The UNI Panthers picked up a big home win over Southern Illinois on Saturday 23-16 in Cedar Falls. The Panthers rallied from a 13-6 halftime deficit to take the lead in the third quarter.

Theo Day threw touchdown passes of 19 yards to Sam Schnee and 10 yards to Kyle Fourtenberry to go up 20-16 by the end of the third. Matthew Cook added a field goal in the fourth.

Bradrick Shaw rand for 126 yards for UNI. The Panthers improved to 5-3 on the season and will next up travel to Illinois State for a Noon game next Saturday.

West Virginia got a brilliant performance from quarterback Jarret Doege and won a shootout over Iowa State 38-31 in Morgantown on Saturday. Doege went 30-46 for 370 yards and 3 touchdowns and 2 interceptions in the win.

The two teams traded blows most of the way and it was tied at 14 at the end of the first and 17 at halftime. The Cyclones grabbed a 7 point lead a couple of times in the third. The first time on a Jake Hummel 24 yard interception return touchdown and the second on a Brock Purdy 1 yard run.

The Mountaineers found paydirt twice in the fourth. Winston Wright Jr. caught a 22 yard pass from Doege to tie it up at 31. Then Leddie Brown gave WVU the lead with a 2 yard run with 9:25 left. Iowa State was driving to tie the game but a controversial fumble ruling for Breece Hall at the goaline wiped out a scoring chance. The Cyclones would get the ball back one last time but Purdy’s desperation heave into the endzone was knocked away.

Breece Hall had another strong game with 167 yards and a touchdown but it wasn’t quite enough. The Cyclones went just 2-12 on third down and struggled mightily on the defensive side with the absence of All-American linebacker Mike Rose who was out with an undisclosed injury. The Cyclones fall to 5-3 on the season and fall out of the race at the top of the Big 12.

West Virginia improved to 4-4 on the season and have won back to back games out of a bye week.

Next up for Iowa State is a home game against Texas next Saturday.

The Wisconsin Badgers rode a suffocating defensive effort to a 27-7 win over Iowa on Saturday at Camp Randall Stadium. The Badgers held the Hawkeyes to 2-13 on third down and just 156 total yards. The Badger D also recovered three fumbles on the day to help secure the win.

Wisconsin shut out the Hawkeyes in the first half and built a 20-0 lead before Iowa got on the board in the third. The Badgers Badger quarterback Graham Mertz had two touchdown runs and threw for another to Jake Ferguson.

Wisconsin improves to 5-3 on the season and moves in to a tie for first in the Big Ten West.

Iowa falls to 6-2 on the season and fall into a tie for that second place spot in the Big Ten West with Purdue and Wisconsin, the two teams they have fallen to in the past two games.

Next up for Iowa is a road trip to face Northwestern.

Class 2A runners took to the State Meet course on Saturday morning.

On the boys side Tipton won the team title with 60 points and Des Moines Christian’s Aaron Fynaardt was the individual champion. Baylor Bergren of Red Oak finished 28th and Kyle Wagoner of Clarinda was 36th.

In the girls race Mid-Pairie Wellman won the team title with 50 points. Danielle Hostetler led the team champs with and individual crown with a time of 18:27.23. Clare Kelly of Van Meter finished 10th and Mason Hartley of Clarinda was 11th.

Full results HERE.

The Logan-Magnolia girls cross country team finished as runner-up at the Girls 1A State Meet on Saturday at Lakeside Golf Course in Fort Dodge. The Panthers scored 121 points, behind only South Winneshiek with 104. Madison Sporrer led the way with a 5th place individual finish in a time of 19:30.84. Courtney Sporrer came in 11th with a time of 19:59.37.

Stefi Beisswenger of Audubon finished 18th, Olivia Spurling of Earlham was 20th, and Addison Murdock of Woodbine finished 22nd.

Check out the full Girls 1A Results HERE.

The ACGC Chargers grabbed a State Championship at the Boys 1A Cross County Meet on Saturday in Fort Dodge. The Chargers scored 75 points to grab the crown, 37 points clear of runner-up Maquoketa Valley. Trevin Suhr led the charge with a 4th place finish in 16:38.86 and the rest of their squad went as follows: Andrew Mahaffey 17th, Justin Reinhart 21st, Kaden Thompson 22nd, Bo Arrasmith 56th, Noah Kading 73rd, and Lance Bunde 80th.

Earlham placed 3rd with 134 points and the Cardinals had the top two runners. Jayden Dickson won a State Title with a time of 16;06.46 and Dominic Braet was runner-up with a time of 16:18.50.

Collin Lillie of St. Albert grabbed 8th place. Boyer Valley’s Patrick Heffernan went 10th.

Full results from the Boys 1A Meet HERE.

Atlantic Alum Cooper McDermott was honored earlier this week by the North Star Athletic Association as the Football Offensive Player of the Week.

McDermott helped lead Dakota State to a 53-15 rout of Iowa Wesleyan on October 23rd in Madison, SD. The sophomore receiver had 7 catches for a career-high 130 yards, including a 71-yard reception late in the second quarter. He also completed one pass in the contest.

His teammate Jay Skogerboe was chosen as Special Teams Player of the Week. Dakota State is 5-3 overall and 4-2 in league play. The Trojans are off this week before a road trip to Valley City State University on November 6th.

Atlantic alum Taylor McCreedy placed fourth and the Iowa Central Tritons women’s cross country team won their 18th straight regional title on Friday in Waterloo, beating out Iowa Western by 4 points. The Tritons had both the men’s and women’s squads win the Region XI Championships for the ninth consecutive season.

Iowa Central will now turn its attention to November 13 and the NJCAA Div. I Championships in Richmond, Virginia. The Triton men won the national title a year ago while the women were champions two seasons ago but forced to miss 2021 due to COVID-19.

First Team
Emily Hutt, Sidney, JR*
Kaden Payne, Sidney, JR*
Emily Williams, East Mills, JR*
Avery Dowling, Sidney, JR*
Jenna Stephens, Stanton, JR
Marleigh Johnson, Stanton, JR
Kaelynn Driskell, Fremont-Mills, SR
Miah Urban, East Mills, JR
*Elite

Second Team
Teagan Ewalt, Fremont-Mills, JR
Anna Kelley, Griswold, SR
Brenna Rossell, Griswold, SR
Jaimee Davis, East Mills, JR
Fallon Sheldon, Sidney, SO
Abby Burke, Stanton, JR
Lydia Greiman, Griswold, SR
Aspen Crouse, East Mills, JR

Honorable Mention
Eve Brumbaugh, Sidney, SO
Aunika Hayes, Sidney, JR
Izzy Weldon, Fremont-Mills, SO
Mia Goodman, East Mills, SO
Makenna Askeland, Griswold, JR
Olivia Baker, Essex, Essex

The ACGC Chargers will get another crack at top-ranked Van Meter after taking down South Central Calhoun 34-13 on Friday night in the second round of the 1A Playoffs.

The Chargers broke out to a 20-0 lead in the first half and never really let the Titans get into the game. Gavin Cornelison pounded out 176 yards on the ground with 3 touchdowns and Charlie Crawford added 54 yards and two more scores for the Chargers.

ACGC improves to 9-1 on the season and continue to enjoy their best season to date. Their only loss this season came on the road against top-ranked Van Meter 41-7 and they will now get another crack at the Bulldogs in the quarterfinal round.