Two late scores by South Tama gave the Trojans a 29-20 win over the Charles City Comets in Friday night football action. Charles City is now 1-2 overall and 0-1 in Class 3A District 3.

The game featured Charles City’s Seth Niichel returning an interception for a touchdown to give the Comets a 20-13 early in the fourth quarter.

South Tama scored 16 unanswered points to close out the game. When a Comet pitch went awry, the Trojans took the lead on a safety with less than 5 minutes left in the game. They put the game out of reach with a touchdown on their ensuing drive.

Down by nine points with less than a minute to go, the Comets refused to fold. Quarterback Mike Cranshaw engineered a final drive that had Charles City only yards away from a late touchdown when time ran out.

Charles City returns to Comet Stadium next week to face Xavier, Cedar Rapids.

Below are the new District 3 standings and more Sept. 8 scores from Class 3A:

 DISTRICT 3

• OVERALL
• TEAM: WIN – LOSS
• Waverly-Shell Rock …… 3 – 0 
• Xavier, Cedar Rapids … 3 – 0 
• Decorah ……………….. ….. 3 – 0 
• Benton Community …… 2 – 1
• Vinton-Shellsburg ……… 2 – 1
• South Tama ……………….. 2 – 1
• Charles City ……………….. 1 – 2
• Independence ……………. 1 – 2 

• IN DISTRICT
  
• TEAM: WIN – LOSS
• Decorah ……………….. ….. 1 – 0 
• South Tama ……………….. 1 – 0
• Waverly-Shell Rock …… 1 – 0 
• Xavier, Cedar Rapids … 1 – 0 
• Benton Community …… 0 – 1
• Charles City ……………….. 0 – 1
• Independence ……………. 0 – 1
• Vinton-Shellsburg ……… 0 – 1

District 3:

• Decorah 55, Vinton-Shellsburg 0 
• South Tama County, Tama 29, Charles City 20 
• Waverly-Shell Rock 48, Independence 13 
• Xavier, Cedar Rapids 31, Benton Community 21 

District1

• Humboldt 17, Spencer 14 
• Sergeant Bluff-Luton 35, Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City 28 
• Spirit Lake 49, LeMars 12
• Algona at Storm Lake Community School 

District 2

• Ballard 41, Perry 17 
• Boone 42, Iowa Falls-Alden 0 
• Dallas Center-Grimes 31, Greene County 12 
• Webster City 42, Gilbert 20 

District 3

District 4

• Center Point-Urbana 44, Maquoketa 14 
• Marion 49, Central DeWitt 3 
• Wahlert Catholic, Dubuque 42, Clear Creek-Amana 20 
• West Delaware, Manchester 21, Assumption, Davenport 14 (OT)

District 5

• Oskaloosa 58, Fort Madison 14 
• Solon 47, Keokuk 7 

District 6

• Carlisle 56, Nevada 34 
• Grinnell 24, North Polk, Alleman 23 (OT)
• Norwalk 35, Knoxville 16 
• Pella 34, Bondurant-Farrar 12 

District 7

• Denison-Schleswig 31, Atlantic 28 
• Glenwood 13, Carroll 12 
• Harlan 42, Creston/O-M 7 
• Winterset 34, ADM, Adel 13