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SCORES MORE 4B Tuesday, September 2, 2014The Gazette 2014 The azette SPORTSDAY EVENTS OF AREA INTEREST High school volleyball Kennedy at Linn-Mar, 7 p.m.; Xavier at Prairie, 7 p.m.; City High at Washington, 7 p.m.; Jefferson at I.C. West, 7 p.m. High school cross country Jefferson, City High at Iowa Mennonite Invitational, 5 p.m. swimming Jefferson at Kennedy, 6 p.m.; Dubuque Senior at I.C. West, 6 p.m.; Linn-Mar, Waterloo East at Cedar Falls, 6 p.m.; City High at Williamsburg, 6 p.m.

ON TELEVISION (Live, first-run same-day tape) High school volleyball Kennedy at Linn-Mar, 7 p.m., KCRG 9.2 Major League Baseball White Sox at Twins, 7 p.m., Comcast; Brewers at Cubs, (same-day tape), 12:30 a.m., Comcast Tennis ESPN: U.S. Open Round of 16 and quarterfinals, 10 a.m., 6 p.m. basketball FIBA World Cup: New Zealand vs. United States, 10:30 a.m., ESPN2 ON RADIO Major League Baseball Twins vs. White Sox, 7 p.m., KGYM (107.5); Cubs vs.

Brewers, 7:05 p.m., KXIC (800) Local talk shows Gym Class, 3 p.m., KGYM; Afternoon Players Club, 4 p.m., KGYM; On Press Row, 5 p.m., KXEL (1540) CONTACT US (319) 398-8258; 1 (800) 397- 8258; fax, (319) 398-5861; preps, (319) 368-8976, 1 (888) 577-8287; email, sourcemedia.net; on Twitter Prep football Rankings FOOTBALLPOLL Through games played Aug. 29 (First-place votes in parentheses) CLASS 4A W-L Pts Pvs 1. WDMDowling 68 1 2. Waukee 63 2 3. 50 4 4.

C.R.Washington....................1-0 47 5 5. Cedar Falls 33 6 6. Ankeny Centennial 30 8 7. West DesMoines 18 3 8. Iowa CityWest 17 8 (tie) North Scott 17 10.

15 Dropped out: Ames (7), Pleasant Valley (8), Southeast Polk (8). Others receiving votes: Urbandale 13, An- keny 12, Linn-Mar 2. CLASS 3A W-L Pts Pvs 1. Pella (5) 65 4 2. C.R.

Xavier (1) 54 2 3. Solon 47 7 4. West 39 9 5. Sioux City Heelan 38 1 6. Harlan 31 8 7.

Gilbert (1) 29 10 8. Davenport Assumption 20 3 9. Humboldt 16 10. 15 Dropped (5), Decorah (6). Others receiving votes: Waverly-Shell Rock 13, Valley 6, Dallas Center-Grimes 6.

CLASS 2A W-L Pts Pvs 1. NewHampton (4) 64 1 2. North Fayette Valley 59 2 3. Clear Lake (2) 58 2 4. Spirit Lake 48 4 5.

Albia 30 5 (tie) 30 9 7. Sioux 26 6 8. Mediapolis 24 7 9. Hampton-Dumont 16 10 10. 15 Dropped out: Carroll Kuemper (8), Wau- kon (10).

Others receiving votes: Central George-Little Rock 12, Dyersville Beckman 2, Carroll Kuemper 1. CLASS 1A W-L Pts Pvs 1. Ft. Dodge St. Edmond 66 2 2.

Iowa City Regina 55 1 (tie) 55 3 4. 40 5 5. 37 7 6. West Branch 26 7. 25 (tie) 25 9.

Emmetsburg 22 10. Ridge View 7 Dropped out: West Lyon (4), Wilton (6), Van Meter (8), Avoca AHSTW (9), West Marshall (10). Others receiving votes: Clayton Ridge 6, West Lyon 5, AvocaAHSTW4, South Hamil- ton 3, Saint Ansgar 3, South Central Calhoun 2. CLASS A W-L Pts Pvs 1. Maquoketa Valley (2) 63 1 2.

Co. Bluffs St. Albert (3) 58 2 3. Ackley AGWSR 41 5 4. Wapsie Valley (1) 40 6 5.

Pekin 36 7 6. 26 7. Logan-Magnolia (1) 25 8. Nashua-Plainfield 23 8 9. Algona 22 4 (tie) 22 Dropped out: Gladbrook-Reinbeck (3), South (8), BGM (10).

Others receiving votes: Gladbrook-Rein- beck 7, Earlham 6, Lone Tree 6, Hinton 5, Montezuma 4, Bedford 1. EIGHT-MAN W-L Pts Pvs 1. Exira-EHK (6) 69 1 2. Don Bosco 48 4 (tie) Janesville 48 2 4. EastMills 37 5 5.

36 2 6. 29 6 7. Fremont-Mills 25 10 8. 20 7 9. West Bend-Mallard 17 9 10.

Springville 16 Dropped out: Adair-Casey (7), Newell- Fonda (10). Others receiving votes: Twin Cedars 14, Turkey Valley 7, Guthrie Center 4, Anita CAM 3, Lansing Kee 3, Wayne 3, Coon Rap- ids-Bayard Central 1, Newell-Fonda 1. Local golf Hole in one WILDCATGOLFCOURSE (Shellsburg) Robert Dix, Palo, No. 8, 8-iron, Aug. 27 soccer Monday AT IOWACITY Iowa 3, Butler 2 Goals BU: Elise Kotsakis, McKenzie Muchow; IOWA: Cloe Lacasse, Aubree Lar- son, Melanie Pickert; Assists BU: Stepha- nie Kaylor 2, KellyMahoney, Hannah Farley; IOWA: Lacasse, Bri Toelle, Corey Burns.

Minor League Baseball Midwest League FINAL SECONDHALF Eastern Division Pct. GB x-South Bend 43 27 .614 (Tigers) 41 29 .586 2 y-Lake County (Indians) 38 31 .551 y-FortWayne (Padres) 33 37 .471 10 Great Lakes (Dodgers) 32 37 .464 Dayton (Reds) 32 38 .457 11 Lansing (Blue Jays) 30 40 .429 13 Bowling Green (Rays) 29 40 .420 Western Division Pct. GB x-Kane County (Cubs) 46 24 .657 y-Cedar Rapids (Twins) 42 28 .600 4 y-Wisconsin (Brewers) 36 34 .514 10 Peoria (Cardinals) 35 35 .500 11 Quad Cities (Astros) 35 35 .500 11 Clinton (Mariners) 31 39 .443 15 x-Burlington (Angels) 30 40 .429 17 Beloit (Athletics) 25 44 .362 x-first-half playoff qualifer y-second-half playoff qualifer LATERESULTS South Bend 11, Lansing 7 Kane County 9, Peoria 2 RESULTS Dayton 13, Lake County 4 Great Lakes 1 FortWayne 4, Bowling Green 0 Peoria 6, Kane County 5, 12 innings South Bend 5, Lansing 4, 6 innings Cedar Rapids 3, Clinton 1 Burlington 8, Quad Cities 5 Beloit 11, Wisconsin 5 MWL Playoffs FIRSTROUND (Best-of-3) Wednesday South Bend at Lake County, 6 p.m. WestMichigan at FortWayne, 6:05 p.m. Burlington at Cedar Rapids, 6:35 p.m.

Kane County atWisconsin, 6:35 p.m. Thursday Wisconsin at Kane County, 6 p.m. FortWayne atWestMichigan, 6 p.m. Lake County at South Bend, 6:05 p.m. Cedar Rapids at Burlington, 6:30 p.m.

Friday (if necessary) Wisconsin at Kane County, 6 p.m. FortWayne atWestMichigan, 6 p.m. Cedar Rapids at Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Lake County at South Bend, 6:35 p.m. Kernels 3, LumberKings 1 CEDARRAPIDS CLINTON ab bi ab bi Hinojosa 3b 3 1 1 0 Barbosa cf 4 0 0 0 Vielma ss 3 1 1 0 Thomas dh 3 0 0 0 Christnsn 1b 3 0 0 0 rf 4 0 0 0 Garver 3 1 0 0 Seager 1b 3 0 1 0 Swim rf 4 0 2 1 DeCarlo 3b 3 0 1 0 JWilliams dh 4 0 2 0 Ward 2b 3 1 1 0 MMurphy cf 3 0 0 1 Crmichl 3 0 0 1 Wade lf 4 0 0 0 Martinez lf 3 0 0 0 Walker 2b 3 0 0 0 LCbllero ss 3 0 0 0 Totals 30 3 6 2 Totals 29 1 3 1 Cedar 000 Clinton .....................................000 010 (3), LCaballero (11).

Rapids 1, Clinton 2. Rapids 5, Clinton 2. (2). josa (5). Cedar Rapids IP ER BB SO Eades (W, 10-11) 7 3 1 1 1 2 Boyd 1 0 0 0 0 2 Reed (S, 5) 1 0 0 0 0 0 Clinton IP ER BB SO Misell (L, 8-12) 3 6 3 3 2 4 McCoy 3 0 0 0 1 3 ABrooks 3 0 0 0 0 1 (by Misell).

Brandon Butler; bases: Andrew Chestnut. College football Monday REGULAR SEASON Louisville 31, Miami (Fla.) 13 Rankings FCS Coaches Poll Record Pts LW 1. North Dakota 647 1 2. 646 2 3. Southeastern 598 3 4.

Coastal 540 6 5. Montana 495 5 6. McNeese State 452 9 7. 445 13 8. 426 4 9.

Jacksonville 413 8 10. 360 12 11. South Dakota State 341 10 12. NORTHERN 327 15 13. SamHouston 323 14 14.

Eastern 289 11 15. Chattnooga 278 16 16. Tennessee 234 17 17. 229 18 18. Bethune 216 23 19.

193 7 20. Richmond 174 24 21. Youngstown State 147 21 22. Maine 144 20 23. Montana State 128 19 24.

80 22 25. Southern 49 NR Others receiving votes: Cent. Arkansas 38, No. Arizona 35, Liberty 25, Missouri State 24, So. Carolina State 20, So.

Utah 19, Samford 15, Cent. Conn. State 13, Princeton 11, Bryant 10, E. Kentucky 10, Cal Poly 8, Abilene Christian 7, Alcorn St. 7, Harvard 7, Charleston Southern 5, Jackson State 4, Le- high 4, Sacramento St.

4, W. Illinois 3, James Madison 2, Delaware 1, No. Carolina 1. Running Monday MVRAANNUALBENEFIT CLASSIC At Dubuque Half-Marathon Andrews, Cuba City, 24 Barry, Dubuque, Janzen, Dubuque, Hall, Dubuque, Biermeier, East Dubuque, Litow, Lena, Ortell, Ottumwa, Lynch, Scott Wallace, Dubuque, Dave Horstmann, Dubuque, 1:52:41 Half-Marathon Sutter Asbury, 24 Droessler, Mount Horeb, Handke, Marion, Milner, Dubuque, Graber, Cuba City, Aurit, Mar- seilles, Riffel, Dubuque, Rolsch, Bet- tendorf, Hegstrom, De Soto, 2:18:27 5K Klein, Prairie du Chien, 14 Johnston, Platteville, Freund, Dubuque, Nguyen, Dubuque, Cuba City, Bowerman Dubuque, Droessler, Dubuque, Meyer, Cedar Rapids, Clemen, Crys- tal Lake, George, Dubuque, Brown, Dubuque, Curran, Wind- sor, 70 Johnson, Dakota, 23:31. 5K Klein, Prairie du Chien, 14 Meyer, Massey, Hanover, McDermott, Dubuque, Vyverberg, Dubuque, Powers, Litow, Lena, Darter, Dubuque, Lyons, Dubuque, Mickelson, Andrews, Cuba City, Cooper, Dubuque, 70 Bennett, 39:05.

Saturday WERUN 5KGLOWRUN At North Liberty Male Henscheid Iowa City, 19 Lavin, Atkins, Julius, North Liberty, Webinger, Lost Nation, Shotwell, Bennett, Lamparek, Swisher, 60 Collier, Cedar Rapids, 27:32 Female Wauters, Belle Plaine, 19 Sprengeler, Wal- ford, Keilig, Moravia, Lord, Riverside, Hawkins, Cedar Rapids, Keating, Marion, 60 Lanpher, Swisher, 43:34. Odds line NCAAFOOTBALL FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG Thursday Arizona 7 UTSA Friday Pittsburgh BOSTON COLL. Washington State NEVADA Saturday Oklahoma 24 TULSA PENN STATE 15 Akron ILLINOIS 6 Western Kentucky PURDUE 3 Central Michigan Missouri TOLEDO Kansas State IOWA STATE ALABAMA 41 Florida Atlantic ARMY 3 Buffalo Navy 4 TEMPLE South Alabama 3 KENT STATE MISSISSIPPI STATE 29 GEORGIA STATE 1 NewMexico State MINNESOTA 17 Middle Tennessee Maryland 12SOUTH FLORIDA NORTHWESTERN Northern Illinois IOWA Ball State Mississippi 20 VANDERBILT OREGON 13 Michigan State AUBURN 31 San Jose State NOTREDAME 5 Michigan TEXAS BrighamYoung OHIO STATE Virginia Tech NFL FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG Thursday SEATTLE Green Bay Sunday, Sept. 7 NewOrleans 3 ATLANTA ST. LOUIS 4 Minnesota PITTSBURGH Cleveland PHILADELPHIA Jacksonville N.Y.

JETS Oakland BALTIMORE Cincinnati CHICAGO 7 Buffalo HOUSTON 3 Washington KANSAS CITY Tennessee NewEngland 5 MIAMI TAMPABAY 1 Carolina San Francisco DALLAS DENVER Indianapolis Monday, Sept. 8 DETROIT 5 N.Y. Giants ARIZONA 3 San Diego Pro golf Monday DEUTSCHEBANKCHAMPIONSHIP At (TPC of Boston, par 71) FINAL STANDINGS Chris Kirk, Russell Henley, Billy Horschel, $597,333 Geoff Ogilvy, $597,333 RoryMcIlroy, John Senden, Jason Day, Martin Kaymer, Bill Haas (330), $185,143 Chesson Hadley, $185,143 Seung-Yul Noh, Carl Pettersson, $185,143 Webb Simpson, $185,143 Robert Streb, $185,143 JimmyWalker, $185,143 Keegan Bradley, Zach Johnson, Jason Kokrak, $112,229 Ryan Palmer, $112,229 Adam Scott, $112,229 Kevin Stadler, $112,229 Brian Stuard, Rickie Fowler, JimFuryk, Ian Poulter, Russell Knox, Henrik Stenson, Kevin Streelman, $61,600 Ben Crane, Matt Kuchar, $50,867 GeorgeMcNeill, Jordan Spieth, BubbaWatson, GaryWoodland, Jason Bohn, K.J. Choi, Morgan Hoffmann, J.B. Holmes, $36,950 Charles Howell III, $36,950 Standings PGAFEDEXCUP (Through Sept.

1) Rank Name YTDPts Wins T10 1. Chris Kirk 4,154 2 4 2. RoryMcIlroy 3,335 3 10 3. 3,311 1 6 4. 2,823 3 10 5.

Matt Kuchar 2,618 1 11 6. 2,558 2 7 7. Jason 2,549 1 5 8. Jim 2,511 0 9 9. Jordan 2,117 0 7 10.

Rickie 2,069 0 8 11. Zach 2,040 1 5 12. Patrick 2,033 2 4 Local auto racing Sunday ATDUBUQUE (Dubuque County Fairgrounds Speedway) Klein CustomHomes IMCALateModels (Tri-Track Challenge) Feature 1. Justin Kay, Wheatland; 2. Mike Murphy, Colona, 3.

Dan Shelliam, Hazel 4. Tyler Bruehning, Deco- rah; 5. Jeff Tharp, Dubuque Track Merfeld Brothers Automotive IMCAModifieds 1. Jed Freiberger, Dubuque; 2. Jason Schueller, Dubuque; 3.

Brandon Wil- son, Cuba City, 4. Mark Schulte, Delhi; 5. Steve Johnson, Camanche; Track Dubuque Fire Equipment IMCA Sportmods Feature 1. Troy Bauer, Dubuque; 2. Bryce Granhart, Shannon, 3.

Chad Mar- tin, Columbus, 4. Jason Riechers, Bel- mont, 5. Ross Neil, Marion Track Stock Cars 1. Jerry Miles, Bernard; 2. Phil 3.

B.J. 4. Tim Schneider, Boscobel, 5. David Brandies, Atalissa Track Hobby Stocks 1. Erik McDonough, Peosta; 2.

Nick Widmeier, Dubuque; 3. Randy Byerly, Dubuque; 4. Robbie Clifton, Dubuque; 5. Dustin Chapman, Dubuque Track Pro basketball WNBA Playoffs CONFERENCEFINALS (Best-of-3) Monday Chicago 86, Indiana 84, 2OT (Series tied, 1-1) Tonight (Iowa time) Minnesota at Phoenix, 9 p.m. (Series tied, 1-1) Wednesday Chicago at Indiana, 6 p.m.

Pro tennis Monday U.S. OPEN At NewYork, N.Y. (Billie Jean King Tennis Center) SINGLES Fourth Round Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Philipp Kohlschreiber (22), Germany, 6-1, 7-5, 6-4. Andy Murray (8), United Kingdom, def.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (9), France, 7-5, 7-5, 6-4. StanWawrinka (3), Switzerland, def. Tom- myRobredo (16), Spain, 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (7), 6-2. SINGLES Fourth Round Serena Williams (1), United States, def. Kaia Kanepi, Estonia, 6-3, 6-3.

Ekaterina Makarova (17), Russia, def. Eugenie Bouchard (7), Canada, 7-6 (2), 6-4. Flavia Pennetta (11), Italy, def. Casey Del- lacqua (29), Australia, 7-5, 6-2. VictoriaAzarenka (16), Belarus, def.

Alek- sandra Krunic, Serbia, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4. Lembo said Monday morning. a bigger corner, thick. I think the classic boundary corner who can cover, but also confident in run King had offers from Iowa and Ball State on the table. It automatic.

That says a lot about Lembo, his program, where been and might be going. Lembo enters his fourth season in Muncie, Ind. After Brady Hoke drove the Cardinals to 12-2 in 2008 and then left for San Diego State, BSU was just 6-18 in two years under Stan Parrish. In 2011, Lembo pushed BSU to a two-game improve- ment and then ran off a 9-4 season in 2012. Last season, the Cardinals won 10 games for just the second time in three decades and finished sec- ond to Northern Illinois in the Mid-American Conference West.

Now, Ball State is building new facilities. And in March, it gave Lembo a contract exten- sion (five-year deal), named him associate athletics director and raised his salary $79,000 to $475,000, among the highest in the MAC. Of course, with a coach delivered, there was offseason flir- tation. Connecticut ap- proached him about its coaching vacancy, but the position went to Bob Diaco, the Notre Dame defensive coordinator. Lembo was the first in- terview at Wake Forest, but the job went to Bowl- ing Dave Claw- son.

Purdue and Boston College also showed interest. The Wake Forest deci- sion stung Lembo, who considers North Carolina home. it disappointing when a potential oppor- tunity that might change your life presents itself and you think you have a chance and it Lembo told the Burlington, N.C., Times- News. sure, all human. that veer you off course from what your mission is, to make Ball State as good as you can make it and to invest everything you have into that.

I think changed at all. If anything, I think going through that experience has made me appreciate what I have more than So, what is Ball State in 2014? 1-0 for one thing, rushing for 311 yards in a 30-10 victory in its opener against FCS opponent Colgate. Horac- tio Banks (134 yards) and Jahwan Edwards (109) gave BSU its 20th game with two backs rushing for more than 100 yards. The Cardinals defense, the question mark head- ing into the season with linebacker Jonathan Newsome now in the NFL, held Colgate to 227 total yards. The Cardi- nals also held Colgate to 2-of-13 on third down and produced five 3-and-outs.

Ozzie Mann took over for four-year starter Keith Wenning, who left the school with almost every career and single- season passing record, and threw for 203 yards, two touchdowns and an interception. a good, solid first day for Lembo said. incredibly special, but pleased to get the win and, obviously, a big challenge going to Iowa this Comments: (319) 398-8256; marc.morehouse@sourcemedia.net Ball revives programs FROM PAGE 1B By Scott Dochterman, The Gazette not easy for Big Ten fans to accept the theme their teams are inferior on the national stage, especially to the almighty SEC. So whenWisconsin took a 17-point lead against LSU, the Badgers held the narrative of Big Ten futility just inches from an image shredder. Then Wisconsin get out of its own way, surrendered 21 consecu- tive points and extended the perpetual saga in a 28-24 loss in Houston, Texas.

A defense ravaged by injury succumbed to a late barrage from the Tigers. But problems mostly came down to an inept passing game and questionable coaching decisions. New starter Tanner McEvoy, who played safety last year, com- pleted just 8 of 24 passes for 50 yards. He was 3 of 11 for 17 yards and two interceptions in the second half. His quar- terback rating was 34.16, the worst by a Badgers starter since 1977, ac- cording to the Wisconsin State Journal.

Wiscon- sin even had last starter Joel Stave, whose .684 winning percentage ranks seventh in team history, on the bench. Stave won nine games last year and ranks fourth in team history in team completion percent- age (61.1). McEvoy consistently threw off his back foot and looked out of rhythm with his receivers. The Badgers could have survived the limping passing attack had their traditional running game maintained its excel- lence. But after Melvin Gordon burst through the LSU defense for a 63-yard run on the third first play which led to a Corey Clement touchdown run flopped.

The Badgers rushed just nine times for 20 yards the rest of the game. Gordon inexplicably ran just three times after his 63-yard run. know Wisconsin Coach Gary Andersen said when asked why Gordon bare- ly played in the second half. was good, Gordon said, via the Mil- waukee Journal Senti- nel. was all MICHIGAN MOVES UP The Big downfall in national perception began with Appalachian upset of then-No.

5 Michigan, 34-32, in the 2007 season opener. Sat- urday, Michigan had its opportunity to atone for the PR disaster and did so with authority. Hosting Appalachian State for the first time since that infamous meeting, the Wolverines built a 42-0 lead early in the third quarter and rolled to a 52-14 win at the Big House. Quar- terback Devin Gardner completed 13 of 14 passes for 173 yards and three touchdowns. NEBRASKA HARVEST In a 55-7 win against Florida Atlantic, Ne- braska obliterated the modern-day Big Ten record for most yards in a game with 784, trail- ing only the 832 put up by Minnesota against Northwestern in 1905.

Ameer Abdullah rushed for 232 yards in barely a half, and quar- terback Tommie Arm- strong Jr. passed for 271 yards and two scores. understudy, Terrell Newby, rushed for 107 yards. Armstrong Jr. also ran for 62 yards and a touchdown.

Comments: (319) 339- 3169; scott.dochterman@ sourcemedia.net SEC still gets to crow after Badgers fall apart BIG TEN REWIND USA Today Sports Wisconsin quarterback Tanner McEvoy shouts at the line of scrim- mage during the first quarter of loss to LSU in Houston. 1. Michigan State. Spartans now carry the Big honor entering biggest non- conference game 2. Michigan.

Wolverines actually looked like their former selves, pre-2007 3. Nebraska. A much stronger beginning for the Huskers after last soft opening against Wyoming 4. Ohio State. New QB struggled early, but know more about J.T.

Barrett after next week 5. Penn State. No drop-off in Ireland for Christian Hackenberg despite a new coaching staff 6. Iowa. The rest of the world know or care that Northern Iowa could beat at least half the FBS teams 7.

Wisconsin. For three quarters the Badgers were in contention for the top spot on this list 8. Maryland. nickname belies the actual team speed on both sides of the ball 9. Rutgers.

Posted maybe the most impressive victory, flying across the country and winning late at bowl team 10. Indiana. know more surprising: only 28 points or holding Sycamores to 10 points 11. Minnesota. Gophers can run the ball, but passing game still has a ways to go 12.

Illinois. Illini have a quarterback, but needed late push to pull out the win 13. Purdue. A a win, especially when it equals last total 14. Northwestern.

With that defense, no reason to trail California (1-11 in 2013) 31-7 at home Scott Dochterman BIG TEN POWER RANKINGS.