(Radio Iowa) The Iowa Department of Natural Resources will host five meetings across the state to discuss the proposed waterfowl season and zone structures for 2021-2025. D-N-R spokesman Mick Klemsrude says the meetings are part of an ongoing process. He says the U-S Fish and Wildlife Service allows states to take a look at the zones every five years to see if they need to make some changes. There are currently three zones in the state. “We have the Missouri River Zone in far western Iowa — and then a north zone and a south zone,” Klemesrude says. “You get different season depending on the number of zones that you have — so that is one of the considerations.”

He says they had discussions with small groups of hunter and sent out surveys as part of the review to come up with the best solution for the state. He says they look at a lot of the migration data and harvest data and then come up with a proposal. He says the meetings will get input from hunters. “We could have changes to our proposals based on those comments, and then we’ll go in front of our Natural Resources Commission and propose that. And once we have a final version, that will go back out for comment, the official public comment,” Klemesrude says.

The first meeting will be held October 14th at Three Mile Lake Lodge near Afton. October 15th at the Washington County Conservation Office education center near Ainsworth, October 16th at the Oelwein Community Center,October 22nd at the Story County Conservation Center near Ames and on October 23rd at the Alta Community Center. All meetings will be held from 6:00 until 8:00 p-m. The Commission is expected to make a final decision in April 2020.

The IHSAA released the first edition of the Football Playoff RPI on Monday. Follow the links below to check out the list in each class.

Class 4A

Class 3A

Class 2A

Class 1A

Class A

Eight-Player

The Nodaway Valley Cross Country Invite was held on Monday at the Adair County Fairgrounds in Greenfield. AC/GC’s Kate Crawford and Nodaway Valley’s Josh Baudler took individual titles. The AHSTW girls and Earlham boys won the team titles.

Girls Team Scores

1. AHSTW 82
2. Van Meter 85
3. Earlham 89
4. Panorama 90
5. AC/GC 92
6. Nodaway Valley 108
7. Madrid 175
8. Mount Ayr 189
9. East Union 286
10. West Central Valley 299
11. Martensdale St. Marys 305
12. Woodward-Granger 318
13. Southwest Valley 351

Girls Individual Top Ten

1. Kate Crawford, AC/GC 19:49.88
2. Clare Kelly, Van Meter 20:11.11
3. Ryann Portch, AHSTW
4. Mary Kelly, Van Meter
5. Ella Waddle, Panorama
6. Lily Dixon, Earlham
7. Rylee Sloss, AC/GC
8. Sophia Broers, Nodaway Valley
9. Reagan Weinheimer, Nodaway Valley
10. Gwen Steffen, Panorama

Full girls results: Nodaway-Valley GirlsXC 2019

Boys Team Scores

1. Earlham 51
2. Nodaway Valley 57
3. Madrid 66
4. AC/GC 111
5. Van Meter 178
6. Woodward-Granger 200
7. Mount Ayr 214
8. Bedford 255
9. Southeast Warren 266
10. I-35 270
11. Panorama 304
12. East Union 331
13. West Central Valley 331
14. Orient-Macksburg 367
15. Martensdale St. Marys 369
16. Southwest Valley 411

Boys Individual Top Ten

1. Josh Baudler, Nodaway Valley 16:22.81
2. Louden Foster, West Central Valley 16:59.32
3. Randy Jimenez, Earlham
4. Clay Pehl, Madrid
5. Jayden Dickson, Earlham
6. Zach Dixon, Earlham
7. Rory McDermott, Madrid
8. Chaz Warson, Madrid
9. Jake Willem, Earlham
10. Ben Breheny, Nodaway Valley

Full results: Nodaway-Valley BoysXC 2019

The Woodbine Cross Country Meet also served as the Rolling Valley Conference Championships on Monday night.

In the full meet results the Logan-Magnolia girls and St. Albert boys came away with team titles. Tri-Center’s Peyton Pogge and St. Albert’s Bennett Heisterkamp were individual winners.

Girls Team Scores

1. Logan-Magnolia 20
2. Tri-Center 57
3. IKM-Manning 108
4. Exira-EHK 109
5. CAM 114
6. West Harrison 151
7. Boyer Valley 177

Girls Individual Top Ten

1. Peyton Pogge, Tri-Center 19:25.89
2. Courtney Sporrer, Logan-Magnolia 20:32.55
3. Grace Slater, Audubon
4. Kyle Morrison, Logan-Magnolia
5. Taylor Sporrer, Logan-Magnolia
6. Violet Lapke, Logan-Magnolia
7. Carly McKeever, St. Albert
8. Hannah Thygesen, Audubon
9. Mya Moss, Logan-Magnolia
10. Morgan Hanson, IKM-Manning

Boys Team Scores

1. St. Albert 52
2. Tri-Center 55
3. Woodbine 91
4. IKM-Manning 106
5. Logan-Magnolia 119
6. Boyer Valley 160
7. Missouri Valley 173
8. CAM 207
9. Underwood 242
10. Whiting 289

Boys Individual Top Ten

1. Bennett Heisterkamp, St. Albert 17:00.11
2. Brett McGee, Tri-Center 17:43.83
3. Quentin Dreyer, IKM-Manning
4. Ryan Hughes, St. Albert
5. Jon Franke, Tri-Center
6. Bryce Patten, Underwood
7. Ethan Follman, CAM
8. Patrick Heffernan, Boyer Valley
9. Colin Lillie, St. Albert
10. Nate Wright, Woodbine

Full Woodbine XC Meet Results: 19WoodbineXC

In the Rolling Valley Championships the Exira-EHK girls and Woodbine boys were the team Champions. Riley Kerger of Woodbine and Ethan Follman of CAM were the individual winners.

Girls RVC Team Scores

1. Exira-EHK 38
2. CAM 39
3. West Harrison 65
4. Boyer Valley 87

Girls RVC Individual Top Ten

1. Riley Kerger, Woodbine 24:00.95
2. Brynn Bass, Coon Rapids-Bayard 24:03.45
3. Kylee Cogdill, Woodbine
4. Cadence Stephenson, CAM
5. Camryn Paulsen, Exira-EHK
6. Emily Plagman, CAM
7. Kylie Petersen, Boyer Valley
8. Kate Hansen, Exira-EHK
9. Ella Petersen, Exira-EHK
10. Katie Gore, West Harrison

Boys RVC Team Scores

1. Woodbine 25
2. Boyer Valley 42
3. CAM 60

Boys RVC individual Top Ten

1. Ethan Follman, CAM 18:37.33
2. Patrick Heffernan, Boyer Valley 18:39.08
3. Nate Wright, Woodbine
4. Adam Sherer, Woodbine
5. Conrad Schafer, Woodbine
6. Payton Bush, Woodbine
7. Colby Heithoff, Coon Rapids-Bayard
8. Aidan Carmody, Woodbine
9. Mason King, West Harrison
10. Clay Roberts, Boyer Valley

Full RVC Meet Results: RollingValleyXC2019

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(3-1) Mount Ayr 25-25-20-25, Murray 23-12-25-7
(3-0) Southwest Valley 25-25-25, Martensdale-St Marys 12-16-14

Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Yadier Molina pushed the St. Louis Cardinals to a deciding Game 5 of the NL Division Series, poking a tying single in the eighth inning and lifting a sacrifice fly in the 10th to beat the Atlanta Braves 5-4. Molina slung his bat far into the outfield after his winner, and the packed crowd at Busch Stadium roared. Game 5 will be Wednesday back in Atlanta. The Cardinals will have ace Jack Flaherty on the mound, and the Braves will go with Mike Foltynewicz.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis Cardinals star Yadier Molina made a throat-slashing gesture as he celebrated on the field after hitting the winning sacrifice fly in the 10th inning of a 5-4 victory over the Atlanta Braves in Game 4 of the NL Division Series. Braves star Ronald Acuña Jr. made a similar motion across the top of his chest after hauling in Molina’s flyball for the final out of Atlanta’s 3-1 win Sunday. The series is going to deciding Game 5.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs did to themselves Sunday night what rivals have been trying to do for the better part of two years: They slowed themselves down. In what became a 19-13 loss to the Colts, the Chiefs committed 11 penalties for a whopping 125 yards to spoil a nip-and-tuck game that wasn’t decided until the fourth quarter. Next up is red-hot Houston, fresh off a 53-32 romp over the Falcons.

TORONTO (AP) — Alex Pietrangelo scored the tiebreaking goal in the third period, leading the St. Louis Blues to a 3-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs. Oskar Sundqvist and Brayden Schenn also scored for the defending champions, who have earned points in their first three games this season. Jordan Binnington stopped 32 shots.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska began preparing for this week’s game at unbeaten Minnesota as if sophomore Noah Vedral would start at quarterback in place of Adrian Martinez. Martinez limped to the sideline at the end of the third quarter against Northwestern and had ice on his left knee when he came out of the medical tent. Vedral led the Huskers on the drive that set up Lane McCallum’s winning field goal.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Yadier Molina pushed the St. Louis Cardinals to a deciding Game 5 of the NL Division Series, hitting a tying single in the eighth inning and a winning sacrifice fly in the 10th to beat the Atlanta Braves 5-4 Monday. Molina slung his bat far into the outfield after his winner, and the packed crowd at Busch Stadium roared with the longtime heart of the franchise. Game 5 will be Wednesday back in Atlanta. The Cardinals will have ace Jack Flaherty on the mound, and the Braves will go with Mike Foltynewicz.

Kolten Wong led off the St. Louis 10th with a ground-rule double against Julio Teheran. After Paul Goldschmidt was intentionally walked, Wong advanced on Marcell Ozuna’s forceout and easily scampered home on Molina’s fly to the front of the warning track in left field. Wong threw his hands in the air as he ran toward the plate. Molina rounded first base with his bat in hand, then flung it as the celebration erupted. The 37-year-old star catcher discarded his batting helmet as the rest of the Cardinals poured onto the field.

Molina made it 4-all with a two-out single in the eighth that went just off the top of the glove of a leaping Freddie Freeman at first. Ozzie Albies homered and drove in three runs for Atlanta, and Ronald Acuña Jr. had four hits. But the NL East champions went 0 for 9 with runners in scoring position, a continuing problem in the postseason over the past two years.

The Braves left the bases loaded in the sixth and seventh. Acuña was stranded on third when Josh Donaldson flied out in the ninth. Ozuna homered twice for St. Louis, and Goldschmidt also connected. But the NL Central champions were four outs from a second straight difficult loss before Molina delivered down the stretch. Albies gave Atlanta a 4-3 lead with a two-run homer off Dakota Hudson in the fifth, capping a three-run rally.

The Braves carried the lead all the way into the eighth, but Goldschmidt doubled and Molina came up with the tying hit off Shane Greene. Carlos Martínez gave St. Louis a lift after Acuña led off the ninth with a double, retiring three in a row. The closer took the loss Sunday when he gave up three runs in the ninth in Atlanta’s 3-1 victory. Game 1 starter Miles Mikolas worked the 10th for the win.

The CAM Cougars football team is beginning their annual Tackle Hunger week leading up to Friday night’s home game against the Boyer Valley Bulldogs. The school district is asking for donations of canned goods and other non-perishable items to boxes located at all four of the CAM school building offices this week.

Also on Wednesday, October 9th football players and coaches will be sacking groceries and taking donations at the Atlantic Hy-Vee store from 6:00pm-7:30pm to support local food pantries and the CAM Schools’ Backpack Program. Cash donations and Hy-Vee gift cards will also be accepted.

Then this Friday during the home football game against Boyer Valley they will be taking donations at the gate. CAM 5th graders will be helping collect items that night as part of their service project for the year.  A list of suggested donation items needed can be seen below.

canned vegetables & fruits
single serve breakfast cereals
shelf-stable milk, white and chocolate
single serve pudding packs
single serve fruit cups
Chef Boyardee main meals
cereal bars
100% juice boxes
spaghetti sauce
cereal-regular family-size boxes
egg noodles
Ramen noodles
soups
Tuna Helper
personal hygiene items
paper towels
wipes
XL size zip storage bags
**cash donations accepted
**Hy-Vee gift cards accepted

We’ll have coverage of the CAM vs. Boyer Valley football game this week on KJAN and video coverage will also be available on the CAM Cougar Channel.