrong, from Bedford (unanimous); Southwest Valley Senior Taylor Damewood, who was also a unanimous choice, and Nodaway Valley Senior Katy Ehrsam.

Second Team selections include: Bedford Junior Callie Calfee; Senior Allie Shelds, from Mount Ayr; Junior Emily Schildberg, from Nodaway Valley; Southwest Valley Senior Jade Petersen; Macy Larsen, a Sophomore from Mount Ayr; Nodaway Valley Senior Corrine Jones; Ashlyn Spencer, a Junior from Bedford; Sophomore Blair Glendenning, of Mount Ayr, and Southwest Valley Senior, Kim Hults.