eskra to austin allard 18 yds. aw down 35-34. eskra t`rew unofficially yards. aw goes for 2. eskra to dylan irazarri for the 2oint conversion and the 36-35 win, keeping their dream season alive. "the last drive, we do that every day," said akron-westfield head coach eric walkingstick. " look at the clock and a lot of the time, when there's three mimites left, our kids are laughing because we go no-huddle and the tempo stuff. it didn really phase us too much. we f flt comfortabbe, we've been there before, and they y performed." "it was a crazy decision," said eskra. " "was totally behind h h on it. i believe in o or guys, we wanted it bad, and just ininhat moment, i know we wanted d . we were neverr out of the gamemei felt like we were e control l e whole time, and that two-point convnvsion was awesome." akron-westfield willlllay in the class a championship game next ththsday at 1:30. in ceded falls, brad pautsch, ktiv sports fource.e. semifinals in nebraska's class c are tonight - top-ranked norfolk catholic out to an early lead over number-2 boys town in c-1. battle creek an

cal eskra--"i mean it was a crazy decision. him on it. i believe in it bad and just in we wanted it, we were never out of we were in control the whole time and conversion was just awesome." will take on reinbeck next thursday for the championship. this week's abc9 features a westerner. this is 11 year old madison green who is next in akron westfield softball tradition. madison will receive a t-shirt, a framed photo, and two passes to kings pointe courtesy of the education station and sign pro. chris: for the sixth straight year western christian played for a volleyball state championship today. the wolfpack hasn't won a title since 2010 though, running into a dynasty from dike-new hartford each of the last four seasons. on the team that the tournament, fredericksburg. opening set....kaira moss gets up top and smashes one down...wolpfack up big 18-9.... a few points later....its moss teaming up with ashtyn veerbeek on the block...20-10 wc... and on set point...erika feenstra bangs one through....wester n christian takes the first set 25-16

eskra to austin allard 18 yds. aw down 35-34. eskra threw unofficially for 508 yards. aw goes for 2. eskra to dylan irazarri for the 2-point conversion and the 36-35 win, keeping their dream season alive. "the last drive, we do that every day," said akron-westfield head coach ericicalkingstick. "we look at the clock and a lot of the time, when therere three minutes left, our kids are laughing because we go no-huddle and the tempo stuff. it didn't really phase us too much. we felt comfortable, we've been there before, and they performed." "it was a crazy decision," said eskra. "i was totally behind him on it. i believe in our guys, we wanted it bad, and just in that moment, i know we wanted it. we were never out of the game. i felt like we were in two-point conversion was awesome." akron-westfield will play in the thursday at 1:30. in cedar sports fource. pierre squaring off with the 11-double-a state title on the line tanner frick with a ten yard touchdown run, 7-0 yankton after 1. kaiser going to the air again - jump ball is ripped away by devin terca for the intercep

eskra finds irizarry for two...that gives them the lead and they hold on in a wild one, 36-35. in nebraska...norfol k catholic hosting boys town...matt wolfenden from our sportszone partners at necc shot this for us. 7-0 knights and they're looking for more...david engelhaupt pushed out just short of the goalline. but on the next play...dylan kautz squeezes through the right side and hits pay dirt...the lead up to 14. the undefeated cowboys though, trying to claw back into it...rodney rosier takes the direct snap in the wildcat and rumbles 30 yards down the sideline. but then on fourth and goal...the knight defense buckles down...they'll play for a state championship against columbus scotus on the 24th. in c2, battle creek and oakland craig in a rematch of a week 2 game dominated by the braves. 1st quarter, 6-0 oc and adding to it. cole mitchell the musketeers and des moines. in the first, muskies controlling the puck...cistian meike fires one from the boards but nick macnab makes the save a workout. power play and cj pretty setup to josh wilkins for good guys. continue attacki

eskra on the keeper gets it to two scores and a-dub falls in the championship, 52- 20. "our fans supported us all the way through and i mean, we work hard in the offseason, we worked really hard. and i mean, we believe in each other, we're a family, and that's just tough to beat." " our success is not measured in the destination. it's the journey. and this team has had a great journey. they have proved so many people wrong and have got to the state finals and that's what i'm more proud of is their effort throughout the season." ongratulations to the westerners on a great season. in cedar falls, chris palmquist, abc9 sports. thanks chris. western christian and spirit lake were supposed to play for state titles tomorrow, but the i-h-s-a-a has postponed friday's championships games to monday due to the impending winter weather. per a release from the association, the welfare of fans traveling to and from cedar falls went into the decision as well. "it t s a tough decision but we decided we're going to postptped so our best option was to move it to monday instead of friday

eskra: i mean the team is just peaking at the right time. offense, defense, special teams, everybody is just doing their jobs. we're staying diligent with everything we're doing and everything is just falling together here at the pefect time.those were some amazing words to live by from coach. in fact he was at the nhs ceremony to give a speech to those kids. many are on this football team. coach says he takes pride in developing these kids as a family and there's no more obvious example than his record- setting quarterback. 3 coach: "well first is his intelligence. he does a great job of listening and learning and understanding coverages. that's probably the primary. the other thing is the kid doesn't run with regular blood. he's got ice water in his veins. he doesn't get shook. he doesn't get scared or nervous. he executes to perfection."eskra: "i mean great offensive line up front for me to buy me some time. great receivers making plays every game. and i think that just makes my job pretty easy." coach: he's thrown for over 3600 yards, he

wins the "i felt like we were pretty good coming in," said junior quarterback cal eskra. "felt good, just that first half there, i don't knono we couldn't get rolling. i guess it is what it is." "our success is not measured in the destination, it's the journey," said head coach eric walkingstick. "this team has had a great journey. they have proved so many people wrong, and got to the state finals. that's what i'm more proud of, is their effort throughout the season, not how we started off slow. i was so proud of them tonight, coming out here and playing for a state championship." because of tomorrow's snowstorm, the ihsaa hapostponed friday's championship games until monday. they'll still be at the same time. so, western christian will face iowa city regina at 11 am in the 1a final. in 2a, spirit lake and mount vernon play at 2. dakota valley is just starting their state volleyball game in sioux falls. we'll have that at ten. dakota valley finished third in the south dakota state lleyball tournament t st seasononthe panthers are thth third seed, out of 8 teams, in the cl

"i felt like we were pretty good coming in," said junior quarterback cal eskra. "felt good, just that first half there, i don't know, we couldn't get rolling. i guess it is what it is." "our success is not measured in the destination, it's the journey," said head coach eric walkingstick. "this team has had a great journey. they have proved so many people wrong, and got to thehetate finals. that's what i'm more proud of, is their effort throughoututhe season, not how we started o o slow. i was so proud of them tonight, coming out here and playing for a state championship." akron-westfield finishes at 11 and 3. because of tomorrow's snowstorm, the ihsaa has postponed friday's championship games until monday. they'll still be at the same time. so, western christian will face iowa city regininat 11 am the 1a final. in 2a, spirit ke and mount vernon play y 2. dakota valley is just starting their state volleyball game in >>> it's going to be a of people. >> sophia and joe's wedding countdown, we're at t private resort. >> plus, charlie sheen's godd versus goddess. our

akron westfield qb cal eskra to austin allard. mt ayr leads by one, and the westerners go for 2 and the win: eskra to dylan izarri. eskra passed for 500 yards. mt ayr loses a heartbreaker, 36-35. next on the news at nine... after a week of wild weather.. i owe about $68,000. i owe $44,000 in student loans. my plan, the new college compact, says you should not have to borrow money to pay tuition if you go to a public college or university. and you ought to be able to refinance student debt. making a profit off of lending to young people who are borrowing to be able to get their education. we have got to make college affordable. nbc is reporting that frnech police have killed 2 gunmen....ending the hostage situation in the theater there. we'll have more on the violence tonight at 10.

but eskra marches his team back down the field and then finds austin allard wide open over the middle 35-34...mt. ayr leads but akron-westfield goes for two-- eskra to irizarry complete for 2-- 36 to 35 and akron westfield holds on for the win they'll play gladbrook reinbeck in the championship next thursday-- jon/tvu so will play gladbrook reinbeck at 1:30 so will play gladbrook reinbeck at 1:30 thursday november 19th back here at the uni-dome. now today wraps up the girls volleyball state tournament in cedar rapids-- for more on that we go to local 5's alex walker. alex walker u.s. cellular center, cedar rapids "jon its championship friday here in cedar rapids and we have action from title matches in 5a, 4a, and 3a. lets dive right in." cg: lak-score #4 nevada vs. #1 west liberty 3a championship and we start with 3a....nevada looking for its first state title against west libery. second set erin francis goes right down the middle. cubs win the first two sets. in the third....abby stephenson strong with the block. nevada on the verge of a sweep and they make it happen. nevada wins it

4) later in the drive eskra finda austin allard for the the touchdown! akron westfield pulls the upset! 26-21 the final! 3 in other scores around siouxland in 3-a ...3 in 2-a3 in our other 1-a contest ... 3 and over in 8-3 man 3 chad's got a final check of 3 3 3 3 <> welcome stephen colbert! ( band playing "late show" theme ) ( cheers and applause ) captioning sponsored by cbs ( cheers and applause ) >> whooo! stephen, stephen, stephen! stephen, stephen, stephen! >> thank you, ladies and

qb cal eskra to austin allard. mt westerners go for 2 and the win: eskra to dylan izarri. eskra passed for 500 yards. mt ayr loses a heartbreaker, 36-35. ankeny centennial has only been may need another wing for the trophy case. centennial vs bettendorf. rematch of last years 5a title game. bettendorf wins game one, jags answer. freshman, ari winters finishes off game two with a huge kill. winters led the game with 18 kills.game three. winters again. jags up 2-1. championship point... the senior has the honors, haley matter hammers home the winner... centennial goes back to back, 3-1 winner. michael admire has more. michael admire 00-05 ari winters/centennial freshman 19-24 savana johnson/centennial senior 25-30 jessica rinehart/centennial coach 36-41 nevada recently won a basketball title. cubs would love to add a volleyball trophy. cubs in purple. west liberty in the way. west liberty misses wide... nevada wins game one. great job by gillian tupper to keep the volley going. abby bremer finishes the job. cubs take game two. championship point doesn't come easy, but it doe

akron westfield qb cal eskra to austin allard. mt ayr lead cut to one, and the westerners go for 2 and the win: eskra to dylan izarri. eskra passed for 500 yards. mt ayr loses a heartbreaker, 36-35. ankeny centennial has only been around for two years, but they may need another wing for the trophy case. centennial vs bettendorf. rematch of last years 5a title game. bettendorf wins game one, jags answer. freshman, ari winters finishes off game two with a huge kill. winters led kills.game three. winters again. jags up 2-1. championship point... the senior has the honors, haley matter hammers home the winner... centennial goes back to back, 3-1 winner. michael admire has more. nevada title. cubs would love to add a volleyball trophy. cubs in purple. west liberty in the way. west liberty misses wide... nevada wins game one. great job by gillian tupper to keep the volley going. abby bremer finishes the job. cubs take game two. championship point doesn't come easy, but it does come. kati cassabaum clinches the state championship for the

eskra on the keeper gets it to two scores and a-dub falls in the championship, 52-20. "our fans supported us all the way through and i mean, we work hard in the offseason, we worked really hard. and i mean, we believe in each other, we're a family, and that's just tough to beat." "our success is not measured in the destination. it's the journey. and this team has had a great journey. they have proved so many people wrong and have got to the state finals and that's what i'm more proud of is their effort throughout the season." ongratulations to the westerners on a great season. in cedar falls, chris palmquist, abc9 sports. alex thanks chris.to the rushmore state we go, the championship is underway. in class a, dakota valley is back at state for the fourth straight season....with hopes of winning the rushmore state we go, the road to a state volleyball championship is underway. in class a, dakota valley is back at state for the fourth straight season....with hopes of winning it all in sioux falls. for the panthers....sixth seeded mobridge- pollock in the state quarterfin

eskra on the keeper gets it to two scores and a-dub falls in the championship, 52-20. our fans supported us all the way through and i mean, we work hard in the offseason, we worked really hard. and i mean, we believe in each other, we're a family, and that's just tough to beat." our success is not measured in the destination. it's the journey. and this team has had a great journey. they have proved so many people wrong and have got to the state finals and that's what i'm more proud of is their effort throughout the season." ongratulations to the westerners on a great season. in cedar falls, chris palmquist, abc9 sports. lukas:: scott: it's time now to check on your forecast... it's time now to check on your forecast... scott: good morning siouxland. we have snow entering the area today. this will be wet and heavy precipitation! a winter storm warning is in effect for the expectation of heavy snow between 4 and 7 inches. temperatures are in the 20s and 30s. the between 5 and 10 miles per hour. here's the dayplanner where we'll have our most intense snow occur during the

eskra on t t keeper gets i ito two scores and a-dub falls in the championship, 52-20. our fans supported us all the way through and i mean, we work hard in the offseason, we worked really hard. and i mean, we believe in each other, we're a family, and that's just tough to beat." our success is not measured in the destination. it's the journey. and this team has had a great journey. they have proved so many people wrong and have got to the state finals and that's what i'm more proud of is their effort throughout the season." ongratulations to cedar falls, chris palmquist, abc9 sports. jessica rae scott: it's time now to check on your forecast... scott: good morning siouxland. we have snow entering the area today. this will be wet and heavy precipitation! a winter storm warning is in effect for the expectation of heavy snow between 4 and 7 inches. temperatures are in the 20s and 30s. the wind is coming in between 5 and 10 les per hour. here's t t dayplanner where we'll have oururost intense snsn occur during the middle of the day. still ahead in our show.... siouxland pr

akron westfield qb cal eskra to austin allard. mt ayr leads by one, and the westerners go for 2 and the win: eskra to dylan izarri. eskra passed for 500 yards. mt ayr loses a heartbreaker, 36-35. many people talked about missouri football this week, do you know the secret to a happy home in these modern times? it's a housewife who's in control of the finances. actually, any wife, husband, or human person can use progressive's name your price tool to take control of their budget. and while the men do the hard work of making money, she can get all the car insurance options her little heart desires. or the women might do the hard work of making money. [ chuckling ] women don't have jobs. is this guy for real? modernizing car insurance with -- that's enough out of you! the name your price tool, only from progressive. before we go... there's a lot star wars fans in the world... and they're passing the love of the movie down their little ones. bah bah bah bumpa bah bumpa bah that adorable voice is coming from a two year old in oregon...

eskra: i iean the e am is just peaking at the right time. offense, defense, specal teams, everybody is just doing their jobs. we're staying diligent with everything we're doing and everything is just falling together here at the pefect time."those were some amazing words to live by from coach. in fact he was at the nhs ceremony to give a speech to those kids. many are on this football team. coach says he takes pride in developing these kids as a family and there's no more obvious example than his record- setting quarterback.coach: "well first is his intelligence. he does a great job of listening and learning and understanding coverages. that's probably the primary. the other thing is the kid doesn't t n with regular blood. he's g g ice water inin his veins. he doesn't get shook. he doesn't get scared or nervous. he executes to perfection."eskra: "i mean great offensive line up front for me to buy me some time. great receivers making plays every game. and i think that just makes my job pretty easy." coach: 's thrown for over 3600 yards, he's

"i felt like we were pretty good coming in," said junior quarterback cal eskra. "felt good, just that first half there, i don't know, we couldn't get rolling. i guess it is what it ik." "our success is not measured in the destination, it's the journey," said head coach eric walkngstick. "this team has had a great journey. they have proved so many people wrong, and got to the state finals. thatat what i'm more proud of, is their effort throughout the season, not how we started off slow. i was so proud of them tonight, coming championship.p. akron-westfield finishes at 1111 and 3. because of tomorrow's's snowstorm, the ihsaa has postponed friday's championship games until monday. they'll still be at the same time. so, western christian will face iowa city regina at 11 am in the 1a final. in 2a,spirit lake d mount vernon play at 2. for more go to ktiv.com. i'm brad pautsch with the sports fource morning wrap. >> u can expect to see ts of snow today. ben's in next with the complete forecast. and we'll show you how an animal rescue is helping the inmates in one south

in the third quarter...cal eskra connects with austin allard for six, but it wouldn't be enough, akron- the state championship. super class a championship akron-westfield- #7 gladbrook- reinbeck- (final) both of these games at 6, but for now in cedar falls, chris palmquist, abc9 sports . " jenna: and, just announced this afternoon, the iowa championship p games are being postponed.they were supppped to be played tomorrow, but due to the expeceted snow, moved to monday. alan beste decision but we to postponed so our best option was to move it to monday instead of friday the abc9 sports team will keep you up to date on those games next week. jenna: a big development in the search for answers behind the paris attacks last week. did they locate the man responsible for the attacks? counter terrorism units have confirmed the man behind last week's terror attacks on paris france. the perpatrator of the attacksksas been cononrmed dead afterer raid yesterday. abc's marci gonzalez has the latest from paris. "his body - so riddled with bullets and shrapnel?investigat ors could only identify him b

"playing for it all, i'm pretty sure nobody had us picked for it," said senior quarterback cal eskra. "it's a great feeling. i don't even know what to say about it. i'm just excited to go. we're peaking at the right time." akron-westfield plays at 1:36 thursday. wednesday at six, we'll hear from western christian and spirit lake, who play friday. sports fource will be in cedar falls for all the state finals. with every win, the hawkeyes set a new school record. iowa is 10 and 0 for the first time ever -- and will look for an 11 and 0 start against purdue on saturday. a win would give iowa their first perfect home record in 11 years. the boilers are just 2-8 overall, with just one big ten win -- against nebraska. with hopes of a big ten title and even a national title still out there -- iowa's challenge is to focus on the job this week. "right now we put ourselves in a good spot to be at this point but we're just trying to improve each week and hopefully this week we can quarterback c.j. beathard. "we have goals obviously," said sophomore linebacker ben niemann. "one of them was to get

points off turnovers - huge in this game - cal eskra - deep down the sideline for austin allard - and he's gone for an 80-yard touchdown - akron-westfield scored 24 points off west sioux turnovers. but here come the falcons - porter hummel pumps and drops a dime into kezden blankenship - west sioux back within 10, at 31-21. then, after an interception - hummel does it with his feet - diving in to cut that akron-westfield lead to 3. it was 31-28 after 3 - but dylan irizarry and the westerner defense held strong late in the game - akron- westfield upsets west sioux to head to the dome, 45-34. 8-man football -- number-4 m-m-c taking on unranked west bend- mallard. 1st quarter, eagles facing 3rd down when derek erdman receives the handoff and finds a hole and breaks tackles en route to a first down. m-m-c finishes drive when quarterback ben specht goes on the run, and he throws up a desperation pass and jacob spieler reaches over the defender to make the catch for the touchdown to put the eagles up 14 to 0. the wolverines try to answer, on the toss play, nolan roger dahlhauser gets the ba

they roll the dice going for two and cal eskra connects with dylan irizarry for the win. fortune favors the bold...the westerners will play for a state title on thursday. for play number four we head to the ice...musketeers hosting des moines last friday night. and the power play was clicking...cj dodero has a great one on one but he's unselfish, he passes it up and lays it right on the tape for josh wilkins--he doesn't miss from there. in fact, that's such a nice set up on the man advantage, that i might have been able to score and i can't skate! alright, probably not, but what a play anyway. let's head back to the gridiron forber three...morningsid e hosting doane for the gpac championshipand this play, perfectly summed up the afternoon. just when the tigers think they have something going, chad berg and logan rozeboom say not up in here!--what a big hit out of the stang defense. i was standing next to the mustang offensive line when this happened and they asked if this would be on the news...not only did it make the cut, but it's your number 3 play of the week. let's h

we'll have highlights tonight at 10 from this huge game. 3 and the cal eskra to austin allard combo is gonna have to light up to keep up with porter hummel, kezden blankenship, justin negaard and the rest of the star- studded undefeated west sioux falcons. coming off a 4-6 season the only loss the westerners have endured in their last 10 games is to these falcons. kickoff is 7:00 in hawarden. we'll have highlights tonight on siouxland news at 10. 3 3 other matchups in our area. number 5 south central calhoun hosts number 6 van meter.and in 8 man the defending champs newell fonda hosts colo nesco. west bend mallards only loss in the last six to to number 3 mmc. they matchup at 7 as well. 3 in nebraska state quarterfinals number 8 norfolk heads to number one bellefiew west in class "a". recap and more tonight at 10. 3 and in class c-1 hello neuman! 10th seeded bishop neumann hosts two seed norfolk catholic in the quarterfinals. we'll have a full recap there. 3 and in class c2 number one battle creek hosts 8 seed doniphan trumbull. five seed oakland craig plays at 4 seed gibbon tonight. 3

cal eskra hits austin allard for the eighty yard touchdown. extra point no touchdown. extra point nono good. westerners up thirty-one to fourteen.3. west sioux makes a comeback. portern hummel; hits kezden blankenship for the touchdown. extra point good. west sioux trtrls thirty-one to twenty one.4. after a akron westfield interception. west sioux again in scoring position and hummel keeps it himself and spins into the endzone. extra point good and the akron westfield lead is cut to three. thrity-one to twenty-eight and.. the westerners move on! shock the falcons 45-34. it's time to hop on the westerners bandwagon. it's heade to state! 3 and in class 8 the defending champs newell fonda win 49-0 over colo nesco. they will attempt to defend their title at the dome. west bend mallard puts up a good fight against marcus meridan cleghorn but the eagles win 21-14. they are headed to the dome!! 3 and in nebraska football we start in class a where norfolk's seon is now over. they fall 40-7 to the top seed bellevue west. 3 and at least one norfolk team is moving on. the knights

cal eskra--"i'm pretty sure nobody had us picked for it. it's a great feeling, i don't even know what to say about it, i'm just excited to go." kickoff is at 1:30 on thursday. i'll be in cedar falls and have all the action for you right here on abc9. chris: with the season coming to an end for gpac football teams, besides morningside and doane who qualified for the playoffs, the league announced its all conference teams earlier today. the mustangs and northwestern claimed all the major awards today. morningside quarterback ryan kasdorf was the offensive player of the year kasdorf led the nation in passing efficiency for a third straight season en route to the award. his teammate, linebacker zach schleuger was co-defensive player of the year. he shared the award with northwestern defensive end sam van ginkel, a rock valley native. mustang head coach steve ryan was the coach of the year for the fifth time in his career. van ginkel was 7th in the naia in sacks with 9.5 and the junior is the third raider to earn the defensive award in three yea

cal eskra--"i'm pretty sure nobody had us picked for it. it's a forecast... scott: good morning siouxland. we've had a few wet days in the area and the hd radar currently shows some lightht showers continuing in the area thisis momoing. temperaturur are cool in the 30s and 40s and a wind is blowing in at a decent clip from the west north west making it feel like it's in the teens and 20s. make sure to bundle up! passing through the dayplanner, we've got some showers and potential mix to deal with as we top out in the upper 40s. rae thanks scott... radar currently shows some light showers continuing in the area this morning. temperatures are cool in the 30s and 40s and a wind is blowing in at t decent clip from the west north west making it feel like e it's in the teens and 20s. make sure to bundle up! passing through the dayplanner, we've got some showers and potential mix to deal with as we top out in the upper 40s. rae thanks scott... a major america radar currently shows some light showers continuing in the area this morning. temperatures are cool in the 3

cal eskra--"i'm pretty sure nobody had us picked for it. it's a even know what to excited to go." chris palmquist--"kickoff is at 1:30 on thursday. i'll be in cedar falls and have all the action for you right here on abc9. that will do it for sports, back over to you." jessica rae scott: it's time now to check on your forecast... scott: good morning siouxland. we've had a few wet days in the area and the hd radar currently shows some light showers continuing in the area this morning. temperatures are cool in the 30s and 40s and a wind is blowing in at a decent clip from the west north west making it feel like it's in the teens and 20s. make sure to bundle up! passing through the dayplanner, we've got some showers and potential mix to deal with as we top out in the upper 40s. jessica rae: radar currently shows some light showers continuing in the area this morning. temperatures are cool in the 30s and 40s and a wind is decent clip from the west north west making it feel like it's in the teens and 20s. make sure to iowa will soon their carry and stay tuned to find out why. jessica r

1) you knothe westerners needed a bigame quartetcal eskra. defensewas coming up big too! 3 esterners ball!3) then drops back a dit hims thatdown!4) later 3llard for tthe touchdoakron westfield pulls the upset! 26-21 the n other scores... boyden-hull/rock valley falls 3 2lyon/george-littledefeats east sac county estherlincoln central n 1a, south central calhoscores 35 unanswered and in 8-man m-m-c tops ar-we- va 62ranked new fs out g-t/r-14, end-mupsets 5- ranked janesville 45.that's it foryour morningsportscast. joihere tonightfor and 10.thanks for watching.back to you, jake! 3 3 star trek is 3 3 3 star trek is coming back to c - b - s. it's (time)... your sunrise entertainment is 3 3 3 we are starting off the month of november way above average. we are seeing highs in the middle 70's today, and we will likely see them stay there today and tomorrow with breezy winds. late wednesday into thursday we will see a pretty strong front move through the area. this will bring us a chance of thunderstorms overnight and rain for most of the day on thursday, but will also bring us th

"playing for it alal i'm pretty sure nonody had us picked ffr it," said senior quarterback cal eskra. "it's a great feeling. i don't even know what to say about it. i'm just excited to go. we're peaking at the right time." akron-westfield plays at 1:36 thursday. wednesday at six, we'll hear from western christian and spirit lake, who play friday. sports fource will be in cedar falls for all the state finals. the hawkeyes stay at number five in the new playoff standings. iowa is one of four unbeaten teams in the top six. the top four are clemson, alabama, ohio state and notre dame. for more go to ktiv.com. i'm brad pautsch with the sports fource morning wrap. >> cool anddmisty this mooning. another gloomy start. when will we see the sun? ben's in next to tell us. and several businesses in iowa are switching their vehicles over to natural gas to save money. and one siouxland city just opened a public pump so anyone can use natural gas in nex<< >> << wx timer @ 1:15 the gloomy weather trend will ntinue today with ssttered on and off showers along with a strong west wind taking hold later