(UNIPANTHERS) CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — University of Northern Iowa football dominated St. Thomas in its home season opener, 44-3

UNI scored off the opening drive, and six Panthers found a way to score. UNI kept St. Thomas to just 26 rushing yards. On the UNI side, the offense was balanced, recording 193 yards in both receiving and rushing.

Benny Sapp III came up big with two interceptions, and Stefan Black II picked up a third for UNI.

UP NEXT:
UNI hosts Youngstown State for Homecoming.The Panthers are 24-9 against the Penguins. UNI shut out Youngstown 21-0 in their last meeting in Ohio on Feb. 27, 2021. Fans are encouraged to wear purple. Kickoff is 4 p.m. Oct. 2, and the game will be televised on ESPN+.

(Radio Iowa) – Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz says the defense will face a new challenge this week. The fifth ranked Hawkeyes host Kent State and will look to slow down an offense that spreads the field and plays hurry up.

Ferentz says the Golden Flashes offense won’t be intimidated.

Ferentz wants to offense to be more efficient on third down and more effective in the red zone.

Listen for the pre-game and kick-off (at 2:30) this afternoon, on KJAN.

(Radio Iowa) – Iowa State coach Matt Campbell says there needs to be a sense of urgency as the 14th ranked Cyclones get ready for tonight’s (Saturday night’s) game at UNLV. The offense has struggled out of the gate and ISU is coming off a 27-17 loss to fifth ranked Iowa.

Campbell expects the Cyclones to bounce back with a god effort.

Campbell says the Cyclones need to find a way to make plays to take control of games.

The Ballard Bombers dominated the line of scrimmage and took down the Atlantic Trojans 48-0 on Friday night in Huxley. The Bombers set the tone early forcing a three and out for Atlantic’s opening possession and then put together a 14 play drive that took five and a half minutes off the clock. They capped it with an 18-yard touchdown run by Eli Rouse to grab the early lead and never looked back.

The Bombers scored on their first four possessions of the game and built the lead to 28-0 by halftime. Bombers quarterback Ashton Hermann threw two touchdown passes and ran for another in that opening half. A big momentum shifter was a 70-yard bomb to Jayden Cattell as time expired at the end of the first quarter. Instead of letting the quarter switch to get the wind at their back, Ballard quickly lined up for the long shot and Hermann’s throw was on the money.

The Bombers opened the second half with an 8 play drive that finished with a 12 yard touchdown run by Hermann. The PAT put the score at 35-0 and the running clock rule was in effect for the rest of the game.

Hermann finished the game 9-14 passing for 186 yards and 3 touchdowns. He also ran for 140 yards and two more scores. Ballard improves to 2-2 on the season. They open up district play next week at Humboldt.

Atlantic falls to 1-3 on the season. They open district competition next week in Adel against the ADM Tigers. We’ll have that game on KJAN.

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District 10
Boyer Valley 26, West Harrison 0 – ON BVTV
Woodbine @ Coon Rapids-Bayard- ON Woodbine Tiger Vision
Audubon 56, Exira-EHK 7– ON Spartan Media

District 9
CAM 78, East Mills 7 – ON CAM COUGAR CHANNEL
Fremont-Mills 60, Bedford 14
Stanton-Essex 60, Griswold 12- ON GrizTigerVision
Lenox 75, East Union 12

District 8
Martensdale-St. Marys 58, Lamoni 44
Moravia 70, Twin Cedars 6
Mormon Trail 40, Murray 34 OT
Southeast Warren 71, Seymour 0

Class A

District 7
Mount Ayr 25, AHSTW 6
Riverside 24, Sidney 0- ON BSTN
SW Valley 30, St. Albert 0

District 8
IKM-Manning 49, Missouri Valley 8
Logan-Magnolia 26, Tri-Center 14
Westwood 49, Lawton-Bronson 28

Class 1A

District 7
Interstate-35 35, Nodaway Valley/O-M 0
Van Meter 77, Panorama 0
ACGC 56, West Central Valley 0

District 8
Kuemper Catholic 49, MVAOCOU 7
Underwood 62, East Sac County 0
Treynor 56, West Monona 13

Class 2A

District 8
Clarinda 40, Clarke 7
Greene County 55, DM Christian 0
Red Oak 31, Shenandoah 13

Class 3A
Ballard 48, Atlantic 0- ON KJAN (No video)
Creston 49, Gilbert 17
Newton 35, Saydel 6
Fairfield 42, Knoxville 22

Class 4A
Harlan 41, Glenwood 13
Winterset 60, ADM 36
DM Hoover 14, Perry 9
Indianola 14, Lewis Central 9
Norwalk 28, Dallas Center-Grimes 9
Denison-Schleswig 49, CB Thomas Jefferson 22– ON KDSNTV
Carroll 27, Storm Lake 14

Class 5A 
CB Abraham Lincoln 55, Sioux City West 33 (9/16)

Chris Parks, Jim Field, Matt Mullenix, and Doug Leonard take a look at 8 area high school football games each week throughout the season. We try to provide some insight into the match-ups while competing for top prognosticator and the Whosman Trophy.

Who’s Gonna Win? is brought to you again in 2021 by Rush CPA and Associates and Fareway.

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Overall 2021 Standings:

Matt Mullenix 20-4
Chris Parks 18-6
Doug Leonard 16-8
Jim Field 14-10

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KJAN Sports Director Chris Parks’ weekly discussion with Atlantic Head Football Coach Joe Brummer. We take a look back at the week three win over Shenandoah and look ahead to the week four road trip to face the Ballard Bombers.

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District 10
West Harrison @ Boyer Valley – ON BVTV
Woodbine @ Coon Rapids-Bayard- ON Woodbine Tiger Vision
Audubon @ Exira-EHK – ON Spartan Media

District 9
East Mills @ CAM – ON CAM COUGAR CHANNEL
Bedford @ Fremont-Mills
Stanton-Essex @ Griswold- ON GrizTigerVision
East Union @ Lenox

District 8
Martensdale-St. Marys @ Lamoni
Twin Cedars @ Moravia
Mormon Trail @ Murray
Seymour @ Southeast Warren

Class A

District 7
AHSTW at Mount Ayr
Sidney at Riverside- ON BSTN
St. Albert at SW Valley

District 8
IKM-Manning at Missouri Valley
Logan-Magnolia at Tri-Center
Lawton-Bronson at Westwood

Class 1A

District 7
Nodaway Valley/O-M at Interstate-35
Panorama at Van Meter
ACGC at West Central Valley

District 8
MVAOCOU at Kuemper Catholic
East Sac County at Underwood
Treynor at West Monona

Class 2A

District 8
Clarinda vs Clarke
Greene County at DM Christian
Red Oak at Shenandoah

Class 3A
Atlantic @ Ballard- ON KJAN (No video)
Gilbert @ Creston
Newton @ Saydel
Knoxville @ Fairfield

Class 4A
Harlan @ Glenwood
ADM @ Winterset
Perry @ DM Hoover
Lewis Central @ Indianola
Dallas Center-Grimes @ Norwalk
Denison-Schleswig @ CB Thomas Jefferson – ON KDSNTV
Carroll @ Storm Lake

Class 5A 
CB Abraham Lincoln 55, Sioux City West 33 (9/16)

The Atlantic Trojans football team (1-2) hits the road to Huxley tonight to square off against the Ballard Bombers (1-2). The Trojans are coming off a nice win last week over Shenandoah and hope they can carry some of that momentum into this matchup. Atlantic Head Coach Joe Brummer said the Trojans had talked about wanting to go at least 2-2 in the non-district portion of the schedule in order to reach their overall goals for the year, and they’ll have that chance tonight. Coach Brummer said it’s been a good week of preparation.

Ballard had a similar situation as the Trojans coming into the season, needing to replace a large senior class. The Bombers have played well at times during a tough opening stretch and Co-Head Coach Kyle Howard said they are getting on track.

The Bombers are led by running back Gabe Christensen and quarterback Ashton Hermann on the ground. Coach Brummer said this is a big Bomber front and they want to run the ball.

Bombers Co-Head Coach Kyle Howard said they will be looking to set the edge against the Trojans.

We’ll have coverage of the Trojans and the Bombers tonight on KJAN. Chris Parks will have the call from Huxley on AM 1220, FM 101.1, and audio online at kjan.com. Tune in for our pick ’em show Who’s Gonna Win? at 6:00 p.m., followed by the Dvorak Tire and Service pregame show at 6:30 p.m.

Hawkeye Ten Conference 

(3-2) Atlantic 25-14-25-19-16 Harlan 23-25-22-25-14
(3-2) Creston 25-22-28-19-15 Denison-Schleswig 18-25-26-25-12
(3-0) Glenwood 25-25-25 Shenandoah 10-13-14
(3-0) Kuemper Catholic 26-26-25 St. Albert 24-24-11
(3-0) Lewis Central 25-25-25 Clarinda 18-23-14

Western Iowa Conference 

Rolling Valley Conference 

(3-1) Boyer Valley 25-25-9-25 Glidden-Ralston 23-20-25-8
(3-0) CAM 25-25-25 Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 15-15-12
(3-0) Coon Rapids-Bayard 25-25-25 West Harrison 10-19-23
(3-0) Woodbine 25-25-25 Ar-We-Va 15-6-13

Bluegrass Conference 

(3-0) Ankeny Christian 25-25-25 Orient-Macksburg 13-8-12
(3-0) Lamoni 25-25-25 Mormon Trail 6-6-9
(3-0) Murray 25-22-25-25 Diagonal 18-25-17-21

Other Scores

(2-0) Earlham 25-25 Lenox 8-8
(2-0) Earlham 25-25 East Union 17-10
(2-0) Lenox 25-25 East Union 17-23

(3-0) Griswold 25-30-26 Southwest Valley 14-28-24
(3-1) North Nodaway 25-25-13-25 Essex 12-21-25-17

(2-0) Southeast Warren 21-21 Newton 16-19
(3-0) Knoxville 24-21-15 Southeast Warren 26-13-11
(2-0) Des Moines Christian 21-21 Southeast Warren 11-14
(2-0) Pella Christian 21-21 Southeast Warren 18-17