Chris Parks, Jim Field, Matt Mullenix, and Doug Leonard take a look at 8 area high school football games each week. We try to provide some insight into the match-ups while competing for top prognosticator and the Whosman Trophy.

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KJAN Sports Director Chris Parks’ weekly discussion with Atlantic Head Football Coach Mike McDermott. The Trojans get ready to open up the 2018 season on the road at Saydel.

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IOWA CITY, Iowa — Henry B. and Patricia B. Tippie Director of Athletics Chair Gary Barta and University of Iowa head baseball coach Rick Heller have agreed on a contract amendment that will run through 2024.

“Rick has done a tremendous job from day one, winning, graduating, and building this program the right way,” said Barta. “Rick has turned this program into one that contends annually in the Big Ten Conference and nationally.  This amendment puts us in a position to keep Rick in Iowa City for the foreseeable future.”

In his five seasons in Iowa City, Heller has guided the Hawkeyes to 173 victories, averaging 34.6 wins per season.  Heller guided Iowa to the NCAA Regionals in 2015 — a first for the program since 1990 — and two seasons later the Hawkeyes won their first Big Ten Tournament title in program history.

Iowa has played in NCAA Regionals twice in Heller’s five seasons. The program advanced to NCAA play just three times in its history prior to Heller’s arrival.  The Hawkeyes also claimed a silver medal at the 2017 World University Games, becoming the first American squad to medal in Universiade history.

Heller has coached six All-Americans and at least one first-team All-Big Ten selection in each of his five seasons and the program has had 20 Major League Baseball Draft selections — the most in a five-year stretch all-time.

All Week 1 games are non-district match-ups. Some games may be listed twice in order to find the team you are looking for in their district.

CLASS 4A:

District 1

Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln at Sioux City, North

District 2

Sioux City, West at Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson

CLASS 3A:

District 1

Denison-Schleswig at Harlan
Sergeant Bluff-Luton at Lewis Central
Sioux City, East at Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City

District 2

Glenwood at Carroll
Greene County at Perry

District 9

ADM, Adel at Bondurant-Farrar
Chariton at Creston
Denison-Schleswig at Harlan
Glenwood at Carroll
Sergeant Bluff-Luton at Lewis Central
Winterset at Carlisle

CLASS 2A:

District 8

Atlantic at Saydel
Chariton at Creston
Clarke, Osceola at Martensdale-St. Marys
West Central Valley, Stuart at Des Moines Christian

District 9

Atlantic at Saydel
Clarinda at Shenandoah
Greene County at Perry
Kuemper Catholic, Carroll at St. Albert, Council Bluffs
Ridge View at OABCIG
Southwest Valley at Red Oak

CLASS 1A:

District 8

Clarinda at Shenandoah
IKM-Manning at ACGC
Mount Ayr at Nodaway Valley
Panorama, Panora at St. Edmond, Fort Dodge
Van Meter at Earlham
West Central Valley, Stuart at Des Moines Christian

District 9

AHSTW at Underwood
East Sac County at South Central Calhoun
Logan-Magnolia at Treynor
MMCRU at Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto
Missouri Valley at West Monona
Storm Lake at Cherokee, Washington

CLASS A:

District 2

IKM-Manning at ACGC
Panorama, Panora at St. Edmond, Fort Dodge
Ridge View at OABCIG

District 9

AHSTW at Underwood
Kuemper Catholic, Carroll at St. Albert, Council Bluffs
Mount Ayr at Nodaway Valley
Southwest Valley at Red Oak
Tri-Center, Neola at Riverside, Oakland
Van Meter at Earlham

District 10

Hinton at Woodbury Central, Moville
Lawton-Bronson at Alta/Aurelia
Logan-Magnolia at Treynor
Missouri Valley at West Monona
Tri-Center, Neola at Riverside, Oakland
Westwood, Sloan at Akron-Westfield

CLASS 8-Player:

District 7

CAM, Anita at Bedford
East Union, Afton at East Mills
Fremont-Mills, Tabor at Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton
Lamoni at Stanton
Mormon Trail, Garden Grove at Clarinda Academy
Murray at Essex
Sidney at Lenox
Southeast Warren, Liberty Center at Griswold

District 8

Baxter at Coon Rapids-Bayard
Boyer Valley, Dunlap at Ar-We-Va, Westside
CAM, Anita at Bedford
Fremont-Mills, Tabor at Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton
Glidden-Ralston at West Bend-Mallard
River Valley, Correctionville at West Harrison, Mondamin
St. Mary’s, Remsen at Audubon
Woodbine at Kingsley-Pierson

Some area teams competed at the Gilbert Cross Country Invitational on Thursday night.

On the girls side Panorama won the Class B race with 46 points. Earlham was second with 71 and AC/GC was third with 87. Kate Crawford of AC/GC was the individual winner with a time of 20:38.

In the boys race Kuemper Catholic finished seventh in the Class A division. Tyler Putney of Kuemper finished seventh individually. In the Class B race Madrid took the title with 36 points. South Hamilton, Earlham, AC/GC, and Des Moines Christian rounded out the top 5. Sean McDermott of Madrid was the individual title winner. AC/GC’s Noah Nelsen finished 2nd with a time of 17:29, his teammate Clay Billheimer was 7th.

Gilbert Invite Class A Boys

Gilbert Invite Class A Girls

Gilbert Invite Class B Boys

Gilbert Invite Class B Girls

(2-0) Central Decatur 25-25 Bedford 13-12
(2-1) Central Decatur 23-25-15 Mount Ayr 25-21-10
(3-1) Mount Ayr 25-12-25-25 Bedford 13-25-19-12

(2-0) Glenwood 25-25 Thomas Jefferson 9-13
(2-0) Glenwood 25-25 MVAOCOU 7-7
(2-0) Glenwood 25-25 Tri-Center 23-19
(2-0) Tri-Center 25-25 Thomas Jefferson 6-15
(2-0) Tri-Center 25-25 MVAOCOU 14-11
(2-0) Thomas Jefferson 25-25 MVAOCOU 16-11

(3-0) Sergeant Bluff-Luton 25-25-25 St. Albert 22-22-19

(3-1) West Monona 28-25-24-26 Logan-Magnolia 26-13-26-24

(3-1) Winterset 25-25-25-25 Nodaway Valley 23-22-27-16

(2-1) Remsen, St. Mary’s 25-9-13 West Harrison 23-25-15
(2-0) West Harrison 25-25 River Valley 16-8

The 7:20-a.m. Sportscast with Jim Field.

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IKM-Manning moves down to class A this season and is ranked fifth. The Wolves open a challenging schedule by hosting Adair-Casey/Guthrie Center.

That’s IKM-Manning coach Tom Casey who says the Wolves have experience at a number of different positions.

(Radio Iowa) — Carroll Kuemper is 10th ranked in class 2A and will open on the road at class A 7th rated St. Albert. Kuemper coach Chad Klein says they have an experienced defense.

Klein says the Knights will feature more of a spread attack on offense this season.