PAGE 14: SPORTS PRESS & DAKOTAN n SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2015 Huskers Say They’re Ready For Wisconsin Run Game This Time BY ERIC OLSON offensive Stave will use play-action to of , and AP Writer also line isn’t as try to exploit a vulnerable Chryst also was his aide at imposing Nebraska secondary. Oregon State and with the LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Ne- n Find Out as some in Both teams are looking to San Diego Chargers. braska knows what’s coming More About the past. rebound following disap- “I think one of the things and believes it’s ready. This Matchup In pointing losses. The Huskers that we both have in common The Cornhuskers knew Our Game Day and Iowa are off to their worst start is we respect the game and last year, too, but definitely Section. beat the since 1959 after Illinois drove truly respect those that play weren’t prepared for Wiscon- PAGE 17 Badgers by the field in the last minute it, and our job is to help them sin’s Melvin Gordon to run all but shut- to pull out a 14-13 win. Stave play it,” Chryst said. “So I for an FBS-record 408 yards ting down committed four turnovers in don’t feel like it’s me against and four touchdowns in a their ground game. a 10-6 loss at home to Iowa. Mike.” demoralizing 35-point loss in The Huskers (2-3, 0-1) “We’ve got to do a better D-LINE SHUFFLE: Ne- Madison. hope to do the same Satur- job of continuing to help braska remains short-handed There’s a new coaching day when Wisconsin (3-2, 0-1) coach our guys and help on the defensive line. Tackles staff at Nebraska, and defen- visits in a key Big Ten West them grow. And we get that Vincent Valentine and Kevin sive coordinator Mark Bank- game. opportunity this week, and Williams have been battling er’s unit has been among the “I’d say this defense is that’s what’s fun — and with injuries, tackle Kevin Maurice best in the nation at stop- built to stop any team, but a group that wants to get bet- is out four weeks with a ping the run so far. These yes, I think that our defense ter, a group that wants to be stress fracture and end Free- Huskers have yet to see the may be especially suited for coached,” first-year Badgers dom Akinmoladun will miss style of power running game this type of offense,” defen- coach Paul Chryst said. two weeks with a knee injury. Wisconsin presents, and fans sive end Jack Gangwish said. Some things to watch as End Greg McMullen probably still cringe when reminded of “Wisconsin has a very smash- the teams battle for the Free- will move inside and line the 581 and 539 yards rush- mouth approach to football. dom Trophy: up alongside Maliek Collins. ing Nebraska allowed the last They’re going to run the ball RILEY-CHRYST REUNION: Gangwish and Ross Dzuris RICK WOOD/MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL/TNS two times the teams met. straight at you. There’s not a Wisconsin’s Chryst and would then be the primary Wisconsin linebacker Joe Schobert (58) sacks Iowa quar- Gordon has moved on to whole lot that’s really fancy Nebraska’s Mike Riley have a ends. terback C.J. Beathard (16) in the fourth quarter at Camp the NFL, top running back about what they do.” history dating to 1991. Riley WISCONSIN INJURIES: TE Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisc., on Saturday, Oct. 3, Corey Clement is still out re- Taiwan Deal and Dare hired Chryst as an assistant Austin Traylor, who hurt an 2015. Schobert has nine sacks through five games to lead covering from sports hernia Ogunbowale will share the on the team he coached the Badger defense. surgery and the Wisconsin carries, and Joel in the old World League HUSKERS | PAGE 15 Jacks Look To Knoff Makes Consolation Final At State Girls’ Tennis SIOUX FALLS – The Yankton Gazelles put one person in the consolation finals during second Put NDSU Loss day action in the South Dakota State Girls’ Tennis Tournament on Friday in Sioux Falls. Yankton ended the second day of the tourna- Behind Them ment with 94 points for 15th place. St. Thomas BY TYLER TEAL More leads the team race with 530 points, fol- Jackrabbit Sports Service lowed by O’Gorman (474) and Stevens (417.5). At flight one singles, Yankton’s Anne Knoff BROOKINGS – Dead and gone. That’s advanced to the consolation final with victo- how the now 8th ranked South Dakota ries over Brookings’ Emma Lucchesi (10-6) and State University Jackrabbits are looking Huron’s Michelle Johnson (10-3). Knoff will face at last weekend’s deflating 28-7 loss to Washington’s Libby Nachtigal in the consolation NDSU in front of a record crowd of 17,348 final today (Saturday). home fans. “I am very proud of Anne. She did awesome All struggles aside, today,” said Yankton Kim Velk. “She The Jacks are choos- had motivation and drive. She wanted to go all also ing to come away from out, and her effort paid off.” the messy game with Mimi Garcia was eliminated by Madison’s Sim- n Find Out a positive take. A five- one Droge 10-7 in the consolation quarterfinals at More About game stretch of the flight two singles. Sophie Kouri was eliminated by This Matchup In season that features Milbank’s Paige Johnson 10-2 in the consolation Our Game Day four ranked opponents. quarterfinals at flight three singles. Josie Krajews- Section. Maybe a little jolt is ki was eliminated by Mitchell’s Kelsey Dahme 10-2 PAGE 17 all they need. in the consolation finals at flight four singles. “Hopefully it moti- At flight one doubles, Knoff and Kouri dropped vates us,” Coach John a 10-3 decision to Washington’s Libby Nachtigal Stiegelmeier said. “We can’t turn that into and Sadie Goodhope in the consolation quar- a second loss where you lose confidence, terfinals. Huron’s Cassidy Hedblom and Alison you lose energy and you lose your spirt.” Fenske downed Yankton’s Garcia and Krajewski Enter the 19th ranked Indiana State 10-3 in the consolation quarterfinals at flight two Sycamores. Both teams sit at 3-1 coming doubles. into the weekend and both bolster high The Gazelles were the lower seed in the five powered offensive units. consolation quarters they lost. ISU is averaging 37.8 points per game, “Everyone across the board played their the top scoring offense in the MVFC. hearts out. By no means did they lay down,” Velk They have already had two 50+ point said. “It’s a credit to these girls. They decided games this season. that if they were going to get knocked out (of the They’re led by a young but explosive tournament), they were going to go down fight- quarterback, Matt Adam, who works ing.” behind a stout offensive line. The 10th-ranked Knoff against the ninth-rated “It all revolves around their quar- Nachtigal is the lone match for the Gazelles, who terback,” Stiegelmeier said. “They have enter the day trailing Milbank by one point for good skill and a huge line. 320, 340 14th. [pound] average type of deal, but it all “It will be a tough battle,” Velk said. “But if revolves around their quarterback who is Anne plays like she did today, she should be in a a great thrower and a great runner and a JAMES D. CIMBUREK/P&D good position. great decision maker.” Yankton’s Anne Knoff hits a return against Brookings’ Emma Lucchesi during their flight “And hopefully coming home with a consola- The 6-foot-1 sophomore is coming off one singles consolation quarterfinal in the South Dakota State Girls’ Tennis Tournament tion championship.” a career game last weekend that saw him on Friday at McKennan Park in Sioux Falls. The tournament concludes today (Saturday). go 27-38 for 265 yards and four touch- downs as ISU cruised past Missouri State 56-28. Junior running back Roland Genesy and wide receiver Gary Owens are just Alberto, Rangers Beat Blue Jays In 14th, Lead ALDS 2-0 two of the weapons surrounding Adam. BY IAN HARRISON it’s been done before,” Blue Jays Banister’s team made road clubs want to be but that’s what we’re Genesy had 17 carries last week for 98 Associated Press catcher Russell Martin said. 5-0 in the playoffs to that point faced with.” yards, while the senior wide out Owens San Francisco was the last — the only previous time that Rougned Odor hit a two-out is on pace to break the ISU single season TORONTO (AP) — Fed up team to do it, coming back to beat happened in the postseason was single off Hawkins in the 14th but and career records in receiving touch- with his own bat, Hanser Alberto Cincinnati three straight times the 1906 all-Chicago World Series, was nearly thrown out after going downs. grabbed one belonging to team- after losing at home in the first STATS said. too far around second base on a “We love it,” senior Jimmie Forsythe mate Delino DeShields. two games of their 2012 NL Divi- Kansas City snapped that skid single by Chris Gimenez, with the said. “We love playing in the Missouri Val- Good choice, rookie. sion Series. a little later Friday with a 5-4 vic- call confirmed by replay review. ley, we love being tested like this every Alberto, the seldom-used Alberto, batting last and only in tory over Houston in Game 2 of “You wonder if 50,000 could be week.” backup infielder, lined a tiebreak- the lineup because star third base- their Division Series. wrong,” Blue Jays outfielder Kevin Forsythe has 15 tackles on the year, ing single to center in the 14th man Adrian Beltre was out with a Keone Kela (1-0) worked one in- Pillar said. “I’m pretty sure I saw with seven coming from last weekend inning, helping the Texas Rangers strained back, made an error that ning for the win, staying calm after some daylight there.” against the Bison. The senior defense beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-4 for led to Toronto’s first two runs but a dustup with Toronto slugger That call proved pivotal when back is one of six Jackrabbit captains. a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five Ameri- redeemed himself with his big hit Josh Donaldson. Alberto lined a single to center, “It’s boring coming in and knowing can League Division Series. in extra innings. Ross Ohlendorf, with an old- sending Odor tumbling home. you’re going to wax a team, so we love “I didn’t even ask him for it,” “We were pretty confident school, double-armed windup, Donaldson was back in the stepping up to the challenge,” Forsythe Alberto said, smiling at DeShields going into the second game finished for a save. The 33-year-old lineup after taking a knee to the said. “That’s how we’re built and that’s sitting beside him on the post- regardless of Adrian getting hurt,” journeyman picked up the first head trying to break up a double what we’re going to do. game interview podium. “Good DeShields said. “We were kind of save of his major league career play in the opener. He homered in This week’s competition figures to be wood, too, you know?” bummed out about that, but we earlier this year. his return. anything but boring. It sure was. DeShields then kept our heads up.” Mike Napoli hit a tying single Both benches and both bull- A game that pits two high scoring picked the bat up and put it to The 22-year-old Alberto, who for Texas in the eighth. pens briefly emptied in the bottom offenses against one another, SDSU hopes good use, driving in another run made his big league debut this Another packed crowd at Rog- of the 13th when Donaldson and to perfect their once hot offense that with an infield hit after Liam Hen- season, also had a sacrifice fly. ers Centre that made a lot of noise Kela traded words after the slug- averaged more than 450 yards of total of- driks replaced La Troy Hawkins “It’s extremely special for him,” early was quiet at the very end. ger’s deep fly went foul. Donaldson fense a game, but their defense is taking a (0-1), Rangers first-year manager Jeff Toronto, back in the postseason eventually struck out. simpler approach for this weekend. The underdog Rangers will try Banister said. “Really, a guy that for the first time since winning “We made eye contact and “Just everybody do their job, not to sweep the Blue Jays at home has sat at the end of the bench for the 1993 World Series, lost for the exchanged a few words,” Donald- trying to do too much,” Forsythe said. in Game 3 Sunday. Martin Perez us, an extra player.” second straight day at home. son said.” He didn’t back down, “Just as a corner just trying to cover will start for Texas against Marco Texas shut out the highest- “Our backs are against the I didn’t back down. I’ll leave it at the receiver while the quarterback is Estrada. scoring team in the majors after wall,” Blue Jays shortstop Troy Tu- that.” scrambling around, let the other guys “This is an uphill battle but the fifth inning. The victory for lowitzki said. “It’s not where you tackle him.” Last weekend the Jacks gave up 21 first half points to NDSU, but they tight- ened up in the second half. Linebacker Royals Battle Past Astros To Even Series At 1-1 Jesse Bobbit led the way with 13 tackles. KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City The Jackrabbit offensive attack will Royals whipped out the same formula that car- be looking to bounce back as well and it ried them to last year’s World Series to turn back starts in the trenches. the Houston Astros and tie their AL Division NDSU controlled the line of scrimmage Series at a game apiece. and won the battle of total offensive Some clutch hitting. Stingy defense. An unflap- yards with 385, compared to the Jack’s pable bullpen. 283 yards. That’s a little more than half of Even a little help from replay. the total yards SDSU averaged in the first “Just battling,” first baseman Eric Hosmer three games (520.7 yards). said. “That’s what this team does so well.” It didn’t help that all of the Jacks of- The Royals rallied from a three-run deficit Fri- fense came from the air; they were in the day, getting a go-ahead single from Ben Zobrist in red on the ground, racking up -4 yards on the seventh inning, and then watched Wade Davis 15 carries. and the bullpen make it stand in a 5-4 victory “We had a decent amount of yards that brought back memories of their nip-and-tuck passing, but that’s probably because we postseason of a year ago. couldn’t run the ball as well as we liked,” The Royals knotted the game at 4 off Scott Ka- Stiegelmeier said. “[We] couldn’t run the zmir and relievers Oliver Perez and Josh Fields in ball at all in some point in the game.” the sixth. Kansas City took the lead in the seventh “We’re confident,” said Jacob Ohnes- when Alcides Escobar led off with a triple against orge of the offensive line. “Last week is Will Harris (0-1) and Zobrist followed with his behind us, we’ve got our heads held high, single through the left side. JOHN SLEEZER/KANSAS CITY STAR/TNS we’re improving on the things we need to Kelvin Herrera (1-0) and Ryan Madson each from last week.” Houston Astros pinch runner Carlos Gomez is picked off by the tag from Kansas City tossed a scoreless inning for the Royals, and Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer in the ninth inning in Game 2 of the ALDS on Friday, JACKS | PAGE 16 ROYALS | PAGE 16 Oct. 9, at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. The Royals won, 5-4, to tie the series.