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team. day,’” Smith-Marsette said. “There’s still
OWA CITY — “Success trap” is an Smith-Marsette, Nick Easley and Bran- a lot we can improve on. We didn’t look
actual thing in business. You sell don Smith combined for 14 receptions for at the positives, we went to the bad stuff,
the products, make money and don’t 198 yards and two touchdowns. It was an where we could’ve been better.
think about anything else. Iowa wide receiver game. There haven’t “The success trap, we’re not falling into
“We have to At some point, the neglect starts been a lot of those in recent years. it, you feel me?”
focus as a to catch up and the company doesn’t stick
or move.
Iowa State in 2017 certainly was a “wide
receiver” game. Easley and Smith-Mar-
There were football things the
receivers made work for them against
group and Ihmir Smith-Marsette is all over the sette burst on the scene with their first Minnesota.
success trap this week. He wants nothing contributions as Hawkeyes, combining On Smith-Marsette’s 60-yard TD pass
take that to do with it. for 11 catches, 84 yards and three TDs, in- from quarterback Nate Stanley, the
“We can’t fall into the success trap,” the cluding two by Smith-Marsette that were
and move it Iowa wide receiver said. “A lot of people
Gophers busted a coverage, Smith-Mar-
minor miracles — the last a game-winner sette noticed and just sat in a hole in the
forward.” are saying now we’re improved over last in overtime. zone along the Iowa sideline. Running
year. To me, I don’t feel like we’re where Pitt 2015 was a wide receiver game. Wis- back Mekhi Sargent did a wonderful job
Nick Easley, we need to be. We have to keep improving, consin 2014 was a WR game. picking up a blitz and Stanley made a tre-
Iowa senior we have to do that week-to-week, day-to- Of course, the Kung Fu master of wide mendous play to duck the blitz, step up
day, so falling into the success trap isn’t receiver games in recent years is Pitt in the pocket and laser the ball to Smith-
fun.” 2011. Marvin McNutt, Keenan Davis and Marsette, across the field before stepping
The Hawkeyes’ wide receiver group Martin-Manley combined for 22 catches,
didn’t go into meetings Sunday wanting 317 yards and three TDs. ;; RECEIVERS, PAGE 9B

IOWA AT INDIANA
MIKE HLAS I THE GAZETTE
l Records: Iowa is 4-1 (1-1 in Big Ten),
Indiana 4-2 (1-1)
Hoosier Hysteria doesn’t apply to football
VITAL STATS

l Time/TV: 11 a.m./ESPN2
l Radio: WMT-AM (600), KXIC-AM (800),

T
KKRQ-FM (100.7) his was part of the pre-
l Did you know ... Iowa is 10-0 since
pared opening remarks
the start of last season when scoring 20 or more portion of Kirk Ferentz’s
points? weekly news conference Tues-
day:
WEST VIRGINIA AT ISU “Last week we were in a
l Records: Iowa State is 2-3 (1-2 in city area (Minneapolis) where
Big 12), West Virginia is 5-0 (3-0) we sat in traffic on Friday and
l Time/TV: 6 p.m./FS1 things didn’t run 100 percent
l Radio: KGYM-AM (1600) smoothly, road construction,
l Did you know ... ISU is 5-0 in October all that kind of stuff. This week
against Big 12 opponents the last two seasons? is a little different deal and
what have you. But I think
games on an eight-seat char-
tered plane with people from
a local TV station. I’ll recall
that longingly late Saturday
night as I’m driving past the
Farmer City, Ill., exit on I-74,
with many miles to go before
getting home.
Anyway, several years ago
our sports editor at the time
heard Bloomington, Ind., had
some road construction that
was impeding traffic. With
it was still dark there. We ar-
rived at Memorial Stadium for
a noon kickoff when it was still
dark there.
The construction may have
delayed our arrival to the sta-
dium from Bloomington’s air-
port by as much as 15 seconds.
So I got what Ferentz was
saying. One week you’re inch-
ing your way from Blooming-
ton, Minn., toward the Uni-
versity of Minnesota campus.
© 2018 The Gazette

TODAY’S BEST BETS that’s part of conference foot-
ball, certainly.”
l Georgia at LSU, 2:30 p.m., KGAN
That produced a memory
l Michigan State at Penn State, 2:30 p.m., BTN
for me. We who covered Iowa
l Wisconsin at Michigan, 6:30 p.m., KCRG
football at The Gazette used to
travel to selected road football
good intentions, he moved
up our Saturday morning de-
parture for an Iowa-Indiana
game to when it was still dark
in Eastern Iowa. Our flight
landed in Bloomington when
The next week you can wheel
around Bloomington, Ind., to
your heart’s content.
The latter is helped by
;; HLAS, PAGE 9B
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GAMEDAY
IOWA STATE CYCLONES SCHEDULE

Sept. 8 Sept. 15 Sept. 22 Sept. 29 Oct. 6 Today Oct. 27 Nov. 3 Nov. 10 Nov. 17 Nov. 24 Dec. 1
at Iowa Oklahoma Akron at TCU at Okla. State West Virginia Texas Tech at Kansas Baylor at Texas Kansas State Incarnate Word
L, 13-3 L, 37-27 W, 26-13 L, 17-14 W, 48-42 6 p.m. TBA TBA TBA 7 p.m. TBA 1 p.m.

ISU vs. West Virginia IOWA STATE

CYCLONES
TWO-DEEPS
OFFENSE
QB 15 Brock Purdy 6-1 202 Fr.
4 Zeb Noland 6-2 218 So.
6 Re-al Mitchell 6-0 192 Fr.
15 Kyle Kempt 6-5 224 Sr.
RB 32 David Montgomery 5-11 216 Jr.
25 Sheldon Croney Jr. 5-11 206 Jr.
24 Johnnie Lang 5-8 196 Fr.
TE 11 Chase Allen 6-7 240 So.
89 Dylan Soehner 6-7 271 So.
88 Charlie Kolar 6-6 250 Fr.
F 47 Sam Seonbuchner 6-3 244 Sr.
89 Dylan Soehner 6-7 271 So.
WRM 8 Deshaunte Jones 5-10 185 Jr.
14 Tarique Milton 5-11 176 Fr.
WRX 18 Hakeem Butler 6-6 225 Jr.
13 Josh Johnson 5-11 183 Fr.
WRZ 23 Matthew Eaton 6-4 211 Sr.
82 Landen Akers 6-0 192 So.
LT 51 Julian Good-Jones 6-5 296 Jr.
75 Sean Foster 6-8 312 So.
LG 63 Collin Olson 6-1 279 Jr.
54 Josh Mueller 6-6 309 So.
C 57 Colin Newell 6-4 292 Fr.
73 Will Windham 6-3 315 Sr.
RG 66 Josh Knipfel 6-5 309 Jr.
52 Trevor Downing 6-4 304 Fr.
RT 74 Bryce Meeker 6-6 309 Jr.
78 Joey Ramos 6-5 310 Fr.

DEFENSE
E 3 JaQuan Bailey 6-2 251 Jr.
58 Spencer Benton 6-2 256 Sr.
NG 92 Jamahl Johnson 6-0 295 Jr.
93 Isaiah Lee 6-0 284 Fr.
90 Joshua Bailey 6-2 294 So.
DT 76 Ray Lima 6-3 302 Jr.
95 Tucker Robertson 6-3 280 Fr.
E 50 Enyi Uwazurike 6-6 283 So.
89 Matt Leo 6-7 276 Jr.
LB 42 Marcel Spears Jr. 6-1 215 Jr.
35 Jake Hummel 6-1 228 So.
LB 23 Mike Rose 6-3 228 Fr.
34 O’Rien Vance 6-1 232 Fr.
LB 2 Willie Harvey 6-0 224 Sr.
9 Reggan Northrup 6-1 208 Sr.
Star 33 Braxton Lewis 5-11 186 Jr.
6 De’Monte Ruth 5-10 175 Sr.
FS 11 Lawrence White 6-0 191 So.
33 Braxton Lewis 5-11 186 Jr.
SS 12 Greg Eisworth 6-0 198 So.
21 Jatairis Grant 6-0 198 So.
LC 10 Brian Peavy 5-9 194 Sr.
USA Today Sports 4 Arnold Azunna 6-0 192 So.
West Virginia quarterback Will Grier, warming up before a game against Kansas, has passed for 1,819 yards and 21 touchdowns. RC 1 D’Andrew Payne 5-10 188 Sr.
25 Datrone Young 5-9 171 Fr.

No stopping Mountaineers’ Grier

SPECIALISTS
PK 96 Connor Assalley 6-0 191 So.
41 Chris Francis 6-0 182 Sr.
P 13 Corey Dunn 6-1 203 So.
98 Joe Rivera 6-2 188 So.

But ‘team’ defense can still do damage
By Ben Visser, correspondent
AMES — Iowa State defensive coordi-
nator Jon Heacock has been coaching col- receivers. He’s completing 71 percent of
lege football for 34 years.
He’s seen a lot of football.
Last week, Iowa State (2-3, 1-2 Big 12)
had seven sacks by seven different play-
ers against Oklahoma State. West Vir-
ginia quarterback Will Grier has thrown ball as well as anybody in college foot-
touchdown passes to 10 different receiv-
ers this season.
Those are two things he’s never seen
before.
Iowa State hosts No. 6 West Virginia (5-
0, 3-0 Big 12) at 6 p.m. today at Jack Trice going to stop him is a naive comment.”
Stadium.
The matchup pits Grier, a Heisman
Trophy front-runner, against Heacock’s
impressive Iowa State defense.
“He’s another coach out there on the
field,” Heacock said of Grier. “He certain-
ly knows where he’s going with the ball,
when he’s going there with it, how it’s
getting there — he knows the coverages
and all of those things.
“He’s not a guy you spend a bunch of
time trying to confuse. You have to do
your job and play well because he can
make you pay.”
Grier has an other-wordily stat line to
go along with touchdowns to 10 different
his passes while throwing for 1,819 yards
and 21 touchdowns.
“He’s a guy that can throw in all as-
pects of the field,” Iowa State Coach Matt
Campbell said. “He can throw the deep
ball. What he does over the middle and
certainly in intermediate passing game is
really consistent. They’re playing to that
advantage.
“I think to sit there and say that you’re
Iowa State has played, and limited,
explosive offenses this season. The Cy-
clones held No. 11 Oklahoma’s offense 11
points below its scoring average and held
TCU’s 14.6 points below its average.
“I think the reality of when you’re
talking team football, though, which is
our foundation that everything revolves
around (and) what gives you the best
chance to be successful,” Campbell said.
“Every game’s been a little bit different.
And I think one of the things that’s been
really fun is to watch our team play team
football. ...
“I think as we continue to find our way
W. VIRGINIA
in who this team is this year and what
we’ve got the ability to do. I think the
MOUNTAINEERS
thing that’s been really rewarding is to
watch our team play good team football TWO-DEEPS
throughout the season.”
The Mountaineers are averaging 41.4 OFFENSE
points per game, fourth in the Big 12. Just WR (X) 8 Marcus Simms 6-0 196 Jr.
holding the Mountaineers to below their 82 Dominique Maiden 6-5 206 Sr.
TE (H) 88 Trevon Wesco 6-4 272
scoring average may not be enough. The Sr.
Cyclones are going to have to force third- 84 Jovani Haskins 6-4 245 So.
and-long situations. Against Oklahoma LT 55 Yodny Cajuste 6-5 323 Sr.
State, Iowa State forced third-and-9 or 72 Kelby Wickline 6-4 301 Jr.
longer six times, something the Cyclones LG 73 Josh Sills 6-6 331 So.
57 Michael Brown 6-3 353 Jr.
want to replicate. C 79 Matt Jones 6-3 317 Jr.
“It’s easier to call a defense when it’s 78 Jacob Buccigrossi 6-3 306 So.
third and really, really long,” Heacock RG 65 Isaiah Hardy 6-6 335 Sr.
said. “Those third and shorts get really, 58 Joe Brown 6-4 354 Jr.
really hard. In this league, I noticed (forc- RT 53 Colton McKivitz 6-7 310 Jr.
ing teams to play behind the chains) is a 76 Chase Behrndt 6-4 310 So.
WR (Y) 12 Gary Jennings Jr. 6-2
little bit more important. This offense is 215 Sr.
as good as anybody we’ve played to this 16 William Crest Jr. 6-1 214 Sr.
point, for sure. We’re going to have to WR (Z) 13 David Sills 6-4 210 Sr.
fight for every yard and every inch.” 1 T.J. Simmons 6-2 200 So.
QB 7 Will Grier 6-2 223 Sr.
l Comments: benv43@gmail.com 11 Jack Allison 6-6 210 So.
RB 6 Kennedy McKoy 6-0 205 Jr.
32 Martell Pettaway 5-9 212 Jr.
20 Alec Sinkfield 5-9 188 Fr.

PLAY ACTION: A CLOSER LOOK AT TODAY’S GAME DEFENSE

DE 46 Reese Donahue 6-4 280 Jr.
5 Ezekiel Rose 6-2 278 Sr.
Random thoughts on tonight’s running the football. win. Zeb Noland beat Akron and the feel.” NT 40 Kenny Bigelow Jr. 6-4 304
West Virginia-Iowa State matchup: “Running the ball has allowed true freshman Brock Purdy upset Iowa State’s running backs Sr.
Will to pick and choose his points then-No. 21 Oklahoma State. did an admirable job filling in 56 Darius Stills 6-4 293 So.
WEST VIRGINIA where he wants to throw.” Iowa State first-year for Montgomery last week, led DE 12 Jabril Robinson 6-2 271 Sr.
l Quarterback Will Grier is the l The Big 12 is known for its quarterbacks coach Joel Gordon by redshirt sophomore Kene 55 Dante Stills 6-4 294 Fr.
exotic engine that allows the West offenses, but conference defenses should get some credit for getting Nwangwu. Nwangwu ran the ball SAM 9 JoVanni Stewart 5-8 195 Jr.
34 Shea Campbell 5-11 235 Jr.
Virginia sports car to move up are sneaky good so far. Oklahoma all of the quarterbacks ready to go. 10 times for 49 yards. MIKE 10 Dylan Tonkery 6-0 227 So.
and down the field with relative State leads the nation in sacks “Joel’s one of the rising stars “Kene is a guy that we said at 34 Shea Campbell 5-11 235 Jr.
ease. He’s completing more than with 28, Iowa State has held in our profession in a lot of ways,” the beginning of the year, ‘We have WILL 11 David Long Jr. 5-11 223 Jr.
71 percent of his passes while every opponent below its scoring Campbell said. “I think his ability to find ways to get him involved,’” 45 Adam Hensley 6-2 234 Jr.
throwing the ball more than 35 average — including four of the to handle this from an adversity Campbell said. “Saturday, watching LCB 28 Keith Washington Jr. 6-0
times a game. He also has 1,819 five to at least 10 points below standpoint in his first year as the that evolve, just reminded all of us 178 Jr.
passing yards and 21 touchdowns. — Kansas leads the nation in full-time coach shows you what a why he’s a guy that in his carries in 24 Hakeem Bailey 6-0 193 Jr.
FS 2 Kenny Robinson Jr. 6-2 198 So.
But an overlooked part of West turnovers forced with 18 and TCU, great job he’s doing right now for the football game maximized every 29 Sean Mahone 5-11 198 So.
Virginia is its rushing attack. The of course, is leading the way, our program.” possession that he had. He has to SPUR 6 Dravon Askew-Henry 6-0
Mountaineers have three running allowing just 300 yards per game, l Iowa State’s offense still is a be a guy that has to continue to be 201 Sr.
backs with more than 200 yards best in the Big 12. bit dinged up. Campbell said on a factor for us.” 26 Deamonte Lindsay 6-1 212 Jr.
rushing, led by Leddie Brown with West Virginia has decided to Tuesday quarterback Kyle Kempt BS 3 Toyous Avery Jr. 5-11 200 Sr.
305 and three touchdowns. join in the defensive fun. The would be doubtful today as he still PREDICTION 39 Dante Bonamico 5-8 185 So.
“The most impressive thing Mountaineers are allowing a is recovering from his knee injury. West Virginia 38-31 — West RCB 4 Josh Norwood 5-10 180 Jr.
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1 Derrek Pitts Jr. 6-0 182 So.

about (Grier’s) video is the
offensive line has really grown up,”
Iowa State Coach Matt Campbell
said. “They were a young group
a year ago, and you can see this
year they are doing a great job
league-low 18.6 points per game.
IOWA STATE
l Iowa State already has played
three quarterbacks this season
and both of the backups have a
Running back David
Montgomery is day-to-day.
“He looks healthy,” Campbell
said. “He looks ready to go. Again,
he’s looked that way for the last
week or so. It’s not the look, it’s
Virginia has film on Purdy, which
will make things hard as the true
freshman tries to adjust to the
Mountaineers’ defense and what
they’re giving him.
— Ben Visser
SPECIALISTS
PK 30 Evan Staley 6-1 186 So.
43 Luke Hogan 6-1 210 So.
P 15 Billy Kinney 6-4 221 Sr.
30 Evan Staley 6-1 186 So.
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SPORTS
TOUGH NIGHT IN TIFFIN NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

Brewers hang on to win Game 1

Washington Post
MLB PLAYOFFS
MILWAUKEE — Brandon Woodruff
kept watching the flight of the ball, set NLCS
against Miller Park’s light-gray roof, Friday
arcing higher and higher and higher Milwaukee 6,
yet. Maybe he, too, could not believe L.A. Dodgers 5
what was happening. Today
Woodruff, a Milwaukee Brewers re- L.A. Dodgers at
lief pitcher, had just homered off Clay- Milwaukee, 3:09
ton Kershaw in Game 1 of the National p.m. (KFXA)
League Championship Series. The Los
Justin Torner/Freelance
Angeles Dodgers ace stood with his ALCS
Clear Creek Amana’s Andrew Rohret back to the plate, shoulders slumped, Today
(5) throws an interception out of his mouth agape, and tracked the hit as it Houston at
own end zone against North Scott last sailed way, way over the right-center- Boston, 7:09 p.m.
night in Tiffin. Story, 7B. field wall. Woodruff did not break (TBS)
stride until it did, and then his arms Sunday

SIDELINE
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL
UNI moves to 8-0
in conference play
CARBONDALE, Ill. — The
Northern Iowa volleyball team
moved to 8-0 in Missouri Val-
ley Conference play, defeating
Southern Illinois, 25-15, 23-25,
25-10, 25-18.
The Panthers are 8-0 for the
first time since 2011, when the
were flailing in celebration, veins were
popping out of his neck, and the Brew-
ers were set on their way to a 6-5 win
last night.
It was the first postseason home run
for a Brewers reliever in franchise
history, and it was also the first one
to come off one of the best starters of
a generation. It was also just the third
homer from a relief pitcher in playoff
history, and so it was also one of the
few times a relief pitcher’s swing so
shocked a postseason game into chang-
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
USA Today Sports Houston at
Milwaukee Brewers relief pitcher Brandon Woodruff (53) hits a solo home Boston, 6:09 p.m.
run during the third inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers last night in (TBS)
Game 1 of the NLCS at Miller Park in Milwaukee.
ing course. It accounted for the Brew- three blank frames for reliever Josh
ers’ first run in a series that matches Hader, which ultimately led to the
their deep bullpen against a Dodgers Brewers’ 12th straight victory.
team reliant on a powerful lineup and The Dodgers cracked into the Brew-
standout rotation. And so it was also ers’ vaunted bullpen with three runs in
fitting that Woodruff, a fixture of that the eighth and another in the ninth be-
bullpen, paired his home run with two fore Corey Knebel stranded the game-
scoreless innings, which connected to tying run at third base.

Season of wonder
team went 18-0 in conference
play.
UNI’s Piper Thomas set a
career record with her 91st
solo block, surpassing Denise
Cuttell’s career mark of 90 set
from 1987-90.
The Panthers travel to face
Missouri State tonight at 7
p.m. in Springfield, Mo. Linn-Mar wins big
WOMEN’S SOCCER over City High, laments
what could have been
Hawkeyes shut out
visiting Spartans By Mike Condon, correspondent

IOWA CITY — Hailey Ry- MARION — The Linn-

dberg scored the lone goal in
the 65th minute as the Iowa
women’s soccer team defeated
visiting Michigan State, 1-0,
last night at the Iowa Soccer
Complex.
BIG TEN FIELD HOCKEY
No. 8 Iowa knocks off
No. 6 Penn State
IOWA CITY — The eighth-
ranked Iowa field hockey team
outlasted No. 6 Penn State, 3-2,
behind Maddy Murphy’s first
career hat trick last night at
Grant Field.
It was Iowa’s first win over
Penn State since 2014, and it
also marked Iowa’s first win
against a top-10 opponent
since 2016 against No. 9 North-
western.
Iowa (12-3, 4-2 Big Ten) im-
proved to 9-0 this season when
scoring at least three goals.
HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS
Washington to host
event celebrating Roth
U.S. Cellular will host a
celebratory event Monday at
9:45 a.m. at Washington (Iowa)
High School for longtime
football, track and cross coun-
try coach Steve Roth, who is
among the final 15 of U.S. Cel-
lular’s Most Valuable Coach
program.
U.S. Cellular will award
Washington $5,000 to use how-
ever it chooses. Through Nov.
13 at 11:59 a.m., fans can vote
for their favorite remaining
coach at TheMostValuable-
Coach.com. The final three
winning coaches will receive
a donation of $50,000, $20,000
and $10,000, respectively, to
help their school. The winning
coaches will be announced at
noon on Nov. 20.
INDOOR FOOTBALL
Custer returning to
coach in Cedar Rapids
CEDAR RAPIDS — Cedar
Rapids River Kings head
coach Mark Stoute has added
Michael Custer to his coaching
staff for the 2019 season.
Mar football team might
look back at the 2018
season and wonder what
might have been.
Coach Paul James’
Lions lost a pair of one-
point decisions in non-
district play and were
sitting at 1-5 entering last
week’s game at Musca-
tine. In the rain against
the Muskies, Linn-Mar
found its running game
en route to a 28-10 win.
That running game,
namely the fleet feet of
Alex Hess, followed the
Lions home to Linn-Mar
Stadium for last night’s
game with Iowa City
High.
Hess again topped 200
yards, carrying 18 times
for 226 and three touch-
downs as the Lions broke
away late for a convinc-
ing, 49-14, win on chilly
senior night.
Linn-Mar (3-5, 2-2
in Class 4A District 4)
led just 21-14 midway
through the third quar-
ter before breaking away
with four touchdowns in
Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette the final 15 minutes of
Linn-Mar’s Bridger Aucutt is congratulated by teammates after intercepting an Iowa City High pass during the first half
of a high school football game last night at Linn-Mar Stadium in Marion. ;; CLASS 4A, PAGE 6B
Benton takes giant step toward playoffs
Balanced attack, stingy 66, 84 and 76 yards on its way
to a 20-6 halftime advantage.
defense carries Bobcats Credit the Bobcats’ de-
fense, too. West Marshall (6-
By Jeff Linder, The Gazette 2, 3-1) entered the game av-
eraging 33.4 points per game,
VAN HORNE — They but didn’t muster much after
ran. They passed. They de- its first drive of the game.
fended. “We made adjustments,”
They rolled. lineman Easton Werner
Hard-nosed and balanced, said. “We talked about
the seventh-ranked Benton staying disciplined. (The
Bobcats whipped No. 5 West Trojans) like to get their
Marshall, 34-13, in a Class quarterback (Cameron Ban-
2A District 7 football game nister) outside the pocket,
last night at Bobcat Stadium. so we wanted to keep him in
“Our line dominated on the middle of the field.
both sides of the ball up “We have a lot of hustlers
front,” said Benton quarter- on this team, a lot of people
back Clayton Krousie, who that put in the effort. We feel
passed for three first-half like Benton gets underesti-
touchdowns. “We thought mated, so it’s nice to prove a
© 2018 The Gazette

Custer will return to Cedar we could handle them up point.”

Rapids, where he coached for
four seasons from 2013-16, to
serve as Stoute’s assistant
head coach.
The Gazette
front, and they gave me time
to throw.”
Benton (7-1 overall, 3-1
district) scored on its first
three drives, on marches of
Benton concludes the
regular season next week
at home against Vinton-
;; CLASS 2A, PAGE 6B
Stephen Mally/The Gazette
Benton Community’s Jacob Stocker (55) celebrates with Nathan Michels
(84) after Michels’ 6-yard touchdown reception during the second quarter
last night at Benton Community High School in Van Horne.
4B The Gazette ● Saturday, October 13, 2018
NORTHERN IOWA
UNI looks to bounce back on road
Defense, special
teams must step up
against South Dakota
By Cole Bair, correspondent
CEDAR FALLS — Af-
ter giving No. 1 North
Dakota State a run for
three and a half quarters
last week, the Northern
Iowa football team will
look to bounce back this
weekend against No. 24
South Dakota (3-2, 2-0) at
the DakotaDome in Ver-
million.
Here are three keys
to a UNI win against the
Coyotes:
1. PRESSURE THE QB
South Dakota quar-
terback Austin Simmons
has done a respectable
job taking the torch from
former All-MVFC QB
Chris Streveler. Sim-
mons isn’t quite the run-
ner Streveler was but
he’s been a problem for
opposing defenses.
In each of the Coyotes’
three wins this season,
he’s thrown for more
than 330 yards, topping
out with a 462-yard per-
formance in a 43-28 win
over Northern Colorado.
South Dakota head coach
Bob Nielson is known for
his up-tempo, air-it-out
brand of offense, so if the
Panthers want to grab a
much-needed road win,
they’ll need to slow down
Simmons and the Coyote
offense.
Through UNI’s five
games, the weakest level
of its defense has been
the secondary. There is
inexperience at the back
IOWA COLLEGES
Solon’s Hawkins discovers hidden talent at Simpson
By K.J. Pilcher, The Gazette
INDIANOLA — Nathan
Hawkins has carved a niche
for himself within Simpson
football.
The Storm senior and for-
mer Solon prep transitioned
from wide receiver to one of
the American Rivers Confer-
ence’s top punters
and he’s main-
tained that status
despite missing
a year and re-
turning from an
anterior cruciate
ligament tear.
Hawkins has Nathan
also excelled in Hawkins
the classroom, Simpson punter touchdowns.
earning confer-
ence all-academic honors
twice.
“He’s one of many kids do-
ing that here,” Simpson Coach approached by a former as-
Matt Jeter said. “These guys
are students first and athletes could punt. He capitalized on
second. He’s a guy that epito-
mizes what we’re trying to do
here.”
Hawkins has produced a
successful career at Simpson
and has contributed to its
3-0 conference start and 4-1
NFL NOTEBOOK
49ers issue apology to Kaepernick for omissions
Field Level Media
The San Francisco 49ers
apologized on Friday for ini-
tially leaving former quarter-
back Colin Kaepernick out of
a photo gallery that displayed
exploits of previous games
against the Green Bay Pack-
ers.
The 49ers were celebrat-
ing their history against the
Packers — who they play on
Monday night — on the team
website with dozen of photos
but none included Kaepernick,
who led San Francisco to play-
off victories over Green Bay
after the 2012 and 2013 sea-
sons. That omission has since
been changed.
“Unfortunately there were
a handful of obvious misses
Northern Iowa linebacker Rickey Neal (7) and defensive lineman Elerson Smith (47) sack North Dakota State quarterback Easton Stick able to go on such a run
(12) during last Saturday’s game at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls.
end of UNI’s defense and sure on Simmons. Rickey a season-high 362 yards
head coach Mark Farley Neal, Jared Brinkman,
reiterated at his Monday Seth Thomas and others eight different receiv-
news conference that it’ll need to bring their A-
take time for that group game to the DakotaDome to North Dakota State.
to hit its peak. In light of and help the secondary
that, it is necessary that look good.
the veteran-laden de-
fensive line step up and 2. SPREAD THE WEALTH
create consistent pres- Eli Dunne racked up
overall mark this season. The
Storm plays for sole posses-
sion of first place today, trav-
eling to Pella to face unbeaten
Central (6-0, 4-0).
“This season has been kind
of a bounceback year for me,”
Hawkins said. “It’s been fun,
though. I love the guys and the
team. It has been a great expe-
rience, being on this team with
these guys. I wouldn’t trade
them for the world.”
Interestingly, Hawkins’ big-
gest impact came at a position
that he didn’t play at the var-
sity level for the Spartans. He
led the Spartans in receiving
as a senior in 2013, catching 24
passes for 450 yards and eight
During his sophomore
season, Hawkins was passing
time before practice and kick-
ing to returners when he was
sistant coach who asked if he
the opportunity.
“Punting was the last thing
on my mind when I came
to Simpson College,” said
Hawkins, whose 70-yard punt
against Nebraska Wesleyan in
2016 is the second-longest all-
in this gallery posted by our
website team and we appreci-
ate them being brought to our
attention,” the 49ers said in a
statement. “The 49ers organi-
zation has tremendous respect
and gratitude for the contribu-
tions Colin made to our team
over the years.”
CHIEFS IN DOUBT
Kansas City Chiefs outside
linebacker Justin Houston is
doubtful to face the New Eng-
land Patriots on Sunday night,
and wide receiver De’Anthony
Thomas refractured his left leg
during Thursday’s practice,
the team announced Friday.
Head coach Andy Reid told
reporters earlier in the week
it was “a stretch” for Houston
to play in Foxborough after
FOOTBALL
and completed passes to erage for three and a half kick or punt return,
ers in last week’s loss
The Bison defense is rou- passing game creates
tinely a top-five unit and problems for opposing de- deciding factor in what’s
Dunne’s ability to dis-
tribute the ball to differ- opponents to zero in on
ent pass catchers made
Simpson punter Nathan Hawkins (85) of Solon is among the best in the Ameri-
can Rivers Conference.
time at Simpson. “It’s worked in a game (441). All were set
out and I’m glad it has worked during his junior year in 2016, an additional scope at the end
out like this.”
Hawkins has etched his
name in the Simpson record
books. He currently holds
three records, setting yards
per punt in a single season
(46.8), yards per punt in a
game (52.7) and punting yards lon Coach Kevin Miller said.
he pulled his hamstring in
Week 5. Also listed as doubt-
ful is safety Eric Berry — who
hasn’t played or practiced
since early August due to heel
soreness — while outside line-
backer Tanoh Kpassagnon is
questionable with an ankle
injury.
COOK BEING PATIENT
Minnesota Vikings run-
ning back Dalvin Cook said
his ailing left hamstring is
improving after being listed
as questionable for Sunday’s
game against Arizona. The
second-year pro has played in
just three of the Vikings’ five
games due to the ailment.
WATSON QUESTIONABLE
Houston Texans quarter-
TONIGHT’S GAME
l Teams: Northern Iowa
(2-3, 1-1) at No. 24 South
Dakota (3-2, 2-0)
l Where: DakotaDome,
Vermillion, S.D.
l Kickoff: 6 p.m.
l TV: None (streaming live
on ESPN Plus)
continue to make UNI’s
passing game explosive.
If Dunne can connect
with seven or more re-
ceivers against the Coy-
otes, it will go a long way
toward a road win.
3. SPECIAL TEAMS
Through five games,
the highlight of UNI’s
special teams has been
the consistency and ef-
fectiveness of kicker
Austin Errthum. Err-
thum is 8-of-10 this sea-
son and while his perfor-
mance cannot be taken
for granted, it’s an ideal
time for the Panthers
to muster up a game-
changing play on special
teams.
If UNI wants to reach
the FCS playoffs, it’ll
more than likely need to
win five of its six remain-
Stephen Mally/The Gazette ing games. Part of being
in the Missouri Valley
requires playmaking
from all three phases.
NDSU’s defense look av- Whether it’s a long
quarters. blocked kick or punt,
Dunne’s distribution or forcing a turnover in
to different targets in the kick or punt coverage,
such a play can be the
fenses. The inability for sure to be tough confer-
ence road game against
one or two receivers can the Coyotes.
“He played wide receiver and
defensive back for us.”
Hawkins is third in the
A-R-C, averaging 40.3 yards
per punt on 28 attempts. He
is an important player for the
Storm.
“He does a phenomenal
job for us,” Jeter said. “He’s
not a secret weapon anymore
because everyone knows
about him, but he provides a
weapon for field position for
our team.”
Hawkins has played re-
ceiver as well and he was in
that position when he was
hurt last season. In the first
game, he was running a route
and peeled off to block a safety
attempting to tackle his team-
Simpson Sports Information
mate on an under route.
He planted and his knee
gave out, suffering a non-
contact injury that required
surgery. Hawkins had to have
when he was named honor- of the summer.
able mention all-Iowa Confer- “Right now, I’m feeling
ence and earned national and pretty good,” Hawkins said.
league player of the week rec- “I’m getting to run around and
ognition. play some receiver, too. It’s
“Nathan’s a very smart kid, been good.”
outstanding young man,” So- l Comments: (319) 368-8679;
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NFL WEEK 6
THURSDAY
Philadelphia 34, N.Y. Giants 13
back Deshaun Watson is SUNDAY
officially questionable with L.A. Chargers at Cleveland,
a chest injury after being noon
limited in practice all week, Buffalo at Houston, noon
though most expect him to Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, noon
suit up against Buffalo on Sun- (KGAN)
day. Tampa Bay at Atlanta, noon
If Watson cannot go, backup Chicago at Miami, noon (KFXA)
Brandon Weeden would see Carolina at Washington, noon
his first action since the 2015 Seattle vs Oakland, at London,
season. noon
Arizona at Minnesota, noon
COOKS, KUPP SET TO PLAY Indianapolis at N.Y. Jets, noon
Los Angeles Rams wideouts L.A. Rams at Denver, 3:05 p.m.
Brandin Cooks and Cooper Jacksonville at Dallas, 3:25
Kupp each practiced in full on p.m. (KGAN)
Friday and remain on track to Baltimore at Tennessee, 3:25
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clear concussion protocol in p.m.
time to play Sunday at Denver. Kansas City at New England,
Head coach Sean McVay 7:20 p.m. (KWWL)
said it’s “looking positive” for MONDAY
both players to be cleared Sat- San Francisco at Green Bay,
urday, barring setbacks. 7:15 p.m. (ESPN)
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SPORTS
NATIONAL NOTES JUNIOR HOCKEY

Pietila returns older, wiser

Painter gets
extension at Purdue
Purdue Coach Matt
Painter got a raise and
a two-year contract ex-
tension on Friday. The
school’s board of trustees
approved the deal.
Painter, entering his
14th season with the
Boilermakers, had his
pay increased from $2.5
million to $2.8 million for
the upcoming season.
Painter’s teams have
compiled a 295-149 re-
cord and made 10 NCAA
Tournament appearanc-
es during his tenure.
Butler not with
Timberwolves
Disgruntled Minne-
sota star Jimmy Butler
was not with the team as
the Timberwolves played
their final preseason
game last night in Mil-
waukee.
The Timberwolves,
who canceled practice
Thursday after But-
ler caused a stir in a
Wednesday scrimmage,
faced the Milwaukee
Bucks while Butler
stayed in Minneapolis
to “work on his condi-
tioning,” Coach Tom
Thibodeau said, per
ESPN.
Atlanta’s Collins to
miss start of season
Atlanta Hawks start-
ing forward John Collins
will miss the start of the
season due to an injury
to his left ankle.
Collins averaged 10.5
points and 7.3 rebounds
in 74 games (26 starts)
last season while earning
NBA All-Rookie Second
Team honors.
Spurs guard White
out 6-8 weeks
San Antonio Spurs
guard Derrick White will
miss six to eight weeks
with a torn ligament in
his left heel, Coach Gregg
Popovich announced
Friday.
It’s the third signifi-
cant injury to the Spurs’
backcourt in less than
a week. Starting point
guard Dejounte Murray
was lost for the season to
a torn ACL, and rookie
Lonnie Walker IV will
RoughRider goalie says
game has slowed down
for him in second year
By Jeff Johnson, The Gazette
CEDAR RAPIDS —
There is superstition in
hockey.
The afternoon nap
before home games is an
example. Guys just have
to have one.
Not allowing your
goaltender to be inter-
viewed when he’s go-
ing good is another. At
least for Cedar Rapids
RoughRiders Coach
Mark Carlson.
He wasn’t thrilled
when someone asked
this week if it was cool
to speak with Blake
Pietila for a story. The
second-year netminder
has been great in his
club’s first four games,
winning three, allowing
just six goals and post-
ing a shutout.
After a little prodding,
Carlson finally relented,
telling a reporter it
would be his fault if Pi-
Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette
etila didn’t play well in
C.R.’s home opener to- Goalie Blake Pietila defends as Nathan Smith (13) and Adam Backehag (6) run a drill during practice at media day Wednesday at
night against Sioux City. the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena. Pietila is off to a strong start in his second season with the RoughRiders.
Fair enough.
The odds are the inched his goals against assistant coach Bobby ahead of it. I think, so but the position at its
18-year-old Michigander average down to 3.03 Goepfert said he has had far, with his play, that’s core, you have to hate to
will be just fine. by season’s end and his that discussion with his pretty evident.” give up goals. You have
“It has been the de- save percentage up to pupil. Goepfert played Pietila is a Michigan to hate losing. You saw
fense in front of me, ac- .902. two seasons with Cedar Tech commit who has that from him in the
tually, the whole team, Credit his teammates, Rapids before embark- a twin brother, Logan, preseason, when he lost,
blocking shots, sacrific- as he said, for his hot ing on good college and who is a forward with 1-0, to Dubuque, and to
ing everything, laying start in the early going professional careers. the Dubuque Fighting Waterloo in a shootout.
out,” said Pietila, de- here. And his confi- He understands how Saints. He isn’t the big- “It might sound
flecting credit as deftly dence. the game changes in gest kid around (5-foot- easy, but it’s rare. I’ve
as he uses his blocker to “I learned last year your second year in the 10 and 165 pounds), the played with guys, been
steer a shot toward the (there are) quicker re- league. opposite size of today’s on teams where it’s like
corner. “When pucks do leases, I learned how “That first year, it’s prototype goalie. ‘Well, hey, I did my job.’
get through, I can see fast the pace of the game almost like you’re just But Goepfert said he That wasn’t Blake. He
them and everything. is,” Pietila said. “This trying to keep up,” Go- is sound technically and was mad he gave up that
They’re clearing pucks year, really, it kind epfert said. “Everything has something every one goal, mad that he
to the corner, covering of almost slows down is going a million miles good goaltender has to lost. That’s the kind of
their guys, so it makes it and that helps me out. an hour. The second have. basic element that every
easier for me.” Everything is just as year, you have that con- “You learn a lot when goalie needs to have,
Pietila held his own as fast, but you can almost fidence in your game. you’re around him, and and he’s got it. You can’t
a United States Hockey predict what’s going to The game is a little bit the biggest thing I think teach it. That’ll make
League rookie last sea- happen. It almost feels slower, you’re able to I’ve noticed is the com- him successful through-
son, improving steadily like you’re a step ahead manage the zone, man- petitive part,” Goepfert out his career.”
and posting a winning of it.” age the flow of games. said. “Not just that I was l Comments: (319) 398-8259;
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AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

108-win Red Sox vs. 103-win Astros

miss six to eight weeks
after surgery.

Gregorius needs
Tommy John surgery
New York Yankees
shortstop Didi Gregorius
will have Tommy John
surgery on his right el-
bow in the offseason.
Gregorius, who in-
jured the elbow in Game
1 of the ALDS, is expect-
ed to miss the start of the
2019 season.
Gregorius batted .268
with 27 home runs and 86
RBIs during the regular
season.
Girardi interviews
with Rangers
The Texas Rangers in-
terviewed Joe Girardi for
their managerial open-
ing, according to mul-
tiple reports on Friday.
Girardi, who spent the
Washington Post
BOSTON — They
have been circling each
other all season, the two
best teams in baseball
by almost any measure,
each acutely aware
that the path to a World
Series title almost cer-
tainly goes through the
other.
Now, they meet in
the American League
Championship Series,
the 108-win Boston Red
Sox and the 103-win
Houston Astros.
It has been 76 years
since baseball has
seen a postseason
matchup of two teams
with such regular-
season marks.
Both teams can
player, said Friday.
“And then we show up
this year.”
The series will feature
the three best starting
pitchers in the Ameri-
can League, as ranked in
FanGraphs’s wins above
replacement metric, in
Houston’s Justin Ver-
lander (first) and Gerrit
Cole (third) and Boston’s
Chris Sale (second).
Verlander and Sale
meet in Game 1 tonight
at Fenway Park.
Also, five of the
league’s top 13 posi-
GA ZE T TE A DS GE T RE SULT S!
tion players: Boston’s
Mookie Betts (first), J.D.
Martinez (seventh) and
Xander Bogaerts (12th),
and Houston’s Alex
Bregman (fourth) and
Altuve (13th).
Four of the past seven
AL Cy Young Award
winners will pitch in the
series — Houston’s Dal-
las Keuchel (2015) and
Verlander (2011), and
Boston’s Rick Porcello
(2016) and David Price
(2012) — and the respec-
tive staffs are so deep,
Keuchel versus Porcello
will have to wait until
Game 3.
“It’s what you play
for,” said Red Sox Man-
ager Alex Cora, who
served as bench coach
under Houston counter-
part A.J. Hinch in 2017.
“Your offseason work-
outs, then spring train-
ing and then 162 games,
and you put yourself
in position to win 11
games in October, and
you can say you play
for the best team in
baseball.”
But when you hold
these teams up side to
side, it is as if one is a
photographic negative of
the other, so divergent
were the paths they took
to get here, so different
are their attributes.
The Red Sox scored
the most runs in base-
ball (876).
The Astros allowed
the fewest (534).
The Red Sox led all of
baseball with 57 home
wins.
The Astros’ 57 road
wins likewise led the
majors.

2018 season as a studio
analyst for the MLB Net-
work, also recently inter-
viewed for the Cincinnati
Reds’ opening.
Girardi, who turns 54
on Sunday, had a 910-710
record as manager of the
New York Yankees.
Jutanugarn, Park
lead in Korea
Ariya Jutanugarn and
Sung Hyun Park, the top
two players in the world
rankings, are part of a
four-way tie entering the
weekend at the LPGA
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Korea.
Jutanugarn shot the
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Linn-Mar’s Alex Hess signals a first down during the first half against the Iowa City High Little Hawks last night at Linn-Mar Stadium in Marion.
Class 4A/Big game for Hess
;; FROM PAGE 3B
play.
“It would be great to
go back and replay some
things, but you just can’t do
that,” James said. “That’s
the nature of the game. I’m
just proud of the way they
have responded.
“Being 1-5 and knowing
you are not going to the
playoffs, the situation is all
in your hands. It’s just been
awesome to see them come
together and play like this.”
Hess has put up big num-
bers the last two weeks and
James pointed to the im-
proved play of the offensive
line. Iowa City High’s Matthew Colon (left) brings down Linn-Mar’s A.J. Busch play saw Hess take a de-
near the goal line during the first half last night at Linn-Mar Stadium in layed handoff and scamper
“The big difference
the last two games is that Marion.
we have been staying on
blocks,” James said. “We Hess opened the scoring
have been getting into on 1-yard run after Bridger looked to be on their way.
people and blocking until
the play is over and we are
Aucutt’s interception put
Linn-Mar in position. Mar- Sabers’ Little Hawks had
communicating better and cus Orr followed with a
it has shown.” 26-yard run early in the sec- Hickman cashed in on a
Class 2A/
Complete
team effort
by Bobcats
;; FROM PAGE 3B
Shellsburg. A win will almost
assuredly put the Bobcats in the 2A
playoffs.
They certainly looked the part
Friday. The part of a complete team.
Krousie completed 13 of 17 passes
for 168 yards to engineer a remark-
ably balanced attack. Matt Davis
rushed for 139 yards (on 23 carries)
and scored both of the Bobcats’
fourth-quarter touchdowns.
All told, Benton accumulated 333
yards — 165 rushing, 168 passing.
Both teams marched down the
field for touchdowns on their open-
ing drives. The play of the game
came on fourth-and-21 from the
West Marshall 22 on Benton’s sec-
ond series. Krousie hooked up with
Nathan Michels for a touchdown
and a 14-6 advantage.
“Nathan went up for it and made
me look good,” Krousie said.
Benton got a stop on the next
Trojans possession, then Krousie
located Michels again for a 6-yard
touchdown.
Davis’ two TDs extended the
margin to 34-6 before West Marshall
managed a late score.
West Marshall hosts district
leader Union Community next week.
A Trojans win — assuming Benton
takes care of business — would
force a three-way tie for the district
crown.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
ond quarter and the Lions
However Coach Dan
other ideas. JayDaVonyae
Benton Community’s Nathan Michels (left) pulls in a pass around West Marshall’s Joshua Larsen
(right) during the second quarter last night at Benton Community High School in Van Horne.
Benton Community’s Jack Shaw
(4) pulls West Marshall defend-
ers down the field after catching
in a pass during the first quarter Benton Community’s Ian Rupp (81) sacks West Marshall’s
last night at Benton Community Cameron Bannister (17) as Benton Community’s Ethan Weirather
High School.
CLASS 4A
Hawks
pour it on
Wahawks
By Matt Sulentic, correspondent
CEDAR RAPIDS — Last night had
all the makings of a trap game for
Class 4A No. 9 Cedar Rapids Prairie.
Rolling into their contest with
Waterloo West, the Hawks sported a
four-game winning streak, Class 4A’s
leading rusher (Keegan Simmons),
and were facing an opponent without
a win in district play.
Oh, and a showdown with Cedar
Falls for the 4A District 3 title loomed
just one week away.
The Hawks managed to put all of
that to the side, taking a 70-14 win
over Waterloo West. Although these
distractions were out of sight for
Prairie, they certainly weren’t out of
mind.
“They could have been looking
ahead to next week,” Prairie head
coach Mark Bliss said. “You don’t re-
ally know what’s in the minds of kids,
Jim Slosiarek photos/The Gazette
they’re just pups.”
On the opening drive, the Wahawks
marched down the field and took a 7-0
lead behind the arm of Carter Maske.
The Prairie offense had a tough time
answering; a dropped pass and a pair
of penalties led to a Hawks punt.
“We’ve still got a lot of stuff to
work on,” Simmons said. “We’re go-
4-yard run. The Lions re- ing to come into practice and work
sponded before half on a 13- on it because next week is for all the
yard pass from Orr to Will marbles.”
Zahradnik to lead 21-7 at Simmons answered later in the
intermission. quarter with his 20th touchdown of
the season. Simmons continued to add
City High (2-6, 0-4) went
to that total with another touchdown
on a long drive in the third
early in the second quarter to give
quarter and cut the lead to
Prairie a 14-7 lead. The senior finished
21-14 on a Raphael Hamilton
the night with 217 yards rushing and
1-yard run with 2:56 remain-
five touchdowns.
ing in the third quarter.
“He is truly fun to watch,” Sim-
From then on, it was
all Lions. Orr hung tough mons said. “I’ve had 23 Division I
athletes play for me and there is no
against a blitz and hit Coy
Sarsfield over the middle question that he is the best running
back I’ve ever coached.”
for a 45-yard score. Then
the Lion defense rose up West answered with a 24-yard pass
from Maske to Pollock, but that was
and stopped the Little
Hawks on downs. The next the last time the Wahawks would
score. The Prairie offense took off and
scored 56 unanswered points.
into the end zone from
45 yards out. He added a
7-yard run in the fourth
quarter.
Reserve Tanner Frank
scored the last Linn-Mar TD Morgan powers
West in blowout
on a 54-yard run with just
over a minute to play.
By Jeff Johnson, The Gazette
IOWA CITY — You wanna know
the really crazy thing about this Iowa
City West football team?
It went into its Week 7 game last
night against Muscatine with its lead-
ing rusher having accumulated a
mere 172 yards. For the season.
No Trojans runner had picked up
more than 85 in a game. That was
sophomore quarterback Marcus Mor-
gan a couple of weeks ago.
This isn’t some scrub club. West is
7-1, ranked seventh in Class 4A and
clinched a district championship and
corresponding playoff berth with a 58-
14 blowout win here.
There is no dominant offensive
player, though wide receiver Jalen
Gaudet is close and Morgan is emerg-
ing into one. A ton of guys get touch-
es, and it works beautifully.
“We want to get everybody the
ball,” Gaudet said. “We want to
spread the ball around. It’s harder
for defenses to stop, so that’s what we
want to do.”
Morgan threw two touchdown pass-
es and had one rushing in one half of
work, Gaudet had a TD receiving and
another on a punt return, fullback
Stephen Mally photos/The Gazette Owen McAreavy had a touchdown
rushing and receiving ... You get the
idea.
West scored on the second play of
the game (a 62-yard pass from Morgan
to Gaudet), picked up a safety just
30 seconds later and added 21 points
each in the second and third quarters
to simply roll Muscatine (4-4). The
Trojans finished with 517 yards of
offense: 266 in the air and 251 on the
ground.
That’s balance. Eleven differ-
ent players had carries, five caught
passes.
“Everybody has to contribute,”
Morgan said. “This is a very team-
oriented team. We know we can’t do it
without everybody.”
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West lost in last year’s 4A title
game, graduating some tremendous
players. But it has reloaded and not
rebuilt.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

CLASS 3A CLASS 3A

Thompson TD
highlights
Xavier victory
By Ryan Pleggenkuhle, correspondent

CENTER POINT — If there’s a

chink in the Saints armor, it wasn’t
exposed last night.
Cedar Rapids Xavier (8-0, 4-0 3A-7)
dominated both sides of the ball in a
41-0 win over Center Point-Urbana (4-
4, 1-3 3A-7).
The win was the Saints’ 21st in a
row, and its 35th consecutive regular
season win. And with four minutes
left in the third quarter, the Saints
extended the lead to 41 points, putting
the continuous clock into effect for the
eighth consecutive time this season.
Those are all impressive feats. But
the highlight of last night’s game for
the Saints came on the team’s final
score, when Quinn Schulte found
teammate Kyle Thompson. The Saints
intentionally set up the score for
Thompson, who is autistic.
“Kyle’s a special teammate to these
guys, and it was a special touchdown
catch for him tonight,” Xavier Coach
Duane Schulte said.
The score was set up as Braden
Stovie dropped down on the 2-yard
line. On the ensuing play, Schulte
found Thompson open in the end
zone. The touchdown was the first of
Thompson’s career.
“This is a moment I’ll never forget
Justin Torner photos/Freelance
in my Xavier football career,” Thomp-
son said. “I have to give Quinn props,
North Scott’s Gabriel Stricker (51) and Ben Belken (8) tackle Clear Creek Amana’s Andrew Rohret (5) during the first half last night in Tiffin. he threw a great ball. I kind of juggled
it a little, but I still made time to catch

North Scott smacks CCA

Clippers still in hunt for
a playoff spot after loss
By K.J. Pilcher, The Gazette
TIFFIN — The result
may not be a surprise but
the manner was unex-
pected.
In a battle of Class 3A
District 5, North Scott
turned an anticipated close
game into a lopsided affair.
Quarterback Nile
McLaughlin rushed for two
touchdowns and threw for
another, leading the third-
ranked Lancers to a domi-
nant 45-7 victory over No.
6 Clear Creek Amana (7-1,
3-1) last night at Clipper
Field.
“They are as good of a
team as there is out there in
Class 3A,” CCA Coach Gabe
Bakker said. “They took it
to us right away. They did
what they had to do and our
kids were reeling a little bit
and we just never found our
footing.”
ROUNDUP
it.”
In addition to finding Thompson,
Schulte threw touchdown passes to
Bryce Bastian and Kyle Moeder.
For the game, Schulte completed 15
of 20 pass attempts for 244 yards and
The Lancers (7-1, 4-0) three TDs.
Schulte also had a five-yard rush-
manufactured a 13-play,
95-yard drive on its first ing TD in the first quarter.
possession of the second “I have to give all credit first to our
half. Jacob Porth capped offensive line,” Schulte said. “Our
the series with a 3-yard TD. backs and receivers were also catch-
McLaughlin struck again ing balls and making it easy.”
on the next possession, The Xavier defense held up its end
scoring on a 1-yard run for of the bargain as well. The Saints al-
a 38-0 lead and a continuous lowed just 76 passing yards, 18 rush-
clock for 10:54 of the fourth. ing yards and CPU had just six first
The North Scott defense downs.
held CCA to just one first
down in the first half and
six overall. They blanked CLASS 8-PLAYER
the Clippers until Andrew
Rohret hit Mitch Evans for
a 9-yard TD with nine sec-
onds left in the game.
Midland upsets
North Scott’s Nate Link (20) and Luke Kroeger (4) chase Clear Creek
Amana’s Nick Gerard (18) on a kickoff return last night in Tiffin.
Kade Sandknop returned
a punt 31 yards for a TD and
a 17-0 at the end of the first
Central City
Offensively, McLaughlin down run after a Cade Ak- quarter. By Douglas Miles, The Gazette
caused the Clippers fits. The ers pick gave the Lancers The Clippers are still in
senior quarterback com- the ball at the Clippers 18. the playoff race and could WYOMING — Central City came
pleted 20-of-28 passes for 248 McLaughlin also con- still get a share of the dis- in with the unblemished record and
yards, including 195 before nected with Carson Roll- trict crown with a win over gaudy offensive numbers.
the break. inger who made a diving DeWitt Central and a Dav- But it was Midland that came out
McLaughlin rebounded grab for a 24-yard scoring enport Assumption victory with the convincing victory, one
from his only turnover — strike with 49 seconds left in over North Scott next week. which created a three-way tie atop the
an interception in the end the second quarter for a 24-0 l Comments: (319) 368-8679; district standings with one week to go.
zone — with a 7-yard touch- halftime edge. kj.pilcher@thegazette.com Midland junior quarterback Britan
Martens ran for 211 yards and four
touchdowns, while the Eagles’ defense
stifled one of the best rushing attacks

Jones powers Warriors to 61-21 win

In a matchup between
a pair of teams searching
for their first district win,
Cedar Rapids Washington
jumped all over Burlington
for 47 first-half points on its
way to a 61-21 high school
football victory last night at
Kingston Stadium.
The star performance
came from Washington
halfback Anthony Jones,
who finished with a whop-
ping 308 yards and three
touchdowns.
“That sounds pretty good
to me from how I’ve been
doing these past couple of
weeks,” Jones said. “My
guys got me in the groove.”
The Warriors ran 54 first-
half plays for an astounding
438 yards from scrimmage.
— Culley Kline, corre-
spondent
WEST BRANCH 26, CAS-
CADE 6 — The Bears (7-1,
3-1) used a strong defensive
performance to win a key
Class 1A District 4 battle.
After Cascade (5-3, 3-1)
drove 68 yards on the
game’s opening posses-
sion to take a 6-0 lead, West
Branch held the Cougars to
fourth. Lukavsky also had
an interception return for
a touchdown in the second
quarter.
— Jason Miller,
correspondent
DECORAH 48, WATERLOO
EAST 0 — The Vikings (6-2,
4-0 3A-3) scored three touch-
downs in the final 1:34 of the
first quarter and rolled to a
win at home.
Drake Shelton rushed for
104 yards and two touch-
downs and Kolin Krauskopf
returned an interception 25
yards for another TD.
— Darin Svenson,
correspondent
WESTERN DUBUQUE 62,
MARION 28 — Ben DeSollar
ran for three touchdowns
and Jake Hosch added 175
yards on 28 rushes for the
Bobcats (6-2, 3-1 3A-4) at
home.
Marion fell to 4-4, 3-1.
— Tom Gregory,
Dubuque Telegraph-Herald
WAUKON 44, ANAMOSA 24
— Dawson Bauers rushed
for 225 yards and four sec-
ond-half touchdowns as the
Indians held off the Raiders
took over.
Matthew Walton led
Anamosa with 139 rushing
yards and 186 passing be-
fore leaving the game with
an injury late in the third
quarter. He completed 17
of 28 passes with two TDs,
one to Zac McLean, who fin-
ished with nine catches for
111 yards.
— Daryl Schepanski,
correspondent
WEST DELAWARE 69,
CHARLES CITY 28 — Cael
Meyer rushed 23 times for
201 yards and three touch-
downs as the Hawks (4-4, 1-3
3A-3) rolled at home.
Nick Casey completed 11
of 16 passes for 202 yards
and three TDs for West
Delaware. Meyer scored
on runs of 81 — on the first
play of the game — 18 and
3 yards. Casey connected
with Logan Winn twice,
from 38 and 10 yards out.
— Bill Logan,
correspondent
MONTICELLO 50, OEL-
WEIN 14 — Down 8-6 early,
the Panthers (5-3, 3-1)
scored 44 unanswered
Dillon Arndt had 191
passing yards for Oelwein
(2-6, 0-4).
— Pete Temple,
correspondent
ALBURNETT 22, MAQUO-
KETA VALLEY 14 — Holden
Sevenig rushed for 142
yards and two touchdowns
as the Pirates evened their
records at 4-4 overall, 2-2 in
A-5.
Hunter Caves added 114
yards on 24 rushes and
scored one TD.
DUBUQUE HEMPSTEAD
35, C.R. JEFFERSON 0 — The
J-Hawks (1-7, 1-3) gave up
the ball on their first four
possessions and lost a total
of six fumbles to go along
with four interceptions
as the Mustangs (3-5, 2-2)
earned their second straight
win.
— Shannon Mumm,
Dubuque Telegraph Herald
WAVERLY-SHELL ROCK
27, INDEPENDENCE 0 — Ben
Hemer rushed for 132 yards
and a touchdown and Luke
Velky added 98 and two TDs
as the Go-Hawks rolled in
Independence.
in the state in a 40-28 victory over
sixth-ranked Central City last night in
8-Player District 3.
“We knew that they were a smaller
defense and we knew that they liked
to defend the pass,” Martens said. “We
thought that our lineman and our
backs could out-physical them. They
knew exactly what we were going to
do all game and we still got it done.”
Midland (8-1, 5-1 District 3) closes
the regular season next week at Lan-
sing Kee. Its only loss this season was
to Turkey Valley, which is also 5-1 in
district play but has already lost to
Central City (7-1, 5-1).
Should the three-way tie hold up
after next week, the 1-1 round-robin
record would result in all three teams
being named district champions and
earning a spot in the 16-team playoff
field.
“This was a playoff game in our
mind,” first-year Midland Coach
Lennie Miller said. “It was win or go
home.”
Midland trailed, 22-20, midway
through the third quarter until touch-
down runs of 33 and eight yards by se-
nior tailback Carter Mohr — who ran
for 125 yards with 18 carries — gave
the Eagles a 32-22 lead just seconds
into the final frame.
After Central City cut its deficit
to 32-28 with a 16-yard TD pass from
quarterback Nick Reid to Trey Holub
— their second TD connection — the
Wildcats were held scoreless over the
final 10-plus minutes.
© 2018 The Gazette

Central City entered the game

just 73 yards the remainder
of the game.
Beau Cornwell rushed
for two touchdowns and
Tanner Lukavsky added
38-yard scamper late in the
in Anamosa.
Anamosa (1-7, 0-4 2A-4)
led 11-8 at halftime and
still was up 17-16 midway
through the third quarter
before Waukon (7-1, 4-0)
points to win at home.
Lake Stahlberg rushed
17 times for 163 yards and
three touchdowns for Mon-
ticello — on runs of 33, 38
and 43 yards.
Velky also completed 5 of ranked first in the state in scoring and
8 passes for 56 yards. second in rushing yards. The Wildcats
Waverly limited the Mus- managed just 99 yards on the ground
tangs to 133 yards. against Midland.
— Matt Shannon,
correspondent l Comments: douglas.miles@thegazette.com
8B The Gazette ● Saturday, October 13, 2018

SCORES & MORE

SPORTSDAY
EVENTS OF AREA INTEREST
College football
n Iowa at Indiana 11 a.m.; West
Virginia at Iowa State; UNI at
South Dakota, 6 p.m.; Wartburg
at Coe, 1 p.m.; Buena Vista at
Luther, 1 p.m.; Bemidji State at
Upper Iowa, 2:05 p.m.; Cornell
at Lake Forest, 2 p.m.
High school volleyball
n Jefferson, Kennedy, Linn-Mar,
Xavier, Washington, Prairie, City
High, I.C. West, Liberty in MVC
Championships at Waterloo East,
9 a.m.; Cedar Valley Christian in
Tri-Rivers Conference tournament
at Alburnett
Girls’ swimming
n Kennedy, Jefferson, Washington,
Linn-Mar, City High, I.C. West,
Liberty in MVC meet at Linn-Mar,
5 p.m.; Linn-Mar, Jefferson, I.C.
West at Marshalltown Diving
Invitational, 10 a.m.
College volleyball
n Purdue at Iowa, 7 p.m.; TCU
at Iowa State; UNI at Missouri
State, 7 p.m.; UW-LaCrosse at
Coe, 4 p.m.; Cornell vs. College
of Saint Benedict at Coe, noon;
Kirkwood vs. Carl Sandburg,
Rock Valley at Iowa Central
tournament, 9 a.m. and 1 p.m.;
Mount Mercy at Graceland, 2
p.m.; Luther vs. St. Catherine,
Gustavus Adolphus at St.
Catherine tournament, 11 a.m.
and 3 p.m.; Upper Iowa at
Minnesota State-Duluth, 2 p.m.
Women’s tennis
n Coe, Luther at American
Rivers Conference singles and
doubles tournament; Cornell in
Midwest Conference singles and
doubles tournament
Junior hockey
n Sioux City at C.R.
RoughRiders, 7:05 p.m.
ON TELEVISION
(Live, first-run same-day tape)
College football
n See page 9B
MLB playoffs
n Dodgers at Brewers, 3 p.m.,
KFXA; Astros at Red Sox, 7
p.m., TBS
Pro golf
n Golf Channel: British Masters,
6 a.m.; KEB-HanaBank
Championship, 11:30
a.m., (same-day tape); SAS
Championship, 2 p.m.: CIMB
Classic, 10 p.m.
Auto racing
n Weathertech Sportscar
Championship, 9:30 a.m.,
FS1; Monster Energy Cup
Series: 1000Bulbs.com 500,
final practice, 10 a.m., NBCSN;
Camping World Truck Series,
noon, KFXA; 1000Bulbs.com 500,
qualifying, 3:30 p.m., NBCSN
Rugby
n Bath Rugby vs Toulouse, 7
a.m., NBCSN
Triathlon
n Ironman World Championship,
11:30 a.m., NBCSN
NHL
n Golden Knights at Flyers,
noon, NBCS Chicago; Blues at
Blackhawks, 7:30 p.m., NBCS
Chicago
Women’s volleyball
n Nebraska at Penn State, 7
p.m., BTN
Boxing
n Terence Crawford vs. Jose
Benavidez Jr., WBO welterweight
title, 9:30 p.m., ESPN
ON RADIO*
College football
n Iowa at Indiana, 11 a.m.,
WMT (600), KXIC (800); West
Virginia at Iowa State, 4 p.m.,
KGYM (1600); UNI at South
Dakota, 6 p.m., KXEL (1540)
MLB playoffs
n Dodgers at Brewers, 2 p.m.,
KGYM (106.3/107.5); Astros
at Red Sox, 6 p.m., KGYM
(106.3/107.5)
Local talk shows
n Coaches Corner Show, 9
a.m., KGYM (1600); Before
The Boom, 9 a.m., KGYM
(106.3/107.5); Fall Area
Coaches Corner, 9 a.m., KMCH
(94.7)
*Listings submitted by radio
stations
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Pro football Major League Baseball Prep football C.R. Washington 61 NS — Sandknop 31 punt return (Lundvall
NFL 2018 Playoffs Friday Burlington 21
kick)
NS — Rollinger 24 pass from McLaughlin
B CRW (Lundvall kick)
AMERICAN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES METRO/IOWA CITY First Downs................................14 24 NS — Porth 3 run (Lundvall kick)
East W L T Pct PF PA (Best-of-7) C.R. Prairie 70, Waterloo West 14
C.R. Washington 61, Burlington 21
Rushes-yards.................... 59-231 39-440 NS — McLaughlin 1 run (Lundvall kick)
NS — Kline 3 run (Lundvall kick)
Friday Pass yards...................................70 222
New England........... 3 2 0 .600 133 108
Milwaukee 6, L.A. Dodgers 5, (Milwau- C.R. Xavier 41, Center Point-Urbana 0 Comp-att-int.......................7-18-1 17-35-2 CCA — Evans 9 pass from Rohret (Evans
Miami......................... 3 2 0 .600 99 117 Dubuque Hempstead 35, C.R. Jefferson 0 kick)
N.Y. Jets.................... 2 3 0 .400 123 105 kee leads, 1-0) Punts-avg.............................4-25.7 1-30.0
Iowa City Regina 42, Jesup 22 Penalties-yds..........................4-23 6-35 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Buffalo........................ 2 3 0 .400 63 118
Today Iowa City West 58, Muscatine 14 Fumbles-lost.............................2-0 4-3 RUSHING — NS: Quentin Allison 13-76,
South W L T Pct PF PA (Iowa times) Linn-Mar 49, Iowa City High 14 Burlington................................ 0 14 0 7—21 Jacob Porth 15-65, Noah Kline 7-26, Jake
Western Dubuque 62, Marion 28 Matthaidess 1-6, Carson Rollinger 1-4,
Jacksonville.............. 3 2 0 .600 102 86 L.A. Dodgers (Ryu) at Milwaukee (Miley), C.R. Washington................... 20 27 0 14—61
Trent Allard 1-3, Kade Snadknop 1-0, Nile
Tennessee................. 3 2 0 .600 87 86 3:09 p.m. CRW — Lincoln Riley 15 pass from
Houston...................... 2 3 0 .400 115 124 Houston (Verlander) at Boston (Sale),
CLASS 4A
Brayden Wright (Bennett Cooper kick). McLaughlin 6-(-6), Team 2-(-7). CCA: An-
District 3 drew Rohret 17-52, Alex Figueroa 9-22, Sam
Indianapolis............... 1 4 0 .200 118 138 7:09 p.m. (Series tied, 0-0)
C.R. Prairie 70, Waterloo West 14
CRW — Anthony Jones 2 run (kick failed).
Stevens 2-17, Harrison Cory 2-9, Zach Kab-
CRW — Jones 13 run (Cooper kick).
North W L T Pct PF PA
Sunday Cedar Falls 41, Dubuque Senior 0 CRW — Marcus Robinson-Marsh 18 pass bage 1-1, Mitch Evans 1-(-2), Team 1-0.
Cincinnati................... 4 1 0 .800 153 130 Dubuque Hempstead 35, C.R. Jefferson 0 from Henry Clymer (kick failed). PASSING — NS: McLaughlin 20-28-1-248,
Houston (Cole) at Boston (Price), 6:09 Allard 1-1-0-9. CCA: Rohret 5-13-2-53.
Baltimore.................. 3 2 0 .600 132 77 District 4 B — Taven Harris 88 kick return (Brock
Pittsburgh................. 2 2 1 .500 143 133
p.m. RECEIVING — NS: Rollinger 7-123, Tytan
Iowa City West 58, Muscatine 14 Dengler kick).
Cleveland................... 2 2 1 .500 114 113 Monday Linn-Mar 49, Iowa City High 14 B — Carlton Martinez-Hale 15 pass from Anderson 7-50, Andrew Lundvall 5-62, Porth
Pleasant Valley 44, Davenport North 6 Dengler (Dengler kick). 1-22, Grant Solis 1-0.CCA: Stevens 2-37, Ev-
West W L T Pct PF PA Milwaukee (Chacin) at L.A. Dodgers
District 5 CRW — Riley 40 pass from Clymer (kick ans 1-9, Nolan Schwarting 2-7.
Kansas City............... 5 0 0 1.000 175 129 (Buehler), 6:39 p.m.
Bettendorf 48, Davenport West 3 failed).
L.A. Chargers.......... 3 2 0 .600
Denver....................... 2 3 0 .400
137
100
130
131 Brewers 6, Dodgers 5 C.R. Washington 61, Burlington 21 CRW — Robinson-Marsh 3 run (Cooper
kick). Junior hockey
Oakland...................... 1 4 0 .200 107 149 LA Dodgers Milwaukee
ab r h bi ab r h bi CLASS 3A CRW — Jason Techua 18 pass from Wright
(Wright pass from Clymer).
USHL
NATIONAL CONFERENCE C.Taylr 2b 5 1 3 1 Cain cf 5 1 3 0 District 3
B — Harris 61 run (Dengler kick). FRIDAY’S RESULTS
J.Turnr 3b 5 0 0 0 Yelich rf 4 0 0 0 Decorah 48, Waterloo East 0
CRW — Robinson-Marsh 87 run (Cooper Tri-City 3, Des Moines 0
East W L T Pct PF PA Freese 1b 1 0 0 0 Braun lf 4 0 1 1 Waverly-Shell Rock 27, Independence 0
West Delaware 69, Charles City 28 kick). Dubuque 5, Lincoln 3
Philadelphia.............. 3 3 0 .500 137 117 Muncy 1b 2 1 0 0 Aguilar 1b 3 1 1 1 CRW — Jones 3 run (Cooper kick). Chicago 6, Madison 2
Washington............... 2 2 0 .500 83 87 Machado ss 4 1 2 3 H.Perez 2b 1 0 0 1 District 4
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Green Bay 6, Central Illinois 2
Dallas.......................... 2 3 0 .400 83 96 M.Kemp rf 4 0 2 1 T.Shaw 2b 2 0 1 0 C.R. Xavier 41, Center Point-Urbana 0 Omaha 3, Fargo 2
N.Y. Giants............... 1 5 0 .167 117 162 Hrnndz 2b 2 0 0 0 Mustks 3b 4 0 1 0 Maquoketa 55, Dubuque Wahlert 48 RUSHING — Burlington: Taven Harris 35-
J.Urias p 0 0 0 0 Pina c 2 1 1 0 Western Dubuque 62, Marion 28 160, KT Thompson 19-69, Brock Dengler 2-0,
TONIGHT’S GAMES
South W L T Pct PF PA Mark Smith 1-2; Washington: Anthony Jones
New Orleans............. 4 1 0 .800 180 140
Puig ph 1 0 0 0 Jeffrss p 0 0 0 0 District 5
25-308, Brayden Wright 6-17, Henry Clymer (Iowa times)
Maeda p 0 0 0 0 Knebel p 0 0 0 0 DeWitt Central 34, Clinton 14
Carolina..................... 3 1 0 .750 104 91 Bellngr cf 4 0 0 0 O.Arcia ss 4 1 1 0 North Scott 45, Clear Creek Amana 7
3-4, Lincoln Riley 1-10, Marcus Robinson- Sioux City at Cedar Rapids, 7:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay............... 2 2 0 .500 112 139 Grandal c 4 0 1 0 G.Gnzlz p 0 0 0 0 Marsh 4-101. Chicago at Muskegon, 6:15 p.m.
District 6 PASSING — Burlington: Dengler 5-16-70-
Atlanta........................ 1 4 0 .200 133 163 Kershaw p 1 0 0 0 Woodrff p 1 1 1 1 Lincoln at Des Moines, 7:05 p.m.
Mount Pleasant 33, Fort Madison 0 1, Carlton Martinez-Hale 1-1-6-0, Harris 1-1- Central Illinois at Madison, 7:05 p.m.
North W L T Pct PF PA Madson p 0 0 0 0 Do.Sntn ph 1 1 1 2 Solon 57, Keokuk 6
Floro p 0 0 0 0 Hader p 1 0 0 0 15-0; Washington: Wright 9-23-90-1, Clymer Dubuque at Omaha, 7:05 p.m.
Chicago...................... 3 1 0 .750 111 65 Washington (Iowa) 24, Fairfield 22 8-12-132-1. Fargo at Sioux Falls, 7:05 p.m.
B.Dozir ph 1 0 0 0 Cedeno p 0 0 0 0 District 7
Green Bay................. 2 2 1 .500 115 114 P.Baez p 0 0 0 0 Soria p 0 0 0 0 RECEIVING — Burlington: Thompson Green Bay Waterloo, 7:05 p.m.
Minnesota.................. 2 2 1 .500 113 131 Grinnell 48, South Tama 13 1-6, Martinez-Hale 4-77, Blake Myers 1-8,
Pedersn lf 1 2 0 0 Kratz c 1 0 0 0 Oskaloosa 42, Knoxville 6
Detroit........................ 2 3 0 .400 125 137 Dontarius Sawyer 1-0; Washington: Riley
West W L T Pct PF PA
Totals 35 5 8 5 Totals 33 6 11 6
LA Dodgers............................010 000 031—5
Pella 49, Newton 17 7-89, Robinson-Marsh 2-26, Justin Scher- Auto racing
Milwaukee..............................002 300 10x—6 rman 4-83, Carter Bell 1-2, Jones 1-0, Im-
L.A. Rams................. 5 0 0 1.000 173 98
E—Grandal (2), C.Taylor (1), J.Turner (1).
CLASS 2A manuel Rowland 1-4, Jason Techua 1-18. Saturday
Seattle......................... 2 3 0 .400 116 114 District 3 NASCAR TRUCK FR8AUCTIONS 250
LOB—LA Dodgers 6, Milwaukee 8. 2B—Cain
Arizona...................... 1 4 0 .200 65 112
(1). 3B—C.Taylor (1). HR—Machado (3), Clear Lake 42, New Hampton 7 C.R. Prairie 70 LINEUP
San Francisco.......... 1 4 0 .200 118 146
Aguilar (2), Woodruff (1). SB—Do.Santana Crestwood 41, Hampton-Dumont 13 At Talladega, Alabama
SUNDAY’S GAMES (1). SF—H.Perez. Iowa Falls-Alden 42, Forest City 15 Waterloo West 14 (Talladega Superspeedway)
IP H R ER BB S O District 4 WW CRP
L.A. Chargers at Cleveland, noon Lap length: 2.66 miles
Buffalo at Houston, noon
LA Dodgers Monticello 50, Oelwein 14 First downs.................................17 20 (Car number in parentheses)
Kershaw L, 1-1 3 6 5 4 2 2 Waterloo Columbus 35, North Fayette Rushes-yards.................... 24-184 43-405
Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, noon Madson 1 1 0 0 0 1 Valley 34 1. (51) David Gilliland, Toyota, 180.57.
Passing.......................................175 158
Tampa Bay at Atlanta, noon Floro 1 1 0 0 1 1 Waukon 44, Anamosa 24 Comp-Att-Int................... 14-34-2 6-8-0 2. (2) Spencer Gallagher, Chevrolet, 180.55.
Chicago at Miami, noon 3. (25) Timothy Peters, Chevrolet, 180.489.
Carolina at Washington, noon
P.Baez 1 1 0 0 0 3 District 5 Return Yards................................0 17
4. (98) Grant Enfinger, Ford, 180.183.
J.Urias 1 2 1 1 0 0 Mount Vernon 41, West Burlington 8 Punts-Avg......................... 3-38.33 1-43
Seattle vs Oakland, at London, noon Maeda 1 0 0 0 0 1 Tipton 32, Louisa-Muscatine 16 Fumbles-lost.............................2-0 0-0 5. (21) Johnny Sauter, Chevrolet, 179.939.
Arizona at Minnesota, noon Milwaukee 6. (4) Todd Gilliland, Toyota, 179.757.
Indianapolis at N.Y. Jets, noon West Liberty 35, Camanche 7 Penalties-Yards.....................7-50 12-99
G.Gonzalez 2 1 1 1 1 1 District 6 7. (87) Joe Nemechek, Chevrolet, 179.709.
L.A. Rams at Denver, 3:05 p.m. Woodruff W, 1-0 2 0 0 0 0 4
Waterloo West........................ 7 7 0 0—14 8. (16) Brett Moffitt, Toyota, 179.568.
Jacksonville at Dallas, 3:25 p.m. Davis County 33, Mid-Prairie 6 C.R. Prairie.............................. 7 21 21 21—70 9. (88) Matt Crafton, Ford, 179.538.
Baltimore at Tennessee, 3:25 p.m.
Hader 3 2 0 0 0 4 Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont 27, Cen- WW — Tanner Pollock 9 pass from Carter
Cedeno ≤ 1 1 1 0 0 10. (02) Austin Hill, Chevrolet, 179.538.
Kansas City at New England, 7:20 p.m. Soria ≤ 1 2 2 1 1
tral Lee 14 Maske (Renajud Kajtezovic kick) 11. (52) Stewart Friesen, Chevrolet,
Williamsburg 41, Albia 0 CRP — Keegan Simmons 1 run (Jayce
Jeffress ≤ 2 0 0 0 1 District 7 Smith kick)
178.994.
MONDAY’S GAME 12. (54) Bo LeMastus, Toyota, .
San Francisco at Green Bay, 7:15 p.m.
Knebel S, 1-1 1 1 1 1 1 2
Inherited runners-scored—Jeffress 3-3,
Benton Community 34, West Marshall 13 CRP — Simmons 2 run (Smith kick) 13. (18) Noah Gragson, Toyota, 179.155.
Roland-Story 21, Vinton-Shellsburg 14 WW — Pollock 24 pass from Maske (Ka- 14. (41) Ben Rhodes, Ford, 178.897.
Soria 1-0, Madson 1-1. PB—Grandal 2, Pina. Union Community 23, Nevada 20 jtezovic kick)
Pro golf T—4:02. A—43,615 (45,808).
CLASS 1A
CRP — Simmons 16 run (Smith kick)
CRP — Simmons 5 run (Smith kick)
15. (7) Korbin Forrister, Toyota, 178.507.
16. (24) Justin Haley, Chevrolet, 178.407.
17. (12) Tanner Thorson, Chevrolet,
Friday
SAS CHAMPIONSHIP SCORES
Pro hockey District 3
Denver 43, North Butler 14
CRP — Simmons 10 run (Smith kick)
CRP — Graham 1 run (Smith kick)
178.357.
18. (68) Clay Greenfield, Chevrolet, 178.271.
At Cary, N.C. NHL Osage 42, Lake Mills 30 CRP — Johnny Joens 52 pass from Izaak
Lindgren (Smith kick)
19. (47) Chris Fontaine, Chevrolet, 177.452.
District 4 20. (75) Parker Kligerman, Chevrolet,
(Prestonwood CC, par 72) TODAY’S GAMES CRP — Kaleb West 5 run (Smith kick) 177.238.
(Iowa times) Bellevue 49, Northeast 12
FIRST ROUND RESULTS
Dyersville Beckman 28, North Cedar 7 CRP — Nick Freel 15 INT return (Smith 21. (3) Jordan Anderson, Chevrolet,
Bernhard Langer..................................33-29—62 Edmonton at N.Y. Rangers, noon kick) 176.885.
Tom Lehman.........................................32-30—62 Vegas at Philadelphia, noon
West Branch 26, Cascade 6
CRP — Luke Vaske 44 run (Smith kick) 22. (10) Jennifer Jo Cobb, Chevrolet,
District 5
Gene Sauers...........................................31-31—62 Los Angeles at Ottawa, 1 p.m. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS 176.702.
Olin Browne............................................33-33—66 Detroit at Boston, 2 p.m. Mediapolis 46, Van Buren 6
Wapello 24, Sigourney-Keota 14 RUSHING – Waterloo West: Zeph Toe 23. (63) Bobby Gerhart, Chevrolet, 176.679.
Jerry Kelly..............................................34-32—66 Carolina at Minnesota, 5 p.m. 13-96, Carter Maske 1-5, Isaac Tolbert 5-26, 24. (22) Austin Wayne Self, Chevrolet,
Scott Dunlap...........................................33-34—67 Pittsburgh at Montreal, 6 p.m. Wilton 34, Columbus Community 8
District 6 Mastin 3-47, Malik Prince 2-10. CR Prairie: 176.448.
David McKenzie...................................33-34—67 Columbus at Tampa Bay, 6 p.m. Keegan Simmons 26-217, Tariq Amir 9-59, 25. (30) Scott Lagasse Jr., Toyota, 176.445.
Kenny Perry..........................................34-33—67 Vancouver at Florida, 6 p.m. Dike-New Hartford 54, South Hardin 0 Izaak Lindgren 3-19, Tyler Graham 3-7, 26. (33) Robby Lyons, Chevrolet, 176.292.
Mark Brooks..........................................34-34—68 Toronto at Washington, 6 p.m. Iowa City Regina 42, Jesup 22 Kaleb West 2-6, Luke Vaske 2-44, Keenan 27. (28) Bryan Dauzat, Chevrolet, 176.146.
North Linn 26, East Marshall 6
Doug Garwood......................................34-34—68 N.Y. Islanders at Nashville, 7 p.m. Francois 1-53 28. (13) Myatt Snider, Ford, .
Kent Jones..............................................34-34—68 Anaheim at Dallas, 7 p.m. PASSING –Waterloo West: Maske 13-31- 29. (45) Justin Fontaine, Chevrolet, .
Scott Parel..............................................34-34—68 St. Louis at Chicago, 7:30 p.m. CLASS A 163-2-2, Lucas Mastin1-3-12-0-0. CR Prairie: 30. (20) Max Tullman, Chevrolet, .
Tommy Armour III..............................34-35—69 Buffalo at Arizona, 8 p.m. District 4 Lindgren 6-8-158-0-1. 31. (8) John Nemechek, Chevrolet, .
Clark Dennis...........................................34-35—69 Calgary at Colorado, 9 p.m. Central Springs 30, South Winneshiek 29 RECEIVING – Waterloo West: Mondre 32. (49) Wendell Chavous, Chevrolet, .
Tom Gillis................................................33-36—69 Mason City Newman 41, Saint Ansgar 26 Lagow 1-7, Tanner Pollock 3-52, Tolbert 1-8,
Paul Goydos...........................................34-35—69 SUNDAY’S GAMES Nashua-Plainfield 17, Starmont 0 (Forfeit)
Dudley Hart...........................................35-34—69
Miguel Angel Jimenez.........................34-35—69
San Jose at New Jersey, noon
Anaheim at St. Louis, 6 p.m.
North Tama 53, Postville 0
District 5
Mastin 3-57, Amel Saric 5-48, Marquailian
Collins 1-3. CR Prairie: Simmons 1-8, Keegan
Staab 1-24, Graham 1-1, Johnny Joens 3-125.
College volleyball
Vijay Singh..............................................35-34—69 Carolina at Winnipeg, 6 p.m. Alburnett 22, Maquoketa Valley 14 Friday
Tommy Tolles.......................................35-34—69 Clayton Ridge 41, Lisbon 6 Iowa City West 58 IOWA CENTRAL TOURNAMENT
David Frost............................................31-39—70
Jeff Maggert..........................................32-38—70 Womens’ swimming Edgewood-Colesburg 40, MFL MarMac 6
District 6 Muscatine 14 At Fort Dodge
Cowley def. Kirkwood, 25-22, 20-25, 31-29,
Jesper Parnevik....................................33-37—70 Durant 28, BGM 7 AT IOWA CITY WEST
Wes Short Jr..........................................35-35—70 Friday Highland 46, Cardinal 0 MUS ICW 14-25, 15-12
Kirkwood def. Grand View JV, 25-22, 25-
Kevin Sutherland..................................35-35—70 SMU CLASSIC Pekin 62, Belle Plaine 22 First downs...................................7 23
Esteban Toledo.....................................35-35—70 Rushes-yards.........................16-0 43 - 251 18, 25-14
At Dallas District 7
David Toms............................................34-36—70 BCLUW at GMG, ppd. Passing-yards..........................217 266
Stephen Ames........................................34-37—71 DAY ONE RESULTS IOWA COLLEGES
Hudson 55, Grundy Center 21 Comp-att-int.................... 15-26-0 12-22-0
Billy Andrade.........................................37-34—71 Teams — 1. Louisville 180, 2. Southern Cal-
North Tama 53, Postville 0 Punts-avg.............................5-32.6 0-0.0 Bethel def. Central, 25-15, 25-20, 25-21
ifornia 152, 3. Virginia 149, 4. Southern Meth- Clarke def. Graceland, 25-15, 25-17, 25-19
Michael Bradley....................................38-33—71
Tom Byrum...........................................34-37—71 odist 121, 5. Iowa 120, 6. Miami (Fla.) 113. Wapsie Valley 21, East Buchanan 18 Fumbles-lost.............................1-1 1-0
Cornell def. Illinois College, 25-15, 25-22,
Penalties-yards......................4-34 3-25
Bob Estes................................................35-36—71 (Winners plus Iowa only) District 8 25-23
Central Decatur 46, Grand View Christian 8 Muscatine ............................... 7 0 0 7 — 14
Gibby Gilbert.........................................33-38—71 400 medley relay — 1. Louisville, 3:31.45; Grand View def. Viterbo, 25-16, 25-20,
5. Iowa (Hannah Burvill, Lexi Horner, Lynnville-Sully 48, North Mahaska 12 Iowa City West..................... 16 21 21 0 — 58 25-19
Gary Hallberg........................................36-35—71
Billy Mayfair..........................................36-35—71 Kelsey Drake, Sarah Schemmel), 3:43.63; ICW — Jalen Gaudet 62 pass from Marcus Grinnell def. Monmouth, 26-24, 25-13, 25-
8-PLAYER Morgan (Josh Jasek kick)
Colin Montgomerie...............................35-36—71 400 IM — 1. Sophie Cattermole (LOU),
ICW — Safety, ball out of end zone
19
Joey Sindelar..........................................35-36—71 4:11.62; 5. Horner (IOWA), 4:29.52; 9. Devin District 3 Luther def. Santa Cruz, 25-21, 25-18, 23-25,
Jeff Sluman.............................................36-35—71 Jacobs (IOWA), 4:27.09; 200 free — 1. Mal- Lansing Kee 54, Elkader Central 8
ICW — Will Hoeft 1 run (Jasek kick) 25-22
Mus — Eli Gaye 51 pass from Carson Orr
Ken Tanigawa.......................................34-37—71 lory Cornerford (LOU), 1:42.79; 4. Hannah Midland 40, Central City 28 (Carson Borde kick)
North Central (Ill.) def. Central, 25-23, 25-
Kirk Triplett...........................................35-36—71 Burvill (IOWA), 1:48.02; 10. Allyssa Fluit Springville 24, West Central 23 15, 18-25, 25-19
ICW — Owen McAreavy 1 run (Jasek Northern Iowa def. South Illinois, 25-15, 23-
Scott Verplank.......................................33-38—71 (IOWA), 1:49.52; 50 free — 1. Marta Ciesla Turkey Valley 60, Easton Valley 34
(USC), 22.18; 5. Schemmel (IOWA), 23.51; kick) 25, 25-10, 25-18
Duffy Waldorf........................................35-36—71 District 4 ICW — McAreavy 10 pass from Morgan
12. Samantha Sauer (IOWA), 23.78; 1-meter Peru State def. Mount Mercy, 12-25, 25-18,
Woody Austin........................................37-35—72
diving— 1. Alicia Blagg (MIAMI), 201.55;
HLV 72, Tri-County 6 (Jasek kick) 22-25, 25-22, 15-11
Glen Day.................................................35-37—72 Iowa Valley 46, Montezuma 12 ICW — Morgan 14 run (Jasek kick)
Loren Roberts.......................................34-38—72 3. Jayah Matthews (IOWA), 277.65; 100 fly Lone Tree 49, Winfield-Mount Union 29 Saint Benedict def. Coe, 25-21, 25-21, 25-15
ICW — Gaudet 61 punt return (Jasek kick) Wartburg def. Loras, 25-19, 25-22, 25-16
Jerry Smith............................................35-37—72 — 1. Grace Oglesby (LOU), 51.65; 3. Drake New London 59, English Valleys 6 ICW — Grant Henderson 24 fumble return William Penn def. Culver-Stockton, 25-22,
Chris DiMarco.......................................38-35—73 (IOWA), 53.55; 9. Kelly McNamara (IOWA), District 5
Sir Nick Faldo........................................35-38—73 54.75; 100 back — 1. Louise Hansson (USC), (Jasek kick) 25-17, 25-11
Baxter 56, Colo-Nesco 40 ICW — Peter Breitback 13 run (Jasek
Mike Goodes..........................................36-37—73 51.84; 6. Sauer (IOWA), 57.19; 12. McNamara Collins-Maxwell 54, Twin Cedars 14 kick)
John Huston...........................................36-37—73
Brandt Jobe............................................35-38—73
(IOWA), 1:01.01; 100 breast — 1. Riley Scott
(USC), 59.55; 6. Horner (IOWA), 1:06.36; 9.
Gladbrook-Reinbeck 44, AGWSR 19
Melcher-Dallas 74, Meskwaki 14
Mus — Gaye 35 pass from Orr (Borde
kick)
Women’s cross country
Peter Lonard.........................................37-36—73 Jacobs (IOWA), 1:06.58; 800 free relay — 1.
Scott McCarron.....................................37-36—73 Louisville, 7:03.79; 4. Iowa (Fluit, Schemmel, RUSHING — Muscatine: Timothy Nimely Friday
Drake, Burvill), 7:20.60. 6-17, Eli Gaye 1-7, Jonah Koch 1-4, Car-
BRADLEY PINK CLASSIC (Iowa only)
Tim Petrovic..........................................33-40—73
Fran Quinn.............................................35-38—73
Linn-Mar 49 son Orr 6-(minus) 25, Team 2-(-26). Iowa
IOWA — 12. Megan Schott (21:02.2); 14.
City West: Peter Breitbach 15-70, Marcus
Roger Rowland.....................................36-37—73
Running Iowa City High 14 Morgan 4-36, Marchaun Hoover 5-29, Jalen Andrea Shine (21:02.2); 27. Anna Hostetler
Mark Calcavecchia..............................37-37—74
Marion Dantzler....................................36-38—74 AT LINN-MAR STADIUM Gaudet 1-25, Landon Green 4-23, Xarminto (21:25.8); 62. Grace McCabe (21:54.0); 123.
Jessica McKee (22:25.6); 161. Ashley Bryja
Dan Forsman........................................37-37—74 2018 races ICH LM Lubelo 2-23, Joey Kuehn 2-19, Justin Thom-
as 2-19, Will Hoeft 3-7, Owen McAreavy 2-4, (22:46.9); 179. Kylie Latham (22:57.1)
Carlos Franco........................................35-39—74 OCTOBER First downs.................................16 22
Rushes-yards.................... 41-150 34-350 Cole Mabry 1-(-2).
Tom Kite.................................................38-36—74
Neal Lancaster......................................37-37—74
James Mason........................................35-39—74
21 — SOS 5K race and 1 mile walk benefit-
ting Marion Senior Living, www.getmeregis- Passing yards...........................102 170
Comp-Att-Int................... 10-26-2 15-18-0
PASSING — Muscatine: Carson Orr 15-26-
1-217. Iowa City West: Marcus Morgan 10- Women’s field hockey
tered.com SOS5KRun
Rocco Mediate......................................36-38—74 NOVEMBER Punts-Avg............................2-46.5 2-34.5 18-0-242, Joey Kuehn 2-3-0-24, Cole Mabry
Friday
Fumbles-lost.............................1-0 1-1 0-1-0-0.
Tom Pernice Jr.....................................35-39—74 10 — The Return of the Turkey Trot, Penalties-Yards.....................4-17 7-42 RECEIVING — Muscatine: Eli Gaye IOWA COLLEGES
LPGA KEB HANA BANK
CHAMPIONSHIP SCORES
Marion
Iowa City High........................ 0 7 7 0—14 6-158, Timothy Nimely 2-23, Zachary Hardy Iowa 3, Penn State 2
Note: Get your race listed in our calendar 1-15, Carson Borde 1-11, Cooper Zeck 1-7,
At Incheon, South Korea Linn-Mar................................. 6 15 7 21—49
(Sky 72 Golf Club - Ocean Course, par 72)
by emailing sports@thegazette.com
LM — Alex Hess 1 run (kick blocked)
LM — Marcus Orr 26 run (Hess run)
Takpor Tiah 3-2, Daylon Shelangoski 1-1.
Iowa City West: Jalen Gaudet 3-121, Justin Women’s soccer
SECOND ROUND RESULTS
Charley Hull......................................... 67-69—136 Bowling ICH — JayDaVonyae Hickman 4 run (Ben
Thomas 5-93, Ryan Gudenkauf 2-24, Alex
McKay 1-18, Owen McAreavy 1-10. Friday
Ariya Jutanugarn.............................. 69-67—136
Steve kick)
IOWA COLLEGES
Danielle Kang...................................... 67-69—136 Leagues LM — Will Zahradnik 13 pass from Orr
Midland 40 Coe 7, Buena Vista 0
CEDAR RAPIDS BOWLING CENTER (Austin Brinning kick)
Sung Hyun Park................................. 68-68—136 Iowa 1, Michigan State 0
Nasa Hataoka..................................... 65-73—138 Primetimers — Darwin Schutlofel 212, Ron
ICH — Raphael Hamilton 1 run (Steve Central City 28 Northern Iowa 2, Indiana State 1
kick) AT WYOMING
Lydia Ko............................................... 70-68—138 Helgerson 568; Barb Karr 170, Cindy Bideaux LM — Coy Sarsfield 45 pass from Orr
Minjee Lee........................................... 68-71—139 467. CC MID AT COE COLLEGE
Seon-Woo Bae.................................... 71-69—140 LANCER LANES
(Brinning kick) First downs...................................7 21
LM — Hess 45 run (Brinning kick) Coe 7, Buena Vista 0
In-gee Chun......................................... 70-70—140 Friday Golden Age — Codge Jones 236- LM — Hess 7 run (Brinning kick)
Rushes-yards.......................28-99 69-417
Goals — Shalyn Kinney, Ashlyn Moos 3,
Sandra Gal........................................... 71-69—140 Passing-yards..........................202 25
Amy Olson........................................... 69-72—141
673; Sally Schmitz 202-530. Weekenders — LM — Tanner Frank 54 run (Brinning Comp-att-int.......................7-20-0 2-4-1 Jocey Gilbert 1, Sydney Schroder 2. Assists
Brandon Wagner 245, Kenny Bahr 678; April kick) — Morgan Petsche, Moos 2, Schroder.
Ji Hyun Kim........................................ 69-73—142 Bahr 200-539; INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Punts-avg.......................... 5-174.0 2-54.0
Ji Yeong Kim...................................... 73-70—143 MAY CITY BOWL Fumbles-lost.............................2-1 2-1
RUSHING — Iowa City High: JayDaVonyae Penalties-yards......................5-55 7-45 AT IOWA
Sei-Young Kim................................... 71-72—143
Jin Young Ko...................................... 71-72—143
Friday Old Timers — Lori Abben-Good- Hickman 30-119, Raphael Hamilton 11-41. Central City ............................ 6 8 8 6 — 28 Iowa 1, Michigan State 0
win 204-546; Ted Parmer 264-733. Sawyer Linn-Mar: Alex Hess 18-226, Preston Thomas Goals — Hailey Rydberg. Assists — Nata-
Mi Hyang Lee..................................... 74-69—143 Hansen 296. 1-1, Marcus Orr 6-39, Coy Sarfield 2-8, Trey Midland..................................... 6 14 6 12 — 40
lie Winters.
Azahara Munoz................................. 71-72—143 CC — Trey Holub 55 pass from Nick Reid
Lexi Thompson.................................. 72-71—143 Martin 1-4, Drew Strottmann 1-(-4), Tanner
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Pro basketball
Jeong Min Cho.................................... 74-70—144
Hye-Jin Choi....................................... 73-71—144 PASSING — Iowa City High: Raphael Hamil-
ton 12-29-2-102. Linn-Mar: Marcus Orr 15-18-0-
MID — Britan Martens 15 run (run failed)
MID — Britan Martens 6 run (Martens Men’s soccer
Carlota Ciganda................................. 73-71—144 Friday 161, Carter Acrea 1-1-0-9. run) Friday
Lindy Duncan..................................... 70-74—144
BASEBALL RUSHING — Iowa City High: Malik Kimber CC — Isaiah Damm 45 run (Wyatt Starry
Bronte Law......................................... 72-72—144 run) IOWA COLLEGES
Yu Liu................................................... 69-75—144 American League 4-29, Liam McComas 4-46, Max Deprenger 1-5,
MID — Britan Martens 1 run (pass failed) Buena Vista 2, Coe 1
Su-Hyun Oh........................................ 72-72—144 OAKLAND ATHLETICS—Outrighted LF Jacob Means 1-2, Matthew Colon 2-20. Linn-
Mar: Will Zahradnik 1-13, Alex Hess 4-30, Drew CC — Kyle Marsh 39 pass from Nick Reid
Brittany Altomare............................. 73-72—145 Jake Smolinski and LHP Dean Kiekhefer to AT COE COLLEGE
Ha Na Jang.......................................... 69-76—145 Nashville (PCL). Strottman 1-2, Coy Sarsfield 3-56, AJ Busch (Kyle Marsh pass to Keegan Kula)
MID — Carter Mohr 33 run (run failed) Buena Vista 2, Coe 1
Nelly Korda......................................... 75-70—145 National League 5-39, Preston Thomas 2-21, Trent Long 1-9.
MID — Carter Mohr 8 run (run failed) Goals — Buena Vista: Gum Riak, Jay
Mo Martin............................................ 74-71—145 MIAMI MARLINS—Outrighted LHP Chris CC — Trey Holub 16 pass from Nick Reid Walker; Coe: Abdi Abdi; Assists — Buena
Anna Nordqvist.................................. 70-75—145 O’Grady to New Orleans (PCL). Benton Community 34 (pass failed)
Amy Yang........................................... 77-68—145
Jodi Ewart Shadoff........................... 78-68—146
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
West Marshall 13 MID — Britan Martens 1 run (Alex Smith
run)
Vista: Noah Bardwell. Coe: Eduardo Bahena

NBA preseason Brooke Henderson............................ 73-73—146

THURSDAY’S LATE RESULT
Utah 132, Sacramento 93
FRIDAY’S RESULTS
San Antonio 100, Orlando 81
Charlotte 123, Dallas 118
Detroit 129, Cleveland 110
Brooklyn 113, New York 107
Miami 119, Atlanta 113
Denver 98, Chicago 93
Houston 121, Memphis 103
Milwaukee 143, Minnesota 121
Sacramento at Portland, late
L.A. Lakers vs Golden State, late
END OF PRESEASON
Odds
Today’s line
(Home team in ALL CAPS)
NCAA Football
Ji-Hyun Oh.......................................... 72-74—146
BROOKLYN NETS—Signed SG Tahjere
McCall and PG Shannon Scott.
Chae-Yoon Park............................... 75-71—146 DENVER NUGGETS—Waived PG Don-
Angel Yin.............................................. 73-73—146 ald Sloan.
Marina Alex........................................ 72-75—147
DETROIT PISTONS—Waived C Johnny
Shanshan Feng................................... 75-72—147 Hamilton.
Cristie Kerr......................................... 73-74—147
GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS—Waived
Ji-Hyun Kim....................................... 75-72—147 C Deyonta Davis, PG Tyler Ulis, PG Kend-
Jeongeun Lee..................................... 77-70—147
rick Nunn, and SF Danuel House.
Lizette Salas........................................ 75-72—147 HOUSTON ROCKETS—Waived G Ales-
Jenny Shin............................................ 74-73—147
sandro Gentile.
Jacqui Concolino................................ 75-73—148 LOS ANGELES LAKERS—Signed PG
Eun Hee Ji........................................... 73-75—148
Scott Machado.
Moriya Jutanugarn........................... 73-75—148 OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER—Waived
Da Yeon Lee....................................... 76-72—148
PG Abdul Gaddy, SF Donte Grantham, SG
So Young Lee..................................... 79-69—148 Scotty Hopson, and SG Dezmine Wells.
Brittany Lincicome........................... 72-76—148
FOOTBALL
Hyunkyung Park............................... 72-76—148 National Football League
Pornanong Phatlum.......................... 75-73—148
Chella Choi........................................... 74-75—149 CAROLINA PANTHERS—Placed LB
Jared Norris on IR.
Katherine Kirk.................................... 76-73—149
CLEVELAND BROWNS—Waived RB
Pernilla Lindberg............................... 75-74—149
Caroline Masson................................ 78-71—149 Danny Vitale.
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS—Activated TE
Jennifer Song...................................... 74-75—149
Mo Alie-Cox from the practice squad. Placed
AT VAN HORNE
WM BC
First downs.................................15 22
Rushes-yards.................... 40-120 38 - 165
Passing-yards..........................140 168
Comp-att-int.................... 14-21-0 13-17-0
Punts-avg.............................3-43.0 1-24.0
Fumbles-lost.............................4-0 0-0
Penalties-yards......................8-70 3-35
West Marshall ........................ 6 0 0 7 — 13
Benton Community............... 7 13 0 14 — 34
BC — Jack Shaw 8 pass from Clayton
Krousie (Zach Brecht kick)
WM — Jake Tollefson 4 pass from Cam-
eron Bannister (kick failed)
BC — Nathan Michels 22 pass from Krou-
sie (kick failed)
BC — Michels 6 pass from Krousie (Brecht kick)
BC — Matt Davis 3 run (Brecht kick)
BC — Davis 5 run (Brecht kick)
WM — Colby McMorran 5 run (Peyton
Pope kick)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING — West Marshall: Chase Burr
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING — Central City: Trey Holub
8-16, Isaiah Damm 6-65, Kyle Marsh 3-(-3),
Wyatt Starry 5-35, Nick Reid 6-(-14); Mid-
land: Britan Martens 37-211, Alex Smith 6-43,
Wilson Buckwalter 6-15, Carter Mohr 18-125,
Jensen Dodge 1-17, Cayden Miller 1-6.
PASSING — Central City: Nick Reid 7-19-
0-202, Kyle Marsh 0-1-0-0; Midland: Britan
Martens 1-3-1-6, Alex Smith 1-1-0-19.
RECEIVING — Central City: Trey Holub
3-108, Kyle Marsh 2-79, Isaiah Damm 2-15,
Keegan Kula 0-0, Nick Reid 0-0, Ethan Tye
0-0, Marshall Van DeVegte 0-0; Midland:
Jensen Dodge 1-19, Alex Smith 1-6, Peyton
Rupp 0-0, Carter Mohr 0-0, Wilson Buckwal-
ter 0-0, Britan Martens 0-0, Ethan Orr 0-0.
North Scott 45
Clear Creek Amana 7
AT TIFFIN
NS CCA
First downs.................................25 6
Women’s tennis
Friday
ITA CENTRAL REGIONALS (Iowa only)
Singles — Anita Detlava (Arkansas State)
def. Danielle Bauers (Iowa), 4-6, 6-4, 10-8;
Danielle Burich (Iowa) def. Manuela Bar-
riga (Southeast Missouri), 7-5, 2-6, 10-7;
Adorabol Huckleby (Iowa) def. Masha Lo-
banova (North Dakota), 6-3, 6-3; Ashleigh
Jacobs (Iowa) def. Megan Tagloa (Western
Illinois), 6-3, 6-1; Jacobs def. Erin Epperson
(Creighton), 6-3, 6-1; Huckleby def. Lara
Tupper (SIUE), 2-6, 6-0, 11-9; Yana Grech-
kina (UMKC) def. Burich, 6-5, 6-3.
Local golf
2018 calendar
OCTOBER
13—4-person best shot, 10 a.m., Silvercrest
Golf & C.C., (563) 382-5296
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Iowa 4 INDIANA
West Virginia 6ç IOWA STATE
OHIO STATE 29ç Minnesota
NORTHWESTERN 3ç Nebraska
Purdue 10ç ILLINOIS
PENN STATE 13 Michigan State
MICHIGAN 7ç Wisconsin
Xiang Sui.............................................. 71-78—149
Ayako Uehara.................................... 77-72—149
Pei-Yun Chien.................................... 76-74—150
Wei Ling Hsu...................................... 74-76—150
Megan Khang..................................... 79-71—150
Seung-Hyun Lee................................ 74-76—150
Yealimi Noh........................................ 76-74—150
Jessica Korda..................................... 77-74—151
Seoung Yeoun Lee............................ 76-75—151
Ryann O’Toole.................................... 78-73—151
13-90, Cameron Bannister 22-12, Colby Mc- Rushes-yards.................... 47-167 33 - 99 13—4-person best shot, 9 a.m., Airport Na-
S Matthias Farley on IR. Morran 2-11, Preston Pope 3-7. Benton : Matt tional G.C., (319) 848-4500
LOS ANGELES CHARGERS—Cut WR Passing-yards..........................257 53
Davis 23-139, Clayton Krousie 6-17, Jack Comp-att-int.................... 21-29-1 5-13-2 14—1-person best shot, noon, Hart Ridge
JJ Jones. Shaw 6-8, Hunter Northup 2-6, Team 1-(-5). G.C., (563) 927-5494
NEW YORK GIANTS—Removed K Mar- Punts-avg.............................1-37.0 5-33.0
PASSING — West Marshall: Bannister 14- Fumbles-lost.............................0-0 2-1 14—3-person best shot, 10 a.m., Marengo
shall Koehn from the practice squad. G.C., (319) 642-3508
21-0-140. Benton: Krousie 13-17-0-168. Penalties-yards......................3-25 4-30
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS—Waived T RECEIVING — West Marshall: Jake 14—4 person chili open, Amana Colonies
Cole Gardner. North Scott ........................... 17 7 7 14 — 45
Tollefson 5-53, Burr 4-41, Joshua Larsen G.C., (319) 622-6222
COLLEGE FOOTBALL Clear Creek Amana.............. 0 0 0 7 — 7 Note: Get your event listed in our calendar
3-25, Joseph Halverson 2-21. Benton: Shaw
VIRGINIA TECH—Announced WR C.J. 9-107, Nathan Michels 4-61. NS — FG Lundvall 40 by emailing sports@thegazette.com
Carroll has retired. NS — McLaughlin 7 run (Lundvall kick)
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GAMEDAY

PICK
’EMS
OUR SO-CALLED EXPERTS
PREDICT THE BIG GAMES
IOWA AT INDIANA
Marc Morehouse (2-1, 7-4) — If you have
time, take the beer trail through Three Floyds
in Munster. If you don’t, consy Busch Lights for
all. Iowa 31, Indiana 27
Mike Hlas (1-2, 6-5) — Iowa and Indiana
are separated by Illinois. This nation is so
divided. Iowa 24, Indiana 20
Jeff Johnson (1-2, 7-4) — Asked my good,
close, personal friend John Mellencamp for his
prediction. Then I ignored it. Iowa 27, Indiana
21
Beth Malicki (2-1, 8-3) — It will take you
about seven hours to drive from here to this
game in Bloomington. Which is about how Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette
many hours I’ve stood in rain watching my kid
play soccer this season. Iowa 33, Indiana 24 Iowa wide receiver Brandon Smith carries the ball after catching a pass in the second quarter of a win over Northern Iowa last month.
Ben Visser (2-1, 6-5) — Iowa had to score
a lot of points last week against Minnesota.
This game will look much more like an Iowa
game. Iowa 24, Indiana 10
Receivers/Not getting caught up in hype
Todd Brommelkamp (2-1, 8-3) — The first ;; FROM PAGE 1B make the catch. Smith
Iowa road game I ever covered involved a trip used only his hands to
to Bloomington. That makes me one of roughly over the line of catch the ball and held it
38 people in America who feels sentimental scrimmage. through hitting the turf.
about Memorial Stadium. Indiana 28, Iowa 24 “The resilience that Smith also was called for
Ihmir has shown, that pass interference.
WEST VIRGINIA AT ISU was to me the biggest It was a galvanizing
Morehouse — Dudes who consider muskets the positive I saw Saturday,” moment for this trio.
height of weaponry, I wish you the best in the re- Iowa head coach Kirk Smith-Marsette and
enactment. West Virginia 38, Iowa State 34 Ferentz said. Easley wanted to know
Going into the Iowa if he caught it and then
Hlas — Can Mountaineers be flat-earthers? And State game, Ferentz was
if you throw a red stone in the blue sea, what will it they couldn’t get over
asked about the state of to Smith fast enough to
become? (Answer: Wet.) West Virginia 35, Iowa State wide receiver and about
28 celebrate.
the plays Smith didn’t “I definitely think our
Johnson — Oh, Iowa State. Which true freshman you make in the opener. passing game is getting
got coming in this week to star? West Virginia 31, Iowa Easley’s name just a lot better,” said Smith,
State 24 doesn’t come up enough. who also converted a
Malicki — My husband is a descendant of Daniel “Last year we had two third down with a 12-
Boone and I feel like he’d have made a terrific West guys out of high school yard reception vs. Min-
Virginia Mountaineer mascot. The only caveat is he can’t playing receiver (Smith- nesota. “We completed a
grow a beard and apparently that’s the practice since Marsette and Smith), and lot of passes on the first
1974, except for the two female Mountaineers in 1990 thank God Nick Easley drive and we completed
and 2009. West Virginia 27, ISU 23 was here,” Ferentz said a lot of passes during the
Visser — Brock Purdy was Purdy good last week in going into Iowa State. whole game. First year, I
his debut. But West Virginia has film on him now. West You know the Easley had a lot of jitters, a lot of
Virginia 38, Iowa State 31 story. He was an All- expectations. This year, I
Brommelkamp — Playing a team coached by Dana American at Iowa West- just shut it all out and go
Holgorsen can be a hair-raising experience, even for Big ern who picked walking out and play football.
12 teams that understand the concept of defense. West on at Iowa after initially “It’s just a game. You
Virginia 34, Iowa State 30 taking an opportunity to can’t really think too
go to Iowa State. much about it. You’ve
Then, he led the got to go out there and
WISCONSIN AT MICHIGAN Hawkeyes last season play.”
Morehouse — The winner gets to claim the wonderful with 51 receptions. Wide receiver has
“Mitten State” title for a year. Michigan 17, Wisconsin He’s second on the team become the continual
14 with 18 this season, trail- question mark for Iowa’s
Hlas — Legalized marijuana sales begin in Canada ing tight end Noah Fant’s Cliff Jette/The Gazette offense. Last Saturday
next Wednesday. Rumor has it that at least four of the 19.
All Easley has heard Iowa wide receiver Ihmir Smith-Marsette pulls in a pass as he in Minneapolis, this
panelists here will stop taking their annual vacations is tackled by Northern Illinois linebacker Kyle Pugh in a win last trio stuck a cleat in
in Branson, Mo., and will instead head to Stony Point, in his time at Iowa is the ground and made a
what’s wrong with the month.
Alberta. Michigan 21, Wisconsin 20 move.
Johnson — I have cousins who are the biggest die- wide receivers. He totally That was one week.
hard Michigan fans. One of them goes in on season understands why. “We feel like we can started with a 30-yard They know that.
tickets and attends multiple home games a season. “I would say as a take another step and be reception against Iowa Still, it was kind of
This one’s for them. Michigan 21, Wisconsin 17 whole, we all played even better.” State that set up a TD to fun, wasn’t it?
well,” said Easley, who Smith seems poised help Iowa put the game “It feels good,” Easley
Malicki — Company visiting always is a fun time has 18 catches for 184 for a big jump in just away. Last week, Smith
when families shout at each other and hide stuff they said with a laugh. “We’ve
yards and two TDs, in- about everything. not only raised the bar, been working hard. It’s
can’t deal with. I wonder if something similar happens cluding a 21-yarder last In the season opener he showed he’s coach-
when the Big House prepares to welcome 113,000 exciting for me to see
week that was a gorgeous against Northern Illi- able. these guys making plays.
attendees. Michigan 20, Wisconsin 17 pitch and catch. “That nois, Smith got pushed On Iowa’s first drive I’ve known they’ve had
Visser — Michigan has one of the more prolific was the first time that around and some of that of the second half, Stan- the potential. I’ve seen
offenses in the Big Ten. Wisconsin has one of the best we all had good games tentative play hurt Iowa, ley underthrew a pass them do these things in
defenses. Defense wins championships. Wisconsin 28, together, kind of. We specifically on a sideline to Smith, who used his practice.”
Michigan 24 have to focus as a group interception off a deep 6-foot-3, 220-pound body
Brommelkamp — The Badgers have won 18 regular- and take that and move it ball. to reach over corner- l Comments: (319) 398-8256;
season Big Ten games in a row. A group of cats is forward. Smith’s turnaround back Terell Smith and marc.morehouse@thegazette.com
known as a clowder. Neither of those facts matter here.
Michigan 24, Wisconsin 16

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Hlas/Basketball still is king at Indiana
;; FROM PAGE 1B Avon, Ind., decommitted to Ohio Two weeks ago, a crowd of
State and announced he’ll join In- 13,000 attended Hoosier Hyste-
Indiana being the lone Big Ten diana’s program. ria at Assembly Hall for player
state in which football isn’t the “If you had been anywhere introductions, a dunk contest,
college sport of choice. The Hoo- near this block, you would have a 15-minute scrimmage and an
siers are averaging 40,392 fans per heard me screaming for quite a autograph session. The line for
home game. They had 35,492 for bit,” Indiana Coach Tom Allen Langford’s signature went on and
their home-opener against Vir- said Wednesday, without stepping on and on.
ginia. on NCAA rules by speaking spe- Indiana has a 5 p.m. home bas-
A lot of tickets for today’s Iowa- cifically about James. ketball game against Northwest-
Indiana game sold for $37 this Indiana doesn’t get four-star ern scheduled on Dec. 1. That’s
week on at least one online site. football players or win recruiting the same night the Big Ten foot-
That’s face-value almost cut in battles with Ohio State. That is a ball title game will be played an
half. big deal for Allen’s program. hour north in Indianapolis.
Indiana’s men’s basketball But you know what was a huge Iowa doesn’t have a men’s bas-
team was 16-15 last year in Archie deal? When Romeo Langford of ketball game scheduled on Dec. 1.
Miller’s first season as coach. But New Albany, Ind., signed with In- Smart, safe move. If the Hawk-
the Hoosiers still averaged 15,590 diana last spring. eye footballers somehow make
fans, 10th-most in the college Langford is Indiana’s 2018 “Mr. it to Indy, many Iowa basketball
game and second to Wisconsin in Basketball.” His final three col- season ticket-holders will be 365
the Big Ten. lege choices were Indiana, Kansas miles to the east that day.
Many is the college football and Vanderbilt, after he crossed But there’s no winning the
stadium that dwarfs a neighbor- off North Carolina and UCLA. West Division without beating
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l Hawaii at BYU, 9:15 p.m., ESPN2
l Wyoming at Fresno State, 9:30 p.m., ESPNU
l Colorado at USC, 9:30 p.m., FS1
l Boise State at Nevada, 9:30 p.m., CBSSN
ing basketball arena. At Indiana,
Assembly Hall feels more impos-
ing than the next-door football
stadium.
This week, four-star running
back recruit Sampson James of
His high school gym was stuffed
with fans when he made his col-
lege announcement there. They
started forming a line outside the
building more than four hours be-
fore the ceremony.
the Hoosiers today. If the Hawk-
eyes are to be anything special in
football this season, they have to
remain more special than Indiana.
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10B The Gazette ● Saturday, October 13, 2018
Sept. 1 Sept. 8
Northern Illinois Iowa State
W, 33-7 W, 13-3
Iowa at Indiana
PLAY ACTION: A CLOSER LOOK AT TODAY’S GAME
Random thoughts on today’s
Iowa-Indiana football matchup:
INDIANA
l The Hoosiers are 4-2 and
zeroing in on a bowl game. That’s
still a thing for Indiana football.
The Hoosiers had an eight-year
break from bowls before Kevin
Wilson’s squad broke through in
2015. Wilson was let go-ish in the
face of player treatment issues,
and current head coach Tom Allen
stepped in for the 2016 Foster
Farms Bowl.
Last year was an off year,
with a 5-7 record in Allen’s first
season.
Fighting for a bowl game
probably is where Indiana will be
forever in the Big Ten East. Allen
also is the defensive coordinator.
IU values defense now and
can still get chunks of yards on
offense.
Can they do it against good
teams when it matters?
Adding to the feel-good vibe
is recruiting. Four-star running
back Sampson James announced
Sunday he has committed to IU,
flipping his college choice from
Ohio State to the Hoosiers.
l Peyton Ramsey is IU’s
quarterback. His brother is
named Montana after that guy
Joe Montana. His other brother
is named Darrell. Kidding, he’s
named Drew after Drew Bledsoe.
Other than that oddity, Ramsey
has given the Hoosiers a shot
of confidence with consistent
play and a dual threat. His 141
completions is eighth nationally.
His 66.8 completion percentage
is fourth in the league. He’s the
Hoosiers’ second-leading rusher,
averaging 10.2 attempts per
game.
l Relevant numbers — Stevie
Scott, a true freshman, ranks fifth
in the Big Ten with 88 rushing
yards per game (4.9 yards per
carry) ... IU’s 13 turnovers show
a good, opportunistic defense,
squeezing seven interceptions
and six fumbles out of a schedule
that’s included four teams with
winning records and Ball State and
Rutgers.
IOWA
l QB Nate Stanley was boxed in
a bit the first two games by the
goal, which was winning the first
two games. The last three games? first two games. Smith-Marsette is Big Ten with 57.2 yards a game
Stanley has dropped two 300-yard seeing the game better and better ... After 72 yards against UNI,
games. He’s averaged 293 yards, every week. Since the opener,
has completed 60 of 90 passes
(66 percent) and has a yards-per- receiver who didn’t use his body
attempt of 9.8. He’s also had
eight TDs to three picks.
l Nick Easley, Ihmir Smith-
Marsette and Brandon Smith
Lots of questions this week.
For an old newspaper person, the
interactive part of social media
remains a lot of fun for me.
Seriously. The fun outweighs the
headaches by a mile. I’m lucky that Defensive coordinator Phil Parker
way.
Here we go with another edition
of the “#PaintedTower” mailbag.
@CLTHawk27 — I notice our
DB’s are playing pass defense
with their backs to the line of
scrimmage without looking back NFL, it is every time.
the LOS. Saw a lot of highlight
reels and saw this a lot, usually
w/the DB giving up chunks of
yardage because they can’t find
the ball. Recipe for disaster?
It’s a legit technique, but it’s Desmond King. What made
not ideal.
Ideally, you want to stay on top could turn at high speed and
of a vertical route. You hear safety track the ball. That was a huge
Jake Gervase mention “staying on percentage of his picks in 2015.
top” of routes a lot.
This is what Iowa does,
especially with its third-down
packages. Trail technique is part of new corner Riley Moss saw those
the Cover 5 (two-on-one coverage) reps for the first time in a game.
design for underneath defenders.
You want to take away the easy,
inside throw and force the QB to
Sept. 15 Sept. 22 Oct. 6
Northern Iowa Wisconsin at Minnesota
W, 38-14 L, 28-17 W, 48-31
Quarterback Peyton Ramsey has given the Indiana football team some confidence this season.
combined on 14 receptions for
198 yards last Saturday. It was a Iowa’s leading rusher with 286
huge step forward for the group.
Easley is healthy after having his
snap count throttled during the
Smith has gone from a big wide
much to not only using his body
but enveloping defensive backs to missed two games. He had 72
catch the call.
l Relevant numbers —
MAILBAG
be precise on out-breaking routes.
The safety plays over the top. The
corner plays trail. The QB has to
squeeze in that throw.
This is what Iowa usually does.
does play some man. I’d hate to
guess at the percentage. But in
man, trail technique is a much
more difficult proposition. You
have to stay blind until the ball
arrives. Huge percentage chance
that’s going to be a penalty. In the
Trailing also shows up when a
player is beaten on the outside.
You lose technique or a shoulder,
you’re in trail. This is reality
for every defensive back. Even
Desmond a pro was the way he
Contesting the ball from the trail
technique is difficult. Last week
at Minnesota, brand-spanking
Knowing when to stay blind and
rake the pocket vs. turn and try to
swat is an experience/preference
GAMEDAY
IOWA HAWKEYES SCHEDULE
Today Oct. 20
at Indiana Maryland
11 a.m. 11 a.m.
Sophomore Toren Young remains week after a hit at Minnesota left
yards with 166 of that coming
against Northern Illinois and
Northern Iowa. He’s 17th in the
Mekhi Sargent has carried six and as a shootout? The over/under
nine times in the last two games
... Ivory Kelly-Martin suffered an
ankle injury in the opener and
yards against Wisconsin, but
he’s in concussion protocol this
thing. Lots of young defensive
backs will struggle with it.
Julius Brents, the other brand-
spanking new true freshman
starter at corner, has uncommon
length and so trail works a little
better for him. On Moss, note
how he grew during the game and
found techniques that worked for
him in the second half.
Phil’s a great coach, but
players need to go through this
stuff for the first time. And then
they need to learn what works for
them.
@runninfool10 — The O seems happens again for him. He’s a
to be progressing each game.
Passing consistency, now WR
usage. Scoring O has to be up
(haven’t stat checked that). I
don’t remember the O feeling
this threatening in years. Have
the Davis years lowered the bar
that far? When did it last feel this Ihmir Smith-Marsette.
good?
Great eye.
Going into Minnesota, Iowa
averaged 25.3 points a game.
That’s not enough to be a double- games, Iowa has a shot to win all
digit team in victories or to put
yourself in position to back into a
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at Penn State at Purdue Northwestern
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him motionless on the turf. He’s
questionable this week.
PREDICTION
l Iowa 31-27 — Feels like a
shootout. Did last week qualify
for Iowa-Minnesota was 41.5.
There were 79 points, so, yeah, I
lean that it was shootout. It might
come to that this week.
— Marc Morehouse
Big Ten West title. Coming out of
Minnesota, it’s 29.8 and that is a
good number.
Generally, and I know I’ve
written this here before, 28 points
is good for an Iowa offense. Good,
not great. It’s the road to 8-4.
Thirty points is when things start
to happen (2015 was 30.9, 2008
was 30.3, 2005 was a 30.0 and
an outlier, 2002 was 37.2 and
2001 — sneaky good year — was
32.6).
Stanley is working through
his mistakes. I don’t think an
interception like last week ever
smarter, better player than that.
Brian Ferentz probably had a crack
about making a wish and pitching
a penny in a mall fountain.
But imagine if you’re a defense
and now you really have to
account for Brandon Smith and
Does that excite you? It should.
As frustrating as Iowa’s offense
can be at times, if it executes
at a high level in the next seven
seven.
— Marc Morehouse
Nov. 17 Nov. 23
at Illinois Nebraska
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IOWA
HAWKEYES
TWO-DEEPS
OFFENSE
SE 12 Brandon Smith 6-3 219 So.
14 Kyle Groeneweg 5-10 186 Sr.
TE 87 Noah Fant 6-5 241 Jr.
42 Shaun Beyer 6-5 240 So.
LT 77 Alaric Jackson 6-7 320 So.
71 Mark Kallenberger 6-6 282 Fr.
LG 59 Ross Reynolds 6-4 295 Sr.
68 Landan Paulsen 6-5 305 Jr.
C 69 Keegan Render 6-4 307 Sr.
61 Cole Banwart 6-4 296 So.
RG 76 Dalton Ferguson 6-4 308 Sr.
61 Cole Banwart 6-4 296 So.
RT 74 Tristan Wirfs 6-5 320 So.
66 Levi Paulsen 6-5 305 Jr.
TE 38 T.J. Hockenson 6-5 250 So.
39 Nate Wieting 6-4 250 Jr.
WR 84 Nick Easley 5-11 205 Sr.
6 Ihmir Smith-Marsette 6-1 175 So.
QB 4 Nate Stanley 6-4 242 Jr.
2 Peyton Mansell 6-2 210 Fr.
RB 21 Ivory Kelly-Martin 5-10 200 So.
28 Toren Young 5-11 221 So.
10 Mekhi Sargent 5-10 210 So.
FB 36 Brady Ross 6-0 245 Jr.
46 Austin Kelly 5-11 245 Sr.
DEFENSE
LE 98 Anthony Nelson 6-7 271 Jr.
57 Chauncey Golston 6-5 265 So.
LT 90 Sam Brincks 6-5 275 Sr.
95 Cedrick Lattimore 6-3 295 Jr.
RT 96 Matt Nelson 6-8 295 Sr.
91 Brady Reiff 6-3 272 Jr.
RE 40 Parker Hesse 6-3 261 Sr.
94 A.J. Epenesa 6-5 277 So.
OLB 35 Barrington Wade 6-1 233 So.
44 Seth Benson 6-1 205 Fr.
MLB 34 Kristian Welch 6-3 238 Jr.
52 Amani Jones 6-0 238 Jr.
43 Dillon Doyle 6-3 227 Fr.
WLB 32 Djimon Colbert 6-1 234 Fr.
34 Kristian Welch 6-3 238 Jr.
LC 20 Julius Brents 6-2 180 Fr.
8 Matt Hankins 6-1 185 So.
SS 27 Amani Hooker 6-0 210 Jr.
18 John Milani 6-0 201 Jr.
FS 30 Jake Gervase 6-1 212 Sr.
9 Geno Stone 5-11 209 So.
RC 33 Riley Moss 6-0 185 Fr.
11 Michael Ojemudia 6-1 199 Jr.
SPECIALISTS
PK 91 Miguel Recinos 6-1 193 Sr.
94 Caleb Shudak 5-8 179 So.
P 7 Colten Rastetter 6-1 213 Jr.
2 Ryan Gersonde 6-4 198 So.
INDIANA
HOOSIERS
TWO-DEEPS
OFFENSE
LT 54 Coy Cronk 6-5 309 Jr.
77 Caleb Jones 6-8 360 Fr.
LG 76 Wes Martin 6-3 316 Sr.
57 Harry Crider 6-4 306 So.
C 50 Nick Linder 6-3 306 Sr.
68 Hunter Littlejohn 6-3 304 Jr.
RG 72 Simon Stepaniak 6-4 311 Jr.
71 Delroy Baker 6-6 316 Sr.
RT 62 Brandon Knight 6-5 307 Sr.
52 DaVondre Love 6-7 300 Jr.
WR 25 Luke Timian 6-0 195 Sr.
22 Whop Philyor 5-11 180 So.
WR 15 Nick Westbrook 6-3 215 Jr.
6 Donavan Hale 6-4 229 Jr.
WR 3 Ty Fryfogle 6-2 212 So.
39 Chris Gajcak 6-2 201 Jr.
QB 12 Peyton Ramsey 6-2 210 So.
9 Michael Penix Jr. 6-3 206 Fr.
RB 21 Stevie Scott 6-2 236 Fr.
24 Mike Majette 5-11 215 Sr.
2 Reese Taylor 5-11 184 Fr.
TE 86 Peyton Hendershot 6-4 245 Fr.
83 Austin Dorris 6-5 252 Jr.
89 Matt Bjorson 6-3 237 Fr.
DEFENSE
DE 69 Gavin Everett 6-3 262 Jr.
92 Alfred Bryant 6-2 254 Fr.
6 James Head Jr. 6-5 248 Fr.
DT 98 Jerome Johnson 6-3 295 So.
95 Brandon Wilson 6-3 285 Jr.
DT 54 Ja’merez Bowen 6-4 311 Sr.
51 Mike Barwick Jr. 6-0 307 Sr.
52 Kayton Samuels 6-0 325 Sr.
DE 35 Nile Sykes 6-2 252 Sr.
99 Allen Stallings IV 6-2 247 Jr.
LB 43 Dameon Willis Jr. 6-1 225 Sr.
44 Thomas Allen 6-3 236 Fr.
47 Micah McFadden 6-2 227 Fr.
LB 7 Reakwon Jones 6-2 235 Jr.
45 T.D. Roof 5-11 224 So.
CB 28 A’Shon Riggins 6-0 188 Jr.
17 Raheem Layne 6-1 195 So.
HUSKY 42 Marcelino Ball 6-2 222 So.
34 Cam Jones 6-3 219 Fr.
16 Jamar Johnson 6-1 200 Fr.
S 9 Jonathan Crawford 6-2 196 Sr.
1 Juwan Burgess 6-1 191 Fr.
S 29 Khalil Bryant 5-10 202 Jr.
31 Bryant Fitzgerald 6-0 214 Fr.
CB 14 Andre Brown Jr. 6-0 200 Jr.
23 Jaylin Williams 6-0 179 Fr.
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SPECIALISTS
K 82 Logan Justus 5-11 180 Jr.
93 Charles Campbell 5-9 172 Fr.
P 94 Haydon Whitehead 6-2 205 Jr.
36 Drew Conrad 6-2 190 So.