The goal for the Iowa defense is to make second ranked Ohio State drive the ball. The Buckeye offense ranks second nationally by averaging over 543 yards per game. Ohio State has scored 41 touchdowns in six games. Iowa has seven.

That’s senior corner Riley Moss who says a talented receiving corps is a threat on every play.

Hawkeye safety Kaevon Merriweather says limiting big plays is a must.

Merriweather says Ohio State’s balance on offense is a concern.

Merriweather says the Hawkeyes know they are a huge underdog.

Class 4A

Region 1

Sergeant Bluff-Luton @ Norwalk
Bishop Heelan @ Lewis Central

Region 3

Carroll @ North Polk
Humboldt @ Bondurant-Farrar

Class 5A

Region 1

Des Moines Lincoln @ Ankeny
Southeast Polk @ CB Abraham Lincoln

The Atlantic Trojans volleyball team put up a fight but ultimately couldn’t keep pace with Class 3A #1 Des Moines Christian on Wednesday night. The Trojans well in a 3-0 sweep to the Lions in a Class 3A Region 3 Semifinal.

The Lions jumped out to a 6-1 lead in the first set and were able to hold the Trojans at arms length throughout the opener winning 25-18. Atlantic made it tough on the Lions in the 2nd by grabbing a 12-8 lead before the Lions roared back with 6 straight. The Trojans tied it back up at 14 but then DMC put together a 9-0 rally to grab the momentum and ultimately a 25-16 set win. The third went back and forth for the first ten points on each side but the Lions put together back to back 4-point rallies to grab control and put the match away with a 25-14 set win.

Atlantic head coach Michelle Blake was proud of the team’s fight.

An impactful group of 8 seniors ended their careers with the loss and Coach Blake said they all were important to the growth of the program.

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State Cross Country Qualifying Meets for Class 1A and 2A schools will be held Thursday. Meets start at 4:00 p.m.

In Class 2A the top three teams and top fifteen individuals will qualify for the state meet on Friday, October 28th. Class 1A qualifiers will be the top two teams and top ten individuals at each site.

Here’s a look at the area sites and teams involved.

Class 1A 

@ SW Valley: Diagonal, East Mills, East Union, Essex, Fremont-Mills, Griswold, Grand View Christian, Heartland Christian, Lenox, Logan-Magnolia, Missouri Valley, Mount Ayr, Martensdale-St. Marys, Sidney, SW Valley, St. Albert, Stanton, Tri-Center, Woodbine

@ ACGC: ACGC, AHSTW, Ankeny Christian, Audubon, Boyer Valley, CAM, Coon Rapids-Bayard, Earlham, Exira-EHK, IKM-Manning, Iowa School of the Deaf, Nodaway Valley, Orient-Macksburg, Panorama, South Hamilton, West Harrison, West Monona, Woodward-Granger, Woodward Academy

@ Ridge View: Akron-Westfield, Alta-Aurelia, Gehlen Catholic, Harris Lake Park, HMS, Hinton, Lawton-Bronson, MMCRU, Ogden, Ridge View, Riverside, Sibley-Ocheyedan, Sioux Central Sioux Rapids, Siouxland Christian, South O’Brien, St. Mary’s Remsen, Trinity Christian, Westwood, Whiting

Class 2A

@ Shenandoah: Clarinda, Chariton, DM Christian, East Sac County, Greene County, MVAOCOU, Red Oak, Shenandoah, South Central Calhoun, SE Valley, Treynor, Woodbury Central/Kingsley-Pierson, Underwood, Van Meter, West Central Valley

Class 4A State Qualifying Meet
at IWCC in Council Bluffs

Girls Team Scoring

1. Waukee 36
2. Dowling Catholic West Des Moines 44
3. Valley West Des Moines 48
4. Dallas Center-Grimes 113
5. Sioux City North 150
6. Sioux City East 161
7. Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln 209
8. Des Moines Abraham Lincoln 245
9. Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson 265
10. Sioux City West 274

Girls Individual State Qualifiers

1. 11 Addison Dorenkamp 19:09.40 Valley West Des Moines
2. 9 Greta Bergman 19:55.80 Valley West Des Moines
3. 9 Michelle McConkey 19:56.50 Waukee
4. 11 Liv Hall 20:07.50 Dowling Catholic West Des Moines
5. 9 Hayden Beyer 20:18.80 Waukee
6. 11 Avery Muller 20:19.90 Dowling Catholic West Des Moines
7. 12 Sally Gaskell 20:20.60 Dowling Catholic West Des Moines
8. 12 Bella Webb 20:21.70 Waukee
9. 9 Sydney Burrier 20:26.30 Waukee
10. 12 Lauryn Frerichs 20:37.20 Dowling Catholic West Des Moines
11. 10 Mallory Wurth 20:38.10 Waukee
12. 12 Elizabeth Jordan 20:42.80 Sioux City North
13. 10 Maddy Stevens 20:44.10 Dallas Center-Grimes
14. 9 Raegan Reuter 20:56.50 Valley West Des Moines
15. 10 Coco Kooker 21:12.30 Valley West Des Moines

Boys Team Scoring

1. Dowling Catholic 31
2. Valley 60
3. Sioux City North 63
4. Dallas Center-Grimes 78
5. Waukee 131
6. Des Moines Lincoln 210
7. CB Thomas Jefferson 227
8. Sioux City East 229
9. CB Abraham Lincoln 231
10. Sioux City West 258

Boys Individual State Qualifiers

1 Jackson Heidesch 12 Dowling Catholic 15:33 1
2 Flynn Milligan 12 Dowling Catholic 15:56 2
3 Natnael Kifle 11 Sioux City North 16:02 3
4 Gabe Nash 12 Sioux City North 16:05 4
5 Jack Flori 10 Dowling Catholic 16:37 5
6 Max DeRocher 11 Dowling Catholic 16:38 6
7 Evan McClinton 11 Valley 16:42 7
8 Jackson Bergman 11 Valley 16:43 8
9 Jacob Forney 11 Valley 16:52 9
10 Garrett Weber 12 Waukee 16:55 10
11 Jack Every 11 Dc-Grimes 16:56 11
12 Beshanena Gutema 12 Sioux City North 17:02 12
13 Jonathan Owen 10 Valley 17:04 13
14 AJ Angus 11 Dc-Grimes 17:09 14
15 Abubekar Kumbi 11 Sioux City North 17:12 15

Full results HERE

The Atlantic Trojans will have four runners participating in the 2022 State Cross Country Meet in Fort Dodge on October 29th.

Three girls placed in the top 15 to advance from the state qualifying meet in Glenwood on Wednesday night and the team ended up just four points shy of qualifying. Ava Rush was 3rd, Claire Pellett was 6th, and Belle Berg finished 12th to qualify. Other Atlantic finishers were Katrina Williams 26th, Mariah Huffman 34th, Hailey Huffman 35th, and Faith Altman 38th,  The Trojans scored 80 points in the team race to finish 4th. They were just four points back of Harlan.

Devon Fields was an individual qualifier on the boys side with a 14th place run. The Trojans finished 7th in the team standings with 164 points. Other Atlantic finishers were Christian Thompson 30th, Alex Sonntag 31st, Tyrell Williams 41st, Mason McFadden 48th, Luke Irlmeier 58th, and Bennett Whetstone 60th.

Girls Team Scores

1. ADM 49 (Qualifier)
2. Glenwood 64 (Qualifier)
3. Harlan 76 (Qualifier)
4. Atlantic 80
5. Denison-Schleswig 145
6. Lewis Central 178
7. Sergeant Bluff-Luton 207
8. Kuemper Catholic 217
9. Creston 256
10. Perry 285
11. Saydel 317

Girls Individual State Qualifiers

1. Geneva Timmerman, ADM
2. Lindsey Sonderman, Harlan
3. Ava Rush, Atlantic
4. Lola Mendlik, Denison-Schleswig
5. Haley James, ADM
6. Claire Pellett, Atlantic
7. Madelyn Berglund, Glenwood
8. Marie Dea, Kuemper Catholic
9. Breckyn Petersen, Glenwood
10. Hannah Desmarais, ADM
11. Brylee Schechinger, Harlan
12. Belle Berg, Atlantic
13. Lauren Hughes, Glenwood
14. Jenna Gessert, Harlan
15. Mackaelin Sutton, ADM

Boys Team Scores

1. Glenwood 30 (Qualifier)
2. Lewis Central 83 (Qualifier)
3. ADM 91 (Qualifier)
4. Sergeant Bluff-Luton 129
5. Denison-Schleswig 148
6. Kuemper Catholic 158
7. Atlantic 164
8. Harlan 177
9. Clarke 235
10. Perry 281
11. Creston 305
12. Saydel 346

Boys Individual State Qualifiers

1. Ethan Eichhorn, Lewis Central
2. Bryant Keller, Glenwood
3. Andrew Smith, Glenwood
4. Liam Hays, Glenwood
5. Kade Diercks, Lewis Central
6. Torin Timmerman, ADM
7. Richard Gonzalez, Denison-Schleswig
8. Ryan North, Kuemper Catholic
9. Kevin Coots, Glenwood
10. Evan Janzen, Sergeant Bluff-Luton
11. Jacob Greving, Kuemper Catholic
12. Preston Slayman, Glenwood
13. Dillon Anderson, Glenwood
14. Devon Fields, Atlantic
15. Jackson Griffin, Glenwood

Full reults HERE

Class 1A Quarterfinals

Region 1

(3-0) Gehlen Catholic 25-25-25, Woodbine 10-13-18
(3-0) Remsen St. Mary’s 25-26-25, River Valley 17-24-16
(3-1) Stanton 21-25-25-28, Westwood 25-20-19-26
(3-0) Riverside 25-25-25, St. Albert 15-16-16

Region 2

(3-0) Ankeny Christian 25-25-25, Audubon 11-10-9
(3-0) Tri-Center 25-25-25, CAM 15-21-14
(3-0) Sidney 25-25-25, Fremont-Mills 17-8-13
(3-0) East Mills 25-25-25, Griswold 16-18-12

Region 3

(3-0) Newell-Fonda 25-25-25, St. Edmond 14-15-9
(3-2) Bishop Garrigan 28-25-18-25-15, George-Little Rock 30-17-25-18-11
(3-0) AGWSR 25-25-25, North Iowa 16-20-19
(3-0) Glidden-Ralston 25-25-25, West Bend-Mallard 19-20-17

Region 4

(3-0) North Tama 25-25-25, Collins-Maxwell 13-8-0
(3-0) Waterloo Christian 25-25-25, HLV 14-10-10
(3-0) Southeast Warren 25-25-25, Murray 8-13-15
(3-0) Earlham 26-25-25, Diagonal 24-14-16

Class 2A Quarterfinals

Region 3

(3-0) Missouri Valley 25-25-25, AHSTW 12-6-16
(3-0) Southwest Valley 25-25-25, Mount Ayr 21-21-17
(3-1) Kuemper Catholic 25-23-25-25, Underwood 16-25-20-18
(3-0) Treynor 25-25-25, ACGC 11-18-10

Region 4

(3-0) Dike-New Hartford 25-25-25, Woodward-Granger 8-5-14
(3-1) Manson-NW Webster def South Hamilton
(3-1) South Hardin 25-25-18-25, I-35 10-13-25-7
(3-0) Grand View Christian 25-25-25, West Central Valley 18-16-12

Class 3A Semifinals

Region 2

(3-0) Unity Christian 25-25-28, Cherokee 8-21-26
(3-1) Nevada 19-25-25-25, OABCIG 25-18-13-7

Region 3

(3-0) Des Moines Christian 25-25-25, Atlantic 18-16-14- ON KJAN
(3-0) Van Meter 25-25-25, Clarinda 14-22-15

Women’s preseason AP top 25

1. South Carolina (30)
2. Stanford
3. Texas
4. Iowa
5. Tennessee
6. Connecticut
7. Louisville
8. Iowa State
9. Notre Dame
10. NC State
11. Indiana
12. North Carolina
13. Virginia Tech
14. Ohio State
15. Oklahoma 
16. LSU
17. Maryland
18. Baylor
19. Arizona
20. Oregon
21. Creighton 
22. Nebraska 
23. South Dakota State
24. Princeton
25. Michigan

Others receiving votes: Utah 35, UCLA 26, Kansas 25, Villanova 25, DePaul 19, Georgia 17, Belmont 14, Miami 11, South Dakota 9, Mississippi 5, Kansas St 5, BYU 4, Gonzaga 3, Florida 3, South Florida 3, Arkansas 3, Alabama 2, UCF 2, Duke 2, Washington St 1.

The Atlantic Trojans are amped up for the Class 3A state cross country qualifying meet tonight in Glenwood. The Trojans have had some strong performances at the end of the season despite battling through some injuries. Atlantic head coach Dan Vargason said they have built themselves to peak at the right time.

The Trojans get to run on the course they started the season with in Glenwood. Coach Vargason said it’s nice to be at a familiar course and it’s a fast course that the kids enjoy.

Atlantic will be joined at that 3A site by ADM, Clarke, Creston, Denison-Schleswig, Glenwood, Harlan, Kuemper Catholic, Lewis Central, Perry, Saydel, and Sergeant Bluff-Luton.

Area Class 4A schools will be running their SQM in Council Bluffs tonight hosted by CB Abraham Lincoln. Schools that will join AL there are CB Thomas Jefferson, Dallas Center-Grimes, Des Moines Lincoln, Dowling Catholic, Sioux City East, Sioux City North, Sioux City West, WDM Valley, and Waukee.

The first three teams plus the first 15 individual place winners will qualify for the state meet from these sites tonight.

CLASS 4A

Region 1

(3-0) Sergeant Bluff-Luton 25-25-25, Glenwood 20-22-13
(3-0) Bishop Heelan 25-25-25, LeMars 21-18-21

Region 2

(3-0) Winterset 25-25-25, Creston 17-18-17
(3-0) Boone 25-25-25, Denison-Schleswig 16-14-24

Region 3

(3-0) Carroll 25-25-25, Storm Lake 16-23-17
(3-0) Humboldt 25-25-25, Spencer 22-18-16

CLASS 5A

Region 1

(3-0) Des Moines Lincoln 25-25-25, Des Moines East 11-17-17

Region 2

(3-0) Sioux City West 25-25-25, CB Thomas Jefferson 13-16-16