ST. LOUIS – The Missouri Valley Football Conference named UNI freshman quarterback Will McElvain the Newcomer of the Week after leading UNI to 34 straight points en route to a 34-14 win over Southern Utah Saturday in Cedar Falls.

McElvain went 17-of-25 for 262 yards and three touchdowns to lead UNI to the win. He was 14-of-20 for 234 yards and three TDs before the half when the Panthers took their foot off the gas pedal.

He completed six of his first eight passes and threw three touchdowns to three different receivers while not throwing an interception.

He also ran for 23 yards on eight carries. He was on the passing end of Deion McShane’s circus catch and play that ended up the No. 6 play on ESPN SportsCenter’s Top 10 Saturday night.

With two games under his belt, he is 42-67 for 490 yards and four touchdowns.

It is the first player of the week honor for McElvain and the second honor of the year for the Panthers. Freshman kicker Matthew Cook was named the National Special Teams Player of the Week after his 4-4 performance against Iowa State in week one.

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

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs lost wide receiver Tyreek Hill to a dislocated clavicle in their win over Jacksonville. But star quarterback Patrick Mahomes escaped serious injury when a player rolled onto his ankle, resulting in a sprain that briefly sidelined him. Now, the Chiefs have to adjust a few things as they prepare to visit Oakland.

UNDATED (AP) — Josh Sargent’s red hair could become as known in St. Louis one day as the Gateway Arch if he develops into an American soccer star. Sargent left St. Dominic High School in O’Fallon, Missouri, in the middle of 10th grade and scored four goals at the 2017 Under-20 World Cup. He agreed to sign with Werder Bremen when he turned 18 the following February, then scored in his senior international and Bundesliga debuts.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska has lost after leading in the second half in five of 14 games under second-year coach Scott Frost. The Cornhuskers blew a 17-point halftime lead in losing 34-31 in overtime at Colorado on Saturday. It was Nebraska’s biggest blown lead since the Bo Pelini-coached team squandered a 21-3 advantage in the second quarter against UCLA in 2013. Nebraska hosts Northern Illinois this weekend. The Huskies won in Lincoln in 2017.

Class 4A
1. Ankeny Centennial (2-0), LW #2 vs Waterloo West
2. WDM Valley (2-0), LW #5 @ #3 Kennedy
3. Cedar Rapids Kennedy (2-0), LW #4 vs #2 Valley
4. Dowling Catholic (1-1), LW #1 vs Johnston
5. Bettendorf (2-0), LW #6 vs Dubuque Hempstead
6. Cedar Falls (2-0), LW #7 vs #7 Ankeny
7. Ankeny (1-1), LW #8 @ #6 Cedar Falls
8. Southeast Polk (1-1), LW (X) vs Iowa City West
9. Fort Dodge (2-0), LW #10 vs Indianola
10.Cedar Rapids Prairie (2-0), LW (X) @ Waukee

Class 3A
1. Western Dubuque (2-0), LW #1 @ Decorah
2. Solon (2-0), LW #2 @ Marion
3. Cedar Rapids Xavier (2-0), LW #3 @ #7 Assumption (Thur)
4. North Scott (2-0), LW #4 vs Pleasant Valley
5. Pella (2-0), LW #5 vs Norwalk
6. Lewis Central (2-0), LW #6 vs C.B. Abe Lincoln
7. Davenport Assumption (2-0), LW #8 vs #3 Xavier (Thur)
8. Glenwood (2-0), LW #9 @ Carroll Kuemper
9. Webster City (2-0), LW (X) @ Waterloo East
10.Sergeant Bluff-Luton (1-1), LW (X) @ Sioux City East (Thur)

2A
1. Waukon (2-0), LW #1 vs New Hampton
2. Clear Lake (2-0), LW #2 @ Garner-Hayfield-Ventura
3. Algona (2-0), LW #5 vs Emmetsburg
4. Crestwood (1-1), LW #3 @ Waverly-Shell Rock
5. Williamsburg (1-1), LW #4 vs 1A-#4 West Branch
6. Des Moines Christian (2-0), LW #6 @ Ogden
7. Waterloo Columbus (2-0), LW #9 @ East Marshall
8. Greene County (2-0), LW #10 vs Saydel
9. Benton (2-0), LW (X) @ Center Point-Urbana
10.Southeast Valley (2-0), LW (X) vs Blemond-Klemme

1A
1. West Sioux (2-0), LW #1 vs Sioux Center
2. Dike-New Hartford (2-0), LW #2 vs North Butler
3. Van Meter (2-0), LW #3 vs Madrid
4. West Branch (2-0), LW #4 @ 2A-#5 Williamsburg
5. West Lyon (2-0), LW #5 vs Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley
6. Mediapolis (2-0), LW #6 @ Pekin
7. Western Christian (Hull) (2-0), LW (X) vs Sioux City Heelan
8. South Central Calhoun (2-0), LW #8 vs IKM-Manning
9. Mount Ayr (2-0), LW #9 vs Central Decatur
10.Treynor (2-0), LW (X) vs Shenandoah

Class A
1. West Hancock (2-0), LW #1 vs Osage
2. Wapsie Valley (2-0), LW #3 @ #5 North Tama
3. Saint Ansgar (2-0), LW #4 vs Starmont
4. Edgewood-Colesburg (2-0), LW #5 vs East Buchanan
5. North Tama (2-0), LW #9 vs #2 Wapsie Valley
6. Westwood (Sloan) (1-1), LW #7 @ AHSTW
7. BGM (Brooklyn) (2-0), LW (X) vs North Mahaska
8. Grundy Center (2-0), LW #4 vs BCLUW
9. Algona Garrigan (1-1), LW (X) vs Lake Mills
10.South O’Brien (2-0), LW (X) @ Alta-Aurelia

Eight-man
1. Don Bosco (2-0), LW #1 vs Rockford
2. Turkey Valley (2-0), LW #4 vs Midland (Wyoming)
3. New London (2-0), LW #6 @ WACO
4. Remsen St. Mary’s (2-0), LW #5 vs Kingsley-Pierson
5. Iowa Valley (2-0), LW #7 vs English Valleys
6. Coon Rapids-Bayard (2-0), LW (X) vs Woodbine
7. Audubon (2-1), LW #8 vs Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton
8. Lenox (3-0), LW #9 vs Seymour
9. Glidden-Ralston (2-0), LW #10 @ CAM
10.Newell-Fonda (1-1), LW #2 vs Siouxland Christian

(Radio Iowa) — There will be an amped-up pre-game atmosphere for this year’s Iowa-Iowa State football game. For the first time, E-S-P-N’s College Football GameDay will broadcast from Ames on Saturday. Jack Whitver of Ankeny, a prominent state senator, was a starting wide receiver for the Cyclones.  “GameDay, for the last 25 years, has been the traveling TV show that goes to the biggest game every week,” Whitver says. “To get GameDay to come to your stadium is a big deal…It really just kind of solidifies Iowa State as an up-and-coming football program and just kind of puts them on the map.”

Each week, College GameDay features a celebrity from the host school who makes predictions about the game. Whitver suggests a former I-S-U quarterback he played with 15 years ago is an option. “Seneca Wallace would probably be a top choice or Dan McCarney,” Whitver says. “He played at Iowa, coached at Iowa State, so he has ties to both schools. He really helped build the (ISU) program.” Fans will camp out in Ames to be part of the show’s atmosphere when it goes live on E-S-P-N at 8 a.m. Saturday. Whitver says it’s an opportunity to not only showcase Iowa State head coach Matt Campbell and his football program, but the entire state of Iowa. “You have our marque game, with both teams there,” Whitver says. “It’s going to be a really exciting day for the state.”

Some former I-S-U athletes playing in the N-F-L and the N-B-A have been tweeting about coming back for the big game — and the morning broadcast. “A lot of them will come back anyway because it’s the Iowa-Iowa State game,” Whitver says, “but having GameDay there just gives them another reason to come back.” The game kicks off in Ames at 3 p.m. Saturday. You can listen ti it on KJAN.

The AC/GC girls and boys cross country teams took 2nd place at the Pella Dutch Invitational on Saturday. The meet was split into large class and small class sections. The Chargers showed well in the small class section. Trevin Suhr finished 3rd individually in the boys race and Kate Crawford was 2nd in the girls race.

Girls Small Class Team Scores

1. Mid Prairie 21
2. AC/GC 59
3. Collins-Maxwell 94
4. Lynnville-Sully 119
5. Pella Christian 126
6. Baxter 150
7. Woodward-Granger 187
8. Eddyville-Blakesburg 194

Girls Small Class Individual Top Five

1. Marie Hostetler, Mid Prairie 18:12.30
2. Kate Crawford, AC/GC 19:40.40
3. Abbagail Evans, Mid Prairie 20:44.30
4. Mitzi Evans, Mid Prairie
5. Sidney Yoder, Mid Prairie

Boys Small Class Team Scores

1. Mid Prairie 26
2. AC/GC 48
3. Woodward-Granger 108
4. Pella Christian 112
5. Collins-Maxwell 122
6. Eddyville-Blakesburg 174
7. Lynnville-Sully 174
8. Baxter 186

Boys Small Class Individual Top Five

1. Thaddeus Shelter, Mid Prairie 17:31.90
2. Logan Berg, Baxter 17:39.70
3. Trevin Suhr, AC/GC 17:47.30
4. Jamison Stutzman, Mid Prairie
5. Chandler Hershberger, Mid Prairie

Boys Large Class Scores

1. Gilbert 49
2. Norwalk 52
3. North Polk 78
4. Pella 84
5. Glenwood 141
6. Bondurant-Farrar 161
7. Oskaloosa 193
8. Knoxville 195
9. Nevada 234

Top Glenwood finisher was Nathan Rohrberg in 9th.

The Southeast Polk girls and Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson boys took titles in the Abraham Lincoln Cross Country Invite on Saturday.

Girls Team Scores

1. Southeast Polk 26
2. Harlan 41
3. Glenwood 90
4. Sergeant Bluff-Luton 126
5. Le Mars 135
6. Lewis Central 161
7. Abraham Lincoln 212
8. CB Thomas Jefferson 214
9. Denison 224

Girls Individual Top Ten

1. Mattison Plummer, SE Polk 19:50.70
2. Magda McGowan, SE Polk 20:20.00
3. Lucy Borkowski, Harlan
4. Jenna Francois, SE Polk
5. Grace Larkins, SE Polk
6. Kaia Bieker, Harlan
7. Rachel Mullennax, Glenwood
8. Haley Bach, Lewis Central
9. Abby Alberti, Harlan
10. Liv Freund, Harlan

Boys Team Scores

1. CB Thomas Jefferson 56
2. Lewis Central 91
3. Sergeant Bluff-Luton 94
4. Harlan 105
5. St. Albert 117
6. Denison 127
7. CB Abraham Lincoln 134
8. LeMars 135
9. Missouri Valley 231

Boys Individual Top Ten

1. Aidan Booton, CB Thomas Jefferson 16:57.70
2. Bennet Heisterkamp, St. Albert
3. Trey Gross, Harlan
4. Wimach Gilo, CB Thomas Jefferson
5. Juan Martinez, CB Thomas Jefferson
6. Connor Lancial, Lewis Central
7. Steven Hornberg, CB Abraham Lincoln
8. Cael Woltmann, Lewis Central
9. Nathan Sell, Lewis Central
10. Canden Tellander, CB Abraham Lincoln

Full results: ALBoys2019Invite ALGirls2019Invite

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