The Iowa Department of Natural Resources reports Paige Stoaks, of Essex, will be spending three days in an Ontario marsh on a waterfowl dream hunt later this month, thanks in part to a thoughtful gift she received from her boyfriend last Christmas.

In order to use her new bow to go hunting, Stoaks had to complete hunter education and by taking her online class at HUNTERcourse.com, the Page County woman was automatically entered into the dream hunt drawing. While her first deer hunting trip didn’t yield success, she is hopeful her first waterfowl hunt will end with ducks in the bag. Stoaks and her father, Brian, will leave Oct. 13 from Omaha for a guided waterfowl hunt by St. Lawrence Outfitters from Lansdowne, Ontario.

Stoaks has been working to improve her shot in preparation for the trip. She says “We’ve been doing some clay pigeons (shooting), adding that she plans to do more target shooting before the hunt. The whirlwind Dream Hunt trip ends Oct. 15.

Students who complete their hunter education requirements at HUNTERcourse.com are automatically entered into the Dream Hunt drawing that selects two students and one instructor each year for a hunt of a lifetime. The other student winner is Derek Ramage, from Winnipeg, Manitoba, and the instructor winner is Dwain Lecoq, from Stony Mountain, Manitoba.

Huntercouse.com is one of two approved online hunter education courses approved by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. To search for an upcoming hunter education course or if 18 years or older and want to begin an online only course, go to www.iowadnr.gov/huntered

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2015 High School Football Schedule
Week 6 – October 2

Class 3-A, District 8
Atlantic @ Dallas Center-Grimes
Winterset @ Harlan
Creston @ ADM
Denison @ Glenwood

Class 2-A, District 8
East Sac County @ Shenandoah
Clarinda @ West Central Valley
Southeast Valley @ Kuemper Catholic
Red Oak @ Treynor

Class 1-A, District 1
Missouri Valley @ A-H-S-T-W
OA-BCIG @ IKM-Manning
Underwood @ West Monona

Class A, District 1
Logan-Magnolia @ Tri-Center
Audubon @ Riverside
Westwood @ Maple Valley
St. Albert @ Griswold

Class A, District 8
Clarinda Academy @ Nodaway Valley
Mount Ayr @ Bedford
Pleasantville @ Earlham
SE Warren @ Martensdale-St. Marys

8-Man, District 1
Woodbine @ Exira/EHK
Boyer Valley @ River Valley
Newell-Fonda @ Ar-We-Va
West Harrison @ Kingsley-Pierson

8-Man, District 7
Adair-Casey @ Glidden-Ralston
Murray @ Coon Rapids-Bayard
Ankeny Christian @ Guthrie Center
NE Hamilton @ East Union

8-Man, District 8
Stanton @ Fremont-Mills
Nishnabotna @ CAM
East Mills @ Lenox
Sidney @ Essex

(3-0) Adair-Casey 25-25-25, West Harrison 16-16-16
(3-0) Boyer Valley 25-25-25, Woodbine 23-18-18
(3-0) Carroll 26-25-25, Ballard 24-19-11
(3-2) Coon Rapids-Bayard 25-20-13-25-15, Charter Oak-Ute 23-25-25-10-6
(3-0) East Sac County 25-25-25, Southeast Valley 16-16-20
Fremont-Mills 3, Heartland Christian 0
Fremont-Mills 2, Council Bluffs/TJ 1
(3-0) Griswold 25-25-25, Riverside, Oakland 20-15-21
(3-0) IKM-Manning 25-25-25, AHSTW 14-19-20
(3-0) Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 25-25-25, Atlantic 6-12-17
(3-1) Lenox 25-20-25-25, Central Decatur, Leon 15-25-13-18
(3-2) Missouri Valley 13-25-21-25-15, Audubon 25-21-25-20-8
(3-0) Nodaway Valley 25-25-25, Pleasantville 1-19-21
(3-1) Red Oak 25-25-16-25, Denison-Schleswig 21-18-25-20
(3-0) Sidney 25-25-25, Nishnabotna 19-6-17
(3-1) Stanton 26-25-25-25, East Mills 28-22-19-12
(3-0) Treynor 25-25-25, Logan-Magnolia 8-22-17
(3-0) Westwood, Sloan 25-26-25, Sioux City, West 18-24-18

AMES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa State-Kansas game on Saturday is by far the least exciting matchup in the Big 12 this season. Try telling that to coaches Paul Rhoads and David Beaty. Rhoads has never won a league opener in six tries with the Cyclones (1-2). If he can’t break that streak against the Jayhawks, he might not get another chance to do so.

Beaty is already 0-3 at Kansas. On paper, the Cyclones represent his best chance to avoid finishing 0-12 as a rookie head coach.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa wrestling coach Tom Brands has signed a three-year contract extension through 2019-20. Brands, who won gold at the 1996 Olympic Games, has been at Iowa for nine seasons, winning four Big Ten titles and three NCAA crowns.

The Hawkeyes say Brands was also instrumental in bringing the U.S. Olympic Team Trials to Iowa City in 2012. The event was so popular that the U.S. will return to Iowa City for the trials in 2016. The deal was announced Thursday.

The Atlantic Trojan Football team suffered big loss in week 5 to a tough Harlan squad and lost a couple more players to injury along the way.  The road doesn’t get any easier in week 6 as the Trojans travel to 5th ranked Dallas Center-Grimes.

The Mustangs sport a 4-1 record with their only loss coming in week 2 to top ranked Pella.  The Mustang offense is led by Senior Quarterback Austin Kloewer who has thrown 771 yards and 9 Touchdowns on the season and also rolled up 331 yards rushing and 2 more scores.  Dallas Center-Grimes Head Coach Scott Heitland says that Kloewer is the best athlete on the team and is a big part of their offense.  Kloewer may be the star but Coach Heitland also believes the Mustangs have a large number of players that are capable of impacting the game.

Atlantic Head Coach Eric Waldstein says his team knows that they need to slow down Kloewer in order to have a chance to compete.  On the other side of the ball Waldstein is preparing his team for a multitude of defensive looks from the Mustangs and says their versatility will make it difficult from a play calling standpoint.

We will have coverage of the game on KJAN.  Chris Parks and Seth Christensen will bring you the action with Pregame at 6:30pm and Kickoff at 7:00pm.  Our football night starts with our weekly high school pick ’em show Who’s Gonna Win? at 6:00pm.  Listen in on AM1220, FM101.1, on the web, or on the KJAN mobile app.  You can also watch the live video stream on KJANTV.

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