The UNI Panthers rolled past the Utah Tech Trailblazers 41-14 on Saturday in Cedar Falls. The Panthers jumped on top 10-0 in the first quarter and then really blew the game open with a 24-7 advantage in the second quarter.

Panther quarterback Theo Day completed 13 passes for 308 yards and 3 touchdowns to lead a big day for the Panther offense. Cornerback Benny Sapp III gave the Panthers a spark as well with an interception early in the second quarter to set up a short touchdown run by Dom Williams.

The Panthers finished the game with a whopping 548 yards of offense and held Utah Tech to just 249 yards on the day. UNI improved to 3-4 on the season.

Next up for UNI is the final game in their current four-game homestand against Missouri State for Family Weekend. The game is set for a 4:00 p.m. kickoff on Saturday at the UNI-Dome.

The Drake Bulldogs fought hard on the road against St. Thomas (5-1, 3-0) but came up short with a 26-14 loss. The Bulldogs were down 20-14 at the half and the two teams didn’t score in the third quarter. St. Thomas punched in a 5-yard touchdown run by Gabriel Abel with 13:48 left to secure the win.

St. Thomas outgained Drake 430-307 yards, including a strong 249 yards on the ground. Gabriel Abel finished with 101 yards and 3 touchdowns rushing for the Tommies.

Drake quarterback Ian Corwin went 17-36 passing for 184 yards and 2 touchdowns with 2 interceptions as well. The Bulldogs fall to 0-7 on the season and 0-4 in the Pioneer Football League.

Drake returns home to face Davidson next week in a 1:00 p.m. kickoff at Drake Stadium.

The IHSAA has released the first round football playoff assignments for 8-Player, A, 1A, and 2A.

CLASS 2A

CLASS 1A

CLASS A

EIGHT-PLAYER

The IHSAA has released the list of football playoff qualifiers for Class 2A, 1A, A, and 8-Player. Pairings are expected to be out on Saturday.

In the KJAN listening area Class 2A will include Clarinda, Greene County, Des Moines Christian and Clarke out of District 8.

In Class 1A Van Meter, ACGC, West Central Valley, and I-35 come out of District 7 and Underwood, Kuemper Catholic, Treynor and East Sac County come out of District 8.

In Class A AHSTW, Mounty Ayr, Southwest Valley, and Earlham qualify out of District 7 and Woodbury Central, Logan-Magnolia, Tri-Center, and Westwood qualify in District 8.

In 8-Player Southeast Warren, Moravia, and Martensdale-St. Marys come out of District 8. Lenox, Fremont-Mills, East Mills, and Bedford come out of District 9. In District 10 West Harrison, CAM, and Audubon are in. Fremont-Mills and CAM will be second place teams that will host first round games.

CLASS 2A, CLASS 1A, CLASS A, EIGHT-PLAYER

Atlantic alum Ryan Hawkins will get to try his hand at professional basketball this year. Following a standout college career at Northwest Missouri State and Creighton, Hawkins tells KJAN Sports that he is signing with the Toronto Raptors organization.

Hawkins signed an Exhibit 10 contract with the Raptors that will put him on Toronto’s G-League team Raptors 905, with the flexibility to convert the contract into a two-way deal with the NBA team.

Hawkins will be with the franchise for one-year on a minimum salary contract but will be eligible to earn a big bonus if he stays with the team’s G-League affiliate for 60 days.

When asked about how it feels to get the chance to play professional basketball Hawkins said, “It still really hasn’t hit me that this is a reality for me. Never really thought it would happen as a kid, it was always a dream but now that it’s finally a reality for me, It still hasn’t set in yet but I’m sure one of these days it will.”

Ryan said he had constant communication from the Raptors and others so he was hopeful he was going to get a chance. He said it was good it came when it did though. “It’s a really good thing that this contract worked out how it did and when it did because all of the European teams have already started their leagues and they are two, three, four weeks ahead of the NBA schedule. So the ship has already sailed on that opportunity so I would of had to find a real job had nothing happened out of this, so very thankful that it did.”

The Raptors 905 squad opens their season on November 9th and they are scheduled for a visit to Des Moines to face the Iowa Wolves on Thursday, December 29th and 31st at Wells Fargo Arena making a possibility that he would play close to home this year.

Listen to Ryan’s comments about signing below.

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The AHSTW Vikings closed off a perfect regular season on Friday with a 52-10 win at St. Albert. The Vikings struck early with a touchdown on their first possession and set the tone for the rest of the game. Luke Sternberg ripped off a 75-yard run on the Vikings first offensive play and three plays later the Vikes were in the endzone with a 4-yard pass from Kyle Sternberg to Nick Denning.

The Vikings would add a 62-yard touchdown run by Luke Sternberg and then Kyle Sternberg added two more touchdown throws for the Vikes, one to Ryan Wedemeyer and the other again to Denning to lead 26-10 by half.

The Vikings continued to push that lead larger in the second half and fought through a slew of penalties during the third quarter that drug the game out.

AHSTW improves to 8-0 on the regular season and now awaits their playoff opponent. St. Albert ends the year at 2-6.

Listen to a full postgame interview with AHSTW Head Coach GG Harris and Kyle Sternberg below.

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8-PLAYER

District 9

Bedford 60, East Union 14
West Harrison 52, Griswold 16- ON GrizTigerVision
Lenox 28, Fremont-Mills 2
East Mills 69, Stanton-Essex 8

District 10

Audubon 56, Woodbine 48
CAM 58, Boyer Valley 20- ON CAM Cougar Channel
Exira-EHK 51, Coon Rapids-Bayard 14- ON Spartan Media
West Harrison 52, Griswold 16- ON GrizTigerVision

District 1

Newell-Fonda 17, Ar-We-Va 0 – FORFEIT
Remsen St. Mary’s 61, Glidden-Ralston 6
West Bend-Mallard 57, River Valley 18
Kingsley-Pierson 75, Siouxland Christian 34

CLASS A

District 7

MMCRU 49, Sidney 6
Mount Ayr 33, Southwest Valley 14
Earlham 42, Riverside 14- ON RSTN
AHSTW 52, St. Albert 10- ON KJAN and KJANTV

District 8

Logan-Magnolia 48, Lawton-Bronson 13
Ogden 39, IKM-Manning 20
Tri-Center 40, Westwood 29
Woodbury Central 56, Missouri Valley 14

CLASS 1A

District 7

Van Meter 54, ACGC 0
West Central Valley 17, Interstate 35 13
Panorama 36, Nodaway Valley 34

District 8

Underwood 28, Kuemper Catholic 20
Treynor 23, MVAOCOU 0- ON Ramcast
East Sac County 21, West Monona 16- ON ESCN

CLASS 2A

District 8

Shenandoah @ Des Moines Christian- Forfeit
Greene County 54, Clarke 8
Clarinda 52, Red Oak 7

CLASS 3A

District 6

Atlantic 55, Saydel 6
ADM 56, Knoxville 3
Harlan 56, Creston 12

CLASS 4A

District 1

Fort Dodge 28, Denison-Schleswig 7
LeMars 38, Spencer 28
Webster City 55, Storm Lake 7

District 6

Lewis Central 41, Dallas Center-Grimes 0
Winterset 36, Des Moines Hoover 7
Glenwood 69, CB Thomas Jefferson 7

CLASS 5A

District 2

CB Abraham Lincoln 10, Des Moines East 6

KJAN Sports Director Chris Parks’ weekly discussion with Atlantic Head Football Coach Joe Brummer. This week we talk about the road win over Knoxville and look ahead to senior night at the Trojan Bowl against Saydel.

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Iowa State bids for its first Big 12 win at Texas tomorrow. The Cyclones have the top ranked defense in the conference and take on a Longhorn offense that scored 49 points in a win over Oklahoma.

That’s ISU coach Matt Campbell who says the Longhorns are vastly improved under second year coach Steve Sarkisian.

Campbell says the Cyclones remain a confident team despite an 0-3 start to conference play.

Drake football coach Todd Stepsis says the attitude remains positive even though the results have not. The Bulldogs are 0-6 for the first time since 1983 as they get set to visit St. Thomas of Minnesota in Pioneer Football League action.

Stepsis says the two areas that need to be shored up are offense and special teams.

Stepsis says St. Thomas may be the most complete team in the PFL.