Atlantic Athletic Director Andy Mitchell has announced that due to wet field conditions the freshman football game tonight against Harlan will be played at the High School field. The move is being made in order to not tear up the field at the Trojan Bowl prior to the varsity contest tonight. Game time for the freshman game will still be at 4:15pm.

The Abraham Lincoln boys and girls cross country teams competed at the Blair, NE cross country meet on Thursday. Missouri Valley also competed in the boys race. AL took 6th in both the boys and girls team race. Moriah Heilesen was the top girls finisher for the Lynx in 18th. Steven Hornberg finished 8th in the boys race for AL. Missouri Valley came in 10th in the boys race.

Full results: BlairXC2019

The Creston girls and Central Decatur boys cross country teams picked up team wins at the Southwest Valley Invite on Thursday. Creston’s Braelyn Baker was the girls individual champion. Noah Jorgensen of Sidney took the boys race.

Girls Team Scores

1. Creston 51
2. Shenandoah 79
3. Clarinda 79
4. Red Oak 96
5. Central Decatur 112
6. Southwest Valley 134
7. East Union 168
8. Martensdale-St. Marys 175

Girls Individual Top Ten

1. Braelyn Baker, Creston 22:06
2. Mayson Hartley, Clarinda 23:07
3. Paige Davis, Creston
4. Alexa McCunn, Red Oak
5. Brenna Godfread, Shenandoah
6. Gabrielle Valencia, East Union
7. Chloe Devries, Red Oak
8. McKinna Hogan, Lenox
9. Christene Johnson, Shenandoah
10. Ashlyn Eberly, Clarinda

Full results: SWValleyGirls2019

Boys Team Scores

1. Central Decatur 36
2. Red Oak 74
3. Clarinda 103
4. Shenandoah 106
5. Creston 121
6. Riverside 173
7. Bedford 180
8. Sidney 203
9. East Union 228
10. Martensdale-St. Marys 268
11. East Mills 280
12. Southwest Valley 296

Boys Individual Top Ten

1. Noah Jorgensen, Sidney
2. William Gillis, Central Decatur
3. Baylor Bergren, Red Oak
4. Tate Swartz, Central Decatur
5. Clayton Stafford, Creston
6. Connor Koppa, Red Oak
7. Jon McCall, Clarinda
8. Vincent Carcamo, Central Decatur
9. Luke Baker, Clarinda
10. Junior Oesch, Central Decatur

Full results: SWValleyBoys2019

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Hawkeye Ten Conference

(3-1) Harlan 25-25-19-25, Atlantic 13-11-25-11
(3-2) Denison-Schleswig 25-17-26-20-15, Creston 23-25-24-25-10
(3-0) Glenwood 25-25-25, Shenandoah 10-9-21
(3-1) Kuemper Catholic 19-25-25-25, St. Albert 25-20-19-20
(3-0) Lewis Central 25-25-25, Clarinda 19-18-17

Western Iowa Conference

(3-2) Riverside 25-25-20-10-15, AHSTW 19-15-25-25-9
(3-0) Tri-Center 25-25-25, Audubon 17-10-15
(3-0) Underwood 25-25-25, IKM-Manning 12-23-11

Rolling Valley Conference

(3-0) Ar-We-Va 26-25-25, Woodbine 24-16-15
(3-0) Coon Rapids-Bayard 25-25-25, Paton-Churdan 19-6-13
(3-1) Glidden-Ralston 25-25-24-25, West Harrison 20-17-26-18

Other Scores

(3-0) Ankeny Christian 25-25-25, Orient-Macksburg 16-17-17
(2-0) Des Moines Christian 21-21, Mount Ayr 17-9
(2-0) Carroll 25-25, Greene County 18-22
(2-0) Gilbert 25-25, Carroll 20-21
(2-1) Grinnell 9-21-15, Mount Ayr 21-13-12
(3-0) OABCIG 25-25-25, Kingsley-Pierson 15-19-19
(2-0) Sidney 25-25, Earlham 6-12
(2-0) Sidney 25-25, East Union 19-12
(2-0) Van Meter 21-21, Mount Ayr 16-8

Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

CHICAGO (AP) — Matt Carpenter homered in the 10th inning against Craig Kimbrel in the All-Star closer’s return, and the St. Louis Cardinals regrouped after blowing a late lead to beat the Chicago Cubs 5-4. Emerging ace Jack Flaherty shut down Chicago over eight innings, and despite a three-run ninth inning, the Cubs dropped a game behind Milwaukee for the second NL wild card and four games behind St. Louis for first place in the NL Central.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Nelson Cruz hit two of Minnesota’s four home runs and matched his season high with five RBIs, igniting another impressive power display by the first-place Twins during an 8-5 victory over the Kansas City Royals to keep their American League Central lead at four games. They have nine games to go. Miguel Sanó homered and hit the tiebreaking RBI double in the fifth following the ejection of Royals starter Mike Montgomery, who started that inning by giving up a home run to Mitch Garver.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs were in the mix to acquire Minkah Fitzpatrick. There have been rumors swirling about Jalen Ramsey. Patrick Peterson remains a popular topic. And while everyone wonders whether cornerback help will arrive in Kansas City, the Ravens and red-hot Lamar Jackson are coming to town for a big matchup this Sunday.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Two of the NFL’s exciting young quarterbacks, and their high-flying offenses, will meet on Sunday when Lamar Jackson and the Ravens visit Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs. Much of the attention this offseason was focused on Kansas City, where the team’s young QB was coming off a record-setting MVP season. But Jackson has been just as good through two games this season, and both teams are 2-0 heading into Arrowhead Stadium.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Two suspects are being penalized after they allegedly stole a life-sized cutout of Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, then had a wreck as they fled. Lawrence police spokesman Patrick Compton says a man and woman grabbed the cutout at a McDonald’s restaurant Monday, ran out of the store, jumped into a car and sped away before being involved in the wreck. Officers investigating the two-car accident saw the cutout in one of the vehicles. The two were issued notices to appear for theft.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — West Virginia, Kansas State and Kansas were supposed to occupy the Big 12 basement this season. Big wins last weekend over fellow Power Five schools stirred up some much-needed optimism in Morgantown, Manhattan and Lawrence with Big 12 play on the horizon.

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — The Big Ten Conference knows the value of having good punters, and it is willing to go a long way to get them. The league has four of the nation’s top 23 punters going into this weekend’s games. They include Michael Sleep-Dalton of Iowa, Adam Korsak of Rutgers, Isaac Armstrong of Nebraska and Blake Hayes of Illinois.

The Griswold Tigers (0-4, 0-1) will travel to face the Sidney Cowboys (1-2) in an 8-Man District 7 football contest on Friday night and we’ll have the game on KJAN. The Tigers will be searching for their first win of the season and are coming off a district loss to East Mills last week. Griswold Head Coach Andy Everett said they have seen some good things from the team and injuries have made the last couple of outings difficult. One guy the Tigers have leaned on is senior quarterback Derek Mueller and Coach Everett has been impressed by his leadership.

The Sidney Cowboys have spread the ball around to multiple backs this season and Coach Everett expects the same tough run game they always expect out of the Cowboys.

Sidney Head Coach Donnie Sears said they have been impressed by the number of guys that have stepped up to help the offense on different nights. He said with multiple guys capable the coaching staff just has to search for the hot hand.

Sears knows the Tigers are similar with a run first mentality but he knows his defenders will need to be ready for misdirection.

The Tigers and Cowboys are set for a 7:00pm kickoff in Sidney. Chris Parks and Jim Field will have the call with the Dvorak Tire and Service pregame starting at 6:30pm. You can catch the game on-air, online, or watch the game on KJANTV. Catch our weekly pick ’em show Who’s Gonna Win? at 6:00pm and stay tuned after the game for all the scores around the state on the Iowa High School Scoreboard show from 10:00pm-11:30pm.

The Atlantic Trojans (1-2) football team is gearing up for a non-district tilt against the Harlan Cyclones (2-1) at the Trojan Bowl on Friday night. The Trojans are looking to put a complete game together after struggling in portions of the past two games, losses to Creston and Clarinda. A number of mental errors and turnovers doomed the Trojans last week against the Cardinals and Atlantic Head Coach Mike McDermott said they have been working on limiting those mistakes this week in practice. For the third straight week the Trojans will face a quarterback that is having a strong season. Harlan’s Johnathan Monson has thrown for 306 yards and 3 touchdowns, he’s also rushed for 209 yards and 5 more scores. Coach McDermott said slowing him down will certainly be a key.

Atlantic hasn’t had consistent play at the line of scrimmage so far this season and Coach McDermott said matching the Cyclones physicality will be important.

Atlantic has been able to hit on some big plays this season on offense but sustaining drives has been a struggle at times. Coach McDermott thinks part of that improvement will come as their young quarterback Garrett McLaren improves. You can hear the full interview with Coach McDermott on Trojan Preview at 4:45pm Friday on KJAN.

The Trojans and Cyclones are set to tee it up at the Trojan Bowl at 7:00pm.

Friday (09/20/2019) All 11-player games are non-district this week. All 8-player games listed are district games.

CLASS 4A

District 7
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln at Sioux City, East
Lewis Central at Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson

CLASS 3A

District 1
Kuemper Catholic, Carroll at Denison-Schleswig

District 9
A-D-M, Adel at Boone
Bondurant-Farrar at Creston-O/M
Dallas Center-Grimes at Glenwood
Harlan at Atlantic
Lewis Central at Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson
Winterset at Ballard

CLASS 2A

District 9
Gilbert at Greene County
Harlan at Atlantic
Kuemper Catholic, Carroll at Denison-Schleswig
OABCIG at Storm Lake
Riverside, Oakland at Shenandoah
Treynor at Red Oak

CLASS 1A

District 8
Clarinda at Southwest Valley
Mount Ayr at Clarke, Osceola
Nodaway Valley at West Central Valley, Stuart
Panorama, Panora at Central Decatur
Tri-Center at ACGC
Van Meter at Woodward-Granger

District 9
East Sac County at IKM-Manning
Emmetsburg at Cherokee, Washington
MVAOCOU at Woodbury Central, Moville
Missouri Valley at Westwood, Sloan
Treynor at Red Oak
Underwood at St. Albert

CLASS A

District 8
Lynnville-Sully at Colfax-Mingo
Martensdale-St. Marys at AHSTW
North Mahaska, New Sharon at Cardinal, Eldon
Panorama, Panora at Central Decatur
Van Buren Community at Wayne

District 9
Clarinda at Southwest Valley
Earlham at Madrid
Martensdale-St. Marys at AHSTW
Nodaway Valley at West Central Valley, Stuart
Riverside at Shenandoah
Underwood at St. Albert

District 10
Akron-Westfield at West Monona
Hinton at Logan-Magnolia
MVAOCOU at Woodbury Central
Missouri Valley at Westwood, Sloan
Ridge View at Lawton-Bronson
Tri-Center at ACGC

CLASS 8-MAN

District 1
Ar-We-Va, Westside at Harris-Lake Park

District 6
Lamoni at Mormon Trail
Lenox at East Union
Moravia at Murray
Seymour at Southeast Warren

District 7
Bedford at East Mills
Griswold at Sidney –ON KJAN

District 8
Audubon at Woodbine
Coon Rapids-Bayard at Boyer Valley
Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton at Glidden-Ralston
West Harrison at CAM- ON CAM COUGAR CHANNEL

The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union released their latest round of volleyball rankings on Thursday afternoon. Check out the full rankings here: volleyball-91919-rankings