GIRLS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference
Creston 62, Clarinda 29 (Cr: Doryn Paup 32pts)
Kuemper Catholic 52, Denison-Schleswig 33 (KC: Cate Mayhall 10pts)
Lewis Central 53, Harlan 26 (LC: Lucy Scott 24pts)
St. Albert 63, Red Oak 21 (SA: Grace Manz and Ella Klusman 9pts each)

Western Iowa Conference
Treynor 46, AHSTW 23
Tri-Center 35, Riverside 32 (OT) (TC: Taylor Kenkel 13pts)
Underwood vs IKM-Manning (PPD)

Rolling Valley Conference
Coon Rapids-Bayard vs Boyer Valley (PPD)
Glidden-Ralston 42, CAM 41 (GR: Tiela Janssen 18pts. C: Kiera Nichols 13pts)
Woodbine at Exira-EHK (PPD to Thursday, January 5th)

Corner Conference
East Mills 56, Essex 28 (EM: Emily Williams 14pts)
Fremont-Mills 73, Griswold 11 (FM: Ella Thornton 17pts)

Pride of Iowa Conference
Central Decatur 57, Wayne 24
Martensdale-St. Marys 74, Southeast Warren 34
Southwest Valley 52, Bedford 46 (SWV: Ryanne Mullen, Maggie Haer, and Ada Lund all with 11pts)

Other Scores
Carroll 57, Boone 25
Des Moines Christian 51, ACGC 29
I-35 44, West Central Valley 23
Panorama 56, Pleasantville 25

BOYS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference
Glenwood 68, Atlantic 55 (G: Caden Johnson and Risto Lappala 17pts each. A: Caden Andersen 15pts)- ON KJAN
Creston 68, Clarinda 45 (Cr: Logan Anson and Ethan Crawford 17pts each)
Kuemper Catholic 53, Denison-Schleswig 48 (KC: Dawson Gifford 13pts)
Lewis Central 51, Harlan 33 (LC: Nash Paulson 17pts)
Red Oak 70, St. Albert 58 (RO: Hunter Gilleland 25pts)

Western Iowa Conference
AHSTW 58, Treynor 47 (A: Kyle Sternberg 14 pts and 8 reb (Passed 1,000 career points), Brayden Lund 13 pts and 7 reb)
Tri-Center 55, Riverside 41 (TC: Christian Dahir 17 pts, 15 reb)
IKM-Manning at Underwood (PPD)

Rolling Valley Conference
CAM 58, Glidden-Ralston 28
Exira-EHK vs Woodbine (PPD to Thursday, January 5th)
Coon Rapids-Bayard vs Boyer Valley (PPD)

Corner Conference
East Mills 83, Essex 21 (EM: Braden West 23pts)
Fremont-Mills 68, Griswold 28 (FM: Taylor Reed 17pts. G: Aiden Kennedy 8pts)

Pride of Iowa Conference
Bedford 47, Southwest Valley 21 (B: Quentin King 11pts)
Central Decatur 74, Wayne 40
Southeast Warren 63, Martensdale-St. Marys 38

Other Scores
Carroll 59, Boone 48
Des Moines Christian 78, ACGC 63
West Central Valley 62, I-35 61

GIRLS WRESTLING

@ Carroll
Carroll 12, Kuemper Catholic 3
Carroll 24, Audubon 6

@ Van Meter
SWAT 42, Des Moines 30
SWAT winners: Jazz Christensen, Ady Lundquist, Evy Marlin, Mia South, Grace Britten, Ellen Gerlock, Haley Armstrong

Racoon River-Northwest 46, SWAT 36
SWAT winners: Haley Armstrong, Ady Lundquist, Evy Marlin, Mia South, Rio Johnson, Grace Britten

BOYS WRESTLING

@ Bedford
Southeast Warren/Melcher-Dallas 52, Bedford 18
Southeast Warren/Melcher-Dallas 39, Wayne 19
Wayne 33, Bedford 24

@ Carroll
Kuemper Catholic 78, Audubon 3
Kuemper Catholic 53, Coon Rapids-Bayard 30
Carroll 49, Kuemper Catholic 15
Carroll 84, Audubon 0
Carroll 70, Coon Rapids-Bayard 9
Coon Rapids-Bayard 63, Audubon 18

@ Lenox
Nodaway Valley 48, Lenox 30
Nodaway Valley 42, Martensdale-St. Marys 36
Martensdale-St. Marys 54, Lenox 27

@ Nevada
Creston 65, Gilbert 18
Creston 77, Nevada 6

@ Southwest Valley
Clarinda 36, Red Oak 29
Clarinda 36, St. Albert 30
Southwest Valley 26, Clarinda 35
Southwest Valley 48, St. Albert 24
Red Oak 54, St. Albert 12
Red Oak 42, Southwest Valley 36

@ Tri-Center
AHSTW 61, Southwest Iowa 11
AHSTW 60, Tri-Center 15
AHSTW 46, CB Abraham Lincoln 30
CB Abraham Lincoln 55, Southwest Iowa 20
CB Abraham Lincoln 75, Tri-Center 9
Southwest Iowa 56, Tri-Center 24

@ Van Meter
ACGC 49, East Union 24
ACGC 48, Van Meter 28
Van Meter 39, East Union 18

A number of area sporting events have been affected by the wintry weather. Here is a look at some area changes.

• Woodbine @ Exira-EHK G/B basketball has been postponed to Thursday, January 5th with girls starting at 6:00 p.m.
• Atlantic boys home swimming triangular has been postponed to January 17th.
• Atlantic wrestling has now been cancelled tonight.
• IKM-Manning @ Underwood G/B basketball has been postponed to a later date.

MISSOURI VALLEY – The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will treat Nobles Lake with a low concentration of rotenone to eliminate rough fish. Nobles Lake, 95-acre cutoff oxbow lake located in Harrison and Pottawatomie counties on the Missouri River floodplain, was inundated and infested with numerous invasive and river fish species during the floods of 2011 and 2019.

The dryer than normal conditions and historic low flows in the Missouri River has nearly drained Nobles Lake, providing ideal conditions to remove rough fish. Invasive species like silver carp, bighead carp, shortnose gar and common carp have a negative impact on water quality and wildlife habitat by suppressing aquatic plants. “The most effective method to eliminate the remaining fish population is to apply rotenone under the ice this winter,” said Bryan Hayes, fisheries management biologist with the Iowa DNR.

Rotenone is used world-wide and has been since the 1930s.  It is a common tool that fisheries managers use for fish removal. Rotenone is a naturally occurring compound that comes from the roots of a tropical plant in the bean family. The Iowa DNR commonly uses the commercially available formulation, five percent Prenfish, which has been approved for fisheries management by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Nobles Lake is part of a larger 236-acre Iowa DNR Wildlife Management Area primarily used by waterfowl hunters and bird watchers.

Reliaquest Bowl
Tampa, FL
Mississippi State 19, Illinois 10

Mississippi State won their first game since the unexpected death of head coach Mike Leach, coming back from an early deficit to do so. The Bulldogs, wearing a pirate flag on their helmets in honor of Coach Leach, took their first lead in the game with 4 seconds left on a 27-yard field goal from Massimo Biscardi. The Illini tried a wild series of laterals on the final play but the ball was picked off by the Bulldogs and returned for the games final points. Will Rogers threw for 261 yards and a touchdown with two interceptions for the struggling Bulldog offense. But the Dogs defense held Illinois to just 215 yards and had 7 sacks in the game.

Citrus Bowl
Orlando, FL
LSU 63, Purdue 7

The Tigers steamrolled the Boilermakers to finish off a 10-win season in Brian Kelly’s first year at the helm. Tigers quarterback Jayden Daniels had 139 yards passing and a score to go along with 67 yards rushing and he even caught a 5-yard touchdown pass from wideout Malik Nabers. Freshman Garrett Nussmeier also saw time at quarterback and threw for 173 yards and two touchdowns of his own. The margin of victory for the Tigers tied the largest in college football bowl history.

Cotton Bowl
Arlington, TX
Tulane 46, USC 45

The Tulane Green Wave roared back in the final four minutes to knock off No. 10 USC 46-45. Michael Pratt led two big late scoring drives to give the Green Wave their big win. Pratt led a two play drive in 23 seconds that cut the lead to 8. Then USC mishandled the kickoff and had to start at their own 1 yard line and the Green Wave forced a safety in two plays to get within 6. Pratt then led a 12-play, 66 yard drive capped by a 6-yard touchdown pass to Alex Bauman that was initially ruled an incompletion. After review the call was overturned to a touchdown and the ensuing extra point gave the Green Wave the win. Tyjae Spears was a monster on the ground for Tulane with 208 yards and 4 touchdowns on the day. The Green Wave finish the year at 12-2. USC fell to 11-3.

Rose Bowl
Pasadena, CA
Penn State 35, Utah 21

Penn State won just their second rose bowl in program history, using a strong second half to take down the Utes. Sean Clifford was 16-22 for 279 yards and a pair of touchdwons for the Nittany Lions. Utah quarterback Cam Rising left the game in the third quarter with a knee injury and backup Bryson Barnes struggled the rest of the way. Penn State running back Nicholas Singleton had two rushing touchdowns, including an 87-yard scamper to break a 14-all tie midway through the third.

A season which was so focused on a struggling offense finished with a win as the Iowa football team closed the season with a 21-0 victory over Kentucky in the Music City Bowl. The Hawkeyes finish with an 8-5 record and excluding the COVID shortened 2020 campaign it was the seventh straight season of eight or more wins.

Ferentz credits the leadership of the veteran players for the continued run of success.

The Hawkye defense returned a pair of interceptions for touchdowns as Iowa became the first Big Ten team to post a shutout in as bowl game since 1999.

It was an emotional day for senior tight end Sam LaPorta, who returned from late season knee surgery to have five catches for 56 yards.

Iowa’s furious rally fell short at Penn State. Trailing by 18 at hafltime, the Hawkeyes got to within two in the waning seconds but the Nittany Lions held on for an 83-79 win.

Iowa coach Fran McCaffery. The Hawkeyes had the ball and a chance to tie but Tony Perkins pass to Kris Murray was stolen with five seconds remaining.

Kris Murray had 32 points and nine rebounds as the Hawkeyes fal to 0-3 in the Big Ten.

The 12th ranked Iowa Hawkeye women were outscored 31-15 in second quarter and had a late rally fall short in a 90-86 loss at Illinois.

That’s Iowa coach Lisa Bluder. The Illini shot 52 percent fopr the game and outrebounded the Hawkeyes 36-30.

Caitlin Clark had 32 points, including 16 in the fourth quarter. The Hawkeyes had won the last seven games in the series and they are off until A Saturday visit to Michigan.