TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Trevor Allen ran for 180 yards and two touchdowns and Northern Iowa beat Indiana State 33-0 on Thursday night in a Missouri Valley Football Conference opener.

Northern Iowa (2-2), which beat Hampton 44-0 last week, has back-to-back shutouts for the first time since 2012.

Marcus Weymiller added 90 yards on the ground and Eli Dunne threw for 218 yards for Northern Iowa.

Austin Errthum had field goals of 20, 31 and 46 yards in the first half to give UNI a 9-0 lead. Allen made it 16-0, from 18 yards out, on UNI’s first possession of the second half, and he added a 16-yarder later in the quarter. Linebacker Duncan Ferch’s second career pick-6 capped the scoring late in the fourth.

Ryan Boyle threw for 136 yards and an interception for Indiana State (2-2), which hasn’t won a conference game since Oct. 22, 2016. ISU was 1 of 16 combined on third and fourth down conversions.

Friday (09/28/2018)

CLASS 4A:

District 7
Ames at Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln
Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson at Des Moines, North
Urbandale at Valley, West Des Moines

CLASS 3A:

District 1
Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City at Denison-Schleswig

District 2
Carroll at Boone

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

CLASS 2A:

District 9
Greene County at Kuemper Catholic
OABCIG at Atlantic
Red Oak at Shenandoah

CLASS 1A:

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

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

CLASS A:

District 2
Manson Northwest Webster at IKM-Manning

District 9
AHSTW at Earlham
Riverside at Nodaway Valley
Southwest Valley at St. Albert

District 10
Lawton-Bronson at Logan-Magnolia
Tri-Center at West Monona
Westwood at Woodbury Central

CLASS 8-Player:

District 6
Moravia at Mormon Trail
Murray at East Union
Seymour at Lamoni
Southeast Warren at Lenox

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

District 8
Audubon at Coon Rapids-Bayard
Boyer Valley at Glidden-Ralston
West Harrison at Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton
Woodbine at CAM

The AHSTW Vikings are undefeated at 5-0 and they hope to keep that streak going with a road trip to face the Earlham Cardinals (2-3) on Friday night. We’ll have coverage of the game on KJAN for the Class A District 9 match-up. The Vikings have put up some impressive numbers to start the season including holding their opponents to an average of 10 points per game. AHSTW Head Coach Davis Pattee said the Vikings have played great team defense with some great leaders on the line.

That defense will face a challenge this week from Earlham Tailback Caleb Swalla. He has rushed for 969 yards on the season with 9 touchdowns and Coach Pattee said he is a big part of a tough Earlham offense to prepare for.

The Vikings will counter with some balance on offense. Gabe Pauley is a great tailback as well, churning up 735 yards and 11 scores. The Vikings add the air threat with Blake Osbahr’s efficiency at quarterback and a number of threats to throw to, led by Drake Partridge. Osbahr has completed 73% of his passes and has thrown just one interception this year. Partridge has hauled in 13 passes for 394 yards and 8 touchdowns.

The Vikings and Cardinals are set for a 7:00pm kickoff in Earlham. Chris Parks and Mike Smith will have the call on KJAN with pregame starting at 6:30pm following our weekly pick ’em show Who’s Gonna Win? that starts at 6:00pm. You can catch the game on air at AM 1220, FM 101.1, online at kjan.com, on the web app, or watch the live video feed on our Facebook page. Stay tuned after the game for the Iowa High school Scoreboard Show from 10:00pm-11:30pm.

The Atlantic Trojans (2-3) football team is preparing for their homecoming game this week against the OA-BCIG Falcons (4-1). The Trojans have regrouped this week after a tough start to district play with a 45-14 loss to Kuemper Catholic last week. The Trojans failed to establish the run against the Knights and Atlantic Head Coach Mike McDermott said they need to get better in that aspect of the game to open up the rest of the offense.

The Falcons will line up in a similar fashion to the Knights as they like to spread the field, but the Falcons will be a bit more heavy on the short passing game. OA-BCIG has 5 receivers that have gained over 100 yards on the season and Coach McDermott said they will need to get pressure on Falcons QB Kaden Ladwig if they want to slow them down.

Ladwig has thrown for 1,286 yard and 15 touchdowns compared to just 4 interceptions, so he has been efficient., but he also poses a threat with his feet having rushed for six scores as well. Coach McDermott said the defensive front will have to play a great game to get pressure but also contain Ladwig.

The Trojans and Falcons will kick off the homecoming contest at 7:00pm on Friday at the Trojan Bowl.