By MIKE KRAFTStaff Writer

mkraft@minotdailynews.com

Defeating the Minot StateUniversity men’s ice hockeyteam is a tall order regardlessof the venue.

Winning a game againstthe top-ranked Beavers atMaysaArenahas beennearlyimpossible over thepast cou-ple of years.

The Beavers (2-0) postedconsecutive 5-0 victoriesagainst No. 11 Central Okla-homa last weekend, stretch-ing their home winningstreak to 25— including twoexhibition wins againstBriercrest (Sask.) earlier thisyear.MSUhasn’t lost a gameat Maysa Arena since a 4-3shootout loss to Robert Mor-risUniversity (Ill.) onOct. 29,2011.

The success at home iseasy to pinpoint for theBeavers

“The fans. It really is,”MSU senior forward JoshRutherford said. “The fansget loud.Not a lot of teams inthe country are used to play-ing in front of big crowds likewe get. When they comehere, I don’t know if they’reoverwhelmed, but it’s reallyour fans. If we didn’t havethem, it would just be a deadarena and there would be nointimidation coming here.”

During the winningstreak, the Beavers haveoutscored opponents 150-30

with 10 shutouts.“Our crowd is very ener-

getic and anytimewe’re hav-ing an opportunity to score,they seem to get fine-tuned,”MSU coach Wade Regiersaid. “More importantly, Ithink it’s the overall atmos-phere and comfortability. Ormaybe we just understandwhere the bounces are.”

The large crowds havehadplenty to celebrate in the

past couple seasons as theBeavers have scored sevenormore goals seven times atMaysa Arena during thestreak. Ten of those winshave come against rankedopponents.

“It’s an amazing atmos-phere,” MSU senior goal-tender Wyatt Waselenchuksaid. “Any team that comeshere that tells you there’s aharder place to play they’re

probably lying because wehave the fans by far. We def-initely thrive off it. It’s amaz-ing to see the support we getand we hope it keeps oncoming.”

The Beavers have 14games remaining at home.MSU’s next game at MaysaArena is a national champi-onship rematch against Lin-denwood University (Mo.)on Oct. 18.

Special teamsissues haunt Tauros

in WashingtonThe Minot Minotauros

struggles against Wenatchee(Wash.) continued lastweek-end with a pair of losses atTown Toyota Center.

The Tauros struggled of-fensively Friday aftermakingthe 1,150-mile tripwest. The

Aroundthe HornAthletics top Tigersto take 2-1 ALdivision series lead

DETROIT (AP) —Brandon Moss, JoshReddick and Seth Smithhomered for the Oak-land Athletics, whochased Anibal Sanchezin the fifth inning andbeat the Detroit Tigers 6-3 on Monday for a 2-1lead in their AL divisionseries.

Moss broke a 3-all tiein the fifth with a soloshot, and Smith's two-run drive later in the in-ning ended Sanchez'sday. It was an impressiveoffensive show after theteams split two tense,low-scoring games inOakland.

TheAthletics can closeout the series Tuesday.

Sanchez, theAmericanLeague's ERA leader, al-lowed six runs — fiveearned—andeight hits in4 1-3 innings.

Jarrod Parker gave upthree runs in five inningsfor Oakland, and theTigers couldn't rallyagainst the bullpen.

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Home-ice advantageBeavers continue dominance at Maysa Arena

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Minot State University junior forward Dwight Lee skates the puck into the offensive zone as CentralOklahoma’s Chad Roorda trails the play during a game Friday at Maysa Arena.

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EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.(AP) —Minnesota's quarter-back this weekend will beMatt Cassel orChristianPon-der, not Josh Freeman.

If Ponder has healed fromhis broken rib, coach LeslieFrazier said, hewill return asthe starter. If Ponder is stillhurt, Casselwill keep the job.

Beyond Sunday's gameagainst Carolina,well, there'sno guarantee for anyone.

The Vikings finalizedFreeman's contract Monday,four days after the 25-year-old was cut by Tampa Bay.He didn't make it in time forpractice but was scheduledto arrive later, and Freemanand general manager RickSpielman were scheduled toaddress reporters in anevening conference call.

This was the only defini-tive word from Frazier:

there's not enough time forFreeman to learn the offenseand play against the Pan-thers. TheVikings didn't just

sign him for depth, though.They're trying to save the sea-son after losing their firstthree games, and they also

need someone to count onfor the future.

Though Freeman agreedto a prorated $3 million deal

for only the rest of the year,these next three months willbe a feeling out process forboth sides in advance of thefree agent market.

Ponder said he felt "verylittle pain, if any" whilethrowing in practice. He alsosaid he's not sure what tothink about this latest boldmove by Spielman.

"We'll see what happens.It's their decision, notmyde-cision," Ponder said. "Obvi-ously I can control how Iplay."

Frazier said several timesPonder is still the starter ifhe'shealthy, but a rib is a danger-ous bodypart to expose to in-jury. Keeping Cassel in thelineup on Sunday wouldhardly be a controversial ordeceptive decision. The 31-

Freeman signing further muddles Vikes’QB group

AP Photo

Four days after the Tampa Bay Buccaneers cut quarterback Josh Freeman,the Vikings signed him, making Minnesota’s QB situation more complex.

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PITTSBURGH (AP) —Rookie Michael Wachatook a no-hit bid into theeighth inning and the St.Louis Cardinals showedoff their October poise,edging the Pittsburgh Pi-rates 2-1 Monday and set-ting up a winner-take-allGame 5 in the NL divisionseries.

The Cardinals im-proved to 7-1 over the lastthree years when facingelimination in the postsea-son.

Pedro Alvarez hit histhird home run of the se-ries, connecting with oneout in the eighth for Pitts-burgh's only hit in Game4.

Wacha and theSt. Louisbullpen made Matt Holli-day's two-run homer standup. Trevor Rosenthalworked around a two-outwalk in the ninth, retiringAndrew McCutchen on apopup for his first postsea-son save.

Game 5 will beWednesday in St. Louis,with ace Adam Wain-wright starting for the Car-dinals. The Pirates had notannounced their starter.

KANSASCITY,Kan. (AP)— Considering where JeffGordon was after Richmond,left out of the Chase for theSprint Cup championship inpart due to some late-raceshenanigans,hecouldn'thavebeenhappier onSunday.

Not only isGordon in theChase, he'smaking a charge.

Gordon finished third atKansas Speedway behindwinner Kevin Harvick andrunner-up Kurt Busch, histhird top-10 finish in fourraces in NASCAR's playoffs.That's allowed him to climbto fourth inpoints, 32behindleaderMattKensethwith sixraces left in the season.

"Earlier this year, I wasprobably as frustrated as I'veever been in a racecar. Wewere justmissingsomething,"Gordon said. "Right now,myteam has been bringing greatcars to the track, not just inthe Chase, but I think three,four races prior to that westarted tomake gains."

Still, those gains would-n't have been enough forGordon to squeeze into theChasewhenat least three or-ganizations appeared toma-nipulate the ending to the

race at Richmond.NASCARchairmanBrian

France used his power thefollowing weekend to makeanunprecedentedexpansionto the field after two separateinvestigations revealed thatGordon did not have a fairchance to race his way intothe 12-driver Chase becauseof the late-race controversy.

Now, the four-timechampion ismaking amovetoward the top of the table.

He finished sixth in theChase opener at Chicago,struggledtoa15th-placefinish

at New Hampshire, and thenbounced back with a fourth-place run at Dover. His per-formanceonaslipperysurfaceat Kansas Speedway on Sun-day sends him to Charlottebrimmingwith confidence.

Harvick's third victory oftheseasonshothimtothirdinpoints behind Kenseth andfive-time champion JimmieJohnson. He was 39 pointsback heading into the week-endandtrimmedoff14pointsfrom his deficit, putting himwithin strikingdistanceofhisfirst championship.

Gordon, Harvick makingmoves into Chase fray

AP Photo

Driver Kevin Harvick, front left, leads the packcoming out of a caution with 20 laps to go in theNASCAR Sprint Cup series auto race at KansasSpeedway in Kansas City, Kan., on Sunday.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.(AP)—TheTampaBayRaysare still afloat in the AL divi-sion series.

Jose Lobaton hit a solohome run with two outs inthe bottom of the ninth in-ning into the giant fish tankbeyond the center-field wall,and Tampa Bay staved offelimination once again bybeating the Boston Red Sox5-4Monday night.

Evan Longoria had athree-run homer and theRays averted aplayoff sweep,cuttingBoston's lead to 2-1 inthe best-of-five series. Game4 is Tuesday night at Tropi-cana Field, with Jake Peavystarting for the Red Soxagainst Jeremy Hellickson.

"Look at this whole weekworking up to today, andthen this game is even moredramatic than the othergames we had already won,"manager Joe Maddon said."It's really an incredible dayfor the Rays."

TampaBay took awin-or-go-home game for the fourthtime in nine days. The Raysdid itwith anunlikely strokeas Lobaton,who cameoff thebench to catch in the top ofthe ninth, connected against

Red Sox closer Koji Uehara."It'sunbelievable. It's some-

thingyoucan't explain,"Loba-ton said. "We never give up.We're going to keep fighting."

Back home after twoweeks on the road, the Raysgave a sellout crowd of33,675 little to cheer untilLongoria homered on his28th birthday. His three-runshot off Clay Buchholz withtwo outs in the fifth ralliedTampa Bay to a 3-all tie.

Pinch-hitter DelmonYoung, who has a penchantfor driving home key runs inOctober, put the Rays ahead4-3 with an RBI grounder inthe eighth.

The Red Sox tied it in theninth after closer FernandoRodney issued a leadoffwalktoWillMiddlebrooks.DustinPedroia's RBI groundermadeit 4-all.

With a runner on third,pinch-hitter Mike Carp wascalled out on strikes to endthe inning. Carp batted forQuintin Berry, who enteredas a pinch-runner for DavidOrtiz in the eighth.

Berry stole second on aclose play that drew an argu-ment from Maddon. But

Lobaton's homer keepsRays alive against Red Sox

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ATLANTA (AP) —Nick Folk kicked a 43-yardfield goal on the final playof the game and the NewYork Jets handed strug-gling Atlanta its thirdstraight loss, beating theFalcons 30-28 on Mondaynight.

The Falcons ralliedfrom a 27-14 deficit in thefourth quarter, going aheadon Matt Ryan's 3-yardtouchdown pass to LevineToilolo with 1:54 remain-ing.

But rookie Geno Smith,who threw three touch-down passes, guided theJets (3-2) on the winningdrive. He completed fourstraight passes and ran foran 8-yard gain before theJets ran the clock downand sent Folk on for thelast play.

JacquizzRodgers scoredon a pair of touchdownruns, and Ryan also threwa scoring pass to JasonSnelling.

The Falcons (1-4) arenowmired in their longestlosing streak since 2007.

Smith, Jets sinkFalcons with lategame-winning drive

Wacha, Cardinalsedge Pirates 2-1to knot NLDS

4. Central Missouri (3) 17-0 1,063 45. BYU-Hawaii 11-1 960 66. Southwest Minn. State 11-3 926 77. Western Washington 11-1 881 98. Nebraska-Kearney 14-2 845 59. West Texas A&M 13-3 780 1110. Angelo State 11-3 734 711. UC San Diego 13-2 684 1212. Sonoma State 12-2 646 1313. Washburn 15-3 618 1514. Wingate 13-2 578 1415. Wayne State (Neb.) 13-2 524 1016. Cal St. San Bernardino 11-4 482 1617. Truman 11-5 411 1818. Colorado Mines 11-4 380 1919. West Florida 11-4 318 2020. Ferris State 12-3 302 2221. Grand Valley State 12-3 291 1722. Fresno Pacific 9-5 186 2123. Armstrong Atlantic St. 13-0 139 2524. Regis 9-6 117 2325. Indianapolis 8-5 98 24

Others receiving votes: Wheeling Jesuit 49;Point Loma Nazarene 27; Augustana (S.D.) 23;Lewis 19; Florida Southern 14; Ashland 11;Rockhurst 11; Alaska-Anchorage 9; Rollins 9;Palm Beach Atlantic 7; Eckerd 3.

PPRREEPP FFOOOOTTBBAALLLLCCllaassss AAAAAA

SSTTAATTEE MMEEDDIIAA PPOOLLLLRecord Pts Pvs

1. Bismarck (12) 6-0 60 12. Century 5-0 47 23. Minot 6-0 32 34. Fargo South 4-2 28 45. Fargo Davies 4-2 13 5

First-place votes in parentheses.

CCllaassss AAAASSTTAATTEE MMEEDDIIAA PPOOLLLL

Record Pts Prv1. Bishop Ryan (12) 6-0 67 12. St. Mary's (2) 6-0 58 23. Shanley 5-1 43 34. Wahpeton 5-1 28 45. Lisbon 4-2 7 NR

Also receiving votes: Beulah (4-2) 6, WatfordCity (4-2) 1.

First-place votes in parentheses.

BBOOYYSS SSOOCCCCEERRState tournament

at Rotary Field in Jamestown Thursday

1) W1 Bismarck vs. E4 Fargo South, 1 p.m.2) E2 West Fargo vs. W3 St. Mary’s, 3 p.m.3) E1 Shanley vs. W4 Minot, 5 p.m.4) W2 Century vs. E3 Davies, 7 p.m.

Friday 5) Loser game 1 vs. loser game 2, 1 p.m.6) Loser game 3 vs. loser game 4, 3 p.m.7) Winner game 1 vs. winner game 2, 5 p.m.8) Winner game 3 vs. winner game 4, 7 p.m.

SaturdayFifth place

9) Winner game 5 vs. winner game 6, 11 a.m.Third place

10) Loser game 7 vs. loser game 8, 1 p.m.Championship

11) Winner game 7 vs. winner game 8, 3 p.m.

PPRREEPP VVOOLLLLEEYYBBAALLLLCCllaassss BB

TTGGUU 33,, SSuurrrreeyy 00TGU 25 25 25S 17 12 22

TGU: Kills, Mattie Schmitt 17, Angie Anderson6; Assists, McKayla Thompson 24; Aces, PaigeBrodehl 4; Blocks, Schmitt 3, Anderson 3; Digs,McKenna Thompson 12, McKayla Thompson 12.

S: Kills, Caitlyn Bachmeier 5, Kristine Stenvold4; Asssists, Kali Miller 5, Payton Mueller 4; Aces,Skylar Bertsch 2; Blocks, Bachmeier 2.5; Digs,Bertsch 12, Stenvold 11.

UUnnddeerrwwoooodd 33,, DDrraakkee--AAnnaammoooossee 00U 25 25 25DA 20 10 10

U: Kills, Erin Dammann 8; Assists, TaylorDammann 10, Erin Dammann 7; Aces, EmmaLee 6, Taylor Dammann 5; Blocks, ErinDammann 1; Digs, none reported.

DA: Kills, Kristin Reinowski 7; Assists, SydneySeehafer 6, Kate Jund 6; Aces, none; Blocks,Reinowski 2; Digs, Kailey Lemer 5.

NN..DD.. SSCCOORREEBBOOAARRDDPREP VOLLEYBALL

Fargo Oak Grove Lutheran def. Norman CountyWest, Minn., 25-19, 25-17, 25-22

Griggs County Central def. Grafton/St. Thomas,25-22, 25-16, 25-18

Strasburg-Zeeland def. Edgeley-Kulm, 21-25,25-11, 25-11, 25-20

Warren-Alvarado-Oslo, Minn. def. Minto, 25-11,25-17, 25-19

Watford City def. Trinity Christian, 25-19, 25-18, 25-27, 25-15

EEVVEENNTTSSASK Fitness Baseball Clinic

What: ASK Fitness, in partnership with coachTodd Larson, will be holding a 4-week instruc-tional baseball hitting camp.

Where: ASK FitnessWhen: Beginning October 21Contact: Email coach Todd Larson at

todd.m.larson@sendit.nodak.eduYMCA Boys Junior 5-on-5 Basketball League

Who: Boys grades 5-9Where: YMCAWhen: Begins mid-October; Deadline Oct. 15Contact: Brock Klein at 852-0141

MSU 3-on-3 Basketball TournamentWho: Boys and girls, third grade through adultWhen: Oct. 19Where: MSU Dome and Swain HallCost: $75 per team; Registration deadline Oct. 11.Andrew Crockett Fall Classic Basketball

TournamentWhere: MinotWhen: Nov. 16-17Divisions: Boys Grades 5-8Cost: $130Contact: Bob Daws 701-720-3244Email: andycrockettbb@gmail.com Website: www.bishopryan.com

MSU Basketball ClinicsWhat: Individual skills development with the MSU

men’s basketball coaching staff. Focuses includeball handling, attack moves, finishing around therim and shooting. The clinics are non-contact.

When: Oct. 6 and 13, from 7-8 p.m.Where: MSU DomeWho: Players in grades 5-12 Registration: Walk-up only, $10 per sessionFor more information, contact the MSU men’s

basketball department at 858-4812.

TTRRAANNSSAACCTTIIOONNSSBASEBALL

American LeagueCLEVELAND INDIANS—Sent LHP Clay Rapadaoutright to Columbus (IL).TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Announced the retire-ment of first base coach Dwayne Murphy. An-nounced hitting coach Chad Mottolla will notreturn for teh 2014 season.

National LeagueMIAMI MARLINS—Sent RHP Jose Ceda, RHPSteven Ames, 1B Joe Mahoney, 3B Gil Velazquez,C Koyie Hill, LHP Zach Phillips and RHP KevinSlowey outright to New Orleans.

BASKETBALLNational Basketball Association

NEW ORLEANS PELICANS—Waived F Rodney Carney.FOOTBALL

National Football LeagueBUFFALO BILLS—Placed K Dustin Hopkins on in-jured reserve. Signed QB Thad Lewis from thepractice squad. Claimed OL Antoine McClain offwaivers from Oakland. Released OL Sam Young.GREEN BAY PACKERS—Signed CB James Nixonfrom the practice squad. Placed LB Robert Fran-cois on injured reserve.INDIANAPOLIS COLTS—Activated WR LaVonBrazill. Waived DE Lawrence Guy.JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS—Claimed WRStephen Williams off waivers from Seattle.Waived WR Jeremy Ebert.MINNESOTA VIKINGS—Agreed to terms with QBJosh Freeman.NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS—Re-signed CB Mar-quice Cole. Released S Kanorris Davis and LBJa'Gared Davis.OAKLAND RAIDERS—Activated WR AndreHolmes. Released QB Matt Flynn. Waived OLJack Cornell.

HOCKEYNational Hockey League

ANAHEIM DUCKS—Assigned C Peter Holland toNorfolk (AHL).LOS ANGELES KINGS—Agreed to terms with FScott Sabourin on a three-year entry level contract.PHILADELPHIA FLYERS—Fired coach Peter Lavio-lette. Named assistant coach Craig Berube coach.

COLLEGENORTH CAROLINA—Announced LB Jack Tabb issuspended for the first half of the Miami gameon Oct. 17.

Tampa Bay at Oakland-Detroit winnerTuesday, Oct. 15: Boston at Oakland-Detroit

winner or Oakland-Detroit winner at Tampa BayWednesday, Oct. 16: Boston at Oakland-De-

troit winner or Oakland-Detroit winner atTampa Bay

x-Thursday, Oct. 17: Boston at Oakland-De-troit winner or Oakland-Detroit winner atTampa Bay

x-Saturday, Oct. 19: Oakland-Detroit winnerat Boston or Tampa Bay at Oakland-Detroitwinner

x-Sunday, Oct. 20: Oakland-Detroit winner atBoston or Tampa Bay at Oakland-Detroit winner

National LeagueFriday: Atlanta-Los Angeles winner at St. Louis

or Pittsburgh at Atlanta-Los Angeles winnerSaturday: Atlanta-Los Angeles winner at St.

Louis or Pittsburgh at Atlanta-Los Angeles win-ner

Monday, Oct. 14: St. Louis at Atlanta-Los Ange-les winner or Atlanta-Los Angeles winner atPittsburgh

Tuesday, Oct. 15: St. Louis at Atlanta-Los An-geles winner or Atlanta-Los Angeles winner atPittsburgh

x-Wednesday, Oct. 16: St. Louis at Atlanta-LosAngeles winner or Atlanta-Los Angeles winner atPittsburgh

x-Friday, Oct. 18: Atlanta-Los Angeles winner atSt. Louis or Pittsburgh at Atlanta-Los Angeleswinner

x-Saturday, Oct. 19: Atlanta-Los Angeles win-ner at St. Louis or Pittsburgh at Atlanta-Los An-geles winner

WORLD SERIES(Best-of-7)

Wednesday, Oct. 23: at ALThursday, Oct. 24: at ALSaturday, Oct. 26: at NLSunday, Oct. 27: at NLx-Monday, Oct. 28: at NLx-Wednesday, Oct. 30: at ALx-Thursday, Oct. 31: at AL

NNFFLLAAMMEERRIICCAANN CCOONNFFEERREENNCCEE

EastW L T Pct PF PA

New England 4 1 0 .800 95 70N.Y. Jets 3 2 0 .600 98 116Miami 3 2 0 .600 114 117Buffalo 2 3 0 .400 112 130

SouthW L T Pct PF PA

Indianapolis 4 1 0 .800 139 79Tennessee 3 2 0 .600 115 95Houston 2 3 0 .400 93 139Jacksonville 0 5 0 .000 51 163

NorthW L T Pct PF PA

Baltimore 3 2 0 .600 117 110Cleveland 3 2 0 .600 101 94Cincinnati 3 2 0 .600 94 87Pittsburgh 0 4 0 .000 69 110

WestW L T Pct PF PA

Denver 5 0 0 1.000 230 139Kansas City 5 0 0 1.000 128 58San Diego 2 2 0 .500 108 102Oakland 1 3 0 .250 71 91

NNAATTIIOONNAALL CCOONNFFEERREENNCCEEEast

W L T Pct PF PAPhiladelphia 2 3 0 .400 135 159Dallas 2 3 0 .400 152 136Washington 1 3 0 .250 91 112N.Y. Giants 0 5 0 .000 82 182

SouthW L T Pct PF PA

New Orleans 5 0 0 1.000 134 73Carolina 1 3 0 .250 74 58Atlanta 1 4 0 .200 122 134Tampa Bay 0 4 0 .000 44 70

NorthW L T Pct PF PA

Detroit 3 2 0 .600 131 123Chicago 3 2 0 .600 145 140Green Bay 2 2 0 .500 118 97Minnesota 1 3 0 .250 115 123

WestW L T Pct PF PA

Seattle 4 1 0 .800 137 81San Francisco 3 2 0 .600 113 98Arizona 3 2 0 .600 91 95St. Louis 2 3 0 .400 103 141

Thursday, Oct. 3Cleveland 37, Buffalo 24

Sunday, Oct. 6Green Bay 22, Detroit 9New Orleans 26, Chicago 18Kansas City 26, Tennessee 17St. Louis 34, Jacksonville 20Cincinnati 13, New England 6Indianapolis 34, Seattle 28Baltimore 26, Miami 23Philadelphia 36, N.Y. Giants 21Arizona 22, Carolina 6Denver 51, Dallas 48San Francisco 34, Houston 3San Diego at Oakland (n)

Open: Minnesota, Pittsburgh, Tampa Bay,Washington

Monday's GameN.Y. Jets 30, Atlanta 28

Thursday’s GameN.Y. Giants at Chicago, 7:25 p.m.

Sunday’s GamesCarolina at Minnesota, NoonOakland at Kansas City, NoonSt. Louis at Houston, NoonGreen Bay at Baltimore, NoonPhiladelphia at Tampa Bay, NoonPittsburgh at N.Y. Jets, NoonCincinnati at Buffalo, NoonDetroit at Cleveland, NoonTennessee at Seattle, 3:05 p.m.Jacksonville at Denver, 3:05 p.m.Arizona at San Francisco, 3:25 p.m.New Orleans at New England, 3:25 p.m.Washington at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

Open: Atlanta, MiamiMonday, Oct. 14

Indianapolis at San Diego, 7:40 p.m.

JJeettss 3300,, FFaallccoonnss 2288N.Y. Jets 3 14 310—30Atlanta 0 7 714—28

First QuarterNYJ—FG Folk 22, 5:46.

Second QuarterAtl—Snelling 4 pass from Ryan (Bryant kick),

14:53.NYJ—Cumberland 20 pass from Smith (Folk

kick), 11:01.NYJ—Kerley 16 pass from Smith (Folk kick),

7:19.Third Quarter

Atl—Rodgers 4 run (Bryant kick), 7:59.NYJ—FG Folk 36, :39.

Fourth QuarterNYJ—Winslow 1 pass from Smith (Folk kick),

12:00.Atl—Rodgers 19 run (Bryant kick), 8:03.Atl—Toilolo 3 pass from Ryan (Bryant kick),

1:55.NYJ—FG Folk 43, :00.A—70,246.

NYJ AtlFirst downs 15 26Total Net Yards 288 363Rushes-yards 22-118 22-64Passing 170 299Punt Returns 2-29 2-22Kickoff Returns 2-54 1-23Interceptions Ret. 0-0 0-0Comp-Att-Int 16-20-0 37-46-0Sacked-Yards Lost 4-29 2-12Punts 3-46.7 3-33.0Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-1Penalties-Yards 6-24 4-46Time of Possession 24:33 35:27

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING—N.Y. Jets, Powell 12-38, Goodson

3-32, Ivory 4-27, Smith 3-21. Atlanta, Rodgers14-43, Snelling 7-13, Smith 1-8.

PASSING—N.Y. Jets, Smith 16-20-0-199. At-lanta, Ryan 36-45-0-319, Schillinger 1-1-0-(minus 8).

RECEIVING—N.Y. Jets, Kerley 5-68, Cumber-land 3-79, Hill 2-21, Nelson 2-9, Goodson 1-9,Powell 1-9, Gates 1-3, Winslow 1-1. Atlanta,Gonzalez 10-97, Jones 8-99, Snelling 5-10,White 4-45, Rodgers 4-15, Toilolo 2-15, Dou-glas 2-6, Cone 1-12, DiMarco 1-12.

Late Sunday

RRaaiiddeerrss 2277,, CChhaarrggeerrss 1177San Diego 0 0 3 14—17Oakland 14 3 7 3—27

First QuarterOak—Streater 44 pass from Pryor

(Janikowski kick), 13:03.Oak—D.Moore 2 pass from Pryor (Janikowski

kick), 1:28.Second Quarter

Oak—FG Janikowski 47, 4:13.Third Quarter

SD—FG Novak 35, 4:51.Oak—Woodson 25 fumble return (Janikowski

kick), 2:37.Fourth Quarter

SD—Woodhead 5 pass from Rivers (Novakkick), 14:57.

SD—Allen 7 pass from Rivers (Novak kick),10:17.

Oak—FG Janikowski 50, 4:24.A—48,834.

SD OakFirst downs 27 17Total Net Yards 423 299Rushes-yards 19-32 28-104Passing 391 195Punt Returns 2-21 0-0Kickoff Returns 2-46 4-92Interceptions Ret. 0-0 3-39Comp-Att-Int 36-49-3 18-23-0Sacked-Yards Lost 2-20 4-26Punts 2-38.5 6-49.5Fumbles-Lost 2-2 2-0Penalties-Yards 5-30 8-85Time of Possession 30:55 29:05

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING—San Diego, Woodhead 9-13,

R.Brown 7-11, Mathews 3-8. Oakland, Jen-nings 10-41, Reece 7-32, Pryor 11-31.

PASSING—San Diego, Rivers 36-49-3-411.Oakland, Pryor 18-23-0-221.

RECEIVING—San Diego, Woodhead 9-58,V.Brown 8-117, Gates 7-74, Allen 6-115, Royal3-26, R.Brown 3-21. Oakland, D.Moore 5-84,Streater 3-56, Reece 3-25, Ford 2-15, Olawale2-15, Butler 1-20, Rivera 1-5, Stewart 1-1.

MISSED FIELD GOALS—San Diego, Novak 37 (BK).

NNHHLLEEAASSTTEERRNN CCOONNFFEERREENNCCEE

Atlantic DivisionGP W L OT Pts GF GA

Toronto 3 3 0 0 6 12 8Boston 2 2 0 0 4 7 2Detroit 3 2 1 0 4 6 7Ottawa 2 1 0 1 3 5 5Montreal 2 1 1 0 2 7 5Florida 2 1 1 0 2 4 9Tampa Bay 2 1 1 0 2 4 5Buffalo 3 0 3 0 0 2 7

Metropolitan DivisionGP W L OT Pts GF GA

Pittsburgh 2 2 0 0 4 7 1Carolina 2 1 0 1 3 4 4N.Y. Islanders 2 1 0 1 3 6 6Columbus 2 1 1 0 2 6 6Washington 3 1 2 0 2 10 12New Jersey 3 0 1 2 2 7 12N.Y. Rangers 1 0 1 0 0 1 4Philadelphia 3 0 3 0 0 3 9

WWEESSTTEERRNN CCOONNFFEERREENNCCEECentral DivisionGP W L OT Pts GF GA

St. Louis 2 2 0 0 4 11 2Colorado 2 2 0 0 4 9 2Winnipeg 3 2 1 0 4 12 10Chicago 2 1 0 1 3 8 7Dallas 2 1 1 0 2 4 5Minnesota 2 0 0 2 2 5 7Nashville 2 0 2 0 0 3 7

Pacific DivisionGP W L OT Pts GF GA

San Jose 2 2 0 0 4 8 2Vancouver 3 2 1 0 4 12 10Anaheim 3 2 1 0 4 8 11Calgary 3 1 0 2 4 12 13Phoenix 2 1 1 0 2 5 5Los Angeles 2 1 1 0 2 6 7Edmonton 3 1 2 0 2 11 15

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for over-time loss.

Sunday's GamesCarolina 2, Philadelphia 1Anaheim 3, Winnipeg 2Vancouver 5, Calgary 4 (OT)

Monday's GamesEdmonton 5, New Jersey 4 (SO)N.Y. Rangers at Los Angeles (n)

Tuesday's GamesColorado at Toronto, 6 p.m.Phoenix at N.Y. Islanders, 6 p.m.Florida at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.Carolina at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.Tampa Bay at Buffalo, 6:30 p.m.Minnesota at Nashville, 7 p.m.New Jersey at Vancouver, 9 p.m.N.Y. Rangers at San Jose, 9:30 p.m.

Wednesday's GamesChicago at St. Louis, 7 p.m.Montreal at Calgary, 7 p.m.Ottawa at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m.

OOiilleerrss 55,, DDeevviillss 44 ((SSOO))New Jersey 2 1 1 0—4Edmonton 0 0 4 0—5

Edmonton won shootout 2-0First Period—1, New Jersey, Jagr 1 (Zidlicky),

2:59. 2, New Jersey, Brunner 3 (T.Zajac, Hen-rique), 8:01 (pp).

Second Period—3, New Jersey, Ryder 2, 4:34.Third Period—4, Edmonton, Nugent-Hopkins 1

(Perron, Gordon), 5:43 (pp). 5, Edmonton, Fer-ence 1 (J.Schultz, Eberle), 9:28. 6, Edmonton,Perron 1 (Arcobello), 11:47. 7, Edmonton, Hall 1(Hemsky), 13:30. 8, New Jersey, Elias 1 (Brun-ner, Zidlicky), 19:06 (sh).

Overtime—None.Shootout—New Jersey 0 (Brunner NG, Clowe

NG), Edmonton 2 (Eberle G, Perron G).Shots on Goal—New Jersey 7-6-9-3—25. Ed-

monton 8-3-14-2—27.Goalies—New Jersey, Brodeur. Edmonton,

LaBarbera. A—16,839 (16,839). T—2:43.

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Sports Scene 8October

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TTEELLEEVVIISSIIOONNMLB4 p.m.

TBS — ALDS, Game 4, Oakland at Detroit7:30 p.m.

TBS — ALDS, Game 4, Boston at Tampa BayNHL

6:30 p.m.NBCSN — Tampa Bay at Buffalo

WNBA7 p.m.

ESPN2 — Playoffs, finals, game 2, Atlanta atMinnesota

RRAADDIIOONo events scheduled

MMLLBBDIVISION SERIES

(Best-of-5; x-if necessary)American League

BBOOSSTTOONN 22,, TTAAMMPPAA BBAAYY 11Friday, Oct. 4: Boston 12, Tampa Bay 2Saturday, Oct. 5: Boston 7, Tampa Bay 4Monday: Tampa Bay 5, Boston 4 Tuesday: Boston (Peavy 12-5) at Tampa Bay

(Hellickson 12-10), 7:37 p.m. (TBS)x-Thursday: Tampa Bay at Boston, 7:07 p.m.

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IP H R ER BB SOBostonBuchholz 6 7 3 3 3 5Breslow 1-3 1 0 0 0 0Tazawa 2-3 0 0 0 0 1F.Morales 1-3 1 1 1 1 0Workman 2-3 1 0 0 0 0Uehara L,0-1 2-3 1 1 1 0 0Tampa BayCobb 5 5 3 2 2 5Al.Torres 1 1 0 0 0 2Jo.Peralta 1 0 0 0 0 0McGee 1 0 0 0 2 1McGee 1 0 0 0 2 1Rodney W1-0 BS1 1 1 1 1 1 1HBP—by Cobb (Victorino). WP—Tazawa, Cobb.

OOAAKKLLAANNDD 22,, DDEETTRROOIITT 11Friday, Oct. 4: Detroit 3, Oakland 2Saturday, Oct. 5: Oakland 1, Detroit 1Monday: Oakland 6, Detroit 3Tuesday: Oakland (Straily 10-8) at Detroit (Fis-

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National League

PPIITTTTSSBBUURRGGHH 22,, SSTT.. LLOOUUIISS 22 Thursday, Oct. 3: St. Louis 9, Pittsburgh 1Friday, Oct. 4: Pittsburgh 7, St. Louis 1Sunday: Pittsburgh 5, St. Louis 3Monday: St. Louis 2, Pittsburgh 1Wednesday: Pittsburgh (Cole 10-7) at St. Louis

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LLOOSS AANNGGEELLEESS 22,, AATTLLAANNTTAA 11Thursday, Oct. 3: Los Angeles 6, Atlanta 1 Friday, Oct. 4: Atlanta 4, Los Angeles 3Sunday, Oct. 6: Los Angeles 13, Atlanta 6Monday: Atlanta at Los Angeles (n)x-Wednesday: Los Angeles at Atlanta, 7:37 p.m.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES(Best-of-7; x-if necessary)

American LeagueSaturday: Oakland-Detroit winner at Boston or

Tampa Bay at Oakland-Detroit winnerSunday: Oakland-Detroit winner at Boston or

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Through Oct. 6Points

1, Matt Kenseth, 2,183. 2, Jimmie Johnson,2,180. 3, Kevin Harvick, 2,158. 4, Jeff Gordon,2,151. 5, Kyle Busch, 2,148. 6, Greg Biffle, 2,139.7, Kurt Busch, 2,136. 8, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 2,129.9, Clint Bowyer, 2,128. 10, Joey Logano, 2,124.

11, Carl Edwards, 2,123. 12, Ryan Newman,2,110. 13, Kasey Kahne, 2,100. 14, Jamie Mc-Murray, 847. 15, Brad Keselowski, 827. 16, Mar-tin Truex Jr., 806. 17, Paul Menard, 805. 18, AricAlmirola, 775. 19, Jeff Burton, 757. 20, MarcosAmbrose, 756.

Money1, Jimmie Johnson, $7,708,879. 2, Kyle Busch,

$6,027,327. 3, Matt Kenseth, $5,875,330. 4,Kevin Harvick, $5,612,402. 5, Brad Keselowski,$5,350,639. 6, Carl Edwards, $5,105,769. 7, JeffGordon, $5,006,123. 8, Dale Earnhardt Jr.,$4,844,723. 9, Joey Logano, $4,843,034. 10,Ryan Newman, $4,837,468.

11, Martin Truex Jr., $4,692,769. 12, ClintBowyer, $4,691,983. 13, Ricky Stenhouse Jr.,$4,570,018. 14, Kasey Kahne, $4,509,219. 15,Kurt Busch, $4,484,358. 16, Aric Almirola,$4,312,635. 17, Greg Biffle, $4,234,179. 18,Jamie McMurray, $4,176,043. 19, Juan PabloMontoya, $4,159,624. 20, Paul Menard,$4,079,213.

NNaattiioonnwwiiddee SSeerriieessThrough Oct. 5

Points1, Austin Dillon, 1,024. 2, Sam Hornish Jr.,

1,016. 3, Regan Smith, 989. 4, Elliott Sadler, 981.5, Justin Allgaier, 959. 6, Brian Vickers, 957. 7,Brian Scott, 942. 8, Trevor Bayne, 939. 9, KyleLarson, 878. 10, Parker Kligerman, 858.

11, Alex Bowman, 798. 12, Nelson Piquet Jr.,753. 13, Mike Bliss, 730. 14, Travis Pastrana,669. 15, Michael Annett, 575. 16, JeremyClements, 560. 17, Mike Wallace, 533. 18, ReedSorenson, 517. 19, Eric McClure, 454. 20, JoeNemechek, 449.

Money1, Sam Hornish Jr., $1,029,932. 2, Austin Dillon,

$991,824. 3, Kyle Busch, $960,125. 4, ElliottSadler, $866,732. 5, Brian Vickers, $839,827. 6,Regan Smith, $822,173. 7, Trevor Bayne,$815,692. 8, Kyle Larson, $805,463. 9, JustinAllgaier, $788,015. 10, Brian Scott, $776,288.

11, Parker Kligerman, $741,501. 12, Alex Bow-man, $725,182. 13, Nelson Piquet Jr., $672,732.14, Travis Pastrana, $661,112. 15, Mike Bliss,$656,072. 16, Mike Wallace, $620,231. 17, Je-remy Clements, $596,847. 18, Reed Sorenson,$592,242. 19, Brad Keselowski, $558,870. 20,Eric McClure, $554,152.

PPRROO TTEENNNNIISSAATTPP TToouurrShanghai Masters

MondayAt Qizhong Tennis Center

Shanghai, ChinaPurse: $3.85 million (Masters 1000)

Surface: Hard-OutdoorSingles

First RoundJohn Isner (14), United States, def. Santiago Gi-

raldo, Colombia, 4-6, 7-5, 7-5.Gael Monfils, France, def. Tatsuma Ito, Japan,

6-3, 6-2.Marcel Granollers, Spain, def. Janko Tipsarevic,

Serbia, 6-4, 6-4.Tommy Haas (11), Germany, def. Sam Querrey,

United States, 6-4, 6-4.

WWTTAA TToouurrGenerali Ladies Linz

MondayAt Intersport Arena Linz

Linz, AustriaPurse: $235,000 (Intl.)Surface: Hard-Indoor

SinglesFirst Round

Elina Svitolina, Ukraine, def. Mona Barthel, Ger-many, 6-2, 7-5.

Francesca Schiavone, Italy, def. KarolinaPliskova, Czech Republic, 7-5, 6-2.

Stefanie Voegele, Switzerland, def. Klara Za-kopalova, Czech Republic, 5-7, 7-5, 6-0.Japan Open

MondayAt Utsbo Tennis Center

Osaka, JapanPurse: $235,000 (Intl.)Surface: Hard-Outdoor

SinglesFirst Round

Samantha Stosur (3), Australia, def. JohannaLarsson, Sweden, 6-4, 6-2.

Eugenie Bouchard (5), Canada, def. VarvaraLepchenko, United States, 6-3, 6-0.

Monica Puig (8), Puerto Rico, def. Cindy Wat-son, Australia, 6-4, 6-4.

Kurumi Nara, Japan, def. Caroline Garcia,France, 6-3, 6-2.

Misaki Doi, Japan, def. Silvia Soler-Espinosa,Spain, 6-1, 6-2.

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AAPP TTOOPP 2255The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college

football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses,records through Oct. 5, total points based on 25points for a first-place vote through one point for a25th-place vote, and previous ranking:

Record Pts Prv1. Alabama (55) 5-0 1,495 12. Oregon (5) 5-0 1,424 23. Clemson 5-0 1,359 34. Ohio St. 6-0 1,305 45. Stanford 5-0 1,278 56. Florida St. 5-0 1,158 87. Georgia 4-1 1,138 68. Louisville 5-0 1,051 79. Texas A&M 4-1 1,003 910. LSU 5-1 993 1011. UCLA 4-0 844 1212. Oklahoma 5-0 819 1113. Miami 5-0 780 1414. South Carolina 4-1 764 1315. Baylor 4-0 681 1716. Washington 4-1 556 1517. Florida 4-1 536 1818. Michigan 5-0 514 1919. Northwestern 4-1 418 1620. Texas Tech 5-0 358 2021. Fresno St. 5-0 258 2322. Oklahoma St. 4-1 204 2123. N. Illinois 5-0 138 NR24. Virginia Tech 5-1 115 NR25. Missouri 5-0 105 NR

Others receiving votes: Auburn 61, Notre Dame50, Nebraska 35, Wisconsin 29, Michigan St. 16,UCF 7, Arizona St. 3, Mississippi 3, Rutgers 2.

UUSSAA TTOODDAAYY CCOOAACCHHEESS PPOOLLLLThe USA Today Top 25 football coaches poll,

with first-place votes in parentheses, recordsthrough Oct. 5, total points based on 25 pointsfor first place through one point for 25th, andprevious ranking:

Record Pts Pvs1. Alabama (57) 5-0 1,544 12. Oregon (4) 5-0 1,486 23. Ohio State 6-0 1,379 34. Clemson (1) 5-0 1,356 45. Stanford 5-0 1,327 56. Florida State 5-0 1,188 87. Georgia 4-1 1,130 68. Louisville 5-0 1,105 79. Texas A&M 4-1 1,067 910. Oklahoma 5-0 964 1011. LSU 5-1 953 1112. South Carolina 4-1 833 1213. UCLA 4-0 807 1314. Miami (Fla.) 5-0 747 1415. Baylor 4-0 698 1616. Michigan 5-0 591 1717. Florida 4-1 574 1918. Northwestern 4-1 393 1519. Washington 4-1 366 1820. Oklahoma State 4-1 350 2021. Texas Tech 5-0 336 2222. Fresno State 5-0 325 2123. Northern Illinois 5-0 169 2324. Nebraska 4-1 125 2525. Virginia Tech 5-1 97 NR

Others receiving votes: Missouri 86; NotreDame 58; Wisconsin 29; Michigan State 16;Auburn 11; Central Florida 11; Oregon State 8;Rutgers 8; Arizona 4; Arizona State 4; Ball State3; Brigham Young 2.

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SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — The top 25 teamsin the Coaches Football Championship Subdivi-sion poll, with first-place votes in parentheses,records through Oct. 6 and previous ranking:

Record Pts Prv1. North Dakota St. (25) 5-0 649 12. Towson 6-0 623 23. Sam Houston State 4-1 600 34. Eastern Illinois 4-1 555 55. Northern Iowa 4-1 530 46. Coastal Carolina 5-0 521 67. Montana State 4-2 502 78. Eastern Washington 3-2 448 8

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9. Fordham 6-0 418 1310. Montana 4-1 417 1211. McNeese State 5-1 393 1412. Wofford 3-2 319 1513. Bethune-Cookman 4-1 315 1614. Lehigh 4-1 284 1015. Villanova 3-2 248 2016. Youngstown State 5-1 219 2217. Maine 5-1 215 2318. South Dakota State 3-3 211 919. James Madison 4-2 210 2120. Central Arkansas 2-3 158 1121. Northern Arizona 3-2 107 1722. New Hampshire 1-3 77 1823. Tennessee State 5-1 76 NR24. Jacksonville State 5-1 66 NR25. Charleston Southern 6-0 60 NR

Others receiving votes: Gardner-Webb 35, Har-vard 31, Cal Poly 29, S. Carolina St. 22, Samford15, Yale 12, Richmond 7, Southern Utah 7,William & Mary 7, Delaware 6, Tenn-Martin 5,Chattanooga 4, Murray St. 4, Sacred Heart 3, Al-abama St. 2, Jackson St. 1, Southern Ill. 1, Al-corn St. 1, Stephen F. Austin 1

SSPPOORRTTSS NNEETTWWOORRKK PPOOLLLLPHILADELPHIA (AP) — The top 25 teams in the

Sports Network Football Championship Subdivisionpoll, with first-place votes in parentheses, recordsthrough Oct. 6, points and previous ranking:

Record Pts Pvs1. North Dakota St. (157) 5-0 3,925 12. Sam Houston State 4-1 3,665 23. Towson 6-0 3,657 34. Northern Iowa 4-1 3,283 45. Eastern Illinois 4-1 3,272 56. Eastern Washington 3-2 3,124 67. Montana State 4-2 2,902 88. Coastal Carolina 5-0 2,653 99. McNeese State 5-1 2,475 1110. Fordham 6-0 2,451 1211. Montana 4-1 2,433 1012. Wofford 3-2 1,738 1713. South Dakota State 3-3 1,660 714. Maine Black 5-1 1,533 2315. Villanova 3-2 1,490 2016. Bethune-Cookman 4-1 1,391 2117. Lehigh Mountain 4-1 1,255 1318. Youngstown State 5-1 1,178 NR19. Northern Arizona 3-2 1,111 1520. Central Arkansas 2-3 870 1421. James Madison 4-2 646 NR22. Georgia Southern 3-2 636 1623. Samford 4-2 592 NR24. Jacksonville State 5-1 508 NR25. New Hampshire 1-3 424 19

Others receiving votes: Tennessee State 372, CalPoly 234, Charleston Southern 223, Delaware 220,Yale 201, Gardner-Webb 157, UT Martin 101,South Carolina State 90, William & Mary 88, Har-vard 87, Southern Illinois 78, Richmond 66, South-eastern Louisiana 64, Southern Utah 48, MurrayState 31, Chattanooga 30, North Dakota 20, Illi-nois State 14, North Carolina A&T 10, JacksonState 7, Stony Brook 5, Western Illinois 4, PortlandState 1, Alcorn State 1, Eastern Kentucky 1.

DDiivviissiioonn IIIINNSSIICC DDIIVVIISSIIOONNAALL SSTTAANNDDIINNGGSS

NorthDiv Conf/Overall

Minnesota Duluth 1-0 4-1U-Mary 1-0 3-2MSU-Moorhead 1-0 1-4Minn. Crookston 1-0 1-4St. Cloud State 0-1 4-1Bemidji State 0-1 2-3Minot State 0-1 1-4Northern State 0-1 1-4

SouthDiv Conf/Overall

Minn. St.-Mankato 1-0 5-0Winona State 1-0 3-2Sioux Falls 1-0 3-2Wayne State 1-0 2-3Concordia-St. Paul 0-1 3-2Upper Iowa 0-1 3-2Augustana 0-1 2-3SW Minn. State 0-1 2-3

AAFFCCAA CCOOAACCHHEESS PPOOLLLLRecord Pts Prv

1. Valdosta State (28) 4-0 791 12. Minnesota State (2) 5-0 764 23. Northwest Missouri State 5-0 726 34. West Texas A&M (1) 5-0 702 45. Colorado-State Pueblo (1) 5-0 669 56. Missouri Western State 5-0 646 67. Indiana (Pa.) 5-0 585 78. Henderson State 5-0 556 89. Bloomsburg 5-0 526 910. Pittsburg State (Kan.) 5-0 522 1011. Minnesota Duluth 4-1 472 1112. Shepherd 5-0 419 1213. North Carolina Pembroke 4-0 397 1314. West Alabama 4-1 394 1415. Washburn 5-0 338 1516. Winston-Salem State 4-1 301 1617. West Chester 5-0 290 1718. Carson-Newman 4-1 220 2019. Chadron State 4-1 206 1920. Ohio Dominican 5-0 180 23T-21. Indianapolis 4-1 164 21T-21. Tarleton State 4-0 164 2223. Emporia State 5-0 117 2424. Grand Valley State 4-1 91 2525. Midwestern State 3-1 61 NR

Others Receiving Votes: Newberry (S.C.), 42; St.Cloud State (Minn.), 21; New Haven (Conn.), 19;Saginaw Valley St. (Mich.), 8; Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.),4; North Greenville (S.C.), 2; Ferris St. (Mich.), 1;Johnson C. Smith (N.C.), 1; Tuskegee (Ala.), 1.

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The top 20 teams in theNCAA Division I men's ice hockey poll, compiledby U.S. College Hockey Online, with first-placevotes in parentheses:

Record Pts Pvs1. Mass.-Lowell (19) 0-0-0 844 NR2. Miami (14) 0-0-0 837 NR3. Wisconsin (2) 0-0-0 740 NR4. Boston College 0-0-0 728 NR5. Minnesota (1) 0-0-0 660 NR6. Yale (8) 0-0-0 644 NR7. North Dakota 0-0-0 636 NR8. Notre Dame 0-0-0 575 NR9. St. Cloud State 0-0-0 513 NR10. Quinnipiac (1) 0-0-0 419 NR11. Michigan 0-0-0 417 NR11. Minnesota State 0-0-0 417 NR13. New Hampshire 0-0-0 354 NR14. Providence 0-0-0 271 NR15. Rensselaer 0-0-0 266 NR16. Union 0-0-0 258 NR17. Denver 0-0-0 241 NR18. Western Michigan 0-0-0 117 NR19. Boston University 0-0-0 113 NR20. Niagara 0-0-0 94 NR

Others receiving votes: Cornell 80, Ferris State67, Harvard 18, Minnesota-Duluth 18, Nebraska-Omaha 16, Air Force 14, Michigan Tech 14, Can-isius 12, Colorado College 11, Ohio State 11,Alaska 10, Mercyhurst 10, Michigan State 6,Rochester Institute of Technology 5, BowlingGreen 4, Brown 4, Dartmouth 2, Merrimack 2,Robert Morris 2.

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NNSSIICC SSTTAANNDDIINNGGSSConf Pts Overall

SW Minn. State 7-0 21 10-0Minn. St.-Mankato 7-0 21 9-1Upper Iowa 6-1 18 8-2Minnesota Duluth 6-1 18 7-2Augustana 5-2 15 7-3Winona State 5-2 15 6-2-2Bemidji State 4-3 12 7-3Northern State 3-4 9 6-4St. Cloud State 2-4-1 7 5-4-1Minot State 2-4-1 7 2-5-2U-Mary 2-4-1 7 2-7-1Concordia-St. Paul 2-5 6 3-7Wayne State 1-5-1 4 1-8-1Sioux Falls 1-5-1 4 1-8-1Minn. Crookston 0-6-1 1 2-7-1MSU-Moorhead 0-7 0 0-9

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NNSSIICC SSTTAANNDDIINNGGSSConf Overall

Concordia-St. Paul 7-0 15-1SW Minn. State 7-0 12-3Minnesota Duluth 6-1 15-1Augustana 5-2 13-2Wayne State 4-3 12-3Northern State 4-3 11-3St. Cloud State 4-3 10-5Minn. St.-Mankato 4-3 8-6MSU-Moorhead 3-4 10-5Minot State 3-4 7-9Sioux Falls 2-5 10-6Minn. Crookston 2-5 7-8Upper Iowa 2-5 6-10Winona State 2-5 5-11Bemidji State 1-6 5-10U-Mary 0-7 3-11

AAVVCCAA CCOOAACCHHEESS PPOOLLLLRecord Pts Prv

1. Concordia-St. Paul (45) 15-1 1,196 12. Minnesota-Duluth 15-1 1,138 23. Tampa 11-1 1,104 3

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SportsD4 Minot (N.D.) Daily News, Tuesday, October 8, 2013

roundupEach week, The Minot

Daily News features aroundup of notable perform-ances, news and results fromteams in the Northern SunIntercollegiate Conference.Here’s what happened lastweek:

® The last two winlessfootball teams in the NSICpicked up their first victoriesof the season during Week 5.The Minnesota Crookstondefense forced five fumblesand came up with twofourth-down stops in a 16-14win over Bemidji State.

Minnesota State Univer-sity-Moorhead won a 47-46shootout against NorthernState. Sophomore quarter-back Jake Hodge completed30 of 47passes for 292 yards,three touchdowns andno in-terceptions. He also ran 12times for 101 yards, includ-ing two touchdowns and thego-ahead two-point conver-sion in the fourth quarter.

®Southwest MinnesotaState senior wideout An-thony Dean set a single-gameNSIC recordwith 308 receiv-ing yards in a 55-48 loss toSioux Falls on Saturday.Dean, who was named the

NSIC Offensive Player of theWeek, caught a career-high11 passesand scoredfour touch-downs.

WinonaState seniorde fens iveback PatrickLazzara wasnamed the defensive playerof the week after a two-inter-ception performance againstUpper Iowa. Lazzara re-turned one of those picks 21yards for a touchdown,forced a fumble and finishedwith eight tackles (sevensolo).

® Minnesota Duluthcrushed St. Cloud State 34-7in a matchup of ranked op-ponents. No. 18 SCSU (4-1)scored the first touchdownofthe game before No. 11 Du-luth (4-1) rattled off 34unan-sweredpoints. Duluth juniorAustin Sikorski rushed for aseason-high 177 yards andtwo touchdowns on 17 car-ries.

No. 2 Mankato (5-0) is theonly remaining undefeatedteam in the conference.

®TheConcordia-St. Paul

andAugustanawomen’s golfteams are tied with two-round scores of 656 after theNSIC Fall Championships.The conference tournamentwill concludewith twomorerounds at the end of thespring schedule.

Augustana senior MaggieLeland sitsatop the in-d i v i d u a ls t and ingswith a 14-over-par 158(81-77).

®Augus-tana’s crosscountry teams continuedtheir dominant seasons asboth the men and womenplaced first amongDivision IIschools at the Chile PepperInvitational on Saturday inFayetteville, Ark.

TheVikings’ PaulYak fin-ished the men’s 8k (4.97-mile) race in 24 minutes,44.4 seconds, second amongDivision II runners.

Augustana senior RunaFalch finished the women’s5k (3.1-mile) course in17:31.8, tops amongDivisionII competitors.

® Augustana senior mid-

dle blocker Holly Hafemeyerwas named the NSIC Offen-sive Player of the Week. Shetallied 4.5 kills per set and11blocks in the Vikings’ winsover Northern State andMinnesota State University-Moorhead this weekend.

Concordia-St. Paul seniorAmanda Konetchy wasnamed setter of the week forthe third time this season.She averaged 13.5 assists perset anddirects the top-rankedGolden Bears’ offense, whichleads the nation with a .353hitting percentage.

Minnesota Duluth juniordefensive specialist JulieRainey was named the de-fensive player of the weekafter tallying a combined 42digs inwins overUpper Iowaand Winona State. She leadsthe conference with an aver-age of seven digs per set.

®MirandaCadenanetteda hat trick to lead SouthwestMinnesota State to a come-back4-3women’s soccerwinover Bemidji State. BSU led3-0 in the second half.

Cadena’s hat trickwas thefirst by a SMSU player since2004.

— Daily News Staff

Dean

Leland

year-oldgaveasputteringof-fense a spark with twotouchdowns and 248 yardspassing without a turnoverin the win in London overPittsburgh on Sept. 29.

Ponder, whose record asa starter is 12-17, expresseddefiance toward the doubtabout his status.

"In my eyes, I'm gettingprepared to play. As long asI play well, then I'm the oneon the field," he said.

Even Frazier acknowl-edged, though, the questionabout whether Ponder willplay another game for theVikings.Hehas one year re-maining on his contract,calling for a base salary for2014 of a little more than$1.76 million.

"On the surface, he'dquestion that. He's human.I'm sure he has at times, buthe just has to continue towork and work as hard ashe can," Frazier said. "And Ithink things will work outfine forChristian in the longterm."

Ponder was the 12thoverall pick in the quarter-back-deep 2011 draft, cho-sen ahead of Cincinnati'sAndy Dalton and San Fran-cisco's Colin Kaepernickafter Brett Favre retired forgood and Tarvaris Jacksonwas let go. Since handingPonder the job six gamesinto his rookie year, to re-place an ineffective Dono-van McNabb, the Vikingshave given the Florida Stategrad every opportunity todevelop into a franchise cor-nerstone.

He produced some solidperformances during a 10-6

season in 2012 that put theVikings in the playoffs, butthere were just as manyugly ones. While theVikings lost their first threegames, Ponder had seventurnovers and a paltry 65.9passer rating. That's aheadof only three players withenoughqualifying attempts:Eli Manning, Freeman andBlaine Gabbert.

"I think Christian stillhas a bright futureherewithour football team. Itmaynotlook like that on the surface,but Christian's a profes-sional," Frazier said. "He'sgoing to work as hard as hecan every day to prepare,get back on the field andhelp our team win."

Frazier spoke with Cas-sel andPonder in themorn-ing and said neither playerexpressed concern to himabout Freeman's arrival.

"One thing you can ex-pect in the NFL: expect theunexpected," Cassel said."Because every week itchanges. You never knowwhat's going to happen. Ilearned that over time. Thisis my ninth year now."

The decision on thestarter won't come untillater in the week once Pon-der's health is evaluated,Frazier said. Thedecision tobring in Freeman, though,was a signal of waveredfaith in Ponder, even if hehas more chances to playthis year. Freeman hasstruggled mightily at times,too, but his best games andseasons have been betterthan Ponder's so far.

"You're always trying tofind guys who you thinkcan help your team win,and we think he's one ofthose guys," Frazier said.

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NFL says it'll meet with tribe about Redskins nameWASHINGTON (AP) —

The NFL is prepared to meetwith an Indian tribe pushingfor theWashingtonRedskinsto drop the team's nickname.Just not this week.

As league owners gath-ered Monday in the nation'scapital for their fallmeetings,the Oneida Indian Nationheld a symposium acrosstown to promote their"Change the Mascot" cam-paign. Oneida representativeRay Halbritter said the NFLwas invited to attend.

Instead, NFL spokesmanBrianMcCarthy said, ameet-ing has been scheduled fornext month — and couldhappen sooner.

"We respect that peoplehave differing views," Mc-Carthy said. "It is importantthat we listen to all perspec-tives."

He said the Redskinsname isnot on the agenda forthe owners' meetings. Red-skins owner Dan Snyder hasvowed to keep thename, andan AP-GfK poll conducted inApril found that nearly 4 in 5Americans don't think theteamshouldchange itsname.

It's a topic generating dis-cussion lately, though. Presi-dent Barack Obama said inan interview with The Asso-ciated Press lastweek that hewould "think about chang-ing" the team's name if hewere the owner.”

Halbritter called thatstatement "nothing less thanhistoric" and said the team'snickname is "a divisive epi-thet ... and an outdated signof division and hate."

Addressing the NFL,Halbritter said: "It is hypocrit-ical to say you're America'spastimebutnot represent theideals of America."

U.S. Rep. Betty McCol-lum, D-Minn., said theleague and teamare "promot-ing a racial slur" and "thisissue is not going away."

For years, a group ofAmerican Indianshas tried toblock the team from havingfederal trademarkprotection,and Del. Eleanor Holmes

Norton, the District of Co-lumbia's envoy to Congress,predicted Monday that efforteventually will succeed.

"This name is going to gointo the dustbin of history,"she said.

Lanny Davis, a lawyerwho said he's been advisingSnyder on thename issue for"at least severalmonths," saidin a telephone interviewafterthe symposium: "The Wash-ingtonRedskins support peo-ple's feelings, but theoverwhelming data is thatNative Americans are not of-fended and only a small mi-nority are."

Davis also said the cam-paign is "showing selective

attention" by focusing on theRedskins andnot teams suchas the NFL's Kansas CityChiefs,NHL'sChicagoBlack-hawks, or Major LeagueBaseball's Cleveland Indiansand Atlanta Braves.

Earlier, Halbritter wasasked about those other nick-names.

"ThenameofWashington'steam is a dictionary-defined,offensive racial epithet. Thoseother names aren't," Halbrittersaid. "But there is a broaderdiscussion to be had aboutusingmascots generally."

Players for the Redskinshave remained mostly silenton the topic, including starquarterback Robert GriffinIII, who recently called thedebate "something wayabove my understanding."

Someplayers approachedin the locker room Mondayavoided addressing the sub-ject altogether.

"It's really tough. And Imean this sincerely: I getboth sides of the argument,"guard Chris Chester said. "Isee how it can offend somepeople, but I feel like the con-text that this organizationhas, there's no negative con-notation.Youwouldn't nameyour team something youdidn't have respect for. Atleast Iwouldn't. Imean, I un-derstand, too, that it offendssomepeople, so I sympathizewith both sides."

Ray Halbritter, National Representative of theOneida Indian Nation speaks during the OneidaIndian Nation's Change the Mascot symposium,Monday in Washington.

Wild outshot Minot 37-24 —17-5 in the third period —and scored twice in the open-ing period. Minot surren-dered all three goals on thepower play and totaled 42penalty minutes on 12 in-fractions in the 3-0 loss.

Trailing by two goals inthe third period, Minot (2-5-1) committed sevenpenaltiesand spent nearly the secondhalf of the frame on thepenalty kill. DefensemanJohnny Walker was assesseda two-minute roughingminor and a 10-minute un-sportsmanlike conductpenalty at 6 minutes, 12 sec-onds of the third. ForwardTyler Shipstad was given adouble minor for checkingfrombehind anda gameejec-tion with 5:40 remaining inregulation.

The Tauros found theback of the net twice Satur-

day, but allowed anotherpower-play goal and a short-handed tally in a 3-2 loss.

“We took some penaltiesthat we didn’t need to,” Tau-ros coachMartyMurray said.“When you do that it comesback to bite you and that wasthe case Friday. Saturday wegive up a short-handed goal.It was tough.”

Minot stayed out of thepenalty box for themost part,but Wenatchee (5-3) capital-ized on the Tauros secondand final penalty of the con-test. Troy Loggins recordedthe Wild’s fourth power-playgoal of the weekend 29 sec-onds into a Jon Lizotte hold-ing penalty at 10:50 of theopening period. The Taurosanswered two minutes laterwith forwardTimDonohue’steam-leading fourth goal ofthe season.

The Wild reclaimed thelead on Chris Koukis’ short-handed goal late in the sec-ond period and stretched theadvantage to 3-1 less than

two minutes into the third.Tauros forward CameronRowat tallied a power-playgoal with 7:13 remaining inregulation, but Minot wasunable to score the equalizerin the final minute with theextra skater.

“It was obviously disap-pointing,” Murray said. “ ...We took a couple steps back.We didn’t play with any en-ergy or emotion on Friday.Saturday was a little better,but not enough to get itdone.”

Murray said therewerenopositives from the weekend.The Tauros are 1-5 all-timeagainst the Wild.

NAHL CentralDivision weekend in

reviewThe Austin Bruins have

rebounded nicely since suf-fering their first loss of theseason to the Minot Mino-tauros on Sept. 28. The Bru-ins swept Brookings over the

weekend, capped by an 11-1rout Saturday.

The Bismarck Bobcatsleaped Aberdeen in thestandings after a pair of winsagainst the Wings last week-end. Bismarck scored four ofthe first five goals Friday be-fore holding off a fierce Ab-erdeen rally for a 4-3 victory.The Bobcats earned thesweep with a six-roundshootout win Saturday.

Each team in the NorthAmerican Hockey LeagueCentral Division has playedeight games this season.Austin sits atop the divisionwith 14 points, followedclosely by Bismarck (12) andAberdeen (11). Minot isfourth with five points andBrookings still seeks its firstvictory of the year.

Mike Kraft covers highschool athletics, the MinotMinotauros and the MinotState University men’s clubhockey team. Follow him onTwitter @MKraft23_MDN.

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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Itlooked like a mismatcheven before Peyton Man-ning hooked up for his firsttouchdown pass to WesWelker and the rest of theNFL foundout just howbadthe Jacksonville Jaguars re-ally are.

But now it's official. TheDenver Broncos are thebiggest favorite ever in anNFL game in this gamblingcity, a whopping four-touchdown pick Sunday athome against the haplessJaguars.

Sports books in andaround Las Vegas makeManning and the Broncos a28-point favorite over Jack-sonville, unheard of in anindustry where half-pointswings can be huge andmost teams are rated withina few points of each other.But even the big line hasn'tstoppedpeople frombettingmoneyon theBroncos, evenafter they didn't cover thespread in Sunday's 51-48win over the Dallas Cow-boys.

"It didn't takepeople longto jump on the Broncosbandwagon, which is at itscapacity now," said Jay Ko-rnegay, who runs the sportsbook at the LVHhotel. "Andwe expect that to continue."

Though the city's legalsports books don't keep his-torical records on suchthings — and the NFL re-fuses to even acknowledgethat betting lines exist —those in the industry say thelopsided point spread sur-passes the 26-point marginfor favored Pittsburghagainst Tampa Bay in 1976when the Buccaneers werean expansion franchise andthe Steelers got within agame of the Super Bowl.

More recently, thebiggest favorite was NewEngland as a 24-point pick

over Philadelphia in 2007,the year the Patriots made itthrough the regular seasonundefeated.

"You have a team thatcan't seem to get out of theirownwayagainst a team thatput up 51 points on Sun-day," said Jimmy Vaccaro,vicepresident of sportsmar-keting at the South Pointhotel. "Everything feeds intothis. It's the best versus theworst."

The game is so lopsidedthatmost sports books aren'teven putting up moneylines on the game, where abettor can simply pick ateam towin or lose. Instead,oddsmakers tried to find anumber that would some-how entice betting on theJaguars even if they aregiven almost no chance ofwinning the game outright.

That line turned out tobe 28 points, meaning bet-tors who think Manningand theBroncoswon't let offthe gas at home againstJacksonville have to give upthatmanypoints to get a beton Denver. Those who likeJacksonville, on the otherhand, will start with a four-touchdown edge on theirbets.

"You might want to getout the Farmer's Almanacand hope they have 14 feetof snow Saturday night inDenver if you're taking the28," Vaccaro said. "But it'sstill the NFL, where any-thing can happen."

Denver bettors foundthat out Sunday when theBroncos — who were heav-ily bet as 7½-point favoritesin Dallas — failed to coverthe spread for the first timethis season. Before that, bet-tors were cashing in ticketsby the handful on the Bron-cos and on the total scoregoing over what oddsmak-ers thought it would be.

Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manningthrows a pass against the Dallas Cowboys onSunday in Arlington, Texas. Manning haspassed for a league-best 20 touchdowns thisseason, with only one interception.

Broncos biggestNFL favorite everin Vegas books

when Ortiz's spot came upagain in the ninth, Boston'sbig slugger was out of thegame.

Rodney got the win whenLobaton golfed a low pitch toright-center. The ball de-flectedoff a fan trying tocatchthesouvenirandwoundupinthe 10,000-gallon tank wherecownose rays swim around.

Maddon said he wasstudying his lineup when heheard the crack of the bat.

"Look up and the ball isgoing towards the tank,which nobody hits homeruns there. Nobody does.

How about that? It's incredi-ble," he said.

Uehara did not give up ahome run in his final 37 reg-ular-seasonappearances. Thelast time he served one upwas June 30 to Toronto slug-ger Jose Bautista.

"Thatwasanexcitinggame.Well-played game," Bostonmanager JohnFarrell said.

TheRayswon threemust-win road games in threecities over four days just toget into thedivision series, sothey felt good about theirchances of coming backagainst the Red Sox.

"I'm sure there's an atti-tude they have nothing tolose and just let it all hangout," Farrell said.

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Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Evan Longoria,right, hits a three-run home run as Boston RedSox catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia watchesduring Game 3 in St. Petersburg, Fla. on Monday.