ST. LOUIS (AP) – The Rally Cat won’t be spending time frolicking as the mascot of the St. Louis Cardinals.

The frisky feline ran onto the field during a game with the Kansas City Royals on Aug. 9 and was a good luck charm. Yadier Molina hit a grand slam on the next pitch after the cat was retrieved by a groundskeeper.

The four-month-old tabby disappeared and the St. Louis Feral Cat Outreach captured it the next day. The Cardinals announced plans to adopt the cat, host a Rally Cat Appreciation Day on Sept. 10 and let it live in the clubhouse.

But the nonprofit balked, saying the team wanted to exploit the cat rather than take care of it.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports the Cardinals dispute that claim, but they don’t want to get into a cat fight.

The group is looking for someone to adopt the kitten after it gains more weight.

ACGC hosted a co-ed early bird cross country meet on Thursday night.

In the girls race ACGC’s Kate Crawford took the win with a time of 20:26.  Her teammate Emma Swanson was runner-up. Ella Waddell and Deven Kemble of Panorama were 3rd and 4th respectively. AHSTW’s Heidi Hall finished 5th.

The girls team title went to ACGC with 29 points. Panorma was second with 44 points. East Union third with 102. AHSTW was fourth with 104 and Mount Ayr fifth at 126. Southwest Valley 160 i sixth. Exira-EHK was 8th at 188.

In the boy’s race Evan Wilson of Exira-EHK was the champion with a time of 17:08. Noah Nelsen of ACGC was runner-up. Tyler Kecham of Des Moines Christian was 3rd. Dalton Fischer of AHSTW 4th. Dakota Holaday of CAM was 5th. Cade Jensen of Audubon came in 6th, while Clay Billheimer of ACGC was 7th.

In the boy’s team race ACGC took the title with 50 points. Des Moines Christian was second with 69. Panorama 86, Mount Ayr 112, Woodward-Granger 121, Audubon 148 rounded out the rest of the field.

Full individual results here.