KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Chiefs anticipate Jamaal Charles will miss the remainder of the season after the star running back hurt his right knee in the third quarter of Sunday’s loss to Chicago. Chiefs coach Andy Reid said Monday that results of an MRI on Charles were not yet available, but “the worst case is the ACL is torn. That’s probably the direction it’s heading.”

Charles was making a cut deep in Bears territory on Sunday when his right knee buckled at a gruesome angle. The four-time Pro Bowl selection needed help from a trainer and linebacker Justin Houston to get off the field, never once putting any weight on his right leg. Charles tore the ACL in his other knee four years ago, missing most of the season.

The  Pride of Iowa Conference Volleyball Tournament begins tonight with round-robin play with three teams at four sites. Play begins at 6:00pm tonight at each site. The winners will advance to play in Truro on Tuesday.

Region 1 at Central Decatur

• Central Decatur
• Lenox
• Pleasantville

Region 2 at Bedford

• Bedford
• Martensdale-St. Mary’s
• East Union

Region 3 at Southeast Warren

• Southeast Warren
•  Nodaway Valley
• Interstate 35

Region 4 at Mount Ayr

• Mount Ayr
• Wayne
• Southwest Valley

The Western Iowa Conference Volleyball Tournament gets underway tonight.  The bracket can be seen by following the link below.

2015 WIC VB Tournament Bracket

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jay Cutler led Chicago to a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns, including an alert toss to running back Matt Forte with 18 seconds left, giving the Bears a stunning 18-17 victory over Kansas City.

The 2-3 Bears trailed 17-3 early in the third quarter when Chiefs running back Jamaal Charles went down with a potentially serious knee injury. The preliminary diagnosis was a torn ACL and Charles will have an MRI exam Monday.

Cutler threw for 252 yards and two touchdowns, the first a 22-yard strike to Marquess Wilson with 3:05 left in the game. After the Bears forced a quick three-and-out, Cutler drove them inside the 10-yard line, where he spotted Forte in the end zone.

The 1-4 Chiefs tried a 66-yard field goal that came up short as time expired.

CHICAGO (AP) – St. Louis manager Mike Matheny says the Cardinals are preparing for Game 3 of the NL Division Series in “the same boring way” they have all season long. The Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs are tied at one game apiece heading into the first playoff game at Wrigley Field in seven years. Oh, the Cubs also will have Jake Arrieta on the mound on Monday night for his first start since he shut out Pittsburgh in the wild-card game.

Matheny says the Cardinals have been counted out before against ace pitchers in the postseason, and then had success. But the NL Central champions are heading for quite a challenge in Arrieta, who hasn’t lost at home since July 25. Arrieta says the Cubs are “in a great spot.”

CAM Tournament

Royal Pool

• CAM 2 Riverside 1
• CAM 2 Woodbine 0
• Panorama 2 CAM 1
• Panorama 2 Riverside 0
• Panorama 2 Woodbine 0
• Riverside 2 Woodbine 1

Silver Pool

• Adair-Casey 2 Guthrie Center 1
• Adair-Casey 2 Orient-Macksburg 0
• Guthrie Center 2 Iowa Christian 0
• Guthrie Center 2 Orient-Macksburg 0
• Iowa Christian 2 Adair-Casey 0
• Iowa Christian 2 Orient-Macksburg 0

Semifinal: (2-0) Iowa Christian Academy 21-21, CAM, Anita 5-18
Semifinal: (2-0) Guthrie Center 19-25-15, Panorama 25-11-11Championship: (2-0) Guthrie Center 21-21, Iowa Christian Academy 16-16

Western Christian Tournament

Pool A

• Harlan 2 Bondurant-Farrar 0
• Harlan 2 Sioux Falls O’Gorman 0
• Harlan 2 Sioux City East 0
• Sioux City East 2 Bondurant-Farrar 1
• Sioux City East 2 Sioux Falls O’Gorman 1
• Western Christian 2 Harlan 0
• Western Christian 2 Sioux City East 0

Pool B

• Sergeant Bluff-Luton 2 LeMars 1
• Sergeant Bluff-Luton 2 MOC-Floyd Valley 0
• Sioux City Heelan 2 Unity Christian 1
• Sioux City Heelan 2 LeMars 0
• Sioux City Heelan 2 MOC-Floyd Valley 0
• Sioux City Heelan 2 Sergeant Bluff-Luton 1
• Unity Christian 2 Sergeant Bluff-Luton 1

Consolation

3rd Place: (2-0) Sergeant Bluff-Luton 21-25, Sioux City, East 13-23

Championship

Semifinal: (2-0) Western Christian 21-21, Unity Christian 14-18
Semifinal: (2-0) Harlan 21-21, Bishop Heelan, Sioux City 13-15
Championship: (2-1) Western Christian 21-18-15, Harlan 18-21-12

Hampton-Dumont Tournament

(2-0) Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 21-21, Nashua-Plainfield 17-19
(2-0) Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 21-21, Roland-Story 7-19
(2-0) Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 21-21, Roland-Story 9-12
(2-0) Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 21-21, West Fork 5-6
Semifinal: (2-0) Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 25-25, Denver 18-18
Championship: (2-0) Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 25-26, Charles City 18-24

Falls City Tournament

(2-0) Sidney 25-25, Palmyra, NE 5-12
(2-0) Sidney 25-25, Sterling, NE 18-15
(2-0) Sidney 25-25, Tri-County, NE 15-10

ST. LOUIS (AP) – Kyle Hendricks and Addison Russell had successful squeeze bunts and Jorge Soler capped a five-run second with a two-run homer, and the Chicago Cubs held off the St. Louis Cardinals 6-3 on Saturday night to even their NL Division series at a game apiece.

Manager Joe Maddon made all the right moves a night after the Cubs lost the opener 4-0. Now the series shifts to Wrigley Field for Game 3 Monday, where Chicago’s 22-game winner Jake Arrieta faces St. Louis’ Michael Wacha in the best-of-five series.

The usually steady NL Central champion Cardinals made two errors as the Cubs didn’t hit the ball out of the infield in scoring their first three runs in the second.

Playing in his first postseason game, Soler connected off Jaime Garcia (0-1), who was lifted because of a stomach ailment after the second inning.