Cardinal Sports

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS:

THE CARDINALS HAVE 4 PLAYERS ON THEIR ROSTER WHO BECAME FREE AGENTS
YESTERDAY.. THEY ARE CARLOS BELTRAN, CHRIS CARPENTER, RAFAEL FURCAL, AND
EDWARD MUJICA.  ALSO YESTERDAY, NO SURPRISE, THE CARDINALS DECLINED A $9.5
MILLION OPTION FOR NEXT YEAR ON PITCHER JAKE WESTBROOK.. WESTBROOK WAS
ON THE D.L. LATE IN THE YEAR AND WAS NOT ON THE CARDINAL'S POSTSEASON ROSTER.   IT'S SAD, BUT BASEBALL IS OVER SO NOW ALL OF YOU CHICAGO CUB FANS, WHO QUICKLY BECAME PITTSBURGH PIRATE FANS, THEN SWITCHED YOUR ALLEGIANCE TO THE LOS ANGELES DODGERS BEFORE BECOMING ROOTERS OF THE
BOSTON RED SOX CAN GO BACK TO SUPPORTING THE LOVABLE LOSERS KNOWN AS THE CUBS.  BUT JUST KEEP IN MIND, THE CARDINALS OWN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE CENTRAL DIVISION AND WILL BEGIN 2014 AS THE REIGNING NATIONAL LEAGUE
CHAMPIONS!

MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS:

PREPARATIONS ARE UNDERWAY FOR THE CARDINAL FOOTBALL TEAM WHO WILL TRAVEL TO DECORAH MONDAY NIGHT FOR SECOND ROUND PLAYOFF ACTION..
DECORAH, THE DEFENDING CLASS 3-A CHAMPIONS, ARE 10 AND 0 ON THE YEAR.
THE NEXT TWO SATURDAYS WILL BE BUSY DAYS IN MAQUOKETA AS THE ATHLETIC
BOOSTER CLUB WILL HOST THEIR ANNUAL YOUTH GIRLS AND BOYS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS..  48 GIRLS TEAMS WILL PLAY THIS SATURDAY AND 48 BOYS TEAMS
ARE EXPECTED IN TOWN NEXT SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9TH.. BOOSTER CLUB PRESIDENT TRACY WALLER SAYS SHE ANTICIPATES EACH TOURNAMENT WILL BRING AS MANY AS 2,000 PEOPLE TO MAQUOKETA.. THE BOOSTER CLUB HOPES TO RAISE $20,000 FROM THE
TWO TOURNAMENTS..