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A-P Iowa Boys Basketball Prep Poll

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December 16th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Iowa high school basketball poll with first-place votes in parentheses and won-loss record, and total points:

Class 4A
Record Pts
1. Waukee (4) 3-0 86
2. Ankeny Centennial (4) 4-0 84
3. Iowa City, West (1) 3-0 81
4. Dubuque, Hempstead 4-0 49
5. Sioux City, East (1) 5-0 44
6. Waterloo, West 3-1 38
7. Dowling Catholic, West Des Moines 3-1 31
8. Cedar Falls 2-1 28
(tie) Prairie, Cedar Rapids 3-0 28
10. Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 5-0 15

Others receiving votes: Iowa City Liberty 13. North Scott, Eldridge 11. Ankeny 8. Waterloo, East 8. Dubuque, Senior 7. Linn-Mar, Marion 6. Urbandale 5. Johnston 4. Lewis Central 3. Des Moines, Lincoln 1.

Class 3A
Record Pts
1. Winterset (3) 4-0 87
2. Assumption, Davenport (3) 5-0 73
3. Sergeant Bluff-Luton (3) 3-0 59
4. Norwalk 3-1 55
5. Carroll 4-0 52
6. Dallas Center-Grimes 4-0 50
7. Mount Vernon 4-0 37
8. Harlan 4-0 33
9. Algona 4-0 24
(tie) Glenwood (1) 4-1 24

Others receiving votes: Central Clinton, De Witt 23. Gilbert 9. Marion 6. Mount Pleasant 6. Clear Lake 6. Grinnell 3. Webster City 2. Denison-Schleswig 1.

Class 2A
Record Pts
1. Beckman Catholic, Dyersville 5-0 80
2. Treynor (5) 5-0 73
3. North Linn, Troy Mills (2) 4-0 64
4. Camanche (2) 4-0 59
5. West Sioux, Hawarden 5-0 54
6. Aplington-Parkersburg (1) 5-0 36
7. Pella Christian 4-1 34
8. Regina, Iowa City 3-1 20
9. Osage 5-0 18
(tie) Northeast, Goose Lake 5-0 18

Others receiving votes: East Sac County 16. Boyden-Hull 12. Dike-New Hartford 11. Des Moines Christian 9. Panorama, Panora 9. Van Meter 9. Monticello 8. South Central Calhoun 7. Tri-Center, Neola 5. Unity Christian, Orange City 5. Albia 3.

Class 1A
Record Pts
1. St. Mary’s, Remsen (7) 4-0 86
2. Bishop Garrigan, Algona (2) 5-1 63
3. Montezuma 4-0 58
4. West Fork, Sheffield 5-0 52
(tie) Easton Valley 5-0 52
6. WACO, Wayland (1) 5-0 38
(tie) A-H-S-T, Avoca 6-0 38
8. Lake Mills 2-1 19
9. Janesville 4-0 16
10. Mount Ayr 4-0 13

Others receiving votes: Siouxland Community Christian 12. Gladbrook-Reinbeck 11. East Mills 10. CAM, Anita 8. Madrid 8. Bedford 8. Notre Dame, Burlington 8. Alburnett 8. Newell-Fonda 8. South O’Brien, Paullina 7. Don Bosco, Gilbertville 6. MFL-Mar-Mac 6. Nodaway Valley 3. River Valley, Correctionville 3. Wapsie Valley, Fairbank 2. South Winneshiek, Calmar 2. Martensdale-St. Marys 2. Grand View Christian 2. Edgewood-Colesburg 1.

CAM hosts Southwest Valley in hoops tonight on KJAN

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December 16th, 2019 by admin

The CAM Cougars host the Southwest Valley Timberwolves tonight for a varsity basketball doubleheader. You can hear the games on KJAN tonight, Chris Parks will have the call from Anita with pregame starting at 5:50pm before the girls game. Tune in on AM 1220, FM 101.1, or online at kjan.com.

Ashley Joens named National and Big 12 Player of the Week

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December 16th, 2019 by admin

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State sophomore Ashley Joens was named the Big 12 Player of the Week and ESPNW National Player of the Week after averaging 33.5 points and 12.5 rebounds in two games on the week.

Joens’ Big 12 Player of the Week honor is her second of the season, while her national recognition is the first of her career and the first by any Cyclone player in program history.

Joens started the week with 26 points and 12 rebounds against Iowa. On Sunday, Joens dominated Wright State, scoring 41 points and grabbing 13 rebounds. Her 41 points ranks second in school history. Joens was incredible in the 4th quarter, as Wright State pulled within two possessions of the Cyclones, Joens scored 18, 4th-quarter points to put the game away for ISU.

Joens drew 25 fouls on the week and leads the nation in free-throw attempts (86) and makes (77). Joens also ranks second in the nation in scoring, averaging 24.4 points per game.

Iowa State is back in action on Sunday at 5 p.m. against Northern Iowa.

3 Hawkeyes named AP All-Americans

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December 16th, 2019 by admin

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Three members of the University of Iowa football team have been named to the 2019 Associated Press All-America Team, the AP announced Monday.

Junior kicker Keith Duncan was named first-team All-America, while junior offensive tackle Tristan Wirfs and junior defensive end A.J. Epenesa were named second team All-America.

Duncan (5-foot-10, 180-pounds), a Lou Groza Award finalist and Walter Camp second-team All-American, set Big Ten and Iowa single-season records with 29 made field goals, a total that ranks sixth-best all-time in the NCAA. Duncan also set a school record with six field goal attempts in Iowa’s win over Purdue. His 34 attempts on the season are also a school record.

Duncan, a native of Grapevine, Texas, attended Weddington (North Carolina) High School. He was named Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week for his efforts in wins over Iowa State, Illinois, and Nebraska. Duncan booted a game-winning 48-yard field goal with one second to play at Nebraska. He connected on four field goals (23, 45, 24, 29) in Iowa’s win over Illinois, and also had four in the 18-17 win at Iowa State.

For the season, Duncan is 29-of-34 on field goal attempts, 14-of-18 on field goals of 40 or more yards, and a perfect 25-of-25 on PATs. Duncan’s 38 career made field goals are the sixth-most all-time in program history.

Duncan earned the Bakken-Andersen Kicker of the Year Award in the Big Ten and was a unanimous first-team All-Big Ten selection by the AP.

Wirfs (6-foot-5, 322-pounds), who attended Mount Vernon (Iowa) High School, was named the Big Ten’s Rimington-Pace Offensive Lineman of the Year and was a first-team All-Big Ten selection by league coaches and media. He was also a Walter Camp second-team All-American and a unanimous first-team All-Big Ten selection by the AP.

He started nine games at right tackle and three at left tackle, with 32 career starts in three seasons. He was one of six semifinalists for the 2019 Outland Trophy. He earned honorable mention honors in 2018, and in 2017 was the first true freshman to start at tackle under head coach Kirk Ferentz.

Epenesa (6-foot-6, 280-pounds), a native of Glen Carbon, Illinois (Edwardsville High School), earned Walter Camp second-team All-America honors, first-team All-Big Ten honors for the second straight year, and was a first-team All-Big Ten selection by the AP.

He was Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week following wins over Minnesota and Nebraska. He leads the Hawkeyes in tackles for loss (13-69), sacks (9-54), quarterback pressures (nine) and forced fumbles (three). He also has three pass break-ups.

Iowa (9-3, 7-3) will face USC in the 2019 Holiday Bowl in San Diego on Dec. 27 (7 p.m. CT, FS1). For ticket and bowl game information, visit hawkeyesports.com/bowlcentral.

Chiefs’ Kelce continues to set records for NFL tight ends

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December 16th, 2019 by admin

Travis Kelce has never cared much about individual statistics, even though the Kansas City Chiefs tight end has been putting up some eye-popping numbers ever since he arrived in the NFL seven years ago. All he cares about is wins. And with another big performance against Denver on Sunday, the Chiefs hit the 10-win mark with two games left in the regular season. Now the trick for Kelce is to keep producing with the No. 2 seed in the AFC playoffs still in play, and with Super Bowl hopes once the postseason finally begins.

AP Women’s Basketball Top 25 12/16/2019

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December 16th, 2019 by admin

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ women’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 15, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:

Record Pts Prv
1. Stanford (27) 9-0 747 1
2. UConn (1) 8-0 685 2
3. Oregon (1) 8-1 679 3
4. Oregon St. (1) 9-0 653 4
5. South Carolina 10-1 633 5
6. Louisville 10-1 599 7
7. Baylor 8-1 598 6
8. Florida St. 10-0 549 8
9. NC State 10-0 497 9
10. UCLA 9-0 459 10
11. Texas A&M 9-1 447 11
12. Indiana 10-1 422 12
13. Maryland 8-2 398 13
14. Kentucky 10-1 361 14
15. Mississippi St. 8-2 333 15
16. DePaul 9-1 314 16
17. Gonzaga 9-1 256 17
18. Arizona 10-0 242 18
19. Michigan St. 7-2 153 19
20. Missouri St. 9-1 151 20
21. Arkansas 10-1 123 21
22. West Virginia 7-1 115 22
23. Tennessee 8-1 100 23
24. Michigan 9-1 77 24
25. South Dakota 12-1 45

Others receiving votes: Miami 42, Florida Gulf Coast 37, Minnesota 20, Rutgers 7, Colorado 4, Arizona St. 1, TCU 1, Ohio St. 1, Kansas 1.

AP Men’s Basketball Top 25 12/16/2019

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December 16th, 2019 by admin

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 15, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:

Record Pts Prv
1. Kansas (47) 9-1 1607 2
2. Gonzaga (15) 11-1 1552 6
3. Louisville (1) 10-1 1412 1
4. Duke (2) 9-1 1387 7
5. Ohio St. 9-1 1334 3
6. Kentucky 8-1 1231 8
7. Maryland 10-1 1207 4
8. Oregon 8-2 1172 10
9. Virginia 8-1 1121 9
10. Baylor 8-1 1062 11
11. Memphis 9-1 960 13
12. Auburn 9-0 939 12
13. Dayton 8-1 879 14
14. Michigan 8-3 723 5
15. Michigan St. 7-3 656 16
16. Arizona 10-2 631 15
17. Butler 10-1 553 18
18. Villanova 8-2 496 20
19. Florida St. 8-2 449 21
20. San Diego St. 10-0 431 25
21. Tennessee 7-2 367 19
22. Washington 7-2 213
23. Penn St. 9-2 182
24. Texas Tech 6-3 115
25. West Virginia 9-1 76

Others receiving votes: North Carolina 41, Xavier 40, Iowa 39, Wichita St. 31, Purdue 30, Liberty 25, Marquette 23, Indiana 23, VCU 21, Utah St. 14, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 13, N. Iowa 12, Colorado 12, Texas 10, Florida 7, DePaul 6, Georgetown 3, Richmond 3, Virginia Tech 3, LSU 3, Stanford 3, Seton Hall 3, Oklahoma St. 2, Duquesne 1, BYU 1, Arkansas 1.

Kolar earns AP 3rd-Team All-America Honors

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December 16th, 2019 by admin

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State sophomore tight end Charlie Kolar was selected as an Associated Press All-American today, earning a spot on the third team.

Kolar is the first Cyclone in school history to be named to an All-American team and an Academic All-American. Kolar earned Academic All-America First Team accolades from CoSIDA last week.

A native of Norman, Okla., Kolar is one of the best tight ends in the nation. The sophomore is producing one of the best seasons by a tight end in school history, leading all Big 12 tight ends in receptions (48), receiving yards (675) and receiving touchdowns (7).

His 675 receiving yards is a school record by a tight end.

Kolar’s yards per game average (56.3) and touchdown reception (7) totals rank in the top-five nationally among FBS tight ends.

Kolar, who has five 70+ yard receiving games, has been a key target for Brock Purdy, recording 36 catches for first downs or touchdowns and has three receptions resulting in fourth down conversions.

In the classroom, Kolar is just as stellar. The two-time First Team Academic All-Big 12 selection holds a cumulative 3.98 GPA in mechanical engineering. He won the team GPA Award during the 2018-19 school year with a perfect 4.0 GPA.

(Podcast) KJAN Morning Sports report, 12/16/19

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December 16th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

The 7:20-a.m. Sportscast with Chris Parks.

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Logan-Magnolia grapplers take Riverside Invitational

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December 16th, 2019 by admin

The Logan-Magnolia Panthers wrestling team racked up 228.5 points and won the Riverside Invitational on Saturday. The Panthers had 5 champions on the day: Barrett Pitt 285, Rex Johnson 220, Briar Reisz 152, Wyatt Reisz 120, and Sean Thompson 113.

Team Scores
1 Logan-Magnolia 228.5
2 Papillion-La Vista South 186.0
3 Creston/O-M 178.0
4 West Sioux, Hawarden 167.5
5 Lathrop 156.5
6 Riverside, Oakland 105.0
7 East Mills 78.0
8 AHSTW 71.0
9 Pekin 64.5
10 Savannah 62.0
11 AC/GC 55.0
12 Clarinda 37.0
13 Woodbine 31.0
14 Audubon 28.0
15 Shenandoah 13.0
16 West Harrison 7.0

Full results HERE.