AMES, Iowa – Iowa State senior forward Melvin Ejim suffered a hyperextended left knee and bone bruise in practice Wednesday and is expected to miss 4-6 weeks. Ejim, a preseason All-Big 12 pick from Toronto, Ontario, averaged 10.3 points and led the Big 12 in rebounding (9.3) and double-doubles (15) as a junior.

Iowa State begins its season Sunday with an exhibition game against Augustana (S.D.). Tipoff against the Vikings is scheduled for 5 p.m. (CT).

Jim Field and Chris Parks have the call of the game played at Chis Jones Field in Audubon.

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Class 4-A

• Ankeny Centennial 49, Abraham Lincoln 28

Class 3-A

• Bishop Heelan Catholic 45, Creston 7
• Carroll 27, ADM 7
• Harlan 20, LeMars 14
• Spencer 35, Lewis Central 25

Class 2-A

• Gilbert 44, Red Oak 12
• Kuemper Catholic 49, Nevada 7
• West Marshall 36, Clarinda 19

Class 1-A

• Mount Ayr 30, Panorama 7
• Ogden 32, Nodaway Valley 16
• St. Albert 35, Pella Christian 7
• Van Meter 41, Treynor 0

Class A

• A-H-S-T 56, Guthrie Center 13
• Audubon 39, Riverside 0
• East Mills 20, Woodward-Granger 0

8-Man

• Adair-Casey 59, Meskwaki Settlement School 20
• Boyer Valley 44, Southwest Valley 25
• Coon Rapids-Bayard 32, Fremont Mills 24 (OT)
• Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 65, CAM 0

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs aren’t into winning beauty pageants. They don’t care about putting up big numbers on offense or polishing off shiny, lopsided victories. Ugly works just as well. It’s a good thing, because the Chiefs haven’t had a breezy win for weeks. Instead, they’ve relied on a blue-collar, throwback-style defense that’s more comfortable sticking a hand in the mud than getting a high-priced manicure to stack up eight wins in eight games.

Then again, after blowing out Jacksonville in their season opener, the Chiefs have played so many nail-biting games that maybe stopping for a manicure isn’t such a bad idea. They head to Buffalo trying to improve to 9-0 on Sunday. You can hear the game on KJAN.

BOSTON (AP) — David Ortiz and the Boston Red Sox romped to their third World Series championship in 10 seasons, thumping October ace Michael Wacha and the St. Louis Cardinals 6-1 Wednesday night in Game 6. Shane Victorino drove in four runs and John Lackey pitched shutout ball into the seventh inning as the Red Sox clinched a crown on their own field for the first time since 1918.

Fenway Park was rollicking, with the crowd standing from the very first pitch. Victorino lined a three-run double off the Green Monster in the third, and the cheers, chants and singing of “Sweet Caroline” only got louder after that. Many fans paid over $1,000 per ticket for this night, eager to be part of an in-house celebration that had been building for nearly a century.

Ortiz drew three walks and scored twice. He reached base a whopping 19 times in 25 plate appearances.

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – Iowa State senior women’s basketball player Hallie Christofferson has been selected as a candidate for the Senior CLASS Award. To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence – community, classroom, character and competition.

Christofferson holds a 3.41 grade point average while majoring in graphic design. She was a member of the Big 12 honor roll and was named an ISU Scholar-Athlete in 2013.

Christofferson has participated in various community service projects during her time at Iowa State. The senior has volunteered with the St. Jude’s Walk the past three years, the I-35 Program and assisted with Jr. Cyclone clinics among other activities.

On the court, Christofferson has established herself as one of the best players in the country. She was named an honorable mention All-American by the AP and WBCA last season. Her performance also did not go unnoticed by league coaches as she was one of just four student-athletes in the Big 12 to be named a unanimous selection to the All-Big 12 First-Team. She was most recently named to the John R. Wooden Award Preseason Top 30 list, which is given to the nation’s top player.

Christofferson is also the only returning player in the nation to have led her team in field goal percentage (.516), three-point percentage (.401), free-throw percentage (.862) and points per game (15.6).

Christofferson is one of 30 student-athletes named to the list, which will be narrowed to 10 midway through the regular season. At that point, fan voting will be coupled with votes from coaches and media to determine the recipient of the award.

Iowa State is one of just five schools in the country to have a student-athlete named to the initial list the last two seasons joining California, Baylor, Penn State and Kentucky. Chelsea Poppens represented the Cyclones last season and was named as one of 10 finalists.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Kansas City Chiefs have waived tight end Kevin Brock and elevated offensive lineman Rokevious Watkins from the practice squad to the 53-man roster. The Chiefs also signed tight end Dominique Jones to the practice squad Wednesday.

Brock had three catches for 36 yards in four games for the Chiefs this season. He’d become expendable with the return of Anthony Fasano from an ankle sprain a couple of weeks ago. Watkins has been on the practice squad since Sept. 1. He played in one game for the St. Louis Rams as a rookie a year ago.

Jones started three of the 10 games he played in two seasons with the Colts. The former undrafted free agent has three catches for 42 yards.

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The 2013 high school football playoffs get underway tonight in all the classes.  There are a number of teams from the KJAN area battling to advance.  In class A on KJAN tonight, we’ll bring you the re-match between Riverside and Audubon.  The Wheelers will host the game hoping to exact some revenge from a season opening 15-14 loss to the Bulldogs.  Audubon carries a mark of 7-2 in to tonight’s game and is the District 7 champion.  Riverside is 5-4 and is a number four seed.  We’ll have the final “Who’s Gonna Win?’ show of the season on a little earlier tonight.  The playoff edition will be gin at 5:30 pm.  We’ll have a one hour pre-game show beginning at 6:00 pm as we’ll take a look at many of the area games and get you ready for our broadcast game.  Kick-off is set for 7:00 pm from Chis Jones Field.  You can hear the game live on AM 1220, FM 101.1, on the web at kjan.com and on your smart phones with the free KJAN app.

Other match-ups tonight include:

Class A:  Woodward-Granger at East Mills and Guthrie Center at A-H-S-T.

Class 1-A:  Treynor at Van Meter, Mount Ayr at Panorama, Pella Christian at St. Albert and Nodaway Valley at Ogden.

Class 2-A:  Red Oak at Gilbert, Nevada at Kuemper Catholic and Clarinda at West Marshall.

Class 3-A:  LeMars at Harlan, ADM at Carroll, Creston at Bishop Heelan Catholic and Spencer at Lewis Central.

8-Man:  CAM at Exira/EHK, Coon Rapids-Bayard at Fremont-Mills, Boyer Valley at Southwest Valley, Sidney at Glidden-Ralston and Meskwaki Settlement at Adair-Casey.