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

DENVER (AP) — Reigning MVP Patrick Mahomes injured his right knee in the Kansas City Chiefs’ 30-6 victory over the Denver Broncos. Mahomes was hurt on a quarterback sneak early in the second quarter. Backup Matt Moore threw a 57-yard touchdown pass to Tyreek Hill and the Chiefs rallied around their fallen superstar to snap a two-game losing streak.

UNDATED (AP) — Ohio State, Wisconsin and Penn State give the Big Ten three top-10 teams at the halfway point of the season. All three have their sights set on ending the conference’s two-year drought in the College Football Playoff. The biggest games in the conference are still to be played. Top AP midseason awards go to Ohio State’s Ryan Day and Chase Long and Wisconsin’s Jonathan Taylor.

UNDATED (AP) — Fifth-ranked Oklahoma and number 18 Baylor are the only remaining unbeaten teams in the Big 12 at the midpoint of the season. Coach Matt Rhule has Baylor on an eight-game winning streak, which is the longest in the league. Oklahoma’s Jalen Hurts, Oklahoma State’s Chuba Hubbard and Texas Tech’s Jordyn Brooks are among players having standout seasons.

IRVING, Texas (AP) — Kansas has been picked as the favorite to win the Big 12 men’s basketball title. The Jayhawk’s NCAA record run of winning the conference 14 years in a row ended last season. They were picked by the league’s coaches to finish ahead of Baylor and Texas Tech. The Red Raiders made it to the NCAA championship game last season before losing to Virginia in overtime. Texas Tech and Kansas State shared the regular season title. Iowa State won the Big 12 postseason tournament with a win over Kansas.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Thatcher Demko stopped 34 shots in regulation and overtime and Josh Leivo scored the lone shootout goal as the Vancouver Canucks beat the St. Louis Blues 4-3 on Thursday. Bo Horvat, J.T. Miller and Micheal Ferland scored for the Canucks, who won for the first time on the road in three tries this season. Vladimir Tarasenko, Alex Pietrangelo and Robby Fabbri scored for the defending Stanley Cup champions, who have dropped three straight.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Clint Bowyer has reached an agreement with Stewart-Haas Racing to return to the No. 14 Ford next season. Bowyer has been with SHR for three of his 15 seasons in the Cup Series. Bowyer is 11th in the 12-driver playoff field going into Sunday’s race at Kansas Speedway. The bottom four drivers in the standings will be eliminated after Kansas.

Western Iowa Conference Tournament

Championship: (3-0) Underwood 25-25-25, Logan-Magnolia 22-20-15
3rd Place: (3-2) Tri-Center 19-25-25-18-15, Treynor 25-21-22-25-13

Western Iowa Conference Tournament Consolation Matches
(3-2) AHSTW 21-19-15, Riverside 19-21-13
(2-0) AHSTW 21-21, Audubon 13-11
(2-0) Riverside 21-21, Audubon 8-13
(2-0) Riverside 21-21, Missouri Valley 7-9
(2-0) Riverside 21-21, IKM-Manning 19-15
(2-1) Missouri Valley 21-15-15, IKM-Manning 15-21-13
(2-9) Missouri Valley 21-21, Audubon 9-11
(2-1) IKM-Manning 12-21-15, AHSTW 21-18-13

Hawkeye Ten Conference

(3-1) St. Albert 25-25-25, Clarinda 12-21-9

West Central Activities Conference

(3-0) ACGC 25-25-25, Pleasantville 22-15-19

Other Scores
(2-1) Ankeny Centennial 25-18-15, Kuemper Catholic 22-25-6
(2-1) Kuemper Catholic 19-25-15, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 25-22-12
(2-0) Sergeant Bluff-Luton 25-25, Ankeny Centennial 19-19
(2-0, East Mills 25-25-25, East Union 19-18-12
(2-0) Shenandoah 25-26, Southwest Valley 14-24
(2-0) Shenandoah 27-25, Council Bluffs Jefferson 25-23

The Missouri River Conference Cross Country meet was held on Friday night in LeMars. Bishop Heelan won the girls race and Sioux City North won the boys title. CB Thomas Jefferson was 2nd in the boys race, led by Wimach Gilo who finished 3rd place. Abraham Lincoln was 6th on the boys side. The Abraham Lincoln girls finished 6th and Thomas Jefferson was 7th in the girls race. Hayleigh Vandervelde of Abraham Lincoln was the top area girls runner in 18th.

Kaia Downs of Sioux City East won the girls title. Yemane Kifle of Sioux City North was the boys winner.

Find the full results from the meet HERE.

The Nodaway Valley girls picked up a team title and the boys came in 2nd at the Ron Landphair Cross Country Invitational in Mount Ayr on Thursday. The Maryville boys were champs. The Wolverines swept the individual titles with Sophia Broers winning the girls race and Josh Baudler capturing the boys race victory.

Girls Team Scores

1. Nodaway Valley 27
2. Maryville, MO 53
3. Mount Ayr 81
4. East Union 122
5. Central Decatur 125
6. Southwest Valley 140
7. Martensdale St. Marys 144

Girls Individual Top Ten

1. Sophia Broers, Nodaway Valley 20:53.23
2. Reagan Weinheimer, NV 21:38.99
3. Gabrielle Valencia, East Union
4. Laura Feuerbacher, Maryville
5. Lilly Day, Nodaway Valley
6. Katie Donaldson, Clarke
7. Makayla Jones, Mount Ayr
8. McKinna Hogan, Lenox
9. Brooklyn Holtman, Maryville
10. Gracen Arnold, Maryville

Boys Team Scores

1. Maryville, MO 52
2. Nodaway Valley 58
3. Savannah, MO 118
4. Mount Ayr 143
5. Bedford 156
6. SIdney 201
7. Southeast Warren 201
8. Ankeny Christian 210
9. Clarke 214
10. Central Decatur 221
11. Wayne 235
12. Martensdale St. Marys 256
13. East Union 267
14. Orient-Macksburg 290
15. Southwest Valley 366

Boys Indiviudal Top Ten

1. Josh Baudler, Nodaway Valley 16:35.66
2. Noah Jorgensen, Sidney 16:51.12
3. Garrett Dumke, Maryville
4. Randy Jiminez Southeast Warren
5. William Gillis, Central Decatur
6. Chase Sims, Maryville
7. Isaac Timmerman, Mount Ayr
8. Toby Bower, NV
9. Jag Galapin, Maryville,
10. Cale Sterling, Maryville

Full results HERE.

Girls Team Scores

1. Logan-Magnolia 17
2. IKM-Manning 56
3. West Harrison 76
4. Boyer Valley 92

Girls Individual Top Ten

1. Taylor Sporrer, Logan-Magnolia 21:04.58
2. Courtney Sporrer, Logan-Magnolia 21:19.56
3. Violet Lapke, Logan-Magnolia
4. Morgan Hanson, IKM-Manning
5. Mya Moss, Logan-Magnolia
6. Bre Scruff, Missouri Valley
7. Marissa Brenden, Logan-Magnolia
8. Kate Sutton, IKM-Manning
9. Eowyn Sieck, Logan-Magnolia
10. Katie Gore, West Harrison

Full results: boyer valley xc hs girls 2019

Boys Team Scores

1. IKM-Manning 47
2. Woodbine 58
3. Logan-Magnolia 61
4. Boyer Valley 81
5. Missouri Valley 84

Boys Individual Top Ten

1. Quentin Dreyer, IKM-Manning 18:03.19
2. Tarick Rowe, Logan-Magnolia 18:14.55
3. Patrick Heffernan, Boyer Valley
4. Adam Sherer, Woodbine
5. Kaleb King, Logan-Magnolia
6. Adam Gruhn, IKM-Manning
7. Connor Keller, IKM-Manning
8. Will Gutzmer, Missouri Valley
9. Ethan Savala, Missouri Valley
10. Conrad Schafer, Woodbine

Full results: boyer valley xc hs boys 2019

The Van Meter girls and Des Moines Christian boys cross country teams won titles at the West Central Activities Conference Cross Country Meet in Panora on Thursday.

Kate Crawford of ACGC was the girls individual champion with a time of 19:50. Panorama’s Ella Waddle was runner-up. West Central Valley’s Louden Foster continued a strong season with a win in the boys race.

Girls Team Scoring

1. Van Meter 46
2. ACGC 61
3. Earlham 65
4. Panorama 76
5. Madrid 97
6. Pleasantville 171
7. DM Christian 178
8. Woodward-Granger 248
9. West Central Valley 248

Girls Individual Top Ten

1. Kate Crawford, ACGC
2. Ella Waddle, Panorama
3. Clare Kelly, Van Meter
4. Mary Kelly, Van Meter
5. Rylee Sloss, ACGC
6. Lily Dixon, Earlham
7. Jadyn Miller, Madrid
8. Katie Noah, Earlham
9. Maya Herman, Van Meter
10. Abbi Goering, Interstate-35

Boys Team Scoring

1. Des Moines Christian 45
2. Madrid 49
3. Earlham 72
4. Ogden 109
5. ACGC 132
6. Van Meter 173
7. Woodward-Granger 206
8. Interstate-35 259
9. West Central Valley 262
10. Panorama 267
11. Pleasantville 282

Boys Individual Top Ten

1. Louden Foster, West Central Valley
2. Jason Renze, Madrid
3. Cody Smith, DM Christian
4. Jayden Dickson, Earlham
5. Carson Houg, DM Christian
6. Garrett Buxton, Ogden
7. Clay Pehl, Madrid
8. Rory McDermott, Madrid
9. Carson Wille, Van Meter
10. Noah Fopma, DM Christian

Full results HERE.

The Harlan girls and Lewis Central boys cross country teams came out with Hawkeye Ten Conference Championships on Thursday at the conference meet in Creston. Lewis Central actually tied with Harlan in the boys team race with 83 points each, but the Titans won on the sixth runner criteria. Creston’s Braelyn Baker was the girls individual champion. Bennett Heisterkamp of St. Albert was the boys individual winner.

Atlantic was 4th in the girls team race and 3rd in the boys race. Ava Rush was the top girls runner for Atlantic in 9th place. Craig Alan Becker led the Trojan boys with a 3rd place finish.

Girls Team Scores

1. Harlan 40
2. Glenwood 70
3. Creston 90
4. Atlantic 111
5. Lewis Central 121
6. Clarinda 179
7. Shenandoah 180
8. Red Oak 196
9. Denison-Schleswig 201
10. Kuemper Catholic 312

Girls Individual Top Ten

1. Braelyn Baker, Creston, 19:29.65
2. Lucy Borkowski, Harlan, 20:02.75
3. Kaia Bieker, Harlan, 20:15.87
4. Rachel Mullennax, Glenwood, 20:20.56
5. Paige Davis, Creston, 20:21.09
6. Mayson Hartley, Clarinda, 20:27.72
7. Haley Bach, Lewis Central, 20:30.40
8. Claire Miller, Denison-Schleswig, 20:37.96
9. Ava Rush, Atlantic, 20:46.56
10. Liv Fruend, Harlan, 20:48.11

Full results: HawkeyeTenGirls2019

Boys Team Scores

1. Lewis Central 83
2. Harlan 83
3. Atlantic 87
4. St. Albert 110
5. Red Oak 133
6. Glenwood 137
7. Kuemper, Catholic 157
8. Clarinda 182
9. Denison-Schleswig 206
10. Creston 264
11. Shenandoah 269

Boys Individual Top Ten

1. Bennett Heisterkamp, St Albert, 16:38.50
2. Trey Gross, Harlan, 16:49.97
3. Craig Alan Becker, Atlantic, 17:09.72
4. Connor Lancial, Lewis Central, 17:13.69
5. Baylor Bergren, Red Oak, 17:32.16
6. Sam McIntyre, Glenwood, 17:38.56
7. Evan Brummer, Atlantic, 17:39.31
8. Tyler Putney, Kuemper, 17:40.62
9. Nathan Sell, Lewis Central, 17:45.41
10. Isaac Jones, Harlan, 17:52.76

Full results: HawkeyeTenBoys2019

The AHSTW Vikings (4-3) football team plays host to the Southwest Valley Timberwolves (3-4) on Friday night and we’ll have coverage on KJAN. It’s a match-up of teams that have improved throughout the season with a lot of youth on the field. Southwest Valley head Coach Anthony Donahoo said his team is treating this week like the start of a new season. The Timberwolves have nearly everyone coming back for next season so they are looking to build some momentum that can carry over to next year. Coach Donahoo said this meeting with the Vikings should be a good one.

The Timberwolves have been able to run the ball pretty effectively throughout the season with quarterback Brendan Knapp leading the option attack. Coach Donahoo said the big issue has been finishing drives.

AHSTW Head Coach GG Harris feels like his team has continued to improve throughout the season. There was a lot of turnover for the Vikings from last year’s State Runner-Up team and Coach Harris thinks everyone is settling well into their roles as they gain experience. He expects the Timberwolves to be a solid test.

Quarterback Blake Holst has thrown for 901 yards and 6 touchdowns this year for the Vikings, and Denver Pauley has led the ground attack with 602 yards and 6 scores. Jackson Woltmann has been another strong ball carrier for AHSTW with 508 yards and 4 touchdowns. Coach Harris likes the balance they have created on that side of the ball but he thinks the defense may be key this week. He is excited about the recent improvement on defense from his squad and knows they will need to play sound this week to stop that rushing attack.

The Vikings and Timberwolves will kickoff at 7:00pm in Avoca on Friday night. Chris Parks and Mike Smith will have the call on KJAN with the Dvorak Tire and Service pregame starting at 6:30pm. You can catch 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 with all the scores from around the state. Catch the game on-air, online, or on the web app. You can also watch the game on KJANTV.

The Regional site assignments for girls swimming were announced on Thursday by the IGHSAU. Here is a look at the full list for each site.

CLASS 4A

District 7
Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson at Urbandale
Des Moines, North at Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln
Valley, West Des Moines at Ames

CLASS 3A

District 1
Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City at Storm Lake
LeMars at Spencer
Sergeant Bluff-Luton at Denison-Schleswig

District 2
Dallas Center-Grimes at Webster City
Humboldt at Carroll
Perry at Boone

District 9
A-D-M at Winterset
Harlan at Creston-O/M
Lewis Central at Glenwood

CLASS 2A

District 9
Kuemper Catholic at OABCIG
Red Oak at Greene County
Shenandoah at Atlantic

CLASS 1A

District 8
Clarinda at West Central Valley
Panorama at ACGC
Van Meter at Mount Ayr

District 9
Cherokee, Washington at Underwood
Missouri Valley at East Sac County
Treynor at MVAOCOU

CLASS A

District 2
IKM-Manning at Sioux Central
Manson Northwest Webster at Ridge View
St. Edmond at Alta/Aurelia

District 9
Earlham at Riverside
Southwest Valley at AHSTW – ON KJAN
St. Albert at Nodaway Valley

District 10
Lawton-Bronson at Woodbury Central
West Monona at Logan-Magnolia
Westwood at Tri-Center

CLASS 8-MAN
District 1
Kingsley-Pierson at Ar-We-Va, Westside

District 6
Lenox at Lamoni
Moravia at East Union
Mormon Trail at Seymour
Murray at Southeast Warren

District 7
Fremont-Mills at Sidney
Griswold vs Stanton-Essex at Essex ( ND)

District 8
Audubon at Glidden-Ralston
Coon Rapids-Bayard at CAM- ON CAM COUGAR CHANNEL
Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton at Boyer Valley
West Harrison at Woodbine