Chloe Johnson finished with 17 points and Allie West added 15 as the Red Oak Tigers defeated the Atlantic Trojans 66-31 on Friday night. The Tigers jumped on top by 7 at the end of the first quarter 14-7 and then pushed the lead to 31-14 by halftime. The Tigers were on top 51-26 by the end of the third as they continued to push away from an Atlantic squad that never got settled in.

Red Oak improved to 15-3 with the win and they will next up travel to Creston on Friday.

Atlantic got 10 points from Taylor McCreedy and 6 from Maycie Waters on the night. Leading scorer Haley Rasmussen was limited to just 2 points in the contest. The Trojans struggled to find their shooting stroke all night. Atlantic has now dropped 4 straight and fell to 8-11 on the season. The Trojans host Denison-Schleswig on Friday. It will be Senior night and it will be the annual Coaches vs Cancer pink out game to support the American Cancer Society.

The Atlantic boys basketball team improved to 7-8 on the season with a 63-40 win at Red Oak on Tuesday night. The Trojans jumped on top early with an 11-3 lead by the end of the first quarter. Both offenses struggled to make shots in the first half, but Atlantic took a ten point lead at 28-18 in to the half. The Trojans outscored the Tigers by 9 in the third period to take full control of the game. Atlantic Head Coach Jeff Ebling was pleased with the effort.

Nile Petersen had a great night for the Trojans, using post moves to get some buckets and feeding the ball back out from the block on a number of occasions to teammates cutting to open space. Petersen finished with 18 points to lead all scorers on the night. Coach Ebling said a lot of what they did well ran through Petersen inside.

Skyler Handlos, in his first game back from illness the last two outings, dropped in 13 points. Craig Alan Becker finished with 10, 8 of those coming in the first half.

Atlantic will have a chance to get back to .500 with a home game against Denison-Schleswig on Friday night.

Red Oak was led by 13 points from Ryan Johnson. The Tigers fall to 4-13 on the season and will travel to Creston on Friday night.

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BOYS BASKETBALL

East Union, Afton 64, Lenox 39

Mount Ayr 59, Clarinda 53

Stanton 66, Griswold 14

Border Battle Shootout=

Glenwood 72, Shenandoah 39

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Creston 62, Martensdale-St. Marys 60

East Mills 58, West Harrison, Mondamin 26

Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 47, Audubon 46

Glenwood 57, Treynor 16

Grandview Christian, Mo. 57, Coon Rapids-Bayard 27

Harlan 64, Atlantic 46

Lenox 44, East Union, Afton 43

Mount Ayr 72, Clarinda 41

Pleasantville 46, Earlham 36

Stanton 63, Griswold 40

Westwood, Sloan 64, OA-BCIG 47

Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs have returned to Kansas City as fans celebrate their Super Bowl victory . The Chiefs landed Wednesday afternoon at Kansas City International Airport and drove in a bus caravan back to Arrowhead Stadium. Coach Andy Reid led the team off the plane, carrying the Super Bowl trophy. Quarterback Patrick Mahomes was not with the Chiefs because he flew Disney World in Orlando to lead fans in a Super Bowl celebration parade as part of his duties as MVP. The party will continue Wednesday, with a parade through downtown Kansas City and a rally at Union Station.

UNDATED (AP) — The Super Bowl might have gone San Francisco’s way if only 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan had followed Bill Belichick’s lead and copied Vic Fangio’s blueprints. The Patriots throttled the high-scoring Rams last year when Belichick copied the game plan Fangio had used as Chicago’s defensive coordinator in a December victory over the Rams. The Chiefs swept Fangio’s Denver Broncos this season but Fangio had the right idea when he took a point off the board and went for two after a Kansas City penalty. That decision backfired but it showed how you have to be aggressive when facing Patrick Mahomes.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The Southeastern Conference has named John McDaid coordinator of football officials.Commissioner Greg Sankey announced McDaid’s appointment to replace Steve Shaw. McDaid has been a college football official for 24 years and joined the SEC as a referee in 2015. He previously worked for two years as a referee in the American Athletic Conference and held that job in the Big East Conference from 2006-2012. Shaw had led SEC officials since 2011 but was recently named national coordinator for college football by the board of managers at College Football Officiating, LLC.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Udoka Azubuike scored 17 points and No. 3 Kansas beat Texas 69-58. Devon Dotson added 16 points and Marcus Garrett scored 11 for the Jayhawks, who have won seven straight, including four since an ugly brawl in the closing seconds of a win over rival Kansas State. Matt Coleman III scored 20 points to lead the Longhorns, who stayed within a possession of the lead for most of the game.

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Jared Butler scored 20 points and No. 1 Baylor extended its school-record winning streak to 19 games, beating Kansas State 73-67. MaCio Teague added 15 points and Davion Mitchell scored 13 for the Bears, who are 9-0 in Big 12 play. That’s the best start in league play by any Big 12 team since 2011. Xavier Sneed tied a career high with 23 points, Cartier Diarra scored 11 and Makol Mawien had 10 for the Wildcats, who lost to Baylor for the first time since 2017.

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Business was brisk at sports books around the country on Super Bowl Sunday. Bettors risked money on everything from the coin toss at the start of the game to the color of the Gatorade dumped on the winning coach. In New Jersey, $54.2 million was wagered, surpassing the $34.8 million bet last year. Nevada, the country’s largest sports betting market, planned to release figures Tuesday, but two sports books reported multimillion-dollar wins. Mississippi saw $6.7 million in bets, Rhode Island $5.5 million, New Hampshire $2.3 million, Delaware $2.1 million and Oregon $2 million.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Kansas City Chiefs are celebrating their Super Bowl win with a parade. “The Chiefs Kingdom Champions Parade” is set for 11:30 a.m. Wednesday. Officials announced the celebration Sunday night, shortly after the Chiefs defeated San Francisco 31-20. The festivities will include a victory rally at Union Station about 1:30 p.m., shortly after the parade ends. Details about the parade already had been leaking out in advance, as the city put generators in place near the site of the rally and businesses in the area made plans to close or operate on a reduced schedule.