The Atlantic Trojans football team saw their season come to a close on Friday night with a 27-7 loss to West Marshall in State Center. Atlantic had the lead by one at the end of the first quarter and stayed within one score until early third quarter.

West Marshall’s powerful rushing attack helped them control the ball on some long drives and secure the win. West Marshall controlled time of possession 35:45 to 12:15 by running the ball for 54 plays out of the 59 they ran. West Marshall had scoring drives of 12-plays, 14-plays, 10-plays, and 15-plays to control the tempo. Tailback Preston Pope finished the game with 136 yards and 2 touchdowns on the ground. West Marshall piled up 255 yards rushing on the night.

Atlantic’s lone scoring drive took advantage of great field position. Atlantic forced a West Marshall punt on their second possession after a bad snap and penalty had pushed them back to their own 4 yard line. Atlantic ended up getting the ball at the West Marshall 26 after a short kick. 2 plays later Korey Parrott hit paydirt with a 20 yard touchdown run. Lane Nelson tacked on the PAT and gave Atlantic a 7-6 lead, thanks to Atlantic blocking West Marshall’s first PAT.

West Marshall answered right back with long touchdown drive capped by a 6-yard toss from Peyton Hart to Brayden Evertson. West Marshall controlled the clock much of the rest of the way.

Atlantic had 81 yards rushing on the night and Corey Parrott racked up 40 yards and 1 score. Atlantic had a terrific season come to a close with a 7-2 record. Atlantic wore big grey 32’s on the side of their helmets in support of their injured teammate Steele McLaren.

West Marshall improved to 8-1 and will host PCM in the Quarterfinals next Friday in State Center.

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Atlantic’s Craig Alan Becker put down a strong run and took a 7th place finish at the Class 3A State Cross Country Meet on Friday in Fort Dodge, the best ever for a Trojan boys runner. Becker ran a time of 16:27 to grab a place on the medal balcony. ADM’s Nate Mueller won the State Title with a time of 15:28.

Atlantic’s Zane Berg also competed in his third State Meet and finished 46th with a time of 17:19. Trey Gross of Harlan finished 11th and Glenwood’s Andrew Smith was 19th. Dallas Center-Grimes was the Team Champion with 87 points. Glenwood finished 15th.

On the girls side Atlantic’s Taylor McCreedy was running in the 4th State Meet of her great career, and finished in 50th place with a time of 20:32.40. Shewaye Johnson of Ballard was the State Champion with a time of 17:55.30. Other area individuals were Braelyn Baker of Creston in 14th, Brecken Van Baale of Harlan 30th, Kaia Bieker of Harlan 31st, Liv Freund of Harlan 37th, and Emma Hughes of Glenwood was 40th.

The Team Title went to Ballard with 66 points. Dallas Center-Grimes was Runner-Up. Glenwood finished 6th with 192 points. Harlan went 7th with 210.

In the 4A Boys race Ethan Eichhorn of Lewis Central finished 16th and Aidan Booton of CB Thomas Jefferson was 47th.

Following 3rd Round Playoff action on Friday the IHSAA has released the Quarterfinal Round assignments. Here’s a look at the full slate of games for November 6th.

8-Player

Pod A: Audubon @ Remsen, St. Mary’s
Pod B: CAM @ Fremont-Mills
Pod C: Don Bosco @ Janesville
Pod D: Easton Valley @ Montezuma

Class A

Pod A: St. Albert @ Logan-Magnolia
Pod B: Grundy Center @ West Hancock
Pod C: Wapsie Valley @ Regina, Iowa City
Pod D: MFL MarMac @ Saint Ansgar

Class 1A

Pod A: West Sioux @ OABCIG
Pod B: South Central Calhoun @ Southeast Valley
Pod C: Underwood @ Van Meter
Pod D: Columbus Catholic @ Sigourney-Keota

Class 2A

Pod A: West Lyon @ Central Lyon/George Little Rock
Pod B: PCM, Monroe @ West Marshall
Pod C: West Liberty @ Camanche
Pod D: Solon @ Waukon

Class 3A

Pod A: Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley @ Webster City
Pod B: Lewis Central @ Harlan
Pod C: Grinnell @ Xavier, Cedar Rapids
Pod D: West Deleware @ North Scott

Class 4A

Pod A: Iowa City, West @ Pleasant Valley
Pod B: Cedar Rapids, Kennedy @ Southeast Polk
Pod C: Ankeny @ Waukee
Pod D: Valley, WDM at Dowling Catholic, WDM

Area scores from the Iowa High School Football Playoffs Round of 16.

CLASS 8-Player

Pod A
St. Mary’s, Remsen 53, Harris-Lake Park 13
Audubon 28, Newell-Fonda 6

Pod B
CAM 62, Lamoni 6
Fremont-Mills 58, Martensdale-St. Marys 42

CLASS A

Pod A
St. Albert 20, South O’Brien 8
Logan-Magnolia 36, Riverside 14

Pod B
West Hancock 56, Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 18
Grundy Center 40, Nodaway Valley 0

CLASS 1A

Pod A
OABCIG 41, Western Christian 14
West Sioux 36, Emmetsburg 15

Pod C
Van Meter 49, Pella Christian 23
Underwood 42, Mt. Ayr 17

CLASS 2A

Pod B
West Marshall 27, Atlantic 7 -ON KJAN and KJANTV
PCM. Monroe 42, Greene County 0

CLASS 3A

Pod B
Lewis Central 34, Ballard 6
Harlan 49, Carlisle 42