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

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State has long been accustomed to responding to failure. How will the Cyclones handle success? Iowa State is on a roll heading into a game that nearly everyone expects to be a blowout in favor of the Cyclones. Iowa State is a 21-point favorite for today’s (Saturday’s) matchup against Kansas _ just a week after stunning Oklahoma 38-31 in Norman as a 31-point underdog.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Ohio State-Nebraska game matches two of the five programs with the most major college football wins in history. The teams are in very different places entering Saturday night’s game in Lincoln. The ninth-ranked Buckeyes beat Nebraska by 59 points last year in Columbus and have dominated four straight opponents since their loss at home to Oklahoma.

TYLER, Texas (AP) — A Texas man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after being convicted of robbing Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and three others in May. Thirty-four-year-old Michael Blake Pinkerton was sentenced after pleading guilty to a robbery charge. Mahomes and his friends were in the driveway of a home near Tyler, Texas, when another vehicle pulled up behind them. Pinkerton approached, gestured like he had a handgun and took unspecified items from the group before speeding away.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and pass rusher Justin Houston were back on the practice field Friday and will be ready to go when Kansas City plays the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday. Kelce cleared the NFL’s concussion protocol earlier in the week. Houston had calf spasms.

NEW YORK (AP) — Houston Texans safety Marcus Gilchrist has been fined $24,309 by the NFL for his helmet-to-helmet hit on Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce last Sunday night. Gilchrist was penalized for unnecessary roughness in the second quarter of the Chiefs’ 42-34 victory when his helmet made contact with Kelce’s helmet while trying to tackle the tight end following a 26-yard catch.

Class 4A District 2

Abraham Lincoln 21 Sioux City West 7

Class 4A District 3

Lewis Central 42 Thomas Jefferson 0

Class 3A District 7

Glenwood 28 Winterset 0

Harlan 56 Denison-Schleswig 14

Creston/O-M 44 ADM 43

Atlantic 20 Carroll 14

Class 2A District 7

Shenandoah 28 Underwood 20

Southeast Valley 28 Clarinda 0

South Central Calhoun 57 Red Oak 6

Kuemper Catholic 27 East Sac County 7

Class 1A District 7

IKM-Manning 34 Treynor 7

AHSTW 46 Logan-Magnolia 14

Missouri Valley 42 Tri-Center 14

OA-BCIG 50 ACGC 0

Class A District 7

St. Albert 66 Riverside 0

Martensdale-St. Marys 28 Griswold 24

Southwest Valley 56 Southeast Warren 6

Earlham 63 Nodaway Valley 6

Class 8-Man District 6

Lenox 58 Bedford 30

East Union 28 Lamoni 20 OT

Wayne 66 Murray 0

Class 8-Man District 7

Sidney 56 Essex 16

East Mills 44 Clarinda Academy 40

Fremont-Mills 41 Woodbine 6

CAM 58 Exira/EHK 47

Class 8-Man District 8

Ar-We-Va 51 Glidden-Ralston 34

Boyer Valley 28 Coon Rapids-Bayard 21

River Valley 20 West Harrison 6

Audubon 75 Collins-Maxwell 0

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.

Last Week:

Matt 6-2
Jim 5-3
Chris 5-3
Doug 4-4

Overall Standings

Jim 40-16
Matt 38-18
Chris 37-19
Doug 37-19

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Chris Parks’ weekly discussion with Atlantic Head Football Coach Mike McDermott.  They talk about the week 7 win over ADM and the Week 8 match-up against the Carroll Tigers.

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TYLER, Texas (AP) – A Texas man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after being convicted of robbing Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and three others in May. Thirty-four-year-old Michael Blake Pinkerton was sentenced after pleading guilty Wednesday to a robbery charge. Authorities previously said Mahomes and his friends had just stepped from a vehicle in the driveway of a home near Tyler when another vehicle pulled up behind them. Pinkerton approached, gestured like he had a handgun in his waistband and took unspecified items from the group before speeding away. Pinkerton was arrested shortly afterward.

Mahomes played at Texas Tech and grew up near Tyler, about 100 miles southeast of Dallas. The robbery occurred about a month after the Chiefs selected him in the first round of the NFL draft.

Girls Team

1. Bishop Heelan 30
2. Sioux City East 47
3. Abraham Lincoln 61
4. Thomas Jefferson 113
5. Sergeant Bluff-Luton 115
6. Sioux City North 127
7. Sioux City West 199

Girls Individual

1. Amber Aesoph, Bishop Heelan 19:28.50
2. Annie Jensen, Bishop Heelan
3. Olivia Barnes, Sioux City East
4. Hannah Hutchinson, Bishop Heelan
5. Lauren VanDyke, Sioux City East

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Boys Team

1. Sergeant Bluff-Luton 34
2. Sioux City North 37
3. Thomas Jefferson 84
4. Sioux City East 110
5. Sioux City West 126
6. Abraham Lincoln 126
7. Bishop Heelan 192

Boys Individual

1. Merga Gemeda, Sioux City North
2. Miles Scott, Sergeant Bluff-Luton
3. Deven Pace, Sioux City North
4. Cole Taylor, Sioux City East
5. Easton Ritz, Sergeant Bluff-Luton

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The Pride of Iowa Conference had to cancel their conference cross country championships earlier this week due to the weather so they decided to score championships at the Mt. Ayr Ron Landphair Invite on Thursday.

Boys Team Overall

1. Nodaway Valley 23
2. Savannah 93
3. Martensdale St. Marys 107
4. Mt. Ayr 113
5. Southwest Iowa 132

Boys Team Pride of Iowa

1. Nodaway Valley 18
2. Martensdale St. Marys 79
3. Mount Ayr 84

Boys Individual Overall

1. Brycen Wallace, Nodaway Valley 16:55.00
2. Adam Thompson, Southwest Iowa
3. Skyler Rawlings, Nodaway Valley
4. Tyler Breheny, Nodaway Valley
5. Joshua Baudler, Nodaway Valley

Boys Individual Pride of Iowa

1. Brycen Wallace, Nodaway Valley
2. Skyler Rawlings, Nodaway Valley
3. Tyler Breheny, Nodaway Valley

Girls Team Overall

1. East Union 77
2. Nodaway Valley 80
3. Mt. Ayr 83
4. Pleasantville 122
5. Southwest Valley 125
6. Bedford 133
7. Savannah, MO 136
8. CAM 147
9. Wayne 193

Girls Team Pride of Iowa

1. East Union 65
2. Nodaway Valley 66
3. Mount Ayr 71

Girls Individual Overall

1. Emma Lucas, Bedford
2. Elise Emmick, Southeast Warren
3. Malayna Briner, Savannah
4. Reagan Weinheimer, Nodaway Valley
5. Cassidy Nelson, Lenox

Girls Individual Pride of Iowa

1. Emma Lucas, Bedford
2. Elise Emmick, Southeast Warren
3. Reagan Weinheimer, Nodaway Valley

The Hawkeye Ten Conference Cross Country Championships were held on Thursday in Clarinda. Glenwood took both the girls and boys team titles. Raegan Andersen of Denison-Schleswig was the girls individual champ and Mason Parks of Glenwood won the boys race.

Girls Team

1. Glenwood 56
2. Denison-Schleswig 56
3. Atlantic 88
4. Harlan 94
5. Creston 130
6. Lewis Central 153
7. Shenandoah-Essex 176
8. Red Oak 189
9. Kuemper Catholic 256

Girls Individual

1. Raegan Andersen, Denison-Schleswig
2. Taylor McCreedy, Atlantic
3. Brielle Baker, Creston
4. Braelyn Baker, Creston
5. Ellie Mendlik, Denison-Schleswig
6. Greichaly Kaster, Harlan
7. Lacey Jackson, Glenwood
8. Katelyn Malcom, Glenwood
9. Brecken Van Baale, Harlan
10. Morgan Goslar, Desnison-Schleswig

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Boys Team

1. Glenwood 38
2. Lewis Central 59
3. St. Albert 94
4. Kuemper Catholic 126
5. Harlan 129
6. Atlantic 149
7. Red Oak 190
8. Denison-Schleswig 203
9. Shenandoah-Essex 216
10. Clarinda 239
11. Creston 273

Boys Individual

1. Mason Parks, Glenwood
2. Parson Covington, Glenwood
3. Jalen Petersen, Atlantic
4. Clayton Stafford, Creston
5. Connor Lancial, Lewis Central
6. Cael Woltmann, Lewis Central
7. Tyler Holloran, Clarinda
8. Leo Garrigan, St. Albert
9. Gable Thompson, Glenwood
10. Bennett Heisterkamp, St. Albert

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Hawkeye Ten Conference

(3-0) St. Albert, Council Bluffs 25-25-27, Clarinda 9-16-25
(2-0) Shenandoah 25-25, Southwest Valley 11-16

Western Iowa Conference Tournament

Consolation Bracket

Pool 1
(2-0) Logan-Magnolia 21-23, Riverside, Oakland 17-21
(2-1) Logan-Magnolia 19-21-15, Underwood 21-13-11
(2-1) Underwood 21-14-15, Riverside, Oakland 11-21-12

Pool 2
(2-1) AHSTW 22-11-15, Audubon 20-21-12
(2-0) Griswold 21-21, Audubon 4-9
(2-0) Griswold 21-21, AHSTW 19-13

Fifth Place
(2-0) Logan Magnolia 21-21, Griswold 13-8

Seventh Place
(2-1) AHSTW 19-21-17, Underwood 21-16-15

Third Place
(3-0) Missouri Valley 25-25-25, IKM-Manning 14-20-20

Championship
(3-2) Tri-Center, Neola 25-25-23-16-15, Treynor 12-17-25-25-12

Rolling Valley Conference

(3-0) ACGC 25-25-25, Exira-EHK 12-13-18
(3-2) Coon Rapids-Bayard 19-25-25-19-15, Glidden-Ralston 25-12-17-25-9
(3-0) Paton-Churdan 25-25-25, Eagle Grove 12-21-20

Bluegrass Confrernce Tournament

Semifinal: Lamoni def Moravia
Semifinal: (3-0) Seymour 25-25-25, Murray 17-11-21
Championship: (3-0) Lamoni 26-25-25, Seymour 24-9-21

Corner Conference

(3-0) East Mills 25-25-25, Essex 18-22-18
(3-0) Sidney 25-25-25, Stanton 3-12-13

Other Scores

(3-0) Earlham 25-26-27, Madrid 14-24-25
(2-1) Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 19-25-15, Southwest Valley 25-16-13
(2-0) East Sac County 25-25, Southeast Valley 18-12
(2-0) South Central Calhoun 25-25, East Sac County 23-15
(3-0) Van Meter 25-25-25, West Central Valley, Stuart 13-13-9