Class 1A – Saturday, November 12

Denver (11-0) vs. Regina, Iowa City (10-1) – 10:06 AM

Van Meter (11-0) vs. Western Christian, Hull (10-1) – 1:06 PM

Class 2A – Saturday, November 12

Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley (10-1) vs. Dike-New Hartford (9-2) – 4:06 PM

Mount Vernon (9-2) vs. Union, LaPorte City (10-1) – 7:06 PM

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

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs say linebacker Justin Houston has been ruled out for Sunday’s game at Carolina. Houston had surgery to repair his ACL in February but came off the physically unable to perform list this week.

NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL has hit Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce with a $24,000 fine after his protest of a non-interference call when he chucked his towel toward an official. Teammmate Daniel Sorensen also drew a $9,100 fine for a late hit.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Monte Morris had a double-double with 21 points and 11 assists in No. 24 Iowa State’s 113-71 shelling of Savannah State last night, 113-71. Naz Mitrou-Long added 18 points with 10 rebounds and 7 assists after redshirting last season.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Marcus Foster scored 19 points while Maurice Watson Jr. added 17 for No. 22 Creighton in an 89-82 win over UMKC. Khyri Thomas had 16 points and Justin Patton had 12 points along with 8 rebounds.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Trey Burch-Manning scored 24 points with 11 rebounds for South Dakota in a 79-74 win over Drake. Matt Mooney had 21 points for the Coyotes while Reed Timmer had 17 points to lead Drake.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Peter Jok scored 27 points to lead Iowa past Kennesaw State 91-74. Ahmad Wagner had 12 points and four blocks for the Hawkeyes.

Class A – Friday, November 11

Bishop Garrigan, Algona 26, St. Albert, Council Bluffs 20 – Final

Gladbrook-Reinbeck 28, Saint Ansgar 14 – Final

Class 4A – Friday, November 11

Dowling Catholic, WDM 41, Ankeny Centennial 17 – Final

Iowa City West 35, Cedar Rapids, Washington 7 – Final

CLASS 5A Championship:

(3-0) Ankeny Centennial 25-25-27, Cedar Falls 17-20-25

CLASS 4A Championship:

(3-0) Dubuque Wahlert 25-25-25, Pella 18-16-13

CLASS 3A Championship:

(3-1) Dike-New Hartford 25-25-23-27, Union 18-11-25-25

CLASS 2A Championship:

(3-0) Western Christian 25-25-25, Waterloo Columbus Catholic 17-19-13

CLASS 1A Championship:

(3-0) Janesville 25-25-25. Hudson 10-15-20

AC / GC                  Missouri Valley
Colin Stowe             Matt McDermott
Colton Sargent        Noah Kirlin
Hunter Lynch          Derek Hansen
Riley Fichter
Jared Wilson
Nathan Haynes
Ian Callaghan
Tom Rief
Skeeter Bostwick

AHSTW               OABCIG
Rhett Welsh         Dylan Wunschel
Blaine Lees           Parker Clausen
Ryan Pattee          Chase Devitt
Preslyn Grobe      Ryan Bumann
Erik Jorgensen    Elle McCormick
Clint Robinson     Bailey Ullrich
R.J. Harris             Abbi Ullrich
Jack Paulson
Joe Kenkel
Jake Martin
Kevin Jorgensen
Hayden Woltmann
Sam Peterson
AJ Sieh
Jeremiah Carlson

IKM – Manning        Treynor
Nick Birks                 Chase Reed
Alex Heiman            Trey Castle
Colton Lesle             Kendrick Umphreys
Sam Gregory
Griffin Kline
Nolan Boese
Sam Kaeding
Seth Young

Logan-Magnolia      Tri – Center
Austin Haner            Noah Dickerson
Brayden Hudnut      Sam Dickerson
Wyatt Worley           Jordan Macias
Kolby Morrison        Hunter Stange
Garret Thompson    Wes Kramer
Nic Hiller                   Jeremy Miller
Dalton Reisz

1st Team
Position             Name                       School    Grade     Height
Specialist          Jacob Joliet             AC/GC     12          6’1
Kicker               Chase Contrerraz    MV           11           6’0
Place-Kicker    Tyler Paulsen           TC            12           6’0
Punter               Chase Contrerraz    MV           11           6’0
Brady Wilson    Loma    12    5’10
RJ Harris    AHSTW    11    6’2
Nathan Haynes    MV    11    5’9
Hunter Behrens    IKM – Manning    12    6’1
Tyler Paulsen    TC    12    6’0
Dylan Wunschel    OABCIG    12    5’5
Kyle Christensen    Treynor    10    5’10
Cade Suhr    AC/GC    12    5’10
Brayden Hudnt    Loma    12    5’10
Erik Jorgensen    AHSTW    12    5’11
Skeeter Bostwick    MV    11    5’9
Ben Wegner    IKM – Manning    12    6’3
Bryant Barrier    TC    10    6’1
Parker Clausen    OABCIG    12    5’10
Trey Castle    Treynor    12    5’10
Austin Haner    Loma    12    5’9
Rhet Welsh    AHSTW    12    6’2
Derek Hansen    MV    12    5’10
Jared Johnson    IKM – Manning    11    6’0
Drake Johnson    Loma    12    6’1
Joel Becerra    AHSTW    12    5’10
Kolby Morrison    Loma    11    5’10

2nd Team
Position                Name               School    Grade    Height
Specialist            Nolan Boese    Treynor    12         5’10
Kicker                 Tyler Paulsen    TC            12         6’0
Place – Kicker    Nic Hiller          Lo-Ma      11         5’10
Punter                 Adam Grote    OABCIG    12        5’10
Reide Meeker    Loma    12    5’10
AJ Sieh    AHSTW    11    6’4
Tom Rief    MV    11    5’11
Stephen Grimm    IKM – Manning    10    5’10
Jordan Macias    TC    11    5’11
Chase Debitt    OABCIG    11    5’10
Seth Young    Treynor    11    5’10
Cole Stetzel    AC/GC    12    6’0
Matt Soetmelk    Loma    10    6’2
Gabe Pauley    AHSTW    10    5’8
Dillan Jensen    MV    12    5’10
Cody Chapman    IKM – Manning    12    5’10
Ben Sorensen    TC    11    6’2
Isaac Endrulat    OABCIG    11    6’2
Nate Schiller    AC/GC    11    6’1
Ryan Hoffman    Loma    12    5’11
Blaine Lees    AHSTW    12    6’4
Matt McDermott    MV    12    5’11
Austin Ahrenholtz    IKM – Manning    11    5’10
Austin Adair    Loma    12    5’9
Preslyn Grobe    AHSTW    12    6’2
Wyatt Woley    Loma    11    5’11

Honorable Mention
AHSTW                        Treynor
Connor Hansen          Jason Cox
Aaron Young               Sam Gregory
Clint Robinson            Jake Houser
Adam Madsen             Kendrick Umphreys
Hayden Woltmann
Jake Martin                  Tri – Center
Trevor Carlson
AC / GC                         Colby Brink
Logan Brincks              Bryson Freeberg
Colton Sargent             Jacob Manhart
Ben Kingery                 Kaden Karagianis

IKM-Manning          Logan-Magnolia
Nick Halbur               Jessup Lake
Marshal Hansen        Beau Peshel
Nick Birks                  Garret Thompson
Colton Lesle               Bo Geise
Alex Heiman
Evan Dammann        Missouri Valley
Noah Kirlin
Dalton Anderson
Jack Kyle
OABCIG
Tyler Anderson
Ryan Bumann

MVP
Brady Wilson, Logan-Magnolia

Offensive Player of the Year     
Nathan Haynes     Missouri Valley
RJ Harris    AHSTW

Defensive Player of the Year 
Brayden Hudnut    Logan-Magnolia

Head Coach of the Year  
Ryan Victor    Missouri Valley

Assistant Coach of the Year        
Rick Barker    Missouri Valley
Shad Hornbeck    Logan-Magnolia

2016 Western Iowa All-Conference Volleyball Teams

First Team

Allison Eickenberry (Sr., Tri-Center); Abby Tiarks (Sr., Treynor), Tori Masker (Sr., Tri-Center); Kaitlin Schultes (Sr., Audubon); Emma Bonnet (Sr., Underwood); Kelli Grimm (Sr., IKM-Manning); Alyssa Baatz (Sr., Tri-Center); Claire Olsen (Sr., Audubon).

Second Team

Sydni Hussman (Soph., Treynor); Reahgan Stueve (Jr., Missouri Valley); Kayla Chapman (Soph., Treynor); Rylie Muhlbauer (Sr., IKM-Manning); Sydney Obermeier (Sr., Audubon); Emma Dahir (Sr., Tri-Center); Aly Stadtlander (Sr., IKM-Manning); Kylan Straight (Jr., Logan-Magnolia).

Honorable Mention

AHSTW: Katie Wise (Soph.).
Audubon: Taylor Nielsen (Sr.),
Griswold: Mateya Peters (Jr.), Faith Rossell (Sr.)
IKM-Manning: None.
Logan-Magnolia: Katie Diggins (Jr.), Kenzie Cunard (Jr.).
Missouri Valley: Hannah Collins (Sr.), Carter Crispin (Soph.)
Riverside: Paige Osweiler (Fr.)
Tri-Center: Brooklyn Hundt (Soph.).
Treynor: Anna Teigland (Sr.)
Underwood: Sydnie Collins (Sr.).

2016 Western Iowa Conference Final Volleyball Standings

1^st) *^Tri-Center 9-0, 32-2; 2^nd) Treynor 8-1, 28-7; 3^rd) IKM-Manning 7-2, 21-12; 4^th) #Audubon 6-3, 27-7; 5^th) Missouri Valley 5-4, 22-10; 6^th) Underwood 4-5, 19-16; 7^th) Griswold 3-6, 15-17; 8^th) Logan-Magnolia 2-7, 15-15; 9^th) AHST/W 1-8, 4-26; 10^th) Riverside 0-9, 6-28.
*2016 WIC Regular Season Champion.
^2016 WIC Tournament Champion.
#2016 State Volleyball Qualifier.

WIC All-Academic Team, Fall, 2016

Volleyball (Must be a Sr., maintain a 3.25 minimum cumulative grade point average)
AHSTW: Holly Hatch, Anna Bauer, Sami Kloewer, Cassie Renfield, Madison Rasmussen, Mackenzie Simonsen.
Audubon: Katie Konkler, Taylor Nielsen, Sydney Obermeier, Claire Olsen, Kaitlin Schultes, Lila Sebetka, Sara Wede.
Griswold: Mandi Backhaus, Kaylee Goodwin, Faith Rossell, Savannah Weston.
IKM-Manning: Rylie Muhlbauer, Mackenzie Brandt, Kira Barry, Aly Stadtlander, Katarina Willenborg, Eliza Grabill, Erin Langel.
Logan-Magnolia: Joy Marcum, Jenna Peschel.
Missouri Valley: Hannah Collins, Meggan Coberly, Haley Staska.
Riverside: Allisyn Weis.
Treynor: Anna Teigland, Abby Tiarks, Sierra Maguire, Randi Robinson, Baylee Ruby.
Tri-Center: Alyssa Baatz, Allison Eickenberry, Tori Masker, Carlee Ring, Emma Dahir.
Underwood: Jasmin Benedict, Emma Bonnet, Sydnie Collins, Alexis Morales-Foote, Cailynn Wichman.

Cross Country (Must be a Sr., maintain a 3.25 minimum cumulative grade point average)
AHSTW: Jaycie Schueman, McKenzie Mantell.
Audubon: None.
Griswold: Faith Rossell, Tabor Feltner, Joanna Topham, Andy Hartman, David Thompson.
IKM-Manning: Jonathan Greazel, Scott Halbur, Ronnie Sorensen.
Logan-Magnolia: MacKenzie Christensen, Shance McGrew.
Missouri Valley: Cailynn Gilpin, Alexis Cook.
Riverside: Soledad Castaneda, Austin Hodges, Lucas Wilber.
Treynor: McKayla Olsen, Emily Owens, Emily Sutherland.
Tri-Center: Sydney McKee, Karly Smith, Christine Hess, Limwell Clevenger, Trevor Heinen, Jake Wohlers.
Underwood: Kiley Cook, Ben Wade.

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A 13-year-old Mason City boy who has a rare form of muscular dystrophy will serve as an honorary “Kid Captain” tomorrow (Saturday) night when the Iowa football takes the field against second-ranked Michigan in Iowa City. Hayden Despenas was named after former Iowa football coach Hayden Fry.

Hayden Despenas

“I have a disease and I can’t really stand for a long time or walk,” Despenas said. “I have to be in a wheelchair so I can get around easier.” His story is documented in a video posted on the U-I Children’s Hospital website. Hayden has been getting care at the hospital since 2012. Hayden’s mother, Sarah, says her son was in second grade when he was diagnosed with Friedreich’s ataxia.

“There’s an overwhelming sense of just desperation, grief, and sadness over the loss of what you wished for your child,” Sarah said. F-A is an inherited disease that causes progressive damage to the nervous system and shortens life expectancy. The sister of Hayden’s father, Dana, lost two kids to F-A.

“At that moment, in that despair and that urgency, you make a decision,” Sarah said. “You either crawl in a hole and go into extreme denial or you decide to become an active part of trying to find a cure and making your child’s life the best it can be. That’s what we decided to do.” U-I Children’s Hospital pediatric neurologist Katherine Mathews has been working with Hayden.

Sarah recalled one of their first meetings with Dr. Mathews and how Hayden told her he wasn’t going to school because he was too tired and sick. “She said, ‘I know you don’t feel good, you have Friedreich’s ataxia. I know you’re tired, but my patients with Friedreich’s ataxia go to college. They get degrees. They get jobs. They live their lives.’ That changed everything for Hayden,” Sarah said.

Hayden is now thriving in school. He’s also an honorary Mason City firefighter and is involved in a number of organizations raising awareness and funding for F-A research.

(Radio Iowa)

With the Iowa-Nebraska football game two weeks from today (Friday), the top elected officials in both states are hoping to take the annual rivalry to a different level. Kara Kelly, regional spokeswoman for the American Red Cross, is calling it the Governors’ Challenge. “Iowa Governor Terry Branstad and Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts are challenging their citizens to participate in a friendly face-off,” Kelly says. “They want to see which state can raise more money to support Red Cross Disaster Relief. This is all around the annual Hy-Vee Heroes game which is November 25th.”

She says it’s easy to contribute and the donations are used to prepare for, respond to and help people recover from disasters of all magnitudes. “For Iowans, if you would like to donate to Red Cross Disaster Relief, there are two ways,” Kelly says. “You can go to www.redcross.org/iowachallenge or text ‘Iowa’ to 90999. That’s a $10 donation that’ll show up on your phone bill and it all goes toward American Red Cross Disaster Relief.”

Every eight minutes, the Red Cross provides hope and comfort to people affected by community disasters. “The money raised for disaster relief goes to support disasters large and small,” Kelly says. “Large, thinking about the recent disasters in Louisiana and Hurricane Matthew and even the flooding in northern and eastern Iowa, while the smaller disasters, we’re talking about those day-to-day home fires which our volunteers respond to 24-7, 365 days a year.”

The Hawkeyes are hosting the Huskers at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City this year on the Friday after Thanksgiving for the sixth annual Heroes game match-up. This year, Kelly says Iowa Red Cross volunteers have responded to more than 710 disasters from floods to homes fires, helping 1,913 Iowans in need. Iowa Red Cross volunteers and their partners have installed more than 4,320 potentially lifesaving smoke alarms in Iowa homes. Iowans rolled up their sleeves and made more than 28,500 donations of lifesaving blood.

1,178 Iowa military personnel, veterans and family members received assistance through Services to Armed Forces programs.

(Radio Iowa)