By: Chris Johnson 

Messenger Sports Staff

For the first 35 minutes of Saturday's ICCAC championship, 13th-ranked Iowa Central was primed to pull off the upset of second-ranked Iowa Western and bring the President's Cup back to campus.

After a scoreless first half, the Tritons (5-4 overall, 1-1 ICCAC) exploded for a 13-0 lead, but the Reivers (8-0, 2-0) rallied from all three phases of the game for a 35-21 victory.

The President's Cup, which was first brought into play when Dr Dan. Kinney held that title at Iowa Central. He has since replaced his father at Iowa Western, and the trophy returns to Council Bluffs."Now we have to find a way to put this behind us," Montalto said. "We need to get to six wins so we can get to a bowl game."

The Tritons got out of the first half unscathed as they had two fumbles, once inside the 30 and one at midfield. Iowa Western also missed a 42-yard field goal.

After intermission, it took the Tritons only three plays to build a two possession game.

Zach Marker hit Cal Weidmann with a 54-yard touchdown strike that Weidmann ran 35 yards after the catch for the first score of the ball game.

Izaiah Haslett recovered an Iowa Western fumble on the kickoff, setting the Tritons up from the 31-yard line.

Marker went back to the air connecting with Jamarien Wheeler. After the extra point was missed, Iowa Central led 13-0.

Iowa Western then scored on its next two possessions, plus a special teams score, to take a 21-13 lead.

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