The IGHSAU released their weekly girls basketball rankings on Thursday. Follow the link to see the full rankings for all classes.

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The Atlantic Trojans will go on the road to Creston tonight to face the Panthers in a girl/boy varsity doubleheader. We’ll have coverage of the two games on KJAN.

The girls game will feature the 0-4 Trojans against the 1-2 Panthers. Creston opened the season with a win over Winterset and then dropped back to back road games against Glenwood and Shenandoah. The Trojans are coming off a spirited effort against the Class 3A 4th ranked Red Oak Tigers in a 54-50 loss. Baylee Newell has leads the Trojans in scoring with 12 points per game, while the Panthers have been led by 17 per outing from Brielle Baker.

The boys game will feature a 2-1 Atlantic squad against the 1-2 Panthers. Atlantic is coming off a road win at Red Oak 61-34 on Tuesday night. The Panthers picked up their first win on Tuesday 60-56 over Shenandoah. Atlantic has been led by 23 points per game from Chase Mullenix. The Panthers have gotten 19 per game from Cael Kralik and 18 per outing from Kylan Smallwood.

We’ll have coverage of the games tonight with pregame starting at approximately 5:45pm before the girls tip at 6:00pm. The boys will follow with an approximate 7:30pm tip-off. You can catch the game on AM1220, FM101.1, online at kjan.com, and on the web app. No facebook video for tonight.

The CAM Cougars will play host to the Ar-We-Va Rockets for a Rolling Valley Conference Doubleheader tonight and live video will be available on the CAM Cougar Channel.

The girls game will feature the 4-0 Cougars against the 2-1 Rockets. The Cougars are ranked 4th in the latest Class 1A rankings.

The boys game has 1-2 CAM taking on the 3-0 Rockets. Ar-We-Va is coming off a thrilling one-point comeback win over Exira-EHK on Tuesday.

You can watch the live video stream produced by CAM students through the video player on the CAM Cougar Channel page at kjan.com

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A 22-point loss at Michigan State left many wondering if the 18th-ranked Hawkeyes were for real.

Iowa answered its critics on Thursday night by stomping archrival Iowa State — almost literally — to snap a two-game losing streak.

Tyler Cook had 26 points and 11 rebounds, Isaiah Moss added 20 points and the Hawkeyes cruised to a 98-84 victory in a game marked by skirmishes in the first half and after the whistle.

Nicholas Baer had 11 of his 14 points in the second half for the Hawkeyes (7-2), who shot 57.4 percent from the floor and outrebounded the Cyclones 44-24.

“We wanted to establish our running game. We wanted to establish our ability to move the ball, and get a lot of people involved — and then we had to rebound,” Iowa coach Fran McCaffery said.
Iowa took control with a 16-2 run late in the first half, and the Hawkeyes pushed their lead to 63-47 on Baer’s 3-pointer early in the second half. Baer, who finished 4 of 5 from beyond the arc, then buried another 3 to make it 68-49.

Freshman Talen Horton-Tucker briefly pulled the Cyclones (7-2) within eight with 6:05 left, but Iowa responded with eight quick points to put the game out of reach.

Horton-Tucker scored 21 points and Marial Shayok had 19 for Iowa State, which had won its previous four games.

“We missed some bunnies. We could have scored 90. But you can’t give up 98 and win on the road anywhere,” Iowa State coach Steve Prohm said.

Iowa junior Cordell Pemsl, who had planned to redshirt this season, made a surprise return to the lineup and had eight points and six boards off the bench. Freshman Joe Wieskamp also played after spraining his ankle in Monday’s 90-68 loss at Michigan State and had seven points.

UP NEXT

Iowa plays Northern Iowa in Des Moines on Dec. 15.
Iowa State hosts Southern on Sunday.

Riverside 63, Southwest Valley 17
Riverside 63, Griswold 18
Riverside 72, Audubon 12
Audubon 19, Southwest Valley 18
Audubon 25, Griswold 24
Southwest Valley 27, Griswold 12

Denison-Schleswig 42, Bone 34
Carroll 72, Denison-Schleswig 3
East Sac County 64, Denison-Schleswig 12

AC/GC 53, Bedford/Lenox 30
AC/GC 42, Coon Rapids-Bayard 22
Bedford/Lenox 46, Coon Rapids-Bayard 21

Nodaway Valley 36, Martensdale-St. Marys 34
Nodaway Valley 42, Pleasantville 40
Pleasantville 39, Martensdale-St. Marys 35

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Boys Basketball

AHSTW 80, Shenandoah 73, OT
Central Decatur, Leon 77, Lenox 36
Clarinda 87, Southwest Valley 49
Coon Rapids-Bayard 52, Woodward Academy 44
East Atchison, Mo. 63, Sidney 61
OA-BCIG 66, East Sac County 60
Riverside 60, Essex 49

Girls Basketball

Bedford 50, College Springs South Page 34
Central Decatur, Leon 77, Lenox 36
Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 52, Underwood 26
East Atchison, Mo. 58, Sidney 48
East Sac County 64, OA-BCIG 37
Southwest Valley 60, Clarinda 26
West Monona 61, Kingsley-Pierson 51

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

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Tyler Cook had 26 points and 11 rebounds, Isaiah Moss added 20 points and 18th-ranked Iowa cruised past Iowa State 98-94, snapping a two-game losing streak. Nicholas Baer had 11 of his 14 points in the second half for the Hawkeyes, who shot 57.4 percent from the floor and outrebounded the Cyclones 44-24.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Nick McGlynn and Nick Norton combined for 29 points to lead Drake to its fifth straight win, a 75-61 victory over Milwaukee on Thursday night. McGlynn had 15 points and Norton drained 4 of 7 from deep to total 14 points.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The NFL’s highest-scoring offense will face the league’s top-ranked defense when the Kansas City Chiefs welcome the Baltimore Ravens to Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday. The Chiefs are averaging nearly 40 points per game behind their young star quarterback, Patrick Mahomes. The Ravens are allowing fewer than 20 points per game on the other side of the ball.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Ravens are among the best teams in the NFL when it comes to controlling the ball. The Chiefs prefer to score in a hurry. So when the two playoff contenders meet at Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday, expect Baltimore to try everything possible on offense to keep Kansas City’s high-flying attack on the sideline.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas coach Bill Self is hopeful injured center Udoka Azubuike will be back on the floor by the time the second-ranked Jayhawks open Big 12 play against Oklahoma on Jan. 2. The 7-footer sustained a severe high ankle sprain against Wofford on Tuesday night. He was still not putting much weight on the ankle Thursday. Kansas plays New Mexico State on Saturday night.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chris Owings has agreed to a $3 million, one-year contract with the Kansas City Royals, five days after the utilityman was cut loose by Arizona. The 27-year-old Owings hit .206 in 106 games this year.

SEATTLE (AP) — Delante Jones and Matej Kavas scored 26 points apiece and Seattle shot 61 percent from the floor in the second half to pull away for a 90-71 victory over Omaha. Jones made 9 of 14 shots from the floor, including 4 of 7 from 3-point range, on his way to a career-high total.

CHICAGO  (December  6, 201 8 )  — In its 34th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade  Company, today announced  Max Duggan of Lewis Central High School as its  2018 – 19 Gatorade Iowa Football Player of the Year. Duggan is the first Gatorade Iowa Football Player of the Year to be chosen from Lewis Central High School.

The award, which recognizes not only outstanding athletic excellence, but also high standards of academic  achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on and off the field, distinguishes Duggan as Iowa ’s best high school football player. Now a finalist for the prestigious Gatorade National Football Player of the Year award to be announced in December, Duggan joins an elite alumni association of state award – winners in 12 sports, including Emmitt Smith (1 986 – 87, Escambia High School, Fla.), Matthew Stafford (2005 – 06 Highland Park High School , Texas) and Christian McCaffrey (2012 -13, 2013-14, Valor Christian High School, Colo.)

The 6 -foot-2, 195 -pound senior quarterback passed for 2,130 yards and 24 touch downs this past season, leading the Titans (11 – 1) to the Class 3A semifinals. Duggan completed 123 of 186 passes with just three interceptions, also rushing for 1,223 yards and 25 touchdowns on 113 carries. A First Team All – State selection, he was an Elite 11 national finalist and was twice named to the Des Moines Register Iowa Eight.

A member of his school’s student council, Duggan has volunteered locally on behalf of a campus clean – up initiative and a wheelchair athletes program. “Duggan is the toughest, best player and athlete on the field at all times,” said Cory Faust, head coach at Glenwood High. “He’s like an elite running back who plays quarterback. He takes great care of the ball and I’ve never seen him lack composure or class.”

Duggan has maintained a 3.53 GPA in the classroom. He has verbally committed to play football on scholarship at Texas Christian University next fall.

The Gatorade Player of the Year program annually recognizes one winner in the District of Columbia and each of the 50 states that sanction high school football, girls volleyball, boys and girls cross country, boys and girls basketball, boys and girls soccer, baseball, softball, and boys and girls track & field,  and awards one National Player of the Year  in each sport.  From the 12 national winners, one male and one female athlete are each named Gatorade High School Athlete of the Year. In all, 607 athletes are honored each year.

Duggan joins recent Gatorade  Iowa Football Players of the Year Evan Flitz (2017 – 18,  Iowa City West High School ),  Oliver Martin (2016 – 17,  Iowa City West High School ), Noah Clayberg (2015-16, Pella High School ), and Ryan Boyle (2014 -15 &  2013-14, Dowling Catholic High School) among the state’s list of former award winners.

As a part of Gatorade’s cause marketing platform “Play it Forward,” Duggan has the opportunity to award a $1,000 grant to a local or national youth sports organization of his choosing. He is also eligible to submit an essay to win one of twelve $10,000 spotlight grants for the organization of choice, which will be announced throughout the year.

Since the program’s inception in 1985, Gatorade Player of the Year award recipients have won hundreds of  professional and college championships, and many have also turned into pillars in their communities, becoming  coaches, business owners and educators.

To learn more about the Gatorade Player of the Year program, check out past winners or to nominate student – athletes, visit www.Gatorade.com/POY, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/GatoradePOY or follow us on Twitter at  www.twitter.com/Gatorade.

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State advanced to the National Invitational Volleyball Championship semifinals with a 3-1 (22-25, 25-17, 25-21, 25-20) win over North Texas on Wednesday night at Hilton Coliseum. The Cyclones are now 19-13 on the season, while the Mean Green end 2018 at 19-17.

Iowa State will play the winner of the UNLV-Portland match taking place tomorrow night in the Rose City. Site, date and time of the match will be announced following the conclusion of tomorrow night’s quarterfinal round.

ISU was led by senior Hannah Bailey, who in her first career start at middle blocker notched seven kills, five digs, four blocks and two aces. Her fellow senior, Jess Schaben, tied her season-high with 26 kills at .429 hitting and got 11 digs for her 18th double-double of the season.

Player of the Match

Hannah Bailey. Moved to middle blocker for the first time in her career, the senior shined to help lead Iowa State to victory. Bailey got seven kills at .545 hitting, and posted career-highs in blocks (four), digs (five) and aces (two).

Up Next

Iowa State will play the winner of tomorrow night’s UNLV-Portland match in the NIVC Semifinals. Site, date and time of the match will be announced following the conclusion of the quarterfinals tomorrow night.