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National Sports Scores from Friday, 9/13/24

Sports

September 14th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

BASEBALL

INTERLEAGUE

Final Kansas City 8 Pittsburgh 3
Final Toronto 4 St. Louis 3
Final Cincinnati 8 Minnesota 4

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Final Detroit 1 Baltimore 0
Final Tampa Bay 3 Cleveland 1
Final N.Y. Yankees 5 Boston 4
Final Oakland 2 Chicago White Sox 0
Final Houston 5 L.A. Angels 3
Final Seattle 5 Texas 4

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Final Washington 4 Miami 1
Final N.Y. Mets 11 Philadelphia 3
Final Atlanta 6 L.A. Dodgers 2
Final Colorado 9 Chicago Cubs 5
Final Milwaukee 2 Arizona 1
Final San Diego 5 San Francisco 0

TOP-25 COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Final (14)Kansas St. 31 (20)Arizona 7

WNBA

Final Minnesota 83 Chicago 66
Final Seattle 83 Dallas 81
Final Las Vegas 78 Indiana 74
Final Washington 72 Atlanta 69
Final Connecticut 88 Phoenix 69

 

Saturday’s National Sports Schedule (9/14/24)

Sports

September 14th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(All times listed as Eastern)

INTER LEAGUE BASEBALL

Kansas City at Pittsburgh 1:05 p.m.
St. Louis at Toronto 3:07 p.m.
Cincinnati at Minnesota 7:10 p.m.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Boston at N-Y Yankees 1:05 p.m.
Baltimore at Detroit 6:10 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Cleveland 6:10 p.m.
Oakland at Chi White Sox 7:10 p.m.
Houston at L-A Angels 9:38 p.m.
Texas at Seattle 9:40 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Miami at Washington 4:05 p.m.
N-Y Mets at Philadelphia 4:05 p.m.
L-A Dodgers at Atlanta 7:20 p.m.
Chi Cubs at Colorado 8:10 p.m.
Milwaukee at Arizona 8:10 p.m.
San Diego at San Francisco 9:05 p.m.

TOP-25 COLLEGE FOOTBALL

(24)Boston College at (6)Missouri 12:45 p.m.
Arkansas St. at (17)Michigan 12 p.m.
(13)Oklahoma St. at Tulsa 12 p.m.
(16)LSU at South Carolina 12 p.m.
(4)Alabama at Wisconsin 12 p.m.
(9)Oregon at Oregon St. 3:30 p.m.
Tulane at (15)Oklahoma 3:30 p.m.
(18)Notre Dame at Purdue 3:30 p.m.
Ball St. at (10)Miami 3:30 p.m.
(12)Utah at Utah St. 4:30 p.m.
(5)Mississippi at Wake Forest 6:30 p.m.
UTSA at (2)Texas 7 p.m.
N. Iowa at (23)Nebraska 7:30 p.m.
(1)Georgia at Kentucky 7:30 p.m.
Kent St. at (7)Tennessee 7:45 p.m.

 

Area High School Football Scores from Sept. 13, 2024

Sports

September 14th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

Shenandoah 55 Nodaway Valley 14

Treynor 20 Clarinda 6

Red Oak 30 West Central Valley 22

IOWA CLASS 8-PLAYER

Sidney 44 Griswold 24

CAM 66 East Mills 24

Fremont-Mills 60 Stanton-Essex 22

Collins-Maxwell 28 Coon Rapids-Bayard 20

Lenox 42 Bedford 14

Southeast Warren 30 East Union 2

Boyer Valley 53 West Harrison 0

Woodbine 72 Newell-Fonda 6

Ar-We-Va 42 Siouxland Christian 0

IOWA CLASS 8-PLAYER NON-DISTRICT 

Audubon 72 Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 0

IOWA CLASS A

Madrid 28 Mount Ayr 6

Earlham 40 IKM-Manning 18

ACGC 42 Panorama 11

Riverside 34 South Central Calhoun 21

Woodbury Central 47 Logan-Magnolia 14

Tri-Center 56 West Monona 6

11-PLAYER NON-DISTRICT 

Harlan 38 Glenwood 22

Lewis Central 30 ADM 27 (OT)

Underwood 40 St. Albert 13

Atlantic 21 Greene County 17

Ballard 55 Creston 28

Carroll 45 Denison-Schleswig 3

Kuemper Catholic 41 AHSTW 33

East Sac County 42 Missouri Valley 0

Grand View Christian 40 Southwest Valley 22

Abraham Lincoln 35 Des Moines East 6

Thomas Jefferson 42 Storm Lake 38

Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the KJAN listening area: Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024

Weather

September 14th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

Today: Patchy fog between 8am and 9am, otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 81. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 63.
Tomorrow: Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tom. Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 62.
Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 84.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 84.
Wednesday: Mostly cloudy with a 40% chance of showers. High near 81.

Friday’s High in Atlantic was 84. The Low was 55. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 81, and the Low was 57. The All-time Record High in Atlantic for Sept. 14th, was 99 in 1939. The Record Low was 29 in 1892. Sunrise today: 6:58-a.m.; Sunset: 7:31-p.m.

Atlantic guts out win over Greene County to move to 4-0

Sports

September 13th, 2024 by Chris Parks

A fourth quarter score and a red zone stop helped Atlantic gut out a 21-17 win over Greene County on Friday night at the Trojan Bowl. Atlantic moves to 4-0 to start the season; the first time that’s happened in decades.

The game started a little rough for Atlantic with an opening drive interception on a fourth-down play. That set Greene County up at the Trojan 20-yard line, and they eventually got a 32-yard field goal to open the scoring. The two teams then traded punts and Atlantic was able to change momentum when the Rams booted it away. Ethan McNeal caught it on the run and bolted to a 50-yard punt return touchdown to put Atlantic on top. Two drives later Atlantic capped a long drive with a 4-yard touchdown run by Gavin McLaren. The Trojans would take that 14-3 lead to the half.

Greene County then struck back when Trevon Keely took the 2nd half kickoff back 80-yards for a touchdown. The point after attempt failed making it a 14-9 score. Four possessions later the Rams hit on two big pass plays to Keely to take the lead. Crew Conner hit Keely on a 14-yard pass to score. The Rams then ended up going for 2 and after initially being ruled short, the officials changed the call to deem the try good, putting Atlantic down 3.

The Trojans wasted no time in responding. Two big runs from Tyson O’Brien put Atlantic back on top. The second run being a 45-yard score. The point after try was good and Atlantic was back in front 21-17. Greene County drove all the way to the Trojan ten, but back-to-back incompletions would end the Rams chances. Atlantic got the ball back on down with 2:24 to go and grinded the clock down to :38 left. After a timeout the Trojans brought the offense out on 4th down and successfully got the Rams to jump offsides with a hard count to seal the game.

Listen to the postgame interview with Atlantic Head Coach Joe Brummer:

Atlantic will take their 4-0 mark on the road to Winterset next week. We’ll have coverage on KJAN. Watch the full replay of the game HERE.

Griswold Hosts 5-Team Volleyball Tournament

Sports

September 13th, 2024 by Christian Adams

The Griswold Tigers Volleyball team is hosting a 6-team tournament on Saturday at Griswold High School. In addition to the Tigers, ACGC, AHSTW, Denison-Schleswig, Riverside Southwest Valley will all be in action Saturday.

On Tuesday, Griswold played two matches in Hamburg against the Wildcats and #9 East Mills.  After sweeping the three sets versus Hamburg, they played a spirited match versus East Mills but came up short. However, Head Coach Jody Rossell loved how her team competed.

Griswold comes into to season with a veteran group of players. The tigers roster features nine seniors. With a large number of seniors, you will usually have some depth to work with. And although depth helps, it the leadership that the seniors provide that can be just as important.

In that group of senior leaders Gabbie Grieman is having a great season. Through 12 games she leads the Griswold offense with 79 kills and a kill efficiency of .295. Defensively she also leads the team with 15 blocks. Rossell knows that her dedication and versatility have contributed to her success on the court.

In addition to the seniors, there are a few standout young guns patrolling the court for the Tigers. Sophomore Carsyn Adams leads the team with 66 digs and sophomore Amanda Houser is fifth on the team with 29. This has Rossell not only exited for the present, but also the future of Griswold Volleyball.

The tournament will kick off at 9am at Griswold High School. The tigers will look to improve on their 6-6 record. Rossel is looking forward to the opportunity of seeing some new opponents and continued growth from her squad.

Wheelers rout Audubon 72-0 on homecoming night

Sports

September 13th, 2024 by Asa Lucas

The Audubon Wheeler football team had a dominant win against the Exira-EHK Spartans on Friday night scoring 72 points on the evening. Right from the start Audubon looked control as the Wheelers scored in under a minute at the top of the first quarter thanks to an Aaron Olsen 45-yard touchdown run putting them up 8-0. Exira-EHK was then forced to punt on the following drive giving Audubon the ball back and the Wheelers looked to Olsen again as quarterback Carson Wessel threw a sharp pass to Olsen who dashed his way for 50 yards back into the endzone making it 16-0. On the following drive the Audubon defense held firm forcing another punt and giving their offense one more chance to score before the end of the first quarter. Wessel would once again find Olsen for another touchdown pass near the sideline adding on to their 24-0 score.

The second quarter saw no improvement for the Spartan offense as Exira-EHK quarterback Bryce Brabham threw an interception in the Audubon redzone to Olsen. The Wheelers did take advantage of the turnover as Wessel had a dime pass to Austin Christensen for 39 yards and a touchdown. The game fully tilted in Audubon’s favor as they now led 30-0. The momentum swing did not stop there as midway through the second quarter the Spartans had a punt tipped giving it an awkward trajectory that turned into a 35-yard touchdown return by Jack Stanerson creating a 36-0 lead at halftime.

In the third quarter the Wheelers committed to keeping their foot on the gas and had an 18-yard touchdown reception by freshman Jorgen Nowatzke to put them up 44-0. The Spartans did force a turnover of their own as Owen Juhl picked off freshman quarterback Aiden Kjergaard getting the ball close to midfield for Exira-EHK. The result of their next drive was a turnover on downs and Kjergaard had a designed quarterback run go 33-yards for a score seeing a 50-0 Audubon lead grow. The fourth quarter saw Audubon seal the game with 3 touchdown scores on the ground one a Colin Hartl 4-yard sprint near the goal line, the next a 25-yard scramble by Kjergaard, and Mason Kasperbauer plunging his way through the maroon defense for 27 yards. The final score would be 72-0.

Wheelers head coach Sean Birks was proud of the way his team maintained their intensity throughout all four quarters.

Birks also noted that one of the strengths his Audubon team possess is the ability to be selfless and not focus on stats. Players like Aaron Olsen exemplify this demeanor to coach Birks.

The Wheelers turn their record into 3-0 with a win and face a talented St. Edmond team on the road next Friday. Coach Birks does not plan on underestimating the Gaels.

The Spartans drop to 1-2 with their loss and head back home to face Sidney next Friday.

Griswold School Board to meet Monday evening

News

September 13th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Griswold, Iowa) – The Griswold School District’s Board of Education will meet Monday evening (Sept. 16, 2024) in the Conference Room at the High School/Middle School/Elementary Building. Their monthly session begins at 5:30-p.m., and includes the following (tentative) agenda items:

• Call Meeting to Order

• Reading of Mission Statement

• Approval of Agenda (D.R.)

• Public Input

• Superintendent’s Report:

Thank You Card(s) (I)
The Month in Review – Administration (I)
Board Learning Opportunities (I)

– Honor August Recipients

– Select September Recipient(s)

• Consent Agenda (D.R.)

Approval of Minutes

Approval of Financial Statements

Approval of Bills

A) Personnel

B) Gifts, Memorials, Bequests

Old Business:

  1. Board Policies – Second Reading (D.R.) – 904.1, 904.2, 905.1, 905.1R1, 905.1R2, 905.1E1, 905.1E2, 905.2, 906
  2. Approval Of Facility Bids (D.R.)
  3. Approval Of Safety Grant Bids (D.R.)

New Business during the Griswold School Board meeting is as follows:

  1. Approval Of Request For Allowable Growth And Supplemental Aid For 2023- 2024 Special Education Deficit (D.R.)
  2. Consider Approval Of 2024-25 School Improvement Advisory Committee (D.R.)
  3. Open Enrollment Report (I)
  4. Board Policies – First Reading (I) – 101, 102, 102.E1, 102.E2, 102.E3, 102.E4, 102.E5, 102.E6, 102.R1, 505.05, 907, 907.R1

[D.R]= Decision Required

[I]= Informational only

The final agenda will be posted in the Central Office no less than 24-hours before the meeting.

Atlantic City Council to act on City Clerk appointment & Board of Adjustment reappointments

News

September 13th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Atlantic, Iowa) – [NOTE: Meeting begins at 4:45-p.m.]  The Atlantic City Council will meet Monday evening in the Council’s Chambers at City Hall. The meeting would normally be held on Wednesday this week, but was moved to Sept 16th due to the Iowa League of Cities Conference. September 16, 2024 City Council Agenda Packet-compressed

On the agenda for the Council’s session that begins at 4:45-p.m., is action on a Resolution appointing Laura McLean as the Atlantic City Clerk, and setting her compensation for FY 2025. Assuming the Council passes the Resolution, McLean will be Sworn-in near the end of the meeting.

McLean currently serves as a member of the Atlantic School Board. If approved, she would succeed acting City Clerk Rich Tupper, who was appointed as City Clerk following the resignation on March 6th, of former City Clerk Barb Barrick.

The Council will also act on:

  • Orders to reappoint Shawn Shouse and Melissa Ihnen to the Board of Adjustment.
  • An Order to close Indian Trail Drive on Sept. 29th from 4-until 9-p.m., for Church Worship Night.
  • The 3rd and final reading of an Ordinance “Vacating the 66-foot wide Street Right-Of-Way on W. 4th Street, in Atlantic,” as previously described in the two previous readings that were passed by the Council.

The Atlantic City Council will also act to review and act on a recommendation/request from the Parks Commission, for the addition of trees to the “Do Not Plant” list. And, they are scheduled to receive a presentation from officials with SHIFT ATL with regard to the property at 201 W. 14th Street, which the non-profit organization remodeled over the past year, and recently sold. It was the second remodeled home that Shift ATL sold since they began efforts to find and fix-up and flip. Shift Atl’s representative(s) are expected to talk about reimbursing the City’s Housing Development Fund.

Five area fire departments battle greenhouse fire in Union County Friday morning

News

September 13th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Creston, Iowa)  – Officials with the Creston Fire Department report firefighters were dispatched at around 3:48-a.m. Friday (today) to a structure fire at The barndominium and greenhouse, in rural Union County. When crews arrived at the scene off 240th Street, the structures were engulfed in flames. Occupants of the residence were able to safely evacuate prior to firefighters’ arrival. (Photos by Chuck Spindler, Creston Fire Dept. – from Facebook)

Creston Fire received mutual aid from the Afton Volunteer Fire Department, Lenox Fire Department, Prescott Fire & Rescue, and Corning Fire Departments.

Additionally, all five fire departments made multiple shuttles with their tanker trucks to provide water to two portable dump tanks and a pumper, keeping firefighters supplied with a constant source of water to fight the fire. Officials say Creston and other departments conducted a rural fire fighting, live burn exercise last December in which they trained for the type of water shuttling operation put into use Friday morning.