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SCOREBOARDIN THE AREAFriday, Sept. 25

BOYS GOLFBettendorf, Central DeWitt, Assumption,

Davenport Central, Davenport West, Davenport North, Muscatine, Pleasant Valley, Clinton at Mississippi Athletic Conference Championship (at Valley Oaks Golf Club), 9 a.m.

FOOTBALLCentral DeWitt at Clinton, 7:15 p.m.Camanche at West Liberty, 7:15 p.m.Midland at Easton Valley, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 26CROSS COUNTRY

Camanche, Prince of Peace at varsity meet (at Anamosa), 8:30 a.m.

VOLLEYBALLCenter Point-Urbana, Fairfield, Madison, Fort

Madison, Iowa City Liberty, Iowa City West, Colon, Clinton at varsity invitational (at Iowa City Liberty), 9 a.m.

Central DeWitt, Maquoketa, Monticello, Union, Northeast at Monticello Tournament, 9 a.m.

ON TV(All times Central)

Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts

Friday, September 25AUTO RACING

2:55 a.m.ESPN2 — Formula One: Practice 1, Sochi

Autodrom, Krasnodar Krai, Russia6:55 a.m.

ESPN2 — Formula One: Practice 2, Sochi Autodrom, Krasnodar Krai, Russia

8 p.m.FS1 — NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck

Series: The World of Westgate 200, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas

3:55 a.m. (Saturday)ESPN — Formula One: Practice 3, Sochi Auto-

drom, Krasnodar Krai, RussiaCOLLEGE SOCCER (MEN’S)

5 p.m.ACCN — Wake Forest at Louisville

COLLEGE SOCCER (WOMEN’S)6 p.m.

SECN — Alabama at Mississippi StateCOLLEGE FOOTBALL

7 p.m.CBSSN — Middle Tennessee at Texas (San

Antonio)COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN’S)

1 p.m.ACCN — Notre Dame at Louisville

4 p.m.ESPNU — Pittsburgh at Syracuse

6 p.m.ESPNU — Texas at Oklahoma

GOLF7 a.m.

GOLF — EPGA Tour: The Dubai Duty Free Irish Open, Second Round, Galgorm Castle Golf Club, Ballymena, Northern Ireland

2 p.m.GOLF — PGA Tour: The Corales Puntacana

Resort and Club Championship, Second Round, Corales Golf Club, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL8 p.m.

ESPNU — IMG Academy (Fla.) at Ravenwood (Tenn.)

HORSE RACING11:30 a.m.

FS2 — NYRA: Belmont Park Live, Belmont Park, Elmont, N.Y.

KBO BASEBALL2:55 a.m. (Saturday)

ESPN2 — Kiwoom at DoosanMLB BASEBALL

4 p.m.MLBN — St. Louis at Milwaukee OR Colorado

at Arizona (6:30 p.m.)7 p.m.

ESPN2 — Chicago Cubs at Chicago White SoxMLBN — Milwaukee at St. Louis OR Colorado

at Arizona (6:30 p.m.)10 p.m.

MLBN — San Diego at San Francisco OR LA Angels at LA Dodgers (9:30 p.m.)

NBA BASKETBALL7:30 p.m.

ESPN — Eastern Conference Finals: Miami vs. Boston, Game 5, ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, Orlando, Fla.

NHL HOCKEY7 p.m.

NBC — Stanley Cup Final: Tampa Bay vs. Dal-las, Game 4, Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta

RUGBY5 a.m.

FS2 — NRL: Sydney at South Sydney2:30 a.m. (Saturday)

FS1 — NRL: Canberra at Cronulla-Sutherland4:30 a.m. (Saturday)

FS1 — NRL: Parramatta at WestsTENNIS3 a.m.

TENNIS — Hamburg-ATP Quarterfinals; Strasbourg-WTA Semifinals; Roland Garros Qualifying 3rd Round

5:30 a.m. (Saturday)TENNIS — Hamburg-ATP Semifinals; Stras-

bourg-WTA Singles & Doubles FinalsTRACK AND FIELD

11 a.m.NBCSN — IAAF: Diamond League, Doha,

Qatar

NFLAMERICAN CONFERENCE

East W L T Pct PF PABuffalo 2 0 0 1.000 58 45New England 1 1 0 .500 51 46Miami 1 2 0 .333 70 65N.Y. Jets 0 2 0 .000 30 58

South W L T Pct PF PATennessee 2 0 0 1.000 49 44Indianapolis 1 1 0 .500 48 38Jacksonville 1 2 0 .333 70 84Houston 0 2 0 .000 36 67

North W L T Pct PF PABaltimore 2 0 0 1.000 71 22Pittsburgh 2 0 0 1.000 52 37Cleveland 1 1 0 .500 41 68Cincinnati 0 2 0 .000 43 51

West W L T Pct PF PAKansas City 2 0 0 1.000 57 40Las Vegas 2 0 0 1.000 68 54L.A. Chargers 1 1 0 .500 36 36Denver 0 2 0 .000 35 42

NATIONAL CONFERENCEEast

W L T Pct PF PADallas 1 1 0 .500 57 59Washington 1 1 0 .500 42 47N.Y. Giants 0 2 0 .000 29 43Philadelphia 0 2 0 .000 36 64

South W L T Pct PF PANew Orleans 1 1 0 .500 58 57Tampa Bay 1 1 0 .500 54 51Atlanta 0 2 0 .000 64 78Carolina 0 2 0 .000 47 65

North W L T Pct PF PAChicago 2 0 0 1.000 44 36Green Bay 2 0 0 1.000 85 55Detroit 0 2 0 .000 44 69Minnesota 0 2 0 .000 45 71

West W L T Pct PF PAArizona 2 0 0 1.000 54 35L.A. Rams 2 0 0 1.000 57 36Seattle 2 0 0 1.000 73 55San Francisco 1 1 0 .500 51 37

Thursday’s GamesMiami 31, Jacksonville 13

Sunday’s GamesHouston at Pittsburgh, 12 p.m.Tennessee at Minnesota, 12 p.m.Cincinnati at Philadelphia, 12 p.m.Chicago at Atlanta, 12 p.m.Washington at Cleveland, 12 p.m.Las Vegas at New England, 12 p.m.L.A. Rams at Buffalo, 12 p.m.San Francisco at N.Y. Giants, 12 p.m.N.Y. Jets at Indianapolis, 3:05 p.m.Carolina at L.A. Chargers, 3:05 p.m.Tampa Bay at Denver, 3:25 p.m.Detroit at Arizona, 3:25 p.m.Dallas at Seattle, 3:25 p.m.Green Bay at New Orleans, 7:20 p.m.

Monday’s GamesKansas City at Baltimore, 7:15 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 1Denver at N.Y. Jets, 7:20 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 4L.A. Chargers at Tampa Bay, 12 p.m.Cleveland at Dallas, 12 p.m.Baltimore at Washington, 12 p.m.Pittsburgh at Tennessee, 12 p.m.Arizona at Carolina, 12 p.m.New Orleans at Detroit, 12 p.m.Jacksonville at Cincinnati, 12 p.m.Minnesota at Houston, 12 p.m.Seattle at Miami, 12 p.m.Indianapolis at Chicago, 12 p.m.N.Y. Giants at L.A. Rams, 3:05 p.m.Buffalo at Las Vegas, 3:25 p.m.New England at Kansas City, 3:25 p.m.Philadelphia at San Francisco, 7:20 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 5Atlanta at Green Bay, 7:15 p.m.

MLBAMERICAN LEAGUE

East Division W L Pct GBx-Tampa Bay 37 20 .649 _z-New York 32 25 .561 5Toronto 30 27 .526 7Baltimore 24 33 .421 13Boston 22 35 .386 15

Central Division W L Pct GBz-Minnesota 35 22 .614 _z-Chicago 34 23 .596 1z-Cleveland 33 24 .579 2Kansas City 24 33 .421 11Detroit 22 33 .400 12

West Division W L Pct GBx-Oakland 34 21 .618 _Houston 29 28 .509 6Los Angeles 26 31 .456 9Seattle 25 31 .446 9½Texas 19 38 .333 16x-clinched divisionz-clinched playoff berth

Wednesday’s GamesL.A. Angels 5, San Diego 2Arizona 7, Texas 3Cleveland 3, Chicago White Sox 2Seattle 3, Houston 2Tampa Bay 8, N.Y. Mets 5Toronto 14, N.Y. Yankees 1Boston 9, Baltimore 1Kansas City 12, St. Louis 3Minnesota 7, Detroit 6Oakland 6, L.A. Dodgers 4

Thursday’s GamesCleveland 5, Chicago White Sox 4Toronto 4, N.Y. Yankees 1Baltimore 13, Boston 1Kansas City 8, Detroit 7Houston 12, Texas 4Oakland at L.A. Dodgers, 8:40 p.m.

Friday’s GamesBaltimore (López 2-1) at Toronto (Walker

4-3), 5:37 p.m.Philadelphia (Velasquez 1-1) at Tampa Bay

(Morton 2-2), 5:40 p.m.Miami (Alcantara 3-2) at N.Y. Yankees (Happ

2-2), 7:05 p.m.Boston (Mazza 1-2) at Atlanta (Wright 2-4),

7:10 p.m.Pittsburgh (Keller 1-1) at Cleveland (Carrasco

3-4), 6:10 p.m.Detroit (Turnbull 4-3) at Kansas City (Keller

4-3), 7:05 p.m.Houston (Urquidy 1-1) at Texas (Cody 1-1),

7:05 p.m.Chicago Cubs (Darvish 7-3) at Chicago White

Sox (Cease 5-3), 7:10 p.m.Cincinnati (Mahle 2-2) at Minnesota (Berríos

5-3), 7:10 p.m.L.A. Angels (Heaney 4-3) at L.A. Dodgers

(Kershaw 6-2), 8:40 p.m.Seattle (Kikuchi 2-4) at Oakland (Bassitt

5-2), 8:40 p.m.Saturday’s Games

Miami at N.Y. Yankees, 12:05 p.m.Oakland at Seattle, 3:10 p.m., 1st gameBaltimore at Toronto, 5:37 p.m.Detroit at Kansas City, 6:05 p.m.Houston at Texas, 6:05 p.m.Philadelphia at Tampa Bay, 6:07 p.m.

Boston at Atlanta, 6:10 p.m.Chicago Cubs at Chicago White Sox, 6:10

p.m.Cincinnati at Minnesota, 6:10 p.m.Pittsburgh at Cleveland, 6:10 p.m.Seattle at Oakland, 6:40 p.m., 2nd gameL.A. Angels at L.A. Dodgers, 8:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUEEast Division

W L Pct GBx-Atlanta 34 22 .607 _Miami 28 28 .500 6Philadelphia 28 29 .491 6½New York 26 31 .456 8½Washington 23 34 .404 11½

Central Division W L Pct GBz-Chicago 32 25 .561 _Cincinnati 29 28 .509 3St. Louis 27 26 .509 3Milwaukee 27 28 .491 4Pittsburgh 18 39 .316 14

West Division W L Pct GBx-Los Angeles 39 17 .696 _z-San Diego 34 22 .607 5San Francisco 28 28 .500 11Colorado 25 31 .446 14Arizona 22 34 .393 17

x-clinched divisionz-clinched playoff berth

Wednesday’s GamesL.A. Angels 5, San Diego 2Philadelphia 12, Washington 3Arizona 7, Texas 3Cincinnati 6, Milwaukee 1Pittsburgh 2, Chicago Cubs 1Tampa Bay 8, N.Y. Mets 5Atlanta 9, Miami 4Kansas City 12, St. Louis 3Oakland 6, L.A. Dodgers 4San Francisco 7, Colorado 2

Thursday’s GamesPittsburgh 7, Chicago Cubs 0Colorado 5, San Francisco 4, 11 inningsN.Y. Mets 3, Washington 2Miami at Atlanta, 6:10 p.m.Milwaukee at St. Louis, 7:15 p.m.Oakland at L.A. Dodgers, 8:40 p.m.

Friday’s GamesSt. Louis (Flaherty 4-2) at Milwaukee (Lind-

blom 2-3), 4:15 p.m., 1st gameN.Y. Mets (Porcello 1-6) at Washington

(Scherzer 4-4), 5:05 p.m.Colorado (Senzatela 5-2) at Arizona (Gallen

2-2), 5:40 p.m., 1st gamePhiladelphia (Velasquez 1-1) at Tampa Bay

(Morton 2-2), 5:40 p.m.Miami (Alcantara 3-2) at N.Y. Yankees (Happ

2-2), 6:05 p.m.Boston (Mazza 1-2) at Atlanta (Wright 2-4),

6:10 p.m.Pittsburgh (Keller 1-1) at Cleveland (Carrasco

3-4), 6:10 p.m.San Diego (Lamet 3-1) at San Francisco

(Anderson 3-3), 6:10 p.m., 1st gameChicago Cubs (Darvish 7-3) at Chicago White

Sox (Cease 5-3), 7:10 p.m.Cincinnati (Mahle 2-2) at Minnesota (Berríos

5-3), 7:10 p.m.Milwaukee (TBD) at St. Louis (Ponce de Leon

0-3), 7:45 p.m., 2nd gameL.A. Angels (Heaney 4-3) at L.A. Dodgers

(Kershaw 6-2), 8:40 p.m.Colorado (TBD) at Arizona (Clarke 2-0), 9:10

p.m., 2nd gameSan Francisco (TBD) at San Diego (Paddack

4-4), 9:40 p.m., 2nd gameSaturday’s Games

Miami at N.Y. Yankees, 11:05 p.m.N.Y. Mets at Washington, 5:05 p.m.Milwaukee at St. Louis, 6:07 p.m.Philadelphia at Tampa Bay, 6:07 p.m.Boston at Atlanta, 6:10 p.m.Chicago Cubs at Chicago White Sox, 6:10

p.m.Cincinnati at Minnesota, 6:10 p.m.Pittsburgh at Cleveland, 6:10 p.m.Colorado at Arizona, 7:10 p.m.L.A. Angels at L.A. Dodgers, 8:10 p.m.San Diego at San Francisco, 8:15 p.m.

NBA PLAYOFFSCONFERENCE FINALS

(Best-of-7)x-if necessary

Eastern ConferenceMiami 3, Boston 1

Tuesday, Sept. 15: Miami 117, Boston 114, OT

Thursday, Sept. 17: Miami 106 Boston 101Saturday, Sept. 19: Boston 117 Miami 106Wednesday, Sept. 23: Miami 112, Boston

109Friday, Sept. 25: Miami vs. Boston, 7:30 p.m.x-Sunday, Sept. 27: Boston vs. Miami, 6:30

p.m.x-Tuesday, Sept. 29: Miami vs. Boston, TBD

Western ConferenceL.A. Lakers 3, Denver 1

Friday, Sept. 18: L.A. Lakers 126, Denver 114Sunday, Sept. 20: L.A. Lakers 105, Denver

103Tuesday, Sept. 22: Denver, 114, L.A. Lak-

ers 106Thursday, Sept. 24: L.A. Lakers 114, Denver

108Saturday, Sept. 26: Denver vs. L.A. Lakers,

8 p.m.x-Monday, Sept. 28: L.A. Lakers vs. Denver,

TBDx-Wednesday, Sept. 30: Denver vs. L.A. Lak-

ers, TBD

NHL PLAYOFFSSTANLEY CUP FINALS

(Best-of-7; x-if necessary)Tampa Bay 2, Dallas 1

Saturday, September 19: Dallas 4, Tampa Bay 1

Monday, September 21: Tampa Bay 3, Dal-las 2

Wednesday, September 23: Tampa Bay 5,

Dallas 2Friday, September 25: Tampa Bay at Dallas,

7 p.m.Saturday, September 26: Dallas at Tampa

Bay, 7 p.m.x-Monday, September 28: Tampa Bay at

Dallas, 7 p.m.x-Wednesday, September 30: Dallas at

Tampa Bay, 7 p.m.

HISTORYSept. 25

1866 — Jerome Park, named for its founder Leonard W. Jerome, opens in the Bronx in New York. Jerome, seeking to emulate the British racing system, also establishes the American Jockey Club, precursor to the present Jockey Club, formed in 1894.

1920 — Molly Bjurstedt Mallory wins her fifth title in six years with a two-set victory over Marion Zinderstein in the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association championships.

1949 — Louise Suggs wins the U.S. Wom-en’s Open by 14 strokes over Babe Didrikson Zaharias.

1962 — Sonny Liston knocks out Floyd Pat-terson at 2:06 of the first round at Comiskey Park in Chicago to win the world heavyweight title.

1982 — Ricky Edwards rushes for 177 yards and four touchdowns to help Northwestern end its 34-game losing streak in a 31-6 victory over Northern Illinois.

1994 — Oliver McCall scores a major upset by stopping Lennox Lewis 31 seconds into the second round to capture the WBC heavyweight title in London.

1995 — Jerry Rice has 181 yards receiving in San Francisco’s 27-24 loss to Detroit. It’s his 51st 100-yard game, which breaks Don May-nard’s NFL record.

2004 — Bobby Seck of Hofstra throws eight touchdown passes to tie an Atlantic 10 mark and set a school record in the Pride’s 62-43 victory over Rhode Island.

2005 — Fernando Alonso becomes Formula One’s youngest champion by finishing third in the Brazilian Grand Prix. Alonso, 24, a six-time winner in his third full season in Formula One, ends Michael Schumacher’s five-year hold on the title.

2011 — Wes Welker has 16 catches for a franchise-record 217 yards and two scores in New England’s 34-31 loss to Buffalo. Patriots’ quarterback Tom Brady is 30 of 45 for 386 yards and four scores but also matches a career worst with four interceptions.

2011 — The Detroit Lions snap a 13-game losing streak with a 26-23 victory over the Minnesota Vikings. The Lions, who won in the Metrodome for the first time since 1997, are 3-0 for the first time since 1980.

2013 — Skipper Jimmy Spithill and Oracle Team USA win the America’s Cup with one of the greatest comebacks in sports history to keep the oldest trophy in international sports in the United States. Spithill steers Oracle’s space-age, 72-foot catamaran to its eighth straight victory, speeding past Dean Barker and Emir-ates Team New Zealand in the winner-take-all Race 19 on San Francisco Bay. All but defeated a week ago, the 34-year-old Australian and his international crew twice rallies from seven-point deficits to win 9-8.

TRANSACTIONSBASEBALL

Major League BaseballAmerican League

BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Recalled RHP David Hess from alternate training site. Optioned LHP Dean Kremer to alternate training site.

CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Activated LHPs Aaron Bummer and Carlos Rodon from 60-day IL. Designated RHP Steve Cishek and LHP Ross Detwiler for assignment.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Announced OF Alex Gordon will retire Sept. 27. Optioned RHP Scott Blewett to alternate training site. Recalled LHP Richard Lovelady from alternate training site.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Activated RHP Nate Pearson from the 10-day IL. Designated RHP Wilmer Font for assignment.

National LeagueLOS ANGELES DODGERS — Activated RHP

Walker Buehler from 10-day IL. Optioned RHP Mitch White to alternate training site.

NEW YORK METS — Placed Michael Conforto on 10-day IL. Recalled INF Luis Guillorme from alternate training site.

FOOTBALLNational Football League

ATLANTA FALCONS — Signed G Willie Beavers to the practice squad.

CHICAGO BEARS — Placed DT John Jenkins on injured reserve. Signed DT Daniel McCullers off practice squad.

DENVER BRONCOS — Signed S P.J. Locke to the active roster. Signed QB Blake Bortles. Added DL Deyon Sizer to practice squad. Placed S Mark Barron, DE Dre’Mont Jones, WR Courtland Sutton and DE DeMarcus Walker on injured reserve.

LOS ANGELES RAMS — Placed OL Joseph Noteboom on injured reserve. Activated LB Natrez Patrick from practice squad.

MIAMI DOLPHINS — Activated CB Tae Hayes from practice squad.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed LB Todd Davis to a one-year contract. Placed LB Troy Dye on injured reserve.

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Signed CB Trevor Williams to the active roster. Signed WR Marcus Green to practice squad.

PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Signed WR Cody White to practice squad.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Signed WR Lance Lenoir to practice squad.

TENNESSEE TITANS — Placed DB Greg Mabil on reserve/COVID-19 list.

COLLEGEBREVARD — Named Breanne Shearin to

women’s softball head coach.

it was his rock-steady friend-ship with Piccolo, depicted in the film “Brian’s Song,” that marked him as more than a sports star.

“He was the very essence of a team player — quiet, unas-suming and always ready to compliment a teammate for a key block,” Hall of Fame Presi-dent David Baker said. “Gale was an extraordinary man who overcame a great deal of adversity during his NFL career and life.”

Sayers became a stockbro-ker, sports administrator, businessman and philan-thropist for several inner-city Chicago youth initiatives after his pro football career was cut short by serious injuries to both knees.

“Gale was one of the finest men in NFL history and one

of the game’s most exciting players,” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said. “Gale was an electrifying and elu-sive runner who thrilled fans every time he touched the ball. He earned his place as a first-ballot Hall of Famer.”

A football and track star at Omaha Central High School in Nebraska, Sayers was a two-time All-American at Kansas and was inducted into the Col-lege Football Hall of Fame. He was selected by Chicago with the fourth pick overall in 1965, and his versatility produced dividends and highlight-reel slaloms through opposing defenses right the start.

He tied an NFL record with six touchdowns in a game and set another with 22 touch-downs in his first season: 14 rushing, six receiving, one punt and one kickoff return. Sayers was a unanimous choice for Offensive Rookie of the Year.

“I played football a long time and I never saw a bet-ter football player than Gale Sayers,” said Hall of Fame tight end Mike Ditka, Sayers’ teammate from 1965-66. “I mean that. He was poetry in motion. Besides that, he was a great guy. It’s just a shame that he’s gone. He was special.”

Ditka later coached Wal-ter Payton, giving him an up-close look at two of the best running backs. But the greatest performance he saw might have been Sayers’ six-touchdown game. Playing San Francisco at a muddy Wrigley Field, just about everyone else was slipping and sliding.

“He was playing on a differ-ent field than we were,” Ditka said. “The field was wet, it was slippery, it was kind of muddy. He was unbelievable. He was making runs and cuts that were unbelievable.”

Sayers was an All-Pro dur-ing the first five of his seven

NFL seasons (1965-71). But he was stuck on a handful of mid-dling-to-bad Bears teams and, like Dick Butkus, another Hall of Fame teammate selected in the same 1965 draft, he never played in the postseason. Say-ers appeared in only 68 games total and just two in each of his final two seasons while attempting to return from those knee injuries.

In 1977, at age 34, Sayers became the youngest player inducted into the Hall of Fame. In presenting him at the ceremony, Bears founder George Halas said: “If you wish to see perfection as a running back, you had best get a hold of a film of Gale Sayers. He was poetry in motion. His like will never be seen again.”

Butkus said he hadn’t even seen Sayers play until a high-light film was shown at an event in New York that both attended honoring the 1964 All-America team. He said the

real-life version of Sayers was even better.

“I never came up against a running back like him in my whole career, as far as a half-back. And that was counting O.J. (Simpson) and a couple of other guys,” Butkus said. “No one could touch this guy.”

The Bears drafted them with back-to-back picks in ’65, taking Butkus at No. 3 and Sayers at No. 4. It didn’t take long for Sayers to win over veterans who had helped the Bears take the NFL champion-ship in 1963.

“We were both No. 1s, so they’re going to make it hard on us and show us the ropes and everything else,” Butkus said. “But Gale just ran circles around everybody. Quickly, they adopted him.”

The friendship between Say-ers and backfield mate Piccolo began in 1967, when the two became unlikely roommates. Sayers was Black and already

a star; Piccolo was white and had worked his way up from the practice squad. Early on, they were competing for play-ing time and carries.

But when the club dropped its policy of segregating play-ers by race in hotel room assignments, they forged a bond. In 1968, Piccolo helped Sayers through a tough rehab process while he recovered from a torn ligament in his r ight knee. After Sayers returned the next season to become an All-Pro, he made sure his friend shared in the credit.

They became even closer after Piccolo pulled him-self out of a game early in the 1969 season because of breathing difficulties and was diagnosed with cancer. That phase of their friendship was recounted first by Sayers in his autobiography, “I Am Third,” and then in the 1971 movie “Brian’s Song.”

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game,” Isenhour said. “We didn’t play how we wanted to in the Clinton High tour-nament, so it was good for us to come out and do well in this game and stay up the whole time.

“We’ve been off, and I think tonight was a big night for us to get to how we’ve been and back to who we are.”

The Irish improve to 11-6-1

while Midland falls to 2-18.Blount led the Irish with

10 kills. Hansen had 27 assists. Isenhour had two blocks.

With their confidence restored, the Irish’s objective is to keep it going — every single game.

“We’re approaching it as, we can win every game no matter what,” Blount said. “We have it in our minds that we can win every game, so if we go out with that attitude, we can make it happen.”

Beau Troutman | Clinton Herald

Prince of Peace senior Isabel Hansen keeps the play alive during the Irish’s win over Midland on Sept. 24 in Clinton.

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BEN VISSERSIOUX CIT Y JOURNAL

AMES, Iowa — Iowa State is a standard bearer in the Big 12 of how to properly mitigate COVID-19.

Iowa State’s football team hasn’t had a positive test in four weeks. The athletic department just tested all 631 student athletes and staff with zero positive tests. Dat-ing back to Sept. 11ths tests, Iowa State has had 833 neg-ative tests and zero positive tests.

Iowa State football’s next opponent, TCU, had to post-pone its first game due to COVID-19 and contact trac-ing. Other Big 12 teams like Kansas State and Texas had to shut down during the pre-season.

The key to Iowa State’s magic formula isn’t a secret. All they’re doing is listening to the doctors, scientists and experts, and following their basic directions they’ve been offering since the beginning. And then holding themselves and their teammates to that standard.

“The challenge in college athletics is you’re dealing with 18 to 22 year olds,” Coach Matt Campbell said. “We can’t keep our kids in a hotel. We can’t keep them in a bubble like the NBA. So, the reality has to be in the buy-

in value of the 18 to 22 year olds in your sport to say you, ‘You know what? I’m going to make great choices. I’m going to wear a mask if I have to go out in public. I may not go out to a restaurant. I may make great decisions and stay at home.’

“Those are all tough chal-lenges and when you say there’s great sacrifice to play the sport of football right now, there is. I mean, we’re dealing with 125 kids in our football program that, you know, we’re going on four weeks now where you haven’t had a positive test and our kids continue to do a great job of making great sacrifices.”

For Iowa State, it starts with the seniors. They’re near the end of their col-lege careers and Campbell has made sure the team understands that they can’t squander the seniors’ oppor-tunity.

“I think the reality for us — from March until now — is we have had great leadership within our walls and our seniors to say, ‘Here’s what we want to do. Here’s what we want to accomplish,’” Campbell said. “And they have such respect from their teammates, that they have been able to really do a great job of creating a great bubble within our walls.”

Iowa State’s success with mitigating COVID-19