AKRON, Ohio (AP) — With his long hair, full beard and lanky build, Jacob Park looks more like a rock star than a quarterback. He was both on Saturday afternoon. Park passed for 317 yards and two touchdowns, including a 43-yarder to Marchie Murdock, as Iowa State pulled away in the second half for a 41-14 victory over Akron.

The 6-foot-4, 210-pound junior completed 24 of 33 throws without an interception and also scored on a 14-yard run for the Cyclones (2-1), who equaled a school record by topping 40 points for the third straight game to start the season.

Sophomore David Montgomery rushed for 127 yards and a score as the Cyclones set a school mark by gaining 400 yards for the sixth game in a row. Park has thrown for more than 200 in all six — and over 300 in three of the last four — but insists that his team can be better.

Cyclones S Kamari Cotton-Moya (elbow) traveled to Akron, but was not in uniform. The senior co-captain was hurt on Sept. 9 against Iowa and remains listed as questionable.

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IOWA STATE: The Cyclones open Big 12 play by hosting Texas on Sept. 28. The Longhorns were a 27-6 winner in their last meeting on Oct. 15, 2016.

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The Southwest Valley Timberwolves hit a bounty of big plays on Friday night en route to a 48-0 win over the Griswold Tigers. After turning the ball over on downs on the opening possession of the game, the Timberwolves proceeded to score on their next 5 possessions to blow open the game. Southwest Valley had five scoring plays over 45 yards on the night.

Chance Cobb got the scoring started with a 56-yard touchdown pass to Addison Bull followed by a three yard touchdown run on a keeper on the next drive. Cobb hooked up with Grant Maurer for two other touchdown passes of 72 and 46 yards in the second quarter. Maurer would later return a Griswold fumble 82 yards for a touchdown in the third quarter to give him three scores on the night.

The rest of the scoring for Southwest Valley came on two Aiden Gaule had touchdown runs of 91 and 14 yards.

Griswold had a 19 play drive end at the 3 yard line at the end of the half as they ran out of time to punch a score in. The Tigers would then put together a 15-play drive to open up the second half only to see that end with the fumble that was returned by Maurer for a touchdown.

The Tigers fall to 1-3 overall and 1-1 in Class A District 7.  The Timberwolves improve to 4-0 overall and 2-0 in the district.

Friday September 15, 2017 Week 4

CLASS 4A:

District 1

Lewis Central 31, Sioux City, East 10

District 2

Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 53, Sioux City, North 12 (ND)
Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 56, Sioux City, West 21 (ND)

CLASS 3A:

District 7

Harlan 17, Glenwood 14
Denison-Schleswig 35 Creston/O-M 14
Winterset 20 Atlantic 0
Carroll 17 ADM 14

CLASS 2A:

District 7

South Central Calhoun 72 Shenandoah 7
Kuemper Catholic 42 Clarinda 0
Southeast Valley 7 Red Oak 3
East Sac County 34 Underwood 12

CLASS 1A:

District 7

IKM-Manning 36 Logan-Magnolia 32
Treynor 20 Missouri Valley 14
AHSTW 36 ACGC 0
OA-BCIG 39 Tri-Center 14

CLASS A:

District 7

Earlham 63, Martensdale-St. Marys 0
Riverside, Oakland 41, Nodaway Valley 7
Southwest Valley 48, Griswold 0
St. Albert 60 Southeast Warren 6

CLASS 8:

District 6

Stanton 64 Wayne 32
Lenox 60 Murray 0
Bedford 62 Lamoni 30
Baxter 72 East Union 50

District 7

Sidney 45 Fremont-Mills 35
Exira/EHK 41 Essex 6
East Mills 57 CAM 56
Woodbine 96 Clarinda Academy 76

District 8

Audubon 68, West Harrison, Mondamin 0
Boyer Valley, Dunlap 50, Collins-Maxwell 0 ( (ND))
Glidden-Ralston 56, River Valley, Correctionville 22
Ar-We-Va 53, Coon Rapids-Bayard 21

CHICAGO (AP) — Kris Bryant had three hits, including his 27th homer, and the Chicago Cubs overcame the ejections of John Lackey and Willson Contreras on their way to an 8-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday.

Bryant went deep in the fourth and singled twice in Chicago’s seven-run sixth, helping the NL Central leaders open a big weekend series on a winning note. The Cubs moved four games ahead of St. Louis.

Lackey and Contreras were thrown out with Chicago trailing 2-1 in the fifth. But after outscoring the New York Mets 39-14 in a three-game sweep, the Cubs got enough big hits to improve to 9-4 against the Cardinals this year.

(ANDREW SELIGMAN, AP Sports Writer)

Chris Parks, Jim Field, Matt Mullenix, and Doug Leonard pick high school football games from around the area on another season of Who’s Gonna Win? We take a look each week at 8 area high school football games and make our selections.

Last Week:

Doug 5-3
Matt 4-4
Chris 3-5
Jim 3-5

2017 Overall Standings:

Chris 16-8
Doug 16-8
Jim 15-9
Matt 15-9

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Chris Parks’ weekly discussion with Atlantic Head Football Coach Mike McDermott. They discuss the close loss to Denison-Schleswig last week and preparations for the Winterset Huskies in week 4.

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Class 1A

1. Janesville 9-1
2. Holy Trinity Catholic 4-0
3. Springville 13-1
4. Starmont 16-2
5. Gehlen Catholic 10-2
6. New London 8-0
7. Tripoli 13-1
8. North Tama 12-1
9. Dunketon 9-2
10. Montezuma 14-3
11. Iowa Mennonite 7-3
12. Iowa Valley 11-7
13. Bishop Garrigan 7-3
14. East Union 11-2
15. Harris-Lake Park 6-4

Class 2A

1. Dike-New Hartford 16-2
2. Western Christian 9-3
3. Grundy Center 17-0
4. St. Albert 14-1
5. Sidney 11-2
6. Unity Christian 5-4
7. Lake Mills 16-1
8. Wilton 15-1
9. Hinton 6-2
10. Treynor 11-2
11. Clarinda 10-3
12. Pella Christian 6-7
13. Iowa City Regina 14-3
14. Sumner-Fredericksburg 8-5
15. Tri-Center 10-0

Class 3A

1. Kuemper Catholic 15-0
2. Sioux Center 14-2
3. Columbus Catholic 13-4
4. Davenport Assumption 7-1
5. Mount Vernon 9-5
6. Tipton 10-2
7. Gilbert 8-6
8. Osage 6-4
9. Red Oak 3-4
10. West Liberty 11-2
11. Beckman Catholic
12. South Central Calhoun 21-3
13. Iowa Falls-Alden 10-1
14. New Hampton 14-3
15. Camanche 17-4

Class 4A

1. Cedar Rapids Xavier 11-3
2. Pella 12-2
3. Dubuque Wahlert 6-2
4. Waverly-Shell Rock 13-3
5. Bishop Heelan 7-5
6. Lewis Central 8-3
7. Center Point-Urbana 16-5
8. Independence 13-1
9. Sergeant Bluff-Luton 9-0
10. Charles City 7-6
11. Dallas Center-Grimes 11-3
12. Marion 7-5
13. North Scott 13-7
14. Fairfield 7-4
15. Bondurant-Farrar 7-2

Class 5A

1. Cedar Falls 14-1
2. Ankeny Centennial 16-2
3. Cedar Rapids Jefferson 14-1
4. Linn-Mar 17-3
5. Dubuque Hempstead 12-3
6. West Des Moines Valley 19-4
7. Pleasant Valley 11-1
8. Iowa City West 12-6
9. Bettendorf 11-1
10. Dowling Catholic 16-5
11. Indianola 12-4
12. Ankeny 8-8
13. Waukee 13-10
14. Urbandale 13-6
15. Johnston 5-6

Southwest Valley XC Meet

Boys Team

1. Red Oak 51
2. Shenandoah 54
3. Clarinda 78
4. Southwest Iowa 80

Boys Individual

1. Adam Thompson, Southwest Iowa
2. Noah Jorgenson, Southwest Iowa
3. Nick Stanley, Shenandoah
4. Liam Eubank, Red Oak
5. Tyler Halloran, Clarinda

Girls Team

1. Shenandoah/Essex 28
2. Red Oak 58
3. Southwest Valley 89

Girls Individual

1. Janette Schraft, East Mills
2. Emma Lucas, Bedford
3. Carlie Manrose, Shenandoah/Essex
4. Alexis Post, Riverside
5. Chloe DeVries, Red Oak

Panorama XC Meet

Boys Team

1. Nodaway Valley 43
2. Madrid 90
3. Tri-Center

Boys Individual

1st- Sean McDermott, Madrid
2nd- Brycen Wallace, Nodaway Valley
5th- Skyler Rawlins, Nodaway Valley
6th- Justin Ambrose, Boyer Valley
7th- Josh Baudler, Nodaway Valley
11th- Brett McGee, Tri-Center
13th- Kade Jensen, Audubon
15th- Tyler Breheny, Nodaway Valley
16th- Ben Breheny, Nodaway Valley

Girls Team

1. Panorama 43
2. AC/GC 91
3. Tri-Center 96

Girls Individual

1st- Kate Crawford, AC/GC
2nd- Ella Waddle, Panorama
3rd- Payton Pogge, Tri-Center
6th- Payton Sporrer, IKM-Manning
12th- Mallory Kuhns, Nodaway Valley
14th- Sophia Broers, Nodaway Valley
17th- Zoey Hasty, CAM
19th- Erin Weber, Boyer Valley

The 7:20-a.m. Sportscast w/Jim Field.

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