No. 6 Kansas’ scheduled home game Saturday against Iowa State has been postponed because of positive COVID-19 tests and contacting tracing within the Cyclones’ program.

The schools said late Friday that they intend to work with the Big 12 to reschedule the game.

The Jayhawks (10-3, 4-2) are coming off a 75-70 loss to Oklahoma State and now visit second-ranked Baylor on Monday night. The Cyclones (2-7, 0-5) also had their previous game against Kansas State postponed and are scheduled to play No. 4 Texas on Wednesday night.

Basketball

• Atlantic vs. Harlan (G/B) have been postponed to Thursday, January 21^st. – Was our scheduled broadcast games on KJAN.
• Clarinda @ Shenandoah (G/B) have been postponed to Saturday, January 16^th.
• Red Oak @ St. Albert (G/B) have been postponed to Saturday, January 16^th.
• Glenwood @ Kuemper Catholic (G/B) postponed to Saturday, January 30^th.
• Lewis Central @ Creston (G/B) postponed to date TBD.
• Essex @ Clarinda Academy (B) postponed to date TBD.
• Fremont-Mills @ East Mills (G/B) postponed to date TBD.
• Griswold @ Stanton (G/B) postponed to date TBD.
• Treynor @ Missouri Valley (G/B) postponed to Monday, January 18^th.
• Tri-Center @ Underwood (G/B) postponed to date TBD.
• IKM-Manning @ Logan-Magnolia (G/B) postponed to date TBD.
• Southeast Warren at Bedford (G/B) postponed to date TBD.
• Martensdale-St. Marys at Lenox (G/B) postponed to date TBD.
• Wayne at Southwest Valley (G/B) postponed to date TBD.
• Nodaway Valley at East Union (G/B) postponed to date TBD.
• West Harrison at CAM (G/B) postponed to Monday, January 18^th.
• Paton-Churdan at Glidden-Ralston (G/B) postponed to date TBD.
• Coon Rapids-Bayard at Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton (G/B) postponed to date TBD.
• Boyer Valley at Ar-We-Va (G/B) postponed to date TBD.
• Bishop Heelan Catholic at Abraham Lincoln (B) postponed to Saturday, January 16^th.
• Thomas Jefferson at Sergeant Bluff-Luton (G/B) have been postponed to Saturday, January 16^th.
• Riverside @ AHSTW (G/B) have been postponed to a date TBD.

Wrestling

• Mount Ayr Ron Scott Duals for Friday 1/15 and Saturday 1/16 have been cancelled.

Swimming

• Atlantic boys swimming team dual at CB Abraham Lincoln on 1/14 has been postponed to Thursday, January 21st at 5:00 p.m. at Kirn Middle School in Council Bluffs.

Harlan alum Joel Osborn has been tabbed as the new head football coach at Benedictine College in Kansas. Osborn will take over for Larry Wilcox, who announced his retirement in November.

Osborn has been a longtime member of the Northwest Missouri State football coaching staff after playing football for the Bearcats as well. He has spent time as co-offensive coordinator, recruiting coordinator, running backs coach, and wide receivers coach at Northwest.

In his two seasons as co-offensive coordinator, he helped guide the Bearcats to a record of 22-5 with two MIAA Co-Championships and 2 berths in the NCAA Division II National Playoffs. His teams averaged 41.9 points per game during the 2019 season and 36.6 ppg in 2018.

Osborn was the 2008 MIAA Offensive Player of the Year as quarterback of the Bearcats and played in two NCAA Division II Championships in his tenure.

He will be formally introduced as coach on Tuesday during a special Facebook live event. He takes over a very successful Benedictine Ravens program. Coach Wilcox won 304 games between 1979 and 2020.

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Riverside 46, Tri-Center 30
Riverside 69, Woodbine 6
Tri-Center 41, Woodbine 18

@ Plattsmouth, NE

Logan-Magnolia 42, Bennington, NE 37
Logan-Magnolia 62, Plattsmouth, NE 17

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BOYS BASKETBALL

Clarinda 58, Sidney 33

Stanton 60, Southwest Valley 53

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Sidney 52, Clarinda 23

Stanton 54, Southwest Valley 22

Class 1A
School Record LW
1 Bishop Garrigan 13-0 1
2 Newell-Fonda 10-1 2
3 St. Ansgar 10-0 3
4 Kingsley-Pierson 13-0 4
5 MMCRU 9-1 5
6 Exira-EHK 11-0 7
7 Collins-Maxwell 10-0 8
8 Montezuma 13-1 9
9 Springville 11-2 6
10 Winfield-Mount Union 11-0 11
11 Burlington Notre Dame 9-1 13
12 North Mahaska 8-1 14
13 Logan-Magnolia 9-3 12
14 Turkey Valley 10-4 NR
15 Woodbury Central 11-3 NR
Dropped Out: CAM (10), AGWSR (15)

Class 2A
1 Maquoketa Valley 12-0 1
2 Dike-New Hartford 10-0 2
3 West Branch 9-1 3
4 North Linn 10-1 4
5 Nodaway Valley 10-0 5
6 West Hancock 10-1 6
7 Treynor 12-1 8
8 Denver 8-3 7
9 Central Lyon 11-1 11
10 Bellevue 12-1 13
11 Grundy Center 8-2 9
12 Underwood 12-1 14
13 Sioux Central 8-3 NR
14 Jesup 10-2 12
15 Cascade 10-4 NR
Dropped Out: South Central Calhoun (10), MFL-Mar-Mac (15)

Class 3A
1 Cherokee 12-0 1
2 Des Moines Christian 12-1 2
3 Unity Christian 9-1 3
4 Center Point-Urbana 10-2 4
5 Clear Lake 10-1 5
6 Osage 9-1 6
7 West Burlington 12-0 7
8 West Lyon 9-1 8
9 West Liberty 7-3 9
10 Panorama 9-2 10
11 Roland-Story 7-3 11
12 Solon 9-3 13
13 Sioux City Bishop Heelan 7-1 NR
14 Estherville-Lincoln Central 10-2 14
15 Vinton-Shellsburg 11-2 15
Dropped Out: Clarion-Goldfield-Dows (12)

Class 4A
1 Glenwood 9-1 1
2 Ballard 10-0 2
3 Gilbert 11-1 3
4 Dallas Center-Grimes 10-2 5
5 Central DeWitt 8-1 4
6 North Scott 7-1 7
7 Waverly-Shell Rock 9-2 6
8 Creston 9-3 12
9 Cedar Rapids Xavier 6-3 14
10 Bondurant-Farrar 7-3 9
11 Denison-Schleswig 8-2 8
12 Harlan 9-3 11
13 Dubuque Wahlert 5-4 10
14 Clear Creek-Amana 8-2 NR
15 Winterset 6-4 NR
Dropped Out: Grinnell (13), Benton (15)

Class 5A
1 Johnston 4-0 2
2 Waukee 3-1 1
3 Waterloo West 8-1 3
4 Cedar Falls 9-1 6
5 Southeast Polk 6-2 5
6 Ankeny Centennial 6-1 4
7 Iowa City West 3-3 7
8 Iowa City High 4-2 8
9 Davenport North 2-0 9
10 Des Moines Roosevelt 2-0 10
11 Cedar Rapids Washington 7-1 11
12 Dowling Catholic 6-2 12
13 West Des Moines Valley 2-3 13
14 Indianola 10-1 14
15 Cedar Rapids Prairie 5-2 NR
Dropped Out: Dubuque Senior (15)

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Caitlin Clark already is a star for the Iowa women’s basketball team. The freshman guard from West Des Moines, Iowa, is third in the nation with just under 26 points a game. She’s been named Big Ten player of the week three times and conference freshman of the week six times.

Iowa guard Caitlin Clark, right, celebrates with coach Lisa Bluder during the first half of the team’s NCAA college basketball game against Ohio State, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, in Iowa City, Iowa. Clark is fourth in the nation in scoring, fourth in the nation in assists and ninth in assists per game. She is also second on the team in rebounds and tied for the team lead in blocked shots. “She’s not one-dimensional,” Bluder said. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Teammates say Clark has picked up where 2020 Big Ten player of the year Kathleen Doyle left off. Clark has had four games with 30 or more points and she leads the Big Ten in assists.

Iowa senior guard Jordan Bohannon has regained his confidence and that has been a big part of fifth ranked Iowa’s for game winning streak. After missing most of last season with a second hip surgery Bohannon started slowly this season.

But during the last four games the former Linn-Mar standout has averaged 18 and-a-half points and is shooting 63 percent from three point range.

Bohannon feels more confident. He had a career high 14 assists in Sunday’s win over Minnesota and was named the Big Ten co-player of the week.

Bohannon is climbing the Iowa and Big Ten career lists for three pointers and assists.

The Hawkeyes had tonight’s (Thursday’s) game with Michigan State postponed due to COVID issues with the Spartans. The Hawkeyes return to action Sunday night at Northwestern.

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State (8-4 overall, 4-1 Big 12) outpaced Oklahoma State (9-3 overall, 5-1 Big 12), 90-80, on Wednesday night at Hilton Coliseum. One game after setting a new program record with 19 3-pointers, the Cyclones knocked down 16-of-33 from deep to hand OSU its first conference loss of the season.

How It Happened
The Cyclones got off to a fast start in their first home game since a Dec. 22 victory over Drake. Iowa State opened the game by knocking down 6-of-8 field goal attempts, including 3-of-4 from 3-point range, to jump out to a 15-10 advantage less than six minutes into the game. Ashley Joens scored Iowa State’s final five points of the quarter, including a pair of free throws with less than one second left on the clock to put ISU in front 20-14 after one.

Joens also scored Iowa State’s first six points of the second quarter, followed by Lexi Donarski splashing home a triple to give ISU its largest lead of the first half at 29-16 with 8:14 to play. Oklahoma State battled back into the game a short time later with a 7-0 run, but Donarski put an end to the spurt with yet another 3-pointer to make the ISU lead 34-25. Rae Johnson and Morgan Kane both hit 3-point shots to close out the period, as Iowa State scored half of its 42 first-half points from beyond the arc. Joens led the way with 16 points as the Cyclones held a 42-33 advantage at the intermission.

Oklahoma State reeled off an 8-0 run early in the third quarter, including back-to-back 3-pointers by Lauren Fields and Lexy Key, to cut Iowa State’s lead to 47-43 with 7:42 remaining in the period. However, that was as close as the Cowgirls would get, as Donarski knocked down a jumper to halt the run. Donarski and Joens combined to score 16 of ISU’s 24 third-quarter points, including a Donarski triple in the final minute to give the Cyclones a 66-57 lead with 10 minutes to play.

Standout Cowgirl forward Natasha Mack scored 12 of OSU’s 23 points in the fourth quarter in an attempt to spark a late rally, but the Cyclones came up with an answer at every turn. Emily Ryan in particular was critical down the stretch, knocking down a pair of 3-pointers midway through the fourth after Iowa State’s lead had been cut to five points. Iowa State then went 6-of-6 at the charity stripe in the game’s final minute to secure a 90-80 victory.

Players of Note
Ashley Joens put up yet another double-double with a 30-point, 15-rebound effort to lead the Cyclones past the Cowgirls. Joens pulled down five of Iowa State’s 12 offensive rebounds and knocked down three 3-pointers.

Lexi Donarski knocked down 4-of-5 attempts from 3-point range to lead the Cyclones from long distance. Donarski totaled 14 points, including eight in the third quarter. She added five rebounds, three assists and one block.

Up Next
Iowa State is set to hit the road to take on No. 6 Baylor on Saturday in Waco, Texas. The game will tip-off at 7 p.m. CT and be televised on ESPNU.