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Atlantic grabs playoff win over Des Moines Christian

Podcasts, Sports

October 23rd, 2020 by admin

The Atlantic Trojans fought their way to a 21-0 win over Des Moines Christian on Friday night in the second round of the Class 2A Football Playoffs. The Trojans were playing in their first home playoff game in 18 years and picked up their first playoff win since that same year.

It was a slow start to the game with 5 possessions going scoreless before the Trojans struck first on the last play of the first quarter. Atlantic had just forced a turnover on downs and got the ball back with a couple seconds left in the quarter. Garrett McLaren loaded up a long ball and Colin Mullenix was able to run past the defense and grab it for a 51-yard touchdown catch. Atlantic forced the Lions into a three and out on the next possession and then went 9-plays and 65 yards for another score. Bodie Johnson capped off that drive with a 5 yard touchdown run.

The two teams then traded some possessions as both offenses struggled to hang on to the ball. The Teams combined for 5 turnovers in the second half. Atlantic secured the game with a late drive capped off by another Bodie Johnson touchdown run with 3:20 left.

Atlantic improves to 7-1 on the season and will wait to see who their third round opponent will be next Friday. Des Moines Christian ends their season with a record of 4-3.

We’ll have coverage of the Trojans in the next round on KJAN. Listen to the full postgame interview with Coach McDermott and Colin Mullenix below.

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High School Football Playoff Scoreboard – 2nd Round – 10/23/2020

Sports

October 23rd, 2020 by admin

The 2nd Round of the Iowa High School Football Playoffs is tonight. Here is a look at games featuring area teams with kickoffs set for 7:00 p.m.

CLASS 4A

Pod 14: Ankeny 70, CB Thomas Jefferson 0
Pod 16: Valley, West Des Moines 44, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 6

CLASS 3A

Pod 1: Sergeant Bluff-Luton 44, Denison-Schleswig 14
Pod 15: Harlan 36, Bondurant-Farrar 7
Pod 16: Lewis Central 35, Norwalk 7

CLASS 2A

Pod 15: Atlantic 21, Des Moines Christian 0 – ON KJAN
Pod 16: Greene County 24, Clarinda 0

CLASS 1A

Pod 2: Emmetsburg 42, Kuemper Catholic 14
Pod 3: Western Christian 48, Treynor 15
Pod 12: Pella Christian 21, Panorama 19
Pod 13: Van Meter 36, ACGC 0
Pod 14: Mount Ayr 20, Interstate 35 14
Pod 15: Underwood 37, Woodward-Granger 7
Pod 16: OABCIG 49, East Sac County 7

CLASS A

Pod 13: Nodaway Valley 26, Earlham 0
Pod 14: St. Albert 31, Woodbury Central 0
Pod 15: Riverside 26, Lawton-Bronson 24
Pod 16: Logan-Magnolia 27, IKM-Manning 6

CLASS 8

Pod 1: St. Mary’s, Remsen 71, West Harrison 6
Pod 3: Harris-Lake Park 55, Coon Rapids-Bayard 32
Pod 12: Lamoni 38, Southeast Warren 13
Pod 13: Martensdale-St. Marys 65, Collins-Maxwell 28
Pod 14: Audubon 40, East Mills 7
Pod 15; CAM 68, Stanton/Essex 6
Pod 16: Fremont-Mills 46, Woodbine 26

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Who’s Gonna Win? – Week 9 – 10/23/2020

Podcasts, Sports, Trojan Preview/Who’s Gonna Win?

October 23rd, 2020 by admin

Chris Parks, Jim Field, Matt Mullenix, and Doug Leonard take a look at 8 area high school football games each week throughout the season. We try to provide some insight into the match-ups while competing for top prognosticator and the Whosman Trophy.

Who’s Gonna Win? is brought to you in 2020 by Rush CPA and Associates and Fareway.

Last Week:

Doug Leonard 6-2
Matt Mullenix 6-2
Chris Parks 5-3
Jim Field 5-3

2020 Overall Standings:

Doug Leonard 52-11
Matt Mullenix 50-13
Jim Field 46-17
Chris Parks 45-18

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Colder weather and more snow coming

News, Weather

October 23rd, 2020 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Don’t plan on putting away the heavy coat anytime soon. National Weather Service Meteorologist Brad Small says the cold temperatures are going to get worse. “There’ll be some snow first. The weekend will start off dry — but snow will move into much of Iowa sometime on Sunday from northwest to southeast, Sunday to Sunday evening,” Small says.

He says they are predicting accumulations of one inch from central Iowa to the south — and then larger amounts moving to the north. “We could see amounts of three to four inches — something of that nature from Fort Doge north and west,” Small says. “A good chunk of the state will see some snow. It won’t be a heavy snow at any particular time — it’ll be light to moderate for an extended period. Still enough to get some snow on the ground — especially on the grass.

There could be some melting during the day, Sunday, however by Sunday night we’ll see snow in most locations.” The cold temperatures will follow. “After the snow ends we’re expecting near-record cold and even some records possible in some spots Monday and Tuesday,” Small says. “The coldest morning is Tuesday morning when we’ll see lows in the teens and single digits from Des Moines north and west, and low 20s towards Ottumwa.”

Small says it’s just a matter of the cold weather pattern being stuck over the state.

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State Qualifying Cross Country Results Class 1A and 2A 10/23/2020

Sports

October 23rd, 2020 by admin

Some State Qualifying Cross Country Meets for Class 1A and 2A were postponed from Thursday to Friday due to weather conditions. Follow the links to see results at those sites contested Friday. In Class 1A the Top 2 Teams and Top 10 Individuals advance to State. In Class 2A the Top 3 Teams and Top 15 Individuals advance to State.

CLASS 1A

1A XC Qualifier Audubon Boys 2020

1A XC Qualifier Audubon Girls 2020

1A ACGC Boys

1A ACGC Girls

CLASS 2A

2A Panorama Boys

2A Panorama Girls

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JACKIE RICH, 83, of Atlantic (Svcs. Pending)

Obituaries

October 23rd, 2020 by admin

JACKIE RICH, 83, of Atlantic died Friday, October 23rd at Atlantic Specialty Care in Atlantic. Services for JACKIE RICH are pending at Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Home in Atlantic.

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JOYCE NELSON, 78, of Atlantic (Celebration of Life 10/29/20)

Obituaries

October 23rd, 2020 by admin

JOYCE NELSON, 78, of Atlantic died Friday, October 23rd at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Celebration of Life Services for JOYCE NELSON will be held from 5-until 7-pm Thursday, Oct. 29th, at Roland Funeral Home in Atlantic.

Online condolences may be left at www.RolandFuneralService.com

JOYCE NELSON is survived by:

Her son – Kelly (Sally) Young, of Atlantic.

Her daughter – Kimberly Register, of Atlantic.

7 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

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Trojan Preview – Week 9 – 10/23/2020

Podcasts, Sports, Trojan Preview/Who’s Gonna Win?

October 23rd, 2020 by admin

KJAN Sports Director Chris Parks’ weekly discussion with Atlantic Head Football Coach Mike McDermott. We take a brief look back at previous contests and preview the next Friday night contest. This week we talk about the bye week preparation and the playoff game this week against Des Moines Christian at the Trojan Bowl.

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Fremont County gets $131,250 state loan to pay bill related to 2019 flood

News

October 23rd, 2020 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – State officials have approved a loan to a southwest Iowa county to cover debris removal costs from last year’s Missouri River flooding. More than 450 homes in Hamburg and other areas of Fremont County were flooded in early 2019. FEMA officials initially agreed to pay about 146-thousand dollars for debris removal, then notified the county FEMA would only provide about a tenth of that to settle the contract. The 131-thousand dollar state loan was approved by the state Executive Council this week.

Fremont County will have 20 years to pay off the loan — the annual installments will be about 65-hundred dollars. There were about seven-thousand residents living in Fremont County in 2018 according to the U.S. Census and only eight other counties had smaller populations.

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Early voting in Iowa at record pace with several days left

News

October 23rd, 2020 by Ric Hanson

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa voters are casting ballots early in person or by mail at a record pace for the Nov. 3 election with several days of early voting still remaining. The Iowa secretary of state’s office reported that 685,234 absentee ballots have been returned to county auditors statewide by Friday morning. Those include people who voted by mail or early in person at auditor’s offices or satellite voting locations.

While Democrats typically lead in early voting in Iowa, their advantage this year is significantly bigger than 2016 or 2012. About 51% of the ballots returned have come from registered Democrats compared to 31% from Republicans and 18% from those that do not belong to either party.

 

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