It may only be week two of the high school football season but an 8-man football game in Anita on Friday night will have a playoff game feel. The CAM Cougars play host to the Audubon Wheelers this week and we’ll have coverage of the game on KJAN. The game will be one of the highlight games around the state on Friday night with both teams included in the latest top 10 rankings. Audubon is ranked #3 in both the latest Radio Iowa and AP top ten polls, while the Cougars are #8 in the AP poll.

CAM is already 2-0 on the season with a week zero win over Lenox on the road and a win last week at Murray. The Cougars have a strong core that have been impact players for a number of years now. Quarterback Thomas Hensley has already racked up 3 passing touchdowns and 8 rushing touchdowns on the season. The offensive balance that CAM has been able to show off in the early portion of the season is what concerns Audubon Co-Head Coach Sean Birks. He said the Cougars do a great job of setting things up with their run game and the Wheelers will need to find a way to slow that down first.

Coach Birks was impressed with his team’s ability to stay ahead of the chains in their first game of the season and said that will be a key to success in week two as well.

Audubon is coming off a week one win over Exira-EHK 55-14 and the Wheelers got strong production from their senior leaders. Tyler Reibhoff at quarterback, Nolan Smith at running back, and Josh Lange at receiver get a lot of the attention for the Wheelers but CAM Head Coach Joe Wollum is also worried about their size advantage.

It should be a big game type atmosphere as both sides will likely have large followings at the game and Coach Wollum thinks a game like this early in the season will be valuable experience for his team down the road.

We’ll have coverage of the game on KJAN Friday night. Our weekly pick ’em show Who’s Gonna Win? airs at 6:00pm followed by the Dvorak Tire and Service Pregame show at 6:30pm, and kickoff is set for 7:00pm in Anita.  Chris Parks and Mike Smith will have the call on AM1220, FM101.1, online at kjan.com and on the KJAN mobile app. You can also watch live streaming video of the game on KJANTV, just go to our TV page at kjan.com and click play on the video player when the stream begins.

After an emphatic season opening win at Clarinda the Atlantic Trojan football team will stay home on Friday night to host the Shenandoah Mustangs. Atlantic downed the Cardinals in week one 40-0 and ended up with a running clock in effect in the second half. The Trojans showed off some versatility with five different players reaching the end zone. The scoring method was also diversified with Atlantic hitting pay-dirt on runs, passes, and on defense. Week two brings a new challenge with another Hawkeye Ten opponent, the Shenandoah Mustangs.

The Mustangs dropped their week one contest 55-18 to a solid AHSTW squad.  Despite the loss, Shenandoah running back Mason Silence racked up some solid yards on the ground and Atlantic Head Coach Mike McDermott says the Trojans will need to keep track of where he is on the field.

Similar to Clarinda, the Mustangs like to keep the ball on the ground but Coach McDermott says it’s a different challenge because they run the option. He says his defense will need to be prepared to read each play and execute their responsibilities.

The Trojans will be trying to top their win total from the past two seasons and start 2-0 for the first time since the 2012 season.  Coach McDermott said the team is excited to get to play at the Trojan Bowl and they did some team activities this week to spruce up their home field. He looks forward to having a great crowd to start the home schedule.

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

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Logan Morrison, Steven Souza Jr. and Adeiny Hechavarria each went deep and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Kansas City Royals 5-3 Wednesday night for their latest series victory. The Rays took two out of three and have won three consecutive series.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Domingo Santana and Jonathan Villar homered in the sixth inning, and center fielder Keon Broxton made a leaping catch over the wall for the final out in the Milwaukee Brewers’ 6-5 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday. Corey Knebel pitched the ninth for his 30th save. He allowed a leadoff single to Yadier Molina, struck out the next two batters, and then watched Broxton snag Randal Grichuk’s deep blast to end the game.

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Browns have traded offensive lineman Cam Erving, a former first-round pick, to the Kansas City Chiefs. Cleveland is getting a fifth-round pick for Erving, the No. 19 overall selection in 2015 who was a disappointment for the Browns. They tried him at center, guard and tackle, but the 6-foot-5, 313-pounder struggled at each spot.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Timberwolves have named Scott Roth as the coach of the inaugural Iowa Wolves G-League team. The Timberwolves announced the hiring on Wednesday. Roth will oversee coaching of the team after the Timberwolves purchased the minor league team in Des Moines.

MILWAUKEE (AP) – Domingo Santana and Jonathan Villar homered in the sixth inning, and center fielder Keon Broxton made a leaping catch over the wall for the final out in the Milwaukee Brewers’ 6-5 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday.

Corey Knebel pitched the ninth for his 30th save. He allowed a leadoff single to Yadier Molina, struck out the next two batters, and then watched Broxton snag Randal Grichuk’s deep blast to end the game.

Chase Anderson (8-3) gave up two hits – both homers – in six innings, three earned runs, struck out six and walked two to improve to 4-0 in nine starts at Miller Park this season.

Santana hit his 22nd homer of the season and Villar’s was his 10th, giving Milwaukee a franchise-record nine players with at least 10 homers in a season.

St. Louis fell 2 1/2 games behind the second-place Brewers in the NL Central despite two home runs from Tommy Pham.

CLEVELAND (AP) – The Browns have traded offensive lineman Cam Erving, a former first-round pick, to the Kansas City Chiefs.

Cleveland is getting a fifth-round pick for Erving, the No. 19 overall selection in 2015 who was a disappointment for the Browns. They tried him at center, guard and tackle, but the 6-foot-5, 313-pounder struggled at each spot.

Erving has been sidelined with a calf injury in recent weeks and limited in practice.

He started 13 games last season, 12 at center and one at right tackle. Cleveland’s offensive line was ravaged by injuries last year, but the Browns still managed to finish second in the NFL by averaging 4.9 yards per attempt.

Erving made 42 consecutive starts at Florida State, where he started as a defensive lineman before moving to offensive tackle. Later, he was switched to center and played well for the Seminoles.

SEATTLE (AP) – The Seattle Mariners are attempting to bolster their beleaguered starting rotation in the midst of the AL wild-card race by acquiring right-hander Mike Leake from the St. Louis Cardinals.

The Mariners and Cardinals made the trade Wednesday, the second time this summer the Mariners have acquired a starting pitcher from the Cardinals. Seattle previously traded for Marco Gonzales. Seattle acquired Leake, cash and international slot money from the Cardinals for minor league infielder Rayder Ascanio.

Leake will join a Seattle rotation that has struggled to produce quality outings over the past month while dealing with injuries to James Paxton and Felix Hernandez. Leake is 7-12 with a 4.21 ERA and is a proven veteran to add to Seattle’s rotation. But he has struggled since the All-Star break, going 1-5 with a 6.90 ERA in nine starts since July 14.

Leake is under contract through the 2020 season with an option for 2021.

The Iowa Association of Track Coaches released their Week 2 cross country rankings on Tuesday, August 29th.

The Tri-Center boys and Denison-Schleswig girls teams took home titles at the Logan-Magnolia cross country meet on Tuesday night.

In the boys race Gage Graeve of Missouri Valley was the individual champ with a time of 16:35.07. Justin Ambrose of Boyer Valley was runner-up.

Tri-Center won the boys teams title with 52 points. St. Albert was second with 90.

Boys full results: loma xc meet 2017 results hs boys

In the girls race Karley Larson of Underwood won with a time of 18:24.97. Raegen Andersen of Denison-Schleswig was runne-up.

Denison-Schleswig had 4 runners finish in the top 10 on their way to the title with 35 points. Logan-Magnolia was runner-up with 97.

Girls full results: loma xc meet 2017 results hs girls

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