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Grand View football beats Graceland 70-0

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November 2nd, 2019 by Ric Hanson

(GVVikings.com/Lamoni, Iowa)— The Grand View University Vikings beat the Graceland Yellowjackets 70-0, Saturday, and improved to 9-0 on the season, while Graceland falls to 0-9.

The Grand View offense outgained the Graceland offense 439-yards to 123-yards. The Vikings ran up and down the field all afternoon rushing for 276-yards. The Grand View defense held the Yellowjackets to an impressive -5-yards rushing. Offensively, Grand View was led by Jensen Gates, who rushed for 113-yards and 3 touchdowns. Johnny Sullivan was a perfect 5/5 in the air for 92-yards and 3 touchdowns.

Anthony Turner caught four balls for 113-yards and two touchdowns. Gates also caught one pass for a touchdown. A slew of Vikings racked up tackles and tackles for loss, Saturday. Ben Slavens led the way with 5 total tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, and one interception. Dallis Flowers had two interceptions on the afternoon.

Up next, the Grand View Vikings will host Peru State 1-p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9th. Peru State is 1-8 on the season, after upsetting William Penn this week.

Police: Cedar Rapids shooting victims dies at hospital

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November 2nd, 2019 by Ric Hanson

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Police say a man shot overnight in a Cedar Rapids home has died. Cedar Rapids police say in a news release that officers were called to the home around 5:45 a.m. Saturday for a report of a shooting. Arriving officers found 31-year-old Wayne Trabrai Jones in the house suffering from life-threatening gunshot wounds.

Jones was rushed to a hospital, where he died about an hour later. An autopsy has been ordered. Police believe Jones was targeted in the shooting. No arrests have been announced, and police are asking anyone with information to contact the department or Crime Stoppers.

San Diego trounces Drake 49-7 in battle of unbeatens

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November 2nd, 2019 by Ric Hanson

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Joseph Binda Jr. ran for three touchdowns, Terrence Smith ran for two more and San Diego cashed in on turnovers to beat Drake 49-7 on Saturday to become the Pioneer Football League’s remaining undefeated team. The Toreros (6-2, 5-0) scored 35 unanswered first-half points in winning their sixth straight PFL game and seventh straight against the Bulldogs.

San Diego used a 46-yard flea-flicker from Reid Sinnett to Dalton Kincaid to score on its opening drive of the third quarter for a 42-0 lead. Kincaid caught five passes for 117 yards. Drake (4-4, 4-1) cashed in on a Sinnett fumble on a sack, with Ian Corwin scoring four plays later on a fourth-and-goal.

David Tolbert’s interception of a Corwin pass led to Binda’s 1-yard TD run and the Toreros led 21-0 after a pick by Victor Lopez set up Smith’s 2-yard scoring run. Binda also scored on runs of 5 and 1 yards and Smith scored on a 19-yard run.

Sinnett’s 3-yard TD run put San Diego up 35-0 at halftime. Freshman Amir Wallace stopped a late Drake drive with an interception in the end zone. San Diego outgained Drake 476-260 in total yards, with Sinnett completing 23 of 28 passes for 281 yards.

McElvain’s 3 TD passes lift N. Iowa past Illinois St 27-10

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November 2nd, 2019 by Ric Hanson

NORMAL, Ill. (AP) — Will McElvain threw three touchdown passes, the Northern Iowa defense came up with three interceptions and the Panthers defeated Illinois State 27-10 on Saturday in a Missouri Valley Conference matchup of Top 10 teams.

McElvain’s 16-yard strike to Suni Lane in the final minute of the first half put the Panthers (6-3, 4-1) on top 14-7. The duo hooked up for a 27-yard score with 11 minutes to play for a 21-10 lead. Matthew Cook finished the next two drives, setup by Xavior Williams’ fumble recovery and a Christian Jegen interception, both deep in ISU territory, with field goals.

McElvain was 14 of 28 for 189 yards with an interception. Illinois State (6-3, 3-2) had only 63 yards of offense in the second half, only scoring on a field goal that was set up by a fumble recovery at the Northern Iowa 30. The Redbirds finished with 210 yards.

ACGC’s Crawford takes 3rd, WCV’s Foster is 4th in 2A Cross Country

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November 2nd, 2019 by admin

ACGC’s Kate Crawford took 3rd in the 2A Girls State Cross Country Meet and West Central Valley’s Louden Foster took 4th in the 2A Boys race.

Crawford ran a time of 19:05.90 to finish 3rd. The Chargers finished 5th in the team race. Rylee Sloss finished 10th and Kiersten Knobbe was 19th. Panorama’s Ella Waddle finished 5th.

Foster ran 16:25.20 to grab 4th in the boys race. The Treynor boys team finished 15th with 307 points. The Cardinals top finisher was Cole Dooley in 25th.

Logan-Magnolia and T-C’s Pogge win, AHSTW 3rd in Girls 1A Cross Country

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November 2nd, 2019 by admin

The Logan-Magnolia girls cross country team capped off their strong season with the ultimate goal of a Class 1A Team Championship. The Panthers notched 112 points to win. Hudson was 2nd at 133 and AHSTW came in 3rd with 142 points. Nodaway Valley finished 8th with 198 points.

Peyton Pogge of Tri-Center capped off an incredible season with a State Championship. Pogge ran a time of 18:45.40 to take home the gold.

The Panthers finished in this order:

7 Taylor Sporrer, 12 19:52.3
9 Kylie Morrison, 12 20:01.4
10 Violet Lapke, 12 20:08.9
20 Courtney Sporrer, 10 20:32.4
66 Mya Moss, 9 22:19.3
69 Erica Nolting, 11 22:29.5
75 Marissa Brenden, 11 22:59.4

The Lady Vikes finished as follows:

4 Ryann Portch, 12 19:47.7
11 Chloe Falkena, 11 20:12.5
31 Julia Kock, 11 21:01.3
37 Holly Hoepner, 11 21:20.8
59 Jade Draman, 11 22:12.4
94 Jordan Blotzer, 10 24:27.7
100 Grace Luna, 12 25:45.3

Class 1A Girls

Nodaway Valley boys finish 2nd, Baudler is State Champion in 1A State Cross Country

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November 2nd, 2019 by admin

The Nodaway Valley boys cross country team scored 107 points and finished 2nd at the 1A State Cross Country Meet on Saturday in Fort Dodge. Josh Baudler led the way with an Individual State Title in a time of 16:11.

Madrid took the team championship with 74 points, led by Jason Renze’s Runner-Up finish.

Nodaway Valley Team Results

1 Joshua Baudler, 12 16:11
17 Tyler Breheny, 12 17:10
22 Toby Bower, 11 17:24
27 Ben Breheny, 11 17:28
40 Doug Berg, 9 17:53
90 Mason Menefee, 11 19:21
101 Lucas Van Otterloo, 10 20:38

St. Albert finished 7th and Tri-Center finished 11th in the team standings. The Falcons’ Bennett Heisterkamp finished 3rd with a time of 16:33.

Full 1A Boys Results: Class 1A

Atlantic boys come in 14th, Becker 20th, and McCreedy 35th at State XC

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November 2nd, 2019 by admin

The Atlantic boys cross country team finished 14th at the State Cross Country Meet Saturday at Lakeside Municipal Golf Course in Fort Dodge. The Trojans notched 280 points in the race. Individually Craig Alan Becker finished in 20th place with a time of 16:45.30. Dallas Center-Grimes won the team title with 109 points. Quinton Orr of Humboldt was the Individual Champion with a time of 15:52.10.

The rest of the boys finishers for Atlantic were as follows:

39th: Bradley Dennis, 17:12.20
59th: Evan Brummer, 17:30.10
77th: Zane Berg, 17:55.90
85th: Drew Engler, 18:09.90
99th: Ethan Williams 19:03.60
104th: Cooper Jipsen, 19:45.00

In the girls 3A race Atlantic’s Taylor McCreedy finished 35th with a time of 19:55.60. Adrianna Katcher of Center Point-Urbana was the Individual Champion with a time of 18:92.40. The Girls 3A Team Champion was Ballard with 57 points.

Full 3A results can be found below:

Class 3A Boys

Class 3A Girls

State Cross Country Results

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November 2nd, 2019 by admin

Boys Results

Class 4A

Class 3A

Class 2A

Class 1A

Girls Results

Class 4A

Class 3A

Class 2A

Class 1A

Second man charged in Iowa man’s stabbing death

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November 2nd, 2019 by Ric Hanson

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A second man has been charged in the stabbing death of an Iowa man whose body was found months after his disappearance in December 2018.

The Linn County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release that Drew Wagner turned himself in Friday and is charged with first-degree murder and other counts in the death of Christopher Bagley. Wagner is being held on $1 million bond.

The charge came a day after Drew Blahnik also was charged with first-degree murder in Bagley’s death.
Investigators testified earlier this year that Blahnik confessed to fatally stabbing Bagley in retaliation for his robbery of a large-scale marijuana trafficker.

Bagley disappeared last December from his home in Walker, Iowa. Investigators found his body buried in the backyard of a Cedar Rapids residence in March.