KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Members of the Kansas City Chiefs angrily spoke out Sunday against thousands of fans who cheered when quarterback Matt Cassel left a 9-6 loss to the Baltimore Ravens with a head injury. Cassel has been the focus of frustrated fans for the past couple years, many of them booing him when he appeared during a celebrity softball game this summer. The angst reached a tipping point when Cassel, who committed four turnovers against Baltimore, was hammered by the Ravens’ Haloti Ngata while completing a pass in the fourth quarter. Cassel remained on his back for several minutes while fans began to cheer. He eventually got to his feet with some help and walked off the field under his own power. “It’s 100-percent sickening,” Chiefs tackle Eric Winston said of the fans’ reaction.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Ray Rice ran for 101 yards, Justin Tucker made all three of his field goal attempts and the Baltimore Ravens defense kept the Kansas City Chiefs out of the end zone in the fourth quarter to preserve a 9-6 victory Sunday.  Joe Flacco threw for 187 yards and was picked off once, but the Ravens (4-1) were still able to come up with enough points to beat the Chiefs (1-4), who turned it over four times.

Matt Cassel threw for 92 yards, was intercepted twice and credited with two lost fumbles before leaving in the fourth quarter with what the Chiefs described as a head injury.  Brady Quinn entered and led Kansas City to another field goal by Ryan Succop, but the Chiefs defense couldn’t get the ball back and Baltimore ran out the clock.

By The Associated Press
 Class 4A
1. Ankeny (7-0) beat Sioux City North 63-13.
2. Iowa City West (7-0) beat Iowa City High 44-0.
3. Pleasant Valley (7-0) beat Davenport Central 41-12.
4. Cedar Rapids Xavier (7-0) beat Waterloo West 49-14.
5. Cedar Falls (7-0) beat Dubuque Wahlert 35-0.
6. West Des Moines Dowling (5-2) beat Ottumwa 41-7.
7. Sioux City East (6-1) beat Urbandale 27-21.
8. Southeast Polk (5-2) beat Sioux City West 63-14.
9. Urbandale (5-2) lost to Sioux City East 27-21.
10. West Des Moines Valley (5-2) beat Des Moines Lincoln 37-7.
 Class 3A
1. Decorah (7-0) beat Cresco Crestwood 35-15.
2. Sioux City Heelan (7-0) beat Carroll 17-14.
3. Norwalk (6-1) lost to Pella 27-0.
4. Grinnell (7-0) beat Ballard 35-14.
5. Boone (6-1) lost to South Tama County, Tama 37-14.
6. Creston-Orient-Macksburg (6-1) beat Glenwood 14-0.
7. Council Bluffs Lewis Central (5-2) lost to Harlan 35-10.
8. Adel ADM (5-2) lost to Newton 17-13.
9. Williamsburg (6-1) beat Keokuk 33-27.
10. Solon (5-2) lost to Marion 24-14.
(tie) Harlan (6-1) beat Council Bluffs Lewis Central 35-10.
 Class 2A
1. Boyden-Hull-RV (7-0) beat MOC-Floyd Valley 47-6.
2. Mediapolis (7-0) beat Mid-Prairie, Wellman 41-0.
3. State Center West Marshall (7-0) beat East Marshall, Le Grand 55-16.
4. Carroll Kuemper (7-0) beat OA-BCIG 44-2.
5. Spirit Lake (6-1) beat Clarion-Goldfield 46-7.
6. New Hampton (7-0) beat Osage 26-13.
7. La Porte City Union (6-1) beat Hampton-Dumont 52-27.
9. Bondurant Farrar (7-0) beat Davis County, Bloomfield 32-13.
10. Dyersville Beckman (6-1) beat Monticello 31-12.
 Class 1A
1. Iowa City Regina (7-0) beat Wilton 50-18.
2. Dike-New Hartford (7-0) beat Hudson 42-6.
3. Calmar South Winneshiek (6-1) lost to Waukon 45-6.
5. Emmetsburg (6-1) beat Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 42-0.
6. Aplington-Parkersburg (6-1) beat Eagle Grove 62-16.
7. Fort Dodge St. Edmond (6-1) beat Manson Northwest Webster 21-7.
8. Council Bluffs St. Albert (6-1) beat Red Oak 62-13.
9. St. Ansgar (6-1) beat Jesup 56-13.
10. Mount Ayr (7-0) beat Central Decatur, Leon 41-24.
 Class A
1. Fairbank Wapsie Valley (7-0) beat Turkey Valley, Jackson Junction 37-0.
2. Woodward-Granger (7-0) beat Madrid 52-14.
3. Akron-Westfield (7-0) beat Alta/Aurelia 34-18.
4. Britt West Hancock (6-1) beat Southeast Webster-Grand, Burnside 42-6.
5. Packwood Pekin (6-1) lost to Montezuma 28-20.
6. Traer North Tama (6-1) idle.
7. West Lyon, Inwood (6-1) beat Lawton-Bronson 57-3.
8. Lawton-Bronson (5-2) lost to West Lyon, Inwood 57-3.
9. Lisbon (6-1) beat New London 69-0.
(tie) Logan-Magnolia (6-1) beat Underwood 48-0.
 Class 8-Man
1. Newell-Fonda (7-0) beat CWL, Corwith 73-16.
2. Murray (7-0) beat Colo-NESCO 87-44.
3. Gilbertville-Don Bosco (7-0) beat Riceville 34-14.
4. Elk Horn-Kimballton/Exira (7-0) beat Villisca 72-18.
5. Sidney (7-0) beat Essex 65-24.
6. HLV, Victor (7-0) beat Seymour 56-14.
7. Marcus MMC (7-0) beat River Valley, Correctionville 80-38.
8. Fremont Mills, Tabor (6-1) beat Nishnabotna 68-6.
9. Adair-Casey (6-1) idle.
10. Buffalo Center North Iowa (6-1) beat Ruthven-Ayrshire 20-0.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Quarterback Matt Cassel has been knocked out of the Chiefs’ game against Baltimore on Sunday after getting hit by the Ravens’ Haloti Ngata while attempting a pass.  Cassel remained flat on his back for several minutes before getting helped up and walking off the field under his own power. Brady Quinn started warming up and entered the game to a round of applause.  Cassel has been the subject of much angst by Chiefs fans during a 1-3 start to the season, and a banner towed by an airplane before the game implored coach Romeo Crennel to bench Cassel – and the Chiefs to fire general manager Scott Pioli.  Cassel was 9 of 15 for 92 yards and two interceptions when he left the game.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – Three Iowa football players, including starting cornerback Micah Hyde, have been arrested in separate incidents.  The Iowa City Press-Citizen reports that the 21-year-old Hyde was arrested early Saturday morning at an Iowa City bar on suspicion of public intoxication and interference with official acts. A police report says he was among of group of people who refused to leave the bar at closing time and fought with the bar’s staff. Back-up tight end Ray Hamilton was arrested at a different bar on suspicion of being underage at a bar after 10 p.m., and reserve offensive lineman Drew Clark was arrested on suspicion of public intoxication.

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – Jared Barnett threw three touchdowns to Josh Lenz, who later had a scoring toss of his own on a trick play, and Iowa State won 37-23 at No. 15 TCU on Saturday to end the Horned Frogs’ FBS-best 12-game winning streak.

It was the first Big 12 home game for conference newcomer TCU (4-1, 1-1), which played without suspended quarterback Casey Pachall.

Barnett was 12-of-21 passing for 183 yards and ran nine times for 30 yards in his first start this season for the Cyclones (4-1, 1-1).

The Frogs had won a nation-best 25 conference games in a row, the first 24 while winning the Mountain West championship each of the last three seasons.

Lenz had TD catches of 51 and 74 yards in the first quarter.

Trevone Boykin started for TCU and was 23-of-40 passing for 270 yards with a touchdown and three interceptions.

DES MOINES, Iowa — The Drake University football team’s defense forced six turnovers en route to a 38-10 victory over San Diego Saturday afternoon at Drake Stadium. The homecoming win avenged the Bulldogs’ only Pioneer Football League loss from a year ago and improved Drake to 3-0 in the PFL and 4-2 overall.

The Toreros, who shared the PFL title with Drake last season, dropped to 2-3 on the year and 1-1 in PFL play.

The Drake defense forced a season-high six turnovers on the afternoon, never giving San Diego an opportunity to get into rhythm on offense.

Drake put up 378 yards of total offense, but had great field position throughout the day thanks to the defense’s effort. Senior quarterback Mike Piatkowski had four touchdowns on the afternoon, three passing and one on the ground and was 21-of-31 through the air for 250 yards.

The Bulldogs continue PFL play next weekend at Valparaiso. Kickoff is scheduled for noon

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.