KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Ryan Fitzpatrick threw four touchdown passes, two of them to journeyman tight end Scott Chandler, and the Buffalo Bills romped to a season-opening 41-7 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday. Fitzpatrick finished with 208 yards passing for the Bills, who who hadn’t score 40 points in an opener since a 40-7 victory over the Los Angeles Rams on Sept. 6, 1992. Fred Jackson added 112 yards rushing for Buffalo. Matt Cassel threw for 119 yards with a touchdown and interception for Kansas City. It was the most lopsided season-opening loss in franchise history, and the worst home loss by the Chiefs since a 45-0 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers 35 years ago.

ST. LOUIS (AP) – Yadier Molina had three hits, including a three-run double, and the St. Louis Cardinals moved back into the playoff picture by completing a three-game  sweep of the slumping Atlanta Braves with a 6-3 win Sunday. The Cardinals pulled within 4 1/2 games of NL wild card-leading Atlanta. They have 16 games left and open a three-game set in Pittsburgh on Monday. The Braves start a three-game series with the Marlins on Monday and have 15 games remaining. Atlanta has dropped seven straight games at Busch Stadium and hasn’t won in St. Louis since Sept. 13, 2009. Jake Westbrook (12-8) allowed two runs and five hits in 5 1-3 innings for the Cardinals. Jason Motte pitched a scoreless ninth for his fifth save in eight chances.

Class 3A District 1

Atlantic 14, Winterset 13

Creston 21, Council Bluffs Lewis Central 19

Carroll 48, Red Oak 0

Harlan 42, Glenwood 6

Class 3A District 2

Denison-Schleswig 7, MOC-Floyd Valley 6

Class 2A District 2

Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 42, East Sac County 0

OA-BCIG 46, Missouri Valley 7

Class 2A District 8

Clarinda 22, Osceola Clarke 8

Interstate 35, Truro 42, Shenandoah 0

Class 1A District 1

IKM/Manning 35, Ridge View 6

Class 1A District 7

West Central Valley, Stuart 31, Greenfield Nodaway Valley 23

Panorama 47, Pleasantville 0

Class 1A District 8

Council Bluffs St. Albert 54, Clarinda Academy 18

Neola Tri-Center 26, Griswold 20

Logan-Magnolia 44, Audubon 6

Treynor 23, Underwood 8

Class A District 8

Bedford 33, Liberty Center SE Warren 24 (ND)

Van Meter 38, Avoca AHST 0 (ND)

Madrid 59, Corning 0 (ND)

Earlham 42, Oakland Riverside 9 (ND)

Exira-EHK 14, Martensdale-St. Marys 12 (ND)

8Man District 6

Adair-Casey 68, Afton East Union 16

Murray 58, Lenox 30

Anita CAM 52, Garden Grove Mormon Trail 22

Lamoni 60, Ankeny Christian Academy 0

8Man District 7

Westside Ar-We-Va 46, Coon Rapids-Bayard 12

Boyer Valley 68, East Greene 22

Glidden-Ralston 42, Woodbine 7

East Mills 48, Stanton 12

Fremont-Mills 68, Nishnabotna 12

Essex 10, Villisca 0

Sidney 60, Charter Oak-Ute 20

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) – Former Iowa football star Brett Greenwood is in an Iowa hospital after collapsing during a workout. A spokeswoman for Trinity Medical Center in Bettendorf says Greenwood was taken there in critical condition Friday. He’s since been transferred to University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. That hospital said it could not provide any information.  Greenwood collapsed while working out at Pleasant Valley High School in Bettendorf. Athletic director Randy Teymer told the newspaper that school medical personnel administered to him before he was taken by ambulance to Trinity Medical Center. The 23-year-old Greenwood was a four-year starter at Iowa. He signed as a free agent with the Pittsburgh Steelers, but was released in the final round of NFL cuts last weekend.

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Class 3-A, District 1
Atlantic @ Winterset
Lewis Central @ Creston
Red Oak @ Carroll
Harlan @ Glenwood

Class 3-A, District 2
MOC-Floyd Valley @ Denison

Class 2-A, District 2
Kuemper Catholic @ East Sac County
Missouri Valley @ OA-BCIG

Class 2-A, District 8
Clarinda @ Clarke
Shenandoah @ I-35

Class 1-A, District 1
Ridge View @ IKM-Manning

Class 1-A, District 7
Nodaway Valley @ West Central Valley
Pleasantville @ Panorama

Class 1-A, District 8
Clarinda Academy @ St. Albert
Tri-Center @ Griswold
Logan-Magnolia @ Audubon
Underwood @ Treynor

Class A, District 7
Guthrie Center @ West Harrison (ND)

Class A, District 8
Bedford @ SE Warren (ND)
A-H-S-T @ Van Meter (ND)
Corning @ Madrid (ND)
Earlham @ Riverside (ND)
Exira/EHK @ Martensdale-St. Marys (ND)

8-Man, District 6
East Union @ Adair-Casey
Murray @ Lenox
CAM @ Mormon Trail
Lamoni @ Ankeny Christian

8-Man, District 7
Ar-We-Va @ Coon Rapids-Bayard
East Greene @ Boyer Valley
Woodbine @ Glidden-Ralston

8-Man, District 8
East Mills @ Stanton
Nishnabotna @ Fremont-Mills
Essex @ Villisca
South Page @ Sidney

• (3-0) Tri-Center 25-25-25, Riverside 12-5-11
• (3-0) Abraham Lincoln 25-25-25, Treynor 10-21-13
• (3-2) Fremont-Mills 25-19-25-23-18, Nishnabotna 22-25-21-25-16
• (3-0) IKM-Manning 25-25-25, West Harrison 8-10-18
• (3-0) Logan-Magnolia 25-25-25, Charter Oak-Ute 20-12-15
• (3-0) Stanton 25-25-25, Clarinda Academy 7-5-4
• (3-1) Van Meter 25-20-26-25, Ankeny Christian Academy 18-25-24-15
• (3-0) Villisca 25-25-25, East Mills 21-19-13
• (3-0) Woodbine 25-25-25, West Monona 18-20-11
• (3-1) Corning 25-25-19-25, Martensdale-St Marys 22-19-25-15
• (3-0) Nodaway Valley over Pleasantville (game scores not available)

Perry Invitational

• (2-1) Ar-We-Va 21-19-16, Carlisle 10-21-14
• (2-0) Ar-We-Va 21-21, Coon Rapids-Bayard 16-19
• (2-1) Ar-We-Va 25-20-15, Earlham 18-25-12
• (2-0) Coon Rapids-Bayard 22-21, Carlisle 20-14
• (2-1) Des Moines Christian 17-21-15, Coon Rapids-Bayard 21-7-5
• (2-0) Des Moines Christian 21-21, Ar-We-Va 15-13

AMES, Iowa (AP) – About the only thing Iowa State coach Paul Rhoads hasn’t done during his brief but promising stint is beat Iowa – or even come close to doing so. The Cyclones (1-0) have been utterly outclassed in their last two meetings against the Hawkeyes (1-0), who visit Iowa State on Saturday. Iowa State committed six turnovers in a 35-3 loss at home in 2009. Last year, Iowa pushed the Cyclones around in Kinnick Stadium during a 35-7 rout that was even worse than the final score indicated. Rhoads says the Cyclones can’t be manhandled at the line of scrimmage if they hope to snap their losing skid to the Hawkeyes. Iowa State slipped past Northern Iowa 20-19 in its opener, while Iowa trounced Tennessee Tech 34-7.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – An appeals court has upheld the first-degree murder conviction of a mentally ill man who shot his former football coach in the school’s weight room. Mark Becker had argued that he was legally insane when he shot Aplington-Parkersburg High School Coach Ed Thomas in June 2009. A jury found Becker guilty and rejected his insanity defense. Doctors testified at the trial that Becker is a paranoid schizophrenic but they disagreed over whether he knew right from wrong when he shot Thomas. Becker’s lawyers argued that jurors were given incorrect instructions about the legal definition of insanity.

The Iowa Court of Appeals on Thursday agreed one instruction was incorrect but said jurors were given another instruction that correctly defined insanity. Taken together, the court says jurors were properly instructed.