Logan-Magnolia captured their second state football championship today with a late 28-24 victory over Gladbrook-Reinbeck at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls.

Logan-Magnolia running back Brady Charbonneau was huge carrying 18 times for 234 yards and two touchdowns, including an 83 yard TD run in the third quarter.  Charbonneau scored the winning touchdown on a fourth-and-one from the Rebels eight yard line with just :59 left.  The Panthers out rushed the Rebels 304-178.

Eric Stoakes led Gladbrook-Reinbeck rushing 24 times for 185 yards and two TD’s.

Logan-Magnolia ends the year 14-0, while the Rebels finish 12-2.

Newell-Fonda captured the school’s first-ever state football title with a come-from-behind 39-35 win over Fremont-Mills in the 8-Man final at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls today.  The Mustangs ran off 11 straight wins after an 0-3 start to the season.

Newell-Fonda outgained the Knights 387-255 total yards.  After quarterback Brady Dicks was injured in the first half, running back Cole Wise picked up the offensive slack carrying 29 times for 127 yards and a touchdown.  Wise also caught three passes for 58 yards and a touchdown.  Dicks and his replacement Jason Hess combined to complete 10 of 17 passes for 172 yards and three TD’s.  Hess scored the winning touchdown on an eight yard run with just :17 left.

Fremont-Mills got the ball back at midfield after kick-off and after completing a couple of hook-and-lateral passes along the sideline to get inside the ten yard line with :04 left, a fumble recovered by Newell-Fonda ended the game.

Fremont-Mills ends the season with a mark of 13-1.

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Backup quarterback Jason Hess scored on an 8-yard run with 17 seconds left Thursday to lift Newell-Fonda to a 39-35 victory over Fremont-Mills and the eight-player state championship. Hess filled in for injured starter Brady Dicks and made several big plays, including a 16-yard touchdown pass to Cole Wise and a 33-yard heave to Wise to set up his winning touchdown.

Fremont-Mills used two hook-and-laterals to drive to the Newell-Fonda 9-yard line with 4 seconds remaining. But the Mustangs stripped the ball from quarterback Jason Rusten on the final play and Dustin Johnson recovered to end it.

Newell-Fonda ran off 11 straight victories after starting 0-3 to win its first state championship and deny Fremont-Mills (13-1) a second title in four years.

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8-Man:

Newell-Fonda (10-3) vs. Fremont-Mills (13-0) – 10:06 AM

Class A:

Logan-Magnolia (13-0) vs. Gladbrook-Reinbeck (12-1) – 1:36 PM

Class 3-A:

Pella (13-0) vs. Bishop Heelan Catholic (12-1) – 7:06 PM

Class 5-A
1. Dowling Catholic 23-3
2. Southeast Polk 18-7
3. Waukee 20-4
4. West Des Moines Valley 22-2
5. Iowa City West 12-11
6. Johnston 14-10
7. Ankeny Centennial 16-7
8. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 16-8
9. Iowa City High 24-1
10. Mason City 16-7

Class 4-A
1. Harlan 26-0
2. Carlisle 20-7
3. North Scott 17-7
4. Western Dubuque 23-3
5. Perry 19-5
6. Ballard 21-5
7. Bishop Heelan 20-4
8. Davenport Assumption 17-7
9. Keokuk 17-7
10. Pella 16-7
11. Indianola 13-9
12. Waverly-Shell Rock 19-4
13. Lewis Central 17-6
14. Cedar Rapids Xavier 11-12
15. West Delaware 17-6

Class 3-A
1. Pocahontas Area 21-4
2. Mediapolis 24-2
3. Spirit Lake 18-6
4. Hampton-Dumont 19-6
5. Sioux Center 13-10
6. Shenandoah 17-6
7. Nevada 19-5
8. Red Oak 16-8
9. Center Point-Urbana 18-7
10. Kuemper Catholic 14-9
11. Crestwood 22-3
12. PCM 15-8
13. Mid-Prairie 11-10
14. Saydel 13-11
15. Central Lee 13-8

Class 2-A
1. Western Christian 27-1
2. Unity Christian 22-5
3. North-Linn 24-2
4. Des Moines Christian 20-5
5. South Central Calhoun 21-3
6. IKM-Manning 18-5
7. Dike-New Hartford 20-3
8. Fort Dodge St. Edmond 21-3
9. Hudson 25-2
10. Manson-NW Webster 20-5
11. Maple Valley-A-O 18-4
12. Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont 17-6
13. Woodbury Central 21-4
14. Panorama 20-4
T15. Cascade 26-1
T15. Intersate-35 14-9

Class 1-A
1. Burlington Notre Dame 24-3
2. Colo-Nesco 24-2
3. Bedford 17-8
4. Grand View Christian 17-6
5. Kingsley-Pierson 17-8
6. Marquette Catholic 16-7
7. Fremont Mills 20-5
8. Newell-Fonda 24-3
9. Iowa Valley 20-3
10. Rockford 17-8
11. Central Lyon 9-15
12. Exira-EHK 17-8
13. Murray 20-3
14. Paton-Churdan 16-8
15. Tripoli 18-7

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Paul Jesperson’s put back with :39.7 left in overtime gave Northern Iowa a 79-77 road win over Stephen F. Austin Tuesday night, snapping the Lumberjacks’ 34 game home winning streak.

Five players scored in double figures for the Panthers (2-0) led by Marvin Singleton with 15.

UNI had to rally from eight points down in the second half, and Deon Mitchell’s three pointer with :50.8 left tied the game at 70-70 and sent it to overtime.

AMES, Iowa – The Iowa State women’s basketball team (2-0) defeated the Drake Bulldogs (0-2) 84-67 in Hilton Coliseum. Senior Nikki Moody led the Cyclones with a double-double with 18 points and 12 assists. The win was the team’s fifth-straight against Drake, coming on double-digit scoring efforts from Moody, along with Brynn Williamson and Emily Durr, who had 14 pionts each, and Jadda Buckley with 13.

Drake had four players in double figures, led by Cailtin Ingle with 17.

The Cyclones jumped out to a 45-21 halftime edge, holding Drake to just 21 percent shooting in the first half.