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The Nodaway Valley Cross Country teams competed at the Steve Johnson High School Cross Country Invitational on Saturday at Wartburg College.
The girls finished in 15th place. Sophia Broers was the top finisher for the Wolverines in 19th place overall, Reagan Weinheimer was 65th. Sioux City North won the team title and Kora Malecek of Onalaska was the individual winner.
The Nodaway Valley boys team finished 8th in the team race. Josh Baudler led the way with a 9th place finish. Toby Bower came in 39th. Sioux City North won the team title and had the individual winner in Jaysen Bouwers.
Full results HERE.
The Thomas Jefferson boys and Harlan girls cross country teams were winners on Saturday at the Harlan Meet. Wimach Gilo of Thomas Jefferson was the boys individual winner and Lucy Borkowski of Harlan won the girls race.
Girls Team Scores
Girls Individual Top Ten
Full results: Cyclone CC Invitational VGirls Results
Boys Team Scores
Boys Individual Top Ten
Full results: Cyclone CC Invitational VBoys Results
Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Nate Stanley threw for 276 yards and two touchdowns, Toren Young added a career-high 131 yards rushing and 14th-ranked Iowa throttled Middle Tennessee 48-3, moving to 4-0 for the third time in 10 years. Brandon Smith caught both of Stanley’s TD throws for the Hawkeyes. Iowa gained 644 yards, its most in coach Kirk Ferentz’s 21 seasons in charge.
WACO, Texas (AP) — John Mayers kicked a 38-yarder with 21 seconds left for the first field goal of the redshirt freshman’s career, lifting Baylor to a 23-21 victory over Iowa State after the Bears blew a 20-point lead in the fourth quarter. The win in the Big 12 opener for both teams was the second in a row for the Bears. They won their sixth straight game going back to last season. The Cyclones lost their conference opener for the 16th time in 18 seasons.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — No. 5 Ohio State was supposed to get its first big test of the season at Nebraska. It hardly turned out that way. Justin Fields threw for three touchdowns and ran for another, Nebraska quarterback Adrian Martinez was intercepted on three of the Cornhuskers’ first four series, and the Buckeyes turned in their most impressive performance of the season in a 48-7 win.
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Chuba Hubbard ran for 296 yards and a touchdown on just 25 carries, and Oklahoma State shut down No. 24 Kansas State’s own vaunted rushing attack in a weather-delayed 26-13 victory Saturday night. Hubbard finished with runs of 53, 84 and 44 yards in his dominant performance. Skylar Thompson was 11 of 23 for 118 yards for the Wildcats, who were coming off a bye following their big win at Mississippi State.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals’ push for a division title will go down to the final day of the regular season following an 8-6 loss to the Chicago Cubs. Adam Wainwright allowed four homers for the first time in his career, but the Cardinals maintained a one-game lead over Milwaukee for the NL Central lead when the Brewers lost 3-2 in 10 innings at Colorado. If the teams are tied after Sunday’s regular season finales, they will play a tiebreaking Game 163 in St. Louis on Monday.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Minnesota Twins lost third baseman Luis Arraez to an apparent right leg injury in the seventh inning of their 4-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals. Arraez collided with first baseman Willians Astudillo while he was chasing Hunter Dozier’s pop fly at the mound. Astudillo caught the ball and Arraez grabbed the back of his right leg as he tumbled to the ground.
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Freshman Max Duggan led touchdown drives on all three of his first-half possessions as TCU scored on every first-half possession and was never threatened in a 51-14 victory over Kansas to open Big 12 play. TCU (3-1, 1-0) dominated in every area of the first half against Kansas (2-3, 0-2), which ended a 48-game road losing streak to Power 5 opponents earlier this season at Boston College.
Southwest Valley Tournament
(2-0) Southwest Valley 21-21, Audubon 15-14
(2-0) Southwest Valley 21-21, Exira-EHK 8-8
(2-0) Southwest Valley 21-21, Southeast Warren 11-13
(2-0) Southwest Valley 21-23, AHSTW 12-21
(2-0) Southwest Valley 25-16-15, AHSTW 15-25-9
(2-0) AHSTW 21-21, Audubon 14-17
(2-0) AHSTW 21-21, Exira-EHK 15-11
(2-0) AHSTW 21-22, Lenox 10-20
(2-0) Audubon 21-21, Exira-EHK 18-17
Bedford Tournament
(2-1) Sidney 19-21-16, East Mills 21-10-14
(2-0) Sidney 21-21, Central Decatur 14-13
(2-0) Sidney 21-21, Lamoni 11-6
(2-0) Sidney 21-21, Mount Ayr 12-14
(2-1) Sidney 25-23-15, East Mills 13-25-8
(2-0) East Mills 21-21, Central Decatur 6-11
(2-0) East Mills 21-21, Mount Ayr 7-6
(2-0) East Mills 25-25, Stanton 21-22
(2-1) Bedford 21-16-15, Murray 17-21-9
(2-0) Bedford 25-25, Mount Ayr 20-9
(2-0) Stanton 21-21, Bedford 11-18
Nevada Tournament
(2-0) Nevada 21-21, Council Bluffs Jefferson 14-13
(2-0) Norwalk 25-25, Carroll 17-22
(2-1) Dallas Center-Grimes 21-17-15, Carroll 15-21-10
(2-0) Carroll 21-21, Des Moines Lincoln 18-11
(2-1) Carroll 27-23-15, Lake Mills 29-21-13
(2-0) Glenwood 21-21, Norwalk 13-18
Sioux City East Tournament
(2-1) Council Bluffs Lincoln 17-21-15, Sioux City East 21-16-9
(2-0) Council Bluffs Lincoln 21-21, Bishop Heelan 7-16
(2-1) Lewis Central 21-18-15, Sioux City East 18-21-13
(2-0) Lewis Central 21-21, Bishop Heelan 13-9
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Adam Wainwright was itching to spray champagne in the Cardinals clubhouse Saturday night. It’s been nearly four years since his last boozy bash, and after getting roughed up by the Cubs, he and his St. Louis teammates will have to wait at least one more night. The Cardinals’ push for a division title will go down to the final day of the regular season following an 8-6 loss to Chicago on Saturday night.
“You can’t ask for anything more,” Cardinals manager Mike Shildt said. “We’ve had it in our control and we’ve controlled it at the point to the final day with a one-game lead. We can be disappointed, which we are, about tonight, laid it all out there. But we can also look up and realize that on the last game of the season, we control our destiny.” Wainwright (14-10) allowed four homers for the first time in his career, but the Cardinals maintained a one-game lead over Milwaukee for the NL Central lead when the Brewers lost 3-2 in 10 innings at Colorado. If the teams are tied after Sunday’s regular season finales, they will play a tiebreaking Game 163 in St. Louis on Monday. The second-place finisher will play in the NL wild-card game at Washington on Tuesday.
“I couldn’t be more disappointed in me,” Wainwright said. “Unfortunate, because we needed that game. We needed a win. I’d love to be popping champagne right now, but luckily the Rockies bailed us out a little bit and we still control our own destiny.” Yadier Molina shouted at Cubs left-hander Cole Hamels after being grazed by a fastball in the second inning, sparking a benches-clearing fracas. No punches were thrown, but Chicago landed some haymakers anyway — two homers from Ian Happ and one each from Kyle Schwarber and Victor Caratini assured the Cubs their first series win at Busch Stadium this season.
Hamels allowed two hits and struck out eight in four innings after Cubs manager Joe Maddon said pregame that he would be limited to three innings. Hamels was making his first start since Sept. 16 after dealing with left shoulder tightness. Chicago has been eliminated from postseason contention. Steve Cishek (4-6) and four other relievers turned a lead over to Brandon Kintzler, who pitched a scoreless ninth for his first save. Wainwright allowed six runs on a career high-tying 12 hits, snapping a string of six straight starts without a loss. He said he feels good but needs to make a mechanical fix.
Molina was awarded first base after Hamels’ 91 mph pitch clipped his left arm. He took a few steps toward first and stared at Hamels, then began barking at him and walked toward the mound. Cubs catcher Jonathan Lucroy stepped between Molina and Hamels, and St. Louis teammate Matt Carpenter dragged Molina away while players poured onto the field. No warnings or ejections were issued. “We’ve got history,” Molina said about Hamels. “For many years I’ve faced him. Every time he goes inside, he goes in tight and this time I was tired of it. I let him know. We all man up. He said something, I said something, but that was the end.” Hamels said he was confused by Molina’s reaction but felt he needed to stand up for himself.
“It’s kind of a crazy situation,” Hamels said.
Schwarber launched the first pitch he saw from Wainwright into the right field bleachers for his 38th home run. Happ hit a two-run homer in the third and another in the fifth for his fifth career multi-home run game and first this season. He has 11 home runs since being recalled from Triple-A Iowa on July 26. Harrison Bader broke up the Cubs’ shutout when he hit his 11th homer of the season off Kyle Ryan in the fifth inning. Tommy Edman added a two-run triple and an RBI single, and Paul Goldschmidt batted with the bases loaded in the seventh but grounded into a double play. St. Louis’ Paul DeJong hit his 30th homer off Pedro Strop in the eighth, trailing only Colorado’s Trevor Story (35) for the lead among NL shortstops. Story hit a game-ending homer for Colorado to sink Milwaukee.
UP NEXT
The Cardinals and Cubs wrap up their three-game series Sunday (9/29). Shildt announced RHP Jack Flaherty (10-8, 2.85) will start with the division title at stake. He has given up four earned runs in his last 37 innings for a 0.97 ERA, including allowing one run over eight innings against the Cubs on Sept. 19. The Cubs will counter with LHP Derek Holland (2-4, 5.47).
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Kaden Jenks hit Rashid Shaheed for a 73-yard touchdown on Weber State’s first play from scrimmage and the Wildcats led the rest of the way in their 29-17 win over Northern Iowa on Saturday night. Jenks finished 19-of-29 passing for 219 yards and two touchdowns in a battle between two of the top teams in the Football Championship Subdivision.
Weber State (2-2), which came in ranked No. 6 in the FCS Coaches poll, scored on its first five drives to open a 27-3 lead midway through the second quarter.
Following Shaheed’s touchdown, the seventh-ranked Panthers fumbled the kickoff and Trey Tuttle’s 25-yard field goal extended the lead. Then, just three plays later, Brody Burke picked off a pass from Will McElvain to set up Kris Jackson’s 2-yard touchdown run that made it 17-0 less than 10 minutes into the game. Matthew Cook made a 35-yard field goal to get Northern Iowa (2-2) on the board with 3:27 left in the first quarter, but Tuttle made a 41-yarder about 2 ½ minutes later and Jenks hit Justin Malone for a 13-yard touchdown with 8:30 left in the second quarter.
McElvain threw for 219 yards and two touchdowns and added 105 yards rushing on 16 carries for UNI.
WACO, Texas (AP) — John Mayers kicked a 38-yarder with 21 seconds left for the first field goal of the redshirt freshman’s career, lifting Baylor to a 23-21 victory over Iowa State on Saturday after the Bears blew a 20-point lead in the fourth quarter. The win in the Big 12 opener for both teams was the second in a row for the Bears (4-0, 1-0 Big 12), who won their sixth straight game going back to last season and are off to their best start in three years under coach Matt Rhule.
Brock Purdy rallied the Cyclones (2-2, 0-1) with three TD drives after trailing 20-0 in the fourth quarter. But Iowa State couldn’t stop Baylor’s 54-yard drive to the winning points while losing a Big 12 opener for the 16th time in 18 seasons — including all four under coach Matt Campbell.
The Bears fell behind for the first time this season on Purdy’s 20-yard touchdown pass to Charlie Kolar with less than four minutes to go. Charlie Brewer answered with three third-down conversions on the 14-play march, which included completions of 15 and 13 yards to Tyquan Thornton. Mayers’ kick into the wind was just inside the right post after he missed badly from the same distance — 38 yards — in the first half.
“Gotta make a play,” Campbell said. “It’s the story of our two losses. The story of our two wins, we made plays. The story of our two losses, in the heat of the moment, we’ve got to make a play.” Baylor was behind because of a botched PAT attempt after the second of three touchdown passes from Brewer when the snap went through holder Skyler Wetzel’s hands.
“I was just kind of reluctant just because of the wind and all that stuff, I didn’t want to keep putting the kid out there,” Rhule said. “But you know what, to his credit he went out there and made that kick.”
Thornton had 11 catches for 141 yards and the last Baylor touchdown. Denzel Mims scored the first TDs and had 106 yards on six grabs.
After a rough start, Purdy finished 27 of 45 for 342 yards with two touchdowns and an interception. Johnnie Lang had a touchdown rushing and another receiving.
THE TAKEAWAY
Iowa State: Purdy’s recovery a week after accounting for six touchdowns in a 72-20 loss to Louisiana-Monroe reversed what was looking like a miserable day. Still, the Cyclones will feel like they let one get away after they thought they had stolen one.
Baylor: Instead of what would have been the worst loss under Rhule, the Bears have momentum in the Big 12 race. The Bears also avoided ending Rhule’s 35-game winning streak when the coach’s team was tied or leading going in the fourth quarter, including his Temple tenure.
UP NEXT
Iowa State: TCU at home next Saturday.
Baylor: At Kansas State next Saturday.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Nate Stanley threw for 276 yards and two touchdowns, Toren Young added a career-high 131 yards rushing and 14th-ranked Iowa throttled Middle Tennessee 48-3 on Saturday, moving to 4-0 for just the second time in 10 years. Brandon Smith caught both of Stanley’s TD throws for the Hawkeyes. Iowa gained 644 yards, its most in coach Kirk Ferentz’s 21 seasons in charge. Iowa racked up 358 of those yards in the first half and scored on its first four drives, a stretch headlined by an 18-yard TD throw from Stanley to Smith, to jump ahead 24-0 midway through the second quarter.
Ihmir Smith-Marsette’s 14-yard touchdown run off a jet sweep pushed Iowa’s lead to 34-3 with 2:19 left in the third quarter. Asher O’Hara was 15 of 22 passing for 110 yards for Middle Tennessee (1-3). The Blue Raiders’ defense was gashed for over eight yards a play.
THE TAKEAWAY
Iowa: The Hawkeyes’ first drive — a nine-play, 65-yarder that lasted 3:59 and finished with a 4-yard touchdown run by Mekhi Sargent — was so clinical, so balanced and, frankly, so easy that it set the tone for the day. Iowa pushed around the undersized Blue Raiders from the opening whistle in joining its 2009 and 2015 teams with 4-0 starts.
Middle Tennessee: This was likely the most overmatched the Blue Raiders will be all year. But they’ve got enough to compete for another bowl bid with Conference USA play starting next week.
UP NEXT
Iowa plays at Michigan next Saturday. The 20th-ranked Wolverines pummeled Rutgers 52-0 on Saturday.
Middle Tennessee hosts Marshall on Oct. 5.
The Atlantic Trojans football team played their most complete game of the season and topped the Kuemper Catholic Knights 20-18 on Friday night in Carroll.
The Trojans jumped out to an early 10-0 advantage in the first quarter. Tyler Moen kicked a 26-yard field goal on the Trojans first offensive possession. He added a 2 yard touchdown run on their second possession of the game to give the Trojans the early advantage that they would not relinquish. Kuemper Catholic answered the Moen touchdown with a 13-play, 80 yard drive that was capped by a Cole Collison 1 yard touchdown run on 4th and goal. The Trojans blocked the extra point to make it 10-6 at halftime.
The second half started slow with the two teams trading 4 punts. Tyler Moen then ripped off an 80 yard touchdown run on the third possession of the half for Atlantic to give the Trojans a 17-6 edge. Kuemper answered with a touchdown drive finished by a 10 yard pass from Collison to Blaise Gunnerson. The Trojans stuffed the two point conversion attempt to keep the score at 17-12. Atlantic then went on a 13 play, 74 yard drive that was capped by a 34-yard field goal by Moen to give the Trojans an 8 point lead.
Kuemper Catholic was left with 3:19 to try to drive to tie the game. The Knights were able to march 60 yards in 10 plays to punch a score in with just :31 seconds left. Collison dove in on a one yard run to get the score. It then came down to the 2 point conversion try to tie the game. The Knights pitched the ball to Kyle Berg on a sweep around right end. He built some momentum but was met at around the 2 yard line by Moen and a couple other Trojans to bring him down short of the goal line.
The Trojans then secured an onside attempt by the Knights and took a couple of knees to secure the win.
Moen had another sensational outing with 224 yards on 25 carries with two touchdowns and the two big field goals. The Trojans outgained the Knights 331-269 on the night.
Atlantic improves to 2-3 and opens up 2A-District 9 play with a win. They will travel to face a ranked OA-BCIG team in Ida Grove next week. Kuemper Catholic falls to 1-4 overall and 0-1 in the district. The Knights travel to Greene County next week.
Friday (09/27/2019)
CLASS 4A
District 7
Ames 52, Des Moines, North 12
Valley, West Des Moines 73, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 0
Urbandale 56, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 0
CLASS 3A
District 1
Sergeant Bluff-Luton 29, Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City 16
Storm Lake 36, LeMars 30
Spencer 34, Denison-Schleswig 12
District 2
Carroll 28, Webster City 13
Humboldt 7, Boone 6
Dallas Center-Grimes 41, Perry 0
District 9
Harlan 41, ADM 28
Lewis Central 48, Creston-Orient-Macksburg 8
Glenwood 35, Winterset 28
CLASS 2A
District 9
Atlantic 20, Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 18 – ON KJAN
Greene County 49, Shenandoah 7
OA-BCIG 64, Red Oak 7
CLASS 1A
District 8
Van Meter 42, AC/GC 8
Panorama, Panora 33, Clarinda 3
Mount Ayr 41, West Central Valley 0
District 9
Missouri Valley 30, Cherokee, Washington 14
Underwood 62, Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 8
Treynor 35, East Sac County 14
CLASS A
District 2
Alta-Aurelia 41, Manson Northwest Webster 11
Sioux Central, Sioux Rapids 35, Ridge View 0
IKM-Manning 34, St. Edmond, Fort Dodge 7
District 8
Central Decatur, Leon 50, North Mahaska, New Sharon 12
Wayne, Corydon 34, Lynnville-Sully 28
District 9
AHSTW 17, Riverside 14
Southwest Valley 22, Nodaway Valley 8
Earlham 38, St. Albert, Council Bluffs 3
District 10
Lawton-Bronson 28, West Monona 12
Woodbury Central, Moville 33, Tri-Center, Neola 7
Westwood, Sloan 14, Logan-Magnolia 10
CLASS 8
District 1
St. Mary’s, Remsen 59, Ar-We-Va, Westside 0
Harris-Lake Park 58, West Bend-Mallard 20
Kingsley-Pierson at Siouxland Christian (ND)
Newell-Fonda 41, River Valley, Correctionville 8
District 6
Lamoni 32, Moravia 0
Lenox 68, Mormon Trail, Garden Grove 13
Murray at Seymour PPD
Southeast Warren 47 East Union 6
District 7
Bedford 50, Sidney 22
East Mills 69, Stanton/Essex 46
Fremont-Mills 75, Griswold 12
District 8
Audubon 60, Boyer Valley 0
CAM 56, Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 0
Coon Rapids-Bayard 65, West Harrison 13
Woodbine 65, Glidden-Ralston 28
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