UNDATED (AP) — Two more NFL divisional-round playoff games are on tap today (Sunday). First, the Houston Texans visit the Kansas City Chiefs in a rematch of a Week 6 game won by the Texans. (Pre-game 1-p.m. on KJAN. Kick-off at 2:05-p.m.)

Houston is trying to reach the AFC championship game for the first time. The Chiefs are trying to make it back a year after falling to the Patriots in overtime. The Chiefs selected quarterback Patrick Mahomes over Deshaun Watson in the NFL draft a couple of years ago. Two picks later, the Texans made Watson their quarterback.

In the second game, the Seattle Seahawks look to cure their road woes at Lambeau Field when they travel to Green Bay. It will be the sixth consecutive season these two teams have played each other either in the regular season and or the postseason. Each team has won three contests at home. Seattle quarterback Russell Williams is 0-3 as a starter at Lambeau Field.

This will be the first playoff game in three years for Green Bay’s 36-year-old quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who won his first Super Bowl nearly a decade ago.

TOPEKA, Kansas – The No. 2-ranked Northwest Missouri State Bearcat men’s basketball team overcame a four-point deficit down the stretch and secured a 73-68 road win over the Washburn Ichabods on Saturday at Lee Arena.

Northwest’s victory improves the Bearcats to 15-1 overall and 5-1 in MIAA play, while Washburn falls to 8-6 overall and 3-2 in league action.

Junior Ryan Hawkins put the ‘Cats on his shoulders with a 32-point scoring barrage on only 18 shots from the field. Hawkins was 11-of-18 shooting and was 3-of-7 from three-point range. Hawkins drained seven of his eight free throw attempts. Hawkins also did damage on the defensive end with five steals and four rebounds.

Even with Hawkins’s scoring heroics the Bearcats had to overcome a 62-58 Washburn lead with 5:58 to play. Freshman Luke Waters hit a pair of free throws to cut the lead to two with 5:21 to left. Diego Bernard evened the game at 62-62 on a driving layup but missed the ensuing free throw to leave it level.

Washburn’s Jalen Lewis sank three free throws after getting fouled by Northwest’s Trevor Hudgins with 3:57 to play that gave the Ichabods a 65-62 advantage.

Hawkins hit a left-handed layup to trim the lead to one with 3:38. Hawkins then drew a foul and sank two free throws to give the Bearcats the lead they would not relinquish with 2:33 on the clock.

Hudgins buried two free throws with 1:54 to play to put Northwest up 68-65. Bernard made two more at the charity stripe with 47 seconds left to put Northwest up five, 70-65.

After a Bernard turnover, Washburn’s Lewis knocked in a three-pointer with 23 ticks left to cut the Northwest lead to two at 70-68. Hudgins then made three of four at the line to close out the scoring and a Northwest win, 73-68.

The Creston-OM wrestling team placed 4th out of 15 teams at the Clear Lake Invitational on Saturday. The Panthers finished with 154 points, led by Jackson Kinsella’s title at 182. Fort Dodge was the team champion with 296 points.

The Harlan wrestling team grabbed the title at the Tri-Center Invitational on Saturday in Neola. The Cyclones had 182 points and grabbed the team title despite having no individual champs on the day. Zane Bendorf led the way with a Runner-Up finish at 160 for the Cyclones and they had a couple of third place finishers as well.

Full results here: 2020 Tri-Center Invitational

Coon Rapids-Bayard wrestling hosted the Crusader Invitational on Saturday and South Central Calhoun won the team title. The titans scored 213 points to win, Riverside came in 2nd with 167 points.

Full results HERE.

The Iowa Football Coaches Association has announced their State and Regional Coach of the Year honorees and Audubon’s Sean Birks was named the State 8-Player Coach of the Year.

Birks led the Wheelers to an 11-2 record and an appearance in the 8-Player State Championship game this season. The Wheelers fell to Don Bosco in the title game 35-19 but beat every other opponent on the schedule. Their only regular season loss came to Remsen, St. Mary’s in week 2. They were able to avenge that loss in the State Semifinals with a 39-28 victory.

State Coach of the Year Honorees

8 Player
Region 1 Mark Scott Turkey Valley
Region 2 Chris Mohr Coon Rapids-Bayard

Class A
Region 1 Dan Anderson MFL-Mar-Mac
Region 2 Travis Zajac Grundy Center

Class 1A
Region 1 Matt Finn Osage
Region 2 Cody Matthewsen ACGC

Class 2A
Region 1 Chad Beerman Waukon
Region 2 Curt Ritchie Williamsburg

Class 3A
Region 1 Justin Putz Independence
Region 2 Justin Kammrad Lewis Central

Class 4A
Region 1 Mitch Moore DM Roosevelt
Region 2 Sam Anderson Urbandale

Millard South came out on top of the Rollin Dyer Invitational on Saturday at the Atlantic High School. The Patriots scored 251 points to win Atlantic’s annual wrestling tourney. The Trojans placed 7th with 111 points and had one champion with Cale Roller topping the podium at 285.

Full place match results here: 2020 Rollin Dyer Invitational