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Iowa State hosts Northern Iowa (9/3)

Sports

September 3rd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Iowa State hopes to make Matt Campbell a winner in his debut as the Cyclones host Northern Iowa this (Saturday) evening. Campbell will try to make a consistent winner out of a program that has not enjoyed a winning season since 2009. Campbell says a key will be slowing down UNI dual threat quarterback Aaron Bailey.

The Panthers have a lot of new starters in the secondary but Campbell says they are not necessarily new faces. UNI coach Mark Farley says with a new staff at Iowa State they must be prepared to make adjustments on the run. Farley says the Panthers must handle the atmosphere but it is a great way to start the season.

It is a 7:00 p.m. kickoff in Jack Trice Stadium.

(Radio Iowa)

#17 Iowa hosts Miami of Ohio today (9/3)

Sports

September 3rd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Iowa takes lofty expectations and a number 17 national ranking into today’s (Saturday’s) opener at home against Miami of Ohio. The Hawkeyes are a four touchdown favorite but coach Kirk Ferentz knows openers can be unpredictable. Miami of Ohio was 3-9 a year ago but Ferentz says the Redhawks are an experienced team. It is a 2:30 p.m. kickoff in Kinnick Stadium. Pre-game coverage begins at 12:30 on KJAN AM 1220 and FM 101.1.

(Learfield Sports/Radio Iowa)

Crop development in Iowa a week to a week-and-a-half ahead of normal

Ag/Outdoor, News, Weather

September 3rd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

More than 80 percent of the state’s corn and soybean fields were rated in “good” or “excellent” condition at the start of this week and one weather experts says the 2016 growing season “has turned out pretty well” for Iowa farmers. State Climatologist Harry Hillaker says crop development is about a week to a week-and-a-half ahead of normal. “Things for the most part got planted on a timely basis, with exceptions in far western Iowa that had a pretty mid-April and early May, but otherwise in much of the state things got planted on time. It’s been a relatively warm growing season, so things that did get planted on time have been progressing along very well.”

Yield prospects are “looking quite good” for most of the state, according to Hillaker. “A few places still a bit on the dry side, but nothing really super dry at this point,” Hillaker says. “Certainly northwest Iowa could use some rain, although it’s getting late enough in the growing season that it may still, perhaps, help out the soybean, but probably too late to have any benefit for the corn crop in that part of the state.”

A small area stretching from Onawa to just northwest of Sac City got NO rainfall at all last week, while nearly nine inches fell near Decorah. About nine-tenths of an inch is the normal amount of rainfall in Iowa for the final week of August.

(Radio Iowa)

Chiefs’ Reid says Jamaal Charles still iffy for opener

Sports

September 3rd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs running back Jamaal Charles remains iffy for the season opener against the Chargers. Chiefs coach Andy Reid said on a conference call with reporters Friday that Charles “might need some more time to get himself back,” though Reid did not rule him out of next weekend’s game.

Charles tore the ACL in his right knee in Week 5 last season. He has been working out for several weeks, though he did not participate in any of the Chiefs’ preseason games. Reid was more optimistic about safety Eric Berry and linebacker Tamba Hali.

Berry did not report to training camp until last weekend after refusing to sign his franchise tender, while Hali is returning from surgery in February on his ailing knee.

Reds rally to beat Cardinals 3-2 on Suarez’s single in 9th

Sports

September 3rd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

CINCINNATI (AP) — Eugenio Suarez singled up the middle with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth inning Friday night, rallying the Cincinnati Reds to a 3-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. The Cardinals were hoping to start a final-month surge toward the playoffs — they’re in position to get the NL’s second wild card berth behind San Francisco. Instead, the Reds snapped a four-game losing streak.

Seung Hwan Oh (4-3) walked Zack Cozart on four pitches to open the ninth, and Brandon Phillips followed with a single. After Scott Schebler singled one out later to load the bases, Suarez got his first career game-ending hit. The Reds had loaded the bases in the seventh and eighth and failed to score.

Raisel Iglesias (1-1) gave up a walk in the ninth. Yadier Molina and Randal Grichuk homered for St. Louis.

Pacific Coast League Baseball: Scores & Schedule

Sports

September 3rd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Friday’s Games (9/2/16)

Oklahoma City 8, Omaha 5

Iowa 3, Colorado Springs 2

Saturday’s Games (9/3/16)

Oklahoma City at Omaha, cancelled

Oklahoma City at Omaha, 2:05 p.m.

Colorado Springs at Iowa, 7:08 p.m.

Sunday’s Games (9/4/16)

Colorado Springs at Iowa, 1:08 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Omaha, 7:05 p.m.

Iowa early News Headlines: Saturday, 9/3/16

News

September 3rd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CDT

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe says it has found several sites of “significant cultural and historic value” along the path of a proposed oil pipeline. The tribe is challenging the Army Corps of Engineers’ decision to grant permits for Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners’ $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline. Tribal preservation officer Tim Mentz says researches found cairns, burials and other sites of historic significance to the Standing Rock Sioux and other tribes.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Supreme Court has upheld the first-degree murder conviction of an Iowa man for killing a northeast Nebraska woman. Raymond Gonzales Jr., of Sioux City, Iowa, was convicted in 2014 and sentenced to life for shooting 28-year-old Bonnie Baker 16 times in her South Sioux City home on Dec. 15, 2013. On Friday, the state’s high court rejected arguments by Gonzales of prosecutorial misconduct and that jurors should have been instructed that they could find him guilty of manslaughter.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Environmental Council says Iowa has set a new state record for the number of beach advisories issued because of toxic algae dangers. The council says 37 beach advisories have been issued this year because of a toxin produced by blue-green algae blooms in water. That surpasses last year’s previous record of 34 warnings.

BLUE GRASS, Iowa (AP) — Sheriff’s officials have identified a construction work killed when the driver of a speeding car apparently lost control in a work zone near the southeast Iowa city of Blue Grass. The Scott County Sheriff’s Office says 62-year-old Willie Holley, of Rock Island, Illinois, was killed in the Thursday crash. Officials say a deputy spotted the speeding car on Highway 61, but that it entered a work zone before she could pull it over.

Atlantic comes up short at Shenandoah

Sports

September 2nd, 2016 by admin

The Atlantic Trojans went on the road to Shenandoah for a non-district football game on Friday night and came up just short of a victory.  The Mustangs scored the only touchdown of the game with 1:20 left in the third quarter and held on for a 7-3 victory in a hard fought game.

The defenses stole the show for the majority of the game with neither team getting any momentum early on in.  It wasn’t until the end of the first quarter that Atlantic put together the first sustained drive of the game and they kept it alive on the 10th play of the drive by faking a punt and picking up a first down as Gratt Reed took the fake 29 yards to the Shenandoah 21. The Trojans carried that drive inside the 10 at the beginning of the second quarter but ended up settling for a 25-yard field goal from Eric Wieser for the first score of the game.

Both teams traded short drives to end the first half and Atlantic came out with an impressive drive to open up the second half.  The Trojans went 60 yards in 18 plays but came up empty, turning the ball over on downs at the Mustang 22-yard line.  The Mustangs would then take the ball down the field for the only touchdown of the game on a 7 play drive that featured a 34 yard pass completion and the drive-capping 32 yard touchdown run by Kyle Owens.  Jordan Miller added the PAT and the Mustangs would hang on to that deciding margin 7-3.

Atlantic got the ball back with 1:42 left in the game to try to mount a drive but stalled out after just five plays.  The Trojans would have had more clock to work with but a roughing the kicker penalty allowed Shenandoah to keep possession with 3:12 left in the game.  The Trojans did get the ball back at the end of the game with just 5 seconds left for one last try, but a hook and lateral play was brought down quickly to end the game.

Atlantic falls to 1-1 on the season and now gets ready for district play next week at home against Denison-Schleswig.  Shenandoah improved to 1-1 and will enter their district play at Kuemper Catholic next week.

High School Football Scoreboard – Week 2 – 09/02/2016

Sports

September 2nd, 2016 by admin

2016 High School Football Schedule
Week 2 – September 2nd

Class 3A, District 7

Shenandoah 7, Atlantic 3
Ballard 39, ADM 25
Carroll 23, Bishop Heelan Catholic 20
Glenwood 40, Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson 6
Creston O-M 48, Clarinda 0
Denison-Schleswig 35, East Sac County 14
Harlan 42, Greene County 19
Norwalk 56, Winterset 23
Class 2A, District 7

Denison-Schleswig 35, East Sac County 14
Shenandoah 7, Atlantic 3
Creston O-M 48, Clarinda 0
St. Albert 21, Kuemper Catholic 13
Red Oak 26, Treynor 0
South Central Calhoun 50, IKM-Manning 8
Bishop Garrigan 41, Southeast Valley 28
Logan-Magnolia 34, Underwood 7

Class 1A, District 7

Red Oak 26, Treynor 0
South Central Calhoun 50, IKM-Manning 8
Missouri Valley 34, Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 21
Des Moines Christian 45, AC-GC 7
Ridge View 13, OA-BCIG 6
Tri-Center 35, Riverside 13
AHSTW 28, Lawton-Bronson 0

Class A, District 7

Mount Ayr 27, Southwest Valley 7
Martensdale St Marys 37, Grand View Christian 13
Griswold 28, West Monona 0
I-35 32, Nodaway Valley 0
Tri-Center 35, Riverside 13
Cardinal, Eldon 13, Southeast Warren 0
Madrid 39, Earlham 28
St. Albert 21, Kuemper Catholic 13

Class 8-man, District 6

East Union 26, East Mills 18
Bedford 40, Exira-EHK 6
Lamoni 44, Seymour 8
Lenox 48, Essex 12
Murray 62, Melcher-Dallas 22
Clarinda Academy 58, Mormon Trail 6
Fremont-Mills 43, Stanton 8
Wayne 40, Moravia 22

Class 8-man, District 7

Audubon 67, CAM 24
East Union 26, East Mills 18
Bedford 40, Exira-EHK 6
Lenox 48, Essex 12
Clarinda Academy 58, Mormon Trail 6
Sidney 56, West Harrison 8
Woodbine 72, Siouxland Christian 50
Fremont-Mills 43, Stanton 8

Class 8-man, District 8

Audubon 67, CAM 24
Ar-We-Va 53, Clay Central-Everly 0
Coon Rapids-Bayard 59, Colo-Nesco 34
Harris-Lake Park 74, River Valley 0
Boyer Valley 36, Kingsley-Pierson 12
Newell-Fonda 47, Glidden-Ralston 12
Sidney 56, West Harrison 8
Remsen St. Mary’s 68, Charter Oak-Ute 40

(Update) Red Oak & Cumberland men, Creston woman injured in crash near Massena

News

September 2nd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

In an update to our earlier reports, the Iowa State Patrol Friday identified the victims of a crash near Massena that sent three people to the hospital. Officials say 33-year old Daniel Edwards, of Red Oak, 32-year old Christopher Andersen, of Cumberland, and Edwards’ passenger, 34-year old Alisha Mills Lagle, of Creston, were hurt in a collision between a 2003 Cadillac Deville and a 2004 Chevy Silverado pickup. The accident happened at around 2:40-p.m. at the intersection of 730th and Quincy Road.

The Patrol says the Cadillac, driven by Edwards, was traveling east on Quincy Road near 730th, when Edwards failed to stop at the controlled intersection.

Photo courtesy Cass County EMA Coordinator Mike Kennon

Photo courtesy Cass County EMA Coordinator Mike Kennon

His car was hit on the driver’s side passenger door by the southbound pickup, driven by Andersen. The car then entered the southeast ditch and rolled onto its top. The pickup spin around and also entered the southeast ditch and came to rest upright.

All three victims were transported to the Cass County Memorial Hospital by Medivac and Massena Rescue. Cass County Sheriff Darby McLaren told KJAN News earlier, that Edwards was flown from CCMH to Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha. He was reportedly suffering from a broken leg, head and shoulder lacerations. Edwards was the only person who was not wearing a seat belt. Injuries to the other individuals were not believed to be life threatening.