The Iowa High School Athletic Association has released the football schedules for the 2018 and 2019 seasons.  Take a look at all of the schedules here.

According to the state there are 311 schools scheduled to play varsity football in the next two seasons. 266 of those schools will play 11-player football and the rest 8-player.

Schools in classes 4A, 3A, 2A, 1A, and A submit a non-district priority list of the opponents they would like to face outside of district play. 8-player schools have all 9 games scheduled for them. The IHSAA said that 183 schools received all 4 matchups on their priority lists, and 93.6 percent of schools received 3 or more of the matchups they requested.  No teams are scheduled to have three consecutive home or away games unless that was requested by the school. All programs will continue to have 9 home and 9 away games through the two-year cycle.

Here is a look at the key dates for the playing weeks the next two seasons.

2018: Week 0 is Thursday, August 16 and Friday, August 17; Week 1 is Thursday, August 23 and Friday, August 24; First Round playoff games are Friday, October 26; Finals is Thursday, November 15 and Friday, November 16.

2019: Week 0 is Thursday, August 22 and Friday, August 23; Week 1 is Thursday, August 29 and Friday, August 30; First Round playoff games are Friday, November 1; Finals is Thursday, November 21 and Friday, November 22.

The Iowa High School Athletic Association has released the schedules for football teams in the state for the next 2 year cycle. As previously released some class changes have occurred for some area teams and the playoff qualification process has also changed.

For the Atlantic Trojans they will be competing in Class 2A for the next 2-year cycle. Here is a look at the Atlantic Schedules:

Atlantic 2018 Schedule:
BYE
08/24 @Saydel
08/31 Creston
09/07 Clarinda
09/14 @Harlan
09/21 Kuemper Catholic, Carroll
09/28 OA-BCIG
10/05 @Greene County
10/12 @Shenandoah
10/19 Red Oak

Atlantic 2019 Schedule:
BYE
08/30 Saydel
09/06 @Creston
09/13 @Clarinda
09/20 Harlan
09/27 @Kuemper Catholic, Carroll
10/04 @OA-BCIG
10/11 Greene County
10/18 Shenandoah
10/25 @Red Oak

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs have signed defensive tackle Xavier Williams, a restricted free agent from the Arizona Cardinals, who declined to match the offer Kansas City made to the run-stopper. The Chiefs announced the signing in a statement Wednesday.

The 6-foot-2, 309-pound Williams grew up in the Kansas City suburb of Grandview, Missouri, before a standout career at Northern Iowa. He started twice and appeared in 23 games over the past two seasons in Arizona, making 28 tackles and earning a reputation as someone who can plug up the run. The Chiefs had been searching for a nose tackle after Bennie Logan became a free agent.

The Glenwood girls track team competed at the Nebraska Wesleyan Indoor meet on Tuesday and came away with a third place team finish. The Rams scored 58 points to finish third behind Aurora (72 points) and Elkhorn (69).

The Ram were led by Emma Hughes with a win in the 1600M Run and Danielle Hardcastle who took the High Jump title. Glenwood also took the 4x800M Relay crown.

Sydney Biermann finished 3rd in the Shot Put and the 4x400M Relay team was also 3rd for the Rams.

A number of area teams competed in day two of the Dan Lennon Invitational at the University of South Dakota on Tuesday. Here’s a rundown of some of the top competitors on each side.

In Girls competition East Mills’ Janette Schraft won the 800M Run with a time of 2:18.30. In the Shot Put Logan-Magnolia’s Katie Diggins took gold with a toss of 11.57m. Her teammate Delaney Ettleman was second with a toss of 11.16m.  Harlan won the 4x200m Relay with a time of 1:54.78. That team consisted of Sidney Craig, Alyssa Sotelo, Ashley Hall, and Chloe Hansen.

Logan-Magnolia’s Taylor Sporrer took second in the 3200M Run with a time of 12:16.92.

Sporrer also took 2nd in the 1600M Run with a time of 5:49.33. Harlan’s Greichaly Kaster was third in that race with a 5:51.39.

In Boys action Nick Foss was a champion in the 60M Dash with a time of 7.15. He also took gold in the Long Jump with a best effort of 6.63m. Harlan also won the 4x400M Relay with Eli Boldan, Jacob Bruck, Jon Monson, and Mason Griffith running 3:40.97.

Harlan also took 2nd in the Sprint Medley with a time of 3:53.35. That team was Jon Monson, Jacob Bruck, Deren Schmitz, and Jon Owens. Caleb Brouse was 2nd for the Cyclones in the shot put with a throw of 13.94.

Harlan’s Erik Dawson-Anderson was 3rd in the 400M Run with a 55.96.

Sidney’s Zachary Benedict took 2nd in the High Jump clearing 1.90m.

There will be plenty of competition at linebacker when the Iowa Hawkeyes open spring drills on Wednesday. Josey Jewell, Bo Bower and Ben Niemann are gone from last years team that finished 8-5 and won the Pinstripe Bowl. That trio accounted for 306 tackles in 2017.

Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz who says the first chore is to find the three best linebackers then figure out where to put them on the field.

Iowa lost junior center James Daniels and junior corner Josh Jackson to the NFL Draft. That will leave next year’s team with an unusually small senior class.

Iowa’s spring game is April 20th.

Loras College baseball coach Carl Tebon has known Iowa coach Rick Heller since they coached against each other in the Iowa Conference when Heller was at Upper Iowa. They will go at it again on today (Wednesday) when the Hawkeyes host the Duhawks in Iowa City.

It is the second straight year they have met. Iowa beat Loras 8-1 in their season opener last season and Tebon says the chance to play the Hawkeyes again is an opportunity his players enjoy.

Tebon says the success Iowa has enjoyed makes it ever more of a challenge.

Loras is 10-3 on the season.

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CLEVELAND (AP) — Cavaliers forward Kyle Korver has been excused from the team to be with family following the death of a younger brother in Iowa. The team issued a statement late Tuesday night saying Korver’s brother, Kirk, died earlier in the day.
“We extend our deepest condolences and heartfelt best to Kyle and his entire family as they go through this very difficult time,” the Cavs said.

Korver is expected to miss Wednesday’s home game against Toronto. Kyle Korver, who is in his second season with Cleveland, left the Cavs last week after his 27-year-old brother became seriously ill in Iowa. Korver played in Monday night’s home win over Milwaukee, scoring 12 points.

Korver’s personal situation comes one day after Cavs coach Tyronn Lue stepped away from the team for health reasons. The Cavs have also been dealing with an assortment of injuries as Rodney Hood, Tristan Thompson, Larry Nance Jr. and Cedi Osman have been sidelined.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Justin Harley hit a buzzer-beating 3-pointer in overtime to give Graceland (Iowa) its first NAIA national championship with an 83-80 victory over LSU Alexandria on Tuesday night. After a timeout with 13.4 seconds left in overtime, LT Davis stumbled at the top of the 3-point arc, drawing the attention of two LSUA defenders, and found Harley open on the wing for just his second 3-pointer of the game. Graceland (29-10) won its 11th straight game, competing in its first NAIA Tournament.

Kansas City native Will Nelson led Graceland with 30 points and 12 rebounds and Davis added 22 points and six assists. The duo combined for nine of the Yellowjackets’ 13 3-pointers. Nelson scored 12 points in the first half, including five in Graceland’s closing 10-0 run for a 36-28 lead.

It was the second-overtime game in the past three title games — with the highest attendance, 6,377, since the tournament returned to Municipal Auditorium in 2002.