Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Harrison Butker matched a career long with a 54-yard field goal to tie the game in the fourth quarter, then drilled a 44-yarder as time expired to give the Chiefs a heart-stopping 26-23 victory over the Vikings on Sunday. The first person to greet Butker in celebration was Patrick Mahomes, who missed his second straight game with a knee injury. Matt Moore started in his place and threw for 275 yards and a score.

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — After knocking off then-No. 5 Oklahoma in a game far more lopsided than the 48-41 final score, Kansas State romped to a 38-10 victory over rival Kansas on Saturday. And that score also was not indicative of the way the Wildcats manhandled their neighbors just down Interstate 70. It served notice to the Big 12, and perhaps the nation, that new coach Chris Klieman’s team is on the rise.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Royals have declined their half of Alex Gordon’s $23 million mutual option for 2020, allowing the outfielder to become a free agent. Gordon had exercised his part of the option. He will receive a $4 million buyout, completing a $72 million, four-year contract. A three-time All-Star and seven-time Gold Glove winner, Gordon helped the Royals win the 2015 World Series for their first title since 1985. He batted .266 this year with 13 homers and 76 RBIs for the rebuilding Royals.

Class 3A, 4A, and 5A Regional Volleyball Finals will be contested on Monday night. Here is a look at the area schedule with first serves set for 7:00pm.

Class 3A Region 2 @ Storm Lake: Kuemper Catholic vs. Humboldt
Class 3A Region 3 @ Atlantic: Red Oak vs. Des Moines Christian

Class 4A Region 1 @ Sergeant Bluff-Luton Elementary: Sergeant Bluff-Luton vs. Carroll
Class 4A Region 2 @ Lewis Central: Lewis Central vs. Glenwood

Class 5A Region 1 @ CB Abraham Lincoln: CB Abraham Lincoln vs. Ankeny Centennial

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Harrison Butker matched a career long with a 54-yard field goal to tie the game late in the fourth quarter, then drilled a 44-yarder as time expired to give the Kansas City Chiefs a thrilling 26-23 victory over the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday. The first person to greet Butker in celebration? Patrick Mahomes, the reigning league MVP, who missed his second consecutive game as he recovers from a dislocated kneecap. Mahomes looked just fine rushing onto the field to party.

Matt Moore started in his place and threw for 275 yards and a touchdown without a pick, and he made the crucial plays when they mattered. Moore hit favorite target Tyreek Hill to convert a crucial third down and set up the tying field goal, then hit him again to make the winner more manageable. Hill finished with six catches for 140 yards for the Chiefs (6-3), including a spectacular TD grab, while Damien Williams ran for 125 yards — most of it on a 91-yard touchdown run.

Kirk Cousins threw for 220 yards and three touchdowns for the Vikings (6-3), though he struggled to deal with the Chiefs’ blitzes late in the game. Dalvin Cook was held to 71 yards rushing while top wide receiver Stefon Diggs had a single catch for four yards. The win also snapped the Chiefs’ three-game skid at Arrowhead Stadium. They largely controlled the first half, building a 10-7 lead with the ball in the closing minutes. But they proceeded to go three-and-out, the Vikings marched downfield for a tying field goal, then got the ball back when Mecole Hardman fumbled the opening kickoff of the second half .

Suddenly, it was the Vikings who had taken control. They needed just five plays to punch it into the end zone, despite a holding penalty setting them back. Amir Abdullah finished it with a 17-yard catch in which nobody was within 10 yards of him. Hardman hurt the Chiefs again by failing to call a fair catch on a punt downed at their 3. But that flub was rendered irrelevant when Williams took a handoff, found a gaping hole on the left side of the line and made the only safety in front of him miss on a 91-yard touchdown run .
Minnesota answered in the seesaw affair.

Leaning heavily on Cook, the league’s leading rusher, the Vikings marched 75 yards without facing third down until the final play. That’s when Cousins hit Kyle Rudolph from 3 yards out for the score, taking advantage of a Kansas City defense with just 10 players on the field. After trading punts, the Chiefs put together another drive. Moore hit Hill to convert a key third down, and Butker matched his career long with a 54-yard field goal with 2:30 to go. It was a monumental kick — and he had another coming a couple minutes later.
UP NEXT
Minnesota visits the Cowboys next Sunday night.
Kansas City visits the Titans next Sunday.

The Girls Varsity State Swim Meet Qualifying Competition was held Saturday afternoon in Johnston. Locally, members of the Atlantic Lady Trojans Swim Team Coached by Dean Junker and Assistant Coach Jennifer Miller, will move on to State Competition, in six events. The Girl’s State Swimming meet will be held on Saturday, November 8th and 9th in Marshalltown.

Atlantic Senior Annamaria Lowary placed 17th in the 200 yard Freestyle. She also placed 24th in the 500-yard Freestyle. Lewis Central’s Audrey Bach came in at 19th place in the 200.  In the women’s 50 yard Freestyle, Senior Clare Christensen placed 8th. She also placed 8th in the 100-yard Freestyle. Carroll Sophomore Jenna Currier was 16th in the 50-yard event.

In the women’s 100-yard Butterfly, Carroll Junior Melea Axman came in 16th, also. In the Women’s 100 Yard Freestyle: Atlantic’s Clare Christensen placed eighth; Jenna Currier from Carroll was 13th. Annamaria Lowary came in at 24th place in the 500-Yard Freestyle. The 200 Yard Free Style Relay Team of Aleah Hermansen, Kate Landuis, Lowary and Christensen earned a spot in the state event with the 12th fastest time of 1.40.76. And the 400 Yard Free Style Relay team of Hermansen, Alexes Reynolds, Lowary, and Christensen are in with the 16th fastest time of 3:42.29.

The rest of the results from each of Saturday’s events can be found here: https://www.ighsau.org/upl/downloads/library/swimming-2019-stateswimqualifiers.pdf

Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

NORMAL, Ill. (AP) — Will McElvain threw three touchdown passes, the Northern Iowa defense came up with three interceptions and the Panthers defeated Illinois State 27-10 in a Missouri Valley Conference matchup of Top 10 teams. McElvain’s 16-yard strike to Suni Lane in the final minute of the first half put the Panthers (6-3, 4-1) on top 14-7.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Joseph Binda Jr. ran for three touchdowns, Terrence Smith ran for two more and San Diego cashed in on turnovers to beat Drake 49-7 to become the Pioneer Football League’s remaining undefeated team. The Toreros (6-2, 5-0) scored 35 unanswered first-half points in winning their sixth straight PFL game and seventh straight against the Bulldogs.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — David Bell scored the go-ahead touchdown from nine yards out with 1:08 to play, and the Purdue Boilermakers beat the Nebraska Cornhuskers 31-27. The Boilermakers (3-6, 2-4 Big Ten) took the lead for good after starting quarterback Jack Plummer left the game with a right ankle injury _ the latest sidelined on a team plagued by injuries.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs have activated backup quarterback Chad Henne from injured reserve, giving them another option against the Minnesota Vikings if Patrick Mahomes is unable to play. Mahomes dislocated his kneecap two weeks ago in Denver and is listed as questionable. He missed last week’s loss to Green Bay when veteran Matt Moore started in his place.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Skylar Thompson ran for 127 yards and three touchdowns, Harry Trotter added 92 yards rushing and another score, and No. 22 Kansas State romped to a 38-10 victory over Kansas on Saturday. Thompson also had 129 yards passing for the Wildcats, who showed no letdown from their upset of then-No. 5 Oklahoma in trouncing the Jayhawks once again. Carter Stanley had just 115 yards passing for Kansas.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Pierre Strong Jr. ran 18 times for 99 yards and a touchdown and completed an 89-yard TD pass to Cade Johnson as South Dakota State beat Missouri State 35-14. Strong made a forward flip to Johnson on a fly sweep and Johnson took it to the end zone for the longest pass play in nearly five years for the Jackrabbits.

(GVVikings.com/Lamoni, Iowa)— The Grand View University Vikings beat the Graceland Yellowjackets 70-0, Saturday, and improved to 9-0 on the season, while Graceland falls to 0-9.

The Grand View offense outgained the Graceland offense 439-yards to 123-yards. The Vikings ran up and down the field all afternoon rushing for 276-yards. The Grand View defense held the Yellowjackets to an impressive -5-yards rushing. Offensively, Grand View was led by Jensen Gates, who rushed for 113-yards and 3 touchdowns. Johnny Sullivan was a perfect 5/5 in the air for 92-yards and 3 touchdowns.

Anthony Turner caught four balls for 113-yards and two touchdowns. Gates also caught one pass for a touchdown. A slew of Vikings racked up tackles and tackles for loss, Saturday. Ben Slavens led the way with 5 total tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, and one interception. Dallis Flowers had two interceptions on the afternoon.

Up next, the Grand View Vikings will host Peru State 1-p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9th. Peru State is 1-8 on the season, after upsetting William Penn this week.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Joseph Binda Jr. ran for three touchdowns, Terrence Smith ran for two more and San Diego cashed in on turnovers to beat Drake 49-7 on Saturday to become the Pioneer Football League’s remaining undefeated team. The Toreros (6-2, 5-0) scored 35 unanswered first-half points in winning their sixth straight PFL game and seventh straight against the Bulldogs.

San Diego used a 46-yard flea-flicker from Reid Sinnett to Dalton Kincaid to score on its opening drive of the third quarter for a 42-0 lead. Kincaid caught five passes for 117 yards. Drake (4-4, 4-1) cashed in on a Sinnett fumble on a sack, with Ian Corwin scoring four plays later on a fourth-and-goal.

David Tolbert’s interception of a Corwin pass led to Binda’s 1-yard TD run and the Toreros led 21-0 after a pick by Victor Lopez set up Smith’s 2-yard scoring run. Binda also scored on runs of 5 and 1 yards and Smith scored on a 19-yard run.

Sinnett’s 3-yard TD run put San Diego up 35-0 at halftime. Freshman Amir Wallace stopped a late Drake drive with an interception in the end zone. San Diego outgained Drake 476-260 in total yards, with Sinnett completing 23 of 28 passes for 281 yards.

NORMAL, Ill. (AP) — Will McElvain threw three touchdown passes, the Northern Iowa defense came up with three interceptions and the Panthers defeated Illinois State 27-10 on Saturday in a Missouri Valley Conference matchup of Top 10 teams.

McElvain’s 16-yard strike to Suni Lane in the final minute of the first half put the Panthers (6-3, 4-1) on top 14-7. The duo hooked up for a 27-yard score with 11 minutes to play for a 21-10 lead. Matthew Cook finished the next two drives, setup by Xavior Williams’ fumble recovery and a Christian Jegen interception, both deep in ISU territory, with field goals.

McElvain was 14 of 28 for 189 yards with an interception. Illinois State (6-3, 3-2) had only 63 yards of offense in the second half, only scoring on a field goal that was set up by a fumble recovery at the Northern Iowa 30. The Redbirds finished with 210 yards.

ACGC’s Kate Crawford took 3rd in the 2A Girls State Cross Country Meet and West Central Valley’s Louden Foster took 4th in the 2A Boys race.

Crawford ran a time of 19:05.90 to finish 3rd. The Chargers finished 5th in the team race. Rylee Sloss finished 10th and Kiersten Knobbe was 19th. Panorama’s Ella Waddle finished 5th.

Foster ran 16:25.20 to grab 4th in the boys race. The Treynor boys team finished 15th with 307 points. The Cardinals top finisher was Cole Dooley in 25th.