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Quarterfinals
Friday, November 2
All games scheduled for 7 p.m.

CLASS 4A

Bracket A

Southeast Polk (5-5) at Johnston (8-2)

Bracket B

Dowling Catholic, W.D.M. (8-2) at Valley, W.D.M. (10-0)

Bracket C

Waukee (8-2) at Cedar Falls (10-0)

Bracket D

Bettendorf (9-1) at Iowa City, West (9-1)

CLASS 3A

Bracket A

Spencer (8-2) at Sergeant Bluff-Luton (9-1)

Bracket B

Harlan (8-2) at Lewis Central (10-0)

Bracket C

Decorah (8-2) at Xavier, Cedar Rapids (10-0)

Bracket D

Epworth, Western Dubuque (8-2) at North Scott, Eldridge (9-1)

CLASS 2A

Bracket A

Williamsburg (7-3) at PCM, Monroe (10-0)

Bracket B

Southeast Valley (8-2) at BH/RV (9-1) AT HULL

Bracket C

Algona (9-1) at Waukon (9-1)

Bracket D

West Liberty (7-3) at Benton Community, Van Horne (9-1)

CLASS 1A

Bracket A

West Sioux, Hawarden (9-1) at South Central Calhoun (10-0)

Bracket B

Pella Christian (7-3) at Bellevue (10-0)

Bracket C

Dike-New Hartford (10-0) at Interstate 35, Truro (10-0)

Bracket D

West Branch (9-1) at Van Meter (10-0)

CLASS A

Bracket A

Highland, Riverside (8-2) at Hudson (10-0)

Bracket B

Edgewood-Colesburg (9-1) at Bishop Garrigan, Algona (10-0)

Bracket C

West Hancock, Britt (8-2) at Akron-Westfield (8-2)

Bracket D

Newman Catholic, Mason City (8-2) at AHSTW, Avoca (10-0)

EIGHT-PLAYER

Bracket A

New London (9-1) at Iowa Valley, Marengo (10-0)

Bracket B

Southeast Warren, Liberty Center (11-0) at Ar-We-Va, Westside (10-0)

Bracket C

Fremont-Mills, Tabor (9-1) at Exira-EHK (9-1)

Bracket D

Rockford (9-1) at Don Bosco, Gilbertville (9-1)

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

CLEVELAND (AP) — Browns general manager John Dorsey will see his past, present and future on Sunday. Dorsey, who has had perhaps his roughest week since coming to Cleveland, will get an up-close look at the Kansas City Chiefs, a team he helped build before being fired in 2017. Dorsey was responsible for drafting many of K.C.’s top players, including star quarterback Patrick Mahomes.

BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Patrick Mahomes and Baker Mayfield will renew their college rivalry for the first time as pros when the Kansas City Chiefs visit the Cleveland Browns on Sunday. The previous time the two quarterbacks squared off they re-wrote the NCAA record book. Mayfield threw seven TD passes as Oklahoma beat Texas Tech and Mahomes 66-59 in 2016. Mahomes leads the NFL with 26 TD passes this season with the high-flying Chiefs.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs offensive lineman Mitchell Schwartz will return to Cleveland on Sunday with the snap streak he started with the Browns intact. Schwartz has played nearly 7,000 straight snaps covering more than 100 games, and is currently helping Patrick Mahomes become one of the league’s most prolific quarterbacks.

The Exira-EHK Spartans (9-1) are set to host the Fremont-Mills Knights (9-1) in the Class 8-Man Quarterfinals on Friday night in Exira and we’lll have coverage on KJAN. It’s a rematch of the opening game of the season in which the Spartans were able to come away with a 45-27 victory. Both teams are very different from that week one match-up and Exira-EHK Head Coach Tom Petersen has been impressed with what the Knights have done since that game.

Fremont-Mills has a dynamic backfield with Seth Malcom rushing for 1,012 yards and 21 scores, Jaeger Powers gaining 681 yards with 14 scores, and quarterback Mason Vanatta adding 657 rushing yards and 17 more scores. Coach Petersen said they will need to get a lot of guys flowing to the football to slow down the Knights.

Fremont-Mills Head Coach Jeremy Christensen said it is a unique situation playing a team again in the quarterfinals that they saw to start the season with so much growth in between.

Exira-EHK has been able to spread the ball out to multiple weapons despite some late season injury issues. Cole Burmeister leads the way with 820 yards rushing for 18 touchdowns and 803 receiving yards with 10 more scores. Coach Christensen said it will be tough to stop the Spartans’ offense but hopes his team can win the battle up front.

The Spartans and Knights are set for a 7:00pm kickoff and we will start our pregame coverage at 6:00pm on KJAN. Chris Parks and Mike Smith will have the call from the top of the hill in Exira. Catch the game on-air, online, on the web app, and audio streaming to our Facebook page as well. Jim Field will be in Avoca to provide updates throughout the night of the AHSTW vs. Newman Catholic Quarterfinal game in Class A.

The Atlantic girls swim team will be honored with a send off assembly on Friday morning at the Atlantic High School. The Trojans qualified 8 different events for the State Meet that will be held in Marshalltown this weekend.  The assembly will be held on Friday at 9:30am at the Atlantic High School auditorium and the swimmers will leave for Marshalltown afterwards.

The meet gets started Friday with preliminary qualification for the individual events and then finals for all events held on Saturday. The individual events will be narrowed down to two heats on Friday so the top 16 will advance to Saturday. This is a change from previous State Meets.

The full story on qualifying events is here.

Atlantic Trojan golfer Matt Gearheart announced on Wednesday that he will be furthering his academic and golf career at Grand View University in Des Moines.

Gearheart has been a strong contributor to the Atlantic team through his first three years and is coming off a strong performance at the State Meet. He finished in 8th place at this year’s meet at Lakeside Municipal Golf Course in Fort Dodge. He shot a +9 153 for the tournament, shooting rounds of 78 and 75.

Grand View is coached by Chris Winkel and compete in the NAIA division. Gearheart will join former teammate Ben Renaud on the team who is a freshman for the Vikings this season.

I’m very excited to announce that I am furthering my acedemic and golf career at Grand View University! #GoVikes pic.twitter.com/H8Xk7iZCuz

— matt gearheart (@mghittinsticks) October 31, 2018

Atlantic/CAM wrestler Chase McLaren announced on Wednesday that he plans to continue his academic and wrestling career at Grand View University.

McLaren has been a state qualifier all three years of his high school career so far. He his coming off his best performance at State yet by finishing 7th at 132 pounds in 2018. He plans to wrestle at 138 for his upcoming senior season and likely will be highly ranked.

Grand View is an NAIA powerhouse program. The Vikings have won the last 7 national team titles and boasted 10 All-Americans by the end of the last national tournament in Des Moines in March.

Chase made the decision to attend Grand View over offers from Cornell, Buena Vista, and Morningside.

After a lot of consideration, I’m proud to announce that I will be continuing my academic and wrestling career at Grand View! #GoVikings pic.twitter.com/o22jLVTp93

— Chase McLaren (@cmclaren40) October 31, 2018

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The Rolling Valley Conference Volleyball All-Conference teams were announced on Wednesday. Here is a look at the selections.

1st Team

Ar-We-Va: Emilee Danner, Sara Schurke, Leslie Luft

Boyer Valley: Jessica Fokken

CAM: Madison Gettler, Shelby Stephenson

Coon Rapids-Bayard: Cassidy Baker, Katelyn Winnett

Glidden-Ralston: Hannah Whitver

Paton-Churdan: Megan Carey

2nd Team

Ar-We-Va: Jadeyn Smith

Boyer Valley: Katelyn Neilsen

CAM: Macy Ticknor

Coon Rapids-Bayard: Kristin Mahlberg

Exira-EHK: Leslie Caniglia

Glidden-Ralston: Emma Hannasch, Talia Schon

Paton-Churdan: Danielle Hoyle, Jenna Byers

West Harrison: Chloe Gilgen

Woodbine: Hailey Ryerson

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

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs linebacker Dee Ford is having a monster season in a contract year with the latest highlight a three-sack performance last Sunday against Denver. Ford dealt with injuries early in his career, but the former first-round pick is finally showing his ability _ and it could cost the Chiefs dearly should they elect to keep him

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Longtime player and coach Bill Fischer, who spent more than seven decades in a pro baseball career interrupted by a stint in the Marines, died Tuesday. He was 88. The Royals announced Fischer’s death in a statement Wednesday. No cause was given.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Reliever Wily Peralta and the Kansas City Royals agreed to a $3.25 million, one-year contract, ensuring one of the few bright spots in the team’s shaky bullpen will be back next season. The deal includes a $2.25 million salary next year and a $7 million mutual option for 2020 with a $1 million buyout. The 29-year-old right-hander made a career-high 37 appearances last season, posting a 3.67 ERA and going 14 for 14 in save chances.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Coach Lisa Bluder has had plenty of good teams in her 18 seasons in charge at Iowa. This year’s group might end up being the best she’s ever had. The No. 13 Hawkeyes return six of their top seven scorers from a year ago, including NCAA scoring champion Megan Gustafson. And Kathleen Doyle and Tania Davis form one of the best backcourts in the Big Ten. Iowa opens the season against Oral Roberts on Nov. 9.