KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Chiefs released veteran wide receiver Mike Williams and safety Stevie Brown on Wednesday. Neither had played much during training camp and the preseason. Williams was trying to rejuvenate his career in Kansas City after his career fizzled with Tampa Bay and Buffalo.

Williams had three straight 60-plus reception seasons with the Buccaneers after he was chosen in the fourth round out of Syracuse. Brown was also trying to make a comeback. He had eight interceptions with the New York Giants in 2012, but has only appeared in 16 games over the past three seasons.

ST. LOUIS (AP) – Matt Carpenter, Randal Grichuk and Stephen Piscotty homered off Mets starter Jacob deGrom, powering the St. Louis Cardinals past New York 8-1 Wednesday night. Carpenter set the tone, hitting a leadoff home run in the first inning. The Cardinals went on to win for the seventh time in nine games. Piscotty and Yadier Molina each had three of the Cardinals’ season high-tying 19 hits.

Carlos Martinez (12-7) gave up one run and four hits over eight innings. He also got two hits himself. Roughed up for the second straight start, deGrom (7-7) allowed five runs on 12 hits in 4 2/3 innings. He was tagged for a career-worst eight runs and 13 hits in his previous outing against San Francisco.

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — RJ Moore hit a go-ahead three-run homer in a six-run fourth inning and Goodlettsville, Tennessee beat Johnston, Iowa 14-3 in five innings on Wednesday in an elimination game of the Little League World Series.

After Moore’s shot over the center-field wall, Tennessee loaded the bases and Zach McWilliams hit a bloop double to score two and Tyler Jones scored from first after an error for a 7-3 lead. The bases were full again in the fifth for Tennessee. With no outs and the infield in, Brock Duffer rolled it through the hole on the left side to score two and Ryan Oden crossed home on an error to make it 10-3. Duffer scored on a fielder’s choice.

Tyler Jones drove in Tanner Jones from second for a 12-3 lead and Robert Carroll sent it up the middle to score two more. Kaiden Dinh put Iowa in front 3-1 with a three-run homer in the third.

The 2016 High School Football season kicks off this Friday night August 26th and KJAN will give you a chance to listen and watch an exciting area contest. We’ll be in Exira as the Exira-EHK Spartans play host to the Audubon Wheelers in a non-district 8-man football match-up.  Chris Parks and Jim Field will bring you the call on AM 1220 and FM 101.1 KJAN, or listen online or on the KJAN app.  You can also watch live streaming video of the game on the TV page at kjan.com.  Our weekly pick ’em show Who’s Gonna Win? will air at 6:00pm, the Dvorak Tire and Service Pre-Game Show at 6:30pm, followed by kickoff at 7:00pm.  Join us for high school football action every Friday night on KJAN!

Atlantic 18-22-15, AC-GC 21-20-9
Atlantic 21-21, Earlham 19-19
Alta/Aurelia 25-25-25, OA-BCIG 13-16-14
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 25-23-15, Stanton 22-25-13
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 25-25, Riverside, Oakland 14-13
PCM, Monroe 21-21, Nodaway Valley 3-19
Southeast Polk 21-21, Nodaway Valley 10-10
Stanton 25-25, Riverside, Oakland 16-10
Urbandale 19-21-15, Nodaway Valley 21-8-4

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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Munenori Kawasaki hit a sacrifice fly in the eighth inning, driving in Taylor Davis with the go-ahead run, as the Iowa Cubs beat the Memphis Redbirds 3-2 on Tuesday. Davis scored after he reached base on a walk and advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt.

Stephen Bruno hit a solo home run in the fourth inning to give the Cubs a 1-0 lead. The Redbirds came back to take the lead in the fifth inning when Efren Navarro hit a two-run single. Iowa tied the game 2-2 in the fifth when Bijan Rademacher hit a sacrifice fly, scoring Tommy La Stella.

Jose Rosario (1-0) got the win with a scoreless inning in relief while Corey Littrell (1-4) took the loss in the Pacific Coast League game. Gerardo Concepcion retired the side in order for his first save of the season. Breyvic Valera singled twice, also stealing a base for the Redbirds.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Defending national champion Nebraska is the unanimous choice of Big Ten coaches to win the conference title in women’s volleyball. National semifinalist and defending Big Ten champion Minnesota is picked to finish second, followed by Wisconsin, Penn State and Illinois. Ohio State is sixth in the poll, followed by Michigan State, Michigan, Purdue, Northwestern, Maryland, Iowa, Indiana and Rutgers.

Michigan’s Abby Cole, Nebraska’s Kadie Rolfzen, Penn State’s Haleigh Washington and Wisconsin’s Lauren Carlini are unanimous selections to the coaches’ preseason All-Big Ten team. Other members are Illinois’ Jordyn Poulter, Michigan State’s Chloe Reinig, Minnesota’s Hannah Tapp, Paige Tapp and Samantha Seliger-Swenson, Nebraska’s Amber Rolfzen and Justine Wong-Orantes, Ohio State’s Taylor Sandbothe, Penn State’s Ali Frantti, and Wisconsin’s Haleigh Nelson.

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — Kaiden Dinh hit a walk-off single and Johnston, Iowa rallied past Warwick, Rhode Island 3-2 on Tuesday in an elimination game of the Little League World Series. Miles Risley led off the bottom of the sixth inning by reaching on an error and Michael Siemer blooped a single into right field to put runners on the corners with one out. Then Jack Emanuel walked to load the bases.

After Rhode Island starter Colin Lemieux left due to a pitch limit, Josh Larson hit the first pitch to tie it at 2-2. On the next pitch, Dinh singled through the same hole on the left side to win it. Lemieux allowed just four hits and struck out 13 in 5 1/3 innings. Iowa reliever Tyler Moore threw 60 pitches in four innings and allowed only one earned run.

Dinh led off the bottom of the fifth with a solo home run to tie it at 1-1. But Kenny Rix hit the second pitch of the sixth over the left-field wall to give Rhode Island a 2-1 lead.

Tennessee plays Iowa on Wednesday. Zach McWilliams allowed four hits and one earned run over 4 1/3 innings, Tyler Jones hit a go-ahead home run in the seventh inning and Goodlettsville, Tennessee beat Chula Vista, California 4-2 on Tuesday night in an elimination game of the Little League World Series.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Wilmer Flores and Justin Ruggiano homered as the New York Mets beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-4 on Tuesday night. Jose Reyes reached four base times and scored three runs. Asdrubal Cabrera had three hits, drove in a run and scored once.