The Iowa Hawkeyes rallied from 14 points down and beat Penn State 23-20 on Saturday in Iowa City. The Hawkeyes outscored the Nittany Lions 10-0 in the fourth quarter to grab the win.

Spencer Petras went 17-31 passing for 195 yards and 2 touchdowns. Including the go ahead score to Ragaini in the final period. It was Iowa’s first win over a top five team since beating then #3 Ohio State in 2017.

Penn State quarteback Sean Clifford left the game with an injury with a few minutes left in the first half and did not return. Penn State fell to 5-1 overall and 2-1 in the Big Ten.

Iowa improves to 6-0 overall and 3-0 in Big Ten play. Next up for the Hawkeyes is a home game against Purdue next Saturday. Kickoff is set for 2:30 p.m. and we’ll have coverage on KJAN starting at 12:30 p.m.

The #12 UNI Panthers fell on the road to the #5 North Dakota State Bison on Saturday in Fargo. The Bison outscored the Panthers 21-10 in the second half to seal the victory.

UNI outgained the Bison 381-363 yards but still came up short. Bison quarterback Quincy Patterson ran for two scores and threw for another. The Bison improve to 5-0 overall and 2-0 in the Valley.

UNI receiver Isaiah Weston had a touchdown in the second quarter to go with 181 yards on 5 catches. He extended his streak of receiving touchdowns in a game to 4. The Panthers fall to 3-2 overall and 1-1 in the Valley.

The Panthers will next host South Dakota next Saturday at 4:00 p.m. It will be Family Weekend with fans encouraged to wear white. The game will be available on ESPN+

The Drake Bulldog football team came up short 28-10 to Dayton at home on Saturday. Dayton Outscored the Bulldogs 14-0 in the second quarter and pulled away for the win.

The Flyers took the lead when a high snap sailed over Drake pounter Shane Dunning’s head and was scooped up by the Flyer’s Ca’ron Coleman at the four yard line and run in for the score. Rushing touchdowns by Jack Cook and Jake Chisolm put Dayton up 21-0 in the third quarter.

The Flyers won their second straight game in the series. They improve to 3-2 overall and 2-1 in the Pioneer Football League.

All of Drake’s 10 points came in the fourth quarter. The Bulldogs fall to 2-4 overall and 1-2 in the PFL. Next up for the Dogs is a trip to San Diego for a 4:00 p.m. central kick next Saturday.

CAM Tournament

Blue Pool 

(2-1) ACGC 17-21-15, CAM 21-16-10
(2-0) ACGC 21-21, Ar-We-Va 7-18
(2-0) ACGC 21-21, Orient-Macksburg 4-5
(2-1) Ar-We-Va 21-18-17, Orient-Macksburg 10-21-15
(2-0) CAM 21-21, Orient-Macksburg 6-12
(2-0) CAM 21-21, Ar-We-Va 13-16

Silver Pool 

(2-1) Underwood 21-15-15, Riverside 19-21-11
(2-0) Underwood 21-21, Paton-Churdan 6-5
(2-0) Underwood 21-21, Griswold 12-19
(2-0) Griswold 21-21, Riverside 17-15
(2-0) Griswold 21-21, Paton-Churdan 7-1
(2-0) Riverside 21-21, Paton-Churdan 3-7

Semifinals

(2-0) ACGC 25-25, Griswold 15-23
(2-0) Underwood 25-25, CAM 12-16

Championship: (2-0) Underwood 25-25, ACGC 15-18

CAM Tourney All-Tournament Team
Alizabeth Jacobsen and Allyah Humphrey (Underwood)
Veronica Andrusyshyn (Riverside)
Anna Kelley (Griswold)
Eva Steffensen (CAM)
Chloe Largent, Mollie Gettler, and Mersadez Richter (ACGC)

Western Christian Tournament

Pool A 

(2-0) Boyden-Hull 21-21, Harlan 9-15
(2-1) Boyden-Hull 21-17-16, Sioux City East 10-21-14
(2-0) Central Lyon 21-21, Harlan 17-17
(2-1) Dakota Valley 21-14-15, Harlan 16-21-8
(2-0) Sioux City East 21-21, Harlan 14-17
(2-0) Sioux City East 21-21, Central Lyon 13-11
(2-1) Sioux City East 21-17-15, Dakota Valley 11-21-7
(2-0) Western Christian 21-21, Harlan 8-12
(2-1) Western Christian 21-19-15, Sioux City East 13-21-13

Pool B

(2-0) Sergeant Bluff-Luton 21-21, LeMars 14-11
(2-1) Sergeant Bluff-Luton 21-15-15, Unity Christian 8-21-6
(2-0) Sergeant Bluff-Luton 21-21, Des Moines Christian 13-11
(2-0) Sergeant Bluff-Luton 21-21, MOC-Floyd Valley 15-11
(2-0) Sergeant Bluff-Luton 21-21, Bishop Heelan Catholic 11-10
(2-0) Bishop Heelan Catholic 21-21, LeMars 15-11
(2-0) Bishop Heelan Catholic 21-21, MOC-Floyd Valley 12-10
(2-0) Des Moines Christian 21-21, LeMars 10-12
(2-0) Des Moines Christian 21-21, Bishop Heelan Catholic 14-10
(2-1) LeMars 21-14-15, MOC-Floyd Valley 18-21-10
(2-0) Unity Christian 21-21, Bishop Heelan Catholic 14-6
(2-0) Unity Christian 21-21, LeMars 6-7

Hampton-Dumont Tournament

Pool B

(2-0) Kuemper Catholic 21-21, Janesville 12-18
(2-0) Kuemper Catholic 21-21, Hampton-Dumont-CAL 12-7
(2-0) Kuemper Catholic 21-21, St. Edmond 13-13

Championship Bracket 

(2-0) Kuemper Catholic 25-25, St. Edmond 10-6
(2-0) Roland-Story 25-25, Kuemper Catholic 21-20

Wayne Tournament

Pool A
(2-0) Mormon Trail 21-21, Murray 18-19
(2-1) Mormon Trail 18-21-15, Wayne 21-12-12
(2-0) Murray 12-21-15, Seymour 21-7-7
(2-0) Murray 21-21, Wayne 15-17
(2-1) Seymour 21-19-15, Wayne 13-21-6
(2-1) Seymour 21-18-15, Mormon Trail 16-21-8

Pool B
(2-0) Central Decatur 21-21, Melcher-Dallas 19-15
(2-0) Central Decatur 21-21, Essex 17-16
(2-0) Essex 21-22, Melcher-Dallas 16-20

Championship Bracket 

3rd Place: (2-0) Essex 21-25, Murray 14-23
Championship: (2-0) Central Decatur 25-25, Mormon Trail 19-16

Martensdale-St. Marys  Tournament

(2-0) Southeast Warren 21-21, Pleasantville 15-10
(2-0) Southeast Warren 22-21, Van Meter 20-13
(2-0) Southeast Warren 21-21, Montezuma 15-16
(2-0) Southeast Warren 21-21, Earlham 8-19
(2-0) Southeast Warren 21-21, Martensdale-St. Marys 14-8
(2-0) Earlham 21-15-17, Martensdale-St. Marys 15-21-15
(2-0) Martensdale-St. Marys 21-21, Pleasantville 17-19
(2-0) Montezuma 21-21, Martensdale-St. Marys 16-15
(2-0) Van Meter 21-21, Martensdale-St. Marys 7-9

(Radio Iowa) – Third ranked Iowa looks to stay unbeaten by hosting fourth ranked Penn State, today (Saturday). The Iowa defense has forced 16 turnovers already this season but coach Kirk Ferentz says a Nittany Lion offense led by quarterback Sean Clifford will be a challenge.

Ferentz says while the build up to the game is fun it still comes down to performance.

Ferentz says no matter what the outcome there is still half of the regular season yet to play.

We’ll have the pre-game for today’s action at 1-p.m., followed by the kick-off from Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, at 3-p.m., on KJAN.

The CAM Cougars were a well oiled machine on Friday night in an 82-22 win over Coon Rapids-Bayard. The Cougars racked up a unbelievable 54 points in the first quarter and led 54-14 at the end of one. That lead would balloon to 74-14 by halftime, and the second half melted away quickly with the running clock in place and both teams mainly keeping the ball on the ground.

The Cougars scored on every possession of the first half and Lane Spieker led the way with another banner night. Spieker racked up 6 touchdowns on the ground, threw for another, and ran a punt back 45 yards for a score. Cade Ticknor added two rushing touchdowns and Gabe Rouse had the final score on the ground for the Cougars. CAM Head Coach Barry Bower was impressed with how well everyone blocked in the run game.

After the game Spieker gave a lot of credit as well to the guys paving the way.

Coon Rapids-Bayard scored on two long passing plays in the first quarter. Tanner Oswald hooked up with Easton Hays for 59-yard and 65-yard scores. Their other touchdown came from Omarion Floyd on a 12 yard run with 1:14 left in the game.

CAM improves to 7-0 on the season and 5-0 in 8-Man District 10. The Cougars finish off the regular season next week with a visit to Boyer Valley. Coach Bower hopes that his team is ready to finish strong.

Coon Rapids-Bayard falls to 3-4 on the season overall and 1-4 in District 10. The Crusaders finish up next week by hosting Exira-EHK.

(Radio Iowa) – There were more than 210-million dollars bet on sports in Iowa in September. Racing and Gaming Administrator, Brian Ohorilko says “September handle numbers were the highest to date. That goes back to when sports betting was legalized,” Ohorilko says. The 2021 September betting increased by more than 138-million dollars compared to September of 2020. Ohorilko says the January law change allowing players to sign up for online sports betting without going to a casino, and the return to a normal schedule of games following the pandemic were a couple of factors.

“If people remember last year — September of 2020 — there were a number of leagues that were just kind of finding their way — the PAC-10, Big-12 — it was just a situation where there weren’t as many opportunities,” he says. There was not an Iowa-Iowa State football game in 2020, and this year’s version featured two top ten teams. Ohorilko says that undoubtedly had an impact. “We don’t have game-specific data — but just anecdotally what you hear from operators is that when the local teams are doing well — it drives additional handle to the books,” according to Ohorilko. “And so it’s more the casual fan base that would like to make a friendly wager and do it legally — they will come out.”

Ohorilko says the massive jump in sports betting from August to September shows the impact of college and N-F-L football. “In August we had a handle of 108 million. And then to see that handle jump to 210, which is what we saw in September, that was a significant increase,” he says. The sports betting pace could keep up this month as the baseball playoffs add to the full football schedule. “We see the more serious or more regular player betting baseball throughout the year. But when we get into the playoffs — again that will drive just more interest and more casual fans. We will see some more activity in the baseball markets, and that will help the overall markets,” Ohorilko says.

More than 204-point-seven million dollars were paid to bettors in September out of the more than 201-million bet. The state will receive around five-point-seven million dollars in net receipts from sports gambling for September.

The Western Iowa Conference has released the bracket for the conference volleyball tournament next week. Here is a look at the full bracket.

The ACGC boys cross country team took the team title at the South Hamilton Meet on Thursday and the girls team finished as the runner-up.

The boys were led by Trevin Suhr who took the individual title in a time of 16:45. Justin Reinhart finished 7th, Andrew Mahaffey 8th, Lance Bunde 11th, Noah Kading 12th, Kaden Thompson 13th, Gavin Sloss 14th, and Bo Arrasmith 15th.

Ava Campbell led the charge for the girls with a 5th place finish. Hayden Coffman was 8th, Adalyn Benson 11th, Kiersten Knobbe 26th, Paige Van Meter 30th, Jayle Hoover 24th, and Katelyn Schafer 35th. The Chargers were just ten points back of the winning team Roland-Story.

Full results HERE