The Central College football team is in Storm Lake today for American Rivers Conference action against Buena Vista University.

The Dutch are 3-2 and 1-2 in the ARC, coming off of a last second 35-28 loss to Wartburg that likely knocked Central out of the league title picture and will prevent them from making a third straight trip to the playoffs. Coach Jeff McMartin says that they talked with their guys about it on Monday, put it behind them, and have a singular focus on today’s game with the Beavers.

“You live in reality and I think it’s a good life lesson for all of us – there’s going to be things that happen to us that we don’t like”, McMartin said. “Are we going to sit in the past and feel bad about it or are we going to keep moving forward and be in the now? As sad as it makes me to think about it, I choose to think about what we have in front of us, which is BV. BV doesn’t care that we lost that game and they don’t care if we’re feeling sad. They’re going to want to win a football game and we have to have that same mindset.”

The Beavers are 2-4 overall and are 1-3 in the American Rivers Conference. They’re coming off a 65-0 shutout loss at Loras last Saturday.

Kickoff is today at 1:00 in Storm Lake. Trevor Castle and Don DeWaard will be on site to call the game live on 92.1 KRLS and the free KNIA/KRLS app, beginning with pregame at 12:35.