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

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The prospects of Kansas City slowing down the Green Bay Packers, fresh off their blowout win over Oakland, probably feel a whole lot better after the way the Chiefs played last week. Their defense, so maligned for years under coordinator Bob Sutton and not a whole lot better under replacement Steve Spagnuolo, finally clicked in what turned into a 30-6 rout of the Broncos. Now the task is to slow down Aaron Rodgers and the Packers.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Sunday night showdown between the Packers and Chiefs was supposed to be a marquee matchup between quarterbacks Aaron Rodgers and Patrick Mahomes. But when the Kansas City quarterback dislocated his kneecap against Denver, those prospects dimmed. Still, regardless of whether Mahomes makes a miraculous recovery in time to play, the game shapes up as an intriguing test of division leaders.

UNDATED (AP) — No. 15 Texas and TCU could both use a win at the midpoint of their conference schedules. The Longhorns want to get back to another Big 12 title game. The 3-3 Horned Frogs want to avoid falling under .500. Oklahoma State running back Chuba Hubbard is averaging 181 yards rushing per game. The Cowboys play Iowa State, which hasn’t allowed only 111 yards rushing per game. There has not been a 100-yard rusher against Iowa State.

UNDATED (AP) — The game between No. 13 Wisconsin and No. 3 Ohio State lost some of its luster when the Badgers were upset by Illinois last week. The Badgers still stack up as the best opponent Ohio State has faced. Five of the last six meetings have been decided by seven points or less. Michigan’s front seven will face a challenge against Notre Dame’s offensive line. Illinois heads to Purdue looking for back-to-back wins over Big Ten opponents for the first time since 2014.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — There is no five-star basketball prospect for Missouri to hang its hopes on this season. Instead, coach Cuonzo Martin might have his most complete team since arriving in Columbia, one that figures to improve significantly on its 5-13 record in the SEC last season. Missouri opens the season Nov. 6 against Incarnate Word.

The Atlantic Trojans (3-5, 2-2) football team will finish their 2019 season with a road trip to face the Red Oak Tigers (0-8, 0-4). Atlantic is looking to build off a strong performance last week in a 55-25 win over Shenandoah. Tyler Moen ripped off 523 yards and 5 rushing scores, along with 2 defensive touchdowns in that win. Atlantic Head Coach Mike McDermott said that performance was part of a great team effort.

Red Oak has struggled with low numbers combined with injuries this season. Coach McDermott said despite that the Tigers have two strong running backs with experience that the Trojans will need to slow down.

The Trojans and Tigers are set for a 7:00pm kickoff on Friday night. Chris Parks and Mike Smith will have the call of the game on KJAN with the Dvorak Tire and Service Pregame Show starting at 6:30pm. Catch the game on-air, online, or watch on KJANTV. Listen to our pick ’em show “Who’s Gonna Win?” at 6:00pm and stay tuned after the game for “The Iowa High School Scoreboard Show” from 10:00pm-11:30pm. You can also hear more from Coach McDermott on “Trojan Preview” at 4:45pm Friday on KJAN.

The Tri-Center and St. Albert boys cross country teams qualified for the State Meet on Thursday with 2nd and 3rd place finishes at the District Meet at Holstein. Gehlen Catholic won the team title with 93 points, Tri-Center had 95, and St. Albert had 102.

Will Roder of Gehlen Catholic won the Individual Title. Bennet Heisterkamp of St. Albert was Runner-Up. Brett McGee of Tri-Center finished 4th and Jone Franke was 6th for the Trojans. Tarick Rowe of Logan-Magnolia was an individual qualifier in 13th place. Nate Wright of Woodbine was 15th.

Full results HERE.

Josh Baudler and the Nodaway Valley Wolverines won titles at the Mount Ayr boys cross country District Meet on Thursday. Baudler took the Individual Title with a time of 16:25.19. Noah Jorgensen of Sidney was Runner-Up.

The Wolverines tallied 43 points to win the team race. Earlham was 2nd and Ogden took 3rd.

Team Scores

1. Nodaway Valley 43
2. Earlham 61
3. Ogden 96
4. IKM-Manning 158
5. Riverside 175
6. Mount Ayr 200
7. Van Meter 201
8. Bedford 240
9. Sidney 259
10. I-35 287
11. Ankeny Christian 290
12. Wayne 294
13. Martensdale St. Marys 264
14. East Union 380
15. East Mills 296
16. CAM 398
17. Orient-Macksburg 418
18. Southwest Valley 443
19. Essex 575

Individual Top 15 State Qualifiers

1. Joshua Baudler, Nodaway Valley
2. Noah Jorgenson, Sidney
3. Garrett Buxton, Ogden
4. Jayden Dickson, Earlham
5. Isaac Timmerman, Mount Ayr
6. Toby Bower, Nodaway Valley
7. Quentin Dryer, IKM-Manning
8. Tyler Breheny, Nodaway Valley
9. Stephen Flynn, Ogden
10. Zach Dixon, Earlham
11. Jake Willem, Earlham
12. Ben Breheny, Nodaway Valley
13. TJ Harkins, Earlham
14. Ben Schroder, Riverside
15. Landon Smith, Ogden

Full results HERE.

The Treynor boys cross country team punched their ticket to state with a 3rd place finish at the 2A District Meet at Panora. The Cardinals had 105 points and finished behind Des Moines Christian (30) and Albia (76).

Louden Foster of West Central Valley was the Individual Champion. Cody Smith of Des Moines Christian was Runner-Up.

Boys Team Scores

1. Des Moines Chrisitan 30
2. Albia 76
3. Treynor 105
4. Red Oak 127
5. AC/GC 149
6. Clarinda 151
7. Central Decatur 161
8. Shenandoah 236
9. Chariton 267
10. Emmetsburg 306
11. Missouri Valley 312
12. West Central Valley 215
13. Panorama 331
14. Underwood 369

Individual Top 15 State Qualifiers

1. Louden Foster, West Central Valley
2. Cody Smith, Des Moines Christian
3. William Gillis, Central Decatur
4. Noah Fopma, Des Moines Christian
5. Carson Houg, Des Moines Christian
6. Bayler Bergren, Red Oak
7. Derrick Thompson, Treynor
8. Landon Noe, Albia
9. Jacop Fopma, Des Moines Christian
10. Trey Castile, Des Moines Christian
11. Christian Castile, Des Moines Christian
12. Tyson McDole, Central Decatur
13. Dawson Bonnett, Albia
14. Cole Dooley, Treynor
15. Justin McCunn, Red Oak

Full results HERE.

Sioux City North, Urbandale, and Waukee were the three State Qualifying teams from the Class 4A District Meet at Council Bluffs Thursday.

Payton Marrs of Urbandale was the Champion and Will Lohr of Sioux City North was Runner-Up. Wimach Gilo of Thomas Jefferson came in 3rd. TJ’s Juan Matrinez was 8th and Aidan Booton qualified 9th. Connor Lancial of Lewis Central also qualified for State with a 13th place finish.

Full results HERE

Waukee, Sioux City East, and Urbandale girls cross county teams advanced to the State meet from the Class 4A State Qualifying Meet in Council Bluffs on Thursday.

Kaia Downs of Sioux City East was the individual champion. The lone individual qualifier from the area was Haley Bach of Lewis Central who finished 14th.

Full results: xc-2019-councilbluffssqm

The AC/GC girls cross country team had an impressive showing at the Class 2A State Qualifying Meet at Panora on Thursday. Kate Crawford took the Individual title and the Chargers won the team title by a wide margin. The Chargers notched 61 points, Emmetsburg had 92 in 2nd, and Chariton was 3rd with 95 points.

The Chargers also had Rylee Sloss in 4th, Kiersten Knobbe 6th, Jorja Hoover, 24th, Alyson Embleton 28th, Jenna Stringer 46th, and Taylor Lemke 48th.

Girls Team Scores

1. AC/GC 61
2. Emmetsburg 92
3. Chariton 95
4. Panorama 108
5. Shenandoah 118
6. Albia 169
7. Clarinda 186
8. Des Moines Christian 215
9. Treynor 224
10. Red Oak 237
11. Greene County 272
12. Central Decatur 294
13. West Central Valley 311

Individual Top 15 State Qualifiers

1. Kate Crawford, AC/GC
2. Ella Waddle, Panorama
3. Tori Castle, Treynor
4. Rylee Sloss, AC/GC
5. Mayson Hartley, Clarinda
6. Kiersten Knobbe, AC/GC
7. Milanna Primakov, Chariton
8. Olivia Steffen, Panorama
9. Sherryl Mae Rowe, Albia
10. Brenna Godfread, Shenandoah
11. Payton Beckman, Panorama
12. Gabrielle Janssen, Emmetsburg
13. Jordyn Reimer, Underwood
14. Isabel Doyle, Emmetsburg
15. Sarah Gilbert, Shenandoah

Full results HERE

Tri-Center’s Peyton Pogge was the Individual Champion and the Logan-Magnolia squad took the Team Title at the Class 1A State Qualifying Cross Country Meet at Ridge View Thursday. Pogge ran 19:26.92 to finish nearly 30 seconds ahead of Runner-Up Courtney Sporrer of Logan-Magnolia.

The Panthers took the team title with 39 points. Taylor Sporrer was 3rd, Kylie Morrison 5th, and Violet Lapke 7th for the Panthers. Tri-Center was just outside of team qualification in 4th place. They were 20 points behind third place Ft. Dodge St. Edmond. Manson-NW Webster came in 2nd. Carly McKeever of St. Albert also qualified individually with a 12th place finish.

Full results here: xc-2019-holsteinsqm

AHSTW took the team title and Nodaway Valley came in 3rd at the Class 1A State Qualifying Meet at Mount Ayr on Thursday. Van Meter came in 2nd place to round out the qualifying teams.

Clare Kelly of Van Meter won the title and her teammate Mary Kelly was Runner-Up.

Girls Team Scores

1. AHSTW 55
2. Van Meter 56
3. Nodaway Valley 70
4. Earham 71
5. Mount Ayr 152
6. IKM-Manning 196
7. Audubon 221
8. Martensdale St. Marys 236
9. CAM 261
10. Wayne 264
11. Southwest Valley 278
12. Exira-EHK 280
13. Sidney 317

Top 15 Individual State Qualifiers

1. Clare Kelly, Van Meter 20:00.16
2. Mary Kelly, Van Meter 20:25.13
3. Lily Dixon, Earlham
4. Sophia Broers, Nodaway Valley
5. Reagan Weinheimer, Nodaway Valley
6. Grace Slater, Audubon
7. Chloe Falkena, AHSTW
8. Abbi Goering, I-35
9. Ryann Portch, AHSTW
10. Julia Kock, AHSTW
11. Gabrielle Valencia, East Union
12. Hannah Thygesen, Audubon
13. Katie Noah, Earlham
14. Taylor Jensen, Earlham
15. Maya Herman, Van Meter

Full results: xc-2019-mtayr Girls