UNDATED (AP) - The season's first Class A and 9-man football
polls compiled by the North Dakota Associated Press Sportscasters
and Sportswriters Association. First-place votes are in
parentheses, followed by records and total points.

Class A
1. Velva (6) 1-0 45
2. Watford City (3) 2-0 32
3. Cavalier (1) 2-0 17
4. Killdeer 1-0 16
5. Linton-HMB 1-0 15
Also receiving votes: Harvey (1-0) 12, Williams County (2-0) 4, Milnor-North Sargent (1-0) 3, Larimore (2-0) 3, Rugby (0-1) 2, Des Lacs-Burlington (1-0) 1.

9-man
1. Mott-Regent (3) 1-0 36
2. Hillsboro (2) 2-0 33
3. Napoleon-GS (1) 1-0 24
4. South Border (2) 1-0 23
5. (tie) North Star (1) 2-0 8
5. (tie) St. John 1-0 8
Also receiving votes: Hankinson 1 (1-0) 6, Lakota-Adams-Edmore (2-0) 4, Divide County (1-0) 4, Wyndmere-Lidgerwood (0-1) 3, Washburn (1-0) 1.
Note: Hankinson received one first-place vote.

NORTHERN LEAGUE...

Wednesday's Games
Fargo-Moorhead 6, Joliet 3
Kansas City 10, Lake County 2
Gary 3, Schaumburg 1
Winnipeg at Rockford, ppd., rain

MLB...

AMERICAN LEAGUE...

Danny Valencia's one-out single in the 10th inning drove in
Michael Cuddyer (kuh-DY'-ur) from second base and gave the
Minnesota Twins a 2-1 victory over the Detroit Tigers. The Twins
kept their four-game lead over Chicago in the AL Central.
Sox defeated Cleveland 6-4.

The New York Yankees stay one game up in the AL East by
nipping Oakland 4-3. A.J. Burnett bounced back from an awful August
by pitching six effective innings as the A's fell to 1-and-8
against the Yanks.
- Tampa Bay kept pace by nipping Toronto 2-1.

Final Boston 9 Baltimore 6
Final Texas 4 Kansas City 3
Final L.A. Angels 4 Seattle 2

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Final Houston 5 St. Louis 2
Final Chi Cubs 5 Pittsburgh 3
Final Philadelphia 5 L.A. Dodgers 1
Final Arizona 5 San Diego 2
Final Cincinnati 6 Milwaukee 1
Final Atlanta 4 N-Y Mets 1
Final Florida 16 Washington 10
Final San Francisco 2 Colorado 1

The Minnesota Twins have sent 7-foot-1 pitcher Loek Van Mil to
the Los Angeles Angels to complete last week's trade for
left-hander Brian Fuentes.

BASKETBALL-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS...

ISTANBUL (AP) - The United States stayed perfect at the
basketball World Championships and have a top seed to prove it.
The Americans dumped Iran 88-51 to lock up the top spot in Group
B. Kevin Love scored 13 and Kevin Durant added 12 to pace the
American to their fourth win in as many games.

TENNIS-US OPEN...

NEW YORK (AP) - Ninth-seed Andy Roddick was upset in the second
round of the U.S. Open, losing 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 to 44th-ranked
Janko Tipsarevic (YAHN'-koh tihp-SAYR'-oh-vihch) of Serbia.
Roddick won his only Grand Slam title at Flushing Meadows in
2003, and he also was the runner-up in 2006. His loss leaves Roger
Federer as the only past men's champion in the field.
This early exit follows a fourth-round loss for Roddick at
Wimbledon. He revealed recently that he had a mild case of
mononucleosis.
Tipsarevic moves into the third round at the U.S. Open for the
first time.

In other men's play:
American teenager Ryan Harrison upset 15th-seeded Ivan Ljubicic
(LOOB'-ih-sihch) 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-4 for his first Grand Slam
match victory. The 18-year-old Harrison made his Grand Slam debut
in January at the Australian Open, losing in the first round.
Seventh-seed Tomas Berdych (BUR'-dihch) didn't make it past the
first round. He was upset by France's Michael Llodra 7-6
(loh-DRAH'), 6-4, 6-4.
Fourth seed Andy Murray rolled to a straight sets win by beating
Lukas Lacko 6-3, 6-2, 6-2. The 20th-seeded Sam Querrey of the U.S.
defeated fellow American Bradley Klahn 6-3, 4-6, 7-5, 6-4.

In women's results:
Second-seed and defending champ Kim Clijsters (KLY'-sturz)
reached the third round by beating 201st-ranked qualifier Sally
Peers of Australia 6-2, 6-1.
Third-seed Venus Williams struggled during the early portions of
her 7-6, 6-3 second-round win over Rebecca Marino. Williams rallied
after trailing the Canadian 4-1 in the tiebreaker.
Thirteenth-seed Marion Bartoli was upset by France's Virginie
Razzano 7-5, 6-4.
Melanie Oudin (oo-DAN'), a quarterfinalist last year, had 38
unforced errors and just four winners in her straight-set loss to
Alona Bondarenko.

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