CHENEY, Wash. (AP) — Reilly Hennessey hit fourth-string tight end Beau Byus with a 23-yard scoring pass off a fake field goal with 43 seconds left to lift Eastern Washington to a 34-30 win Northern Iowa on Saturday night. Hennessey, the backup quarterback, had rallied the Eagles (2-1) to a 28-24 lead with two touchdown passes after they had trailed 24-7 at the half. Freshman Antoine Custer Jr. started the comeback by returning the second-half kickoff 93 yards for a touchdown.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Kolten Wong hit a sacrifice fly that capped a two-run comeback in the ninth inning and the St. Louis Cardinals rallied for a big win in their playoff chase, beating the San Francisco Giants 3-2 Saturday night. The Cardinals had lost three straight and held a team meeting prior to the game. Their win further tightened the NL wild-card race — the Giants and Mets are tied for the top two spots, with the Cardinals trailing by two games.

(2-0) ACGC 21-22, Coon Rapids-Bayard 8-20
(2-1) Audubon 20-21-15, West Central Valley, Stuart 22-10-3
(2-0) Audubon 21-21, Exira-EHK 19-11
(2-0) Audubon 21-23, Colfax-Mingo 16-21
(2-1) Audubon 25-21-15, Underwood 27-17-9
(2-0) Clarinda 21-21, Atlantic 10-10
(2-0) Clarinda 21-21, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 13-18
(2-0) Colfax-Mingo 21-21, Coon Rapids-Bayard 13-17
(2-1) Coon Rapids-Bayard 19-21-15, West Central Valley, Stuart 21-12-10
(3-0) Creston 25-25-25, Red Oak 17-9-23
(2-0) Crestwood 21-21, Turkey Valley 14-10
(2-0) East Mills 21-21, Winterset 18-17
(2-0) East Mills 22-21, Shenandoah 20-13
(2-0) East Mills 25-25, Interstate 35, Truro 7-19
(2-0) East Union 21-21, Martensdale-St Marys 7-12
(2-1) Glidden-Ralston 21-15-15, Coon Rapids-Bayard 19-21-12
(2-1) Humboldt 21-13-16, AR-WE-VA, Westside 12-21-14
(2-0) Humboldt 25-25, Carroll 14-20
(2-0) IKM-Manning 21-21, Carroll 19-9
(2-0) IKM-Manning 21-21, Paton-Churdan 10-10
(2-0) IKM-Manning 21-23, Newell-Fonda 7-21
(2-0) Lamoni 21-23, East Union 14-21
(2-0) Lawton-Bronson 21-21, OA-BCIG 12-8
(2-0) Missouri Valley 21-21, Heartland Christian 13-7
(2-1) Mount Ayr 19-21-15, East Mills 21-18-4
(2-1) Mount Ayr 21-15-15, Winterset 16-21-9
(2-0) Mount Ayr 21-21, Shenandoah 18-10
(2-0) Mount Ayr 25-25, Lamoni 17-22
(2-0) Mount Ayr 25-27, East Mills 21-25
(2-0) OA-BCIG 21-21, Sioux Central, Sioux Rapids 18-20
(2-1) Pocahontas Area 21-22-15, Lewis Central 13-24-12
(2-1) Red Oak 11-21-15, Treynor 21-13-10
(2-0) Red Oak 21-21, Atlantic 15-8
(2-0) Red Oak 21-21, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 9-13
(2-0) Red Oak 38-25, Treynor 36-20
(2-1) South Central Calhoun 15-25-15, IKM-Manning 25-19-10
(2-0) Treynor 21-21, Atlantic 18-9
(2-0) Treynor 21-21, Clarinda 12-15
(2-0) Treynor 21-21, Creston 12-10
(2-0) Tri-Center, Neola 21-21, Atlantic 4-6
(2-0) Tri-Center, Neola 21-21, Clarinda 13-14
(2-0) Tri-Center, Neola 21-21, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 17-18
(2-0) Tri-Center, Neola 21-21, Creston 13-6
(2-0) Tri-Center, Neola 25-25, Clarinda 19-17
(2-0) Tri-Center, Neola 25-25, Red Oak 21-19
(2-1) Underwood 15-21-15, Audubon 21-16-9

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Grant Kraemer went 24 of 42 for 241 yards with three touchdown passes and Drake pulled away from Division II member McKendree 28-16 on Saturday. McKendree built a 10-0 lead after one quarter on a 39-yard touchdown run by Brandon Wildman and a 29-yard field goal by Steven O’Block.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs have waived defensive lineman Rakeem Nunez-Roches and elevated offensive lineman Jordan Devey from the practice squad for Sunday’s game in Houston.

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Kyle Hicks ran for 117 yards with a long touchdown and also scored on a 25-yard catch as TCU beat Iowa State 41-20 on Saturday in the first game this season that counts in the Big 12 standings. Hicks went 64 yards untouched to put TCU (2-1, 1-0 Big 12) up 10-0 in the first quarter, after his path was cleared by 315-pound tackle Joseph Noteboom’s downfield block of a defensive back. On the opening drive of the second half, Kenny Hill hit Hicks wide open in the end zone behind the secondary for a 31-7 lead. Iowa State, with first-year coach Matt Campbell, is 0-3 for the first time since 1997.

While the Horned Frogs bounced back from a double-overtime home loss to Arkansas that knocked them out of the Top 25, receiver and returner KaVontae Turpin sustained an apparent left leg injury and had to be helped off the field the play before Hicks’ TD catch. Turpin entered the game the national leader with 236 all-purpose yards per game, but had only two caches for 8 yards and one kickoff return for 28 yards.

Hundreds of football fans at a homecoming game in northwest Iowa witnessed a horrific traffic accident that produced an explosion and sent two people to the hospital. It happened at about eight Friday night in Le Mars, during the halftime of the Le Mars Gehlen game against Woodbury Central. The marching band was performing when a motorcycle collided head-on with a pick-up on the street just beyond the field. The motorcycle slid beneath the pick-up, a fire was sparked and fans in the stands saw a ball of fire erupt. Officials believe it was the gas tank on the motorcycle that exploded.

Le Mars Fire Chief Dave Schipper was at the football game and quickly determined two people were injured. “The fortunate thing was we had an ambulance right at the football field so those people received medical treatment within minutes and, of course, the fire department responded to put the fire out,” Schipper says. The game was suspended for nearly a half an hour while emergency crews worked at the scene. The fire chief wasn’t just concerned about the two people directly involved. He worried Woodbury Central fans on the visiting sideline were too close to the fire.

“They got on the PA right away and told visiting folks to please exit the bleachers and go to the north side, leave everything there, just get out of those bleachers,” Schipper says. “We had the pick-up fully engulfed. We had gasoline on fire. We had explosions happening with the tires. We’ve got power lines right above there, some bigger trees and things like that, so we wanted those people to clear out of there for their safety.” Heavy smoke from the fire drifted across the playing field and over the bleachers on both sides of the field. Fire fighters used foam to smother the fire.

The accident remains under investigation, but the accident report from Le Mars Police had identified the drivers of both vehicles. Twenty-one-year-old Dillon McKinney of Le Mars was the driver of the motorcycle. He was taken to the hospital in Le Mars, then airlifted to a hospital in Sioux City for treatment of severe injuries. Twenty-three-year-old Samantha Priekset of Le Mars was a passenger on the motorcycle. She was treated at the hospital in Le Mars and has been released.

Surprisingly, the driver of the pick-up and his passenger were both able to escape without injury. The vehicle was completely destroyed by the fire.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs running back Jamaal Charles is doubtful for Sunday’s game at Houston as he continues to work his way back from surgery last season to repair the torn ACL in his right knee. The Chiefs also will be without their two starting offensive guards against the Texans. Laurent Duvernay-Tardif is out with an ankle sprain and rookie Parker Ehinger is out with a concussion.