ROSEMONT, Ill. – The Big Ten Conference announced its 2018 football preseason honors on Monday in conjunction with the start of Big Ten Media Days at the Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile. A media panel selected the 10-member preseason list, with five representatives each from the East and West Divisions.

Ohio State fielded a pair of honorees on the East Division roster, while Penn State was represented by senior quarterback and unanimous selection Trace McSorley. The Buckeyes were represented by junior defensive end Nick Bosa and sophomore running back J.K. Dobbins. Michigan junior defensive lineman Rashan Gary and Michigan State junior quarterback Brian Lewerke rounded out the East Division lineup. McSorley garnered Big Ten football preseason honors for the second consecutive season.

Wisconsin paced the West Division with two standouts selected. The Badgers saw senior linebacker T.J. Edwards and sophomore running back Jonathan Taylor earn recognition. Iowa junior tight end Noah Fant, Nebraska senior wide receiver Stanley Morgan Jr., and Northwestern sophomore linebacker Paddy Fisher completed the West Division honorees. Fant, Morgan Jr., Fisher, Edwards and Taylor garnered Big Ten football preseason honors for the first time in their careers.

The 2018 Big Ten preseason honors list features the reigning Smith-Brown Defensive Lineman of the Year in Bosa and the returning Thompson-Randle El Freshman of the Year in Taylor, who are among nine All-Big Ten selections on the squad. Bosa, Edwards, Gary and Taylor were first-team All-Big Ten picks last year. Other second- and third-team All-Conference honorees last year who made this year’s preseason honors list include Dobbins, Fant, Fisher, McSorley and Morgan Jr.

The full list of Big Ten football preseason honorees is as follows:

EAST DIVISION

Rashan Gary, Jr., DL, MICH

Brian Lewerke, Jr., QB, MSU

Nick Bosa, Jr., DE, OSU

J.K. Dobbins, So., RB, OSU

Trace McSorley, SR., QB, PSU

WEST DIVISION

Noah Fant, Jr., TE, IOWA

Stanley Morgan Jr., Sr., WR, NEB

Paddy Fisher, So., LB, NU

T.J. Edwards, Sr., LB, WIS

Jonathan Taylor, So., RB, WIS

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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid arrived on the campus of Missouri Western State University to start his 20th season as an NFL head coach, yet finds himself energized by what’s new on his football team for 2018. The offseason changes result in a team navigating through its most significant turnover since Reid’s 2013 arrival in Kansas City.

CHICAGO (AP) — Jose Quintana pitched seven effective innings, keeping Matt Carpenter in the ballpark and leading the Chicago Cubs to a 7-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. Quintana allowed two runs and six hits, struck out six and walked four in his first start since July 10. Carpenter’s homer streak ended at six games, a single-season record for St. Louis.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Drew Butera hit a tiebreaking, three-run inside-the-park home run when center fielder Jake Cave failed in his attempt to make a diving catch in the seventh inning, and the Kansas City Royals beat Minnesota 5-3 to take three in a row from the Twins and complete their first series sweep in a year. Kansas City had not swept a series since last July 24-26 at Detroit. Butera had the first inside-the-park-homer by a Royals catcher since Brent Mayne on Sept. 22, 1991.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Outfielder Brian Goodwin has been acquired by the Kansas City Royals from the Washington Nationals for minor league pitcher Jacob Condra-Bogan. The 27-year-old Goodwin hit .200 with three homers and 12 RBIs in 48 games for the Nationals this season. He bruised his left wrist diving for a ball and did not play from April 15 until May 15, when he had two at-bats. He went back on the disabled list, returned June 1 and is hitting .171 in 41 at-bats since.

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa State football team showed up in storm-ravaged Marshalltown to help residents clean up two days after a destructive tornado swept through the city. The Marshalltown Times-Republican reports that the entire Cyclones roster was on hand Saturday. Players did everything from clearing tree limbs and debris, raking yards, moving remnants of houses, rooftops and garages, and removing furniture from damaged homes and businesses.

CHICAGO (AP) — Matt Carpenter’s homer streak is over. Jose Quintana was that good. Quintana pitched seven effective innings, keeping Carpenter in the ballpark and helping the Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-2 on Sunday.

Quintana (9-6) allowed two runs and six hits, struck out six and walked four in his first start since July 10. The left-hander also matched his career high with 121 pitches after he got an extended break to work with pitching coach Jim Hickey on his changeup and get over some shoulder fatigue.

Kyle Schwarber hit a tiebreaking solo homer off Mike Mayers (2-1) with two out in the sixth inning, and the Cubs broke it open with three runs in the eighth. The NL Central leaders took three of five from the Cardinals in their first series after the All-Star break and moved 3 1/2 games ahead of second-place Milwaukee.

Carpenter’s homer streak ended at six games, a single-season record for St. Louis.
Cardinals: RHP Luke Weaver, who was the 26th man for Saturday’s doubleheader and started Game 1, returned to the minors. He is expected to return next weekend to make a start.

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Cubs: RHP Dillon Maples was optioned to Triple-A Iowa.
Cardinals: INF Jedd Gyorko (illness) is feeling much better after sitting out Saturday’s doubleheader, Shildt said. Gyorko grounded out as a pinch hitter with two on in the sixth inning and stayed in the game.

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Cardinals: RHP Daniel Poncedeleon will make his major league debut Monday at Cincinnati. He underwent surgery in 2017 to relieve pressure around his brain after he was hit in the head by a line drive while pitching for Triple-A Memphis. RHP Luis Castillo (5-8, 5.49 ERA) is set to start for the Reds.

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa State football team showed up in storm-ravaged Marshalltown to help residents clean up two days after a destructive tornado swept through the city. The entire Cyclones roster traveled from Ames to Marshalltown, making quick work out of a number of tasks on Saturday before catching a breather at a local schoolyard, The Marshalltown Times-Republican reported.

Players did everything from clearing tree limbs and debris, raking yards, moving remnants of houses, rooftops and garages, and removing furniture from damaged homes and businesses.

“I don’t have words for it, you know what I mean?” said redshirt freshman offensive lineman Colin Newell. “You just put yourself in that position for a second and you’re like, ‘wow.’ “We had some guys come up here (Friday) and help out, and they said we’ve got to get more guys up here and do what we can to help out. We’ve got a lot of people with us, so we can bring a lot of manpower with us and get out here and help these people out.”

One of the group’s first undertakings of the day was to help a family move its car out of the driveway and a truck out from under a garage that fallenon it. A tearful owner offered hugs to any Cyclone football player who crossed her path — and some pledged their fandom to Iowa State, even if only for a day. “Just doing it for the community makes it all worth it, too, just helping out Iowa and Marshalltown get back to where they were at,” said redshirt freshman offensive lineman Alex Kleinow.

Both Newell and Kleinow have dealt indirectly with flood damage to their own hometowns, but that was nothing compared with what Marshalltown experienced during the tornado. “This is really eye-opening,” Kleinow said.

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CHICAGO (AP) — Matt Carpenter homered for the sixth consecutive game and Paul DeJong hit a tiebreaking double in St. Louis’ three-run ninth inning, helping the Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 6-3 to split their day-night doubleheader. Carpenter also had a solo shot in the opener after he went 5 for 5 with three homers and seven RBIs while playing just six innings in St. Louis’ 18-5 victory on Friday.

CHICAGO (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals have placed right-hander Carlos Martinez on the 10-day disabled list with a strained right side. The move comes a day after Martinez struggled through five innings in a 9-6 loss to the Chicago Cubs. Martinez has dropped his last two starts. General manager Michael Girsch says he hopes Martinez misses only one start.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Salvador Perez homered, reliever Brian Flynn picked up the win with three scoreless innings and the Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 4-2. The Royals won back-to-back games for the first time since May 29-30.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs have a new quarterback in Patrick Mahomes II, new assistant coaches and open jobs on both sides of the ball. Still, the way Mahomes takes over for the departed Alex Smith is the big storyline as the Chiefs report to the campus of Missouri Western for the start of training camp.

CHICAGO (AP) — Matt Carpenter homered for the sixth consecutive game and Paul DeJong hit a tiebreaking double in St. Louis’ three-run ninth inning, helping the Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 6-3 on Saturday to split their day-night doubleheader.

Carpenter entered as a defensive replacement in the sixth and hit a solo drive in the seventh for his fifth homer in the past two days. He also had a solo shot in the opener after he went 5 for 5 with three homers and seven RBIs while playing just six innings in St. Louis’ 18-5 victory on Friday.

Carpenter became the first player in Cardinals history to homer in six consecutive games during one season. He matched the club record held by Mark McGwire, who connected in six straight games over two years.

The Cardinals trailed 3-2 before Yairo Munoz hit a tying single with two outs in the eighth. DeJong came up with runners on first and second in the ninth and doubled to left field against Steve Cishek.

Tommy Pham added a two-run double as St. Louis improved to 7-5 against NL Central-leading Chicago this season. Sam Tuivailala (2-3) pitched a scoreless eighth for the win and Bud Norris got three outs for his 18th save on a blustery day at Wrigley Field.

It was one sweet swing for DeJong, who committed a costly error in Chicago’s three-run sixth. He also bounced into a critical double play during St. Louis’ 7-2 loss in the opener.

Anthony Rizzo had four hits from the leadoff spot and Mike Montgomery pitched six effective innings, but the Cubs’ bullpen was unable to close it out. Justin Wilson (3-3) took the loss after walking the first two batters in the ninth.

Rizzo also reached four times in Game 1, including three walks and a leadoff triple. The big first baseman is batting .542 (13 for 24) in seven games since manager Joe Maddon put him in the leadoff spot to try to jolt him out of a slump.

The Cubs grabbed the opener behind Tyler Chatwood (4-5), who pitched into the sixth inning for his first win since May 11. Ben Zobrist went 4 for 4, Javier Baez had three hits and two RBIs, and Tommy La Stella also drove in two runs in the makeup of an April 16 rainout.

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Mikolas (10-3, 2.79 ERA) and Quintana (8-6, 3.96 ERA) pitch in the finale of the five-game set. Mikolas is 2-0 with a 3.94 ERA in three July starts. Quintana is 3-2 with a 2.81 ERA in six career starts against St. Louis.

CLASS 1A Quarterfinals @ Principal Park in Des Moines:

Lisbon 2, Don Bosco 1

North Linn/Troy Mills 6, Remsen/St. Mary’s 3

1A Semifinals on Thursday, 7/26 @ Principal Park in Des Moines:

11-a.m. Mason City/Newman Catholic vs. Martensdale-St. Marys

1:30-p.m. Lisbon vs. North Linn/Troy Mills.

CLASS 2A Quarterfinals, Monday (7/23) @ Principal Park in Des Moines:

11-a.m. Iowa City/Regina vs. Treynor

1:30-p.m. Van Meter vs. Alta/Aurelia

5-p.m. Estherville/Lincoln Central vs. Centerville

7:30-p.m. Wilton vs. Denver

The Class 3A and 4A Quarterfinals will be held Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively, also at Principal Park in Des Moines.

Tyler Chatwood picked up his first victory in two months by working into the sixth inning of the Cubs’ 7-2 decision over the Cardinals in Game 1 of a doubleheader. Chatwood hit a batter and issued six walks, but he allowed just one hit over 5 1/3 innings. Ben Zobrist went 4-for-4 and scored twice for Chicago, while Javier Baez had three hits and two RBIs.

The Cardinals placed right-hander Carlos Martinez on the 10-day disabled list with a right oblique strain. St. Louis also activated right-hander Miles Mikolas from the paternity list and recalled reliever John Brebbia from Triple-A Memphis. Right-hander Luke Weaver was added to the roster as the 26th man for Saturday’s day-night doubleheader at Wrigley Field.

Class 3A Third Place Game
2:30 p.m. – Diamond 2
Humboldt 5,  Albia 4

Class 3A Championship
3:30 p.m. – Buena Vista University Diamond
Davenport Assumption 4, Roland-Story 2

Class 4A Third Place
4:45 p.m. – Diamond 2
Newton 7, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 6 (8 innings)

Class 4A Championship
5:45 p.m. – Buena Vista University Diamond
Des Moines Hoover 8, ADM 3

Class 5A Third Place
7:00 p.m. – Diamond 2
Cedar Rapids Jefferson 2, West Des Moines Valley 0

Class 5A Championship
8:00 p.m. – Buena Vista University Diamond
Pleasant Valley 3, Indianola 0