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HS Boys Substate Basketball Scores

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February 25th, 2012 by admin

Class 1A Substate Finals

  • Nodaway Valley 49, Exira-EHK 41
  • St. Mary, Storm Lake 75, Guthrie Center 47
  • Boyden-Hull 51, Kingsley-Pierson 43
  • North Iowa, Buffalo Center 55, AGWSR 40
  • IMS 55, Gladbrook-Reinbeck 39
  • Danville 68, Wayne 38
  • St. Albert, Council Bluffs 68, Boyer Valley56
  • Lisbon 57, North Linn 44

Class 1A State Tourney Bracket

Class 2A Substate Finals

  • Clarinda 54, Carroll Kuemper 52 OT
  • St. Edmond 70, Des Moines Christian 58
  • Mount Vernon 60, Mediapolis 37
  • North Cedar 51, Cascade 46
  • PCM 48, West Marshall 47
  • MFL-MarMac 82, Hudson 70
  • Roland-Story 51, West Fork 49
  • Sioux Center 62, Western Christian 51

Class 2A State Tourney Bracket

Panthers Claw Past Salukis

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February 25th, 2012 by admin

CARBONDALE, Ill. — Anthony James scored 18 points, including four free throws in the final minute, and Northern Iowa slipped past Southern Illinois 65-61 on Saturday.

Johnny Moran’s free throw with 50 seconds left put the Panthers (19-12, 9-9 Missouri Valley) ahead to stay and James’ two gave Northern Iowa a 62-59 lead. After T.J. Lindsay scored for Southern Illinois, James made two more from the foul line. Moran’s free throw with 6 seconds left completed the scoring.

Deon Mitchell scored 12 points and Jake Koch had 11 points and nine rebounds for Northern Iowa.

Justin Bocot’s 3-pointer with 52 seconds left tied it for Southern Illinois (8-22, 5-13), which finished ninth in the Missouri Valley and will begin play in the MVC tournament on Thursday. The Salukis were led in scoring by two seniors playing their final home game — Mamadou Seck with 18 points and Bocot with 14.

Cyclone Women Lose at Okie State

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February 25th, 2012 by admin

STILLWATER, Okla. – Iowa State jumped out to an 11-point first half lead on Oklahoma State but went cold the remainder of the game and dropped a 71-63 decision Saturday night at Gallagher-Iba Arena. With the loss, Iowa State drops to 17-10 overall and 8-8 in Big 12 play. The Cowgirls improved to 14-11 overall and 6-10 in the conference.

Chelsea Poppens led the Cyclones with 19 points and 17 rebounds in the loss, her 14th double-double this season. Lauren Mansfield was the only other Cyclone in double figures with 12 points.

Oklahoma State was led by freshman Liz Donohoe, who scored 27 points. Tiffany Bias tallied 17 points, including 14 in the second half.

Cyclones Complete Season Sweep of K-State

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February 25th, 2012 by admin

MANHATTAN, Kan. — Scott Christopherson scored 29 points as Iowa State knocked off Kansas State 65-61 on Saturday.

The win was the seventh in the last nine outings for the Cyclones (21-8, 11-5), who began the streak with an upset of Kansas on Jan. 28. Jordan Henriquez led the Wildcats (19-9, 8-8 Big 12) with 19 points, 12 rebounds and seven blocks.

Down 59-56 with 3:50 to go, the Wildcats made a strong push to attempt to complete a comeback from a 10-point halftime deficit. Angel Rodriguez made a free throw to tie it at 61, but Christopherson hit his fifth 3-pointer to put the Cyclones back on top 64-61 with 1:30 to play. Rodriguez then missed two free throws. After Christopherson missed one of his own, Rodney McGruder’s 3-point attempt was no good, and Kansas State had to foul. Chris Allen made one of two from the line, and that was enough.

Shockers Roll Past Drake

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February 25th, 2012 by admin

WICHITA, Kan. — Ben Smith scored 18 points to lead a balanced offense and help No. 19 Wichita State beat Drake 81-58 on Saturday.

Wichita State (26-4, 16-2 Missouri Valley) had already clinched the Missouri Valley championship entering Saturday, but celebrated its first title since 2006 with a victory to complete a 16-2 season.  The Shockers also avenged their only loss, a 93-86 triple-overtime thriller at Drake on Jan. 28, in their last 17 games.

Ben Simons scored 21 points, hitting seven 3-pointers, to lead the Bulldogs (16-14, 9-9).The teams traded runs in the first half, but Wichita State scored the last seven points of the half to take a 36-25 lead.Wichita State led by as many as 27 points in the second half.

Girls State Basketball Schedule

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February 25th, 2012 by admin

CLASS 1-A First Round

Monday: Ar-We-Va (21-3) vs. Bedford (24-1), 10 a.m. LeMars Gehlen (20-4) vs. North Butler (21-1), 11:45 a.m. West Sioux (24-1) vs. Lynnville-Sully (23-2), 1:30 p.m. North Tama (21-4) vs. North Mahaska (25-0), 5 p.m.

CLASS 2-A First Round

Monday: Esterville-Lincoln Central (24-2) vs. Hull Western Christian (22-3), 6:45 p.m. West marchall (20-5), OA-BCIG (25-0), 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday: Pella Christian (21-3) vs. West Hancock (25-0), 10 a.m. Bellevue (25-0) vs. IKM-Manning (23-2), 11:45 a.m.

CLASS 3-A First Round

Tuesday: Dubuque Wahlert (20-4) vs. Sioux City Heelan (23-1), 1:30 p.m. Bondurant-Farrar (22-2) vs. MOC-Floyd Valley (25-0), 5 p.m. Glenwood (22-1) vs. Davenport Assumption (22-2), 6:45 p.m. Ballard (18-6) vs. Benton (24-0), 8:30 p.m.

CLASS 4-A First Round

Wednesday: Iowa City High (17-6) vs. Iowa City West (22-1), 10 a.m. Waukee (19-5) vs. Mason City (21-2), 11:45 a.m. Cedar Rapids Xavier (18-5) vs. Ankeny (20-3), 1:30 p.m. Ames (16-7) vs. Southeast Polk (23-1), 5 p.m.

High School Basketball Substate Finals Schedule

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February 25th, 2012 by admin

Class 1A Substate Finals Saturday, February 25

  • St. Albert, Council Bluffs (13-10) vs. West Monona, Onawa (18-6) at Abraham Lincoln, Council Bluffs. 7pm.
  • St. Mary’s, Storm Lake (24-0) vs. Guthrie Center (15-9) at Ft. Dodge 7pm.
  • Nodaway Valley (21-2) vs. Exira/EH-K (22-1) at SWCC in Creston 7pm.  (Live on KJAN AM 1220, FM 101.1, and kjan.com.  Pregame 6:45pm, Tipoff 7:00pm.)

Class 2A Substate Finals Saturday, February 25

  • Clarinda (18-4) vs. Kuemper Catholic, Carroll (17-7) at Harlan 7pm.

Class 3A Substate Finals Monday, February 27

  • Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City (16-6) vs. Harlan (17-6) at Denison-Schleswig 7pm.
  • Dallas Center-Grimes (21-3) vs. ADM, Adel (20-3) at Johnston 7pm.

Class 4A Substate Final Tuesday, February 28

  • Sioux City East vs. Lewis Central, Council Bluffs at Tyson Event Center in Sioux City 7pm.

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DONALD R. HOOVER, 72, of Atlantic (Svcs 2-28-12)

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February 25th, 2012 by admin

DONALD R. HOOVER, 72, of Atlantic died Saturday, February 25, 2012 at the Cass County Memorial Hospital Hospice Center in Atlantic.  Funeral services for DONALD R. HOOVER will be held 11-a.m. Tue., Feb. 28th, at the 1st Baptist Church in Elk Horn. Roland Funeral Home in Atlantic has the arrangements.

Friends may call at the funeral home from 1-4pm Sun., Feb. 26th, and on Mon. (2/27), from 5-7pm, with a Special service from5-7pm Monday.

Burial will be in the Oakfield Cemetery southeast of Elk Horn.

DONALD HOOVER is survived by:

His wife: Marlene Hoover.

His children – Randall (Peggy) Hoover, of Papillion, NE; Janelle (Mark) Buschman, of Perryton, TX; Deborah (Dwight) Ried, of Newell, IA; & Wesley (Tonna) Hoover, of Atlantic.

13 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.