The senior caught 10 passes for 207 yards and two touchdowns in a victory over Charter Oak-Ute. Cullen also recorded 11 tackles on defense and recovered a fumble.
Class 1A: Cody Good, Ogden
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The junior running back carried the ball 36 times for 255 yards and three touchdowns in a victory over Van Meter. Good averaged more than seven yards per carry.
Class 2A: Wil Janssen, Mediapolis
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The junior collected 18 tackles and returned an interception 20 yards for a touchdown in a victory over Wilton. On offense Janssen had three receptions, including a ten yard catch for a touchdown.
Class 3A: Donnie Johnson, Mount Pleasant
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The senior scored all four touchdowns in a victory over Clear Creek-Amana. Johnson rushed for 112 yards and three touchdowns and on defense returned one of his two interceptions for a score. He also recovered a fumble.
Class 4A: Allen Lazard, Urbandale
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The sophomore safety equaled a national record by returning two interceptions for touchdowns in the same quarter in a victory over Des Moines Hoover. Lazard accomplished the feat in the opening quarter and later on added a third interception and returned it 50 yards for a touchdown.
Floridian pleads guilty to setting up bogus concert in Dubuque
August 31, 2011 By
A Florida man involved in a scheme to sell tickets to a bogus concert in eastern Iowa has pled guilty to fraud.
Thirty-eight-year-old Scott Elkins of Tampa, Florida, admitted he conspired with several others to defraud potential concert-goers by promoting and selling tickets to a 2006 concert in Dubuque they knew would not happen.
The conspirators bought commercials on a Dubuque radio station for a “Summer Jam 2K6″ concert, saying Chris Brown, Chamillionaire and Ciara were going to be at the Dubuque County Fairgrounds on June 30th. About a thousand $25 tickets were sold before the artists got wind of it and said they weren’t booked for the show. Someone had reserved a stage on the fairgrounds and VH1 had the concert listed on its website.
Prosectors say Elkins had been involved in setting up similar fake concerts in six other states. He’s pled guilty to one count of federal mail fraud in connection with the fake Dubuque concert and faces up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to a quarter-of-a-million dollars.
Iowa coach pleased with preparation
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Kirk Ferentz
Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz says every year an FCS team stuns an opponent from a BCS conference and he doesn’t want his Iowa Hawkeyes to be the next victim when they host Tennessee Tech in their season opener on Saturday.
The Golden Eagles are a member of the Ohio Valley Conference and it was last season when Jacksonville State out of the O-V-C pulled off a stunning upset at Ole’ Miss.
Ferentz says they just escaped in a game in 2009 against U.N.I. and ended up in the Orange Bowl, so they know they will have to be at their best on Saturday. Ferentz says the Hawks are ready for a game with a good attitude and health and now they need a good game week.
Ferentz says between six and nine true freshman will get on the field in the opener. He says the runningback position is where they are the thinnest and the young players will see the most time.
Ferentz believes the Hawkeyes will be better in special teams this season. He says all three of the place kickers are doing a pretty good job this fall. Ferentz says James Vandenberg is ready to take over as the starting quarterback. He says Vandenberg has a way about him that exudes confidence and that carries over to teammates.
Ferentz says Vandenberg will likely have some ups and downs like any player, but he says in the long run he expects him to perform well.
There will several new faces on the defensive line and Ferentz says they may be rotating several players on that unit. He expects that to continue all year long.
