KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes picked apart the Colts in his postseason debut, the Chiefs defense answered their chorus of critics with a stout performance, and Kansas City rolled to a 31-13 victory over Indianapolis in the divisional round Saturday to end 25 years of playoff frustration.
Mahomes threw for 278 yards while running for a touchdown, and Damien Williams ran for 129 yards and another score, as the Chiefs beat Indianapolis for the first time in five playoff meetings to earn their first AFC title game appearance since January 1994.

The AFC West champions will play the winner of Sunday’s game between the division-rival Los Angeles Chargers and the New England Patriots next weekend for a spot in the Super Bowl in Atlanta. Andrew Luck was held to 203 yards passing for the Colts, while Marlon Mack was a non-factor on the ground. He had 46 yards rushing before leaving late in the fourth quarter with a hip injury.

Chiefs coach Andy Reid was summoned to the corner of Arrowhead Stadium during Saturday’s game, to get fans to stop throwing snowballs on the field. Reid wasn’t happy about it, either. The officials called him over from the Kansas City sideline during the two-minute warning in the first half, and Reid shouted and gestured at the fans in the lower deck — though the snowballs were mostly raining down from the upper deck, far above the field.

Earlier in the half, one almost hit Colts punter Rigoberto Sanchez during a kick. Reid’s intervention didn’t do much good, either. Patrick Mahomes scampered in moments later to give the Colts a 24-7 lead, and snowballs fell like confetti from the upper deck.

(Hawkeye Sports.com) — Luka Garza scored 16 points and 4 rebounds and 25th-ranked Iowa came away with a 72-62 victory at home over # 16 Ohio State, Saturday afternoon.  The Hawkeyes have won three straight Big Ten games to even their record at 3-3.  Iowa is 14-3 overall.

Junior Jordan Bohannon became the 48th player to score 1,000 career points with a free throw with 1:19 remaining in the game.  The guard finished with six points, but he had a game-high eight assists, matching a season-high.

Iowa returns to action Wednesday at Penn State. Tipoff is set for 6 p.m. (CT) at the Bryce Jordan Center in University Park, Pennsylvania.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Sug Sutton had 24 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists and Joyner Holmes had a big block as No. 11 Texas survived two missed shots in the closing seconds to edge No. 20 Iowa State 64-62 on Saturday. The Longhorns (14-2, 4-0 Big 12), who have won seven straight, used a 15-0 run in the third quarter to build a double-figure lead. The Cyclones rallied from 10 down in the fourth and had a chance to tie or win it at the end.

Iowa State made it a two-point game with 44 seconds left forced Texas into a shot-clock violation with 13.3 seconds to play. After a couple of timeouts, Holmes blocked a layup attempt by Alexa Middleton with five seconds to go. The Cyclones got the rebound but Bridget Carleton’s 15-footer was off the mark as time ran out.

Carleton led Iowa State (13-3, 3-1) with 20 points and Kristin Scott had 15, and both had nine rebounds. Texas shot 51 percent but had 17 turnovers. Iowa State shot just 34 percent with eight turnovers.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — No. 20 Iowa State appeared to have done just enough to survive on a snowy and sleepy Saturday in Ames. Barry Brown had other ideas. Brown hit a layup with four seconds left and Kansas State stunned Iowa State 58-57 on Saturday, handing the Cyclones their second straight loss.
Brown had 23 points to lead the Wildcats (12-4, 2-2 Big 12), who closed the game on a 10-2 run for their first road win of the year. Iowa State (12-4, 2-2) didn’t score over the final 2:42.

Iowa State, which hasn’t won since blowing out Kansas last week, was up seven with five minutes left. Brown hit two free throws with 16 seconds left to make it 57-56 Iowa State, and Lindell Wigginton missed the front end of a subsequent one-and-one for the Cyclones. Brown, who finished 9 of 20 from the floor, then drove through the paint for the winner — which came on the heels of a 21-point comeback against West Virginia in K-State’s last game.

Nick Weiler-Babb had 11 points and five assists to lead the Cyclones. Iowa State responded to its 77-60 win over the Jayhawks with a 73-70 loss at Baylor and a sloppy finish against the Wildcats. While K-State got Wade back, the Cyclones played with big man Cam Lard — who missed Saturday’s game with a sprained ankle. Iowa State also said after the game that fellow big man Solomon Young will miss the remainder of 2018-19 with a groin injury, and the Cyclones will seek a medical redshirt.

Iowa State is one of the 25 most talented teams in the country. But the Cyclones likely won’t be ranked as such on Monday. The Cyclones play No. 8 Texas Tech in a huge early league showdown on Wednesday.

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Texas Tech has hired Oklahoma assistant and former NFL defensive back Kerry Cooks to be safeties coach. The school in Lubbock on Friday announced the hiring of Cooks, who’s spent nine seasons at Oklahoma and previously was an assistant at Notre Dame.

Cooks, who was an All-Big Ten selection as a senior in 1997 at Iowa, was selected in the fifth round of the 1998 NFL Draft by the Minnesota Vikings.

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Boys games

Ar-We-Va, Westside 64, Coon Rapids-Bayard 44

Audubon 85, Logan-Magnolia 64

Boone 59, ADM, Adel 52

Boyer Valley, Dunlap 58, CAM, Anita 53, OT

Carroll 71, Carlisle 53

Clarinda Academy 57, Fremont Mills, Tabor 37

Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 57, Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City 34

Denison-Schleswig 71, Creston 57

Des Moines Christian 46, Panorama, Panora 41

Diagonal 67, Seymour 49

Earlham 70, Ogden 65, OT

Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 90, Glidden-Ralston 22

Glenwood 68, St. Albert, Council Bluffs 54

Harlan 56, Clarinda 45

IKM-Manning 52, A-H-S-T-W, Avoca 34

Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 80, Red Oak 56

Lawton-Bronson 67, West Monona 38

Lewis Central 64, Atlantic 46

Nodaway Valley 79, East Union, Afton 30

Orient-Macksburg 62, Iowa Christian Academy 35

Pleasantville 59, AC/GC 57, OT

Sergeant Bluff-Luton 77, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 48

Shenandoah 58, Missouri Valley 32

Sidney 50, Griswold 27

Stanton 68, East Mills 31

Treynor 60, Tri-Center, Neola 50

Underwood 64, Riverside, Oakland 35

West Harrison, Mondamin 73, Woodbine 63

Winterset 72, Ballard 53

POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS=

Bedford vs. Southeast Warren, Liberty Center, ppd.

Essex vs. Heartland Christian, ppd.

Southwest Valley vs. Wayne, Corydon, ppd.

Girls games

ADM, Adel 48, Boone 43

Ar-We-Va, Westside 65, Coon Rapids-Bayard 35

Ballard 45, Winterset 20

CAM, Anita 65, Boyer Valley, Dunlap 51

Carlisle 49, Carroll 45

Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 43, Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City 36

Denison-Schleswig 53, Creston 42

Des Moines Christian 47, Panorama, Panora 37

Earlham 50, Ogden 24

Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 57, Glidden-Ralston 54

Fremont Mills, Tabor 60, College Springs South Page 25

Harlan 58, Clarinda 28

IKM-Manning 60, A-H-S-T-W, Avoca 51

Lewis Central 51, Atlantic 32

Logan-Magnolia 48, Audubon 43, OT

Nodaway Valley 65, East Union, Afton 26

Red Oak 52, Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 29

Sergeant Bluff-Luton 62, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 48

Shenandoah 66, Missouri Valley 40

Sidney 54, Griswold 11

Stanton 39, East Mills 32

Treynor 62, Tri-Center, Neola 31

Underwood 58, Riverside, Oakland 26

West Harrison, Mondamin 53, Woodbine 51

Mid American Shootout=

Glenwood 69, St. Albert, Council Bluffs 61

POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS=

Bedford vs. Southeast Warren, Liberty Center, ppd.

Southwest Valley vs. Wayne, Corydon, ccd.

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

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs have never beaten Indianapolis in four tries in the playoffs. They will try to end that era of heartache in the divisional round later today (Saturday). Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs’ record-setting offense may have to outscore Andrew Luck and the Colts, who hope to put up big numbers against a suspect Kansas City defense at Arrowhead Stadium.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals and right-hander Michael Wacha avoided arbitration by agreeing to a $6.35 million contract, a raise of $1.05 million. St. Louis also agreed to one-year deals with outfielder Marcell Ozuna at $12.25 million and right-hander Dominic Leone at $1.26 million.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The postponed Missouri-South Carolina men’s basketball game has been tentatively rescheduled for Sunday, as long as the Tigers can travel safely for the road game amid winter weather. The contest was called off Saturday because of Missouri’s travel issues. The schools worked with the Southeastern Conference office to rework the game date.

The Underwood Eagles picked up wins in girls and boys hoops on Friday over the Riverside Bulldogs at the Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs. The two Western Iowa Conference teams met up for the first two games of the Jenny Ed Sports Med MAC Shootout, an event that will host 12 games over two days.

In the girls game Underwood jumped out to a 14-2 lead by the end of the first quarter and the offense was slow to come by for the Bulldogs. The Eagles lead only grew by a point to 13 at half but the Eagles blew the game open in the third. Underwood outscored Riverside 14-8 in that third quarter and pushed away for the win.

The Eagles were led by 13 points from Kendra Kuck and 11 from Erica Rowe. Macy Vanfossan and Erin McMains both finished with 10 for the Eagles as well. Underwood improves to 5-9 with the win. Next up for them is a road trip to Treynor on Tuesday.

Riverside falls to 2-11 on the year. Jadyn Achenbach led the Bulldogs with 7 points despite fouling out midway through the fourth quarter. Riverside will travel to Audubon next Friday night.

In the boys game Underwood used a 22-0 run that spanned from midway through the second quarter until 2 minutes left in the third quarter to grab the win 64-35.  The game was tied at 17 before the Eagles closed the first half on a 9-0 run to head to the locker room with the lead. The scoring drought continued for the Bulldogs until sophomore Eli Ryun came off the bench to hit a three.

The Eagles were led by 15 points from Jalen Humphrey, and Timothy Conn finished with 11 points and 6 rebounds. Underwood climbs over .500 with the win to 7-6 on the season.

Riverside was led by three players with 6 points each: Drake Woods, Brogan Allensworth, and Eli Ryun. The Bulldogs fall to 3-10 on the season with the loss.

The Atlantic vs Lewis Central basketball games scheduled for tonight have been moved up due to anticipated wintry weather moving in tonight.

The girls Varsity game at Lewis Central has been moved up to a 5:00pm tip and the JV will play at 6:30pm. This means we will no longer be able to bring you the girls game on the air tonight due to a conflict with our other games at the Mid-America Center.

The boys Varsity game at home will start at 5:00pm as well with the Freshman game also starting at 5:00pm at the Atlantic Middle School. JV will play at 6:30pm at the high school.