The Nodaway Valley Wolverines capped off a great season last week with a 3rd round playoff loss to Grundy Center. Six Wolverines have now been selected as honorees on the Class A, District 8 All-District Football Team.

All-District Offense selections included RB Adam Ayase and WR Caelen DeVault. Defense honorees for the Wolverines were DB Jon Gebbie, LB Tony Ayase, DL Avery Phillipi, and DL Cach Kennedy.

Check out the full All-District list here: 2020 Class A-District 8 All-District Teams

The Class 2A District 9 All-District Football Awards have been announced for the 2020 season. Atlantic had seven players named to the First Team and eight players on the Second Team. Atlantic Head Coach Mike McDermott was named the Class 2A District 9 Co-Head Coach of the Year and Atlantic Defensive Coordinator Lee Saathoff was named Assistant Coach of the Year.

MVP Offense: Bryce Stalder (Greene County)
MVP Defense: Cole Ridnour (Clarinda)

First Team Offense
QB Bryce Stalder (Greene County)
RB Tadyn Brown (Clarinda)
RB Bodie Johnson (Atlantic)
RB Nate Black (Greene County)
WR Colin Mullenix (Atlantic)
WR Jaxon Warnke (Greene County)
WR Michael Shull (Clarinda)
OL Gunner Kirchhoff (Atlantic)
OL Crew Howard (Clarinda)
OL Bennett Dirkx (DMC)
OL Sawyer Schiltz (Greene County)
OL Mason Stream (Greene County)
TE Blake Herold (Shenandoah)
UTL Jackson Morton (Greene County)
K Nathan Barnes (Clarinda)

First Team Defense

DL: Cael Pulido (Atlantic)
DL: Logan Green (Clarinda)
DL: Jack Shisler (DMC)
DL: Avery Martin (Shenandoah)
LB: Brendan Atkinson (Atlantic)
LB: Cole Ridnour (Clarinda)
LB: Jacob Rosno (DMC)
LB: Dradyn Smith (Greene County)
DB: Grant Sturm (Atlantic)
DB: Joe Weaver (Atlantic)
DB: Chrisitan Anderson (DMC)
DB: Cain Lorimor (Shenandoah)
P: Nathan Barnes (Clarinda)

Second Team Offense: 
QB Garrett McLaren (Atlantic)
RB Korey Parrott (Atlantic)
RB Morgan Cotton (Shenandoah)
WR Luke Lundberg (DMC)
WR Issac Jones (Clarinda)
WR Zach Goff (Greene County)
OL Devin McKay (Atlantic)
OL Payton Fewson (Atlantic)
OL Max Olsen (DMC)
OL Jack Shisler (DMC)
OL Forest Thompson (Greene County)
TE Garrett Reynolds (Atlantic)
UTL Andrew Johnson (DMC)
K Lane Nelson (Atlantic)

Second Team Defense:
DL Jesse Miller (Greene County)
DL Colton Tasto (Atlantic)
DL Jarod McNeese (Clarinda)
DL Michael Rumley (Greene County)
LB Ethan Fast (Clarinda)
LB Joshua Shank (DMC)
LB Patrick Daugherty (Greene County)
LB Dawson Bond (Red Oak)
DB Max Riley (Greene County)
DB Richard Daugherty (Greene County)
DB Zane Vance – (Atlantic)
DB Gavin Phillips – (DMC)
P Andrew Johnson (DMC)

HONORABLE MENTION
OL: Drey Newell, Atlantic
QB: Wyatt Schmitt, Clarinda
LB: Carter Larson, Clarinda
OL: Jase Wilmes, Clarinda
OL: Nick Fouts, Red Oak
DB: Ryan Johnson, Red Oak
DB: Chase Sandholm, Red Oak
RB: Riley Fouts, Red Oak
OL: Clayton Holben, Shenandoah
QB: Zayne Zwickel, Shenandoah
LB: Logan Dickerson, Shenandoah
QB: Jaxon Withers, DMC
LB: Joel Wittmer, DMC
OL: Kolten Evans, DMC
OL: Kadrick Kinne, Greene County
K: Nathan Behne, Greene County

AMES, Iowa – Updated COVID-19 testing results by the Iowa State Athletics Department.

Oct. 28-Nov. 1
Total Tests         Athletes             Staff      Total Positive    Athlete Pos.      Staff Pos.       %Pos.
731                      507                      224        6                           4                           2                             0.82

June 8-Nov. 1
Total Tests         Athletes             Staff      Total Positive    Athlete Pos.      Staff Pos.       %Pos.
7,886                   5,751                   2,135    70                        61                        9                             0.89

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

Who’s Gonna Win? is brought to you in 2020 by Rush CPA and Associates and Fareway. Here’s a look at our final standings for 2020. Congratulations to Doug Leonard for bringing home the Whosman hardware this year!

Last Week:

Matt Mullenix 6-2
Chris Parks 6-2
Doug Leonard 5-3
Jim Field 3-5

2020 Overall Standings:

Doug Leonard 64-15
Matt Mullenix 63-16
Chris Parks 58-21
Jim Field 55-24

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IOWA CITY, Iowa – The University of Iowa Athletics Department conducted 605 COVID-19 PCR tests for the week of Oct. 26-Nov. 1, 2020. Nine positive tests and 596 negative tests have been received. As part of the return to campus protocol, testing began May 29, 2020, and includes student-athletes, coaches and staff. A total of 268 positive tests, 8,144 negative tests and one inconclusive test have been received.

The Big Ten Conference began daily rapid antigen surveillance testing on Sept. 30, 2020. Any positive tests identified through the surveillance testing process would be confirmed through a PCR test and reflected in the numbers listed above.

Following the positive test result, protocol established by UI Athletics and medical staff, including contact tracing procedures, is being followed to ensure the safety of all UI Athletics student-athletes and staff. This mandatory protocol also includes isolation for the individuals who test positive, and quarantine for those individuals who might have been exposed to someone with the virus.

CLASS 5A QUARTERFINALS

(3-1) #1 Dowling Catholic 23-25-25-25, #8 Dubuque Hempstead 25-15-17-17
(3-1) #5 Iowa City Liberty 25-20-25-26, #4 WDM Valley 20-25-17-24
(3-1) #2 Ankeny 22-25-25-25, #7 Ankeny Centennial 25-12-18-17
(3-1) #3 Pleasant Valley 20-25-25-25, #6 Cedar Falls 25-21-22-23

CLASS 4A QUARTERFINALS

(3-0) #1 Cedar Rapids Xavier 25-25-25, #8 Dallas Center-Grimes 19-14-21
(3-2) #4 Western Dubuque 25-19-20-25-15, #5 Sergeant Bluff-Luton 14-25-25-12-11
(3-0) #7 Gilbert 25-25-25, #2 North Scott 19-14-21
(3-2) #6 West Delaware 25-24-20-25-16, #3 Glenwood 17-26-25-22-14

CLASS 3A QUARTERFINALS

(3-0) #1 Osage 25-25-25, #8 Humboldt 13-22-19
(3-0) #2 Clarion-Goldfield-Dows 25-25-25, #7 Red Oak 13-22-19

(Radio Iowa) – An actor from the movie “Field of Dreams” is buying a historic building in the northeast Iowa town where the 1989 film was shot.

Dwier Brown as John Kinsella in Field of Dreams

Dwier Brown, who played John Kinsela — the father of Kevin Costner’s character, is purchasing the former Tegeler Dairy in Dyersville. Jacque Rahe, director of Dyersville Economic Development, says she’s thrilled Brown is the buyer. “He was looking for a project to do here since he has planned to return here often,” Rahe says. “He’s a lover of old buildings and this building definitely caught his eye.”

Rahe says Brown and his business partner flew out from California to perform a detailed inspection of the two-story brick structure and its attached warehouse.  “They spent a long few days inside the building just freezing, planning how they would do things and what they were going to do to it,” Rahe says. “We’re excited to see what their vision is. They both have quite extensive experience in building renovation.” She says Brown wants to give back to the town by rescuing the aging relic, which was built in the late 1800s. “It’s such an iconic structure in our community,” Rahe says. “Everybody has a story about going to Tegeler Dairy for ice cream or getting treats for the baseball team there. It is one of those buildings in Dyersville that has a lot of history and we want to preserve some of that.”

The plan is to turn the building into three unique apartments, along with commercial and riverfront space to lease. Work is slated to begin yet this fall. Rahe says the project has landed a $100,000 grant from the state’s Community Catalyst Building Remediation Program to help with the renovation.

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IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa receiver Ihmir Smith-Marsette was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving early Sunday and will be suspended for next weekend’s home game against Michigan State. Smith-Marsette was driving a 2017 Chevrolet Camaro when Iowa City police pulled him over for speeding about 1:30 a.m., hours after the Hawkeyes’ 21-20 loss to Northwestern.

FILE – In this Sept. 14, 2019, file photo, Iowa wide receiver Ihmir Smith-Marsette returns a kickoff during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Iowa State in Ames, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

A police report said Smith-Marsette was traveling 74 mph in a 30 mph zone and the officer described him as having bloodshot and watery eyes and smelling of alcohol. Smith-Marsette failed field sobriety tests, and his blood-alcohol content was .130. The legal limit is .08.