The 2023 Boys State Individual Wrestling Tournament gets underway on Wednesday in Des Moines. Action will get underway with Class 1A hitting the mats for Session 1 from 9:00am-12:30pm. Class 2A will be in Session 2 from 1:30pm-5:00pm. Class 3A will be head out for Session 3 from 6:00pm-9:30pm. 1st Round matches will be followed by 2nd Round matches and then sessions will finish with 1st Round Consolations.

We’ll have reports throughout the day and throughout the tournament on KJAN. Seth Christensen will have your results the first two days of the tournament and then Jim Field will have reports the final two days and the pair will bring you the finals live on Saturday night.

Our report times will come your way the first three days at 9:45am, 10:45am, 11:45am, 2:45pm, 3:45pm, and 4:45pm. Saturday reports will be at 10:35am, 11:35am, 12:45pm, 1:45pm, and the finals live starting around 5:30pm. You can find updated results online on our sports page throughout as well.

Tri-Center opened up their Class 1A Region 5 Quarterfinal at CAM on a 12-0 run and held the lead the entire night. The Trojans came away with a 59-47 win over the Cougars to advance to the regional semifinals against Westwood. Tri-Center head coach Derek Sonderland said he’s been waiting for a start like that from his team.

The Trojans led 16-8 by the end of the first quarter and took a 12-point edge into halftime. The Cougars would get as close as six late in the third quarter but could never close the gap any further. Taylor Kenkel led the way for the Trojans with 17 points, including a trio of threes in the second quarter. Alexis Flaherty added 14 points for Tri-Center. Coach Sonderland is proud of the growth this team has made to get to this point.

Tri-Center improves to 14-9 on the season and will move on to face Westwood on Friday.

CAM was led by 10 points each from Meredith Rich and Daphna Wahlert as the Cougars struggled to get points without a couple of their top scorers available. CAM ends their season at 16-7.

CLASS 1A

Regional Quarterfinals

Region 4

Remsen St. Mary’s 57, George-Little Rock 32
Kingsley-Pierson 61, Harris-Lake Park 44
Exira-EHK 56, Ar-We-Va 20
Coon Rapids-Bayard 45, River Valley 40

Region 5

Westwood 77, Boyer Valley 11
Tri-Center 59, CAM 47- ON KJAN
Woodbine 67, Riverside 33
Stanton 72, Murray 24

Region 7

St. Albert 65, Lenox 30
East Mills 46, Fremont-Mills 29
Martensdale-St. Marys 74, Melcher-Dallas 32
Earlham 61, Lamoni 18

CLASS 2A

Regional Quarterfinals

Region 7

Panorama 54, West Central Valley 20
Central Decatur 40, Mount Ayr 35
Treynor 72, ACGC 45
Nodaway Valley 54, I-35 40

Region 8

Pocahontas Area 62, East Sac County 26
South Central Calhoun42, Manson-NW Webster 32
Underwood 51, AHSTW 36
Kuemper Catholic 51, Logan-Magnolia 45

The Iowa High School Athletic Association released the Class 3A and 4A postseason basketball brackets on Monday. Class 3A will play opening round games on Monday, February 20th with second round on February 23rd and Substate Finals on February 27th. Class 4A will also play first round on the 20th with second round on February 24th and Substate Finals on February 28th. Here is a look at the area matchups.

CLASS 3A

Substate 8

Carlisle @ Bondurant-Farrar
Creston @ Clarke
Atlantic @ Glenwood
Lewis Central @ Harlan

Substate 1

Gilbert @ Webster City
Denison-Schleswig @ ADM
LeMars @ Bishop Heelan
Carroll @ Sergeant Bluff-Luton

CLASS 4A

Substate 1

Norwalk- BYE
Sioux City North @ Sioux City West
Sioux City East- BYE
CB Thomas Jefferson @ Johnston

Substate 8

Waukee- BYE
Des Moines East @ Urbandale
CB Abraham Lincoln- BYE
Des Moines North @ Dallas Center-Grimes

CLASS 2A

CLASS 1A

Regional Quarterfinals

Region 4

George-Little Rock @ Remsen St. Mary’s
Harris-Lake Park @ Kingsley-Pierson
Ar-We-Va @ Exira-EHK
River Valley @ Coon Rapids-Bayard

Region 5

Boyer Valley @ Westwood
Tri-Center @ CAM- ON KJAN
Riverside @ Woodbine
Murray @ Stanton

Region 7

Lenox @ St. Albert
Fremont-Mills @ East Mills
Melcher-Dallas @ Martensdale-St. Marys
Lamoni @ Earlham

CLASS 2A

Regional Quarterfinals

Region 7

West Central Valley @ Panorama
Central Decatur @ Mount Ayr
ACGC @ Treynor
I-35 @ Nodaway Valley

Region 8

East Sac County @ Pocahontas Area
Manson-NW Webster @ South Central Calhoun
AHSTW @ Underwood
Kuemper Catholic @ Logan-Magnolia

The 22nd ranked Iowa State women raced out to a 22-9 lead, Monday night, and beat number-17 Texas 66-61 in Ames as the Cyclones snapped a three game losing skid.

That’s ISU coach Bill Fennelly. The Cyclones held off a late Texas rally to give Fennelly his 750th career win.

Ashley Joens scored 24 points as the Cyclones bounced back from Saturday’s loss at West Virginia.

A seven game winning streak has Drake in the hunt for the Missouri Valley title. The Bulldogs are tied at the top with Bradley at 12-4 with four games remaining. Drake has scored 85 or more points in each of the last four games.

That’s Drake coach Darian DeVries who says the Bulldogs have been shooting well the past couple of weeks.

The Bulldogs visit Northern Iowa on Wednesday night.

(Radio Iowa) – While it’s unseasonably warm across much of Iowa Monday  afternoon, forecasters say high temperatures will be back down in the 20s by Thursday with the chance for more snow, which is excellent news for the state’s thousands of snowmobiling enthusiasts.

Jim Willey of Manchester is spokesman for the Iowa State Snowmobile Association. “We have had some challenging years the last few years,” Willey says. “It’s one of the largest outdoor activities worldwide, but in Iowa, we’re very dependent on getting the right weather. It drives about $30 billion of economic activity in North America, and a big segment of that happens in Iowa when we have snow, and it’s disappointing when we don’t.”

There are about 60 snowmobiling clubs across Iowa which groom more than 8,800 miles of trails statewide. “The trail program is the largest recreational trail system in Iowa,” Willey says. “It’s all completely funded by the registration and trail passes that Iowa snowmobilers buy for their machines. It’s totally a self-funded program. There’s no tax dollars that go into it whatsoever and it’s all paid for by the people that use it.”

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There have been multiple advances in technology in recent years, improving the helmets and communications, the snowsuits, boots and gloves, and the snowmobiles themselves. “The type of equipment that’s available today makes it very comfortable to be out in even sub-zero weather riding your snowmobile,” Willey says. “The equipment that snowmobiles have today make them safer and more stable and more enjoyable for everybody to ride.”

Learn more at: www.iowasnowmobiler.com.