AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State is averaging just 3.3 yards per carry through two games. It’s no coincidence that Iowa State lost both of those games. The Cyclones (0-2) stumbled to just 59 yards rushing on 24 carries in a 27-21 loss last week to the Hawkeyes — and they didn’t have a single run longer than 9 yards.

Iowa State’s young and banged-up offensive line has taken much of the blame, with senior running back Shontrelle Johnson saying that a lot of the linemen are still feeling their way through things. The Cyclones should get starting center Tom Farniok back for their next game, at Tulsa on Sept. 26. Farniok’s return should help the line gain the continuity it’s lacked this season.

Game Score:  Iowa Hawkeyes 27, Iowa State 21

$25 – Brad Van Gorden of Guthrie Center (IA 27-20, 1 pt)

$10 – Carlene Deist of Audubon (IA 27-20, 1 pt)

$5 – Wayne Allen of Avoca (IA 28-21, 1 pt)

$5 – Scott Ihnken of Atlantic (IA 27-23, 2 pts)

$5 – Dee Andersen of Marne (IA 27-24, 3 pts)

*** All ties broken by drawing ***

Saturday’s Game:  Western Michigan @ Iowa Hawkeyes

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Boys

1. St. Albert             23
2. Riverside              39
3. A-H-S-T               87
4. Audubon              101
5. Underwood         107
6. Treynor                108

Girls

1. Underwood          60
2. St. Albert             61
3. Woodbine            61
4. Audubon              73
5. Treynor                81
6. Riverside            129

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Big Ten football coaches say there aren’t very many places where they can unload frustrations about fans, reporters or anyone else without paying a price. On a weekly call with reporters, Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz said that about the only person a coach can vent to in confidence is his wife. And he joked that that isn’t a sure thing.

The sports website Deadspin this week released a two-year-old recording of Nebraska coach Bo Pelini complaining after a game about Cornhusker fans and news media. Pelini said he thought the conversation was private. He also has apologized.

Michigan State’s Mark Dantonio said venting is a necessity. Ferentz said he tells his players to assume they’re always being recorded and coaches have to do the same.

Hawkeye 10:

• (3-0) Clarinda 25-25-25, Atlantic 7-13-10
• (3-0) Harlan 25-25-27, Kuemper Catholic 16-15-25
• (3-1) Lewis Central 25-25-20-25, Red Oak 18-23-25-15
• (3-0) St. Albert 25-25-26, Creston 6-15-24

Western Iowa:

•  (3-2) Griswold 23-17-25-25-15, Tri-Center 25-25-20-15-9
• (3-0) IKM-Manning 25-25-25, Riverside, Oakland 15-7-15
• (3-0) Missouri Valley 25-25-25, Logan-Magnolia 11-16-15

Rolling Valley:

• (3-0) Adair-Casey 25-25-25, CAM 10-13-16
• (3-0) Ar-We-Va 25-25-25, Charter Oak-Ute 19-15-19
• (3-1) Coon Rapids-Bayard 17-25-25-25, Boyer Valley 25-13-14-18
• (3-0) Exira-EHK 25-25-25, Paton-Churdan 15-19-16
• (3-0) Exira-EHK 25-25-25, West Harrison 14-4-17
• (3-1) Woodbine 17-25-25-25, Glidden-Ralston 25-10-22-15
• (3-0) Paton-Churdan 25-25-25, West Harrison 22-22-17

Others:

• (2-1) CB Abraham Lincoln 22-25-15, Bishop Heelan Catholic 25-19-12
• (2-0) CB Abraham Lincoln 25-25, Sioux City, East 17-12
• (3-0) Earlham 25-26-25, Panorama 15-24-20
• (3-0) East Mills 25-25-25, Heartland Christian 20-20-11
• (3-2) East Union 14-19-25-25-15, Nodaway Valley 25-25-20-23-10
• (3-1) Fremont-Mills 25-20-26-25, Sidney 12-25-24-19
• (3-0) Guthrie Center 25-25-25, West Central Valley 8-15-9
• (2-0) Sioux City East 25-25, CB Thomas Jefferson 17-10
• (3-1) Southwest Valley 20-25-25-25, Lenox 25-14-20-19
• (3-0) Stanton 25-25-25, Essex 14-5-17

(AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals are back atop the National League Central. Matt Holliday was 4-for-4 with a two-run homer and three RBIs as the Redbirds ripped Colorado 11-4. Matt Carpenter, Yadier Molina and Daniel Descalso drove in two runs apiece as part of the Cards’ 18-hit attack. Joe Kelly is 9-4 after holding the Rockies to three hits in five shutout innings.

Pittsburgh’s 5-2 loss to San Diego drops the Pirates one game behind St. Louis. Jedd Gyorko went 3-for-5 and put the Padres ahead for good with a three-run homer in the third inning. The Padres’ bullpen tossed four hitless innings after Eric Stults gave up two runs and seven hits.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — It’s too early to begin comparing Iowa’s defense to some of the best of the Kirk Ferentz era. Iowa (2-1) is 52nd nationally with 21.7 points allowed per game heading into Saturday’s non-conference finale against Western Michigan (0-3). The Hawkeyes defense has given up just four touchdowns in the past two games, both wins.

Iowa did put itself in a dangerous spot by allowing Iowa State to score a pair of touchdowns in a 27-21 victory last weekend. But the Hawkeyes defense is clearly better than last season, when a lagging unit was a big reason why the Hawkeyes finished with six straight losses.

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Event 3  Boys 5k Run CC Varsity
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Name                    Year School                  Finals  Points
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1 Brace, Chris              12 Harlan                17:21.68    1
2 Sunberg, Josh             11 Red Oak               17:31.68    2
3 Sciranko, Philip          12 Harlan                17:53.12    3
4 Sciranko, Michael         10 Harlan                17:58.05    4
5 Young, Brad                  Shenandoah            17:59.60    5
6 Blake, Joe                   Shenandoah            18:01.40    6
7 Burris, Preston           11 Harlan                18:02.06    7
8 Jones, Brad               11 Harlan                18:03.59    8
9 Mumm, Andrew              11 Harlan                18:03.96    9
10 Feller, Austin               Shenandoah            18:13.84   10
11 Finnell, Lucas               Shenandoah            18:18.68   11
12 Smith, Jared                 Clarinda Academy      18:29.05
13 LeRette, Logan            11 Red Oak               18:31.06   12
14 Lang, Mackenzy            11 Southwest Iowa        18:40.68
15 Williams, Josiah             Atlantic              18:41.02   13
16 Feldman, Jacob            11 Harlan                18:47.68   14
17 Jones, Ty                    Rockport              18:50.84   15
18 French, Gavin             11 Red Oak               18:56.62   16
19 Hoyt, Nate                   Shenandoah            18:59.31   17
20 Sherman, Jared            11 Red Oak               19:03.90   18
21 Munsey, Morgan               Atlantic              19:21.40   19
22 Wieser, Adam                 Atlantic              19:27.09   20
23 Schon, Travis             12 Red Oak               19:28.31   21
24 Rolenc, Weston            09 Red Oak               19:28.84   22
25 David, Hu                    Shenandoah            19:29.27   23
26 Peterson, Lane            11 Southwest Valley      19:30.68   24
27 Newton, Garrett           12 Southwest Valley      19:39.96   25
28 Peters, Tyrel                Griswold              19:43.24   26
29 Richardson, Trevor        10 Clarinda              19:47.68
30 Luckado, Tyler            09 Clarinda              19:51.00
31 Shadden, Phoenix             Atlantic              19:52.02   27
32 Shatava, Lucas            09 Clarinda              20:13.28
33 Thomsen, Michael             Atlantic              20:14.88   28
34 Meek, Dusty                  Griswold              20:19.61   29
35 Holmes, Trevor               Rockport              20:20.03   30
36 Chase, Hiser                 Shenandoah            20:20.86   31
37 Thomsen, David               Atlantic              20:28.52   32
38 Brooks, Zach                 Atlantic              20:28.84   33
39 Minter, Corbin               Rockport              20:30.65   34
40 Dyson, Ryan               10 Red Oak               20:36.11   35
41 McManigal, Kegan             Griswold              20:41.46   36
42 Jones, Tyler                 Rockport              20:42.06   37
43 Stull, Alex               10 Clarinda              20:49.34
44 Turack, Joshua               Griswold              21:02.72   38
45 Oldenkamp, Quintin         9 Southwest Valley      22:00.87   39
46 Feltner, Taber               Griswold              22:08.02   40
47 Ramsey, Grayson           09 Bedford               22:09.65
48 Turack, Joseph               Griswold              22:10.21   41
49 Haggerty, Conor            9 Southwest Valley      22:21.56   42
50 Miller, Ethan                Rockport              22:39.78   43
51 Haynes, Grant                Griswold              22:57.18   44
52 Rato Tuero, Sergio        10 Southwest Iowa        23:28.18
53 Lucas, Dylan              12 Southwest Iowa        23:32.21
54 Baldwin, Evan             12 Southwest Valley      23:46.74   45
55 Roberts, Williams         12 Southwest Valley      23:47.06   46
56 Rhine, Dillion               Clarinda Academy      25:20.68
57 Saylor, Matt              09 Bedford               25:27.96
58 Welch, Eric               09 Bedford               30:20.21

Team Scores
=================================================================================
Rank Team                      Total    1    2    3    4    5   *6   *7   *8   *9
=================================================================================
1 Harlan                       23    1    3    4    7    8    9   14
Total Time:  1:29:18.50
Average:    17:51.70
2 Shenandoah                   49    5    6   10   11   17   23   31
Total Time:  1:31:32.83
Average:    18:18.57
3 Red Oak                      69    2   12   16   18   21   22   35
Total Time:  1:33:31.57
Average:    18:42.32
4 Atlantic                    107   13   19   20   27   28   32   33
Total Time:  1:37:36.41
Average:    19:31.29
5 Rockport                    159   15   30   34   37   43
Total Time:  1:43:03.36
Average:    20:36.68
6 Griswold                    169   26   29   36   38   40   41   44
Total Time:  1:43:55.05
Average:    20:47.01
7 Southwest Valley            175   24   25   39   42   45   46
Total Time:  1:47:19.82
Average:    21:27.97

Event 4  Girls 4k Run CC Varsity
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Name                    Year School                  Finals  Points
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1 Topham, Rebekah              Griswold              15:20.62    1
2 Hulsing, Mackenzie        09 Southwest Iowa        17:00.22
3 Mogler, Charissa          09 Bedford               17:06.62    2
4 Williams, Tiffany            Atlantic              17:07.00    3
5 Cabeen, Sarah             10 Clarinda              17:17.81    4
6 Mayberry, Mercedee        10 Harlan                17:23.06    5
7 Young, Lizzy              11 Glenwood              17:25.06    6
8 Hart, Megan                  Shenandoah            17:36.96    7
9 Lappe, Leah                  Griswold              17:46.40    8
10 Flippin, Alyx                Griswold              17:53.52    9
11 Graber, Nikki             11 Red Oak               17:59.15   10
12 Brockman, Alexis             Atlantic              18:11.18   11
13 Mayer, Elizabeth          11 Clarinda              18:12.72   12
14 Hansen, Bailey            09 Harlan                18:15.83   13
15 Maurer, Bridget              Griswold              18:17.31   14
16 Munsinger, Erica             Shenandoah            18:19.72   15
17 Vannausdle, Paige         12 Red Oak               18:22.75   16
18 Dean, Molly               10 Glenwood              18:28.09   17
19 Redler, Whitney           11 Harlan                18:30.24   18
20 Buman, Jessica            09 Harlan                18:31.15   19
21 Blum, Emily               12 Harlan                18:32.84   20
22 Shearer, Natalie          10 Glenwood              18:41.40   21
23 Finnegan, Jillian         09 Glenwood              18:48.18   22
24 Sorensen, Savannah           Atlantic              18:53.02   23
25 Ray, Angela                  Shenandoah            18:54.17   24
26 Brower, Ashley            10 Red Oak               18:55.40   25
27 Jensen, Shea                 Shenandoah            19:08.68   26
28 Kinghorn, Delaney            Shenandoah            19:12.97   27
29 McBride, Stephanie           Shenandoah            19:14.99   28
30 Finnegan, Mackenzie          Shenandoah            19:15.36   29
31 Mogler, Michaela          12 Bedford               19:18.75   30
32 McCue, Hannah             11 Glenwood              19:20.59   31
33 Wyman, Alyssa                Griswold              19:29.68   32
34 Shuler, Stephanie         12 Southwest Valley      19:34.52   33
35 Arellano, Felicia         09 Glenwood              19:37.93   34
36 Waltz, Ashleigh              Atlantic              19:39.40   35
37 Schmidt, Chantel          12 Harlan                19:48.24   36
38 VanFossen, Shelby         09 Clarinda              19:56.02   37
39 Topham, Joanna               Griswold              19:56.40   38
40 Fellers, Ellen            12 Red Oak               19:57.00   39
41 Davidson, Grace           09 Clarinda              19:57.37   40
42 Parker, Justice              Atlantic              20:02.06   41
43 Top, Kendra               12 Southwest Valley      20:19.11   42
44 Mullen, Mariah            11 Clarinda              20:35.96   43
45 Bergren, Diana             9 Southwest Valley      20:42.84   44
46 O’Dell, Elissa            09 Bedford               20:43.31   45
47 Taylor, Chloey            10 Red Oak               20:48.46   46
48 Keefe, Darien             11 Southwest Valley      20:54.52   47
49 Cornelison, Jordyn        10 Red Oak               21:14.75   48
50 Buttry, Halie             09 Southwest Iowa        21:20.24
51 Freund, Lexi                 Atlantic              21:25.18   49
52 Carlson, Haley               Atlantic              21:27.02   50
53 Martin, Montana              Rockport              21:43.24
54 Sunderman, Hannah         09 Clarinda              22:04.02   51
55 Harvey, Aunica               Southwest Valley      22:54.09   52
56 Straw, Sydney             10 Red Oak               22:59.50   53
57 Negrete, Josie               Clarinda Academy      23:51.83
58 Sewell, Angelica             Clarinda Academy      23:57.37
59 Carpenter, Samantha       09 Bedford               25:10.40   54
60 Burn, Madelynn            10 Bedford               25:49.28   55
61 Gilbert, Alyssa           11 Southwest Iowa        28:29.72
62 Fergeson, Aryn               Rockport              31:23.65

Team Scores
=================================================================================
Rank Team                      Total    1    2    3    4    5   *6   *7   *8   *9
=================================================================================
1 Griswold                     64    1    8    9   14   32   38
Total Time:  1:28:47.53
Average:    17:45.51
2 Harlan                       75    5   13   18   19   20   36
Total Time:  1:31:13.12
Average:    18:14.63
3 Glenwood                     97    6   17   21   22   31   34
Total Time:  1:32:43.32
Average:    18:32.67
4 Shenandoah                   99    7   15   24   26   27   28   29
Total Time:  1:33:12.50
Average:    18:38.50
5 Atlantic                    113    3   11   23   35   41   49   50
Total Time:  1:33:52.66
Average:    18:46.54
6 Red Oak                     136   10   16   25   39   46   48   53
Total Time:  1:36:02.76
Average:    19:12.56
7 Clarinda                    136    4   12   37   40   43   51
Total Time:  1:35:59.88
Average:    19:11.98
8 Bedford                     186    2   30   45   54   55
Total Time:  1:48:08.36
Average:    21:37.68
9 Southwest Valley            218   33   42   44   47   52
Total Time:  1:44:25.08
Average:    20:53.02