ST. LOUIS (AP) – John Lackey pitched seven strong innings, rookie Tommy Pham continued his productive hitting and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Cincinnati Reds 3-1 Tuesday night.

Lackey (13-9) allowed only a first-inning homer by Jay Bruce during his 16th quality start in 16 outings at Busch Stadium. The veteran right-hander struck out seven, walked none and lowered his home ERA to 1.97.

St. Louis improved to a major league-best 95-56 with its second straight low-scoring victory over Cincinnati. Steve Cishek worked the ninth to earn his first save for St. Louis.

Pham hit a sacrifice fly to deep center in the seventh that scored Tony Cruz and broke a 1-all tie. Pham drove in the Cardinals’ first run with a third-inning double that brought in Matt Carpenter, who doubled with one out. Since moving into the lineup eight games ago, Pham has nine RBIs, eight extra-base hits and is batting .407.

Big Ten schools can petition the conference to waive a requirement in the new football scheduling policy that teams must play one nonconference game against an opponent from one of the other five most powerful leagues.

Associate commissioner Scott Chipman said Tuesday conference officials would decide on a case-by-case basis.

Commissioner Jim Delany in July unveiled the new scheduling model that has each school playing one game against a team from the Atlantic Coast, Southeastern, Big 12 or Pacific-12 conferences or a major independent.

The Indianapolis Star reports that since the new policy was announced, Indiana has received permission from the conference to count games against Connecticut in 2019 and 2020 and Cincinnati in 2021 and 2022 as Power Five opponents.

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Big Ten Conference
Special Teams Player of the Week
Marshall Koehn, Iowa
Sr., K, Solon, Iowa/Solon

• Tied a Kinnick Stadium record with a 57-yard game-winning field goal as time expired to lead Iowa past Pittsburgh
• Added a 43-yard field goal and went 3-for-3 on extra points
• Also punted once, a 64-yard kick that was downed inside the five-yard line
• Claims his first career Special Teams Player of the Week honor
• Last Iowa Special Teams Player of the Week: Kevonte Martin-Manley (Sept. 23, 2013)

The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Iowa high school football polls of the 2015 season with first-place votes in parentheses and won-loss record, total points and position last week at right:

Class 4A
Record Pts Prv
1. West Des Moines Dowling (14)            3-0 158 T2
2. Bettendorf (2)                                        4-0 143 T2
3. West Des Moines Valley                       3-1 123 1
4. Fort Dodge                                              4-0 102 5
5. Cedar Rapids Kennedy                          4-0 94 6
6. Ankeny                                                    3-1 65 8
7. Cedar Rapids Washington                     3-1 54 10
8. Muscatine                                                4-0 40 9
9. Waukee                                                    2-2 29 NR
10. Cedar Falls                                             3-1 25 4
Others receiving votes: 11, Urbandale 16. 12, Johnston 14. 13, Council Bluffs Lewis Central 8. 14, Sioux City East 5. 15, Pleasant Valley 2. 15, Council Bluffs Jefferson 2.

Class 3A
Record Pts Prv
1. Pella (14)                                             4-0 158 1
2. Manchester West Delaware (2)       4-0 140 2
3. Cedar Rapids Xavier                          4-0 129 3
4. Sioux City Heelan                               4-0 110 4
5. Webster City                                       4-0 86 7
6. Dallas Center-Grimes                        3-1 68 9
7. Independence                                     4-0 55 10
8. Harlan                                                  3-1 40 5
9. Norwalk                                               3-1 37 6
10. Davenport Assumption                   2-2 16 NR
Others receiving votes: 11, Glenwood 11. 11, Solon 11. 13, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 6. 14, Chariton 5. 14, Boyden-Hull-RV 5. 16, Washington 3.

Class 2A                                           Record Pts Prv
1. Albia (13)                                        4-0 157 1
2. Spirit Lake (3)                                4-0 141 2
3. Tama South Tama                         4-0 130 3
4. Waukon                                            4-0 104 4
5. Anamosa                                          4-0 91 5
6. Garner-Hayfield-Ventura             4-0 55 T7
7. West Union North Fayette            3-1 50 T7
8. Wellman Mid-Prairie                     4-0 43 10
9. Baxter CMB                                     4-0 36 9
10. Williamsburg                                  3-1 28 NR
Others receiving votes: 11, Donnellson Central Lee 20. 12, Clear Lake 9. 13, Cherokee 6. 14, Central Lyon-GLR 4. 15, West Burlington-Notre Dame 2. 15, Mount Vernon 2. 17, Aplington-Parkersburg 1. 17, Shenandoah 1.

Class 1A
Record Pts Prv
1. Iowa City Regina (16)                       4-0 160 1
2. Dike-New Hartford                           4-0 134 2
3. Hinton                                                 4-0 118 4
4. West Branch                                       4-0 115 3
5. Madrid                                                 4-0 89 5
6. Underwood                                         4-0 77 7
7. Panora Panorama                              4-0 67 6
8. Inwood West Lyon                            3-1 33 9
9. Hudson                                                4-0 29 10
10. Hull Western Christian                   3-1 17 NR
Others receiving votes: 11, Avoca AHST 9. 11, St. Ansgar 9. 13, Alburnett 6. 14, Calmar South Winneshiek 3. 14, Pella Christian 3. 14, Van Meter 3. 14, South Central Calhoun 3. 18, IKM/Manning 2. 18, Ridge View 2. 20, Sumner-Fredericksburg 1.

Class A
Record Pts Prv
1. Brooklyn BGM (8)                     4-0 144 2
2. Algona Garrigan (4)                  4-0 133 4
3. Belmond-Klemme (1)                4-0 120 5
4. Logan-Magnolia (2)                    3-1 92 10
5. Hawarden West Sioux                4-0 90 9
6. Denver (1)                                    3-1 79 NR
7. Audubon                                       3-1 62 1
8. Pleasantville                                 4-0 56 NR
9. Gladbrook-Reinbeck                  2-2 31 3
10. Britt West Hancock                   3-1 24 NR
Others receiving votes: 11, Winfield-Mount Union 23. 12, Akron-Westfield 10. 13, Paullina South O’Brien 5. 13, Colfax-Mingo 5. 15, Bedford 3. 16, Earlham 1. 16, Mount Ayr 1. 16, Packwood Pekin 1.

Class 8-Man
Record Pts Prv
1. Fremont Mills, Tabor (2)               4-0 136 2
2. Newell-Fonda (9)                            4-0 129 1
3. Gilbertville-Don Bosco (2)              3-0 115 3
4. Glidden-Ralston (2)                         4-0 108 4
5. Marcus MMC (1)                              4-0 92 5
6. HLV, Victor                                       5-0 69 6
7. Elkader Central                                 4-0 48 7
8. Elk Horn-Kimballton-Exira            4-0 46 NR
(tie)Janesville                                        4-0 46 8
10. Lenox                                               4-0 30 NR
Others receiving votes: 11, Colo-NESCO 22. 12, Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire 19. 13, Harris-Lake Park 8. 14, East Mills 6. 15, Northwood-Kensett 4. 16, Coon Rapids-Bayard 2.

ST. LOUIS (AP) – Rookie Stephen Piscotty doubled in the go-ahead run in a two-run eighth inning and the St. Louis Cardinals turned it on late for a 2-1 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Monday.

Rookie Tommy Pham tripled off J.J. Hoover (8-2) to open the eighth and Jhonny Peralta’s one-out single tied it ahead of Piscotty’s drive off the wall in left-center.

Johnathon Broxton (3-5) allowed one hit the eighth and Trevor Rosenthal earned his 47th save in 49 chances to match the franchise record.

The Cardinals had a four-game NL Central lead over Pittsburgh before the opener of their final home stand. They’re a major league-best 51-24 at home and have the best overall record, too, at 94-56.

High school volleyball scores Monday, September 21st

Audubon 25-25-25, Logan-Magnolia 16-19-23  (3-0)
Bedford 16-25-15, Fremont-Mills 25-13-13 (2-1)
Bedford 26-25, Rock Port, Mo 24-16 (2-0)
Fairfax 25-25-25, South Page 18-18-18 (3-0)
Stanton 28-25-25, Southwest Valley 26-11-17 (3-0)

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Kuemper Catholic Invitational
Saturday, Septmber 19th
Swan Lake State Park Carroll, IA

Girls Race A Individual Results

1. Trina Moreno, Urbandale
2. Elyse Prescott, Urbandale
3. Julia Noah, Urbandale
4. Mickey Cole, Urbandale
5. Ellie Mendlik, Denison Schleswig

10th- Tiffany Williams, Atlantic

Girls Race A Team Results

1. Urbandale 16pts
2. Spencer 97pts
3. Denison Schleswig 100pts
4. Harlan Community 114pts
5. CB Lewis Central 117pts
6. Atlantic 155pts

Girls Race B Individual Results

1. Karley Larson, Underwood
2. Ameilia Lesher, North Polk
3. Emily Patterson, North Polk
4. Payton Sporrer, IKM-Manning
5. Madison Schiernbeck, OA-BCIG

Girls Race B Team Results

1. North Polk 35pts
2. Underwood 72pts
3. South Central Calhoun 87pts
4. Griswold 112pts
5. Exira-EHK 129pts

Boys Race A Individual Results

1. Michael Westphal, Urbandale
2. Drake Henrichs, Urbandale
3. Jon Dahlheimer, CB Thomas Jefferson
4. Brenden O’Brien, CB Lewis Central
5. Jonah Pennigroth, Urbandale

14th Ryan Hawkins, Atlantic
19th Phoenix Shadden, Atlantic

Boys Race A Team Results

1. Urbandale 24pts
2. Harlan Community 66pts
3. Webster City 119pts
4. CB Thomas Jefferson 127pts
5. CB Lewis Central 142pts
6. Atlantic 152pts

Boys Race B Individual Results

1. Evan Wilson, Exira-EHK
2. Austin Smith, North Polk
3. Spencer Moon, South Central Calhoun
4. Will McCormick, North Polk
5. Jacob Wilcox, North Polk

Boys Race B Team Results

1. North Polk 37pts
2. Woodward Academy 68pts
3. OA-BCIG 93pts
4. Underwood 111pts
5. South Central Calhoun 118pts

Volleyball Scores Sunday, September 20th

Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 21-19-15, Bishop Heelan, Sioux City 17-21-10
Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 21-21, LeMars Gehlen Catholic 16-6
Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 21-21, St. Edmond, Fort Dodge 7-3
Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 21-21, St. Mary, Storm Lake 8-6
Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 21-21, St. Mary’s, Remsen 9-7