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Friday (09/28/2018)
CLASS 4A:
District 7
Ames at Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln
Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson at Des Moines, North
Urbandale at Valley, West Des Moines
CLASS 3A:
District 1
Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City at Denison-Schleswig
District 2
Carroll at Boone
District 9
ADM, Adel at Creston-O/M
Glenwood at Harlan
Lewis Central at Winterset
CLASS 2A:
District 9
Greene County at Kuemper Catholic
OABCIG at Atlantic
Red Oak at Shenandoah
CLASS 1A:
District 8
ACGC at Clarinda
Panorama at Mount Ayr
Van Meter at West Central Valley
District 9
Cherokee, Washington at East Sac County
MVAOCOU at Missouri Valley
Treynor at Underwood
CLASS A:
District 2
Manson Northwest Webster at IKM-Manning
District 9
AHSTW at Earlham
Riverside at Nodaway Valley
Southwest Valley at St. Albert
District 10
Lawton-Bronson at Logan-Magnolia
Tri-Center at West Monona
Westwood at Woodbury Central
CLASS 8-Player:
District 6
Moravia at Mormon Trail
Murray at East Union
Seymour at Lamoni
Southeast Warren at Lenox
District 7
Bedford at Fremont-Mills
East Mills at Sidney
Essex at Stanton
Griswold at Clarinda Academy
District 8
Audubon at Coon Rapids-Bayard
Boyer Valley at Glidden-Ralston
West Harrison at Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton
Woodbine at CAM
The AHSTW Vikings are undefeated at 5-0 and they hope to keep that streak going with a road trip to face the Earlham Cardinals (2-3) on Friday night. We’ll have coverage of the game on KJAN for the Class A District 9 match-up. The Vikings have put up some impressive numbers to start the season including holding their opponents to an average of 10 points per game. AHSTW Head Coach Davis Pattee said the Vikings have played great team defense with some great leaders on the line.
That defense will face a challenge this week from Earlham Tailback Caleb Swalla. He has rushed for 969 yards on the season with 9 touchdowns and Coach Pattee said he is a big part of a tough Earlham offense to prepare for.
The Vikings will counter with some balance on offense. Gabe Pauley is a great tailback as well, churning up 735 yards and 11 scores. The Vikings add the air threat with Blake Osbahr’s efficiency at quarterback and a number of threats to throw to, led by Drake Partridge. Osbahr has completed 73% of his passes and has thrown just one interception this year. Partridge has hauled in 13 passes for 394 yards and 8 touchdowns.
The Vikings and Cardinals are set for a 7:00pm kickoff in Earlham. Chris Parks and Mike Smith will have the call on KJAN with pregame starting at 6:30pm following our weekly pick ’em show Who’s Gonna Win? that starts at 6:00pm. You can catch the game on air at AM 1220, FM 101.1, online at kjan.com, on the web app, or watch the live video feed on our Facebook page. Stay tuned after the game for the Iowa High school Scoreboard Show from 10:00pm-11:30pm.
The Atlantic Trojans (2-3) football team is preparing for their homecoming game this week against the OA-BCIG Falcons (4-1). The Trojans have regrouped this week after a tough start to district play with a 45-14 loss to Kuemper Catholic last week. The Trojans failed to establish the run against the Knights and Atlantic Head Coach Mike McDermott said they need to get better in that aspect of the game to open up the rest of the offense.
The Falcons will line up in a similar fashion to the Knights as they like to spread the field, but the Falcons will be a bit more heavy on the short passing game. OA-BCIG has 5 receivers that have gained over 100 yards on the season and Coach McDermott said they will need to get pressure on Falcons QB Kaden Ladwig if they want to slow them down.
Ladwig has thrown for 1,286 yard and 15 touchdowns compared to just 4 interceptions, so he has been efficient., but he also poses a threat with his feet having rushed for six scores as well. Coach McDermott said the defensive front will have to play a great game to get pressure but also contain Ladwig.
The Trojans and Falcons will kick off the homecoming contest at 7:00pm on Friday at the Trojan Bowl.
Hawkeye Ten Conference
(3-0) Lewis Central 25-25-25, Clarinda 18-16-17
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Fortunately for the Milwaukee Brewers, they didn’t slip up.
The Brewers clinched their first playoff spot since 2011 by ensuring at least a spot in the NL wild-card game, helped Wednesday night when a rookie St. Louis pinch-runner suddenly fell on his way to the plate in a 2-1 win over the contending Cardinals.
“I saw him go down and luckily we were able to put a tag on him and get him out,” Brewers reliever Josh Hader said. “I’ve never seen that before but it was definitely good on our side.”
The Brewers (92-67) remained a half-game behind the NL Central-leading Chicago Cubs. Milwaukee’s win also sealed a postseason berth for the Cubs.
Milwaukee began the day 3 ½ games ahead of Colorado for the top wild-card slot. St. Louis (87-71) entered a half-game behind the Rockies for the final wild-card berth.
The Cardinals missed a big chance to tie it in the eighth inning. Matt Carpenter drew a two-out walk and was lifted for pinch-runner Adolis Garcia. Jose Martinez then hit a slow roller to third baseman Mike Moustakas, who threw wildly to first.
Garcia was waved home, but slipped rounding third base and fell halfway to the plate. He got to his feet and had no chance, easily tagged out after second baseman Hernan Perez made a strong throw.
“The kid’s giving you everything he’s got, it’s just unfortunate he fell,” Cardinals manager Mike Shildt said. “It’s one of those things that happened. Clearly, it would’ve tied the game but it wasn’t for lack of effort. Things happen and he was giving everything he had.”
Milwaukee turned that break into a three-game sweep at Busch Stadium. And while the Brewers enjoyed an enthusiastic celebration in their clubhouse, the prospect of catching the Cubs still hung in the air.
“We like our chances, but obviously winning the division would be huge,” outfielder Ryan Braun said. “The wild-card game, no matter how good you are, it is always somewhat of a coin flip. So we have to take care of business. We have to continue to win games and continue to play the way we’ve played to this point and hopefully find a way to win the division.”
Milwaukee advanced to the NL Championship Series in 2011 before being eliminated in six games by the eventual World Series champion Cardinals.
Jhoulys Chacin pitched five strong innings and Travis Shaw hit a pair of RBI singles for Milwaukee.
“When you’ve got games left still and you’ve got something to play for there’s stuff ahead of us, but you do this to enjoy what you’ve accomplished,” Brewers manager Craig Counsell said. “We know that we’ve made the playoffs, we have a chance to play in the playoffs and we have three big games left.”
Chacin (15-8), who had lost his last three decisions, gave up one run on just one hit over five innings. He needed a season-low 60 pitches and faced three batters over the minimum.
“We definitely caught a break there, it was a strange play,” Counsell said of the Garcia fall. “We pitched really well tonight. Chacin was brilliant. It was just a really well played game.”
Xavier Cedeno, Corbin Burnes, Hader and Jeremy Jeffress combined for four shutout innings as the Brewers held the Cardinals to a season-low two hits. Jeffress earned his 13th save in 18 chances.
Milwaukee now returns to Miller Park to take on the lowly Detroit Tigers in the three-game series starting Friday to end the regular season. The Cardinals travel to face the Cubs for the three-game set.
Shaw’s single scored Christian Yelich, who walked all five times he came to the plate, and gave the Brewers a 1-0 lead in the third.
Shaw broke a 1-all time with an RBI single off Dakota Hudson in the fifth, again scoring Yelich, to make it 2-1.
“It’s cool,” Shaw said. “I mean anytime you do that it’s cool but especially on a clinching night, it feels pretty good.”
Yelich, who reached on a walk by Chasen Shreve (3-4), became the ninth inherited runner out of 18 that Hudson has allowed to score.
“Hopefully this is the first of many celebrations and rightfully so to celebrate this moment,” Yelich said. “But we’ve got a big weekend ahead so we’re going to enjoy it tonight and get back to work.”
Cardinals starter John Gant stranded runners in each of his first four innings before being lifted with one out in the fifth. It is the fourth time in his last five starts that Gant failed to go more than 4 1/3 innings.
Jedd Gyorko’s sacrifice fly with the bases loaded in the fourth made it 1-all.
Cardinals infielder Paul DeJong hung back to watch the Brewers’ on-field celebration.
“They earned it,” DeJong said. “It’s something that I want. It’s something that I’ve done in the minor leagues. I really wanted to be out there doing it with us but we’re going to have to keep pushing and try to pull something out.”
UP NEXT
Brewers: RHP Zach Davies (2-7, 4.65 ERA) begins the three-game series at home Friday night against Detroit and RHP Jordan Zimmermann (7-8, 4.31 ERA). Davies, who is making his first career start against the Tigers, gave up two runs in four innings in a loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates last Saturday.
Cardinals: RHP Adam Wainwright (2-3, 4.08 ERA) gets the start in the opener of a three-game series at Chicago and RHP Kyle Hendricks (13-11, 3.49 ERA) on Friday afternoon. Wainwright leads all active pitchers with 15 wins against the Cubs and his 11 career wins at Wrigley Field is third all-time in franchise history behind Bob Gibson (15) and Harry Brecheen (13).
The Iowa Association of Track Coaches released their Week 6 cross country rankings on Tuesday evening. Here is a look at area ranked teams and individuals.
Class 3A Boys
Teams
14. Glenwood
Individuals
30. Jalen Petersen, Atlantic
Class 3A Girls
Teams
2. Harlan
4. Glenwood
9. Atlantic
Individuals
3. Janette Schraft, Glenwood
6. Taylor McCreedy, Atlantic
23. Raegan Anderson, Denison-Schleswig
29. Brielle Baker, Creston
30. Aubrey McIntyre, Glenwood
Class 2A Boys
Individuals
2. Jerry Jorgenson, Treynor
8. Jordan Hustak, Missouri Valley
Class 2A Girls
Teams
3. Panorama
Individuals
6. Ella Waddle, Panorama
29. Tori Castle, Treynor
Class 1A Boys
Teams
2. Nodaway Valley
14. AC/GC
Individuals
5. Joshua Baudler, Nodaway Valley
7. Noah Nelsen, AC/GC
12. Justin Ambrose, Boyer Valley
15. Louden Foster, West Central Valley
17. Noah Jorgensen, Sidney
25. Leo Garrigan, St. Albert
Class 1A Girls
Teams
1. Logan Magnolia
14. AHSTW
15. AC/GC
Individuals
1. Emma Lucas, Bedford
2. Peyton Pogge, Tri-Center
3. Courtney Sporrer, Logan-Magnolia
4. Taylor Sporrer, Logan-Magnolia
5. Kate Crawford, AC/GC
16. Gracie Springman, St. Albert
23. Lauryn Embleton, AC/GC
28. Alexis Post, Riverside
30. Sophia Broers, Nodaway Valley
Full Team rankings here.
Full Individual rankings here.
Girls Team Top 5
Girls Individual Top 5
Boys Team Top 5
Boys Individual Top 5
Hawkeye Ten Conference
(3-0) Creston 25-25-25, Atlantic 11-15-19
(3-0) Lewis Central 25-25-25, Atlantic 13-13-9
(3-0) Lewis Central 25-25-25, Creston 12-18-15
(3-0) Abraham Lincoln 25-27-25, Glenwood 14-25-15
(3-0) Kuemper Catholic 25-25-25, Shenandoah 16-12-13
(3-0) Red Oak 26-25-29, Harlan 24-14-27
Corner Conference
(3-2) Fremont-Mills 21-25-25-12-15, East Mills 25-16-15-25-11
(3-0) Griswold 25-25-25, Essex 15-19-17
(3-0) Sidney 25-25-25, South Page 9-8-8
Western Iowa Conference
(3-2) Logan-Magnolia 25-12-13-25-15, AHSTW 18-25-25-20-13
(3-0) Treynor 25-25-25, Riverside 12-15-13
(3-0) Tri-Center 25-25-25, IKM-Manning 15-11-9
(3-0) Underwood 25-24-25-25, Audubon 21-26-13-14
Pride of Iowa Conference
(3-1) East Union 25-25-19-25, Martensdale-St. Marys 14-11-25-19
(3-1) Mount Ayr 25-22-25-25, Lenox 21-25-18-11
(3-1) Nodaway Valley 25-25-20-25, Central Decatur 13-23-25-23
(3-0) Southwest Valley 25-25-25, Bedford 23-19-14
Rolling Valley Conference
(3-1) Ar-We-Va 23-25-25-25 Coon Rapids-Bayard 25-15-19-18
(3-0) CAM 25-25-25 West Harrison 18-14-11
Other Scores
(3-0) Thomas Jefferson 26-25-25 Sioux City West 24-23-15
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