Four players scored double figures to lead Lewis Central over Atlantic 77-41 in boys’ basketball at Atlantic on Friday.

Jackson Larsen led the team with 16 points, Nash Paulson and Garret Rutledge 12, and Kamdyn Cross added 11.

The Titans led 16-9 at the end of the first quarter and 39-33 at the half. Colton Rasmussen carried the Trojans offensively with 14 first-half points and 23 for the game.

Lewis Central pulled away in the second half. Six players contributed to outscoring Atlantic 21-11 in the third quarter. Jackson Larsen drew the hot hand in the final frame with four three-point shots and 12 of the Titan’s 27 points., while holding the Trojans to 11 and seven respectively.

Besides, Rasmussen’s 23-points, Gavin McLaren posted 10, Brock Henderson, 4, Tyrell Williams, 3, and Zaydin Parker, 1.

Atlantic travels to Shenandoah on Tuesday. Lewis Central plays Gretna-East at the Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs today.

Nodaway Valley continues to win tournament after tournament as they won the Pride of Iowa Conference Tournament on Friday night with a total of 195 points. The Wolverines featured four first-place finishers which include Keyin Steeve (120), Carmine Shaw (144), Ashton Honnold (215), and Trenton Warner (285). The Wolverines were able to come over Martensdale-St Marys by just 17.5 total points. Lenox finished with 105 points in sixth place as they featured Dylan Stein (138)and Jorda Martin-England (175) in first. While in second place, they featured Chase England (157) and Jace Smith (285). The final results for each individual weight class are listed below while the team results are at the bottom of the page

Team Scores

The girl’s Western Iowa Conference Tournament wrapped up on Friday night as Missouri Valley won the tourney with 186.5 total points. Area first-place finishers include Elsie Mausbach of Treynor (100), Chloe Roane of Riverside (110), Carly Henderson of Riverside (115), Molly Allen of Riverside (125), and Ana Wilson of Riverside (140). Both Missouri Valley and Riverside dominated the top as they featured a wrestler in almost every weight class other than four on the night. All final results are posted below and the team scores are listed at the bottom of the page.

Team Scores

Hawkeye Ten Conference:
Denison-Schleswig 46, Clarinda 43
#6 St. Albert 61, Shenandoah 38
#7 Harlan Community 86, Red Oak 41
Lewis Central 59, Atlantic 27

Western Iowa Conference:
AHSTW 52, Logan-Magnolia 30
#14 Treynor 59, IKM-Manning 30
Tri-Center 52, Missouri Valley 29

Rolling Valley Conference:
#12 Woodbine 62, Ar-We-Va 14
#11 CAM 66, Paton-Churdan 18
#15 Exira-EHK 61, West Harrison 28
Boyer Valley 53, Glidden-Ralston 31

Corner Conference:
Essex 57, Sidney 35
East Mills 46, Griswold 24
Fremont Mills 71, Stanton 52

Raccoon River Conference:
Carroll 54, #8 Ballard 45
ADM 48, Boone 37
#12 Carlisle 57, Bondurant-Farrar 44
Gilbert 70, Winterset 41

Pride of Iowa Conference:
Wayne 50, Bedford 41
Mount Ayr 60, Worth County 34

West Central Conference:
Van Meter 49, #10 Earlham 33
West Central Valley 51, Madrid 26
#3 Panorama 54, ACGC 36
#3 Des Moines Christian 66, Pleasantville 34

Hawkeye Ten Conference:
Denison-Schleswig 69, Clarinda 53
Lewis Central 77, Atlantic 41
St. Albert 71, Shenandoah 44
Harlan Community 62, Red Oak 59

Western Iowa Conference:
Logan-Magnolia 52, AHSTW 43
Tri-Center 75, Missouri Valley 59
Underwood 83, Audubon 46
Treynor 66, IKM-Manning 35

Rolling Valley Conference:
Coon Rapids-Bayard 86, East Union 44
Woodbine 68, Ar-We-Va 56
Boyer Valley 40, Glidden-Ralston 37
Exira-EHK 80, West Harrison 44
CAM 77, Paton-Churdan 37

Corner Conference:
East Mills 67, Griswold 22
Sidney 55, Essex 52
Stanton 76, Fremont Mills 66

Raccoon River Conference:
Ballard 64, Carroll 48
ADM 68, Boone 56
Bondurant-Farrar 58, Carlisle 51
Winterset 68, Gilbert 59

Pride of Iowa Conference:
Bedford 47, Wayne 32
Mount Ayr 54, Worth County 44

West Central Conference:
Earlham 47, Van Meter 46
Panorama 63, ACGC 59
Madrid 56, West Central Valley 40
Ogden 73, Woodward-Granger 47

The Exira-EHK Spartans went into Friday night with back-to-back losses at home. Falling to 4-2 the Spartans were eager to get back onto the court and get a big conference win. The Spartans were ready to go from the opening tip as they won the tip and scored followed by a steal for a layup and held a 4-0 lead less than 15 seconds into the game. The Spartans looked to try and use their height advantage and dominate the paint and that is exactly what happened. In the opening eight minutes the Spartans shot 11-14 from the floor including 18 points inside the paint to give them a 20-point lead after the first quarter. The Spartans rode the hot offensive night from three seniors in Jackson Radcliff, Cash Emgarten, and Aiden Flathers who all scored in double figures and Radcliff led the way with 22 points. After the two previous losses head coach of the Spartans Tony Santistaben said it was good just to see the kids get back to their winning ways.

The Spartans did a great job all night long of making the extra pass to teammates to get the best shot possible on the offensive end of the floor. The Spartans would have 15 assists as a team and just made them really hard to contain. Coach Santistaben says it has been a priority of him and his assistant coach to teach the kids to read the defense and to take what they give them.

Early in the second the half with a 25-point lead Coach Santistaben took a timeout in the third quarter because he didn’t like the energy of his team and felt they were just playing the score, but Coach Santistaben he wants to his team to always bring their own energy even if the crowd isn’t a factor in the game.

The Spartans end their two-game losing skid and improve to 5-2 on the season and 5-1 in Rolling Valley Conference play.

The Exira EHK Lady Spartans cruised to a Rolling Valley conference win over West Harrison 61-28 Friday night. The Lady Spartans wasted no time getting on the board early and immediately getting set in their full court press. The Spartans would use their full court ball pressure most of the night and forced the Lady Hawkeyes to 24 turnovers on the night. The tone was set in the first quarter when after eight minutes of play the Spartans held a 20-4 lead thanks to four three balls to widen the score. The Spartans wouldn’t stop their as they continued to hound the Hawkeyes on the defensive end of the floor and attack in transition.

The Spartans led 39-14 at the halftime break and were led by Taryn and Jaelynn Petersen who both scored double figures in the half. Although Exira would dominate the game as a team, they had no answer for West Harrisons senior Maclayn Houston who led all scorers on the night and scored 25 of the West Harrisons 28 points. Houston would go over her averages in points and rebounds as the senior posted 25 points and 12 rebounds on 9/18 shooting from the floor. Houston did everything she could to keep her team in the game it just wasn’t enough to keep up with the duo of Taryn and Jaelynn Petersen who both scored 15+ points including five triples by Taryn the freshman.

With the 61-28 victory the Lady Spartans improve to 6-1 on the season including six straight wins and now 5-1 in the Rolling Valley Conference and will be back in action on Tuesday night when they take on Paton Churdan at home for a 6:00pm tipoff. The Lady Hawkeyes fall to 2-7 and 0-5 in conference play.