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Southwest IA 42, East Mills 6
Southwest IA 54, Essex 0
Southwest IA 42, Tarkio, MO 36
East Mills 24, Essex 6
Torkio, MO 36, East Mills 12

Gilbert 52, Carroll 24
Gilbert 42, Denison-Schleswig 40

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OABCIG 36, Kingsley-Pierson 24
Westwood 66, Kingsley-Pierson 15
Westwood 61, OABCIG 15
Westwood 42, West Monona 39
West Monona 42, OABCIG 34

Council Bluffs AL 90, Sioux City West 6
Sergeant Bluff-Luton 66, Sioux City West 6

Nodaway Valley 64, Mount Ayr 12
Nodaway Valley 57, East Union 24
Nodaway Valley 54, Wayne 28

Lewis Central 39, Atlantic 29
Lewis Central 40, Kuemper Catholic 36
Atlantic 52, Kuemper Catholic 24

Ballard 46, Ealham 27
Ballard 34, Winterset 32
Winterset 43, Earlham 27

Roland-Story 60, Nevada 24
Roland-Story 48, PCM 33

The Missouri Valley Lady Reds got a road win over the Griswold Tigers on Thursday night 47-29. The Lady Reds used a 10-2 run to end the first quarter followed immediately by an 14-5 run midway through the second quarter to gain a firm leads and never look back. Missouri Valley led 27-16 at the end of the first and held the lead to 11 by half at 27-16. The Monarchs led by as many as 19 down the stretch.

The Lady Reds were led by Grace Herman with 24 points from Paige Anderson. Griswold got 9 points from Karly Millikan in the loss. Baylee Newell finished with 5 points, all in the first half. Griswold Head Coach Ryan Lockwood gave praise to the way his players played defense and boxed out.

On the other end of the floor, Coach Lockwood noted that Griswold’s offense still has a few adjustments to make.

Griswold falls to 2-5 on the season and travel to East Mills to face the Wolverines Friday night.

Missouri Valley bumps up to 2-5 and play Tri-Center on the road Friday.

Southwest Valley Timberwolves head into the Christmas break with a solid 59-16 win over East Union in a Pride of Iowa matchup in Villisca tonight. Hailey Randall led a balanced Timberwolves team effort with 20 points and six steals. Maddie Bevington had a career high 16 points in helping the Timberwolves winning cause. Ada Lund was the third Timberwolf in double figures with 10.

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Hawkeye fans following the University of Iowa men’s and women’s basketball team to Des Moines on Saturday are encouraged to attend the Hawkeye Hoops Huddle prior to the Hy-Vee Hawkeye Showcase at Wells Fargo Arena.

Hawkeye fans are invited to join the I-Club and Office of Alumni Engagement for a pre-game huddle from 12:30-2:30 p.m. at Buzzard Billy’s in Des Moines (615 3^rd Street).

Hawkeye Hoops Huddles are free and open to all fans and will feature our Hawkeye DJ, door prizes, snacks, and cash refreshments.

For more details on the Hawkeye Huddles visit jointheiclub.com/events or find the I-Club (@jointheiclub) on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

The Missouri Valley Big Reds jumped on Griswold from the start and led the entire 32 minutes to a 58-42 victory. The Big Reds used their height and athletic advantage to their favor and forced 10 Tiger turnovers in the opening quarter and held a 16-2 lead after the first quarter. The Tigers would give the Big Reds eight easy points off turnovers and allowed senior leaders Brody Lager and Dane Janssen to get in a comfortable rhythm early and helped them play loose throughout the entire game. Head Coach of the Griswold Tigers Matthew Spunaugle said that the first quarter was the difference in the game and that he felt his team played a much better three quarters after settling down.

The Tigers would battle all night and at one point cut the Big Reds lead down to just eight after a couple Bode Wyman three balls, but the Big Reds responded with a 12-0 of their own and pushed the lead right back to 20 and basically ended any Tigers hope of a comeback victory. But the duo of Janseen and Lager were just too strong as both seniors scored 15+ as Janseen led the way with 21 points to lead all scorers. The Tigers would struggle shooting the ball from inside the three-point line but shot 8-19 from behind the arc including four by Bode Wyman on his way to lead the Tigers with 15 points. Head Coach Matthew Spunaugle credited Hogan Hook for drawing double teams down low and recognizing the help coming and his ability to kick out to open shooters.

With the loss the Tigers fall to 3-4 on the season and ends the team two game winning streak. As for the Big Reds they improve to 3-4 on the season.

The (4-2) Exira-EHK Spartans started the year off strong winning their first four games and have recently found themselves on a two-game losing skid. Their two losses were to IKM-Manning 87-64 and Coon Rapids-Bayard 59-52. Exira-EHK Head Coach Tony Santistaben notes that a part of those two losses was his team not being fully locked in throughout the game.

Two bright spots so far in the early season for the Spartans have been the offensive play from seniors Cash Emgarten and Aiden Flathers. Emgarten has understood his role of being able to score to keep Exira-EHK in the game. Emgarten is the leading scorer for the Spartans with 88 and continues to earn credit from Coach Santistaben.

Another player that stands out and contributes in big ways to the Spartan offense is senior Aiden Flathers. Flathers averages over 50 percent from behind the arc, leads the team in assists with 23, and is second in scoring. Coach Santistaben shared how Flathers is one of those players that does not shy away from putting in the work.

Exira-EHK has a good chance to end their modest losing streak Friday night when they go on the road to face the (2-5) West Harrison Hawkeyes. Coach Santistaben knows that if the Spartans continue to persevere and work hard. They will have no problem getting back to their winning ways.

KJAN will have the coverage Friday night beginning with the girl’s game on the double header. The pregame show begins at 5:50 p.m.

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Iowa State coach T.J. Otzelberger says jugggling finals, the holidays and basketball is a key this time of year. The Cyclones are 8-2 and return from final exams on Sunday by hosting Florida A@M.

Otzelberger says it is his job to keep the players focused.

Otzelberger says there can be a lot of distractions this time of year.

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State and coach Jamie Pinkerton have announced the 2024 Cyclone softball schedule. The Cyclones are scheduled to host 19 home games, their most home contests since 2016.

The schedule features four early season tournaments, with the Cyclones traveling to Mexico, Las Vegas, Virginia and Colorado before beginning Big 12 play on March 8. ISU will have five home weekend series as well as four home midweeks, highlighted by the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series on April 16.

The Cyclones will play eight teams who qualified for the NCAA Regionals last season, facing both Duke and Washington in Mexico before Long Beach State in Vegas. The remaining five schools – Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Baylor Texas and UCF – are on the Big 12 schedule.

Iowa State will open the season with 23 consecutive games away from the Cyclone Softball Complex, with 19 contests coming from tournaments. After tournament play ends, Iowa State will open the Big 12 slate on the road at defending national champion Oklahoma before facing Tulsa on the way back to Ames.

A midweek trip to Kansas City on March 20 is sandwiched between home weekend series against Houston and Texas Tech. After back-to-back weekends at the CSC, Iowa State will head to Waco for a trio of matchups against Baylor, with action beginning on Thursday to accommodate the Easter holiday.

After returning from Texas, the Cyclones will face five straight opponents at home, beginning with UNI on April 2. Kansas then visits Ames for the weekend before the DePaul Blue Demons come to town for a midweek matchup. College World Series qualifier Oklahoma State follows DePaul for a weekend series before Iowa caps the homestand with the Cy-Hawk game on April 16.

Iowa State then heads to Big 12 newcomer BYU and will play Utah Valley a second time – the two teams will meet in Mexico – before leaving Utah. A home midweek match against St. Thomas leads into a road trip to Austin for a matchup with the Longhorns to close the month of April.

May begins with a trip to Des Moines to face Drake before the regular season concludes at the Cyclone Sports Complex as ISU will welcome Big 12 newcomer and regional qualifier UCF to Ames.

Big 12 Tournament play starts on May 8 in Oklahoma City.

IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa head softball coach Renee Gillispie released details of the Hawkeyes’ 52-game regular season schedule on Wednesday. The Hawkeye’s 2024 slate features 14 games at Bob Pearl Field. Iowa will begin its season at the NFCA Leadoff Classic in Clearwater, Florida, from Feb. 9-11. The Hawkeyes are set to host Wisconsin in their home opener on Friday March 22.

SCHEDULE NOTES 

— The Hawkeyes will travel to the Florida for the first three weekends of the season. They open in Clearwater (Feb. 9-11), the following weekend they will be in Leesburg for The Spring Games (Feb. 16-18) and close out at the UNF-JU Invitational in Jacksonville (Feb. 23-25).

— Iowa will travel to California for an 11-game spring break trip Mar. 8-16. They will travel to San Jose, Santa Clara, Stanford, Moraga and Sacramento.

— The Hawkeyes host Wisconsin (March 22-24), Michigan State (March 29-31), Indiana (April 19-21) and Minnesota (April 26-28) in league play and travel for road conference series at Purdue (April 5-7), Michigan (April 12-14), Nebraska (April 23) and Illinois (May 3-5).

— Iowa hosts two nonconference games at Bob Pearl Field. They welcome Drake on April 2 and Illinois State on April 30.

— The Hawkeyes hit the road for midweek game at Iowa State on April 16.

— Iowa will host the Big Ten Tournament at Bob Pearl Field, from May 8-11. The top eight teams in the Big Ten regular season standings qualify for the single-elimination tournament. This is the first time that Iowa has hosted the conference tournament since 2003.

— The Hawkeyes will face 10 teams that were 2023 NCAA Tournament participants, including Stanford who advanced to the Women’s College World Series.

Iowa is coming off of a 2023 season where they won 35 games and captured the National Invitational Softball Championship title. The Hawkeyes have 26 student-athletes on their roster with nine newcomers. They return Big Ten All-Freshman selection Jalen Adams in the circle.