Class 3-A, Region 3:

• Atlantic @ Red Oak
• Shenandoah @ Clarinda
• Saydel @ ADM
• Clarke @ I-35

Class 4-A Region 1:

• Carroll @ Storm Lake
• Denison @ Glenwood

Class 4-A Region 2:

• Creston @ Winterset
• Norwalk @ Perry

Class 5-A, Region 2:

• Thomas Jefferson @ Abraham Lincoln

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Ryan Vogelsong struck out a career-best nine in another postseason gem and the San Francisco Giants forced a decisive Game 7 in the NL championship series with a 6-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday night. Marco Scutaro hit a two-run double and Buster Posey drove in his first run of the series with a groundout in the first inning as San Francisco struck early to support Vogelsong. Matt Cain will start for the Giants against Kyle Lohse in Game 7 tonight (Monday night). Lohse won their Game 3 matchup.

Allen Craig hit an RBI single in the sixth for the Cardinals. Craig shifted from first base to left field in place of injured Matt Holliday, a late scratch with lower back tightness. The Giants have won five straight games this postseason when facing elimination.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Gary Scott scored on a 2-yard run in overtime and Mike Piatkowski threw for 373 yards and two touchdowns as Drake scored the final 31 points of the game to defeat Marist 34-27 Saturday.

Scott, who rushed for 90 yards, also scored on a 10-yard run in the fourth quarter that pulled the Bulldogs (6-2, 5-0 Pioneer League) within 27-19.

Piatkowski followed with a 17-yard TD to Joey Orlando with 7:07 remaining, then found Kevin Marshall for the two-point conversion to tie the game.

Marist (2-5, 1-3), which led 27-3 late in the third quarter, got 80 yards rushing and a pair of scores from Max Jacques, and two TD passes from Tommy Reilly, who was 9 of 21 for 185 yards in his first start of the year. The Red Foxes had a third-and-goal from the 1-yard line on their overtime possession, but Reilly was sacked on each of the next two plays.

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) – J.W. Walsh threw for 415 yards and a touchdown, and Joseph Randle scored twice and set up another touchdown with a big fourth-quarter run as Oklahoma State beat Iowa State 31-10 on Saturday.

Walsh was 32 of 47 in compiling the ninth-highest single-game passing performance in school history. The victory was the 63rd of coach Mike Gundy’s career, moving him past Pat Jones into No. 1 on the school’s all-time list.

The Cowboys (4-2, 2-1 Big 12) gained a small measure of revenge on Iowa State (4-3, 1-3), which ended Oklahoma State’s national title chances last year with an upset in double overtime. There was no drama this time – the Cyclones struggled to move the ball after scoring 10 first-quarter points.

Randle had 151 yards on 24 carries. His 62-yard gain early in the fourth quarter put the Cowboys at the 14-yard line, and Walsh scored three plays later.

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The brackets are out from the Iowa High School Athletic Association for the 2012 Iowa High School Football Playoffs. Click the links below to see the brackets for each class.

• 8-Man
• Class A
• Class 1A
• Class 2A
• Class 3A
• Class 4A

ST. LOUIS (AP) – Barry Zito pitched the San Francisco Giants back into the NL championship series, dominating into the eighth inning of a 5-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night that narrowed their deficit to 3-2.

The defending champion Cardinals might have thrown away a chance to clinch a second straight World Series trip. Pitcher Lance Lynn’s toss on a possible forceout deflected off the second-base bag, paving the way for the Giants’ four-run fourth.

Pablo Sandoval homered for the second straight night and Zito made an extremely rare offensive contribution with a perfectly executed bunt for an RBI single.

Game 6 will be in San Francisco on Sunday, with Ryan Vogelson pitching for the Giants against Chris Carpenter.

Class 3-A District 1  
*Glenwood (2-6, 0-5) @ Atlantic (5-3, 2-3)
*ADM (6-2, 4-1) @ Harlan (7-1, 4-1)
*Lewis Central (6-2, 3-2) @ Creston (7-1, 4-1)
Perry (2-6) @ Saydel (0-9)

Class 3-A District 2
*LeMars (6-2, 4-1) @ Carroll (3-5, 3-2)
*Denison (1-7, 1-4) @ Sergeant Bluff-Luton (0-8, 0-5)

Class 2-A District 8 
*Kuemper Catholic (8-0, 5-0) @ Clarinda (1-7, 1-4)
*OA-BCIG (5-3, 4-1) @ Greene County (4-4, 3-2)
*Shenandoah (4-4, 3-2) @ Red Oak (2-6, 2-3)
Clarinda Academy (0-8) @ Nodaway Valley (1-7)

Class 1-A District 2
*Ridge View (4-4, 3-2) @ IKM/Manning (8-0, 5-0)

Class 1-A District 8 
*St. Albert (7-1, 5-0) @ Missouri Valley (2-6, 1-4)
*Treynor (4-4, 1-4) @ Panorama (5-3, 3-2)
*Tri-Center (6-2, 4-1) @ West Central Valley (4-4, 3-2)

Class A District 7
*Earlham (1-7, 1-5) @ Audubon (4-4, 3-3)
*Woodward-Granger (8-0, 6-0) @ Bedford (4-4, 4-2)
*Madrid (5-3, 4-2) @ Guthrie Center (2-6, 2-4)
*Martensdale-St. Marys (3-5, 1-5) @ Woodward Academy (3-5, 3-3)

Class A District 8    
*Underwood (4-4, 4-2) @ A-H-S-T (5-3, 4-2)
*East Mills (3-5, 2-4) @ West Monona    (0-8, 0-6)
*Logan-Magnolia (7-1, 6-0) @ Griswold (6-2, 5-1)
*Westwood (2-6, 2-4) @ Riverside (2-6, 1-5)

8-Man District 6 
*Ankeny Christian (1-8, 0-6) @ Mormon Trail (1-7, 0-6)
*Lamoni (7-2, 4-2) @ Murray (8-0, 6-0)
*Grandview Park Baptist (3-5, 2-4) @ East Union (3-6, 2-4)
Coon Rapids-Bayard (6-3) @ Adair-Casey (7-1)

8-Man District 7  
*Exira/EHK (8-0, 7-0) @ Heartland Christian (0-9, 0-7)
*Glidden-Ralston (6-2, 6-1) @ Ar-We-Va (2-6, 2-5)
*Boyer Valley (5-3, 4-3) @ West Harrison (4-4, 3-4)
*Charter Oak-Ute (2-6, 1-6) @ Woodbine (4-4, 4-3)

8-Man District 8
*CAM (7-2, 6-1) @ Sidney (8-0, 7-0)    —on KJAN & KJAN.com—
*Fremont-Mills (7-1, 6-1) @ Lenox (6-2, 5-2)
*Villisca (1-7, 1-6) @ Essex (4-5, 2-5)
*Stanton (1-7, 1-6) @ Nishnabotna (1-7, 1-6)
Corning (3-5) @ Wayne (6-2)

*District Game