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

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Much of the success Iowa has had over time can be pinned on superior strength at the line of scrimmage. The Hawkeyes have long more than held their own in the trenches, and this point-of-attack prowess has been on full display so far this season. That’s another reminder for rival Minnesota of how much work is left to do in building the program under coach P.J. Fleck. The Gophers were outmanned on the lines in their last game at Maryland. They host the Hawkeyes for homecoming this weekend. (Pre-game today at 12:30-p.m., Kick-off at 2:30 on KJAN)

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — It could come down to defense on Saturday for No. 25 Oklahoma State when they face Iowa State at home. The Cyclones’ offense has struggled this season, ranking last in the Big 12 in both scoring and yards this season. So if Oklahoma State can unleash the pressure of its potent pass-rush that leads the nation in sacks, they should be able to prevail.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Winless Nebraska faces another tough challenge with a trip to No. 16 Wisconsin this weekend. The Cornhuskers are 0-4, having lost a program-record eight straight going back to last season. But coach Scott Frost says how his players respond to the hard times will make things sweeter when the team gets better. The rested Badgers are coming off a bye week. They feature the nation’s leading rusher, Jonathan Taylor, who is averaging 157 yards per game.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska running back Greg Bell has left the team and received a release from his scholarship. An athletic department spokesman said Bell didn’t make the trip for the Cornhuskers’ game at No. 16 Wisconsin on Saturday and planned to transfer. Bell started the first three games but lost his job to Devine Ozigbo last week.

Friday (10/05/2018)

The Greene County Rams got two fourth quarter touchdowns to turn a tie game into a win over Atlantic on Friday night in Jefferson 35-21. It was a hard fought game with both team putting up two touchdowns in first half and one more each in the third. Colby Kafer came up with the big play that made the difference in the fourth quarter. The Rams running back broke a couple tackles and made a couple more miss on a 48 yard touchdown run that proved to be the winning score with 5:24 remaining. Clint Dennhardt tacked on another touchdown with 2:17 remaining to set the final margin.

The two teams traded touchdowns about a minute and a half apart in to start the second quarter and traded scores later in the quarter to make it 14 all. A failed onside kick gave Greene County the ball on the Atlantic 44 on their last drive of the half. After three straight incompletions Rams quarterback Brent Riley hit Lance Hughes on a 41 yard hook-up to set up first and goal at the three. The Trojans defense came up huge with four straight stops to keep it a tie game heading into halftime.

The Trojans carried that momentum into the second half and rumbled down the field in 12 plays on their first possession. Chase Mullenix hit Tyler Moen for a 36-yard touchdown pass to give Atlantic the lead at 21-14. That drive ate up half of third quarter clock. Greene County would immediately answer back though. After gettin the ball in Atlantic territory on a failed onside the Rams score in two plays. Colby Kafer found the left sideline to race for a 38-yard touchdown. The next three possessions would end on a turnover on downs. That’s when Kafer scored on the big run to give Greene County the lead for good on their first drive of the fourth quarter.

Greene County ended up out-gaining the Trojans by a slight margin 440-399 yards. Colby Kafer led the Rams ground attack with 162 yards and 2 touchdowns. Clint Dennhardt, who ran out of the wildcat formation for a good portion of the game, racked up 116 yards and 3 scores.

Chase Mullenix went 13-30 for 209 yards passing with 1 touchdown and three interceptions. He also rushed for 60 yards and a score. Tyler Moen had 62 yards rushing and one score.

Greene County improves to 6-1 overall and 2-1 in 2A District 9. They travel to Red Oak next week.

Atlantic falls to 2-5 overall and 0-3 in the district. The Trojans travel to Shenandoah next Friday night and we’ll have coverage of that game on KJAN.

Listen below for the complete postgame interview with Atlantic Head Coach Mike McDermott.

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Chris Parks, Jim Field, Matt Mullenix, and Doug Leonard take a look at 8 area high school football games each week. We try to provide some insight into the match-ups while competing for top prognosticator and the Whosman Trophy.

Last Week:

Matt Mullenix 5-3
Doug Leonard 4-4
Chris Parks 3-5
Jim Field 3-5

Overall Standings:

Matt Mullenix 31-17
Chris Parks 29-19
Doug Leonard 29-19
Jim Field 27-21

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KJAN Sports Director Chris Parks’ Weekly discussion with Atlantic Head Football Coach Mike McDermott. They talk about the loss last week to OA-BCIG and look forward to their road test at Greene County.

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Official results from the girls race at the Atlantic Cross Country Invitational on Thursday evening have now been released. Glenwood’s Janette Schraft was the individual winner and her team edged out Harlan for the team title. Glenwood scored 76 points in first place and Harlan was three points back at 79. Dallas Center-Grimes finished 3rd with 114 points and Atlantic was 4th with 114. Creston finished 5th with 200 points.

Schraft ran 18:04.72 to win the race. Peyton Pogge of Tri-Center was Runner-Up with a time of 18:09.14. Atlantic’s Taylor McCreedy was 3rd with a time of 18:13.01. Amber Aesoph of Bishop Heelan and Brielle Baker of Creston rounded out the top 5.

Full results: atlantic invite v girls 10.4.18

The 7:20-a.m. Sportscast with Chris Parks.

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Friday (10/05/2018)

CLASS 4A:

District 7
Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson at Ames
Des Moines, North at Urbandale
Valley, West Des Moines at Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln (Game Time: 5:30 PM)

CLASS 3A:

District 1
Denison-Schleswig at Storm Lake

District 2
Perry at Carroll

District 9
ADM, Adel at Glenwood
Creston-O/M at Winterset
Harlan at Lewis Central

CLASS 2A:

District 9
Atlantic at Greene County (Game at 5:00pm)
Kuemper Catholic, Carroll at Red Oak
Shenandoah at OABCIG

CLASS 1A:

District 8
Clarinda at Mount Ayr
Panorama, Panora at Van Meter
West Central Valley, Stuart at ACGC

District 9
Cherokee, Washington at MVAOCOU
Missouri Valley at Treynor
Underwood at East Sac County

CLASS A:

District 2
IKM-Manning at Alta/Aurelia

District 9
Earlham at Southwest Valley (Game at 5:30pm)
Nodaway Valley at AHSTW
St. Albert, Council Bluffs at Riverside, Oakland

District 10
Lawton-Bronson at Tri-Center, Neola
West Monona at Westwood, Sloan
Woodbury Central, Moville at Logan-Magnolia

CLASS 8:

District 6
East Union, Afton at Lamoni
Lenox at Murray
Moravia at Seymour
Mormon Trail, Garden Grove at Southeast Warren, Liberty Center

District 7
Clarinda Academy at Bedford
Essex at Griswold
Fremont-Mills, Tabor at East Mills
Stanton at Sidney

District 8
CAM, Anita at Boyer Valley, Dunlap (Game at 5:30pm)
Coon Rapids-Bayard at Glidden-Ralston
Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton at Woodbine
West Harrison, Mondamin at Audubon

Hawkeye Ten Conference

(3-1) Harlan 25-21-25-25, Clarinda 21-25-22-20
(3-2) St. Albert, Council Bluffs 16-21-25-25-16, Red Oak 25-25-10-12-14

Western Iowa Conference

(3-1) Audubon 21-25-25-25, Riverside, Oakland 25-17-22-20
(3-0) Logan-Magnolia 25-25-25, Missouri Valley 17-20-21
(3-0) Treynor 25-25-25, Underwood 15-19-18
(3-0) Tri-Center, Neola 25-25-25, AHSTW, Avoca 19-19-17

Rolling Valley Conference

(3-0) Ar-We-Va, Westside 25-25-25, Woodbine 17-4-16
(3-1) Boyer Valley 27-12-25-25, Paton-Churdan 25-25-21-20
(3-0) CAM, Anita 25-25-25, Coon Rapids-Bayard 16-21-12

Corner Conference Tournament

3rd Place Match: (3-0) Fremont-Mills 25-25-25, Stanton 15-13-19
Championship: (3-0) Sidney 25-25-25, East Mills 10-17-17

Pride of Iowa Conference

(2-0) Bedford 25-25, Diagonal 21-14
(2-0) East Union 25-25, Bedford 13-18
(2-0) East Union 25-25, Diagonal 17-15
(3-0) Lenox 25-25-25, Orient-Macksburg 5-12-7
(3-0) Nodaway Valley 25-25-25, Martensdale-St Marys 12-8-16

Other Scores

(3-0) Dallas Center-Grimes 25-25-25, ADM, Adel 14-16-15
(3-0) Earlham 25-25-26, Madrid 17-19-24
(3-2) Kingsley-Pierson 28-23-22-25-16, Westwood, Sloan 26-25-25-18-14
(3-1) Panorama 21-25-26-25, ACGC 25-23-24-21
(3-0) Van Meter 25-25-25, West Central Valley, Stuart 19-18-20