The Atlantic Trojans football team will play their home-opener tonight at the Trojan Bowl against the Creston Panthers.  Atlantic is coming off a season-opening 45-6 win over Saydel in week 1, where as the Panthers are coming off a heartbreaking overtime loss to Chariton 35-34.

Atlantic got a strong performance from the offense in week one with 4 players rushing the ball over 50 yards against Saydel. New starting quarterback Chase Mullenix lead the way with 81 yards and 2 touchdowns and he only attempted 5 passes in the game. Atlantic Head Football Coach Mike McDermott said the Trojans will have to do more this week to top a tough Creston team.

Creston has some weapons on the outside with Kylan Smallwood and Camdon Peterson both topping 100 yards receiving and scoring 2 touchdowns apiece in week one. Coach McDermott said he’s also concerned about what the Panthers can potentially do in the run game.

The Trojans and Panthers kickoff at 7:00pm tonight at the Trojan Bowl. Jim Field will provide updates during our broadcast of Fremont-Mills hosting Audubon tonight on KJAN.

Iowa State Senior De’Monte Ruth has been suspended for Saturday’s football game against South Dakota State. Iowa State Head Coach Matt Campbell announced the suspension on Friday and issued this statement.

“Senior De’Monte Ruth will serve a one-game suspension this weekend. De’Monte was stopped for a traffic violation and arrested for driving with a suspended license early last evening. We have a higher standard of excellence in our program and we ask our players to put the team before their actions.”

Ruth was listed at the top of the depth chart released earlier this week at the Star flex linebacker position.

Iowa State meets South Dakota State on Saturday at 7:00pm at Jack Trice Stadium.

West Central Valley hosted the Wildcat Cross Country Classic on Thursday in Menlo.

Panorama took the team crown in the girls race with 24 points, way outdistancing the field. The Panther’s Ella Waddle won the individual title with a time of 19:49.21.

WCV Wildcat Classic Girls 2018

Nodaway Valley won the boys team title with 37 points. Josh Baudler lead the Wolverines by winning the individual title with a time of 17:05.35.

WCV Wildcat Classic Boys 2018

Logan-Magnolia hosted their Co-Ed Cross Country Meet on Thursday after being pushed back from Tuesday due to rain.

In the boys race Jordan Hustak of Missouri Valley was the individual champ with a time of 16:14.13. Tri-Center won the team title with 62 points.

LoMa HS Boys results 2018

In the girls race Peyton Pogge of Tri-Center was the individual champ with a time of 17:57.02. The next three finishers came from Logan-Magnolia as they ran away with the team title with 25 points.

LoMa HS Girls results 2018

The Atlantic Trojans competed at the Dallas Center-Grimes Invitational on Thursday, a meet that was pushed back from Tuesday due to rain. The Trojans had some strong showings as Jalen Petersen took the title in the boys race and Taylor McCreedy came in 2nd in the girls race. The Trojans were 5th in the team race for the boys and 2nd on the girls side.

Check out the full results from each race below.

DCG Boys 2018-08-31-08

DCG Girls 2018-08-31-08

The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union released their latest volleyball rankings late Thursday, August 30, 2018. Take a look at the full list of top 15 rankings below.

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