The AHSTW Vikings got a strong test from the Earlham Cardinals on Friday night but were able to grind out a 35-7 win. It was a quick moving first half with both teams keeping the ball mostly on the ground and limiting possessions. Both teams had one long scoring drive and it was tied 7-7 at the break.

The grinding battle continued through a good chunk of the third quarter before two big back-to-back scoring plays turned the tide in favor of the Vikings. With 3:54 left in the third quarter AHSTW quarterback Blake Osbahr threw a beautiful 50-yard touchdown pass to Drake Partridge to give the Vikings a lead at 14-7. On the first active play of the next drive Earlham was stripped of the football on an end around and Blake Osbahr scooped it up for the Vikings and returned it 35-yards for another score. That pushed the Vikings lead out to 21-7. In 20 seconds of time off the clock the game went from tied to a 14-point AHSTW lead.  Momentum snowballed in the Vikings direction from that point on as Drake Partridge grabbed a nifty interception on the next Cardinal possession, and three plays later Gabe Pauley punched it into the end zone. The Vikings would tack on one more score in the fourth quarter on another Osbahr to Partridge connection to bring the final score to 35-7.

The Vikings turned the ball over three times with two lost fumbles and an interception. Earlham coughed up the ball three times with two fumbles and one interception. The two teams also combined for five possessions that ended in turnovers on downs.

Blake Osbahr had a big game for the Vikings throwing three touchdown passes, rushing for a score, and returning a fumble for a touchdown. The #3 Vikings improved to 6-0 on the season and 2-0 in Class A District 9. The Vikings return home to host Nodaway Valley next week.

Earlham falls to 2-4 on the season and 0-2 in District play. They will travel to Southwest Valley next Friday.

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Friday (09/28/2018)

CLASS 4A:

District 7
Ames 49, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 3
Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 34, Des Moines North 12
Valley, West Des Moines 49, Urbandale 10

CLASS 3A:

District 1
Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City 30, Denison-Schleswig 20

District 2
Carroll 36, Boone 0

District 9
Creston/O-M 16, ADM 13
Harlan 42, Glenwood 12
Lewis Central 52, Winterset 14

CLASS 2A:

District 9
Kuemper Catholic 16, Greene County 8
OABCIG 39, Atlantic 16
Red Oak 57, Shenandoah 23

CLASS 1A:

District 8
AC/GC 38, Clarinda 20
Mount Ayr 21, Panorama 13
Van Meter 35, West Central Valley 14

District 9
East Sac County 35, Cherokee, Washington 18
Missouri Valley 68, MVAOCOU 8
Treynor 28, Underwood 26

CLASS A:

District 2
IKM-Manning 39, Manson Northwest Webster 8

District 9
AHSTW 35, Earlham 7
Riverside 30, Nodaway Valley 8
St. Albert 50, Southwest Valley 13

District 10
Lawton-Bronson 12, Logan-Magnolia 7
Tri-Center 36, West Monona 28
Westwood 26, Woodbury Central 6

CLASS 8-Player:

District 6
Mormon Trail 58, Moravia 8
East Union 74, Murray 18
Lamoni 52, Seymour/Moulton-Udell 12
Southeast Warren 28, Lenox 12

District 7
Fremont-Mills 48, Bedford 0
East Mills 35, Sidney 34
Stanton 68, Essex/South Page 8
Griswold 60, Clarinda Academy 42

District 8
Audubon 63, Coon Rapids-Bayard 33
Glidden-Ralston 56, Boyer Valley 26
Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 51, West Harrison 6
Woodbine 30, CAM 20

Chris Parks, Jim Field, Matt Mullenix, and Doug Leonard take a look at 8 area high school football games each week. We try to provide some insight into the match-ups while competing for top prognosticator and the Whosman Trophy.

Last Week:

Matt Mullenix 4-4
Chris Parks 4-4
Doug Leonard 4-4
Jim Field 4-4

Overall Standings:

Matt Mullenix 26-14
Chris Parks 26-14
Doug Leonard 25-15
Jim Field 24-16

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CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Cubs are closing in on the NL Central championship and have their sights set on another deep playoff run.

It sure would help if Kyle Hendricks keeps pitching like this. They’ll take a few more big home runs from Kris Bryant, too.

Hendricks went eight innings in another strong start, Bryant connected and the Cubs moved closer to the division title while dealing another hit to St. Louis’ playoff hopes, beating the Cardinals 8-4 on Friday.

“This is what you look for,” Hendricks said. “These are the games you want to play in, games that have meaning like this. That’s why we play the game. Hopefully, we’ve got a lot of these left.”

The Cubs came into the final weekend of the regular season with a franchise-record fourth straight trip to the postseason assured and their third division title in a row in sight. They remained one game ahead of Milwaukee, which beat Detroit 6-5 on Friday night.

The Cubs can clinch the NL Central on Saturday — and home-field advantage throughout the NL playoffs — with a win and a Brewers loss.

St. Louis matched a season high with its fourth straight loss, after being swept by Milwaukee this week. The Cardinals trail Los Angeles by two games for the second NL wild card after the Dodgers won 3-1 in San Francisco late Friday night.

With two games remaining, one more St. Louis loss or Los Angeles win would eliminate the Cardinals from postseason contention.

UP NEXT

Cardinals: RHP Miles Mikolas (17-4, 2.94 ERA) looks to win his fifth straight start, after holding San Francisco to two runs and two hits in seven innings on Sunday.

Cubs: LHP Cole Hamels (4-2, 2.47) tries to shake off back-to-back losses after going 4-0 in his first nine starts for Chicago following a trade from Texas. He homered against Pittsburgh on Monday but got outpitched by Jameson Taillon.

KJAN Sports Director Chris Parks’ Weekly discussion with Atlantic Head Football Coach Mike McDermott. They talk about the loss last week to Kuemper Catholic and look forward to the homecoming match-up with OA-BCIG.

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The Atlantic girls swim team defeated Newton in a home swim meet on Thursday night by winning 9 of 11 events.

Annamaria Lowary, McKenna Ewoldt, Clare Christensen, and Kate Landhuis won the 200 Yard Medley in a time of 1:57.68. Ewoldt, Christensen, Aleah Hermansen, and Cambry Miller won the 200 Yard Freestyle Relay in 1:43.22 and the 400 yard Freestyle Relay at 3:52.60.

Lowary was an individual winner in the 200 Yard IM, 100 Yard Freestyle, and 100 Yard Backstroke. Other winners included: Hermansen – 50 Yard Free Style, Christensen – 100 Yard Butterfly, Bryer Rose – 500 Yard Freestyle.

The IGHSAU released their weekly volleyball rankings on Thursday. Here is a look at local ranked teams. See the full rankings here: vbrankings92718

Class 1A

8. East Mills

Class 2A

4. Sidney
6. Tri-Center
8. Treynor
9. St. Albert

Class 3A

1. Kuemper Catholic
11. Red Oak
15. Shenandoah

Class 4A

15. Lewis Central

Class 5A

12. CB Abraham Lincoln

w/ Chris Parks

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West Central Valley hosted the Wildcat XC Invitational on Thursday night at the 5×80 Golf Course in Menlo. North Polk won the girls race and AC/GC won the boys title.

Girls Team Top 5

1. North Polk 27
2. Panorama 52
3. AC/GC 81
4. Eagle Grove 89
5. Ogden 152

Girls Individual Top 5

1. Ella Waddle, Panorama 19:14.00
2. Kate Crawford, AC/GC 19:42.11
3. Lucy Schaffer, North Polk
4. Sophie Schaffer, North Polk
5. Kennedy Wendel, North Polk

WCV Wildcat XC Girls 2018

Boys Team Top 5

1. AC/GC 77
2. Ogden 97
3. IKM-Manning 114
4. Woodward Academy 123
5. Missouri Valley 128

Boys Individual Top 5

1. Jordan Hustak, Missouri Valley 16:31.40
2. Noah Nelsen, AC/GC 16:34.85
3. Louden Foster, WCV
4. Quentin Dreyer, IKM-Manning
5. Garrett Buxton, Ogden

WCV Wildcat XC Boys 2018

Glenwood swept the team titles at the Shenandoah Cross Country Invitational on Thursday night. Janette Schraft of Glenwood and Noah Jorgensen of Sidney were the individual title winners. Atlantic’s Taylor McCreedy and Jalen Petersen were both Runner-Ups last night.

Girls Team Top 5

1. Glenwood 29
2. Atlantic 67
3. CB Abraham Lincoln 119
4. CB Thomas Jefferson 158
5. Lewis Central 159

Girls Individual Top 5

1. Janette Schraft, Glenwood 17:25.06
2. Taylor McCreedy, Atlantic 18:11.06
3. Emma Lucas, Bedford 18:32.24
4. Tori Castle, Treynor 19:17.79
5. Lacey Jackson, Glenwood 19:39.73

Shenandoah XC Girls 2018

Boys Team Top 5

1. Glenwood 58
2. CB Thomas Jefferson 74
3. Lewis Central 74
4. Atlantic 127
5. Red Oak 166

Boys Individual Top 5

1. Noah Jorgenson, Sidney 15:59.52
2. Jalen Petersen, Atlantic 16:09.41
3. Wimach Gilo, CB Thomas Jefferson 16:15.52
4. Sam McIntyre, Glenwood 16:20.64
5. Connor Lancial, Lewis Central 16:23.06

Shenandoah XC Boys 2018