Atlantic Alum Cooper McDermott was honored earlier this week by the North Star Athletic Association as the Football Offensive Player of the Week.

McDermott helped lead Dakota State to a 53-15 rout of Iowa Wesleyan on October 23rd in Madison, SD. The sophomore receiver had 7 catches for a career-high 130 yards, including a 71-yard reception late in the second quarter. He also completed one pass in the contest.

His teammate Jay Skogerboe was chosen as Special Teams Player of the Week. Dakota State is 5-3 overall and 4-2 in league play. The Trojans are off this week before a road trip to Valley City State University on November 6th.

Atlantic alum Taylor McCreedy placed fourth and the Iowa Central Tritons women’s cross country team won their 18th straight regional title on Friday in Waterloo, beating out Iowa Western by 4 points. The Tritons had both the men’s and women’s squads win the Region XI Championships for the ninth consecutive season.

Iowa Central will now turn its attention to November 13 and the NJCAA Div. I Championships in Richmond, Virginia. The Triton men won the national title a year ago while the women were champions two seasons ago but forced to miss 2021 due to COVID-19.

First Team
Emily Hutt, Sidney, JR*
Kaden Payne, Sidney, JR*
Emily Williams, East Mills, JR*
Avery Dowling, Sidney, JR*
Jenna Stephens, Stanton, JR
Marleigh Johnson, Stanton, JR
Kaelynn Driskell, Fremont-Mills, SR
Miah Urban, East Mills, JR
*Elite

Second Team
Teagan Ewalt, Fremont-Mills, JR
Anna Kelley, Griswold, SR
Brenna Rossell, Griswold, SR
Jaimee Davis, East Mills, JR
Fallon Sheldon, Sidney, SO
Abby Burke, Stanton, JR
Lydia Greiman, Griswold, SR
Aspen Crouse, East Mills, JR

Honorable Mention
Eve Brumbaugh, Sidney, SO
Aunika Hayes, Sidney, JR
Izzy Weldon, Fremont-Mills, SO
Mia Goodman, East Mills, SO
Makenna Askeland, Griswold, JR
Olivia Baker, Essex, Essex

The ACGC Chargers will get another crack at top-ranked Van Meter after taking down South Central Calhoun 34-13 on Friday night in the second round of the 1A Playoffs.

The Chargers broke out to a 20-0 lead in the first half and never really let the Titans get into the game. Gavin Cornelison pounded out 176 yards on the ground with 3 touchdowns and Charlie Crawford added 54 yards and two more scores for the Chargers.

ACGC improves to 9-1 on the season and continue to enjoy their best season to date. Their only loss this season came on the road against top-ranked Van Meter 41-7 and they will now get another crack at the Bulldogs in the quarterfinal round.

The Audubon Wheeler are on to the Quarterfinals in the 8-Player football playoffs after a dominating win over top-ranked Montezuma 63-14.

The Wheelers took control of the game early, outscoring the Braves 21-6 in the first quarter and building the lead to 42-6 by halftime.

Gavin Smith had a brilliant night on the ground with 301 yards and 6 touchdowns. Braden Wessel led the defense with 7.5 tackles and 2 tackles for loss, he also ran a punt back for a score. Audubon kept Montezuma star quarterback Eddie Burgess in check and the Braves finished 43 points below their average point total.

Audubon moves 9-1 and are on to the Quarterfinals for the third straight season They will now get a shot at their second Semifinal appearance in the past three seasons when the travel to Wayland next Thursday to face a 10-0 WACO squad.

Fremont-Mills landed the first blow and grabbed a halftime lead over CAM on Friday night in the second round of the 8-Man playoffs. The Cougars responded in the second half and earned a 46-20 victory to advance to the quarterfinals next week.

CAM trailed 12-8 at the break but took the lead for good on the second play of the second half. Lane Spieker hooked up with Colby Rich for a 49-yard touchdown pass on a screen to the right side of the field to make it 14-12 Cougars. CAM went on to score the next four touchdowns of the game to lead by as much as 40-12. Fremont-Mills got one more score with 2:38 left to get within 40-20 before CAM added one more on Lane Spieker’s 6th touchdown run of the game.

Spieker finished with 327 yards and 6 scores on the ground to go along with the scoring toss to Rich. Rich finished with 91 yards receiving for the game. CAM Head Coach Barry Bower was proud of the way the team responded in the second half.

Joe Kauffman was very disruptive on defense, flying into the backfield early all night long to make it difficult for the Knights to get started. Kauffman thought the defense adjusted well to some different looks the Knights showed to begin the game.

CAM improved to 10-0 on the season and will host Newell-Fonda in a quarterfinal game next Thursday. We’ll have coverage of that game on KJAN with pregame starting at 6:00 p.m. Coach Bower said it’ll be a lot of fun to host a quarterfinal game next week.

Fremont-Mills ends their season with a record of 6-4.