Class 3A

Region 2

(3-0) Kuemper Catholic 25-25-25, Atlantic 2-10-6 (ON KJAN)
(3-2) Carroll 21-27-24-25-15, OA-BCIG 25-25-26-14-13
(3-0) Shenandoah25-25-30, Clarinda 15-17-28
(3-0) Red Oak 25-26-25, Creston 12-24-20

Class 4A

Region 1

(3-0) Denison-Schleswig 225-25-25, Storm Lake 9-16-10
(3-0) LeMars 25-25-25, Spencer 12-21-20

Region 2

(3-0) Winterset 25-25-25, ADM 22-21-21
(3-1)  Glenwood 30-22-25-25, Harlan 28-25-18-22

IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa junior quarterback Nate Stanley was named the Davey O’Brien National Quarterback of the Week following his six-touchdown performance in Iowa’s 42-16 win at Indiana on Saturday.

Stanley was selected from the “Great 8” list that featured seven other quarterbacks: Joe Burrow (LSU), Jarrett Guarantano (Tennessee), Tyler Huntley (Utah), Jordan Love (Utah State), James Morgan (FIU), Andre Nunez (Louisiana), and Brock Purdy (Iowa State).

Stanley (6-foot-4, 242-pounds), is a native of Menomonie, Wisconsin (Menomonie High School). He completed 21-of 32 pass attempts against Indiana for 320 yards and six touchdowns. The scoring strikes covered 9, 28, 12, 11, 54, and 4 yards, and included five different receivers.

The six touchdowns tie Chuck Long for the second most in single-game history at Iowa. Long twice threw six touchdowns in a game, while the school record is seven (Chuck Hartlieb versus Northwestern, 1987). Saturday marked Stanley’s 11th career multi-touchdown game, and his fourth straight. He has 14 touchdowns over the last four games, which ties for the most ever over a four-game stretch in school history (Long, 1985).

Stanley has four career 300-yard games, including three in his last four outings. Stanley has 41 career touchdown passes. He moved past Chuck Hartlieb (37) and C.J. Beathard (40) on Saturday to tie for No. 5 on Iowa’s all-time list with Matt Rodgers (41). Stanley has 3,972 career passing yards, 11th all-time. For the season he has completed 108-174 attempts for 1,473 yards and 15 touchdowns, with five interceptions.

Earlier this week, Stanley was named the Walter Camp Football Foundation national Offensive Player of the Week, College Football Performance Awards national Player of the Week and Big Ten Conference Co-Offensive Player of the Week.

The 19th-ranked Hawkeyes (5-1, 2-1) host Maryland (4-2, 2-1) Saturday in the annual Homecoming contest (11 a.m. CT, ESPN2).

IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa tight ends Noah Fant and T.J. Hockenson share the honor as the John Mackey Tight End of the Week for their play in Iowa’s 42-16 win at Indiana last Saturday. The announcement was made Wednesday by the John Mackey Award. It is the first time in the history of the award that teammates have shared the weekly honor.

The 2018 John Mackey recipient will be announced Dec. 5, and presented Dec. 6 live at the Home Depot College Football Award Red Carpet Show on ESPNU. Iowa’s Dallas Clark received the John Mackey Award in 2002, while Tony Moeaki (2009) and Allen Reisner (2010) were both semifinalists.

Fant (6-foot-5, 241-pound) is a junior from Omaha, Nebraska (Omaha South High School), while Hockenson (6-5, 250) is a redshirt sophomore from Chariton, Iowa (Chariton High School). The Hawkeye duo combined for eight receptions for 209 yards and three touchdowns against Indiana.

Fant recorded his sixth touchdown of the season with a 28-yard reception late in the first period.  He later added a season-long 58-yard reception that led to Iowa’s final score of the game. Fant had four catches for 102 yards at Indiana and leads Iowa through six games with 23 receptions (298 yards) and six touchdowns.

Hockenson recorded four receptions for 107 yards and two scores against the Hoosiers. He had a 9-yard catch for Iowa’s first score, and added a 54-yard touchdown in the third quarter. Hockenson leads Iowa with 394 receiving yards (22 receptions) and has three receiving touchdowns and one rushing touchdown.

Fant has 18 career touchdown receptions ranking fourth all-time at Iowa and first among Hawkeye tight ends. He ranks third all-time among Big Ten Conference tight ends. Fant led the nation’s tight ends a year ago in scoring receptions (11) and average per catch (16.5).

Fant and Hockenson are the first two Hawkeyes to surpass 100 receiving yards in the same game since 2011 (Keenan Davis and Marvin McNutt versus Pitt). Hockenson has surpassed 100 receiving yards twice in 2018 (125 versus Wisconsin), while Fant had 116 receiving yards in a 2017 win at Nebraska.

The 19th-ranked Hawkeyes (5-1, 2-1) host Maryland (4-2, 2-1) Saturday in the annual Homecoming contest (11:01 a.m. CT, ESPN2).

IRVING, Texas – Iowa State sophomore guard Lindell Wigginton has been named to the 2018-19 Preseason All-Big 12 Team, as voted on by the league’s head coaches. Wigginton’s fellow sophomore, Cameron Lard, received honorable mention recognition.

Wigginton is the Big 12’s leading returning scorer after averaging 16.7 points per game as a freshman. The Dartmouth, Nova Scotia native shot 40.1 percent behind the arc and hit an ISU freshman record 69 three-pointers. An All-Big 12 honorable mention selection and member of the Big 12 All-Newcomer team last season, Wigginton scored 20 or more points in 13 games, including the final four games of the 2017-18 season.

Lard averaged 12.6 points and 8.1 rebounds during his redshirt freshman campaign. The Natchitoches, Louisiana native was second in the Big 12 in field goal percentage (.601) and third in blocks (2.2) en route to earning All-Big 12 honorable mention accolades for the 2017-18 season. He paced the Big 12 with 3.4 offensive boards per game.

The Cyclones open the 2018-19 season at Hilton Coliseum on Tuesday, Nov. 6 against Alabama State.

2018-19 Big 12 Preseason Awards

Preseason Player of the Year: Dean Wade, Kansas State
Preseason Newcomer of the Year: Dedric Lawson, Kansas
Preseason Freshman of the Year: Quentin Grimes, Kansas

Preseason All-Big 12 Team

Lindell Wigginton, Iowa State
Dedric Lawson, Kansas
Barry Brown, Kansas State
Dean Wade, Kansas State
Sagaba Konate, West Virginia

Honorable Mention: Cameron Lard (ISU), Udoka Azubuike (Kansas), Quentin Grimes (Kansas), Alex Robinson (TCU), Kerwin Roach II (Texas), Jericho Sims (Texas), Jarrett Culver (Texas Tech)

The high school volleyball tournament trail continues tonight with opening matches for Class 3A, 4A, and 5A. Here is a look at brackets featuring area teams, Matches played tonight are Regional Quarterfinals. All matches are set for 7:00pm start times.

Class 3A

Region 2

Atlantic @ Kuemper Catholic (ON KJAN)
Carroll @ OA-BCIG
Clarinda @ Shenandoah
Creston @ Red Oak

Class 4A

Region 1

Storm Lake @ Denison-Schleswig
Spencer @ LeMars

Region 2

ADM @ Winterset
Harlan @ Glenwood

The Iowa Association of Track Coaches released cross country team and individual rankings for the season on Tuesday prior to state qualifying meets. Here is a look at area teams and individuals in the final rankings

Class 1A Boys

Team Rankings

2. Nodaway Valley
13. AC/GC
15. St. Albert

Individual Rankings

3. Joshua Baudler, Nodaway Valley
9. Noah Nelsen, AC/GC
14. Justin Ambrose, Boyer Valley
15. Noah Jorgensen, Sidney
19. Louden Foster, West Central Valley
27. Bennett Heisterkamp, St. Albert

Class 1A Girls

Team Rankings

1. Logan-Magnolia
15. AHSTW

Individual Rankings

1. Emma Lucas, Bedford
2. Peyton Pogge, Tri-Center
3. Taylor Sporrer, Logan-Magnolia
5. Kate Crawford, AC/GC
9. Courtney Sporrer, Logan-Magnolia
11. Reagan Weinheimer, Nodaway Valley
15. Alexis Post, Riverside

Class 2A Boys

Individual Rankings

2. Jerry Jorgenson, Treynor
9 Jordan Hustak, Missouri Valley

Class 2A Girls

Team Rankings

4. Panorama
14. Shenandoah

Individual Rankings

5. Ella Waddle, Panorama
22. Tori Castle, Treynor

Class 3A Boys

Team Rankings

15. Glenwood

Individual Rankings

29. Trey Gross, Harlan

Class 3A Girls

Team Rankings

6. Harlan
7. Glenwood
13. Atlantic

Individual Rankings

3. Janette Schraft, Glenwood
6. Taylor McCreedy, Atlantic

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

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — For years, Iowa’s passing game was stuck in a rut. The Hawkeyes have finally gotten going. No. 19 Iowa moved into the Top 25 for the first time this year on the strength of back-to-back road wins powered by junior quarterback Nate Stanley. Iowa is averaging 256.2 passing yards per game, its most since 2005. The Hawkeyes host Maryland on Saturday.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State will appeal the Big 12’s decision to fine the school $25,000 for violating post-game celebration policies after fans stormed the field following a home win over then-No. 6 West Virginia last weekend. The league said university officers did not take appropriate precautions to create a safe environment for the Mountaineers.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska athletic director Bill Moos says longtime women’s gymnastics coach Dan Kendig decided to retire after the two discussed possible NCAA compliance issues in the program. Moos said the decision was not tied to any issue involving student-athlete welfare. Heather Brink is named interim head coach.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs waived safety Leon McQuay and signed offensive lineman Jeff Allen, giving them some additional depth up front after recent injuries to Laurent Duvernay-Tardif and Mitch Morse. The 28-year-old Allen was a second-round pick of the Chiefs in the 2012 draft, and spent four solid seasons in Kansas City.

The Ar-We-Va Rockets volleyball team built early leads in each set on their way to a 3-0 sweep of Audubon on Tuesday night. The Rockets won the Class 1A Region 3 First Round Playoff match 25-20, 25-16, 25-20. Recent Northwestern College basketball commit Emilee Danner lead the way for the Rockets with some strong play at the net to go along with a good chunk of the passing for her squad.

The Rockets didn’t go on any huge scoring runs but they were able to string together a few points at a time early in each set to build leads that the Wheelers couldn’t overcome. After the match Audubon Head Coach Liz Riessen said that has been a huge Achilles heel for the team all season long is getting down early and having to try to claw back. The Wheelers fought back hard at the end of the second set but had dug a 12 point hole at 19-7 that was too much to overcome. The Rockets maintained a small lead throughout the third and got the final kill from Danner to send the team to the Quarterfinals.

Ar-We-Va improved to 15-10 on the season and will meet up with Coon Rapids-Bayard back at Audubon on Monday at 7:00pm. The Crusaders moved on with a 3-0 sweep of Exira-EHK on Tuesday.

Audubon sees their season end with a record of 11-21.