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

AMES, Iowa (AP) — David Montgomery ran for a career-high three touchdowns and Iowa State throttled Kansas 45-0 on Saturday for its second straight win. Trever Ryen added a 68-yard punt return for a score for the Cyclones. They held the Jayhawks to a season-low 106 yards and shut out a Big 12 opponent for just the fourth time. Montgomery turned an interception into a 4-yard TD run to open the scoring, and Ryen’s return gave Iowa State a 14-0 lead.

BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) — Marcus Weymiller ran for 170 yards and two touchdowns on 42 carries and Northern Iowa jumped on top early, cruising to a 38-18 win over South Dakota State. The Panthers (3-3, 2-1 Missouri Valley Conference) turned the tables on South Dakota State by scoring 17 first-quarter points.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — J.T. Barrett passed for five touchdowns and ran for two others, and ninth-ranked Ohio State scored on its first eight possessions on its way to a 56-14 victory over Nebraska. The Buckeyes continued their dominant surge since their loss to Oklahoma last month, tying their school record with a fourth straight game of scoring 50-plus points. They get a week off before their East Division showdown with third-ranked Penn State.

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Kenny Hill threw for 297 yards and ran for a touchdown as No. 6 TCU beat Kansas State 26-6. The Horned Frogs’ defense shut down the Wildcats’ ailing offense, which played without injured quarterback Jesse Ertz. TCU also handled a pair of weather delays, one that pushed back the start by 3 hours and another in the fourth quarter.

The Atlantic boys Cross Country team had a third place finish as a team at the Missouri Valley Cross Country Meet Saturday with 86 points.  Tri-Center took home the 1st place honors with 50 points, followed by Missouri Valley (80 points), Atlantic (86-pts), Woodine (90 pts) and IKM/Manning (93 pts) in the top five.

Tri-Center placed five runner’s in the top fifteen in capturing the boy’s team title. Individual best performances include 1st place – Jordan Hustak, of Missouri Valley,; 2nd place – Justin Ambrose of Boyer Valley; 3rd place – Jalen Petersen of Atlantic, who finished a time of 18:25; 4th place went to Gage Graeve of Missouri Valley, and in fifth was Dalton Fischer, from AHSTW.

Individual results can be seen here: BoysVarsity-at-Missouri-Valley

Team Scores

1. Tri-Center 50
2. Missouri Valley 80
3. Atlantic 86
4. Woodbine 90
5. IKM-Manning 93
6. Boyer Valley 183
7. Riverside 207
8. Logan-Magnolia 261
9. East Mills 266
10. Whiting 313

The Atlantic girls Cross County team took home the title following a meet held in Missouri Valley, Saturday. The had four runners in the top ten, netting them 41 points for first place. Logan-Magnolia was second with 65 points, followed by AHSTW in third with 86 points, Tri-Center was fourth with 93 team points, and Missouri Valley placed fifth with 178 points.

Other team scores include: Riverside, 180; Boyer Valley, 209; West Harrison, 225. Among the other teams competing was East Mills, IKM/Manning, Whiting, and Woodbine.

Atlantic’s Taylor McCreedy finished third during the event, Pluma Pross, seventh, Ashley Wendt, eighth, and Karsyn Rush was tenth. For more individual results, click here: Missouri-Valley-Cross-Country-meet

Team Scores

1. Atlantic 41
2. Logan-Magnolia 65
3. AHSTW 86
4. Tri-Center 93
5. Missouri Valley 178
6. Riverside 180
7. Boyer Valley 209
8. West Harrison 225

(2-1) AR-WE-VA, Westside 21-8-15, Coon Rapids-Bayard 16-21-12
(3-0) AR-WE-VA, Westside 25-25-25, CAM, Anita 22-21-22
(2-0) Atlantic 21-21, Norwalk 14-19
(2-) CAM, Anita 21-21, Boyer Valley 16-14
(2-0) CAM, Anita 23-21, Exira-EHK 21-10
(2-0) Carroll 21-21, Clear Lake 19-17
(2-1) Colfax-Mingo 22-22-18, Panorama 20-24-16
(2-0) Coon Rapids-Bayard 21-21, Boyer Valley 10-12
(2-0) Coon Rapids-Bayard 21-21, Exira-EHK 13-16
(2-0) Coon Rapids-Bayard 21-21, Woodbine 8-14
(2-0) Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 21-21, IKM-Manning 15-16
(2-0) Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 25-25, West Monona 18-21
(2-1) Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 29-18-15, Denison-Schleswig 27-25-10
(2-0) Forest City 21-21, Carroll 13-12
(2-0) Gilbert 21-21, Winterset 9-10
(2-0) Gilbert 25-25, Atlantic 12-13
(2-1) Glenwood 17-21-15, Red Oak 21-14-13
(2-1) Glenwood 21-12-15, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 14-21-13
(2-0) Glenwood 21-21, Harlan 18-19
(2-0) Glenwood 21-21, IKM-Manning 8-9
(2-0) Harlan 21-21, IKM-Manning 14-10
(2-0) Harlan 21-21, Red Oak 12-18
(2-0) Lewis Central 21-21, Glenwood 19-13
(2-0) Lewis Central 21-21, IKM-Manning 6-3
(2-0) Lewis Central 21-21, Red Oak 11-16
(2-0) Red Oak 21-21, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 19-19
(2-0) Red Oak 21-21, IKM-Manning 13-8
(2-0) Roland-Story 21-21, Panorama 13-14
(2-0) Sioux City, West 25-25, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 23-23
(2-0) Treynor 21-22, Norwalk 16-20
(2-0) Treynor 25-25, Gilbert 21-19
(2-0) West Monona 25-25, Denison-Schleswig 15-11

BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) — Marcus Weymiller ran for 170 yards and two touchdowns on 42 carries and Northern Iowa jumped on top early, cruising to a 38-18 win over South Dakota State on Saturday.

The Panthers (3-3, 2-1 Missouri Valley Conference) turned the tables on South Dakota State by scoring 17 first-quarter points. The Jackrabbits (4-2, 1-2) entered the game with a 56-7 advantage in opening quarters this season. South Dakota State also came in with the top third-down efficiency rating in the FCS at 62.1 percent, but the Panthers held them to 25 percent (3 of 12).

Weymiller scored on runs of 11 and 15 yards in the first half. Eli Dunne threw for two TDs in the fourth and finished 13-of-22 passing for 169 yards for the Panthers.

Northern Iowa also kept the Jackrabbits’ Brady Mengarelli in check. Mengarelli, coming off a 220-yard performance last week, was held to 33 yards on seven carries.

SDSU’s Jake Wieneke notched his 51st receiving TD to move into third all-time in the FCS.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Chiefs, Saturday, placed Chris Conley on injured reserve with a ruptured Achilles’ tendon, and elevated fellow wide receiver Marcus Kemp from the practice squad to the active roster. Kansas City also changed wide receiver Albert Wilson’s status for Sunday’s game against Pittsburgh to questionable. Wilson was not listed on the final injury report after dealing with knee pain this week.

Conley ruptured his Achilles’ tendon last Sunday in Houston, but the Chiefs were considering their options before making the move to put him on IR. They ultimately decided to bring Kemp off the practice squad with Wilson questionable for the Steelers game. Kemp earned his roster spot after signing with Kansas City as an undrafted free agent from Hawaii.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — David Montgomery ran for a career-high three touchdowns and Iowa State throttled Kansas 45-0 on Saturday for its second straight win. Trever Ryen added a 68-yard punt return for a score for the Cyclones (4-2, 2-1 Big 12), who held the Jayhawks to a season-low 106 yards and shut out a Big 12 opponent for just the fourth time.

Montgomery turned an interception into a 4-yard TD run to open the scoring, and Ryen’s return gave Iowa State a 14-0 lead. A bad snap on a punt by Kansas (1-5, 0-3) led to Montgomery’s 1-yard TD plunge that pushed the Cyclones ahead 24-0, and Marchie Murdock’s 8-yard TD reception to end the third quarter made it 38-0.

Kansas, which entered play averaging 26.5 points in two Big 12 games, put forth one of the worst offensive performances in school history. The Jayhawks punted 13 times, were just 2 of 17 on third down and didn’t cross into Iowa State territory until midway through the fourth quarter. Taylor Martin had 53 yards rushing for Kansas, which was without leading rusher Khalil Herbert (hamstring).

The Cyclones are just two wins from bowl eligibility at the season’s midway point, a result nearly Iowa State fan would’ve taken in August. It’s not as though Iowa State played its best game of the season either. The Cyclones simply took advantage of an inept opponent, something that a lot of Iowa State teams in recent memory might not have been able to do.

UP NEXT: Iowa State plays at Texas Tech next Saturday.

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

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State has long been accustomed to responding to failure. How will the Cyclones handle success? Iowa State is on a roll heading into a game that nearly everyone expects to be a blowout in favor of the Cyclones. Iowa State is a 21-point favorite for today’s (Saturday’s) matchup against Kansas _ just a week after stunning Oklahoma 38-31 in Norman as a 31-point underdog.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Ohio State-Nebraska game matches two of the five programs with the most major college football wins in history. The teams are in very different places entering Saturday night’s game in Lincoln. The ninth-ranked Buckeyes beat Nebraska by 59 points last year in Columbus and have dominated four straight opponents since their loss at home to Oklahoma.

TYLER, Texas (AP) — A Texas man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after being convicted of robbing Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and three others in May. Thirty-four-year-old Michael Blake Pinkerton was sentenced after pleading guilty to a robbery charge. Mahomes and his friends were in the driveway of a home near Tyler, Texas, when another vehicle pulled up behind them. Pinkerton approached, gestured like he had a handgun and took unspecified items from the group before speeding away.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and pass rusher Justin Houston were back on the practice field Friday and will be ready to go when Kansas City plays the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday. Kelce cleared the NFL’s concussion protocol earlier in the week. Houston had calf spasms.

NEW YORK (AP) — Houston Texans safety Marcus Gilchrist has been fined $24,309 by the NFL for his helmet-to-helmet hit on Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce last Sunday night. Gilchrist was penalized for unnecessary roughness in the second quarter of the Chiefs’ 42-34 victory when his helmet made contact with Kelce’s helmet while trying to tackle the tight end following a 26-yard catch.

Class 4A District 2

Abraham Lincoln 21 Sioux City West 7

Class 4A District 3

Lewis Central 42 Thomas Jefferson 0

Class 3A District 7

Glenwood 28 Winterset 0

Harlan 56 Denison-Schleswig 14

Creston/O-M 44 ADM 43

Atlantic 20 Carroll 14

Class 2A District 7

Shenandoah 28 Underwood 20

Southeast Valley 28 Clarinda 0

South Central Calhoun 57 Red Oak 6

Kuemper Catholic 27 East Sac County 7

Class 1A District 7

IKM-Manning 34 Treynor 7

AHSTW 46 Logan-Magnolia 14

Missouri Valley 42 Tri-Center 14

OA-BCIG 50 ACGC 0

Class A District 7

St. Albert 66 Riverside 0

Martensdale-St. Marys 28 Griswold 24

Southwest Valley 56 Southeast Warren 6

Earlham 63 Nodaway Valley 6

Class 8-Man District 6

Lenox 58 Bedford 30

East Union 28 Lamoni 20 OT

Wayne 66 Murray 0

Class 8-Man District 7

Sidney 56 Essex 16

East Mills 44 Clarinda Academy 40

Fremont-Mills 41 Woodbine 6

CAM 58 Exira/EHK 47

Class 8-Man District 8

Ar-We-Va 51 Glidden-Ralston 34

Boyer Valley 28 Coon Rapids-Bayard 21

River Valley 20 West Harrison 6

Audubon 75 Collins-Maxwell 0