The ACGC Football team is seeking to cap off their third consecutive perfect regular season when they go head-to-head with the Riverside Bulldogs Friday night in Guthrie Center. ACGC comes off a 42-14 road victory at AHSTW and Head Coach Cody Matthewson was extremely pleased with the effort last week.

ACGC has been a run-heavy team with over 2,200 yards on the ground this season including seven different players with at least 100 yards in 2025. This allows the Chargers to create a balanced rushing attack within the offense.

The Chargers are a dominantly senior-led team and that’s created a strong chemistry across all position groups.

On the defensive side of the ball, ACGC is led by Senior Xander Harwood with 37 tackles and 23 of them being solo ones. The defense has only allowed an astonishing 6.7 points per game.

Stopping the run will be critical for the Chargers to have success against Riverside.

ACGC and Riverside square off Friday with the winner being named district champion. You can catch all the action on KJAN with pregame coverage starting at 6:30 with Kickoff scheduled for 7 pm.

Two teams headed to the playoffs collide for the district seven title in class A tonight (Friday night), when eighth ranked Oakland Riverside visits number four AC/GC. Riverside coach Darrell Frain.

It matches two outstanding ground attacks, Riverside has rushed for more than 25 hundred yards this season while AC/GC is averaging eight yards per carry.

Frain says winning on first down will be a key to the outcome.

Friday night will be the most important night in the Trojans’ season to date as they prepare to host the Haran Cyclones. A win secures a berth in the postseason and keeps your rival on the outside looking in. A loss forces a must-win next week and flips the script with just a game remaining. However, getting that win will require a feat that Atlantic has not accomplished in 23 years. Beating the Harlan Cyclones. Head coach Joe Brummer and the team are aware of what is at stake and want to take advantage of the opportunity in front of them.

Big games bring lots of excitement, which can be beneficial. However, it can also be detrimental. Too much hype can lead to overconfidence, misreads, penalties, and a host of other issues. Although a healthy amount of excitement is always good, Brummer knows that his team will have to stay in the moment.

The Trojans will be facing one of the best players that they have seen to date in quarterback Gabe Arkfeld. Throwing for 11 scores and over 1,110 yards, he is accurate, experienced, and tenacious.

Atlantic’s defense has arguably been the strongest part of the team. The pass rush has been especially effective this year against mobile quarterbacks. The Trojan defense has recorded multiple sacks in three of its last four games, including four last week against Greene County. Brummer says that pressuring Arkfeld will ned to be an important factor.

Offensively, the run game will have to be at its best. Ethan McNeal leads 3A in rushing and all-purpose yards, and the Trojans will need him to continue his A-level production. However, besides leaning on the run game, the turnover margin and smart football will be key for the Trojans to pull off something they have not done in a long time.

You can catch all the action on KJANTV with pregame coverage beginning at 6:30 pm. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 pm.

Hawkeye Ten Conference 

St. Albert 3 – vs Atlantic – 0

Glenwood – 3 vs Creston – 1

Lewis Central – 3 vs Denison-Schleswig – 0

Western Iowa Conference Tournament (at AHSTW)

Championship: Riverside – 3 vs Treynor – 1

Third Place: Missouri Valley – 3 vs Underwood – 2

Corner Conference Tournament (at Fremont-Mills) 

Championship: Sidney – 3 vs East Mills – 2

Third Place: Fremont-Mills – 3 vs Stanton – 0

Missouri River Conference 

Sioux City East – 3 vs Sioux City West – 0

Non-Conference 

Shenandoah – 3 vs Southwest Valley – 2

Kuemper Catholic – 3 vs Sergeant Bluff-Luton – 1

Southeast Warren – 2 vs Newton – 0

Gilbert – 2 vs Southeast Warren – 0

Clarke – 3 vs Wayne – 1

Hawkeye Ten Conference Meet

Team Results:

Hawkeye Ten Conference Meet

Team Results:

IOWA CITY, Iowa – The Gold Team evened the series taking game two of the University of Iowa baseball team’s annual Black and Gold World Series, 3-0 in a six-inning game on Thursday afternoon at Duane Banks Field.

Brody Irlbeck got the start for the Gold Team and was lights out allowing no runs in four innings of work to earn the win, he struck out six. Maddux Frese relived him and struck out two in his two innings of work.

Matthew Delgado and Tyler Guerin each plated a run on a sacrifice fly while Kellen Strohmeyer was able to score on an error.

Carter Wilcox started for the Black team and gave up two unearned runs in three innings of work. Beau Leasure threw the final two innings and allowed one run and struck out two.

Gable Mitchell knocked a double for the Black squad and Caleb Wulf and Carter Geffre both notched a hit.

The Hawkeyes will host the decisive third game of the Black and Gold World Series on Thursday at Duane Banks Field. First pitch is set for 3 p.m., and admission is free.

NORMAN, Oklahoma – The University of Iowa women’s tennis team opened play at the ITA Central Regional Championships on Thursday at the Headington Family Tennis Center, competing in qualifying singles and main draw doubles action.

Eline Bex, Nikita Vishwase, and Sally Xu began their singles runs. Bex earned a decisive victory over Cassier Cervantes of Oral Roberts, 4-6, 6-0, 6-0, before falling to Wichita State’s Kristina Kudryavtseva, 6-4, 6-1. Vishwase battled in a three-set win against Billur Gonlusen of Missouri State, 4-6, 6-2, 7-5, before dropping her next match to Arkansas’ Alexandra Panagiotidou, 6-1, 7-5. Xu posted a straight set win over Fiorella Duran of Saint Louis, 7-6, 6-4, before being edged by Wichita State’s Tatyana Nikolenko, 6-4, 7-6.

In doubles action, Daianne Hayashida and Tereza Dejnozkova came to a quick 8-0 victory over Margaret Jaraczewski and Addison Renfro of Kansas State. Bex and Vishwase followed with an 8-5 victory over Madison Hill and Emmerson White of Saint Louis. Xu and Pia Kranholdt battled but ultimately fell 8-4 to Maralgoo Chogsomjav and Zhanel Rustemova of Kansas State.

The Hawkeyes will continue competition in the main draw singles and doubles tomorrow.

Singles– Round of 64
Eline Bex (Iowa) def. Cassie Cervantes (Oral Roberts), 4-6, 6-0, 6-0
Nikita Vishwase (Iowa) def. Billur Gonlusen (Missouri State), 4-6, 6-2, 7-5
Sally Xu (Iowa) def. Fiorella Duran (Saint Louis), 7-6, 6-4

Singles– Round of 32
Kristina Kudryavtseva (Wichita State) def. Eline Bex (Iowa), 6-4, 6-1
Alexandra Panagiotidou (Arkansas) def. Nikita Vishwase (Iowa), 6-1, 7-5
Tatyana Nikolenko (Wichita State) def. Sally Xu (Iowa), 6-4, 6-7

Doubles– Round of 64
Maralgoo Chogsomjav/Zhanel Rustemova (Kansas State) def. Sally Xu/Pia Kranholdt (Iowa), 8-4
Daianne Hayashida/Tereza Dejnozkova (Iowa) def. Margaret Jaraczewski/Addison Renfro (Kansas State), 8-0
Eline Bex/Nikita Vishwase (Iowa) def. Madison Hill/Emmerson White (Saint Louis), 8-5

LOS ANGELES – The No. 5 University of Iowa women’s soccer team fell to UCLA, 3-0, on Thursday night at Wallis Annenberg Stadium. The Hawkeyes move to 10-3-3 on the season and 6-2-2 in Big Ten Conference play.

UCLA’s Kara Croone would give the Bruins a, 1-0, advantage in the second minute.

Junior Sofia Bush was called for a red card in the fifth minute as the Hawkeyes would be forced to play the rest of the match with 10 players.

Graduate student goalkeeper Taylor Kane marked a new career-high six saves in the first 45 minutes as the Hawkeyes trailed the Bruins, 1-0, at the break.

UCLA’s Emma Egizii would extend the Bruin lead in the 60th minute as the Hawkeyes faced a, 2-0, deficit.

The Bruins would add their third goal in the 73rd minute to push the lead to, 3-0.

Kane would finish with seven saves in the second half. 

MATCH NOTES

• Bush earned a red card in the fifth minute as the Hawkeyes would have to play the rest of the match with 10 players.
  • It marked the first Iowa player to have a red card since Monica Wilhelm against Michigan on Oct. 2, 2022.
• Kane’s 13 saves marked a career high.
  • It marked the most saves by a Hawkeye in a single match since Emily Moran on Oct. 31, 2010 (14).
  • The 13 saves tie the seventh most in a single match in program history.
  • The 13 saves are the most amongst a goalkeeper playing for a power four conference team on the season.

UP NEXT
The Hawkeyes stay in Los Angeles where they take on USC on Sunday, Oct. 19 at 8 p.m. (CT). The match will be streamed live on B1G+ (subscription required).