The Atlantic Boys Basketball team will begin playoff play tonight in Glenwood.  The Trojans will face the Winterset Huskies in a game that will tip off at 6:30pm.  That game will be followed by the other Class 3A District 16 Semifinal between Glenwood and Creston and 8:00pm.  Chris Parks and Seth Christensen will bring you coverage of both games tonight on KJAN AM 1220 and FM 101.1 as well as live audio at kjan.com and on the mobile app.

Atlantic gets a rematch of their first game of the season in which they beat Winterset 84-46.  The Trojans were led in that first meeting by Senior Ryan Hawkins and Junior Garrett Franken who both had 24 points in that first meeting.  Those two are also the leading scorers on the season for Atlantic, Hawkins with 22ppg and Franken with 17ppg.  Winterset is led by Sophomore Justin Henry who is averaging 14 points per game.

The second game of the night will be the third meeting of the season between Glenwood and Creston.  The Rams won both of the first two meetings 79-54 on December 4th and 86-72 on February 2nd.  The Rams are led by two Sophomores, Point Guard Nate Mohr who is averaging 18ppg and Forward Andrew Blum who is averaging 17 points per contest.  Creston has four players averaging in double figures on a very young squad. Freshman Kylan Smallwood has the highest average at 14ppg.

Catch all the action tonight on KJAN with pregame starting at 6:20pm for the Atlantic game.