Atlantic Trojan Senior Quarterback Harrison Hoegh has set a new school single season passing yardage record.  Hoegh had a great game on Friday night at Perry throwing for 247 yards  and a touchdown.  Hoegh also ran for a score on a 36 yard run.

Hoegh’s passing total after the game was up to 1,873 yards which tops the previous season total record of 1,817 yards in 2002 by Bret Meyer.

Hoegh has at least two more games to add to that total with home games versus Harlan and Glenwood to end the regular season.

Another team record is in danger of being broken as well as Senior Receiver Sam Markham is now only 18 yards away from the single season receiving yardage record of 814 yards set by Al Wernimont in 1971.

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ATLANTA (AP) – Just like last year, the Braves lost out on a spot in the NL division series to the St. Louis Cardinals. Only this time, Atlanta was knocked out with the help of what will be remembered as one of the most disputed infield fly calls in baseball history.

Trailing by three runs, the Braves would have had the bases loaded with one out in the eighth inning. Instead they had runners on second and third with two outs, didn’t score again and lost 6-3 Friday night in baseball’s first, one-and-done, wild-card playoff game.

Just like that, the focus shifted from Chipper Jones’ impending retirement and the end of Kris Medlen’s winning streak to a call that led to a 19-minute delay caused by enraged fans throwing debris and a protest by Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez.

Andrelton Simmons’ fly ball into shallow left field fell between shortstop Pete Kozma and left fielder Matt Holliday, sparking the furor. Just before the ball dropped, left field umpire Sam Holbrook raised his arm to signal an infield fly, meaning Simmons was out.

The call was later than is usual on an infield fly, a rule designed to prevent fielders from deliberately letting balls fall in attempts for a double play. This ball landed at least 50 feet beyond the infield.

Gonzalez ran onto the field and argued the call with Holbrook and other members of the umpire crew.

Last year, the Braves led St. Louis by 10 1/2 games in the wild-card race before play on Aug. 26 and still were up by 8 1/2 games on the morning of Sept. 6. Atlanta went 9-18 in September, ended with a five-game losing streak and finished a game behind the Cardinals, who went on to win the World Series.

This year, with a second wild card added, the Braves went 94-68 and the Cardinals 88-74, setting up the wild-card matchup in the expanded postseason.

Atlanta then played one of its worst games of the year, blowing a two-run lead, making three errors that led to four unearned runs and going 1 for 8 with runners in scoring position. The Braves had the fewest errors in the NL during the regular season.

One of the errors was by Jones, whose bad throw on a potential double-play grounder helped allow the Cardinals to score three runs in the third and go ahead for good. Second baseman Dan Uggla and shortstop Andrelton Simmons also made throwing errors in the seventh, helping the Cardinals add two runs.

The 40-year-old Jones was 1 for 5, reaching on an infield single in the ninth and ending his career stranded at third base when Uggla hit a game-ending groundout. Jones tipped his helmet before his final at-bat.

Even after the controversial call, Atlanta had a chance in the eighth. The Cardinals brought in closer Jason Motte, who loaded the bases with a walk to pinch-hitter Brian McCann before striking out Michael Bourn on a 3-2 pitch.

Atlanta had won a record 23 straight starts by Medlen, who was 9-0 with a 0.97 ERA in 12 starts this season. He had not lost as a starter since May 23, 2010, at Pittsburgh. In this one he allowed five runs – two earned – and three hits in 6 1-3 innings.

David Ross’ two-run homer put the Braves ahead in the second,  but after Jones’ error the Cardinals went ahead on an RBI double by World Series star Allen Craig, Yadier Molina’s run-scoring groundout and David Freese’s sacrifice fly. Holliday homered in the sixth to make it 4-2.

After Uggla’s error on Freese’s leadoff grounder in the seventh, Simmons made his bad throw on a grounder by rookie Pete Kozma and Matt Carpenter hit a run-scoring infield single to the pitcher.

Bourn’s RBI grounder in the seventh was the only other run the Braves could muster. Atlanta sent the tying run to the plate in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings.

And now the Braves have all winter to think about another season with a sour ending.

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – TCU coach Gary Patterson was planning to use backup quarterback Trevone Boykin as a tailback when the 15th-ranked Horned Frogs play Iowa State.  Boykin will be in the backfield Saturday, but instead as the starting quarterback with Casey Pachall suspended indefinitely. Pachall was arrested early Thursday on suspicion of driving while intoxicated.

The Frogs (4-0) were looking at Boykin as a tailback option since they’ve already lost their leading rusher to a season-ending knee injury and current starter Matthew Tucker is dealing with an ankle injury. TCU, which has won 12 games in a row, is playing its first Big 12 home game. Boykin is 9-of-10 passing for 74 yards and a touchdown, and has run 12 times for 122 yards and a score.

ATLANTA (AP) – The St. Louis Cardinals are carrying 10 pitchers, one more than the Braves, on their 25-man roster for their NL wild-card game against Atlanta. Kyle Lohse is starting today (Friday). Manager Mike Matheny has only one other starting pitcher, Lance Lynn, active for the game. Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez has three starting pitchers on his roster.

The Cardinals are carrying three catchers, with Bryan Anderson and Tony Cruz available behind starter Yadier Molina.  Marc Rzepczynski and Sam Freeman are the only left-handers in the Cardinals’ bullpen. Matheny is sticking with second baseman Daniel Descalso and shortstop Pete Kozma as his starting middle-infield combination. Winning teams in the wild-card games can reset their rosters for the division series.

Class 3-A District 1 
*Atlantic (4-2, 1-2) @ Perry (2-4, 1-3)
*Creston (5-1, 3-1) @ Glenwood (2-4, 0-3)
*Lewis Central (5-1, 2-1) @ Harlan (5-1, 2-1)
Newton (2-4) @ ADM (5-1)

Class 3-A District 2
*Bishop Heelan Catholic (6-0, 3-0) @ Carroll (2-4, 2-1)
*Denison ( 1-5, 1-2) @ Spencer (3-3, 2-2)

Class 2-A District 8 
*Clarinda (1-5, 1-2) @ Greene County (2-4, 1-2)
*Shenandoah (2-4, 1-2) @ Clarinda Academy (0-6, 0-4)
*Kuemper Catholic (6-0, 3-0) @ OA-BCIG (5-1, 4-0)
St. Albert (5-1) @ Red Oak (2-4)

Class 1-A District 2
*IKM/Manning (6-0, 3-0)@ Maple Valley-A-O (3-3, 0-3)

Class 1-A District 8  
*Tri-Center (4-2, 2-1) @ Missouri Valley (2-4, 1-2)
*Nodaway Valley (0-6, 0-4)@ Treynor (3-3, 0-3)
*West Central Valley (4-2, 3-1) @ Panorama (4-2, 2-1)

Class A District 7
*Audubon (3-3, 2-2) @ Woodward Academy (2-4, 2-2)
*Bedford (3-3, 3-1) @ Earlham (1-5, 1-3)
*Woodward-Granger (6-0, 4-0) @ Madrid (4-2, 3-1)
*Martensdale-St. Marys (3-3, 1-3) @ Guthrie Center (0-6, 0-4)

Class A District 8 
*East Mills (3-3, 2-2) @ A-H-S-T (4-2, 3-1)
*Riverside (1-5, 0-4)@ Griswold (4-2, 3-1)
*Logan-Magnolia (5-1, 4-0) @ Underwood (4-2, 4-0)
*West Monona (0-6, 0-4)@ Westwood (0-6, 0-4)

8-Man District 6
*Lamoni (5-2, 2-2) @ Ankeny Christian (1-6, 0-4)
*Murray (6-0, 4-0)@ Colo-Nesco (5-2, 4-1)
*Mormon Trail (1-5, 0-4) @ East Union (2-5, 1-3)
Grandview Park Baptist (2-4) @ Tri-County (2-4)

8-Man District 7  
*West Harrison (2-4, 1-4) @ Ar-We-Va (2-4, 2-3)
*Boyer Valley (4-2, 3-2)@ Charter Oak-Ute (2-4, 1-4)
*Glidden-Ralston (5-2, 5-1) @ Coon Rapids-Bayard (5-2, 4-2)
*Heartland Christian (0-7, 0-5) @ Woodbine (2-4, 2-3)
Villisca (1-5) @ Exira/EHK (6-0)

8-Man District 8
*Stanton (1-5, 1-4) @ CAM (5-2, 4-1)
*Corning (3-3, 3-3) @ Lenox (5-2, 4-2)
*Sidney (6-0, 5-0) @ Essex (3-4, 1-4)
*Nishnabotna (1-5, 1-4) @ Fremont-Mills (5-1, 4-1)

* – district game

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State junior guard Ashley Hagedorn has been awarded a scholarship by head coach Bill Fennelly.

“Ashley has been awarded a scholarship for the 2012-13 season,” Fennelly said. “She has worked hard and has been a good addition to our program so we wanted to reward that effort.”

The Irwin, Iowa native came to Iowa State as a walk-on after two years at Des Moines Area Community College. She averaged 12.3 points and 3.5 steals per game to earn all-region honors and helping lead the Bears to the regional semifinals.

Hagedorn graduated from I-K-M Manning in 2010.

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources will hold a public meeting in Atlantic later this month, to discuss outdoor recreation. The 2-hour meeting takes place at 6:30 p.m., Oct. 18th, in the Atlantic Chamber of Commerce Rock Island Depot meeting room.  The Atlantic meeting is one of a series being held across the state to gather information to develop a new 5-year outdoor recreation plan for Iowa.  The draft plan will be available for public comment in December before it is submitted to the National Park Service.

Michelle Wilson, project leader for the State Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan, says “We want Iowans with an interest in outdoor recreation or who participate in outdoor recreation to attend this meeting and help set a course for the future of outdoor recreation.” Wilson says they want residents to tell the DNR what recreational activities they would like to participate in, what amenities or conveniences would help you participate more often and what should the state focus on when it comes to outdoor recreation.

The plan will serve as a guide for future projects developed by the Iowa DNR.

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