in cedar falls, alex walker, abc9 sports." coming up after the break, we'll shift gears to volleyball and from five matches in iowa and nebraska. stay with us. 2 line name super: dating back to 2001, there's only been one season where coach and western christian didn't play for a state volleyball championship. chance to make it to the final for the 6th straight year. top ranked wolfpack taking on west branch this afternoon. opening set.....kaira moss comes up big on the block....western christian up early and strong at the net.... a few points latr.....moss again....this time on the attack....wolfpack take the 2-1 lead... but back comes west branch...dalana kron smacks a kill down the middle......bears hanging tough..... then its ashtyn veerbeek answering for western christian.....wolfp ack up 4-2 in set two..... and they keep it rolling....erika feenstra....the tap over the top...that was pretty..... they win set one thanks to kaira moss...huge afternoon for her.....western christin advances to the 2a title matcuh with the 3-

alex walker now has more from the rest of the action today. has more from the rest of the action today. alex walker--"chris, western christian and unity christian call northwest iowa their home, but may i suggest renting a seasonal apartment here in cedar rapids. it may just cut down on the cost. these teams are back at state for a combined 50th time, but it's a different story for sergeant bluff the warriors are just their third time, since 1985. the warriors opening tournament play ranked kuemper catholic. second set, knights won the christensen lays down the hammer. warriors lead it 13-9 in set two. later in the set brittni olson comes up huge with a kill, warriors take it 25-23 to even the match at one. kuemper won the third but in the fourth, olson with the perfect placement, set tied at 23 a piece. she had 12 kills. but on match point amy adams finishes it off 3-1 the final. sb-l ends its season with a 28-4 record. brittni olson--"i think it's a great thing. it's baby steps and next year hopefully they'll be here again representing serge

alex walker--" 2:30 alex walker u.s. cellular center, cedar rapids "hi guys....after the dust settltl on a wild dayayo at the iowa state vballtournament, three sixland teams remained. central lyon in 1a, western christian in 2a and bishop heelan in 4a. the crusaders took down waverly shell-rock on tuesday, advancing to this afternoon's semifinals for the first time since 2012. #8 bishop heelan vs. #2 harlan 4a semifinals heelan taking on the two-time defending state champs harlan community....opening set sam mccabe elevates and executes......heelan pulls a shocker in the first set 26-24. second set now...its grace hanno's time to shine. she finished with 16 kills but heelan lsoes set two and three. in the fourth..crusaders trying to stay alive...mccabe once again coming up cluch heelan down 17-14. but harlan too much down the stretch. the finish off the crusaders 3-1. heelan ends s season with a a -14 record. cg: mary miller bishopeelan head coach cg: grace hanno bishop heelan senior cg: #3 mmc vs. #4 glidden-ralston 8-m

abc9 sports reporter alex walker anchors our coverage from cedar rapids. alex walker--"chris, western christian and unity christian call northwest iowa their home, but may i suggest renting a seasonal apartment here in cedar rapids. it may just cut down on the cost. these teams are back at state for a combined 50th time, but it's adifferent story y for sergeant bluff luton. ththwarriors are back at state for just their third time, and it's the first trip since 1985. the warriors opening tournament play against second ranked kuemper catholic. send set, knights won the first, kylee christensen lays down the hammer. warriors lead it 13-9 in set two. later in the set brittni olson comes up huge with a kill, warriors take it 25-23 to even the match at one. kuemper won the third but in the fourth, olson with the perfect placement, set tied at 23 a piece. she had 12 kills. but on match point amy adams finishes it off 3-1 the final. sb-l ends its season with a 28-4 record. brittni olson--"i think it's a g gat thing. it's baby steps and next year hopefully thth'll

cellular center...im alex walker. jon/tvu thanks alex. reporting live from the uni- dome in cedar falls-- jon 5 sports we are iowa. we'll have more tonight at 10 on local 5. stephanie/2shot jack/2shot we'll be right back... you're meteorologist brad edwards. brad: today turned out pretty nice with less wind and milder temperatures! well, why stop this great, fall weather now? we are going to do even better this weekend! look for clear skies and fairly light winds tonight as temps fall back into the 30s by saturday morning. with lots of sunshine and southwesterly winds of 10-20 mph, we will warm up into the low maybe the metro will even reach 65! that is about 15 degrees above the seasonal average. sunday will start off sunny, but clouds will be increasing into the afternoon and there could be some showers by the evening. we will still be mild in the upper 50s to near 60. showers will be possible sunday night into monday, tuesday and possibly even wednesday, as next week is looking very unsettled. it will start off rather mild next week, b

from cedar rapids, alex walker, abc9 sports. jessica rae:scott: it's time now to check ononour forecast... scott:good morning siouxland. it's a cold start to your day as yesterday's storm system pinwheels forecast... scott:good morning siouxland. it's a cold start to your day as away to the northeast. we're looking at temperatures in the 30s to start things off today with a breezy northwest flow to the wind at 15 to 25 miles per hour and some gusts over 40. a wind advisory is active today until 6 pm. we should at leasashave sunshine through st of the day as you can see on the dayplanner as we get to a high of 50. rae thanks scott... turkey prices are flying higher for your thanksgiving meal. reena ninan and kendis gibson tell jessica ra >>> good morning. topping " "america'money" -- the reason behind ts year higher turkey prices. >> they're up 15% to 20% this year from last year. the aif yan flu is to blame. >> the rest of thanksgiving's menu should cost about the same from last year. >> fewer than 20% of american workers are ta

cellular center, alex walker, abc9 sports. out in nebraska, semifinal action for three siouxland ams. in c-2, stanton goes to a fifth set for the second straight day and the mustangs advance with a 15- 13 win in that decisive match. on the other side of the bracket, guardian angels central catholic can't make it an all siouxland ttle...they fall to hastings st cecilia in four. and in d-1, emerson hubbard suffered just their third loss of the season, dropping their semi against johnson brock in five. the lady pirates end the year 31-3. chris: earlier today, akron westfield was in the state seminals for the first time since they won it all back in 2002. today, the westetners made up for lost time playing one of the best games of the year in all of iowa. a dub taking on ninth ranked mount ayr...winner to next thursday's championship game. the westerners pulling out soso trickery on fourth down...the funky formatn frees up dylan irizarry...he's wide open for thescore from cal eskra...that knots things up at 7. to the second quarte

from cedar rapids, alex walker, abc9 sports. jessica rae scott: it's time now to check on your forecast... ott:good morning siouxland. it's a cold start to your day as yeyeerday's storm system pinwheels away to the northeast. we're looking at temperatures in the 30s to start things off today with breezy northwest flow to the wind at 15 to 25 miles per hour and some gusts over 40. a wind advisory is active today until 6 pm. we should at least have sunshine through most of the day as you can see on the how siouxland honored our veterans on veterans day. plus here's what you can expect " " away to the northeast. we're looking at temperatures in the 30s to start thing off today with a breezy northwest flow to the wind at 15 to 25 miles per hour and some gusts over 40. a wind advisory is active today until 6 pm. we should at least have sunshine through most of the day as you can see on the dayplanner as we get to a high of 50. still ahead in our show.... we'll look back at how siouxland honored our veterans away to the northeast. we'

alex walker--"congrats again to sbl on a great season. earlier in the day, third ranked mmc back in the 8-man semis against glidden-ralston. already 14-all after the first, ben specht finds a wide open jacob spieler, eagles up 20-14 at halftime. mmc would put the game on ice up 28-21, derek erdman, reservations for 6. eagles advance to the championship, 35-21 the final. kyle oswald--"a year ago tomorrow we were in this same position. we let that second half get away from us and i give credit to these kids, give credit to god for giving us this opportunity." alex walker--"in the other 8 man semifinal defending state champ newell fonda battling perennial power don bosco. first quarter the dons driving but cole wise sticks up his paw to deflect it and makes the interception. he is forecast... scott:good morning siouxland. temperatures are in the 20s and 30s on this friday morning. at least the wind is far calmer than the past several days as we can see that coming in between 5 and 15 miles per hour. the satellite and radar imagery is clear a

abc9 sports reporter alex walker has the action from cedar falls. alex walker--"sb-l taking on another dome newcomer, norwalk in the 3a semifinals. opening quarter the warriors strike first, these teams are both called the warriors by the way. brady bransfield in from short distance, norwalk up 7-0. first drive for sbl, matt george rips a man's run down the sideline, 1000+ yards for george in the playoffs, picking up where he left off. the drive would stall though and on the next norwalk drive, the warriors pull some misdirection. kolby klock takes it in off the reverse, the purple and gold up 14-0. they would score again to make it 21-0 but here comes sb-l right before the half. jacob shultz to chris kroll. 32 yard strike, warriors down 14 at the break. but it wouldn't get any better in the second half. bransfield to tyler schamel, 28-7 norwalk cruising in the third quarter. then later in the half sbl gets some redemption on defense. brayden curry swarms and breaks the ball loose, warriors recover, but it just wasn't their day. sbl falls in the sta

alex: 2 line name super: alex walker awalker@kcautv. com alex the minnesota vikings have lost seven straight games against the bears at soldier field. this afternoon, the purple and gold had the chance to win in the windy city for the first time since 2007. minnesota 4-2 this season....and winners of two straight. second quarter 10-3 vikings before in the corner of the endzone...heck of a catch...game tied at ten. to the fourth we go...game tied at thirteen....cutler strolls into the endzone.....bears take the late 20-13 lead... but here comes minnestoa...teddy bridgewater rookie sensation stefon diggs. he loses a defender and finds the endzone...game tied once again... as as time expired...blair walsh...right down broadway with the game- winner....vikings victorious....23-20 the final. elsewhere in the n-f-l.....the chiefs hammer the lions in london. 45-10 the final...alex smith with two passing touchdowns for kansas city. alex yesterday afternoon, iowa beat maryland 31- 15, improving to 8-0 for the first time since 2009. during the gam

evening everybody and welcome to this monday night version of the abc9 sportszone...alon gside alex walker, i'm chris palmquist. alex tonight 14 siouxland teams were in action across 11 games and all 6 classes...so let's dive right into the action. chris: and we'll kick things off in class 3a. last year, sb-l's season came to an end in the second round against carroll... chris: tonight the warriors looking for some revenge. and there was no shortage of offense... it's the tigers that get on the board first...kolby molinsky connects with dylan millermon...he makes a couple people miss and he's in...the tigers would go up 21-7. but then late in seam and show em your tail lights kid...70 yards to the promised land...it was 21-14 after 12 minutes of play. carroll stretches their lead to 21, when the warrior offense comes to life...george...this a short run...just 40 yards...to cut it to 35-21. then the aerial attack...jacob shultz...finds drew girres who beats two defenders up the drew girres who beats two defenders up the seam...warriors get within a score. then shultz...gets in a groove...of

alex: alex walker awalker@kcautv. com alex saturday was a state to carver- hawkeye arena. alex has the iowa city. the hawkeye wrestls upset okie state and the football team improved to 10-0. what could cap off a perfect weekend for hawkeye sports? how about a win from the basketball team. iowa 1-0 this season....wrapping up opening weekend at carver-hawkeye against coppin state. first minute of the game.....south sioux alum mike gesell drains the triple......iowa takes the early 3-0 lead.... sioux city east alum adam woodbury making his mark for iowa as well....strong on the block...hawks up thirteen... next trip down the floor....dom uhl hitting from deep in his first career start.....18 points for the sophomore. and then its the dime-machine mike gesell....with a pretty feed to uhl....a career- high 12 assists for gesell....iowa eclipses 100 points...103-68 the final. alex for the first time in program history, the iowa football team is 10-0. the hawkeyes outlasted minnesota in a shootout, returning the floyd of rosedale trophy to iowa city. and what a night it was for t

and then its moss this time.....right at alex walker......pretty swing from the senior..... out in nebraska, senior..... out in nebraska, semifinal action for three siouxland teams. in c-2, stanton goes to a fifth set for the second straight day and advance with a 15- 13 win in that decisive match. on the other side of the bracket, guardian angels central catholic can't make it an all siouxland battle...they fall to hastings st cecilia in four. and in d-1, emerson hubbard suffered just their third loss of the season, dropping their semi against johnson brock in five. the lady pirates end the year 31-3. chris: it's officially basketball season as iowa state got their highly anticipated year underway. dear future, please help. the present is kind of a scary place. i have no money, no job, no clothes. i feel completely helpless. but i hear good things about you, future. like i'll have hair, and friends, and books and music. comes from... savvy salon and spa in south sioux city. they presented a check to susan g. komen siouxland for 275-dollars. they raised the money by donating

chris: abc9 sports reporter alex walker is live at west sioux to preview their game with lawton-bronson. alex? alex alex thanks chris....you are right about the weather....it was freezing on wedndnday for the first round...tonight, a different story. perfect conditions here in hawarden for this evening's second-round showdown between lawton- bronson and west sioux....and i am joined by falcons head coach ryan schwiesow... we have to start with your regular-season meeting with the eagles....a game you guys won 32- 31. what can you take from that game that will help you here tonight? ryan schwiesow (ryan response) alex your starting quarterback porter hummel threw for a state-record 583 yards in week three against lawton-bronson. its bonkers to expect another aerial attack this evening? ryan schwiesow (ryan response) alex as much success as your passing game has had, this is a lawton- bronson defense that held the sixth-ranked team in the state to under 40 yards of offense last week. what did you see on tape that concerns you u out that unitit have to finish with this one...taking away sp

alex walker has more on what an undefeated iowa would mean to the college football playoff. their annual fall show this friday night. ron is h he to prevevw all the fun. conservatory of music, a non-profit geared towards teaching kids and teens about music, will be having their friday november 6th city orpheum theatre. will be the conservatory's special guest for the evening with a live performance! performances from all the students will also be a part of this magical night of live inspiration through music. for more on sublime with rome, click here come and see hopeful young talent in sioux city! november 6 since 2009. alex walker has more on what an undefeated iowa would mean to the college football playoff. saturday afternoon, iowa beat maryland 31-15, improving to 8-0 for the first time since 2009. during the game, the abc broadcast team called the hawkeyes a conundrum...saying that iowa would headaches for the playoff committee if they finished the regular season undefeated. obviously, we still have a loooong way to go before we have that discussion, but its an interes

thursday night at 6:30, tune in as alex walker and myself bring you a 30 minute pregame show on the border battle. and then on friday at 10 am, i'll be live in lincoln as part of a special hour long preview that you can only find right here on abc9. " " it's time for our facebook fan photo of the day. today's picture comes from... ashley ross paisyn ross-5 years old..built her own snowman if you're like to submit a facebook fan photo, just abc-9 facebook page. jenna/tim/chris/fred: (fred) your forecast tonight is for partly cloudy skies and areas of fog. the low will be 34. tomorrow, the high will be 45 with areas of fog and areas of drizzle. the 7-day forecast shows ice and snow thursday and a high of 33. we'll see a gradual cooldown afterward, with a high of just 27 saturday. monday will bring another chance of snow. tonight's ask fred prize is 4 world tour buffets at the hard rock casino! to enter, email your

abc9 sports reporter alex walker will be in action tomorrow. chris: after making school history with an ncaa tournament appearance in 2014, the south dakota women came up one win short of a repeat trip last season. but coach amy williams has continued to help the coyotes become a consistent power. the yotes are 64-38 in her three seasons, have played for the summit league championship each year, and have played in a postseason tournament every season too. usd has to replace two starters, but got huge news in the spring when two time all conference performer nicole seekamp was granted an additional year of eligibility. regardless of how the season turns out, the yotes say they're already part of something special. amy williams--"it's a special thing. i pinch myself almost every day just to be back in my home state and wearing south dakota across my chest and being able to be a part of a program that has such a special culture. i credit our five seniors. they've just done a great job of laying their selves ont he line. bridget arens--"we've had g

tomorrow at 6:30, alex walker and i will take an indepth look at the rivalry and preview the black friday matchup. then friday i'll be live in lincoln at memorial stadium and alex will be at the pregame party here at the hard rock hotel and casino for a full hour long preview show...that begins at 10 am. congratulations today to andrew van ginkel of south dakota. the former bhrv standout was named the missouri valley football conference freshman of the year today. van ginkel ranked second in the conference with 9 sacks and 18 tackles for loss. he's the first yote to be named freshman of the year since they joined the league in 2012. and finally the musketeers were on the road in des moines tonight. david trinkberger, matt steeves, eeli tolvanen and ian scheid all scored for sioux city in their 4-1 win over the buccaneers. that's the second straight win for the muskies...they're back in action on saturday at sioux freezing rain, sleet, and snow in the morning, and 1-3" snow in the afternoon. an early high of 30 will be seen, but expect slowly falling temperatures during the day. the 7-day

chris lmquist reports live from memorial stadium while alex walker will be live with fans at the hard rock casino. tim: if you need some help getting in the christmas spirit after thanksgiving, you can take your family to downtown sioux city for the festival of trees. you can view and bid on over 70 decorated trees and wreaths in the hochunun centre atrium.m. then, on december 3rd, the live auction will start with the highest silent bid. proceeds this year will go to the siouxland autism support group. tim: christmas trees again fill the south dakota state capitol in pierre. the 2015 grand lighting ceremony kicks off the holiday season at the capitol. the capitol christmas display includes nearly 1010trees that are decorated by volunteers from communities, schools, churches, nonprofit organizations and state government offices. this year's theme is "christmas around the world." 29-foot colorado blue spruce that had to be trimmed just to fit inthe capitol. tim: still to come... well take a look at a tradition in that was only supposed to last one year " " in the quad cities a on and is

chris palmquist reports live from memorial stadium while alex walker will be live with fans at the hard rock casino. jessica rae: and chris palmquist joins us now for a preview of today's big game between iowa and nebraska. lost in the shuffle of the heroes game and all that's riding on it is the fact that it's senior day for nebraska. the husker senior class has had an say the least, including a 33-18 record, three bowl change in the athletic department as well as on the sidelines. jack gangwish--"there isn't a lot of romance in college football, you know? it's results-driven, you know, you've gotta perform. you've gotta go out there and do well, especially at a place like nebraska." chris palmquist--"that's something these seniors know all too well. last year's 9-3 regular season led to bo pelini's firing and the difficult situation of having a new head coach in mike reilly for just one year. kevin williams--"with the coaching change like this, that's a lot of times, the senior class is the one that handles it the hardest, you know? and i feel like we did a really good job this year w

-we'll hear more from cole and dave coming up tonight in our heroes game preview special. 6:30, alex walker and i will take an indepth look at the rivalry and preview the black friday matchup. then friday i'll be live in lincoln at memorial stadium and alex will be at the pregame party here at the hard rock hotel and casino for a full hour long preview show...that begins at 10 am. we hope to see you then, but today, enjoy your thanksgiving everybody. jessica rae scott: it's time now to check on your forecast... scott: happy thanksgiving! winter storm advisory in effect for much of the area. expect a rain, snow, sleet mix this morning and early afternoon. later it will changeover to snow. around sioux city.. little ice accumulation, and snow around an inch. southeast siouxland both, closer to .2 inches of ice and up to 3 inches of snow. northwest siouxland could stay dry, temperatures through the day, we already hit our high temperatures, so our 5pm temperature will be in the mid 20s. snow ends this evening, cloudy, cold, and blustery tonight. cold weekend with sunshine... temperatures strug

-we'll hear more from cole and dave coming up tonight in our heroes game preview special. 6:30, alex walker and i will take an indepth look at the rivalry and preview the black friday matchup. then friday i'll be live in lincoln at memorial stadium and alex will be at the pregame party here at the hard rock hotel and casisi for a full hour long g eview show...that begins at 10 am. we hope to see you then, but today, enjoy your thanksgiving everybody. jessica rae: scott: it's time now to check on your happy thanksgiving! winter storm advisory in effect for much of the area. expect a rain, snow, sleet mix this morning and early afternoon. later it will changeover to snow. around sioux city.. little ice accumulation, and snow around an inch. southeast siouxland could see more of both, closer to .2 inches of ice and up to 3 inches of snow. northwest siouxland could stay dry, temperatures will be falling through the day, we already hit our high temperatures, so our 5pm temperature will be in the mid 20s. snow ends this evening, cloudy, cold, and blustery tonight. cold weekend with sunshine... st

alex walker has more. good m orning....saturday afternoon, morningside routed doane, winning the gpac crown for the fifth consecutive season. ryan kasdorf tied a mustang single-game record with seven passing touchdowns, leading morningside to a 55-7 win. and with a seven- touchdown day, you have a wild stat line for the mustang receiving corps. jason vanderkooi, connor niles and michael whitehead combined for 422 yards and six scores against the nation's best scoring defense. offensively, 616 total yas for the gpac champions....a bit of redemption against a doane team that beat the 'stangs in 2014. just feels great, especially after last season. we have been hearing all the talk, all the noise about how good this team is and they are a good team, there's no doubt about it,m and it just goes to our coaches our preparation and the heart of this team...we were in a similar position last year when we got up quick and they came back and beat us. we just told ourselves this whole game that we were going to fight

alex walker has more on what an undefeated iowa would mean to the college football playoffs. saturday afternoon, iowa beat maryland 31-15, improving to 8-0 for the first time since 2009. during the game, the abc broadcast team called the hawkeyes a conundrum...saying that iowa would cacae serious headadhes for the playoff committee if they finished the regular season undefeated. obviously, we still have a loooong way to go before we have that discussion, but its an interesting point. looking at iowa's resume, their schedule is as easy as it gets in the big ten, but they do have two huge road wins at wisconsin and northwestern. the tenth-ranked hawks are in the national spotlight, but the guys are trying to ignore the excitement of a perfect record. you just have to continue to ignore it. obviously you are going to here about it here and there, all we can focus on isis our next game. no matter what people say about yeah, you are good. you dont play anybody. all you can focus on you cant control that. we play indiana next, we are going to focus on them, start focusing on them t

alex walker has the details. the iowa state football program sure didn't waste any time finding their new head football coach. just one week removed from the firing of paul rhoads, the cyclones have hired toledo's matt campbell to lead the way. news broke late saturday night that a deal had been made and iowa state made the hire official just in four plus seasons at toledo, campbell compiled a 35-15 record, including a double-overtime win over iowa state this season. the deal with isu is a six-year deal, with a first year saly of two millions dollars. athletic director jamie pollard had this to say about campbell in a statment today: "matt's coaching and playing achievements are extraordinary, but we were even more impressed by his character, leadership and commitment to his family... pollard went on to say..."we are truly blessed to have one of the industry's rising stars lead our football program." campbell also released a statement....saying "i couldn't be more excited to receive the opportunity to coach at io

alex walker has more. seven years at iowa state. one winning season. it's time for change at iowa state. paul rhoads. fired as head coach of the cyclones. the decision was made official on sunday by iowawatate athletic d dector jamie pollard. rhoads has been the head man in ames since 2009, posting a 32-54 record. isu is 3-8 this season, with the firing coming on the heels of saturday's metldown against kansas state. rhoads will speek at his weekly press conference later today, before coaching iowa state's season finale against west virginia on s surday. some more coaching news....south dakota head football coach retirement. the 66-year-old is one of 76 coaches in n-c-a-a history to win 200 games. glenn won exactly 200 games 28 seasons. press conference is morning. what a weekend it was for the iowa hawkeyes. kirk ferentz and company locked up the big ten west, punching their ticket to the big ten title game for the first time in school history iowa now 11-0....tying the '02 and '09 teams for the most wins in school history. with saturday's win over pu

alex walker has more. seven years at iowa state. one winning season. it's time for change at iowa state. paul rhoads. fired as head coach of the cyclones. the decision was made official on sunday by iowa state athletic director jamie pollard. rhoads has been the head man in ames since 2009, posting a 32-54 record. isu is 3-8 this season, with the firing coming on the heels of saturday's metldown against kansas state. rhoads will speek at his weekly press conference later today, before coaching iowa state's season finale against west virginia on saturday. some more coaching news....south dakota head football coach joe glenn has announced his retirement. the 66-year-old is one of 76 coaches in n-c-a-a history to win 200 games. glenn won exactly 200 games wi the coyotes in 28 seasons. glenn's retirment press conference is set for 11 a athis morning. what a weekend it t was for the iowa hawkeyes. kirk ferentz and company locked up the big ten west, punching their ticket to the big ten title game for the first time in school history iowa now 11-0....tying t

alex walker has more. good m orning....saturday afternoon, morningside routed doane, winning the gpac crown for the fifth consecutive season. ryan kasdorf tied a mustang single-game record with seven passing touchdowns, leading morningside to a 55-7 win. and with a seven- touchdown day, you have a wild stat line for the mustang receiving corps. jason vanderkooi, connor niles and michael whitehead combined for 422 yards and six scores against the nation's best scoring defense. offensively, 616 total yards for the gpac champions....a bit of redemption against a doane team that beat the 'stangs in 2014. just feels great, especially after last season. we have been hearing all the talk, all the noise about how good this team is and they are a good team, there's no doubt about it,m and it just goes to our coaches our preparation and the heart of this team...we were in a similar position last year when we got up quick and they came back and beat us. we just told ourselves this whole game that we were going to fig

alex payne sleep walking is not just a nighttime disease. according to a study it is a associated with daytime health problems including chronic pain and headaches. sleep walkers experience daytime sleepiness and insomnia. the disorder may be genetic. >>> in order to control drug prices, american medical association said advertisements aimed at consumers have to go. the drug companies are pumping $4.5 billion into ads. people can be hurt when drugs can become unaffordable or are not covered by health insures. >>> thousands of runners hit the streets for the philadelphia marathon. today is the half marathon. and for one runner being in the race is a victory. ali gorman has his story. >> without taking a deep breath in push all your air out of your lungs. >> reporter: dr. michael roth helps local athletes reach for their best. last year he was put to the test after learning he had stage four collin cancer. after -- colon cancer. he plowed into an aggressive treatment and 7 months of chemo therapy and two operations. he did everything he could to survive. so did she. >> when i think about other people who go through this, you wonder how you can stand it. the trut