CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) – Eli Dunne was 26-of-36 passing for 266 yards and three touchdowns and the Northern Iowa defense forced three fourth-quarter turnovers to help Panthers beat Southern Illinois 24-17 on Saturday night in the Missouri Valley Conference opener for both teams. Daurice Fountain had seven catches for 106 yards and a score and Trevor Allen had 75 yards rushing on 18 carries and added an 11-yard touchdown reception for Northern Iowa (2-2).

Sam Drysdale kicked a 45-yard field goal to give Northern Iowa a 3-0 lead with 4:01 left in the first quarter and, after the Salukis went three-and-out, Dunne’s 11-yard touchdown pass to Fountain made it 10-0 early in the second. Matt Sotiropoulos hit a 32-yard field goal put Southern Illinois on the board with 4:24 left in the half, but a 42-yard reception by Fountain set up a 4-yard TD catch by Elias Nessen that made it 17-3 at the break.

Kyron Watson forced, and then recovered, a fumble by Allen and, four plays later, Sam Straub hit Jacob Varble for a 5-yard touchdown that pulled the Salukis to 24-17 with 11:17 to play, but the Panthers forced turnovers on each of Southern Illinois’ next three possessions – including an interception by Jake Hartford at the 3 with 1:47 remaining.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Grant Kraemer threw two touchdown passes and Drake took an early lead and held it, beating Butler 27-16 on Saturday.

Kraemer was 27 of 40 for 329 yards passing for the Bulldogs (3-2, 2-0 Pioneer League). Tyler Updegraff ran for 69 yards and a score and Danny Donley kicked two field goals.

Kraemer threw his two touchdowns in the second quarter, the first to Steven Doran for 28 yards and the second to Connor Ostrander for 15 yards, boosting Drake’s 7-6 first-quarter edge to 21-6 with 7:34 left in the half.

Anthony Scaccia ran six yards for Butler’s only touchdown late in the second quarter and Drake led 21-13 at the break. In the second half, Donley kicked a 19-yard field goal with 10:34 to go in the third quarter and another from 38 yards late in the fourth to seal the win. Will Marty threw for 197 yards for Butler (2-3, 0-2). Drew Bevelhimer kicked three field goals.

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The Atlantic Trojans football team showed a lot of grit in a tough loss on the road at Glenwood on Friday night 42-20.  The final score was not at all indicative of how the game played out.

Glenwood scored a touchdown with 2:02 left in the first half after stopping the Trojans on a 4th down attempt near mid field. That gave the Rams their first two score lead of the night at 21-7 at the break.  The Rams would push that lead to 28-7 after going 61 yards in ten plays to score on their opening possession of the second half. Andrew Blum capped the drive with his second touchdown run of the night from 26 yards out.

From that point the Trojans rallied.  Atlantic scored 13-unanswered on their next two possessions to climb within 8 points 28-20.  Jaxson Eden hooked up with Logan Reilly for the first score. Chase Mullenix then picked off an Andrew Blum pass to give the ball back to the Trojans. On a fourth and goal from the 5 Eden hooked up with Gratt Reed on a touchdown pass to get to the one score margin.

After forcing a Glenwood fumble the Trojans were working their way down the field to potentially tie the game. Then on a short pass to Chase Mullenix the ball was bobbled into the air and Jake Murtfeld made a diving interception at the 10 yard line to give the ball back to Glenwood. The Rams would capitalize, going 90 yards in 10 plays capped off by a 6 yard touchdown run by Noah Carter to give Glenwood a two score lead again at 35-20.  The Rams would add another late Noah Carter touchdown run to ice the win.

Glenwood was led by Noah Carter with 205 yards on 27 carries and 4 rushing touchdowns.  The Rams finished with 480 yards of total offense as they improve to 5-1 overall and 3-1 in district play.

Atlantic was led by a nice passing night from Jaxson Eden who was 20-31 for 258 yards and 3 touchdowns. Chase Mullenix had 8 catches fro 133 yards on the night and he also added 23 rushing yards and an interception on defense.  The Trojans had 335 yards of total offense as they fall to 3-3 overall and 1-3 in district play.

The Trojans return home to face ADM next week.

ST. LOUIS (AP) – Stephen Vogt homered and drove in three runs, Chase Anderson allowed one run over seven innings, and the Milwaukee Brewers kept their playoff hopes alive with a 5-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night.

The Brewers entered Friday two games behind the Colorado Rockies for the second Wild Card spot in the National League. Milwaukee has won four of its last six games.

Anderson (12-4) allowed three hits to earn his fourth win in his last five starts. The right-hander struck out five and walked one among 101 pitches.

John Gant (0-1), who was making his second start of the season, allowed four runs and seven hits in five innings. He struck out three and walked three.

Friday (09/29/2017)

CLASS 4A:

District 2
Ankeny Centennial 42, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 0

District 3
Ankeny 42, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 14
Lewis Central 56, Des Moines, Hoover 14

CLASS 3A:

District 7
Denison-Schleswig 14, ADM, Adel 13
Glenwood 42, Atlantic 20
Harlan 40, Carroll 0
Winterset 35, Creston/O-M 19

CLASS 2A:

District 7
Clarinda 11, Red Oak 10
East Sac County 62, Shenandoah 27
South Central Calhoun 26, Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 16
Southeast Valley 15, Underwood 6

CLASS 1A:

District 6
Eagle Grove 29, Panorama, Panora 14
South Hamilton, Jewell 42, Madrid 13
Van Meter 56, Manson Northwest Webster 0
West Central Valley, Stuart 33, Ogden 12

District 7
AHSTW 41, IKM-Manning 7
Logan-Magnolia 25, Tri-Center, Neola 7
OA-BCIG 30, Missouri Valley 14
Treynor 14, ACGC 9

CLASS A:

District 7
Earlham 71, Riverside, Oakland 7
Griswold 28, Southeast Warren, Liberty Center 20 (OT)
Southwest Valley 49, Nodaway Valley 7
St. Albert, Council Bluffs 56, Martensdale-St. Marys 0

CLASS 8:

District 6
Bedford 74, Murray 20
Lamoni 36, Wayne, Corydon 30
Stanton 56, East Union, Afton 30

District 7
CAM, Anita 38, Essex 14
Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 68, Woodbine 52
Fremont-Mills, Tabor 54, Clarinda Academy 2
Sidney 56, East Mills 12

District 8
Ar-We-Va, Westside 47, River Valley, Correctionville 12
Audubon 69, Boyer Valley, Dunlap 14
Coon Rapids-Bayard 69, West Harrison, Mondamin 24
Glidden-Ralston 67, Collins-Maxwell 0 ( (ND))

Chris Parks, Jim Field, Doug Leonard, and Matt Mullenix pick 8 area high school football games each week in a quest to be top prognosticator and win the Whosman Trophy.

Last Week:

All went 6-2

Overall Standings:

Jim: 27-13
Doug: 26-14
Chris: 25-15
Matt; 25-15

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Chris Parks’ weekly discussion with Atlantic Head Football Coach Mike McDermott. They talk about the big Homecoming win over Creston O-M in overtime and preparations for tonight’s contest on the road at Glenwood.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Kansas City’s Marcus Peters has been voted the NFL’s top cornerback in The Associated Press rankings. The Chiefs star beat out Arizona’s Patrick Peterson and Denver’s Chris Harris Jr. and Aqib Talib for the No. 1 spot. The voting was done by Pro Football Hall of Fame member James Lofton and 10 AP football writers.

Peters’ ability to force turnovers was a key factor in the voting. He has 15 interceptions in 34 career games. Peters received three first-place votes in a 10-points-to-one-point system and he placed second on three ballots and third on four ballots for 96 total points.

Peterson actually received more first-place votes (five) than Peters. But his vote was more spread out as he received one vote each for second, third, fifth and sixth place and two for ninth place for a total of 82 points.

A spokesperson for the Trevor Frederickson Memorial Fund said Friday (today), that she was “Happy to present Gaylord Schelling a check to cover the improvements to the pitching mound, batters box and catchers box.” The Funds’ Melanie Petty said in a Press Release that “All areas were reconstructed with the pitching mound being raised up around 3-4″. With fall just starting it’s exciting to see what will be new at the Atlantic High School Baseball field in the spring. We look forward to watching the Trojans play ball and can’t wait to help with their next project.”