Class 1A – Championship

#1 North Linn 57,  #5 Marquette Catholic 56

Class 2A – Championship

#1 West Christian 78,  #2 Hudson 51

Class 3A – Championship

#4 Assumption 46, #2 Waverly-Shell Rock 45

Class 4A – Championship

#2 Valley 63, #1 Cedar Rapids-Kennedy 59

The Iowa Association of Track Coaches indoor meet was held Friday in Ames.  Several local participants scored medals

6. Denison-Schleswig – 800 Sprint Medley (1:59.72)

10. Carroll – 800 Sprint Medley  (2:00.45)

13. Atlantic – 800 Sprint Medley  (2:01.53)

16. Carroll – 4×800 Meter Relay (11:40.88)

17. Denison-Schleswig – 4×800 Meter Relay (11:41.89

2. Jacie Reed, Atlantic – 60 Meter Hurdles (9.58)

5. Emma Robinson, Carlisle – 60 Meter Hurdles (10.09)

3. Marie Dea, Carroll – 400 Meters (58.65)

12. Morgan Botos, Atlantic – 400 Meters (1:05.81)

14. Nicole Middents, Atlantic -400 Meters (1:06.21)

3. Lola Mendlik, Denison-Schleswig – 1500 Meters (5:05.80)

4. Claire Pellett, Atlantic – 800 Meters (2:25.53)

5. Atlantic – Shuttle Hurdles (42.92)

8. Denison-Schleswig – Shuttle Hurdles (44.41)

17. Carroll – 4×100 Meter Relay  (55.31)

24. Atlantic – 4×100 Meter Relay (58.62)

6. Lola Mendlik, Denison-Schleswig – 3000 Meters (11:20.14)

1. Carroll 4×400 Meter Relay  (4:14.93)

7. Atlantic – 4×400 Meter Relay (4:21.84)

13. Denison-Schleswig – 4×400 Meter Relay (4:42.82)

10. Lila Weiderstein, Atlantic – Long Jump (14-09.00)

15. Aubrie Drake, Carroll – Long Jump (14-02.50)

20. Kyia Clark, Denison-Schleswig – Long Jump  (13-07.75)

27. Alexandria Meiers, Carroll, Long Jump (12-01.75)

4. Jordan Matiyow, Lewis Central – Shot Put (36-00.25)

6. Emma Kuhlmann, Carroll – Shot Put  (35-10.75)

18. Olivia Olson, Atlantic – Shot Put (30-07.25)

21. Mayah Slater, Denison-Schleswig – Shot Put  (29-07.75)

25. Emily Gehlsen, Denison-Schleswig – Shot Put (28-03.00)

30. Makenzie Vetter, Lewis Central – Shot Put (25-07.25)

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The Drake women’s basketball team picked up a compelling road win over Evansville this evening to add to their already historic season. The Bulldogs trounced UE 86-53 to improve to 18-1 in league play and secure the outright regular season MVC championship.

The win was also Drake’s 10th in a row, marking the longest victory streak in Suzie Glazer Burt Head Coach Allison Pohlman’s tenure.

Grace Berg finally broke a scoreless start of nearly two minutes with the game’s first basket, a three from the left wing. Drake (25-5, 18-1) then got two more on a Taylor McAulay score following two precise passes from Berg and Anna Miller.

Berg later buried another three over top of an active zone defense by Evansville. Katie Dinnebier joined in with a triple from nearly the exact same spot as Berg’s first two makes. She scored the next four for the Bulldogs to give Drake its first double-digit lead of the night at 15-5.

Drake led 18-7 after the first quarter. It was the seventh time this season that the Bulldogs held their opponents to a single digit scoring total in a quarter.

The Drake domination continued in the second period as Ashley Iiams came on and buried a transition three after an assist from Brooklin Dailey. The two reserves teamed up to give the Dogs a 28-9 advantage and force an Evansville (4-26, 2-17) timeout.

The Aces were able to chip away a bit at Drake’s healthy advantage as the clock ticked towards halftime. Kynidi Mason Striverson rattled in a corner three and took a charge on the opposite end to firmly grasp the momentum. Drake struggled over this stretch, going scoreless for over three minutes until a pair of Dinnebier freebies halted the cold streak.

Dinnebier came through again with a deep three off the glass as the first half horn sounded to give Drake a 40-22 halftime lead. Dinnebier led all scorers with 17 points at the break.

The Bulldogs built on their buzzer-beating play to end the first half as their rout continued in the third period. Drake, using their patented blistering pace, ripped off a 7-0 run over just 45 seconds of game time to grab a 23-point lead, its largest of the game up to that point.

Grace Berg keyed the Bulldogs down the stretch of the third quarter, eventually hitting the 20-point mark on the night. Drake led 61-37 after three.

Drake bested their largest lead of the game with three-straight deep balls, the first from Brooklin Dailey for her first score of the evening, and two in transition from Courtney Becker. That trio of treys extended Drake’s lead to 34 points with just over six minutes to play.

The fourth quarter concluded moments later with Drake’s massive advantage intact. The Bulldogs left Meeks Family Fieldhouse with an 86-53 victory to secure sole possession of the MVC title. It marks the eighth outright regular season conference championship in program history and first since 2019.

Katie Dinnebier led all scorers with 25 points followed by Grace Berg’s 22. Dinnebier also dished out eight assists to lead the game. She surpassed the 500-career assist mark in Thursday’s win, becoming just the seventh player in program history to do so.

Drake’s double-digit scorers were rounded by Courtney Becker with 13 points and Anna Miller with 12. Miller saw her streak of five-straight double-doubles end, but still led the Bulldogs on the glass with six boards along with four blocks.

As a team, Drake’s persistent defensive effort forced 15 turnovers, a season high for the squad.

“It’s easy to get overly critical, especially this time of year,” Pohlman said. “We’re not expecting perfection, but you want to watch their chemistry and their confidence grow and what we see every day in practice shine through and we did that. Being able to come on the road and show up the way we did…I loved our energy. We executed extremely, extremely well.”

The Bulldogs will wrap up their regular season this weekend with a trip to Terre Haute, Ind. and a meeting with Indiana State. The Bulldogs and Sycamores will tip off at noon.

The Iowa State women play 17th ranked Baylor on Saturday in the quarterfinal round of the Big 12 Tournament in Kansas City. The Cyclones are the four seed while fifth seeded Baylor advanced with a 71-60 victory over Texas Tech earlier today. ISU won the only regular season contest in Ames.

That’s Iowa State coach Bill Fennelly who says it will be a competitive weekend.

The Riverside Bulldogs boys basketball team ended their season with 75-64 second round loss in the Class 1A-Region 8 Bracket. The Bulldogs were led in scoring by senior Grady Jeppesen who had 21 points that night.

Riverside was led in scoring this season by senior Grady Jeppesen who had 587 points and averaged 26 points per game.

The Bulldogs will be losing four seniors to graduation this season: Mason McCready, Garrett Hough, Kyler Rieken and Grady Jeppesen

Bulldogs coach Nick Kroon commented on well senior Grady Jeppesen has been playing this post season against St. Albert & Exira-EHK.

Coach Kroon talked what he is going to really going to miss the seniors leadership on this years team.

Coach Kroon commented on the summer leagues that his team will be a part of over the summer.

The Bulldogs ended the season with 13-10 overall record and went 9-7 in the Western Iowa Conference.

The Atlantic Girl’s Track Team are gearing up for the 2024 season with a new wave of senior leadership, medal winning experience, and 34 poised athletes. Head Coach Matt Mullenix is looking forward to the confidence and experience that having medal winners bring.

One of the strengths of this year’s program will be the sprinting and hurdling events. Atlantic will have state medal winners senior Claire Pellett, sophomore Taylee Hagen, junior Morgan Botos, junior Mariah Huffman, junior Hailey Huffman, sophomore Adler Bruce, and sophomore Jacie Reed competing.

Another positive influence for the future success of this track season is the mindset that all of the Trojans seem to have. Pellett discussed how the team is buying in to the idea of being unified and putting in disciplined work.

One unique aspect of this year’s Girl’s Track Team is the theme of “Feed the Cats”. A philosophy based on lions when hunting prey, that when you’re not hunting you should be conserving energy. With so many of Atlantic’s athletes being multi-sport participants, Coach Mullenix saw that this idea could help to mitigate injuries and have the maximum amount of energy available for his runners. It’s a notion that runners like Pellet is fully behind.

Senior hurdler Avery Knuth also explained that a focus for the team this year is to not stop working no matter the difficulty and take each day as it comes.

Atlantic will contend at the Indoor meet in Ames today and then head to Northwest Missouri State University on March 16th.

The sixth ranked Iowa State men still have a chance to earn a share of the Big 12 championship as they get set to close the regular season tomorrow at Kansas State. The Cyclones are 13-4 and a game behind top ranked Houston. The Cougars close at home against 14th ranked Kansas.

That’s ISU coach T.J. Otzelberger. K-State is 7-10 in the Big 12 and at 17-13 overall may need several wins to boost its NCAA Tournament hopes.

The Cyclones are 24-6 overall and Otzelberger says his team has gotten there by focusing on the next challenge.

First Team
Grady Jeppesen (Riverside)
Jace Tams (Treynor)
Jack Vanfossan (Underwood)
Mason Boothby (Underwood)
Ethan Konz (Treynor)
Ben Ramsey (IKM – Manning)
Brody Lager (Missouri Valley)

Second Team
Edward Miller (Audubon)
AJ Harder (Tri – Center)
Ross Kusel (IKM – Manning)
Luke Seidler (Underwood)
Wes Vana (Loma)
Josh Ravlin (Underwood)
Owen Larsen (Underwood )

Honorable Mention
Christian Dahir (Tri – Center)
Dane Janssen (Missouri Valley)
Luke Sternberg (AHSTW)
Karson Elwood (Treynor)
Alec Lovely (Treynor)
Evan Roden (Loma)
Garrett Luett (Underwood)
Austin Christenesen (Audubon)
Mason McCready (Riverside)
Lane Sams (IKM – Manning)

WIC Boys Player of the Year
Grady Jeppesen (Riverside)
 
Unanimous Selections
Grady Jeppesen (Riverside)
Jace Tams (Treynor)

First Team
Delaney Goshorn (AHSTW)
Alexis Flaharty (Tri – Center)
Grace Herman (Missouri Valley)
Alizabeth Jacobsen (Underwood)
Nora Konz (Treynor)
Anna Stangl (IKM – Manning)
Quincey Schneckloth (Tri – Center)

Second Team
Alexa Schwartz (Treynor)
Marki Bertelsen (Loma)
Kinsley Ferguson (Underwood)
Sydney Somers (Riverside)
Lozie Lewis (Treynor)
Ella Langer (AHSTW)
Ava Worley (Loma)
 
Honorable Mention
Rylie Knop (AHSTW)
Brooklyn Lalley (Loma)
Ainsley Roberts (Underwood)
Adeline Martens (Riverside)
Isah Van Arsdol (Tri – Center)
Mackenzie Parrot (Missouri Valley)
Claire Schrage (Treynor)
Abby Neiheisel (IKM – Manning)

WIC Girls Player of the Year
Delaney Goshorn (AHSTW)

Unanimous Selections
Delaney Goshorn (AHSTW)
Alexis Flaharty (Tri – Center)

The Iowa Association of Track Coaches indoor meet was held Thursday in Ames.  Several local participants scored medals.

Class 1-A:

1. Gabe Funk, Lenox — 60 meter hurdles (8.24)

1. Landon Bendgen, Woodbine — 1600 meter run (4:20.22)

2. William Anderson, Logan-Magnolia — 60 meter dash (7.11)

2. Jack Follmann, CAM — 60 meter hurdles (8.25)

2. Jack Follmann, CAM — 400 meter dash (52.79)

2. Landon Bendgen, Woodbine — 3200 meter run (9:57.80)

2. St. Albert — 4×800 meter relay (8:35.07)

2. Riverside — distance medley relay (3:44.73)

3. Owen Wise, St. Albert — 3200 meter run (10:12.89)

3. Aaron Olsen, Audubon — 60 meter dash (7.19)

4. Riverside — 4×400 meter relay (3:36.12)

5. Parker Heisterkamp, St. Albert — 800 meter run (2:05.43)

5. Zeke Konkler, Audubon — 400 meter dash (53.09)

5. Trenton Warner, Nodaway Valley — shot put (45-08.75)

5. Gunner Wagner, Woodbine — 3200 meter run (10:21.21)

5. Lenox — shuttle hurdle relay (35.44)

6. Evan Roden, Logan-Magnolia — long jump (20-01.00)

6. Audubon — shuttle hurdle relay (36.20)

6. Riverside — 4×100 meter relay (45.84)

6. Riverside — 4×800 meter relay (8:58.85)

6. Lenox — distance medley relay (3:50.43)

7. Gunner Wagner, Woodbine — 1600 meter run (4:40.20)

7. Collin Bower, CAM — 60 meter hurdles (8.87)

8. Cash Emgarten, Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton — 60 meter dash (7.30)

8. Cash Emgarten, Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton — 200 meter dash (23.52)

8. Audubon — distance medley relay (3:52.10)

8. Audubon — 4×400 meter relay (3:40.99)

CLASS 2-A:

1. Shenandoah — 4×100 meter relay (44.19)

1. Shenandoah — 4×400 meter relay (3:35.23)

2. Brody Cullin, Shenandoah — 200 meter dash (22.93)

2. Alex Razee, Shenandoah — 400 meter dash (50.94)

3. Kyle Wagoner, Clarinda — 1600 meter run (4:42.29)

3. Brayden Sifford, Red Oak — 60 meter dash (7.25)

3. Treynor — 4×100 meter relay (44.94)

3. Treynor — shuttle hurdle relay (35.75)

4. Jacob Greving, Kuemper Catholic — 1600 meter run (4:47.39)

4. Clarinda — distance medley relay (3:45.42)

4. Clarinda — 4×400 meter relay (3:37.58)

5. Brayden Sifford, Red Oak — 200 meter dash (23.36)

7. Kyle Wagoner, Clarinda — 3200 meter run (10:26.19)

7. Emmanuel Grass, Red Oak — 1600 meter run (4:48.95)

8. Cale Hall, Red Oak — 60 meter dash (7.36)

8. Jacob Greving, Kuemper Catholic — 800 meter run (2:07.35)

CLASS 3-A:

1. Ethan Eichhorn, Lewis Central — 1600 meter run (4:19.64)

1. Cade Sears, Harlan — 60 meter dash (6.85)

1. Harlan — 4×100 meter relay (43.20) **Drake Relays Blue Standard

2. Ethan Eichhorn, Lewis Central — 800 meter run (2:01.37)

2. Brehden Eggerss, Harlan — long jump (20-04.00)

3. Cade Sears, Harlan — 200 meter dash (22.19)

4. Bryant Keller, Glenwood — 3200 meter run (9:49.43)

4. Kevin Coots, Lewis Central — 1600 meter run (4:26.73)

4. Glenwood — distance medley relay (3:42.11)

5. Andrew Smith, Glenwood — 1600 meter run (4:28.57)

5. Brandon Briley, Creston — 800 meter run (2:05.43)

5. Atlantic — distance medley relay (3:45.36)

6. Marshall Arkfeld, Lewis Central — 3200 meter run (9:51.49)

6. Gavin McLaren, Atlantic — shot put (46-11.50)

6. Glenwood — 4×100 meter relay (45.76)

7. Anthony Arambula, Denison-Schleswig — long jump (19-03.50)

7. Bennett Whetstone, Atlantic — 400 meter dash (54.29)

7. Creston — 4×400 meter relay (3:39.32)

7. Creston — 4×800 meter relay (9:06.80)

8. Tye Houser, Atlantic — 60 meter dash (7.27)