Members of the Atlantic Athletic Facilities’ Steering Committee were recognized Wednesday evening, during a meeting of the Atlantic School Board. Atlantic School District Superintendent Steve Barber said “About a year ago we started a Steering Committee. We had a lot of conversations about a pre-existing plan that was put together a couple of years beforehand, and they’ve been on-board since that time.” Committee members Kip Harris, Nicholas Hunt, Bob Sweeney and Jennifer Saathoff, were presented with plaques by School Board President Josh McLaren.

Members of the Athletic Facilities Steering Committee pose with the Atlantic School Board (10/9) Ric Hanson photo

A bond issue for Athletic Facilities Improvement was passed by the voters on April 2nd. Barber said “A lot of work and effort took place from these four folks during that time period, in regards to not only making some decisions about what the current plans were, but getting a lot of stakeholders together and getting their opinion and feedback throughout that process…communicating with the [School] Board, meeting of their expectations and resolutions,” and he says they “Worked hard in communicating not only with a public hearing, but also with District Staff and getting the word out to the voters.”

Barber said “They went above and beyond. Spent many hours getting it to the finish line.” Currently, Little League is removing the Aglime from the baseball and softball fields, along with the batting cages. In fact, on Monday, Oct. 14th, the Rochon Corporation will be starting on the Baseball/Softball fields.

Next Summer, Atlantic’s home Softball games will be played at the Little League Complex (across from KJAN). Athletic Director Andy Mitchell is working with area schools to determine where our home Baseball games will be played. Griswold has offered to work the schedule out, CAM and Avoca are looking into it as well, according to Steve Barber. As for the Trojan Bowl, Brad Devore will be taking down the white fence, prior to the start of the project. A pre-construction meeting is set for Oct. 17th, where details will be further discussed and decisions made moving forward. Barber said that will be the official “Kick-off” to the construction season.

Work on the Trojan Bowl will begin once the last game is played on the football field.

Kuemper Catholic was among the teams competing at the South Central Calhoun Cross Country Meet on Tuesday night.

In the boys race the Knights finished in 2nd place. Tyler Putney led the way with a 2nd place finish. Jack Hagen and Michael Pottebaum were fifth and seventh, respectively, for the Knights. Kuemper Catholic scored 73 points to finish second behind Ogden’s 38 points.

The Knights were 11th in the girls team race, with Manson Northwest Webster winning it. Keziah Janssen was the top runner for the Knights in 33rd place.

View the complete results from the girls meet HERE and the boys meet HERE.

The Leon Fox Cross Country Invitational was held on Tuesday night in Perry. Creston and Denison had teams competing in the meet.

Girls Team Scores

1. Ballard 20
2. Winterset 82
3. Creston 95
4. Bondurant-Farrar 116
5. Roland-Story 126
6. Newton 147
7. Denison 180
8. Perry 180
9. Woodward-Granger 277
10. Boone 279

Girls Individual Top 5

1. Shewaye Johnson, Ballard 19:52
2. Pautyn Noe, Ballard 20:06
3. Braelyn Baker, Creston 20:31
4. Brooke Lowe, Ballard
5. Ellie Twedt, Ballard

Boys Team Scores

1. Bondurant-Farrar 43
2. Newton 63
3. Ballard 87
4. Winterset 105
5. Denison 121
6. Roland-Story 123
7. Boone 208
8. Woodward-Granger 211
9. Creston 227
10. Perry 265

Boys Individual Top 5

1. Jackson Mace-Maynard, Newton 17:52
2. Wynn Yeager, Winterset 17:54
3. Treycen Garton, Newton
4. Seth Vanbaale, Bondurant-Farrar
5. Payton Rowe, Bondurant-Farrar

Full results: PerryLeonFoxXC2019

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Hawkeye Ten Conference

(3-1) Denison-Schleswig 25-16-25-25, Atlantic 16-25-23-18
(3-2) Creston 25-22-26-21-15, Shenandoah 11-25-24-25-6
(3-1) Glenwood 25-17-25-25, Harlan 19-25-22-20
(3-2) St. Albert 25-25-19-21-15, Glenwood 19-20-25-25-10
(3-0) St. Albert 25-25-25, Harlan 17-22-22
(3-1) Lewis Central 25-26-25-25, Kuemper Catholic 16-28-3-22

Western Iowa Conference

(3-1) AHSTW 25-25-23-25, Audubon 14-8-25-20
(3-1) Logan-Magnolia 25-25-25-25, IKM-Manning 15-27-18-15
(3-1) Tri-Center 22-25-25-25, Missouri Valley 25-14-14-23
(3-0) Underwood 25-25-25, Riverside 15-22-16

Rolling Valley Conference

(3-0) Boyer Valley 25-30-25, Ar-We-Va 20-28-17
(3-0) Exira-EHK 25-25-25, Paton-Churdan 23-18-21
(3-0) Glidden-Ralston 25-25-26, Coon Rapids-Bayard 12-10-24
(3-1) West Harrison 25-25-22-26, Woodbine 20-16-25-24

Corner Conference

(3-1) East Mills 25-25-25-25, Stanton 18-19-27-21
(3-0) Griswold 25-25-25, Heartland Christian 16-3-9
(3-0) Sidney 25-25-25, Fremont-Mills 17-16-17

Pride of IA Conference

(3-2) East Union 25-16-25-17-15, Southeast Warren 14-25-20-25-4
(3-1) Nodaway Valley 21-25-25-25, Lenox 25-9-17-17
(3-0) Southwest Valley 25-25-25, Mount Ayr 17-16-16

Other Scores

(3-0) Bedford 25-25-25, Murray 12-8-15
(3-0) CB Abraham Lincoln 25-25-25, Sioux City West 15-4-12
(3-0) Sioux City North 25-26-25, CB Thomas Jefferson 20-24-19

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

ATLANTA (AP) — The Braves are back at home for a decisive postseason game, which is not necessarily a good omen. Over the years, Atlanta is the place where other teams come to celebrate in October. The St. Louis Cardinals hope to continue that trend when they face the Braves in decisive Game 5 of the NL Division Series. The pitching matchup will be a rematch of Game 2, when Atlanta’s Mike Foltynewicz outdueled Jack Flaherty of the Cardinals for a 3-0 victory.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State has been searching all season for a primary ball carrier. The Cyclones might have found their guy in quarterback Brock Purdy. He gave Iowa State the boost it was looking for in its ground game in a blowout win over TCU. Purdy ran for 102 yards and two touchdowns in leading Iowa State past the Horned Frogs 49-24. Next up is a trip to play West Virginia on Saturday.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The PGA Tour Champions has announced a new tournament for St. Louis, the first for the 50-and-older circuit in the area since 2001. The Ascension Charity Classic will be played in 2020 the first weekend of October at Norwood Hills Country Club.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s offense surrendered eight sacks in last week’s 10-3 loss at Michigan. Penn State is next for the No. 17 Hawkeyes on Saturday night. The Nittany Lions lead the nation in sacks. The Hawkeyes know the blueprint is there for Penn State and everyone else. They are focused on addressing the problems in practice so they don’t have a repeat against Penn State.

UNDATED (AP) — The XFL has released season-ticket prices and the draft process for its eight teams. League President Jeffrey Pollack says one of the primary goals is providing fans with an experience that is affordable. Nearly three-quarters of season ticket prices for the eight teams are $50 or less per game. Next week’s draft will be in five phases and will take place over two days.

UNDATED (AP) — It’s been a tough month for major league relief pitchers, with bullpens often getting tagged in the playoffs. Carlos Martinez, Mark Melancon, Sean Doolittle and Ryan Pressly are among the pitchers who’ve been hit hard. Overall, relievers have a 5.85 ERA so far in the AL Division Series and NLDS.

The Iowa Association of Track Coaches released their Week 6 Individual Cross Country rankings on Tuesday. Here is a look at the local runners included in the top 30 rankings in each class.

Class 4A Boys

13. Wimach Gilo, CB Thomas Jefferson

Class 3A Boys

8. Craig Alan Becker, Atlantic
28. Tyler Putney, Kuemper Catholic

Class 3A Girls

8. Taylor McCreedy, Atlantic
23. Braelyn Baker, Creston
30. Lucy Borkowski, Harlan

Class 2A Boys

4. Louden Foster, West Central Valley

Class 2A Girls

3. Kate Crawford, AC/GC
5. Ella Waddle, Panorama
14. Tori Castle, Treynor
17. Mayson Hartley, Clarinda
25. Rylee Sloss, AC/GC

Class 1A Boys

1 Josh Baudler, Nodaway Valley
4. Bennett Heisterkamp, St. Albert
7. Noah Jorgensen, Sidney
25. Toby Bower, Nodaway Valley
29. Ben Breheny, Nodaway Valley

Class 1A Girls

1 Peyton Pogge, Tri-Center
3. Courtney Sporrer, Logan-Magnolia
11. Taylor Sporrer, Logan-Magnolia
15. Grace Slater, Audubon
28. Ryann Portch, AHSTW

Full rankings HERE.

The Iowa Association of Track Coaches released their latest round of team rankings on Tuesday. Here is a look at the area teams in the top 15 of each class.

Class 3A Boys

13. Atlantic

Class 3A Girls

4. Harlan
13. Glenwood

Class 2A Girls

7. Panorama
10. AC/GC

Class 1A Boys

1 Earlham
2. Nodaway Valley
11. Tri-Center
12. St. Albert

Class 1A Girls

1 Logan-Magnolia
8. AHSTW
11. Nodaway Valley
13. Tri-Center

Full rankings HERE

(Radio Iowa) The Iowa Department of Natural Resources will host five meetings across the state to discuss the proposed waterfowl season and zone structures for 2021-2025. D-N-R spokesman Mick Klemsrude says the meetings are part of an ongoing process. He says the U-S Fish and Wildlife Service allows states to take a look at the zones every five years to see if they need to make some changes. There are currently three zones in the state. “We have the Missouri River Zone in far western Iowa — and then a north zone and a south zone,” Klemesrude says. “You get different season depending on the number of zones that you have — so that is one of the considerations.”

He says they had discussions with small groups of hunter and sent out surveys as part of the review to come up with the best solution for the state. He says they look at a lot of the migration data and harvest data and then come up with a proposal. He says the meetings will get input from hunters. “We could have changes to our proposals based on those comments, and then we’ll go in front of our Natural Resources Commission and propose that. And once we have a final version, that will go back out for comment, the official public comment,” Klemesrude says.

The first meeting will be held October 14th at Three Mile Lake Lodge near Afton. October 15th at the Washington County Conservation Office education center near Ainsworth, October 16th at the Oelwein Community Center,October 22nd at the Story County Conservation Center near Ames and on October 23rd at the Alta Community Center. All meetings will be held from 6:00 until 8:00 p-m. The Commission is expected to make a final decision in April 2020.

The IHSAA released the first edition of the Football Playoff RPI on Monday. Follow the links below to check out the list in each class.

Class 4A

Class 3A

Class 2A

Class 1A

Class A

Eight-Player