Class 1A Girls

1. Peyton Pogge, Tri-Center
3. Courtney Sporrer, Logan-Magnolia
10. Taylor Sporrer, Logan-Magnolia
16. Grace Slater, Audubon
19. Kylee Morrison, Logan-Magnolia
21. Lily Dixon, Earlham
30. Sophia Broers, Nodaway Valley

Class 1A Boys

1. Josh Baudler, Nodaway Valley
4. Bennett Heisterkamp, St. Albert
5. Noah Jorgenson, Sidney
12. Jayden Dickson, Earlham
21. Toby Bower, Nodaway Valley
24. Ben Breheny, Nodaway Valley

Class 2A Girls

3. Kate Crawford, ACGC
5. Ella Waddle, Panorama
12. Tori Castle, Treynor
22. Mayson Hartley, Clarinda
26. Rylee Sloss, ACGC

Class 2A Boys

4. Louden Foster, West Central Valley

Class 3A Girls

19. Braelyn Baker, Creston
24. Lucy Borkowski, Harlan

Class 3A Boys

14. Trey Gross, Harlan
17. Craig Alan Becker, Atlantic

Class 4A Boys

30. Wimach Gilo, Thomas Jefferson

Full rankings HERE.

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Classes 3A, 4A, and 5A will play first round volleyball playoff matches tonight around the state. Here is a look at matches involving area teams. All matches are set for 7:00pm first serve.

Class 3A Region 3

Atlantic @ Red Oak – ON KJAN
Shenandoah @ Clarinda
Saydel @ Des Moines Christian
Clarke @ Creston

Class 3A Region 2

Greene County @ Kuemper Catholic
Bishop Heelan @ OABCIG
Cherokee @ Humboldt
Southeast Valley @ Algona

Class 4A Region 1

Storm Lake @ LeMars
Spencer @ Denison-Schleswig

Class 4A Region 2

ADM @ Harlan
Winterset @ Norwalk

Class 5A Region 2

Sioux City West @ CB Thomas Jefferson

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

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Packers and Chiefs met more than 50 years ago in the first Super Bowl, pitting the best from the NFL against the best from the AFL. Fourteen players who took the field that day at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum would land in the Hall of Fame, including quarterbacks Bart Starr and Len Dawson. The Packers triumphed 35-10 in a game that was a far cry from the event the Super Bowl would become in more recent years.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — No. 23 Iowa State will take a three-game winning streak into Saturday’s home game against Oklahoma State. The Cyclones are 5-2 so far this season and struggled early. Coach Matt Campbell says it took a while for his young players in skill positions to get settled. Now that they have, Iowa State is rolling.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Nowhere did Wisconsin’s stunning loss at Illinois reverberate more than in Iowa City. The upset gave the 20th-ranked Hawkeyes new life in the Big Ten West. In recent weeks, Iowa hasn’t looked like a team that is ready to seize such an opportunity. Iowa plays at Northwestern this weekend.

The Riverside Bulldogs picked up a Class 1A Region 2 playoff win on Tuesday night at home over the Exira-EHK Spartans 3-0. The Bulldogs jumped out early in the first two sets and came on strong in the third to earn the sweep 25-12, 25-17, 25-16.

The Bulldogs used early runs in the first two sets to grab control. In the third the Spartans had the early edge. The Bulldogs use a 9-0 at the end of the set to secure the victory. Bulldogs Head Coach Michaela Schwartzkopf said her team played comfortable early in the match.

Kenna Ford had 31 assists for the Bulldogs and Jadyn Achenbach led the offense with 14 kills. The third set rally was no surprise to Schwartzkopf because she said the team has played from behind most of the season.

The Bulldogs improved to 24-12 with the win and will now host the CAM Cougars in the Regional Quarterfinals on Monday. We’ll have that match on KJAN. The Spartans end their season with a record of 6-23.

Class 1A Region 2

(3-0) Woodbine 25-25-28, Heartland Christian 15-14-26
(3-0) West Harrison 25-25-25, Whiting 18-15-18
(3-2) Boyer Valley 25-20-24-25-15, Ar-We-Va 17-25-26-9-7
(3-1) Coon Rapids-Bayard 25-26-24-25, Paton-Churdan 19-24-26-22
(3-0) Glidden-Ralston 25-25-25, Audubon 13-16-13
(3-0) Riverside 25-25-25, Exira-EHK 12-17-16
(3-0) CAM 30-25-25, Orient-Macksburg 28-20-14

*We’ll have Riverside hosting CAM in Regional Quarterfinal on Monday night at 7:00pm on KJAN.

Class 1A Region 3

(3-0) Bedford 25-25-25, Essex 18-12-20
(3-0) Lenox 25-25-25, Diagonal 10-15-9
(3-0) Lamoni 27-25-25, Central Decatur 25-20-22
(3-2) East Mills 26-22-24-25-15, Fremont-Mills 24-25-26-20-5
(3-0) East Union 25-25-25, Mormon Trail 7-10-14
(3-0) Southwest Valley 25-25-25, Murray 22-12-19
(3-0) Stanton 25-25-25, Griswold 8-22-14

Class 2A Region 3

(3-0) West Monona 25-25-25, Missouri Valley 22-14-13

Class 2A Region 4

(3-1) AHSTW 22-25-25-25, Tri-Center 25-23-20-14

Class 2A Region 5

(3-2) West Central Valley 25-21-24-25-15, Panorama 16-25-26-14-5

(KCRG-TV via Radio Iowa) — State representatives Joe Mitchell, a Republican from Mt. Pleasant and Democrat Ras Smith of Waterloo, plan to introduce a bill in the legislative in January that would allow college athletes to be paid. California’s governor has signed the first bill to do this, which would take effect in 2023. Former Iowa Hawkeye wide receiver Marvin McNutt, told K-C-R-G T-V-9 he supports this type of bill.

“The N-C-A-A makes a whole lot of money off of college athletes, and at this point in the day and age, they’ve got to turn some things around,” McNutt says. That could change for future Hawkeyes and for college athletes around the state. Representatives Mitchell told K-C-R-G T-V-9 the bill is still in the early stages.

“This is saying that if somebody’s going to use your name and your face and what you do on the field as advertising or promoting a brand, that you can get paid for that,” Mitchell says. The N-C-A-A which governs most college athletics, has said it is against such a measure, arguing that players receive other benefits like scholarships. Mitchell says it’s a free market issue.

“Specific individuals that bring a ton of value to the school and a lot of revenue to the school, they should be able to make money off their own names,” Mitchell says. “And it’s regardless of whether you’re in football or tennis or golf. They all have the same ability to do that.” Mitchell and Smith will look to add more co-sponsors to the bill before it moves to the subcommittee stage, but Mitchell hopes to at least get the conversation started. Until then, he believes Iowa schools will be at a disadvantage if more states pass similar laws.

McNutt thinks schools could even go a step further and set up a pension-type system for former players. The Hawkeyes’ all-time leader in career receiving yards and receiving touchdowns, says he wishes a law like this one was in place when he was at Iowa, believing he would’ve been one of the players to benefit from it. McNutt says athletes love school, but need to be compensated for what they do on the field.

“When they look at how much work these athletes are putting in on a weekly basis, they’ll be like, O-K, there’s some things we need to change,” McNutt says. The Iowa Board of Regents communications director said the board doesn’t have any comment on this proposal right now and is waiting until the bill is filed to see what exactly the proposal says.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Drake University has announced receipt of a $5 million donation that will support the school’s athletics and help fund programs to benefit rural communities. The university said in a news release Tuesday that former DuPont Pioneer president and Drake University trustee Paul Schickler and his wife, Claudia, made the donation.

Of the gift, $2 million will go to renovate the school’s Knapp Center, where the Bulldogs’ basketball games are held, and $1 million will go to the men’s basketball program. The other $2 million will go to “social, economic, development and conservation challenges facing rural America,” the news release says.

Drake’s Agricultural Law Center will head that effort. Details of the rural communities initiative will be announced at a later date.

The postseason gets underway for high school volleyball tonight in Class 1A and 2A. Here’s a look at the area matches that are scheduled for 7:00pm starts tonight. We will have coverage of a Class 1A Region 2 match between Exira-EHK and Riverside. Pre-match coverage from Oakland will begin at 6:50pm.

Class 1A 

Region 2
Woodbine @ Heartland Christian
Whiting @ West Harrison
Ar-We-Va @ Boyer Valley
Paton-Churdan @ Coon Rapids-Bayard
Audubon @ Glidden-Ralston
Exira-EHK @ Riverside – ON KJAN
Orient-Macksburg @ CAM

Region 3
Essex @ Bedford
Diagonal @ Lenox
Central Decatur @ Lamoni
Fremont-Mills @ East Mills
Mormon Trail @ East Union
Murray @ Southwest Valley
Griswold @ Stanton

Class 2A

Region 3
Missouri Valley @ West Monona

Region 4
AHSTW @ Tri-Center

Region 5
Panorama @ West Central Valley

Class 4A

Class 3A

Class 2A

Class 1A

Class A

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