ST. LOUIS (AP) — Rookie Walker Buehler allowed two hits in eight innings, Yasiel Puig homered twice and the Los Angeles Dodgers drew even with the St. Louis Cardinals in the NL wild-card race with a 3-0 victory on Friday night.

Buehler (7-5) pitched beyond the seventh inning for the first time and earned his first victory since Aug. 17. He retired the first 13 batters before Paul DeJong singled to left field. Harrison Bader singled later in the fifth for the Cardinals’ only other hit.

Buehler struck out nine and walked two. In two career starts against St. Louis, he has not allowed a run and has 18 strikeouts in 15 innings.

The Dodgers and Cardinals are tied for the second NL wild-card position, four games behind Milwaukee for the top spot. Los Angeles entered 1½ games behind first-place Colorado in the NL West.

Puig homered in the second off Jack Flaherty (8-7) and connected again in the ninth off Tyler Webb. It was his second multi-homer game of the season.

In the seventh, Cody Bellinger scored on a passed ball by Yadier Molina.

Kenley Jansen hit Yairo Munoz with a pitch to open the ninth but retired the next three batters to finish the two-hitter, earning his 35th save in 39 opportunities.

Flaherty worked six innings, allowing one run on four hits with two walks and eight strikeouts. He has 168 strikeouts this season, the fourth-best total for a rookie in franchise history.

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The Cardinals send right-hander John Gant (7-5, 3.16 ERA) to the mound Saturday afternoon to make his third career appearance and first start against Los Angeles. Veteran lefty Rich Hill (8-5, 3.88) starts for the Dodgers.

The Harlan Cyclones went to the air to beat the Atlantic Trojans on Friday night 56-14. It was a tight game early with a 7-0 Harlan lead after the first quarter. The Trojans would tie the game at 7-7 and again at 14-14 with just over 4 minutes left in the first half.

That’s when the Cyclones took to the aerial attack. Harlan Quarterback Preston Mulligan threw touchdown passes of 54, 7, and 31 yards to take a 21 point lead into halftime.

The 54 yard strike was on the first play of that drive. The next drive only took 3 plays. And the final score was as time expired in the half. The Cyclones carried that momentum into the second half and they rolled to the win.

Mulligan was 12-19 for 350 yards and 5 touchdowns and 1 interception. The Cyclones outgained the Trojans 579-159 and had a 350-45 advantage through the air.

The Cyclones improved to 3-1 and will travel to ADM to open up district play next week.

Atlantic falls to 2-2 and will open district play at home against Kuemper Catholic.

Chris Parks, Jim Field, Matt Mullenix, and Doug Leonard take a look at 8 area high school football games each week. We try to provide some insight into the match-ups while competing for top prognosticator and the Whosman Trophy.

Last Week:

Matt Mullenix 7-1
Chris Parks 7-1
Doug Leonard 7-1
Jim Field 6-2

Overall Standings:

Matt Mullenix 18-6
Chris Parks 18-6
Jim Field 16-8
Doug Leonard 15-9

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KJAN Sports Director Chris Parks’ weekly discussion with Atlantic Head Football Coach Mike McDermott. The Trojans are coming off an overtime win last week against Clarinda to improve to 2-1. This week Atlantic travels to another Hawkeye Ten foe in the Harlan Cyclones (2-1).

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The Atlantic Trojans football team will take on a Hawkeye Ten foe for the third straight week with a trip to Harlan for their final non-district test tonight. The Trojans (2-1) are coming off an overtime win last week over Clarinda 21-20. The Trojan defense came up with a stop on a Clarinda 2-pt conversion try to seal that win. Atlantic Head Coach Mike McDermott said a win like that boosts the confidence of the team moving forward. This week he knows the Trojans will face a tough test against a much bigger line from Harlan (2-1).

Coach McDermott hopes the Trojans can create some seems for their backs to hit some big plays but he knows it will be important to sustain some drives to help in the time possession game against the Cyclones.

The Cyclones also have a knack for playing tough defense and Harlan Head Coah Curt Bladt has liked the improvement he has seen from his team defensively thus far.

Chase Mullenix has been strong at the quarterback spot for Atlantic throwing for 432 yards and 3 scores while rushing for 306 yards and 4 more touchdowns. Coach Bladt had high praise for Mullenix and thinks they will be facing an improving Atlantic team.

Harlan will counter with a productive quarterback of their own in Preston Mulligan. He has thrown for 748 yards and 11 touchdowns with only one interception given up. Coach McDermott hopes the Trojans can put the Cyclones in some long third down situations to make Mulligan’s job more difficult.

Tune in for a full interview with Coach McDermott on Trojan Preview this afternoon at 4:45pm.

We’ll have coverage of the game tonight on KJAN. Chris Parks and Mike Smith will have the call from Merrill Field with pregame at 6:30pm and kickoff at 7:00pm. You can catch the game on-air, online, on the app, or watch the live video feed on our Facebook page. Stay tuned after the game for all the scores from around the state on the Iowa High School Scoreboard Show from 10:00pm-11:30pm.

Southwest Valley Cross Country Invitational
Thursday, September 13, 2018

Girls Team Top 5

1. Shenandoah 48
2. Creston 51
3. Southwest Valley 125
4. East Union 135
5. Central Decatur 143

Girls Individual Top 5

1. Emma Lucas, Bedford 20:14
2. Brielle Baker, Creston 21:40
3. Braelyn Baker, Creston 21:55
4. Kayla Vakite, Shenandoah 22:02
5. Claire Campbell, Shenandoah 22:06

Boys Team Top 5

1. Red Oak 63
2. Shenandoah 75
3. Sidney 104
4. Bedford 105
5. Riverside 114

Boys Individual Top 5

1. Noah Jorgensen, Shenandoah 17:45
2. Camren Welch, Bedford 17:54
3. Baylor Berggren, Red Oak 18:38
4. Adam Thompson, Sidney 18:41
5. Josh Niehart, Bedford 18:48

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The 44th Annual Panorama Cross Country Invitational was held on Thursday night at the Panora Golf Club.

Girls Team Scoring Top 5

1. Panorama 53
2. Earlham 90
3. AC/GC 99
4. Tri-Center 143
5. Nodaway Valley 145

Girls Individual Top 5

1. Peyton Pogge, Tri-Center 19:43
2. Ella Waddle, Panorama 20:07
3. Kate Crawford, AC/GC 20:25
4. Reagan Weinheimer, Nodaway Valley 22:15
5. Sophia Broers, Nodaway Valley 22:22

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Boys Team Scoring Top 5

1. Madrid 31
2. Nodaway Valley 86
3. AC/GC 146
4. Des Moines Christian 146
5. Tri-Center 152

Boys Individual Top 5

1. Sean McDermott, Madrid 16:59
2. Joshua Baudler, Nodaway Valley 17:23
3. Noah Nelsen, AC/GC 17:25
4. Justin Ambrose, Boyer Valley 17:50
5. Rory McDermott, Madrid 18:03

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The 7:20-a.m. Sportscast with Jim Field.

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High School Football Schedule – Week 4 – Friday (09/14/2018)

CLASS 4A

District 7

Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson at Lewis Central (ND)
Sioux City, East at Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln (ND)

CLASS 3A

District 1

Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City at Sioux City, West (ND)
Denison-Schleswig at Kuemper Catholic, Carroll (ND)

District 9

Atlantic at Harlan (ND)
Ballard at Winterset (ND)
Boone at ADM, Adel (ND)
Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson at Lewis Central (ND)
Creston-O/M at Bondurant-Farrar (ND)
Glenwood at Dallas Center-Grimes (ND)

CLASS 2A

District 9

Atlantic at Harlan (ND)
Denison-Schleswig at Kuemper Catholic, Carroll (ND)
Greene County at Gilbert (ND)
Red Oak at Treynor (ND)
Shenandoah at Riverside, Oakland (ND)
Storm Lake at OABCIG (ND)

CLASS 1A

District 8

ACGC at Tri-Center, Neola (ND)
Central Decatur, Leon at Panorama, Panora (ND)
Clarke, Osceola at Mount Ayr (ND)
Southwest Valley at Clarinda (ND)
West Central Valley, Stuart at Nodaway Valley (ND)
Woodward-Granger at Van Meter (ND)

District 9

Cherokee, Washington at Emmetsburg (ND)
IKM-Manning at East Sac County (ND)
Red Oak at Treynor (ND)
St. Albert, Council Bluffs at Underwood (ND)
Westwood, Sloan at Missouri Valley (ND)
Woodbury Central, Moville at MVAOCOU (ND)

CLASS A

District 9

AHSTW at Martensdale-St. Marys (ND)
Madrid at Earlham (ND)
Shenandoah at Riverside, Oakland (ND)
Southwest Valley at Clarinda (ND)
St. Albert, Council Bluffs at Underwood (ND)
West Central Valley, Stuart at Nodaway Valley (ND)

District 10

ACGC at Tri-Center, Neola (ND)
Lawton-Bronson at Ridge View (ND)
Logan-Magnolia at Hinton (ND)
West Monona at Akron-Westfield (ND)
Westwood, Sloan at Missouri Valley (ND)
Woodbury Central, Moville at MVAOCOU (ND)

CLASS 8

District 6

East Union, Afton at Lenox
Mormon Trail, Garden Grove at Lamoni
Murray at Moravia
Southeast Warren, Liberty Center at Seymour

District 7

East Mills at Bedford
Fremont-Mills, Tabor at Essex
Sidney at Griswold
Stanton at Clarinda Academy

District 8

Boyer Valley, Dunlap at Coon Rapids-Bayard
CAM, Anita at West Harrison, Mondamin
Glidden-Ralston at Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton
Woodbine at Audubon