The Atlantic girls basketball team will begin a new season tonight with a new Head Coach. Dan Vargason takes over the reigns this season from Kelly Juhl. Vargason has been an Assistant Coach for the program for the last 5 years. Varagason takes over a team that finished 3-17 last season but does return 4 of the top 5 scorers.

Coach Vargason felt it was a good opportunity for him to step in and try to move the program forward.

Vargason is also the head cross country coach for Atlantic and said his first order of business with the basketball team was to try to instill a team first mindset like he has with the cross country program.

Another push for the team was to try to get some greater numbers in the program and they were able to convince a number of athletes to join up. Coach Vargason said he has been selling that everyone can come in and contribute in some way to the team.

Baylee Newell is the top returning scorer after leading the team with 9.4 points per game last year. McKenzie Waters (8.9ppg), Haley Rasmussen (7.0ppg), and Alyssa Ginther (5.3ppg) are some of the other top returners for the Trojans.

Their first game is tonight at home against Carroll and will follow that up immediately with a road trip to Dension-Schleswig on Tuesday night. We’ll have coverage of that Tuesday game on KJAN.

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(Learfield Sports) — Iowa State looks for a resume building win tonight (Monday night) when the Cyclones play Arizona in the opening round of the Maui Invitational. The Cyclones will play either Illinois or Gonzaga in their second game. ISU coach Steve Prohm…(click on the left side of the audio bars below to listen)

Iowa State has won three of its last five regular season tournaments and during that span has won 11 of 13 games. Prohm says their fan following is a big part of that success.

Tip-off is at 9-p.m. on ESPNU.

Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Former LSU coach Les Miles has been hired to lead Kansas’ downtrodden football program. Kansas announced the hiring Sunday shortly after Miles arrived at the airport in nearby Topeka. Miles signed a five-year contract that will pay him $2,775,000 annually. Miles ,

UNDATED (AP) — Wisconsin’s Jonathan Taylor turned in the best performance of his career in a week that saw four of the season’s top nine rushing totals. Taylor carried 33 times for 321 yards in an overtime win over Purdue, increasing his nation-leading total to 1,869 yards. With 3,846 career yards, Taylor has broken fellow Badger Ron Dayne’s FBS record for combined rushing totals as a freshman and sophomore.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — ESPN’s “Monday Night Football” crew is under the spotlight every week, but attention will be further magnified when the Los Angeles Rams host the Kansas City Chiefs in a matchup of 9-1 teams. This week’s game carries more storylines than usual. It’s the first Monday night game in Los Angeles since 1985 and the first time ever that teams with one or fewer losses each have met on Monday night this late in the season.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Bridget Carleton and Ines Nezerwa had 15 points each and Iowa State dominated throughout to beat No. 24 Miami 75-52 in the Preseason WNIT championship. Iowa State pulled away to its largest lead with a 14-2 run to get to 70-44 on Nezerwa’s layup with 5:38 left in the game.

Final Standings

AHSTW 10-0, 5-0
St. Albert 5-4, 4-1
Riverside 4-5, 3-2
Earlham 4-5, 2-3
SW Valley 5-4, 1-4
Nodaway Valley 0-9, 0-5

MVP: Gabe Pauley, AHSTW
Offensive MVP: Blake Osbahr, AHSTW
Defensive MVP: Jacob Webb, SW Valley
Head Coach of the Year: Davis Pattee, AHSTW
Assistant Coaches of the Year: GG Harris, AHSTW and Tyler Johanssen, Riverside

First Team

Offense
QB-Blake Osbahr, AHSTW
RB-Gabe Pauley, AHSTW
RB-Caleb Swalla, Earlham
RB-Hunter Hodges, Riverside
WR-Hunter Ernst, Nodaway Valley
WR-Drake Partridge, AHSTW
WR-Sam Rallis, St. Albert
WR-Adrian Dillon, Riverside
OL-Eddie Vlcek, Riverside
OL-Caden Larsen, AHSTW
OL-Matt Varner, Earlham
OL-Connor Shipley, SW Valley
OL-Jacob Webb, SW Valley
Kicker-Devin Crees, Earlham

Defense
DB-Brayton Tuma, AHSTW
DB-Lance Wright, St. Albert
DB-Clay Hohertz, Nodaway Valley
DB-Dustin Lund, SW Valley
DB-Val Andrusyshyn, Riverside
LB-Connor Cerny, St. Albert
LB-Joel Henningsen, Riverside
LB-Austin Wilson, Nodaway Valley
LB-Jackson Woldman, AHSTW
DL-Adam Gubbels, St. Albert
DL-Jacob Webb, SW Valley
DL-Taten Williams, Riverside
DL-Gavyn Fisher, AHSTW
Punter-Lance Wright, St. Albert
Specialist-Dillon White, St. Albert

Second Team

Offense
QB-Dustin Lund, SW Valley
RB-Aiden Antisdel, St. Albert
RB-Alex Firch, Earlham
RB-Tony Ayase, Nodaway Valley
WR-Cy Patterson, St. Albert
WR-Korbin Martin, AHSTW
WR-Mason Bivens, Riverside
OL-Seth Kiesel, AHSTW
OL-Jack Greier, St. Albert
OL-Jacob Erickson, Riverside
OL-Sam Kasap, Earlham
OL-Mitchell Schaefer, Nodaway Valley
Kicker-Sam Wilber, St. Albert

Defense
DB-Austin Kremkoski, Riverside
DB-Jackson Vendever, Earlham
DB-Teagan Lundquist, SW Valley
DB-Caelen DeVault, Nodaway Valley
LB-Bennett Gronstoll, St. Albert
LB-Mike Husz, Riverside
LB-Tyler Vandewater, Nodaway Valley
LB-Gabe Madsen, AHSTW
DL-Ethan Sievers, AHSTW
DL-Reed Miller, St. Albert
DL-Chris Hipsley, Earlham
DL-Trevor Flettre, Nodaway Valley
Punter-Jacob Webb, SW Valley
Specialist- Brady Hilpipre, Nodaway Valley

Honorable Mention

Riverside: Brogan Allensworth, Kaiden Hendricks
Earlham: Grant Peterson, Trey Bond
AHSTW: Leeland Barr, Kyle Brannan
St. Albert: Cael McLaren, Jared Gast
Nodaway Valley: Ryan Randall, Aryll Shantz
SW Valley: Hunter Poston, Scotty Adcock

Conference Standings

1. DM Christian 10-0
2. Woodward-Granger 9-1
3. ACGC 7-3
4. Panorama 7-3
5. Earlham 6-4
6. Van Meter 6-4
7. Ogden 4-6
8. Madrid 3-7
9. West Central Valley 2-8
10. Pleasantville 1-9
11. Interstate-35 0-10

First Team

Chloe Largent, ACGC, FR**
Alayna Bakke, DM Christian, SR**
McCall Baker, DM Christian, SR
Megan Riddle, DM Christian, JR
Brooke Halterman, Panorama, SR
Rachel Luke, Earlham, SR
Ashlyn Seolberg, Woodward-Granger, SR
Emma Drake, Woodward-Granger, JR
Anna Tague, Woodward-Granger, SR
Emma Braun, Van Meter, SO
**Unanimous

Second Team

Olivia Laabs, ACGC, JR
Alysen Dexter, DM Christian, SR
Kaili Lawson, DM Christian, SR
Kaylee Hohertz, Earlham, SR
Kyra Troendle, Madrid, SR
Allea Klauenberg, Ogden, SR
Morgan Johnk, Panorama, SR
Lindsey Golwitzer, Van Meter, SR
Elly Polich, Woodward-Granger, SO
Caitlin Keliner, DM Christian, JR

Area Honorable Mention

Genevieve Hoover, ACGC, SR
Audrey Stowe, ACGC, SO
Madison Waddell, West Central Valley, SR
Abigail Speichinger, West Central Valley, SR
Jenna Merical, West Central Valley, JR

Co-Coaches of the Year: Brian Spanhut, DM Christian and Jessica Nail, Panorama

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Bridget Carleton and Ines Nezerwa had 15 points each and Iowa State dominated throughout to beat No. 24 Miami 75-52 in the Preseason WNIT championship on Sunday.
Iowa State pulled away to its largest lead with a 14-2 run to get to 70-44 on Nezerwa’s layup with 5:38 left in the game.

The Cyclones (4-0) scored 12 straight near the end of the first quarter to lead 24-18 and never trailed again. The Hurricanes cut the deficit to 30-27 on Emese Hof’s layup with 2:31 left in the first half, but Iowa State scored seven straight to close the half up 10 and mostly led by double digits the rest of the way.

Hof scored 14 points for Miami, which made just 2 of 20 from 3-point range and 20 of 64 (31.3 percent) overall from the field.

ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) — The Paradise Jam resumes today (Sunday) with four teams playing to reach the championship game. Oregon State meets Missouri in the day’s first semifinal. Then, Penn faces No. 12 Kansas State. The winners advance to Monday’s title game.

Two games were held in Saturday’s consolation bracket. Old Dominion beat Kennesaw State 65-47, while Northern Iowa beat Eastern Kentucky, 90-85. Teams in the consolation bracket are off today.

ODU and Northern Iowa will meet in Monday’s fifth-place game, while Kennesaw State and Eastern Kentucky will meet in the seventh-place game.