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Carlson helps Northern Iowa top Oklahoma 73-67 in OT

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November 19th, 2016 by admin

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) – Klint Carlson scored 22 points and ignited a second-half rally that carried Northern Iowa to a 73-67 overtime win over Oklahoma on Friday night in the winner’s bracket of the Tire Pros Invitational.

Jeremy Morgan scored 17 points and Jordan Ashton had 13 for the Panthers (3-0), who rallied from an 18-point second half deficit to win.

Jordan Woodard and Kristian Doolittle had 13 points apiece for Oklahoma (1-2), which had only one field goal in the final 11 minutes of regulation. Khadeem Lattin and Rashard Odomes contributed 11 points each.

Carlson, who had 18 points in the second half and overtime, nailed a 3-pointer from straight on to break a 64-all tie with 42.9 seconds left in overtime. The Panthers added two free throws to go ahead 69-64 before Woodard nailed a 3-pointer to make it a 69-67 game with 8.8 seconds to go.

Morgan iced the game with four free throws in the final six seconds.

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Dowling beats Iowa City West 23-10 for 4th straight title

Sports

November 19th, 2016 by admin

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) – West Des Moines Dowling Catholic rode Jacob Zachary’s power running to yet another state championship, defeating Iowa City West 23-10.

Zachary rambled for 194 yards in 27 carries Friday night and scored twice as Dowling won its fourth consecutive Class 4A title.

It was the fifth championship in the last seven years and seventh overall for the Maroons (12-1), who harassed West (10-3) all night with a swarming defense that included tight coverage on the Trojans’ star receiver, Oliver Martin. No other 4A school has won more than two consecutive championships.

Dallas McCarthy’s 23-yard field goal gave Dowling a 16-10 halftime lead, Jayson Murray scored from 8 yards out midway through the third quarter and the defense did the rest, holding West to 57 yards rushing and 253 total yards.

Martin scored West’s only touchdown on an 85-yard kickoff return late in the first quarter.

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Skyscan Forecast 11-19-2016

Podcasts, Weather

November 19th, 2016 by admin

Skyscan Forecast   Saturday, November 19, 2016  Richard Garuckas

Today: Mostly sunny. Windy. High 38. NW @ 15-25 with gust to 35.

Tonight: Mostly clear. Winds diminishing. Low 25. NW @ 10-15 decreasing to 5-10.

Sunday: Mostly sunny. High 43. SE @ 10-15

Sunday Night: Mostly clear. Low 24.

Monday: Increasing clouds. High 47.

Tuesday: Mostly cloudy. Showers likely. High 45.

Wednesday: Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain. High 50.

 

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Iowa early News Headlines: Saturday, 11/19/16

News

November 19th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 4:55 a.m. CST

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Linn County’s top prosecutor is calling for a grand jury investigation into the police shooting of a man earlier this month. Television station KCRG reports that County Attorney Jerry Vander Sanden said Friday in a news release that “it would be in the public interest” for a grand jury to determine whether criminal charges are warranted. Officer Lucas Jones shot and seriously injured Jerime Mitchell on Nov. 1 near Coe College.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — As many as 150 juveniles in Iowa prisons for felonies including kidnapping and attempted murder will get their sentences shortened by years as a result of an Iowa Supreme Court decision. The court ruled Friday that juveniles convicted of forcible felonies who had been resentenced from mandatory minimum terms to a set period of years should be given credit for good behavior at a much faster pace.

DALLAS (AP) — Gov. Jack Dalrymple says he’s asking the Army Corps of Engineers to speed up a decision on whether to grant an easement for the Dakota Access oil pipeline to cross the Missouri River in southern North Dakota. Dalrymple says increasingly frequent protests against the pipeline have created “a tremendously challenging, tremendously difficult situation.” Numerous protests have been held at sites in the capital city this week, including the state Capitol and the state-owned Bank of North Dakota.

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (AP) — A former Deere and Company employee from Iowa has admitted to defrauding the Illinois company out of at least $250,000 over a nine-year period. The Quad-City Times reports that 63-year-old Harvey Ulfers of Cedar Falls, Iowa pleaded guilty Thursday to various wire fraud and money laundering charges. A co-defendant, 46-year-old Patrick W. Williams of Cedar Falls, pleaded guilty to a money-laundering conspiracy charge in April.

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High School Football Championship Schedule/Results

Sports

November 19th, 2016 by admin

Class 4A – Friday, November 18

Dowling Catholic, WDM 23, Iowa City, West 10 – Final Boxscore

Class 2A – Friday, November 18

Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 41, Union, La Porte City 22  – Final Boxscore

Class 1A – Friday, November 18

Western Christian, Hull 47, Regina, Iowa City 34 – Final Boxscore

Class 3A – Thursday, November 17

Pella 28, Webster City 18 – Final Boxscore

Class A – Thursday, November 17

Gladbrook-Reinbeck 20, Bishop Garrigan, Algona 19  – Final Boxscore 

Class 8-Player – Thursday, November 17

Don Bosco, Gilbertville 48,  Harris-Lake Park 21 – Final Boxscore

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Moser leads Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley past Union for 2A title

Sports

November 18th, 2016 by admin

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Versatile quarterback Brett Moser accounted for all six of his team’s touchdowns as Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley swept past LaPorte City Union 41-22 to win the Class 2A state championship.

Moser threw four touchdown passes Friday and ran for two others while picking apart the Union defense with completions to 10 different receivers. He finished with 25 completions, a 2A title game record, in 35 attempts for 317 yards and no interceptions.

Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley exploded for 28 points in a dominant second half after leading 13-7 at halftime. It’s the first state title for the program and enabled coach Cory Brandt to join his father Barry to form the first father-son coaching combinations to win state championships.

Barry Brandt guided Glidden-Ralston to the Class 1A crown in 1975.

Union got 165 yards rushing from Isaiah Vaughn.

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Cardinals add 4 to roster to protect from Rule 5 draft

Sports

November 18th, 2016 by admin

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Cardinals have purchased the contracts of outfielder Magneuris Sierra, infielders Eliezer Alvarez and Edmundo Sosa and right-hander Rowan Wick and added them to their 40-man roster.

Adding them to the roster protects them from the Rule 5 draft.

St. Louis also announced left-hander Tim Cooney was claimed off waivers by the Indians, while outfielders Chad Huffman and Todd Cunningham, infielder Wilfredo Tovar, left-hander Zach Phillips and right-hander Kendry Flores signed minor league contracts that included invites to spring training.

Sierra, Sosa and Alvarez were teammates at Class A Peoria this past season, while Wick went 2-0 with a 2.44 ERA in 44 games between Class A Palm Beach and Double-A Springfield.

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Chiefs without Maclin; Houston could play vs Tampa Bay

Sports

November 18th, 2016 by admin

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs again will be without top wide receiver Jeremy Maclin when they play Tampa Bay on Sunday, though it’s increasingly likely linebacker Justin Houston will make his season debut.

Maclin was listed out on Friday’s final injury report with a groin strain. He hurt it in practice a few weeks ago, tweaked it against Jacksonville and was inactive last Sunday at Carolina.

Houston has not played after surgery in February to repair the ACL in his left knee. The four-time Pro Bowl pass rusher has been practicing for several weeks, though, and coach Andy Reid indicated Friday that he could be active against the Buccaneers.

Defensive end Jaye Howard is questionable with a hip flexor, while linebacker Derrick Johnson and cornerbacks Marcus Peters and Phillip Gaines are questionable with injuries.

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W. Christian beats Regina 47-34, ends Regals’ title run at 6

Sports

November 18th, 2016 by admin

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Ben Granstra ran for three touchdowns, Tyson Kooima accounted for three more scores and Hull Western Christian beat Iowa City Regina 47-34 Friday to win the Class 1A state championship and deny the Regals a seventh consecutive title.

Granstra ground out 180 yards on 39 carries and topped off his big day with a 1-yard TD run that put the back-and-forth game out of reach and gave Western Christian (12-1) its first state championship.

Regina (11-2), which had won 33 straight playoff games, was done in by five turnovers.

Isaac Vollstedt ran for 189 yards and three touchdowns for the Regals, but it wasn’t enough against a Western Christian team that was in only its 13th season of football. Western lost to Regina 35-28 in last year’s championship game.

 

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Big 12 picks Cowboys stadium for football championships

Sports

November 18th, 2016 by admin

IRVING, Texas (AP) — The Big 12 will hold its newly reinstated football championship game at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, home of the Dallas Cowboys.

The conference announced the site of its five title games from 2017-21 on Friday. AT&T Stadium was the leading candidate, considering half the conference’s 10 schools are within a 4 1/2-hour drive of Arlington.

San Antonio and Kansas City, Missouri, were also considered.

AT&T Stadium was the site of the first College Football Playoff championship game in 2015 and annually hosts the Cotton Bowl, one of six games through which the national semifinals rotate.

The Big 12 stopped playing a football championship game after the league shrunk to 10 members in 2011, but members recently decided to restore it.

 

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