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GIRLS

Hawkeye Ten Conference
Denison-Schleswig 77, Storm Lake 37

Western Iowa Conference
Tri-Center, Neola 44, West Harrison 32

Rolling Valley Conference
Saydel 34, Coon Rapids-Bayard 31

Corner Conference
Stanton 56, Riverside 55 2OT
Johnson-Brock 63, Sidney 54

Pride of Iowa Conference
Murray 53, Bedford 22

BOYS

Hawkeye Ten Conference
Storm Lake 46, Denison-Schleswig 43

Western Iowa Conference
Tri-Center, Neola 74, West Harrison, Mondamin 38

Rolling Valley Conference
Coon Rapids-Bayard 40, Saydel 30
Woodbine 64, Whiting 21

Corner Conference
Stanton 80, Riverside, Oakland 47
Johnson-Brock 79, Sidney 36

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

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State coach Steve Prohm has asked junior Nick Weiler-Babb to be more aggressive. Prohm got his wish. Weiler-Babb has experienced a breakthrough ever since Prohm made him Iowa State’s primary ball handler. Weiler-Babb has averaged 15.8 points, nine assists and 8.8 rebounds in his last four games, all wins for the Cyclones.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The Chiefs and Jets enter the game Sunday at MetLife Stadium each having lost five of their past six. Kansas City is on a three-game skid while New York has dropped its past two. There’s a little bit of spice added to this matchup though as cornerback Darrelle Revis is expected to make his debut for the Chiefs after signing with them last week. Revis spent eight seasons with the Jets over two tenures.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs signed Darrelle Revis with the hopes that the veteran cornerback can help them at a position of need. The fact that Revis has been out of the league all season doesn’t seem to deter their enthusiasm. Add to the fact that the Chiefs visit the Jets, his former team, and there is plenty of reason to anticipate Sunday’s game.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — USA Wrestling men’s freestyle Coach Bill Zadick has been named the National Olympic Coach of the Year by the United States Olympic Committee. The USOC says Zadick earned the honor after leading the U.S. to their first team title in the men’s freestyle discipline in 22 years at this year’s world championships in Paris.

ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — Penn State running back Saquon Barkley has been named offensive player of the year in the Big Ten and Iowa linebacker Josey Jewell is defensive player of the year. The choices were made by a panel of coaches and media members. Wisconsin running back Jonathan Taylor is freshman of the year and the Badgers’ Paul Chryst is coach of the year.

2017 SECOND Iowa Girls High School Basketball Rankings
Thursday, November 30

Class 1A

Dropped Out: None

Class 2A

Dropped Out: Van Buren (14)

Class 3A

Dropped Out: Algona (14)

Class 4A

Dropped Out: Sergeant Bluff-Luton (14)

Class 5A

Dropped Out: Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln (15)

IRVING, Texas – The All-Big 12 Conference football teams and individual award winners have been announced. Selections are made by the league’s 10 head coaches, who are not permitted to vote for their own players.

CO-DEFENSIVE FRESHMEN OF THE YEAR
Kenneth Murray, Oklahoma, LB, Missouri City, Texas
Ross Blacklock, TCU, DT, Missouri City, Texas

SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Michael Dickson, Texas, P, Jr., Sydney, Australia

OFFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE YEAR
Orlando Brown, Oklahoma, Jr., Duluth, Ga.

DEFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE YEAR
Poona Ford, Texas, Sr., Hilton Head, S.C.

CHUCK NEINAS COACH OF THE YEAR
Matt Campbell, Iowa State (2nd Season)

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Baker Mayfield, Oklahoma, QB, Sr., Austin, Texas

CO-DEFENSIVE PLAYERS OF THE YEAR
Ogbonnia Okoronkwo, Oklahoma, DE/LB, Sr., Houston, Texas
Malik Jefferson, Texas, LB, Jr., Mesquite, Texas

OFFENSIVE NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR
Will Grier, West Virginia, QB, Jr., Davidson, N.C.

DEFENSIVE NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR
Ben Banogu, TCU, DE, Jr., McKinney, Texas

CO-OFFENSIVE FRESHMEN OF THE YEAR
Charlie Brewer, Baylor, QB, Austin, Texas
Jalen Reagor, TCU, WR, Waxahachie, Texas

2017 All-Big 12 Football First Team

OFFENSE
Pos. Player School Class Hometown/Previous School
QB Baker Mayfield [r2] Oklahoma Sr. Austin, Texas/Texas Tech
RB David Montgomery Iowa State So. Cincinnati, Ohio/Mount Healthy
RB Justice Hill^ Oklahoma State So. Tulsa, Okla./Booker T. Washington
FB Dimitri Flowers^ Oklahoma Sr. San Antonio, Texas/Churchill
WR Allen Lazard [r1] Iowa State Sr. Urbandale, Iowa/Urbandale
WR James Washington [r1]# Oklahoma State Sr. Stamford, Texas/Stamford
WR David Sills V West Virginia Jr. Wilmington, Del./El Camino College
TE Mark Andrews [r1]# Oklahoma Jr. Scottsdale, Ariz./Desert Mountain
OL Dalton Risner [r1] K-State Jr. Wiggins, Colo./Wiggins
OL Orlando Brown [r1]# Oklahoma Jr. Duluth, Ga./Peachtree Ridge
OL Erick Wren Oklahoma Sr. Mesquite, Texas/Arizona Western CC
OL Zach Crabtree^ Oklahoma State Sr. Mansfield, Texas/Mansfield
OL Brad Lundblade Oklahoma State Sr. Argyle, Texas/Liberty Christian
PK Matthew McCrane K-State Sr. Brownwood, Texas/Brownwood
KR/PR D.J. Reed K-State Jr. Bakersfi eld, Calif./Cerritos College
KR/PR KaVontae Turpin TCU Jr. Monroe, La./Neville

DEFENSE
DL Daniel Wise Kansas Jr. Lewisville, Texas/Hebron
DL Will Geary K-State Sr. Topeka, Kan./Topeka
DL DeQuinton Osborne Oklahoma State Sr. Grand Prairie, Texas/Kilgore JC
DL Ben Banogu TCU Jr. McKinney, Texas/ULM
DL Mat Boesen TCU Sr. Torrance, Calif./Long Beach CC
DL Poona Ford Texas Jr. Hilton Head, S.C./Hilton Head
LB Ogbonnia Okoronkwo^ Oklahoma Sr. Houston, Texas/Alief Taylor
LB Travin Howard [r1] TCU Sr. Longview, Texas/Longview
LB Malik Jefferson Texas Jr. Mesquite, Texas/Poteet
DB Kamari Cotton-Moya^ Iowa State Sr. Bakersfi eld, Calif./Ridgeview
DB D.J. Reed [r1] K-State Jr. Bakersfield, Calif./Cerritos College
DB Tre Flowers^ Oklahoma State Sr. Converse, Texas/Judson
DB Nick Orr^ TCU Sr. DeSoto, Texas/DeSoto
DB DeShon Elliott# Texas Jr. Rockwall, Texas/Rockwall-Heath
DB Ranthony Texada TCU Sr. Frisco, Texas/Centennial
P Michael Dickson [r1] Texas Jr. Sydney, Australia
[r2] – Repeat first team selection from 2015 and 2016
[r1] – Repeat first team selection from 2016
^Second Team selection in 2016.
# Unanimous selection
Players listed at each position alphabetically by school.
Ties created an additional position at KR/PR, DL and DB.

2017 All-Big 12 Football Second Team

OFFENSE
Pos. Player School Class Hometown/Previous School
QB Mason Rudolph Oklahoma State Sr. Rock Hill, S.C./Northwestern HS
RB Rodney Anderson Oklahoma So. Katy, Texas/Katy
RB Justin Crawford West Virginia Sr. Columbus, Ga./Northwest Mississippi CC
FB Winston Dimel* K-State Jr. Manhattan, Kan./Manhattan
WR Denzel Mims Baylor So. Daingerfield, Texas/Daingerfield
WR Marcell Ateman Oklahoma State Sr. Dallas, Texas/Wylie East
WR Keke Coutee Texas Tech Jr. Lufkin, Texas/Lufkin
WR Gary Jennings Jr. West Virginia Jr. Staff ord, Va./Colonial Forge
TE Chase Allen Iowa State Fr. Nixa, Mo./Nixa
TE Ben Johnson Kansas Sr. Basehor, Kan./Basehor Linwood
OL Jacob Campos Iowa State Sr. West Des Moines, Iowa/Valley
OL Ben Powers Oklahoma Jr. Wichita, Kan./Butler CC
OL Dru Samia Oklahoma Jr. Sacramento, Calif./River City
OL Matt Pryor TCU Sr. Long Beach, Calif./Lakewood
OL Yodny Cajuste West Virginia Jr. Hollywood, Fla./Miramar
PK Austin Seibert Oklahoma Jr. Belleville, Ill./Belleville West
KR/PR Marcus Simms West Virginia So. Sandy Spring, Md./Sherwood

DEFENSE

DL JD Waggoner Iowa State Sr. Dallas, Texas/Jesuit Prep
DL Dorance Armstrong, Jr. * Kansas So. Houston, Texas/North Shore
DL Reggie Walker K-State So. Ponchatoula, La./ Ponchatoula
DL D.J. Ward Oklahoma Sr. Moore, Okla./Southmoore
DL Jordan Brailford Oklahoma State So. Tulsa, Okla./Booker T. Washington
LB Joel Lanning Iowa State Sr. Ankeny, Iowa/Ankeny
LB Joe Dineen Jr. Kansas Jr. Lawrence, Kan./Free State
LB Dakota Allen Texas Tech Jr. Humble, Texas/East Mississippi CC
DB Brian Peavy Iowa State Jr. Houston, Texas/Westfield
DB Steven Parker Oklahoma Sr. Tulsa, Okla./Jenks
DB Jah’Shawn Johnson Texas Tech Jr. Ennis, Texas/Ennis
DB Justus Parker Texas Tech So. La Vernia, Texas/Texas Lutheran
DB Kyzir White West Virginia Sr. Macungie, Pa./Lackawanna College
P Nick Walsh K-State Sr. Lyndon, Kan./Lyndon
* – First Team selection in 2016 ^Second Team selection in 2016. Ties created an additional position at WR and TE.

ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — Penn State running back Saquon Barkley has been named offensive player of the year in the Big Ten and Iowa linebacker Josey Jewell is defensive player of the year. The two were honored Thursday as the Big Ten announced its football specialty awards.

Barkley ranks first in the conference and second nationally with an average of 179.5 all-purpose yards per game. Jewell was the only player in the Big Ten to average better than 10 tackles a game. Wisconsin running back Jonathan Taylor, who averaged a Big Ten-leading 150 yards per game, is freshman of the year. Wisconsin’s Paul Chryst, whose Badgers are unbeaten and No. 4 in the College Football Playoff rankings, is coach of the year.

Award winners are chosen by a vote of coaches and a media panel. The Associated Press All-Big Ten teams and specialty awards, selected by writers and broadcasters who cover the league, will be announced Wednesday.

The 2017-18 Atlantic-CAM wrestling team will count on a group of strong leaders to build up some youth and inexperience that will enter the lineup.  The Trojans lost a very strong senior class from last seasons squad, a team that went 19-0 in duals during the regular season and qualified for State Team Duals and had 6 Individual State Qualifiers. The experience that does return this year, are strong wrestlers and leaders. A big piece of that group is senior John McConkey who is coming off  a 54-4 season and a State Runner-Up spot at 285. Former medal winner Kole Hansen returns as a senior as well and will start at 138 with the possibility of moving to the 126 weight class. Junior Chase McLaren is shooting for a strong season as well after coming up short of his goals at state last year and he’ll be at 132. Colton Mudd is another senior that looks to make an impact this season. Hansen talked about what the make-up of this team will look like.

Hansen is hoping that individually he can bounce back this season after a disappointing finish last year.

John McConkey committed to continue his wrestling career at the University of Northern Iowa recently and he is setting the bar high for himself this year after a great season and summer.

Chase McLaren has put in a lot of off-season work and he talked about wanting to finish strong this year and not fall short of his expectations.

Colton Mudd will be expected to contribute to the team scoring every night as an upperclassmen and he feels like he has been improving with the help of his teammates.

With a number of new faces scattered across the lineup the upperclassmen seem to understand that their leadership will help bring those younger guys along. Hansen and McLaren talked about what they can do to help the team improve.

Atlantic-CAM wrestling opens up their competition tonight with a double dual in Griswold with the Tigers and Audubon Wheelers.

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

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs coach Andy Reid says it’s disingenuous to blame quarterback Alex Smith for losing five of the past six games. Reid believes problems exist throughout the offense, and he pointed his finger back at himself, too. But identifying problems and fixing them are two different things, and fixing them has proven to be a challenge.

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Former NFL coach and current ESPN analyst Herm Edwards will interview for the vacant Arizona State coaching job this week. Edwards spoke about his interest in the job on ESPN’s “SportsCenter” and a Phoenix radio station. Edwards has not coached since 2008, when he was fired after a 2-14 season with the Kansas City Chiefs. He coached the New York Jets from 2001-05 and has spent the last nine years as an analyst for ESPN.

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Bennett Koch poured in a career-high 30 points, Klint Carlson a career-high 23, Northern Iowa missed a chance to win in regulation, but the Panthers dominated in overtime to upend previously unbeaten UNLV 77-68. Koch was fouled and made one to tie, but missed the second with 16 seconds left. UNLV’s Jordan Johnson’s final shot didn’t fall and the teams went overtime. Koch and Carlson combined for 11 points in the OT.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Zach Jackson scored 17 points including 1 of 2 free throws with two seconds left and Omaha got its first win of the season, beating Drake 75-73. Reed Timmer’s 3-pointer with three seconds left brought Drake within 74-73 and Timmer immediately fouled Jackson to send him to the line.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — James Palmer Jr. and Isaac Copeland scored 15 points apiece and Nebraska broke open the game late in a 71-62 win over Boston College in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge. The Cornhuskers went on a 12-0 run after Boston College had trimmed their lead to 59-57. Jerome Robinson had 17 points for the Eagles.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Shakayla Thomas scored 31 points, 17 in the fourth quarter, and Imani Wright added 26 points as No. 13 Florida State erased a 12-point deficit in the fourth quarter to defeat Iowa 94-93 in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge. Megan Gustafson, who scored 34 points on 15-of-18 shooting, scored the first six points of an 8-0 run to end the third quarter and the first four points of the fourth quarter to put Iowa (7-1) ahead 75-63.

ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — Division champions Ohio State and Wisconsin have four players apiece on the coaches’ All-Big Ten first team for offense.

The conference announced the offensive honorees on Wednesday. Postseason individual awards will be announced Thursday.

East champion Ohio State has quarterback J.T. Barrett, guard Michael Jordan, center Billy Price and tackle Jamarco Jones on the first team. West champion Wisconsin has running back Jonathan Taylor, tight end Troy Fumagalli, tackle Michael Deiter and guard Beau Benzschawel on the team.

Also named first team were Penn State running back Saquon Barkley, Indiana receiver Simmie Cobbs and Maryland receiver DJ Moore.