Chris Parks, Jim Field, Matt Mullenix, and Doug Leonard pick high school football games from around the area on another season of Who’s Gonna Win? We take a look each week at 8 area high school football games and make our selections.

Last Week:

Jim 6-2
Doug 4-4
Matt 4-4
Chris 3-5

Overall Standings:

Jim 21-11
Doug 20-12
Chris 19-13
Matt 19-13

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Chris Parks’ weekly discussion with Atlantic Head Football Coach Mike McDermott. They discuss the loss to Winterset last week and preparations for Creston Orient-Macksburg on Homecoming this week.

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The Audubon Wheelers hosted a Cross Country Invitational on Thursday night and the Panorama Girls and Nodaway Valley boys came away with team titles.

VARSITY GIRLS
PLACE TIME RUNNER SCHOOL
1 20:07.0 Kate Crawford ACGC
2 20:23.0 Waddle, Ella Panorama
3 20:46.0 Peyton Pogge TC
4 22:36.0 Alexis Post Riverside
5 23:07.0 Lauryn Embleton ACGC

GIRLS TEAM RESULTS
1 Panorama 39
2 AC/GC 55
3 Tri-Center 56
4 Riverside 122
5 Nodaway Valley 128
6 Audubon 138

VARSITY BOYS
PLACE TIME RUNNER SCHOOL
1 17:18.0 Brycen Wallace NV
2 17:42.0 Noah Nelsen ACGC
3 18:13.0 Joshua Baudler NV
4 18:26.0 Tyler Breheny NV
5 18:43.0 Carstens, Josh Panorama

BOYS TEAM RESULTS
1 Nodaway Valley 27
2 AC/GC 52
3 Tri-Center 64
4 Panorama 112
5 IKM-Manning 125
6 Riverside 187

Full results: 2017 Audubon CC Inv Results

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Hawkeye Ten Conference

(3-0) Lewis Central 25-25-25, Clarinda 19-17-19

Western Iowa Conference

(3-1) Griswold 28-21-25-25, Riverside, Oakland 26-25-19-14
(3-0) Missouri Valley 26-25-25, IKM-Manning 24-23-19
(3-0) Tri-Center, Neola 25-25-25, Underwood 12-17-5

Rolling Valley Conference

(3-0) CAM, Anita 25-25-25, AR-WE-VA, Westside 19-22-17
(3-1) Coon Rapids-Bayard 24-25-25-25, Exira-EHK 26-22-15-19

Corner Conference

(3-0) East Mills 26-25-25, Mount Ayr 24-12-21
(2-0) Essex 25-25, Lenox 23-20
(2-0) Essex 25-25, South Page 16-15
(2-0) Lenox 25-25, South Page 19-20

Other Scores

(3-1) Ballard 25-25-25-25, Carroll 27-17-22-16

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

CINCINNATI (AP) — Dexter Fowler delivered again, getting three hits and driving in two runs as the St. Louis Cardinals overcame Scott Schebler’s two home runs to beat the Cincinnati Reds 8-5 for a three-game sweep. The Cardinals began the day 2 ½ games behind Colorado for the second NL wild-card spot and five games behind the Central-leading Chicago Cubs.

TORONTO (AP) — Jason Vargas and four relievers combined on a two-hitter, Melky Cabrera had three hits and the game’s only RBI, and the Kansas City Royals beat the Toronto Blue Jays 1-0. Vargas struck out seven in 6 1/3 innings to win his third straight start. None of the three batters he walked advanced beyond first base. The Blue Jays did not have a runner reach scoring position.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith is off to the best start of his career, making it harder on the organization to consider moving on from him next year. The 33-year-old Smith is near the top of the NFL in almost every statistical category, and most importantly, has Kansas City off to a 2-0 start.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska has fired athletic director Shawn Eichorst, citing a failure to improve the “on-field performance” by the Cornhuskers. Chancellor Ronnie Green announced the move. Eichorst and football coach Mike Riley have been under increased scrutiny. Riley is just 16-13 at Nebraska, a school that has won five national championships but has not won a conference title since 1999. The Huskers are off to a second 1-2 start in three seasons.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The firing of Nebraska athletic director Shawn Eichorst has turned up the pressure on coach Mike Riley as the Cornhuskers go into their Big Ten opener against Rutgers. Riley, whose team has opened with losses in two of the first three games, said he’s leaning on his decades of experience in dealing with the highs and lows of coaching to help his team get through this rough patch. Rutgers enters the game on a 14-game conference losing streak but with confidence after improved performances so far.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chargers have lost a slew of close games the past couple of years, including a heartbreaker in overtime to open last season in Kansas City. They hope to change their fortunes when the Chiefs travel to Los Angeles on Sunday. It won’t be easy with the Chiefs off to a roaring start following wins over New England and Philadelphia.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The Big 12 boasts some of the nation’s top quarterbacks, whether it’s Baker Mayfield at Oklahoma, Mason Rudolph at Oklahoma State or Will Grier at West Virginia. And perhaps not surprisingly, the league’s best QBs have their teams off to the best starts. There are other quarterbacks tearing things up, too. The Horned Frogs’ Kenny Hill, Iowa State’s Jacob Park, Nic Shimonek at Texas Tech and Peyton Bender of Kansas are all playing well.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Things were supposed to be better this season for Missouri under second-year coach Barry Odom. After struggling to defeat an FCS opponent in the opener and then back-to-back blowout losses, it’s been more of the same for the woeful Tigers. Missouri hosts No. 15 Auburn on Saturday.

CLASS 4A:

District 2

Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln at Ames

District 3

Des Moines, North at Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson
Urbandale at Lewis Central

CLASS 3A:

District 7

ADM at Harlan
Carroll at Winterset
Creston/O-M at Atlantic
Glenwood at Denison-Schleswig

CLASS 2A:

District 7

East Sac County at Southeast Valley
Red Oak at Shenandoah
South Central Calhoun at Clarinda
Underwood at Kuemper Catholic

CLASS 1A:

District 6

Ogden at Madrid
Panorama at South Hamilton
Van Meter at Eagle Grove
West Central Valley, Stuart at Manson Northwest Webster

District 7

ACGC at Tri-Center
Missouri Valley at IKM-Manning
OA-BCIG at Logan-Magnolia
Treynor at AHSTW

CLASS A:

District 7

Earlham at St. Albert
Martensdale-St. Marys at Southwest Valley
Nodaway Valley at Griswold
Southeast Warren at Riverside

CLASS 8:

District 6

Bedford at Wayne
Lenox at East Union
Stanton at Murray

District 7

CAM at Sidney
East Mills at Woodbine
Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton at Clarinda Academy
Fremont-Mills at Essex

District 8

Ar-We-Va at West Harrison
Audubon at River Valley
Collins-Maxwell at Coon Rapids-Bayard (ND)
Glidden-Ralston at Boyer Valley

The Atlantic Trojans football team wants to bounce back from a disappointing outing in week 4 against Winterset. Atlantic Head Coach Mike McDermott said the defense played well enough in that game to give them a chance to win but the offense didn’t execute well. The Trojans will face a Creston Orient-Macksburg (1-3) team this week for Homecoming that is also coming off a disappointing effort with a 35-14 week four loss to Denison-Schleswig.  Atlantic (2-2) did a good job of containing Winterset quarterback Casey Kleemeier last week and will have a similar challenge with Creston QB Kylan Smallwood this week. Coach McDermott also knows a big challenge is matching up against the size that the Panthers have up front.

The Atlantic offense sputtered to only 121 yards last week and were unable to take care of the ball, turning it over five times against the Huskies.  Taking care of the ball is an obvious area for improvement and McDermott said the line will need to be more consistent this week. Coach McDermott knows it will be tough sledding in the middle against Creston’s big guys but hopes they can get the ball to some of their quick athletes on the edges.

Coach McDermott expects a great atmosphere at the Trojan Bowl on Homecoming and knows the players will be motivated to put out their best effort for the crowd.

You can hear a full interview with Coach McDermott on Trojan Preview at 4:45pm Friday afternoon on KJAN. Homecoming festivities on Friday will begin with the Coronation/Pep Assembly at 12:15pm. The Homecoming Parade down Chestnut Street will begin at 2:30pm. The Varsity football game between the Trojans and the Panthers is set for a 7:30pm kickoff at the Trojan Bowl.

The AHSTW Vikings are off to a great start this football season with a 4-0 record. Their next challenge will be taking on an improving Treynor Cardinals team at home on Friday night. The Cardinals are 2-2 on the season but have a lot of young players that are gaining valuable experience with each week of play. The Cardinals are coming off a nice win over Missouri Valley last week 20-14.  Treynor Head Coach Jeff Casey said he has been pleased with the improvement that his team has shown each time they have taken the field this year.  He knows this week is a big challenge against a traditionally strong AHSTW team.

The Cardinals have put a lot of effort into making their offense more balanced this season and Coach Casey said they will just need to keep working at executing their plays well in order to have success against an aggressive AHSTW defense.

AHSTW has shut out their last three opponents and have done it by playing their typical swarming defense. 11 different Vikings have double digit tackle numbers on the season led by Gabe Pauley. Vikings Head Coach Davis Pattee thinks they will need to be ready for the run and pass with talented players in the backfield for the Cardinals.

The Vikings offense has also had some good balance with RJ Harris leading the team at Quarterback and Gabe Pauley leading the ground attack. Coach Pattee says his team will just need to stick to their game and be patient against the Cardinals.

Coach Pattee also added that a big reason the Vikings have been so successful is their ability to step up one part of their play when another is struggling. They’ve been able to step up play on offense, defense, and special teams at the right times this year to compensate for another unit having a bad night.

We’ll have coverage of the Cardinals and Vikings on Friday night on KJAN. It is Homecoming night for the Vikings. Chris Parks and Mike Smith will have the call on AM1220, FM101.1, online at kjan.com, on the KJAN mobile app, and live video on KJANTV. Our pick ’em show Who’s Gonna Win? gets the night rolling at 6:00pm with pregame following at 6:30pm and kickoff at 7:00pm in Avoca.

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