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

UNDATED (AP) — Morningside quarterback Trent Solsma, who has guided his team to the national championship game, leads the Associated Press NAIA All-America team. The team was announced the day before Solsma and Morningside (Iowa) face Benedictine (Kan.) in the NAIA national championship game in Daytona Beach, Florida. Solsma passed for 5,097 yards and an NAIA record 68 touchdowns this season.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Mitch Ballock scored 19 with five 3-pointers and seven rebounds to help Creighton beat Green Bay 86-65. The Bluejays (7-3) pulled away with a 14-2 run that ended at 72-56 on Ty-Shon Alexander’s layup with seven minutes to go. The Phoenix (6-5) got the deficit no closer than 12 from there.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs blew a big fourth-quarter lead against the Chargers on Thursday night, leaving them to stew about a missed opportunity. They could have clinched the AFC West and a first-round playoff bye. Instead, the teams are tied atop the division and the Chiefs could still hit the road when the postseason rolls around.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Chargers can no longer be overlooked, whether it is on the list of Super Bowl contenders or as a headline attraction in their own town. LA’s 29-28 come-from-behind victory over the Kansas City Chiefs moved the 11-3 Chargers into a tie atop the AFC West with two games remaining and clinched them their first postseason berth since 2013.

NEW YORK (AP) — St. Louis Cardinals first-round draft pick Griffin Roberts has been suspended 50 games after testing positive for a drug of abuse. Roberts is a right-handed reliever who was selected 43rd overall from Wake Forest this year. He pitched for Class A Palm Beach after signing for $1,664,200 and had been expected to move quickly through the minor leagues. This was Roberts’ second violation for a drug of abuse, and he will not be paid during the suspension.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Atlantic 57, Shenandoah 32 (Tyler Moen led all scorers with 24 points for the Trojans)
Bishop Neumann 37, St. Albert 34
Clarinda 61, Red Oak 47
Glenwood 68, Denison-Schleswig 45
Kuemper Catholic 64, Creston 55
Lewis Central 66, Harlan 58

Western Iowa Conference

AHSTW 53, Missouri Valley 31
Audubon 83, Tri-Center 66
Logan-Magnolia 46, Riverside, Oakland 39
Treynor 50, IKM-Manning 36
West Monona 60, Underwood 57

Rolling Valley Conference

Ar-We-Va 66, Woodbine 46
Coon Rapids-Bayard 49, Glidden-Ralston 43
West Harrison 55, Boyer Valley 47
Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 93, Paton-Churdan 32

Corner Conference

Clarinda Academy 77, Heartland Christian 43
East Mills 50, Griswold 27
Sidney 76, Essex/South Page 36
Stanton 74, Fremont-Mills 49

Pride of Iowa Conference

Bedford 70, Central Decatur 61
East Union 31, Lenox 29
Martensdale-St. Marys 71, Nodaway Valley 58
Mount Ayr 68, Wayne 35
Southwest Valley 54, Southeast Warren 26

Other Scores

CB Abraham Lincoln 48, Lafayette 42
Bishop Heelan Catholic 46, CB Thomas Jefferson 41
Lamoni 63, Diagonal 42
Murray 75, Moulton-Udell 52

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Shenandoah 70, Atlantic 47
Creston 61, Kuemper Catholic 54
Denison-Schleswig 70, Glenwood 58
Lewis Central 42, Harlan 32
Red Oak 61, Clarinda 16

Western Iowa Conference

AHSTW 53, Missouri Valley 33
Audubon 54, Tri-Center 45
Logan-Magnolia 57, Riverside 27
Treynor 60, IKM-Manning 48
West Monona 59, Underwood 39

Rolling Valley Conference

Ar-We-Va 52, Woodbine 31
Boyer Valley 69, West Harrison 55
Glidden-Ralston 56, Coon Rapids-Bayard 31
Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 52, Paton-Churdan 35

Corner Conference

Griswold 33, East Mills 24
Fremont-Mills 42, Stanton 24
Sidney 59, Essex 12
South Page 51 Heartland Christian 46

Pride of Iowa Conference

Central Decatur 76, Bedford 39
Lenox 56, East Union 30
Martensdale-St. Marys 43, Nodaway Valley 42
Mount Ayr 64, Wayne 51
Southwest Valley 50, Southeast Warren 31

Other Scores

CB Thomas Jefferson 61, Bishop Heelan Catholic 44
Lamoni 46, Diagonal 43
Murray 57, Moulton-Udell 29

The Audubon Wheelers girls basketball team picked up a Western Iowa Conference road win on Friday night over Tri-Center 54-45. The Wheelers led most of the game but had to respond from a late rally from the Trojans to secure the win. Audubon led by just a point at the end of the first quarter and at halftime. They were then able to push the lead to as large as 12 in the third quarter and took a 39-32 advantage into the final quarter. Tri-Center then rallied to begin the fourth by going on a 10-2 run to take a one point lead at 42-41. The Wheelers responded with a late 7 point run to grab the victory.

Audubon was led by 20 points from freshman Aleah Hermansen, while Leah Subbert and Jaci Christensen each poured in 10 for the Wheelers. Audubon improves to 3-5 on the season and will next host Underwood next Tuesday.

Tri-Center got 16 points from Lilly Dahir and 7 from Madison Ausdemore in the loss. The Trojans fall to 3-3 and will prepare for a trip to IKM-Manning next Tuesday.

Listen to a postgame interview with Audubon’s Grayce Albertsen below.

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