KJAN Podcasts

Jim Field visits with Atlantic Library Director Michelle Andersen about the Cass County Library Association Pizza, Puzzles and Pub fund raiser for the Dolly Parton Imagination Library program.

Jim Field visits with Cass County 4-H'er Parker Brock.  Parker is serving his first term as a member of the Iowa 4-H Youth Council.

Jim Field visits with Atlantic Firefighter Jake Vetter about the annual Fire Prevention Week Donation Breakfast this Sunday and the parade on October 14.

The CAM Cougars may be one of the hottest teams in all of volleyball right now. The Cougars defeated the Paton-Churdan Rockets on Thursday night in three dominating sets. The Cougars won the sets by scores of 25-11 25-5 25-12. The Rockets scored the first three points to begin the night in set 1, but from there on it was all Cougars. The Cougars got great play from their entire roster, but their main leader Thursday showed out big time. Senior Eva Steffensen was dominant at the net offensively and defensively but where she stole the show was back serving. Steffensen tallied 5 aces to lead the Cougars and also had 5 digs to go along with 16 kills. Head Coach of CAM Jenna Mcdonald has been impressed with the improvements of Steffensen and her serving game.

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The Cougars are an experienced team and that shows with their chemistry on the court, but no two players have better chemistry on the court than sister duo senior Emma Follmann and younger sister freshman Courtney Follmann. Coach Mcdonald on the special connection of this team and sisters.

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The Cougars are playing their best volleyball as tournament play approaches winning nine of their last ten, four games in a row, and even more impressive the Cougars have won 11 consecutive sets. Coach Mcdonald says the team is firing on all cylinders.

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The Cougars finish the regular season with a 18-7 record and will go to the Rolling Valley Conference tournament on October, 14th at Coon Rapids Bayard, and then the Cougars will host Class 1A Region 5 tournament First Round. Hear the full interview with Coach Mcdonald below

The AHSTW Vikings football team has had a up and down season. The Vikings began their season with two straight blowout wins by a combined score of 105-34. The Vikings then would lose their next three in heartbreak fashion as two of the three games were decided by one possession and the game at home vs top 5 ranked Treynor the Vikings lost 26-25. The Vikings took that loss and rallied together as a team in an absolutely dominating performance as they defeated Missouri Valley 49-0. This performance was all started by the impressive play of the defense and their ability to get off the field in crucial down situations said Head Coach Grant Harris.

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The offense came to play as well as they tallied seven touchdowns and rushed for 240 yards as a team. The Vikings were led by junior Luke Sternberg who exploded for 193 yards and three touchdowns on just 9 carries. Coach Harris says the goal for the Vikings is to get the ball to Sternberg on the outside in space.

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This week the Vikings welcome in the 2-4 Red Oak Tigers who are coming off a 38-12 loss vs Shenandoah. Coach Harris said for his team to come out with a victory on Friday night it's all about doing it for each and every player in that locker room.

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The Vikings sitting at 3-3 with two games remaining know every game counts and matters if they want to make a playoff push and extend their season. The AHSTW Vikings and Red Oak Tigers will kick off at 7:00pm Friday evening. You can listen to the full interview with Coach Harris below.

Jim Field visits with Carrie Potter and Nelcy Vargas of Catholic Charities about the Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Program and the Breakfast with the Bishop event on Friday, October 13 at 9:30 am at the Saints Peter & Paul Catholic Parish Center in Atlantic.

KJAN Sports Director Asa Lucas’ weekly discussion with Atlantic Head Football Coach Joe Brummer. This week we talk about the Week 6 loss against Creston and discuss the tactics on how to win against Perry.

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

Who’s Gonna Win? is brought to you again in 2023 by Rush CPA & Associates and Fareway.

Last Week:

Matt Mullenix 7-1

Asa Lucas 8-0

Jim Field 7-1

Chris Parks 7-1

Overall 2023 Standings:

Matt Mullenix 38-10

Asa Lucas 37-11

Jim Field 32-16

Chris Parks 40-8

On Tuesday evening the Griswold Tigers welcomed in the visiting Heartland Christian Eagles for a Class 1A volleyball matchup. Griswold has had a great year and lost the two previous matches and needed a win to get back on the right track on the team's senior night. Coming into the night the Tigers were 18-7. The Tigers took care of business and swept the Heartland Christian Eagles in three sets by scores of 25-14, 25-16 and 25-17.

The Tigers dominated the net led by Gabbie Greiman and Marissa Askeland who led the offense with 14 and 13 kills respectively.  R'nya Kirchhoff had 7 kills and Addison Adams and Joey Reynolds each added 3 kills. Coach Jody Rossell was happy with how her team played well together.

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Carolina Arica put up 33 assists as she ran the offense, and Coach Russell talked about Arica and the time she puts into being a great player.

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Griswold will be in a tournament this weekend and Coach Rossell wants her team to take it just one game, one play at a time.

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Griswold improves to 19-7 on the season and looks to continue playing well as the postseason nears.

The fourth ranked team in Eight-Player football the CAM Cougars have been as dominant as they have impressive. The Cougars are 6-0 on the season and no team has come within 20 points of the Cougars. CAM defeated Sidney last Friday night in a 64-6 final score but led 38-0 after the first quarter. The Cougars have outscored their opponents 350-52 on the season and look to continue that dominating display as the season moves forward and the Playoffs approach.  Head Coach Barry Bower knew it would be tough last week without a couple starters on both ends of the ball and made it an emphasis to have the next man up mentality and put some of his young players in the best positions to succeed.

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The Cougars have been led offensively all season by junior quarterback Chase Spieker who tallied five touchdowns vs Sidney last week and continues to improve.

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Coach Bower said his team's success comes from one word he uses over and over and described it as the most powerful word in the dictionary.

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Coach Bower said his teams main focus is on each and every day trying to get better and improve, you can't dwell on the past or look forward a few weeks but rather focus on the task in front of them

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The fourth ranked CAM Cougars led by head coach Barry Bower welcome in the 3-3 Fremont-Mills Knights this coming Friday. Listen to the full interview with Coach Bower below.