Iowa will be represented in a popular TV program that airs on Super Bowl Sunday. Puppy Bowl XI (eleven) will include six canines from Iowa. The program airs on Animal Planet before the Super Bowl on February 1 ((at 2 p.m. Iowa time)).

Iowa puppy “Blue”

The Iowa pups — Blue, Falcor, Kojak, Lorelai, Scarlet and Columbo — are all from the Heinz 57 Pet Rescue based in DeSoto. The dogs were sent to New York in October for the show’s taping. This marks the fourth year in a row that animals from the Heinz 57 Pet Rescue have taken part in the Puppy Bowl.

(Radio Iowa)

Three people with Iowa connections are getting Hall of Fame recognition in pro and college football. Cedar Rapids native Kurt Warner, who played college football at Northern Iowa, and then went on to a storybook pro career that took him from the Iowa Barnstormers, N-F-L Europe and the St. Louis Rams, is on the list for enshrinment in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Warner stepped in after an injury and took the Rams to a Super Bowl win and was named M-V-P. He appeared in two more Super Bowls with the Rams and Arizona Cardinals — losing both games in the final seconds.

The pro football class will be announced January 31st. The 2015 College Football Hall of Fame class just announced includes Trev Alberts, who played at Northern University High School in Cedar Falls before going on to Nebraska. Kansas State coach Bill Snyder is also in the class. Snyder came to the University of Iowa as an assistant to Hayden Fry in 1979. He stayed for 10 years and helped turn around the Hawkeye program before going to K-State.

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Class 5-A
1 West Des Moines Valley 9-0 2
2 Waukee 7-1 1
3 Dowling Catholic 8-2 3
4 Iowa City West 9-0 4
5 Linn-Mar 7-1 8
6 Cedar Falls 9-1 10
7 Iowa City High 7-2 7
8 Ankeny Centennial 5-4 9
9 Johnston 6-3 6
10 Southeast Polk 5-2 5
Dropped Out: None

Class 4-A
1 Harlan 8-0 1
2 Western Dubuque 9-0 3
3 Ballard 9-0 4
4 Carlisle 8-1 6
5 Perry 7-2 7
6 Waverly-Shell Rock 10-0 9
7 Davenport North 9-0 13
8 North Scott 8-1 2
9 Sioux City Bishop Heelan 6-1 5
10 Indianola 8-2 11
11 Cedar Rapids Xavier 7-3 14
12 Pella 6-2 15
13 Keokuk 7-1 8
14 Lewis Central 8-2 12
15 Grinnell 8-1 NR
Dropped Out: Davenport Assumption (10)

Class 3-A
1 Pocahontas Area 8-0 1
2 Mediapolis 9-0 2
3 Hampton-Dumont 9-0 3
4 Spirit Lake 7-2 4
5 Sioux Center 9-1 5
6 Red Oak 8-1 7
7 Nevada 7-1 8
8 Crestwood 8-1 9
9 Shenandoah 8-2 10
10 Kuemper Catholic 6-2 6
11 Osage 10-0 12
12 Solon 8-1 11
13 PCM 7-3 NR
14 Saydel 7-2 13
15 Cherokee 5-3 14
Dropped Out: Center Point-Urbana (15)

Class 2-A
1 Western Christian 7-1 1
2 Unity Christian 9-0 2
3 North-Linn 10-0 3
4 South Central Calhoun 9-0 4
5 IKM-Manning 7-1 7
6 Iowa City Regina 7-0 10
7 Dike-New Hartford 8-2 6
8 Panorama 9-2 5
9 Cascade 8-1 8
10 Okoboji 9-1 9
11 Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 8-1 11
12 Des Moines Christian 8-3 12
13 Fort Dodge St. Edmond 5-2 13
14 Manson-NW Webster 6-2 14
15 Central Decatur 9-0 NR
Dropped Out: Hinton (15)

Class 1-A
1 Burlington Notre Dame 10-0 1
2 Colo-Nesco 9-0 2
3 Bedford 9-0 3
4 Grand View Christian 8-0 4
5 Kingsley-Pierson 8-0 5
6 Fremont-Mills 7-0 6
7 Exira-EHK 9-0 8
8 Lynnville-Sully 10-0 9
9 Newell-Fonda 6-3 7
10 Springville 9-0 13
11 Rockford 6-1 11
12 Tripoli 7-1 14
13 Turkey Valley 9-1 NR
14 George-Little Rock 7-2 NR
15 Central Lyon 6-3 12
Dropped Out: AGWSR (10), Midland (15)

• Atlantic/CAM 37, Logan-Magnolia 28
• Atlantic/CAM 72, Coon Rapids-Bayard 6
• Logan-Magnolia 72, Coon Rapids-Bayard 6

• A-H-S-T-W 51, Griswold 24
• A-H-S-T-W 40, Guthrie Center 39
• A-H-S-T-W 48, Exira/EHK 27
• Exira/EHK 30, Griswold 24
• Guthrie Center 45, Griswold 18

• Shenandoah 36, Denison-Schleswig 33
• Shenandoah 48, St. Albert 25
• Shenandoah 38, Tri-Center 37
• Tri-Center 45, Denison-Schleswig 27
• Tri-Center 58, St. Albert 18
• Denison-Schleswig 54, St. Albert 23

• Glenwood 60, East Mills 15
• Glenwood 69, Red Oak 9
• Glenwood 66, Riverside 15
• Riverside 46, East Mills 27
• Riverside 47, Red Oak 31
• East Mills 42, Red Oak 30

• Creston/O-M 62, Harlan 12

BOYS BASKETBALL

Bedford 62, Mount Ayr 52
Fremont Mills 50, Stanton 43 (OT)
Sidney 47, East Mills 28
Essex 67 South Page 55
Nishnabotna 68, Clarinda Academy 67

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Fremont Mills 60, Stanton 27
Logan-Magnolia 71, West Harrison 24
Mount Ayr 58, Bedford 47
Nishnabotna 59, Clarinda Academy 3
Sidney 36, East Mills 23
Essex 50, South Page 36

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Travis Trice scored 25 points and hit seven 3-pointers and Michigan State rallied to pound Iowa 75-61 on Thursday night, its ninth straight win over the Hawkeyes. Branden Dawson had 14 points and 15 rebounds for the Spartans (11-5, 2-1 Big Ten), who came back from an 11-point halftime deficit to post one of their biggest wins of the season.

Michigan State opened the second half on a 25-9 run and never looked back. The Trice-led Spartans were 8 of 9 from 3-point range in the final 20 minutes. Gabe Olaseni tied a career high with 18 points for the Hawkeyes (11-5, 2-1), who were outscored 47-22 in the second half.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa has named C.J. Beathard its starting quarterback, replacing two-year starter Jake Rudock. Beathard was ranked first on a new depth chart released Thursday. Beathard, who will be a junior next season, was 52 of 92 passing last season with 5 TDs in relief of Rudock.

Rudock, who will be a senior, threw for 2,436 yards and 16 TDs last season. But Iowa’s offense was inconsistent, and it bottomed out in a 45-28 loss to Tennessee in the TaxSlayer Bowl that was much more lopsided than the final score.

Coach Kirk Ferentz also says he’ll meet with the media on Wednesday to discuss the program.

Tonight on KJAN TV we will feature a live broadcast of the Atlantic/CAM wrestling double dual versus Coon Rapids-Bayard and Logan-Magnolia.  Justin Williams will join Jim Field with all the action beginning at 5:30 from the CAM High School in Anita.  So if you can’t make it to the matches, just watch it with us as we provide live streaming video of the meet on KJAN TV!

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