• A-H-S-T-W 54, OA-BCIG 14
• Carroll 26, Denison-Schleswig 21
• Lewis Central 33, Ankeny 10

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Alex Jeske had two touchdowns while the Dayton defense hauled in four interceptions, forced a fumble and blocked a field goal to help the Flyers to a 20-10 win over Drake on Saturday. Tied 3-3 at the half, Dayton (2-4, 1-2 Pioneer Football League) broke away with the opening drive of the third quarter when Jeske ran in the go-ahead touchdown from the 7, capping a 75-yard drive that included a 42-yard catch by Matt Tunnacliffe. Later, Nick Surges intercepted a pass by Drake’s Grant Kraemer, setting up Jeske’s 29-yard touchdown throw to Ryan Skibinski to make it 17-3 with 1:43 left in the third.

Allen Waltz, who had a 25-yard field goal in the first, closed out the scoring with another short field goal with 5:10 to go. Drake’s final three possessions ended with a turnover-on-downs and two interceptions. Jeske finished 12 of 22 for 197 yards and Tucker Yinger had 101 yards with 24 carries. Tim Simon had two interceptions for Dayton, and Andrew Lutgens and Surges each finished with one. Drake (3-3, 2-1) got a field goal from Danny Donley in the first but his 21-yard attempt in the second quarter was blocked by Reagan Malas. Kraemer finished 12 of 40 for 188 yards for Drake and ran in a TD from the 1.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Nate Stanley threw for 247 yards and three touchdowns and Iowa rolled past Illinois 45-16 on Saturday, snapping a two-game losing streak. Safety Brandon Snyder added an 89-yard interception return for a score in his first game back from a knee injury for the Hawkeyes (4-2, 1-2 Big Ten), who outscored Illinois (2-3, 0-2) 28-3 in the second half.

Illinois entered play with the Big Ten’s worst rushing attack, but the Fighting Illini carved up Iowa’s front for 200 yards on the ground. Iowa’s defense once again stiffened after some halftime adjustments though, and its offense finally found life in the second half. The Hawkeyes also looked like they could really use the upcoming bye week.

Iowa is off next week. The Hawkeyes play at Northwestern on Oct. 21.

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Kyle Kempt passed for 343 yards and three touchdowns, including a 25-yarder to Allen Lazard that put Iowa State ahead with 2:19 left and Joel Lanning made plays on offense and defense to lead the Cyclones to a stunning 38-31 victory over No. 3 Oklahoma on Saturday.

The loss snapped Oklahoma’s nation-leading 14-game winning streak and the Sooners’ 18-game run against the Cyclones that dated to 1990. It was just Iowa State’s second victory over Oklahoma since 1961, and the Cyclones (3-2, 1-1 Big 12) did it without their starting quarterback.

Kempt, the senior who had thrown just two passes in his career before Saturday, played because regular starter Jacob Park went on leave for undisclosed personal medical reasons late this week. The Cyclones remained confident, despite having lost 20 straight against ranked opponents. Iowa State’s last win over a Top 25 team came against TCU in 2012. It was Iowa State’s first road win over a Top 5 team.

Lanning, who switched from quarterback to linebacker in the offseason, played both positions Saturday. According to the Des Moines Register, he’s the first Iowa State player since 1971 to get significant action both ways in a game. He ran for 35 yards, passed for 25 and had eight tackles, a sack and a fumble recovery. He played 78 snaps.

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Iowa State quarterback Jacob Park will not play against No. 3 Oklahoma on Saturday for undisclosed medical reasons.

The school announced Friday that Park is taking a leave from the team to work through personal health issues. He remains a member of the squad.

Iowa State coach Matt Campbell is not certain of a timeline for Park’s return, and said he cannot discuss issue. Campbell said Iowa State is focused on “supporting one another in difficult times.”

Park has completed 62 percent of his passes and has nine touchdown passes and five interceptions this season.

The Exira-EHK Spartans scored first but the Fremont-Mills Knights took over from there in a 43-12 victory on Friday night in Exira.  The Spartans scored on the fourth possession of the game with a four yard touchdown run from Jayden Goodwin but the PAT was no good. The Knights would answer back on the next drive. Jaeger Powers moved the chains on a long 3rd down and then ripped off a 31-yard touchdown run on the next play. The PAT from Conner Alley put the Knights ahead to stay.

Mason Vanatta hit Tristan Vanatta on a 44 yard touchdown pass and then had a 55 yard touchdown run to put the Knights up 21-6. Exira-EHK had a great opportunity to cut the deficit to a one possession game at the end of the first half but failed to score on two attempts from the Knights 8 yard line. The final play of the half was a bad low snap that the Spartans just had to cover up, leaving the score at 21-6.

The Spartans did get the first score of the second half on a Cole Burmeister 15 yard touchdown run but the two point conversion failed to make it 21-12. The Knights would answer back two possessions later with a 10 yard touchdown pass from Vanatta to Austin Gartner. The Knights would also convert a big 2 point conversion to make it a three possession game at 29-12.

Mason Vanatta iced the game with a tight-roping 64 yard touchdown run down the left sideline with 8:16 left to make it 36-12. James Switzer added a late touchdown run for the Knights to cap the scoring.

Fremont-Mills improves to 5-2 and 4-1 in the District. They take a stranglehold on the 2nd playoff spot in District 7 with the win.

The Spartans fall to 4-2 overall and 3-2 in the District.  Exira-EHK travels to CAM next week.

Class 4A District 2

Dowling Catholic 69, Abraham Lincoln 6

Class 4A District 3

Lewis Central 23, Ankeny 0 SUSPENDED until 10/7
Urbandale 59, Thomas Jefferson 22

Class 3A District 7

Atlantic 26, ADM 0
Carroll 26, Denison-Schleswig 21 4th (Suspended until 10/7 at 10:00am)
Glenwood 49, Creston/O-M 13
Harlan 7, Winterset 6

Class 2A District 7

East Sac County 35, Clarinda 0
Kuemper Catholic 20, Red Oak 0
Southeast Valley 28, Shenandoah 7
South Central Calhoun 42, Underwood 0

Class 1A District 6

Eagle Grove 14, Madrid 8
South Hamilton 41, Ogden 0
Van Meter 52, West Central Valley 0
Panorma @ Manson NW Webster (PPD to 10/7 at 5:30pm)

Class 1A District 7

IKM-Manning 44, ACGC 0
Missouri Valley 21, Logan-Magnolia 0
Treynor 26, Tri-Center 7 (Called in 3rd)

Class A District 7

Earlham 56, Griswold 8
Martensdale-St. Marys 30,  Riverside 6
Nodaway Valley 12, Southeast Warren 6
Southwest Valley 8, St. Albert 7

Class 8-Man District 6

Bedford 28,  East Union 8
Stanton 56, Lenox 30
Wayne 54, Collins-Maxwell 0 (ND)
Lamoni @ Murray (PPD to 10/9 at 7:00pm)

Class 8-Man District 7

CAM 72, Clarinda Academy 22
East Mills 36, Essex 6
Fremont-Mills 43, Exira/EHK 12
Sidney 56, Woodbine 22

Class 8-Man District 8

Audubon 36, Glidden-Ralston 0
Boyer Valley 32, Ar-We-Va 26
River Valley 34, Coon Rapids-Bayard 28

Chris Parks, Jim Field, Doug Leonard, and Matt Mullenix pick 8 area high school football games each week and discuss those contests.  They are battling for top prognosticator for the season and the Whosman Trophy.

Last Week:

Jim 8-0
Doug 7-1
Matt 7-1
Chris 7-1

Season Standings:

Jim 35-13
Doug 33-15
Chris 32-16
Matt 32-16

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Chris Parks’ weekly discussion with Atlantic Head Football Coach Mike McDermott.  They talk about the hard fought game last week at Glenwood and preview the match-up with ADM this week.

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