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The Audubon Wheelers (7-1) open up the 2021 football playoffs on Friday against the Stanton-Essex Vikings (6-2). The Wheelers have had another strong season following a Quarterfinal appearance in 2020 and a State Runner-Up finish in 2019. Audubon Head Coach Sean Birks said one thing that makes this Wheeler team special is their ability to keep a level head.
Gavin Smith has had another phenomenal season at quarterback for the Wheelers, throwing for 701 yards and 12 touchdowns while also rushing for 1,432 yards and 31 more scores. Stanton-Essex Head Coach Jeff Grebin said this a talented Wheeler team led by Smith.
Stanton-Essex also puts a lot of faith into a senior quarterback in Carter Johnson. He has thrown for 802 yards and 13 scores and rushed for 500 and 8 more touchdowns. Logan Roberts has been strong on the ground as well with 815 yards and 13 TD’s. Coach Birks said the Wheelers have their work cut out for them to try to slow those guys down.
Coach Grebin said his team is excited to play in a great playoff atmosphere at Chis Jones Field.
We’ll have coverage of the game on KJAN. Chris Parks and Mike Smith will have the call on AM 1220, FM 101.1, and online at KJAN.com. Start the night with our weekly pick ’em show Who’s Gonna Win? at 6:00 p.m., followed by pregame at 6:30 p.m. and kickoff at 7:00 p.m.
Regional Semifinals will serve it up tonight for Class 4A and 5A volleyball teams still alive. All matches are set for 7:00 p.m. first serves.
CLASS 4A
Region 1
Lewis Central @ Glenwood
Carroll @ Bishop Heelan
Region 2
ADM @ Bondurant-Farrar
Dallas Center-Grimes @ North Polk
CLASS 5A
Region 1
CB Thomas Jefferson @ Dowling Catholic
Sioux City North @ Sioux City East
Region 2
Des Moines Lincoln @ Urbandale
CB Abraham Lincoln @ Valley
Class 4A schools ran state qualifying cross country meets on Wednesday. Locally Lewis Central ran at Ankeny and the Titan’s boys team finished 5th with Ethan Eichhorn qualifying for state with a 4th place finish individually. The LC girls finished 6th.
CB Abraham Lincoln and CB Thomas Jefferson both ran at Indianola. The Lynx boys and girls teams both finished 8th.
Thomas Jefferson finished 9th in the girls race and 10th in the boys race.
The Glenwood cross country teams swept the team titles at the Class 3A state qualifying meet at LeMars on Wednesday.
The Rams’ boys team scored 56 points to beat out MOC-Floyd Valley by 4 points. Sioux Center was the other qualifier in 3rd with 95 points. Denison-Schleswig finished 11th.
Individually Bryant Keller was 2nd, Liam Hays 3rd, and Andrew Smith 5th to lead the way for the Rams.
The Rams’ girls team scored 59 points to win by 8 points over Spencer. MOC-Floyd Valley qualified for state in 3rd with 71 points. Denison-Schleswig was 11th.
Madelyn Berglund was the runner-up, Brooklyn Schultz was 10th, and Rachel Mullennax 14th for the Rams. Denison-Schleswig’s Lola Mendlik qualified for state with a 5th place finish.
CLASS 1A (Regional Quarterfinals)
Region 2
(3-0) St. Albert 25-25-25, Fremont-Mills 9-18-17
(3-0) Sidney 25-25-25, Stanton 22-5-12
(3-1) Tri-Center 25-25-21-25, East Mills 14-20-25-5
(3-0) Riverside 25-25-25, Boyer Valley 13-20-21 – ON KJAN and BSTN
Region 3
(3-0) Ankeny Christian Academy 25-25-25, Audubon 11-21-17
(3-2) CAM 23-19-25-25-16, Glidden-Ralston 25-25-23-12-14
(3-0) Gladbrook-Reinbeck 25-25-25, GMG 14-12-17
(3-1) Grand View Christian 25-25-22-25, BCLUW 23-21-25-22
Region 8
(3-0) Holy Trinity Catholic 25-25-25, Seymour 6-7-13
(3-0) New London 25-25-25, WACO 11-18-18
(3-0) Lamoni 25-25-25, Mount Ayr 14-16-13
(3-0) Southeast Warren 25-25-25, Mormon Trail 15-5-17
CLASS 2A (Regional Quarterfinals)
Region 2
(3-0) Western Christian 25-25-25, Rock Valley 9-11-16
(3-0) Hinton 25-25-25, West Monona 9-11-16
(3-0) Treynor 25-25-25, AHSTW 9-16-12
(3-2) Missouri Valley 22-25-25-23-15, Underwood 25-16-16-25-12
Region 3
(3-0) South Hardin 25-25-25, Ogden 9-6-11
(3-2) Woodward-Granger 21-23-25-25-15, South Hamilton 25-25-18-23-10
(3-0) Southwest Valley 25-25-25, Panorama 13-20-12
(3-0) ACGC 25-27-25, Nodaway Valley 20-25-16
Region 4
(3-1) Earlham 25-25-23-25, West Central Valley 12-19-25-12
Region 5
(3-0) Kuemper Catholic 25-25-25, North Union 14-17-18
CLASS 3A (Regional Semifinals)
Region 1
(3-0) Sergeant Bluff-Luton 27-25-25, Red Oak 25-23-17
(3-1) Sioux Center 25-22-26-25, Cherokee Washington 18-25-24-18
Region 4
(3-0) Des Moines Christian 25-25-25, Clarinda 13-10-18
(3-1) Nevada 14-25-25-25, Roland-Story 25-18-18-21
The Riverside Bulldogs volleyball team took down the Boyer Valley Bulldogs on Wednesday night to advance the the Class 1A Region 2 Semifinals. Riverside led most of the night and came out with a 25-13, 25-20, 25-21 victory.
Riverside jumped on top 5-1 to start the first set and controlled play, never allowing Boyer Valley to put more than two points together in the opening set. Riverside Head Coach Brooke Flathers liked the way the team started the night.
The second set Boyer Valley jumped on top 4-1 to lead off, but Riverside ripped off a 6 point run to grab the lead back. Another six point run midway through the set gave them control. The third set started the same as the second with BV going up 4-1 before Riverside responded shortly after with a 7 point rally. Riverside then maintained that 4-5 point edge the rest of the way. Coach Flathers thought there was a good response to the early deficits those two sets.
Veronica Andrusyshyn had a another monster night at the net and came away with 16 kills and 3 blocks. Ayla Richardson provided 25 assists and the freshman reached 500 assists on the season. Izzy Bluml was big in the final set, coming through with a number of big kills to the back middle and finished with 12 kills on the night. Coach Flathers said Andrusyshyn played well and was backed up by a good variety of teammates
Riverside improves to 23-13 on the season and will host a 1A Region 2 Semifinal against conference mate Tri-Center next Monday. Coach Flathers said the team is fired up for that chance.
Boyer Valley finishes the season with a record of 24-11.
Atlantic senior Drew Engler finished 9th at the 3A state qualifying meet at Winterset on Wednesday and will advance on to the state meet next Friday. Aidan Ramsey of Dallas Center-Grimes was the individual champ with a time of 15:31 and the Mustangs won the team title as well. North Polk and ADM were the other two state qualifying teams in 2nd and 3rd.
Boys Team Scores
Individual Top 15
Full results HERE
The Atlantic girls cross country team will send two individuals to the state cross country meet next week in Fort Dodge. Ava Rush finished 5th and Claire Pellett 11th at the state qualifying meet in Winterset on Wednesday. Atlantic finished 6th in the team race. The top 3 teams and top 15 individuals get to advance to the state meet. Here’s a look at the results.
3A SQM at Winterset
Girls Team Scores
Girls Top 15
Full results HERE.
State Cross Country Qualifying Meets will be contested on Thursday in Class 1A and 2A. In Class 2A the top three teams and top 15 individual place winners will qualify for the state meet. In Class 1A the top two teams and top 10 individual place winners will qualify for the state meet from each site. Qualifying teams may substitute and run a different lineup at the state meet.
In Class 2A area teams will be running at Southeast Valley. Teams at that site include: Clarinda, Clear Lake, Des Moines Christian, East Sac County, GCGR, Greene County, Pocahontas Area, Red Oak, Shenandoah, South Central Calhoun, Southeast Valley, Treynor, Underwood, Van Meter, Woodward-Granger.
In Class 1A most area teams will be running at Panorama and Southwest Valley. At Panora teams running will be ACGC, AHSTW, Audubon, Boyer Valley, CAM, Coon Rapids-Bayard, Exira-EHK, IKM-Manning, Logan-Magnolia, Madrid, Nodaway Valley, Ogden, Orient-Macksburg, Panorama, South Hamilton, West Harrison, West Monona, Whiting, Woodward Academy.
At Corning teams will be: Bedford, Central Decatur, Diagonal, East Mills, East Union, Essex, Fremont-Mills, Griswold, Heartland Christian, Iowa School for the Deaf, Lamoni, Lenox, Mount Ayr, Riverside, Sidney, Southwest Valley, St. Albert, Stanton, Tri-Center.
All meets are scheduled to get underway at 4:00 p.m. See all the sites and assignments at the links below.
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Five members of the University of Iowa football team have been recognized on college football’s midseason All-America teams.
Junior center Tyler Linderbaum, previously named to the Associated Press team, is also listed as first-team center by Sporting News, CBS Sports, and The Athletic.
Senior defensive back Matt Hankins, also named first-team by the Associated Press, is named first team by CBS Sports and second team by The Athletic. Senior defensive back Riley Moss is a first team selection by Sporting News.
Sophomore punter Tory Taylor is recognized as a first-team selection by the Athletic, while junior linebacker Jack Campbell is a second-team choice by The Athletic.
Linderbaum (6-foot-3, 290-pounds) is one of 12 semifinalists for the 2021 Rotary Lombardi Award. He has started 28 consecutive games at center for the Hawkeyes after playing as a defensive lineman as a true freshman. Iowa has posted a 22-6 record during that span. Iowa’s 6-1 record to start the 2021 season includes wins over three ranked opponents.
The Solon, Iowa, native was tabbed preseason first-team All-Big Ten and preseason first-team All-America by five media outlets, including Associated Press, The Athletic, Athlon Sports, Phil Steele and Sporting News. Linderbaum was also named to the Big Ten Conference preseason honors list, as well as the Rimington Trophy and Outland Trophy watch lists.
Hankins (6-0, 185) has started 34 straight games in the Iowa secondary and this season has recorded three interceptions and 25 tackles. He was named Big Ten Co-Defensive Player of the Week, the Rose Bowl Game Big Ten Conference Player of the Week and the Bronko Nagurski national Defensive Player of the Week following Iowa’s 23-20 win over No. 4 Penn State.
Hankins had five tackles and a fourth quarter interception in the win over Penn State. He had two interceptions earlier in the season in Iowa’s 27-17 win at No. 9 Iowa State. Hankins has six career interceptions and 193 career tackles.
Moss (6-1, 194) is tied for the national lead with four interceptions, despite missing Iowa’s most recent game due to injury. Moss had two interceptions returns for touchdowns in Iowa’s opening win over Indiana. He has 10 career interceptions, with three returned for touchdowns.
Taylor (6-4, 231) has been at his best in the biggest games. For the season he is averaging 46.2 yards on 43 punts, with 21 of those landing inside the opponent 20-yard line. Six of nine punts against No. 4 Penn State were inside the 20, including four inside the five-yard line. In Iowa’s win at Iowa State Taylor dropped three of his punts inside the 10-yard line.
Campbell (6-5, 243) earned national Player of the Week honors when he recorded 18 tackles in Iowa’s win over Colorado State. Campbell leads the Hawkeyes with 67 tackles. He returned a fumble recovery for a touchdown at Iowa State and his fumble recovery against Colorado State led directly to a Hawkeye touchdown.
Iowa is idle this weekend. The Hawkeyes return to action Oct. 30 at Wisconsin (11 a.m., ESPN).
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