(Radio Iowa) — Iowa needs a victory at 16th ranked Wisconsin today (Saturday), to climb back into the Big Ten West race. Iowa needs more production out of a Nate Stanley led offense than two years ago when the Hawkeye offense failed to score in a 38-14 loss in Madison.

Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz. The Badgers have steamrolled opponents at home and Ferentz says the Hawkeyes need to stay in the game early and limit mistakes.

Iowa’s offense has only scored a total of 32 points in the last four games in the series.

You can hear the game on this afternoon, on KJAN. Pre-game coverage begins at 1-p.m., with the kick-off from Camp Randall Stadium, Madison, Wis. at 3-p.m.

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

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Luka Garza started the season with a double-double and Iowa pulled away in the second half for an 87-60 win over SIU-Edwardsville. Garza, Iowa’s leading returning scorer from a team that reached the second round of the NCAA tournament last season, had 20 points and 12 rebounds as the Hawkeyes won their season opener.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — No. 18 Iowa is set to face No. 16 Wisconsin, which has won six seven meetings against the Hawkeyes since 2010. The Badgers have outscored Iowa by a combined margin of 83-40 during their current three-game winning streak in the series, but they’re reeling right now after back-to-back road losses at Illinois and Ohio State. Iowa, which is seeking its first win this season against a ranked opponent, has four shutouts in its last 11 Big Ten games.

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma fully recognizes Iowa State’s transition from Big 12 doormat into a capable adversary. Perhaps the first sign that something was brewing came when the Cyclones upset the Sooners 38-31 in Norman in 2017. Iowa State heads to Oklahoma again, not nearly the underdog it was two years ago.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — For Kansas City coach Andy Reid, when Patrick Mahomes plays again is easy. It’s when the reigning NFL MVP is physically ready. Turns out that’s Sunday when the Chiefs visit Tennessee. Barring a setback, Mahomes will start despite dislocating his right kneecap Oct. 17 as the Chiefs target a fourth straight AFC West title. The Titans desperately need a win before their bye and insist they prepared for the Kansas City offense no matter the quarterback.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes will start for the Kansas City Chiefs against the Tennessee Titans on Sunday. That comes just over two weeks after the quarterback’s season was jeopardized by a dislocated kneecap. Mahomes never missed a practice after hurting his knee on a Thursday night against Denver. Some thought the seriousness of the injury could sideline the league MVP for months.

UNDATED (AP) — In a conference best known for producing Heisman-winning quarterbacks and Biletnikoff Award-winning receivers, Big 12 freshmen are making their names running with the football. Four of the nation’s top nine freshman rushers from Power Five schools play in the Big 12: Iowa State’s Breece Hall, Texas Tech’s SaRodorick Thompson, Oklahoma State’s Spencer Sanders and Roschon Johnson of Texas.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Devon Dotson had 22 points and six assists, Udoka Azubuike added 10 points and 10 rebounds and No. 3 Kansas beat UNC Greensboro 74-62. After leading by four points at the half, the Jayhawks (1-1) shot 41.7% from beyond the arc in the second half to pull away.

Following Quarterfinal round games on Friday night the Iowa High School Athletic Association released the pairings for the Semifinals next week at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls. The Semifinals pairing are determined by the final RPI rankings of the season.

8-MAN

Thursday, November 14

9:00—#2 Turkey Valley vs. #3 Don Bosco, Gilbertville

12:00—#1 Audubon vs. #4 St. Mary’s, Remsen – COVERAGE ON KJAN

CLASS A

Friday, November 15

10:00—#3 Saint Ansgar vs. #5 Grundy Center

1:00—#1 West Hancock vs. #6 Woodbury Central

CLASS 1A

Saturday, November 16

10:00—#1 Van Meter vs. #11 Regina, Iowa City

1:00—#3 West Sioux, Hawarden vs. #5 West Lyon, Inwood

CLASS 2A

Saturday, November 16

4:00—#3 Algona vs. #4 OABCIG

7:00—#1 Waukon vs. #11 Williamsburg

CLASS 3A

Thursday, November 14

5:30—#2 Epworth, Western Dubuque vs. #3 Lewis Central

8:30—#1 Solon vs. #4 Sergeant Bluff-Luton

CLASS 4A

Friday, November 15

4:00—#1 Valley, West Des Moines vs. #7 Bettendorf

7:00—#3 Dowling Catholic, W.D.M. vs. #5 Cedar Rapids, Kennedy

The Audubon Wheelers made just enough plays down the stretch to edge out the CAM Cougars 40-32 in the 8-Man Football Quarterfinals on Friday night at Chis Jones Field in Audubon. Both teams had big plays on both sides of the ball throughout the bitter cold night. It was everything you could want in a playoff football game.

The Cougars struck first, building a 12-0 lead on a Lane Spieker 21 yard touchdown run and a Nate Hensley 1 yard score. The Wheelers responded late in the half and got on the board with a 19 yard Kaiden Smith touchdown run with 4:13 left in the half. 3 plays later Ethan Klocke gave the Wheelers the lead on a 15 yard interception return for a touchdown. The two teams then traded big plays before the half was done. CAM struck on a 48-yard touchdown pass from Nate Hensley to Jacob Holste. The Wheelers would score with :08 left in the half on a 34-yard touchdown pass from Gavin Smith to Ethan Klocke, giving them a 20-18 halftime lead.

Ethan Klocke

Audubon then had the first two scores of the second half. The Wheelers forced a fumble as the Cougars were going for it on a 4th and 1 at their own 21. Ethan Klocke got that recovery and the Wheelers cashed the turnover in on a Skyler Schultes to Kaiden Smith 26-yard touchdown pass on a broken play in which the ball was snapped over the head of Schultes. CAM then had a turnover on downs at midfield giving the ball back to Audubon. The Wheelers then scored on a 5 yard run by Kaiden Smith to lead 34-18. CAM struck back with a 60-yard touchdown pass from Nate Hensley to Lane Spieker, getting them within 10. Audubon got another TD run from Kaiden Smith to push the lead to 40-24. CAM would drive 9-plays and 56 yards to make it a one score game early in the fourth quarter. That drive was capped off on a 10-yard Lane Spieker halfback pass to Jacob Holste, followed by a two point conversion run by Ethan Arp.

The score was 40-32 with 10:48 left in the game. The Cougars were able to force a turnover on downs for the Wheelers at the CAM 30 to get the ball back with 7:11 left. After getting into Wheeler territory, a holding call pushed the cougars back and ended up stalling at midfield. Pressure forced Nate Hensley out of the pocket on 4th down and he couldn’t get off a pass in bounds, turning it back over to Audubon with 4:17 left. The Wheelers then got two first downs to seal the victory, the first on an encroachment call on a fourth down.

Audubon improves to 11-1 on the season and will head to the Semifinals for the first time since 1989. The Wheelers will get a chance to avenge their lone loss of the season with a rematch with Remsen, St. Mary’s in the Semifinals on Thursday, November 14th at 12:00pm.

The Wheelers were led by Kaiden Smith on the ground with 26 carries for 203 yards and three touchdowns to go along with one receiving score. Ethan Klocke had 3 catches for 34 yards and a touchdown to go along with his pick-6 and fumble recovery.

CAM ends a terrific season with a record of 8-3. Stat leaders for the Cougars included Lane Spieker with 100 yards rushing on 19 carries. He added five catches for 114 yards and a touchdown. He also threw a 10-yard touchdown pass. Jacob Holste finished the night with 6 catches for 91 yards and two scores. Nate Hensley was 11-20 passing for 203 yards and 1 touchdown toss.

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8-Man

Audubon 40, CAM 32
Don Bosco, Gilbertville 67, Easton Valley 28
St. Mary’s, Remsen 34, Fremont Mills 20
Turkey Valley 64, H-L-V, Victor 14

Class A

Grundy Center 35, MFL-Mar-Mac 20
Saint Ansgar 36, Earlham 0
West Hancock 43, South O’Brien 0
Woodbury Central 34, North Tama 23

Class 1A

Regina, Iowa City 30, West Branch 20
Van Meter 10, South Central Calhoun 6
West Lyon, Inwood 36, Dike-New Hartford 14
West Sioux 41, Treynor 24

Class 2A

Algona 48, Greene County 15
OA-BCIG 48, PCM 20
Waukon 32, West Liberty 12
Williamsburg 35, Clear Lake 21

Class 3A

Western Dubuque 29, North Scott 7
Lewis Central 12, Dallas Center-Grimes 0
Sergeant Bluff-Luton 54, Norwalk 28
Solon 24, Pella 0

Class 4A

Bettendorf 24, Cedar Falls 14
Cedar Rapids, Kennedy 27, Urbandale 13
Dowling Catholic, West Des Moines 42, Ankeny 14
Valley, West Des Moines 26, Waukee 10

The State Girls Swim Meet got underway on Friday in Marshalltown with a number of prelim events contested to determine finalists for Saturday. Atlantic’s Clare Christensen qualified for the 50 Yard Freestyle Finals with the 11th fastest time of 24.50. Christensen then also had the 11th fastest time in the 100 Yard Freestyle Prelims to qualify for the finals. Her time in that 100 Yard Free race was 53.63. Annamaria Lowary just missed out on the 200 Yard Freestyle Finals with a 23rd fastest time of 1:59.66. Lowary also finished 24th in the 500 Free Prelims with a time of 5:18.45.

To go along with Christensen in the 50 Yard and 100 Yard Free Finals, the Trojans will also have 2 other events competing. The 200 Yard Freestyle Relay team of Aleah Hermansen, Kate Lanhuis, Annamaria Lowary, and Clare Christensen will compete with the 12th best qualifying time. The 400 Yard Freestyle Relay team of Hermansen, Alexes Reynolds, Lowary, and Christensen will test their 16th fastest time of 3:42.29.

(hawkeyesports.com) IOWA CITY, Iowa — Last season the University of Iowa women’s basketball team was 12th among all NCAA Division I teams with a 77.3 free throw percentage.

The Hawkeyes made 31 of 40 free throws in Thursday’s season-opening 85-53 win against Florida Atlantic in front of 3,334 on Mediacom Court in Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Iowa remains undefeated in 20 season openers under Bluder; it is the 22nd consecutive home win for the Hawkeyes.

Iowa (1-0) closed the first quarter on a 10-0 run and added an 8-2 spurt before halftime to take a 38-29 lead.

Senior Kathleen Doyle scored a game-high 15 points, leading five Hawkeyes in double figures. Sophomore Monika Czinano scored 14, junior Alexis Sevillian had 12, freshman Gabbie Marshall added 11, and freshman McKenna Warnock posted a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds.

Marshall scored eight points during the Hawkeyes’ 28-point fourth quarter.

Iowa shot well from the line and from distance (8 of 22), outscoring the Owls 22-1 on fast break points and 31-11 off the bench.

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Iowa remains home Nov. 14 against North Alabama with a 6:30 p.m. (CT) tip. The Lions defeated Virginia-Lynchburg, 128-26, on Thursday and host Mississippi Valley State on Saturday.

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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — D.J. Wilkins had 19 points to lead five Drake players in double figures as the Bulldogs routed Kennesaw State 86-55. Jonah Jackson added 15 points for the Bulldogs.
BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) — Douglas Wilson registered 13 points and eight rebounds as South Dakota State easily defeated Peru State 86-58 on Thursday night. David Wingett and Matt Dentlinger had 12 points apiece for South Dakota State (2-0).

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — No. 18 Iowa is set to face No. 16 Wisconsin, which has won six seven meetings against the Hawkeyes since 2010. The Badgers have outscored Iowa by a combined margin of 83-40 during their current three-game winning streak in the series, but they’re reeling right now after back-to-back road losses at Illinois and Ohio State. Iowa, which is seeking its first win this season against a ranked opponent, has four shutouts in its last 11 Big Ten games.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — For Kansas City coach Andy Reid, when Patrick Mahomes plays again is easy. It’s when the reigning NFL MVP is physically ready. Mahomes wanted back on the field for the Chiefs soon after dislocating his right kneecap. But the Chiefs have gone 2-1 with Matt Moore. With sights set on a fourth straight AFC West title, that makes it easier for the Chiefs to think longer term than the next kickoff. The Titans desperately need a win before their bye.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis Blues winger Alex Steen will miss at least four weeks because of a high ankle sprain. Steen injured his left ankle in a collision with Edmonton’s Alex Chaisson late in the second period of the defending Stanley Cup champions’ 5-2 win over the Oilers. The Blues are already without top-line winger Vladimir Tarasenko for the rest of the regular season following right shoulder surgery.

UNDATED (AP) — Minnesota was supposed to be an afterthought in the Big Ten West race. But the surging Gophers might all but wrap up the division soon. No. 13 Minnesota hosts No. 5 Penn State with a chance to take a two-game lead in the West with three to play. Meanwhile, No. 18 Iowa travels to No. 16 Wisconsin in a battle of two preseason West favorites that are instead tied for second behind the Gophers.

UNDATED (AP) — In a conference best known for producing Heisman-winning quarterbacks and Biletnikoff Award-winning receivers, Big 12 freshmen are making their names running with the football. Four of the nation’s top nine freshman rushers from Power Five schools play in the Big 12: Iowa State’s Breece Hall, Texas Tech’s SaRodorick Thompson, Oklahoma State’s Spencer Sanders and Roschon Johnson of Texas.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Matt Pile had a career-high 22 points as Nebraska Omaha defeated NAIA member Midland Lutheran 72-53. Pile shot 10 for 13 from the floor.

2019 High School Football Playoffs
Quarterfinals 11/08/2019

CLASS 4A
Bettendorf-Morningstar-Rivermont @ Cedar Falls
Cedar Rapids, Kennedy vs Urbandale at Kingston Stadium, CR
Dowling Catholic, West Des Moines vs Ankeny at Williams Stadium, DM
Waukee @ Valley, West Des Moines

CLASS 3A
Dallas Center-Grimes @ Lewis Central
North Scott @ Western Dubuque
Norwalk @ Sergeant Bluff-Luton
Pella @ Solon

CLASS 2A
Greene County @ Algona
PCM, Monroe @ OABCIG
West Liberty @ Waukon
Williamsburg @ Clear Lake

CLASS 1A
Regina, Iowa City @ West Branch
South Central Calhoun @ Van Meter
Treynor @ West Sioux
West Lyon @ Dike-New Hartford

CLASS A
Earlham @ Saint Ansgar
Grundy Center @ MFL MarMac
South O’Brien @ West Hancock
Woodbury Central @ North Tama

CLASS 8-MAN
CAM @ Audubon – ON KJAN
Easton Valley @ Don Bosco, Gilbertville
Fremont-Mills @ St. Mary’s, Remsen
H-L-V, Victor @ Turkey Valley