The Iowa Hawkeyes will try to play their way into the NCAA field when they open the Big Ten Tournament this (Thursday) evening, against Indiana. The Hawkeyes put themselves into the conversation on the strength of a three game winning streak that saw them finish league play with a record of 10-8.

Iowa coach Fran McCaffery likes the depth on his team but says it is not as big of an advantage in a tournament setting as some believe. The teams met once during the regular season with the Hawkeyes claiming a nail biter in Iowa City.

Listen for the pre-game at 4:30-p.m. here on KJAN, with the tip-off at 5:30.

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4A State Tournament – First Round Scores, Wednesday, 3/8/17

Cedar Rapids, Kennedy 55, Dubuque, Hempstead 47

Iowa City West 57, Newton 51

Sioux City, East 61, Bettendorf 53

Valley, West Des Moines 57, Des Moines, North 55

Thursday, 3/9/17 Schedule

Class 1A Semi-finals

10:30-a.m. Troy Mills/North Linn vs. Gladbrook-Reinbeck

12:15-p.m. Grand View Christian vs. Remsen-St. Mary’s

Class 2A Semi-finals

2:00-p.m. Hull/Western Christian vs. Camanche

3:45-p.m. Pella Christian vs. Kuemper Catholic/Carroll

Class 3A Semi-finals

6:35-p.m. Waverly-Shell Rock vs. Cedar Rapids/Xavier

8:15-p.m. Manchester/W. Delaware vs. Sgt. Bluff-Luton

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri State Highway Patrol says Kansas City Chiefs tight end Demetrius Harris has been arrested on suspicion of felony possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. The Kansas City Star reports that Harris was a passenger in a car stopped Tuesday on Interstate 49. He was taken to the Bates County Jail, where he was booked and released. He has not been charged.

Patrol Sgt. Bill Lowe says the car was stopped for a traffic violation. He says a trooper smelled marijuana and found the drug on Harris.  The 25-year-old Harris was the Chiefs’ backup tight end behind Travis Kelce the last two seasons and has played in 32 games while making 20 starts.

The Iowa Girls Coaches Association announced their 2017 All-State basketball team honorees this morning.  Local honorees are listed below and you can click IGCAAll-State2017BB to see the full honorees.

CLASS 1A

1st Team

Julia Fleecs, Glidden Ralston
Sophia Peppers, Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton

3rd Team

Maddie Duncan, Sidney

Class 2A

1st Team

Madelyn Deitchler, Treynor

2nd Team

Konnor Suddmann, Treynor
Kenzie Cunard, Logan-Magnolia

3rd Team

Kia Rasmussen, IKM-Manning
Kelcie Shields, Mt. Ayr

2A Coach of the Year- Gail Hartigan, Treynor

Class 3A

1st Team

Logan Ehlers, Shenandoah

3rd Team

Logan Hughes, Shenandoah

Class 4A

1st Team

Maegan Holt, Lewis Central

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The Atlantic Trojans boys basketball team saw their season come to a close on Tuesday in the Class 3A Quarterfinals against Waverly-Shell Rock 58-45.

A strong first quarter and good shooting for the Go-Hawks propelled them to the victory. Waverly-Shell Rock shot 54% for the game and were hot out of the gates in building a 21-9 lead at the end of the first quarter.

The Trojans would outplay the Go-Hawks in the second and third quarters but could never get the run together they needed to take a lead. Atlantic Head Coach Alan Jenkins said he thought his team played well once they settled into the game.

Atlantic was led by Garrett Franken with 21 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, and 4 steals as his Trojan career comes to an end.  Franken was asked about the resiliency of the team throughout the season as they battled back again after a slow start Tuesday.

The Trojans would cut the lead down to six multiple times in the fourth quarter and at one point had possession as well before a scuffle along the sideline was called a turnover on Atlantic. Immediately following that turnover the Go-Hawks second leading scorer on the year Jon Stenslund hit his first shot of the game on a huge three. Coach Jenkins talked about that turning point.

It’s always tough to have a season come to an end and Franken talked about the pride he had in his team and what they accomplished.

Coach Jenkins also reflected on the Trojans great season.

Waverly-Shell Rock was led by UNI commit Austin Phyfe with 17 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 blocks, and 3 steals.  The Go-Hawks improved to 23-1 and will face Cedar Rapids Xavier in the semifinals on Thursday.

Atlantic ends their season at 19-6.

Nearly 1,500 archers from 84 Iowa schools participated in the National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) state tournament March 3rd & 4th,  in Des Moines. Scholarships were awarded to the top scoring 12th grade boys and girls in each category.

Among the Senior boys scholarship winners, was Blake Stonehocker, from East Union Schools, who received $1,000 for highest scoring senior in 3D competition and $1,500 for the top scoring senior in the bullseye competition.

NASP archers who scored highest league scores plus the highest state tournament scores were named All State Archers. Nearly 3,050 archers from 87 schools participated in Iowa’s National Archery in the Schools Program after school league from Dec. 1 to Feb. 18. The state tournament is sponsored by the Iowa Bowhunters Association, Whitetails Unlimited, the Iowa State Archery Association and Safari Club International.

Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 51, Garner-Hayfield/Ventura 31

Pella Christian 52, Van Meter 49, OT

Cedar Rapids Xavier 59, Mount Pleasant 44

Waverly-Shell Rock 58, Atlantic 45

West Delaware, Manchester 66, Dallas Center-Grimes 58

Wednesday, March 8th 2017 Schedule

CLASS 4A

1:05-p.m. Iowa City West (20-3) vs. Newton (19-5)

2:45-p.m. Dubuque Hempstead (18-5) vs. Cedar Rapids/Kennedy (18-5)

6:35-p.m. Bettendorf (18-5) vs. Sioux City East (21-2)

8:15-p.m. West Des Moines/Valley (19-4) vs. Des Moines/North (18-5)

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Baylor, UCLA, Wisconsin and Creighton will play in the Hall of Fame Classic next season. The National Association of Basketball Coaches announced the field Tuesday. The event will be played Nov. 20-21 at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, after the induction ceremony for the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame on Nov. 19.

UCLA won the event in 2007 while Creighton won it in 2004 and ’02. Kansas beat Georgia 65-54 in November to win this season’s title.

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