ST. LOUIS (AP) — Carlos Beltran capped his latest scintillating postseason performance with an RBI single in the 13th inning early Saturday that lifted the St. Louis Cardinals over the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 in the NL championship series opener. Beltran hit a two-run double early, then threw out a runner at the plate from right field in the 10th to keep the score tied.

In the 13th, he singled into the right-field corner with one out against Kenley Jansen. It was the longest postseason game for the Dodgers since the 1916 World Series. Game 2 is Saturday afternoon.

Class 3-A, District 1

• Perry 48 @ Atlantic 27
• Glenwood 21 @ Creston 49
• Harlan 24 @ Lewis Central 14
• ADM 28 @ Newton 45

Class 2-A, District 8

• Clarinda Academy 26 @ Shenandoah 54
• OA-BCIG 14 @ Kuemper Catholic 50
• Greene County 28 @ Clarinda 25
• Red Oak 12 @ St. Albert 31

Class 1-A, District 8

• Missouri Valley 44 @ Tri-Center 50
• Treynor 16 @ Nodaway Valley 35
• Panorama @ West Central Valley

Class A, District 7

• Earlham 47 @ Bedford 22
• Woodward Academy 0 @ Audubon 27
• Guthrie Center 29 @ Martensdale-St. Marys 10
• Madrid 44 @ Woodward-Granger 8

Class A, District 8

• Underwood 0 @ Logan-Magnolia 63
• Griswold 19 @ Riverside 22  **Live on KJAN **
• Westwood 37 @ West Monona 22
• A-H-S-T 10 @ East Mills 0

Eight Man, District 6

• East Union 12 @ Mormon Trail 30
• Ankeny Christian 13 @ Lamoni 84
• Tri-County 16 @ Grandview Park Baptist 15
• Colo-Nesco 18 @ Murray 51

Eight Man , District 7

• Charter Oak-Ute 20 @ Boyer Valley 64
• Coon Rapids-Bayard 14 @ Glidden-Ralston 49
• Exira/EHK 68 @ Southwest Valley 13
• Ar-We-Va 26 @ West Harrison 60

Eight Man, District 8

• Essex 46 @ Sidney 87
• CAM 48 @ Stanton 32
• Fremont-Mills 52 @ Nishnabotna 12

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Winterset won the girls title and Thomas Jefferson won the boys team title at the Atlantic Cross Country Invitational Thursday night at the Atlantic Golf & Country Club.  Rebekah Topham of Griswold was the girls champion and Cooper McDermott of Creston won the boys race.  Click the links below for the complete results in all races.

Girls Varsity

Boys Varsity

Girls JV

Boys JV

Girls MS

Boys MS

Hawkeye 10:

• (3-1) Shenandoah 25-25-18-25, Atlantic 14-22-25-17
• (3-1) Glenwood 27-16-25-25, Creston 25-25-21-19
• (3-0) Lewis Central 25-25-25, Denison-Schleswig 22-15-23
• (3-1) St. Albert 25-25-27-25, Red Oak 23-27-25-22

Western Iowa:

• (3-0) IKM-Manning 25-25-25, Griswold 20-18-17
• (3-2) Missouri Valley 20-27-25-25-15, Audubon 25-29-23-10-9
• (3-0) Logan-Magnolia 25-25-25, Riverside 21-23-23
• (3-0) Tri-Center 25-25-25, A-H-S-T 20-8-12
• (3-0) Treynor 25-25-25, Underwood 14-21-15

Rolling Valley:

• (3-2) Adair-Casey 14-25-25-23-15, Woodbine 25-21-22-25-9
• (3-2) Exira/EHK 24-21-25-25-15, Boyer Valley 26-25-23-20-10
• (3-0) Glidden-Ralston 25-26-25, CAM 22-24-21

Others:

• (3-1) Lenox 25-16-25-25, Orient-Macksburg 14-25-5-15
• (3-1) Nishnabotna 25-25-18-25, Essex 22-23-25-17
• (3-1) Stanton 12-25-25-25, Fremont-Mills 25-15-19-9

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Even the most muffled clap seemed to echo throughout Arrowhead Stadium last season as the Kansas City Chiefs plodded their way toward one of the worst seasons in franchise history. A group of fans is trying to restore the roar.

When the Chiefs host the Oakland Raiders on Sunday, they will be trying to break a Guinness world record for loudest sports crowd roar in an outdoor sports stadium that was set earlier this year by Seahawks fans during a game against the 49ers.

The record is 136.6 decibels, or just below what a jet engine sounds like 100 feet away. The fans even have the support of the Chiefs, who paid for a Guinness adjudicator to fly to Kansas City for the record attempt.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Mark McGwire was back in his element, holding court in St. Louis. Most major league coaches do their jobs in virtual anonymity behind the scenes. McGwire, however, is no ordinary hitting instructor and his homecoming is a juicy, natural subplot in this NL championship series. Once a star slugger for the Cardinals and later their batting coach, McGwire now serves in that role with the Los Angeles Dodgers on manager Don Mattingly’s staff. So on Thursday evening, none of the players on either team received nearly as much attention at Busch Stadium.

A swarm of reporters surrounded Big Mac near the batting cage before the Dodgers’ workout. He noticed the boom mike that hovered over the crowd and repeated answers to the second and third waves.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Carpets were still drying out from a champagne bath and a few players looked bleary eyed after a workout at Busch Stadium. A day after advancing, there wasn’t much time to rest for the St. Louis Cardinals. The Los Angeles Dodgers don’t have home-field advantage in the NL championship series, but they got a few extra days to savor early postseason success.

No telling which side will benefit, the team on a roll or the team coming off a break, entering Game 1 Friday night. Joe Kelly, who flourished as a replacement starter with St. Louis, opposes Zack Greinke in the opener. The staff aces won’t go until later in the best-of-seven series, with the Dodgers’ Clayton Kershaw set for Game 2 and the Cardinals’ Adam Wainwright ready for Game 3.

The Cardinals will again be without cleanup man Allen Craig, who was out of town Thursday seeing a specialist for his foot injury.