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The Jenny Ed Sports Med MAC Shootout will have two final games on Monday night after wrapping up their original schedule on Saturday night. Four games were wiped out due to weather conditions on Thursday: Tri-Center vs. Logan-Magnolia girls and boys and Lourdes Central Catholic vs. Thomas Jefferson girls and boys were cancelled Thursday. With those cancellations, event organizers were able to schedule two games to be played tonight that will feature two of those teams. The Tri-Center Trojans will face the Thomas Jefferson Yellow Jackets in a girls and boys game. The girls game is set for a 5:30pm tip-off and the boys will follow with a 7:00pm start.

The rest of the weekend schedule went on as planned with 13 games being played between Friday and Saturday. We had coverage of the first two games as Underwood took both games of a doubleheader with Riverside. The Eagles took the girls game  54-17 behind 17 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 steals from Karley Larson. Lauren Shapcott was just shy of a double-double with 14 points and 9 rebounds as the Eagles improved to 10-4.

Underwood ran away with a win in the boys game as well 71-37. It was only an 8 point lead at halftime but the Eagles outscored the Bulldogs 29-3 to take full control of the game and a running clock came into play in the fourth quarter. Thomas Conn had 20 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals to lead the Eagle victory. Underwood improved to 8-5 with the win.

We picked up our coverage again on Saturday with the Fremont-Mills Knights boys picking up a 56-34 win over the Louisville, NE Lions. The Knights steadily increased their lead throughout the game and shared the ball very well. Jaeger Powers had 14 points to lead the Knights. Mason Vanatta had 10 points and 9 rebounds, Austin Gartner and Eli Owen each added 9 points for F-M.

The next game up was the AHSTW Lady Vikes taking on the Bennigton, NE Badgers. Both teams struggled offensively throughout the game. The Lady Vikes took a one point lead into the final quarter but the Badgers would have a big final period to take the win 42-31. Bailey Jones had a monster fourth quarter for Bennington with 10 points in the period on her way to 16 overall that lead all scorers. Jones hit two big three-pointers in that fourth quarter burst. Kinsey Scheffler had 7 points and 14 rebounds in the loss for AHSTW.

Our final coverage game from the event had the Atlantic Trojans boys sqauring off against the Bishop-Neumann, NE Cavaliers. That game also proved to be an offensive struggle for both teams and it was a 22-all game at halftime. Bishop-Neumann built a lead as big as 14 in the third quarter at 41-27. The Trojans went on an 18-5 run from that point that brought them within one at 46-45 but that’s as close as they would get. Bishop-Neumann hit some big shots and milked away the clock down the stretch to pull off a 50-46 win. Trey Ahrens led the Cavaliers with 17 points, including a big three off a scramble situation in the fourth quarter. Scott Leonard led Atlantic with 21 points and 11 rebounds. The Trojans suffered their second close loss in as many nights after falling 59-54 at Lewis Central on Friday night.

The Saturday slate featured 9 games that were all border battle games facing Iowa teams against Nebraska squads. Iowa teams took the first four games but then Nebraska teams won the last 5 to take the border battle series 5-4.

Griswold Duals

Southwest Valley 5-0
East Mills 3-2
Nodaway Valley 3-2
Tri-Center 3-2
Griswold 2-3
Clarinda Academy 1-4
St. Albert 1-4
Exira-EHK 0-5

ADM Tiger Invitational

Red Oak had five finalists and two came away with titles. Justin McCunn won at 152lbs and Thomas Bentley was a champ at 182lbs.  Dalton Arnold was a champion for Coon Rapids-Bayard at 220lbs and stayed unbeaten on the season.

Kuemper Catholic Dual Tournament

1. Missouri Valley 5-0
2. Storm Lake 4-1
3. AC/GC 3-2
4. Kuemper Catholic 1-4
5. Audubon 0-5

Nick Haynes, Nathan Haynes, and Connor Lange led the Big Reds to the title as they all had four pin victories. Audubon’s Dylan Obermeier also had a strong day with four pins.

LeMars Invite

AHSTW had four finalists at the tourney with Gabe Pauley picking up a title at 170lbs.  Jaeden Rasmussen at 126lbs, Joe Kenkel at 182lbs, and Braday Canada at 220lbs were all runner-up finishers.

Perry Invitational

Logan-Magnolia had seven wrestlers finish in the top 5. Garret Thompson was a champion at 145lbs. Briar Reisz was a runner-up at 113lbs for the Panthers.

Ron Scott Memorial Dual Tournament @ Mt. Ayr

Lathrop (MO) 8-0
Martensdale-St Marys 7-1
Riverside 5-3
Shenandoah 5-3
Harlan 5-3
East Union 3-5
Mount Ayr 2-6
Central Decatur 1-7
Durant 0-8

The Atlantic-CAM wrestling team took a third place finish at the Loyd Shaffer Invitational at Marion on Saturday.  The Trojans finished behind Williamsburg and Overland Park-Blue Valley Northwest.

Chase McLaren took the 132 pound title while John McConkey grabbed the top spot at 285.  Joe Weaver was the runner-up at 106lbs and Kole Hansen was the runner-up at 126lbs.

Team Scoring:

1. Williamsburg 244.5
2. Overland Park-Blue Valley Northwest 175
3. Atlantic 166.5
4. Mount Vernon 143
5. Grinnell 141
6. Wilton 136.5
7. Marion 126
8. Louisa-Muscatine 89.5
9. Monticello 83.5
10. Cedar Rapids Xavier 83
11. Maquoketa 78
12. North Linn 76
13. Benton Community 68
14. Keokuk 62.5

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The seventh ranked Iowa wrestling team won six of ten bouts to top third ranked Oklahoma State 20-12 in Iowa City. Iowa coach Tom Brands said it was a good win for his 9-0 Hawkeyes but a lot of improvement is needed. 184-pounder Mitch Bowman provided the Hawkeyes a big lift with a 10-6 win over Keegan Moore.

The Drake women blitzed Evansville by scoring 38 first quarter points in a 107-66 win in the Knapp Center as the Bulldogs improve to 6-0 in the Missouri Valley. Becca Hitner had 23 points and Sara Rhine added 22 and the Bulldogs dished out 32 assists in the game.

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Tywhon Pickford and Austin Phyfe combined to score 43 points and Northern Iowa held off Valparaiso late, 81-76 to earn its first Missouri Valley Conference victory on Saturday night. Northern Iowa now has won 23 of the 25 meetings between the schools.

The Panthers took a 32-21 lead after a half and Phyfe converted a three-point play and a layup to push the lead to 23 points, 46-23 five minutes into the second period. Northern Iowa maintained a 20-point advantage for the next 10 minutes before the Crusaders finally managed to cut the deficit to single digits on a Micah Bradford jumper with 2:37 left to make it 71-62.

Max Joseph hit a layup and Markus Golder hit a 3 to get the deficit to five points, 74-69, but the Panthers (9-9, 1-5) hit 6 of 8 from the line to seal the win.

Pickford was 6 of 6 shooting from the field, hitting all 4 of his 3-point attempts, and finished with 23 points. Phyfe was 6 of 7 from the floor and 8 for 8 from the line to add 20.

Bakari Evelyn and Golder finished with 19 and 18 points, respectively, to lead Valparaiso (11-8, 2-4).

BOYS BASKETBALL

Ar-We-Va, Westside 63, Madrid 54

Cherokee, Washington 57, MVAO-CO-U 54

Denison-Schleswig 76, OA-BCIG 52

Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 76, Audubon 74, OT

Glenwood 84, Harlan 79

Nebraska City Lourdes, Neb. 39, Sidney 21

Panorama, Panora 60, Nodaway Valley 52

Ponca, Neb. 78, Westwood, Sloan 40

Van Meter 55, Winterset 48

Bellevue West, Neb. 47, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 41

Bennington, Neb. 44, Lewis Central 43

Bishop Neumann, Neb. 50, Atlantic 46

Fremont Mills, Tabor 56, Louisville, Neb. 34

Sioux City, West 77, Omaha Benson, Neb. 56

Winnebago, Neb. 63, Carroll 60

Ar-We-Va, Westside 52, Madrid 41

Cherokee, Washington 76, MVAO-CO-U 19

Denison-Schleswig 39, OA-BCIG 34

Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 57, Essex 15

Harlan 52, Glenwood 47

Panorama, Panora 61, Nodaway Valley 33

Sidney 43, Nebraska City Lourdes, Neb. 29

Westwood, Sloan 64, Ponca, Neb. 45

Winterset 57, Van Meter 50

Bennington, Neb. 42, A-H-S-T-W, Avoca 31

Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 55, Omaha Benson, Neb. 54

Lewis Central 49, Bellevue West, Neb. 43

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Nick McGlynn scored 23 points and grabbed nine rebounds and Drake rolled to an 81-65 win over Evansville on Saturday.

McGlynn was 9 of 10 from the field and 5 of 6 from the line for Bulldogs (11-8, 5-1 Missouri Valley Conference) who have won six of their last seven and lead in the MVC. Graham Woodward added 13 points off the bench, De’Antae McMurray and C.J. Rivers had 11 points apiece and Reed Timmer chipped in 10. Rivers led the team with 11 rebounds.

The team shot 54 percent compared to 42 percent for Evansville and had a 35-28 rebounding edge. Drake dominated the scoring early, led 29-11 midway, and was up 46-29 at the break.

The Bulldogs led throughout the second half and a Woodward 3-pointer stretched it to 69-51 with 6:47 to go. Evansville’s Ryan Taylor finished out the scoring with back-to-back 3-pointers in the final 40 seconds but it was not enough.

Taylor finished with 28 points for the Purple Aces (12-7, 2-4).

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Andreona Keys scored 22 of her career-high 34 points in the second half and Purdue knocked off its second straight ranked opponent, beating No. 18 Iowa 76-70, Saturday.

Dominique Oden added 16 points and Karissa McLaughlin 15, 12 in the second half, for the Boilermakers (12-7, 3-2 Big Ten), who beat No. 21 Rutgers on Thursday. Oden, McLaughlin and Keys combined for all 25 Purdue points in the third quarter on 10-of-15 shooting, 3 of 5 from 3-point range, and the Boilermakers took a 57-49 lead into the fourth.

Then Megan Gustafson rallied Iowa (15-3, 3-2). She scored 11 of the Hawkeyes’ first 14 points. Alexis Sevillian made it a 1-point game with a 3-pointer at the 7:20 mark and Chase Coley made it 67-65 with a jumper at 2:36. Iowa then had two misses and a turnover on its next possession before Keys made a layup with 1:14 to go. After another Hawkeyes miss, fouls took over and the Boilermakers made 7 of 8 free throws for their first win at Iowa City since 2008.

Gustafson finished with a career-high 37 points plus 14 rebounds for her nation-leading 17th double-double of the season.