Here is the latest sports news from The Associated Press

UNDATED (AP) — Kansas State quarterback Skylar Thompson will miss the rest of the season after having surgery on his throwing shoulder. That leaves freshman Will Howard to lead the No. 22 Wildcats the rest of the way. Thompson was hurt two weeks ago when Texas Tech’s Rico Jeffers drove him into the ground after unloading a pass in the Wildcats’ 31-21 victory. The Red Raiders were penalized and Jeffers was ejected for the late hit. The Wildcats are off before facing Kansas on Oct. 24.

Hawkeye Ten Conference

(3-1) Atlantic 25-20-25-28, Shenandoah 15-25-17-26
(3-0) Red Oak 25-25-25, Atlantic 18-18-13
(3-0) Glenwood 25-25-25, Lewis Central 14-20-21 (Glenwood secures Hawkeye Ten Championship)
(3-2) Harlan 25-21-16-25-15, Creston 16-25-25-20-12
(3-0) Red Oak 25-25-25, Shenandoah 11-14-15
(3-0) St. Albert 25-25-25, Denison-Schleswig 8-18-17

Western Iowa Confernce Semifinals

(3-0) Underwood 25-25-25, Missouri Valley 18-18-12
(3-1) Tri-Center 18-25-25-25, Logan-Magnolia 25-19-22-22

Other Western Iowa Conference

(3-1) Audubon 23-25-25-25, West Harrison 25-10-21-9

Corner Conference

(3-0) Sidney 25-25-25, Griswold 21-11-19
(3-0) Stanton 25-25-25, Essex 3-8-9

Pride of Iowa Conference

(3-1) Nodaway Valley 22–25-25-25, Southwest Valley 25-22-23-23
(3-0) Lenox 25-25-25, Southwest Valley 18-21-21
(3-0) Southeast Warren 25-25-25, Nodaway Valley 22-11-19
(3-0) Southeast Warren def Lenox (Southeast Warren takes Pride of Iowa Conference Championship)

Other Scores

(3-0) Carroll 25-25-25, ADM 16-17-19
(3-2) CB Abraham Lincoln 22-25-23-25-15, Sioux City North 25-23-25-13-4

The Nodaway Valley girls and Central Decatur boys cross country teams came away with Pride of Iowa Conference Cross Country Championships on Tuesday night at Lake of Three Fires State Park near Bedford.

Girls Team Scores

1.  Nodaway Valley 46
2. Mount Ayr 50
3. Central Decatur 58
4. Southwest Valley 89
5. East Union 93

Girls Individual Top Ten

1. Sophia Broers, Nodaway Valley 20:53.21
2. McKinna Hogan, Lenox
3. Lily Day, Nodaway Valley
4. Gabrielle Valencia, East Union
5. Hadley Bell, Central Decatur
6. Karlie Larse, Mount Ayr
7. Makayla Jones, Mount Ayr
8. Harrisen Bevan, Central Decatur
9. Aniston Jones, Central Decatur
10. Hagan Arnold, Wayne

Boys Team Scores

1. Central Decatur 38
2. Nodaway Valley 48
3. Southeast Warren 73
4. Wayne 92
5. Bedford 134
6. East Union 141

Boys Individual Top Ten

1. Randy Jimenez, Southeast Warren 16:05.51
2. William Gillis, Central Decatur
3. Toby Bower, Nodaway Valley
4. Ronan Jimenez, Southeast Warren
5. Doug Berg, Nodaway Valley
6. Tyson McDole, Central Decatur
7. RC Hicks, Wayne
8. Ben Breheny, Nodaway Valley
9. Tate Swartz, Central Decatur
10. Vincent Carcamo, Central Decatur

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(Radio Iowa) – Iowa basketball coach Fran McCaffery hopes experience will help his team on the court next season as well as navigate through a pandemic. The Hawkeyes return seven players with starting experience from last year’s team that was 20-11 when the season was cancelled due to COVID-19.

McCaffery says because of COVID the entire roster must be ready to play.

McCaffery says all teams will be forced to deal with uncertainty.

(Radio Iowa)  – Iowa receiver Brandon Smith says after several weeks of watching games from other conferences he is ready to get started. The Hawkeyes open Big Ten play at Purdue on October 24.

Smith says a rigorous testing program is underway as they prepare for the season.

Smith says they players realize they need to do their part to make sure games are played.

(Radio Iowa) – The 20th ranked Iowa State Cyclones will try to rest up during their bye week. ISU is 3-0 in the Big-12 and next up will visit seventh ranked Oklahoma State on October 24.

That is sophomore running back Breece Hall who has three straight games of better than 100 yards of rushing. He credits an improving offensive line.

Cyclone tight end Chase Allen says the off week will be a good time to rest up.

The Cyclones will look to continue their mastery of the month of October. They are 12-1 during October over the last four seasons.

Allen says to take the next step the Cyclones need to be better at closing games and eliminating special teams mistakes.

The Iowa Association of Track Coaches has released their weekly update to the individual cross country rankings. Here is a look at the area ranked runners.

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Iowa State coach Matt Campbell is more focused on a bye week than where his team sits in the Big 12 race. The 20th ranked Cyclones are one of three remaining unbeatens in league play and next up visit seventh ranked Oklahoma State on October 24th.

Campbell says the key will be continued improvement.

Campbell says the postponement of this week’s game between Baylor and Oklahoma State shows how critical it is for players to remain healthy.

It is Iowa State’s second bye week of the season.

Here is the latest  sports news from The Associated Press

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Nebraska will play at Iowa on the day after Thanksgiving, continuing a tradition that started when the Cornhuskers joined the Big Ten in 2011. The Big Ten announced the game would be played Nov. 27 instead of Nov. 28. In another schedule change, Iowa will play at Minnesota on Nov. 13, a Friday, instead of on Nov. 14. This will mark the 31st straight season Nebraska has played on Black Friday, dating to the 1990 season. In addition to 10 matchups with Iowa, the Cornhuskers played Colorado for 15 straight seasons from 1996-2010 and met Oklahoma six consecutive years from 1990-95.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs should have felt good about the state of their defense heading into Sunday’s game against the Las Vegas Raiders. They had held every opponent to 20 points or fewer and were getting back defensive tackle Chris Jones from an injury and cornerback Bashaud Breeland from a suspension. They proceeded to give up 490 yards of total offense, allowed Derek Carr to throw three touchdowns passes — including a 72-yarder and a 59-yarder — and couldn’t stop the Raiders and force a punt in the final minutes of a 40-32 defeat.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say a Kansas City Chief’s fan who was upset about the team’s loss to the Las Vegas Raiders pointed a gun at a victim in a neighborhood about 10 miles away from Arrowhead Stadium. Police in Kansas City, Kansas, said in a tweet that officers responded to disturbance call around 5 p.m. Sunday, after the game ended. A victim and witnesses then told officers that a person, upset over the result of the Chiefs’ 40-32 loss to the Raiders, pointed a gun. One of the witnesses then fought to disarm the suspect, who fled.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Austin Riley led off the ninth with a homer off Blake Treinen to spark a four-run ninth as the Atlanta Braves downed the Los Angeles Dodgers, 5-1 in Game 1 of the NLCS. Ronald Acuna Jr. followed with a double and scored on Marcell Ozuna’s single to right before Ozzie Albies unloaded a two-run blast to cap the rally. Freddie Freeman belted a solo shot in the first inning, and the lead held up until Kike (KEE’-kay) Hernandez went deep off Braves starter Max Fried.

SNA DIEGO (AP) — Manuel Margot launched a three-run homer and Mike Zunino added a solo shot as the Tampa Bay Rays downed the Houston Astros, 4-2 to take a two-games-to-none lead in the ALCS. Margot’s first-inning blast came two pitches after second baseman Jose Altuve threw away a potential inning-ending grounder. Charlie Morton tossed five shutout innings to get the win as Houston continued to turn hard contact into loud outs.

CINCINNATI (AP) — Two-time National League MVP Joe Morgan has died at age 77. The 5-foot-7 dynamo known for flapping his left elbow drove a Cincinnati team featuring the likes of Pete Rose, Johnny Bench and Tony Perez to World Series titles in 1975 and ’76. Morgan later had a long career as a baseball analyst for Sunday Night Baseball on ESPN.