Officials with the Bedford Community Schools report Stanton has forfeited the varsity football game for tonight (9/29). Elementary cheer camp and flag football will be postponed to a later date if possible. No reason was given for the change in the game plan.

Iowa’s offense looks to bounce back from an embarrassing performance when the Hawkeyes host Michigan State under the lights. Iowa suffered its first shutout in 23 years last week with a 31-0 loss at Penn State. The Hawkeyes managed only 20 yards of rushing and became a sitting duck for the Nittany Lion pass rush.

That’s senior guard Nick DeJong (young) who says Penn State had a lot to do with the offensive struggles.

Wide receivers were only target four times last week and senior Nico Ragaini says they are ready if called upon.

Ragaini says the receivers will do whatever it takes to win.

Drake coach Todd Stepsis hopes a difficult non-conference schedule pays dividends as the Bulldogs get set to open the Pioneer Football League race on Saturday (Sept. 30) afternoon at Morehead State of Kentucky. The Bulldogs are 0-3 after losses to FCS powers South Dakota State and North Dakota as well as a loss to defending NAIA champ Northwestern College.

The Bulldogs had a week off since the loss to South Dakota State and Stepsis says the bye week came at the right time.

Stepsis says the Drake offense will need to do its part by staying on the field against Morehead State.

Morehead State is 1-2 and opened the PFL race with a loss at St. Thomas of Minnesota. Kick-off Saturday in Kentucky, is at 1-p.m.

Class 1A second ranked Underwood is on the road to visit fifth ranked Treynor tonight (Friday night). The winner will be in the drivers seat in district eight.

That’s Treynor coach Jeff Casey. Underwood sophomore quarterback Garrett Luett (lut) and Treynor junior quarterback Ben Casey direct two of the top passing attacks in the state.

Both quarterbacks have a lot of weapons at their disposal.

Casey says Underwood has talent and big game experience.

Underwood coach Nate Mechaelsen (muh-kayl-suhn) hopes big game experience is a plus for his team.

Mechaelsen says there is a lot on the line.

The Atlantic boys cross country team finished sixth overall at the Southeast Polk XC Meet. Dallas Center-Grimes won the boys title with 27 points,  Waukee came in second, Southeast Polk third, Des Moines Roosevelt finished at fourth, and Ames in fifth. The top boys runner was Joseph Lawry from Waukee. Atlantic’s best runner was Devon Fields finishing at 25th. Closely following him was Alex Sonntag at 27th, Luke Irlmeier 32nd, Bennett Whetstone at 33rd, Rickie Fields 43rd, and Braden Spurr 44th.

Team Totals:

1 Dallas Center-Grimes 27

2 Waukee 55

3 Southeast Polk 82

4 Des Moines Roosevelt 97

5 Ames 147

For the Atlantic girls cross country team they came in ninth. Johnston would take first place with 62 points, Ankeny came in second, Waukee in third, Waukee Northwest in fourth, and Dowling Catholic in fifth. Olivia Verde from Johnston was the top runner on the day. Claire Pellet came in ninth for the Trojans. Belle Berg was 51st, Katrina Williams 55th, Makenna Schroeder 68th. Towards the end a trio of runners from Atlantic came in together, Ella Brummer 74th,  Faith Altman 75th, and Mariah Huffman 76th.

1 Johnston 62

2 Ankeny 77

3 Waukee 90

4 Waukee Northwest 107

5 Dowling Catholic 111

Hawkeye Ten Conference:

Harlan 3-Atlantic 1 (25-16, 25-20, 23-25, 25-16)
Red Oak 3-Creston 0 (25-15, 25-16, 25-15)
Lewis Central 3-Kuemper Catholic 1 (25-18, 15-25, 25-15, 30-28)

Western Iowa Conference:

AHSTW 3-IKM-Manning 0 (25-14, 25-18, 25-23)
Tri-Center 3-Riverside 0 (25-21, 25-19, 25-23)
Underwood 3-Logan-Magnolia 0 (26-24, 25-6, 25-14)
Treynor 3-Missouri Valley 0 (25-9, 25-9, 25-9)

Rolling Valley Conference:

CAM 3-West Harrison 0 (25-18, 25-19, 25-19)
Exira-EHK 3-Ar-We-Va 0 (25-18, 25-21, 25-10)
Woodbine 3-Coon Rapids-Bayard 0 (25-21, 25-14, 25-11)

Corner Conference:

Championship: Stanton 3-Sidney 1 (24-26, 25-18, 26-14, 25-15)
3rd Place: East Mills 3-Griswold 1 (19-25, 25-16, 26-28, 14-25)

Pride of Iowa Conference:

Earlham 2-East Union 1 (24-26, 25-13, 15-12)
Lenox 2-Earlham 0 (25-17, 26-24)
Lenox 2-East Union 0 (25-16, 25-23)
Wayne 3-Chariton 2 (22-25, 31-29, 23-25, 20-25, 15-10)

West Central Conference:

ACGC 3-Madrid 0 (25-9, 25-10, 25-12)
Earlham 2-East Union 1 (24-26, 25-13, 15-12)
Lenox 2-Earlham 0 (25-17, 26-24)
Pleasantville 2-Grand View Christian 0 (25-16, 25-22)
Pleasantville 2-Panorama 0 (25-18, 25-11)
Pleasantville 2-Woodward-Granger 0 (25-23, 25-15)
Southeast Valley 3-Ogden 0 (25-9, 25-9, 25-13)

Raccoon River Conference:

ADM 3-North Polk 0 (27-25, 25-19, 25-23)