The AHSTW Vikings are heading to the Class A State Football Championship next Thursday after beating Edgewood-Colesburg 39-12 on Friday afternoon at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls. AHSTW will take an unblemished 12-0 record into the title game against the also undefeated and 12-0 Hudson Pirates next Thursday at 1:30pm at the UNI-Dome.

AHSTW had to work hard to get to the next round. Edgewood-Colesburg controlled the first quarter of the game and scored first on a long 13-play touchdown drive on their second possession. Quarterback Ethan Streicher capped off that drive with a 1-yard touchdown run to make it 6-0 after a failed two point conversion.

AHSTW changed the tide in the second quarter, starting with a 68-yard bomb from Blake Osbahr to Drake Partridge to get them on the board and lead 7-6 with 7:20 left in the half. Gabe Pauley would then add two touchdown runs on the next two AHSTW possessions to push the lead to 22-6. The AHSTW coaching staff then wisely used a couple timeouts to make Edgewood-Colesburg punt the ball at the end of the half. A bad snap on the punt allowed AHSTW to take the punter Streicher down at the 11-yard line with :17 left in the half. On the next play Osbahr found Partridge in the end zone for another score to make it 29-6 at half.

AHSTW scored on the opening possession of the second half on another Pauley run and later added a 34-yard field goal to cap their scoring. Edgewood-Colesburg got one second half touchdown on a pass from Streicher to Spencer Staner.

The Vikings will now try to win their first title as AHSTW. The last title for the program was Avo-Ha in 1974.

We’ll have coverage of that Class A Championship game between AHSTW and Hudson next Thursday with pregame at 12:30pm and kickoff set for 1:30pm.

Listen to postgame interviews with Head Coach Davis Pattee, Gabe Pauley, Blake Osbahr, and Drake Partridge below.

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Class 5A State Championship
(3-0) Ankeny Centennial 25-25-25, Cedar Falls 18-22-23
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Class 5A All-Tournament Team

Class 4A Championship
(3-1) Dubuque Wahlert 25-25-14-25, Cedar Rapids Xavier 20-19-25-14
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Class 4A All-Tournament Team

Class 3A Championship
(3-1) Kuemper Catholic 19-25-25-25, Tipton 25-16-12-22 (Knights finish 45-1 on the season)
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Class 3A All-Tournament Team

Class 2A Championship
(3-1) Western Christian 25-21-25-25 Unity Christian 16-25-23-7
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Class 2A All-Tournament Team

Class 1A State Championship
(3-0) Janesville 25-25-25 Holy Trinity Catholic 16-14-22
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Class 1A All-Tournament Team

Friday, November 9

Class A Semifinals

Hudson 35, West Hancock, Britt 28 — Final

AHSTW, Avoca 39, Edgewood-Colesburg 12 — Final

Class 4A Semifinals

Dowling Catholic, W.D.M. 41, Bettendorf 34 — Final, 4OT

Cedar Falls 26, Southeast Polk 12 — Final

The 7:20-a.m. Sportscast with Jim Field.

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Class 5A State Championship
10:00 a.m. – Cedar Falls (46-0) vs. Ankeny Centennial (40-3)

Class 4A Championship
12:15 p.m. –  Dubuque Wahlert (25-12) vs. Cedar Rapids Xavier (29-8)

Class 3A Championship
2:30 p.m. – Kuemper Catholic (44-1) vs. Tipton (39-3)

Class 2A State Championship

4:45 p.m. – Unity Christian (32-6) vs. Western Christian (41-5)

Class 1A State Championship
7:00 p.m. –  Janesville (45-5) vs. Holy Trinity Catholic (37-3)

The Iowa Hawkeye women open a season of lofty expectations tonight (Friday night) when they host Oral Roberts. The Hawks will be without junior guard Kathleen Doyle who suffered a broken hand in practice last week.

With Doyle out they may need more minutes senior Tania Davis, who is working her way back after an ACL injury cut last season short.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Nick Norton led the way with 17 points as Drake had five players in double figures as the Bulldogs opened the season with a 98-52 thumping of Division III Buena Vista on Thursday night.

Norton was almost perfect on the night, hitting 3 of 4 from deep while making 7 of 8 field-goal attempts. He also grabbed five rebounds while dishing out five assists. Liam Robbins added 16 points with six rebounds, Noah Thomas contributed 15 points, Tremell Murphy chipped in 14 with eight rebounds and Anthony Murphy had 12 points with six boards.

Drake scored 54 points in the paint while limiting Buena Vista to just 10 and won the rebound battle 52-33. Garrett Sittner led Buena Vista with 12 points. Dominic Sesma contributed 11.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — It wasn’t all pretty, but it was a pretty impressive collegiate debut for Iowa’s Joe Wieskamp. The true freshman from Muscatine, Iowa scored 15 points, to lead the Hawkeyes (1-0) in a 77-63 season-opening win over UMKC on Thursday night.

“I think it’s kind of what we expect,” Iowa coach Fran McCaffery said. “He’s very confident in himself and the game comes easy to him. He plays at both ends of the floor, and played really good defense tonight. He’s tough. I’m just really thrilled for him and satisfied presently for what he’s done. You can tell he’s going to be special. “In the first half he was the only one hitting.”

For his part, Wieskamp wasn’t surprised by his debut, having been with the team since June and working out daily to get his game college-ready. The former Mr. Basketball for the state of Iowa preached confidence as the reason for his steadiness in the opener. “Any time you make your first shot, you know it’s going to be a good game,” Wieskamp said. “My teammates and coaches have the utmost confidence in me, and so that confidence carries over. I know I can score the ball and do a lot of things to help this team win, and that’s what I tried to do.”

The Hawkeyes got 12 points from Jordan Bohannon, as well as 12 points, eight rebounds and five assists from Tyler Cook. Maishe Dailey added 11 points for Iowa.

UP NEXT: Iowa hosts Green Bay on Sunday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in the Hawkeyes’ second preliminary game for the 2K Empire Classic.

(Radio Iowa) — The owner of The Field of Dreams Movie Site in Dyersville died on Wednesday after a battle with a rare form of liver cancer. Denise Stillman purchased the famous ball diamond and iconic farm from the Lansing family in 2011 and founded Go the Distance Baseball.

Denise Stillman

The company’s operations manager, Roman Weinberg, says Stillman was a motivating leader who will be deeply missed. “She was a one-of-a-kind spirit and definitely an intelligent, accomplished businesswoman,” Weinberg said. “She was one of those people who could motivate to do just about anything and lift you up, no matter what mood you were in.”

Go the Distance Baseball will continue to move forward, according to Weinberg, just without Stillman’s “visionary” leadership. “The Field of Dreams Movie Site will remain open and operate as normal,” Weinberg said.

The company is also planning to add a youth baseball/softball tournament complex to the property called All-Star Ballpark Heaven. “We are looking at honoring her memory, getting these ballparks built, and fulfilling her dream,” Weinberg said.

The Field of Dreams Movie Site is scheduled to host a 30th Anniversary Celebration on Father’s Day Weekend next summer.

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

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Illinois and Nebraska both enter their game in Lincoln believing they’re on the verge of breakthroughs even though they have just three Big Ten wins between them. The Illini have doubled their win total from 2017 and are coming off their best performance of the season in a 24-point win over Minnesota. Nebraska played Ohio State tough on the road after winning two straight.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Freshman Joe Wieskamp scored 15 points and Iowa overcame a lackluster start to beat UMKC 77-63 in a regional game of the 2K Empire Classic. The Hawkeyes got 12 points from Jordan Bohannon, as well as 12 points, eight rebounds and five assists from Tyler Cook.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and Cardinals counterpart Josh Rosen were once roommates at Peyton Manning’s passing camp. On Sunday two of the bright young signal callers in the NFL will face off when the Chiefs welcome the Cardinals to Arrowhead Stadium. Mahomes is off to a record-setting start as the Chiefs’ first-year starter. Rosen is coming off a fourth-quarter comeback win over San Francisco.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs are giving opposing defenses plenty of screen time this season. Whether it’s Kareem Hunt out of the backfield or one of their fleet wide receivers catching the ball behind the line of scrimmage, the Chiefs and quarterback Patrick Mahomes have used their vast array of screen passes to help put up some big numbers.

UNDATED (AP) — The Big 12 goes into its final three-weekend stretch with four legitimate contenders to get to the conference championship game. Big 12 co-leaders sixth-ranked Oklahoma and seventh-ranked West Virginia still have to play each other. As do No. 15 Texas and No. 23 Iowa State, who are currently tied for third place. With all that, only Kansas and Kansas State have been mathematically eliminated from title contention.

EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Northwestern can clinch the Big Ten West championship and its first appearance in the conference title game simply by winning two of its final three games. The Wildcats would also secure a spot Saturday with a victory at Iowa plus losses by Wisconsin at Penn State and by Purdue, which plays at Minnesota. It’s quite a position for a team that wasn’t widely considered a favorite to win its division, though Northwestern is hardly the only surprise in the Big Ten.

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Larry Fitzgerald is closing in on another milestone, and it’s an impressive one. The 35-year-old receiver needs to catch just 33 yards worth of passes Sunday at Kansas City to move past Hall of Famer Terrell Owens into second place on the NFL’s all-time yards receiving list. As usual, Fitzgerald has brushed aside talk of his milestones.