(Radio Iowa) – When Cyclone football players make big plays during today’s (Saturday’s) season opener, they’ll hear fans cheering, even though Jack Trice Stadium will be nearly empty because of the pandemic. A web-based platform is being used that will allow the voices of fans at home to be heard through the stadium’s P-A system. Nathan Terry, associate marketing director at Iowa State University, says it’s an incredibly simple, clever app.

The application will also work from a laptop or tablet, as long as there’s a microphone attached. The venue normally seats more than 61-thousand people, so he hopes thousands of loyal Cyclones will log in and use the free app to fill the stadium with their cheers.

Imagine making a touchdown on your home field and not hearing any reaction from the empty stands. It would be a bit disheartening for the players, so Terry says this app will serve a dual purpose.

The Canadian company behind “Hear Me Cheer” is able to use algorithms so no single fan’s cheers — or comments — will be heard. The speakers at the stadium will broadcast only the combined shouts, gasps and even boos of everyone using the app. Kickoff is scheduled for 11 AM as Iowa State meets the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns, carried live on ESPN.
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By The Associated Press
The Big 12 has secured access to COVID-19 antigen testing that produces rapid results and will be used the day before competition on players, coaches and staff. The conference announced a partnership with Virtual Care for Families. The testing program will use Quidel Rapid Antigen tests. The Pac-12 recently announced a partnership with Quidel that will provide its schools with the capacity to test daily and get results in about 15 minutes. The Big 12 said it expects the Quidel test to provide results that quickly.

The Atlantic Trojans made some big 2nd half plays and came away with a 31-18 victory over Greene County to start 2A District 9 play on Friday night in Jefferson. It was a very tight game for much of the night but the Trojans outscored the Rams 15-0 in the 4th quarter to grab the win.

It was a 12-10 Greene County lead at halftime, and the Rams were up 18-16 heading into the fourth quarter. Atlantic scored on a 2-yard run by Bodie Johnson and the 2-point conversion was executed successfully on a pass to Garrett Reynolds to put Atlantic up 24-18 with 7:23 left in the game. Greene County would then turn the ball over on downs their next possession, but did then force a Trojan punt to get the ball back with 3:26 left in the game. Bodie Johnson then came up with a game-clinching 22-yard interception return for a touchdown to seal the Trojan win. Grant Sturm would grab an interception on the final Greene County possession to put the game on ice.

Bodie Johnson finished with three touchdowns on the night to lead the Trojans to the win. Atlantic improves to 2-1 on the season and are now 1-0 in District play. The Trojans are scheduled to host Clarinda next week. The location for that game is up in the air due to continued construction at the Trojan Bowl. We’ll plan to have coverage on KJAN.

Greene County was led by Jackson Morton’s 2 rushing touchdowns on the night. The Rams fall to 1-2 overall and 0-1 in the District.

The St. Albert Falcons hit a big play and got a fortunate bounce in the second half to edge out the Riverside Bulldogs 21-14 on Friday night in Oakland. Defense controlled the game most of the night but Cy Patterson broke a 7-7 tie with an 82-yard touchdown run with 3:48 left to go in the third quarter. The Falcons then got the ball right back on a fortunate bounce on the next kickoff. The Falcons were trying to squib the kickoff down the middle of the field on a low driver from Sam Wilber. His kick hit one of the Riverside return players in the back as they turned around to set up the return. The ball bounced hard off the Bulldog player right back to St. Albert. The Falcons took back over at their own 49-yard line. 7 plays later they punched in another score on a 1-yard plunge from quarterback Brendan Monahan to make it 21-7.

The Bulldogs did get back within a score on a 14-yard touchdown pass from Austin Kremkoski to Ethan Reicks with 11:07 left in the game. Riverside was then able to force the Falcons to punt the ball back to them with 7:23 left. The Bulldogs could only manage to drive the ball to as far as their own 40 before turning it over on downs with 3:19 left. St. Albert elected to try a 40-yard field with 2:20 left to try to seal the victory, but Sam Wilber’s kick was a bit short and wide right. Riverside had once last chance, but ended up throwing an interception on 4th down to let the Falcons secure the win.

The first half scoring came on 1-yard touchdown runs from Patterson and Kremkoski.  St. Albert picked up their first win of the season, an important one at the start of Class A District 9 play. The Falcons are now 1-2 overall. The Bulldogs fall to 2-1 on the season and 0-1 in the District. St. Albert will host Southwest Valley next week, while Riverside will travel to Tri-Center.

CLASS 4A:

Urbandale 36, CB Abraham Lincoln 0
Sioux City, North 55, CB Thomas Jefferson 7

CLASS 3A:

District 9

Carroll 42, Denison-Schleswig 7
Lewis Central 34, Creston O-M 7
Harlan 22, Glenwood 13

CLASS 2A:

District 9

Atlantic 31, Greene County 18
Clarinda 49, Red Oak 6
Alta-Aurelia 13, Shenandoah 7 (ND)

CLASS 1A:

District 8

Van Meter 30, Panorama 0
Kuemper Catholic 47, West Central Valley 0
Woodward-Granger 27, ACGC 14

District 9

Underwood 51, MVAOCOU 6
OABCIG 51, Missouri Valley 0
Treynor 9, East Sac County 7

CLASS A:

District 8

Madrid 21, Nodaway Valley 19
Earlham 56, Ogden 18 (ND)

District 9

Southwest Valley 28, AHSTW 14
St. Albert 21, Riverside 14– ON KJAN and KJANTV
Tri-Center 49, Sidney 14

District 10

Logan-Magnolia 38, Westwood 14
Ridge View 30, West Monona – Whiting 6
Woodbury Central 14, IKM-Manning 0

CLASS 8-Player

District 7

CAM 72, East Union 0–ON CAM COUGAR CHANNEL
Fremont-Mills 50, East Mills 25
Lenox 62, Griswold 14–ON GRIZTIGERVISION
Stanton/Essex Vikings 28, Bedford 22 (ND)

District 8

Audubon 57, West Harrison/Whiting 9
Coon Rapids-Bayard 63, Boyer Vally 26
Glidden-Ralston 57, Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 34- ON SPARTAN MEDIA
Woodbine 64, Ar-We-Va 34