IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – Aaron White scored 17 points and Iowa hung on to beat Wisconsin 70-66 on Saturday night, knocking the Badgers out of first place in the Big Ten. Devyn Marble added 13 for the Hawkeyes, which picked up their biggest win of the season on the 20th anniversary of the death of former player Chris Street.

Iowa (13-5, 2-3 Big Ten) jumped ahead by 20 points late in the first half and held off a late charge by the Badgers (13-5, 4-1), which beat second-ranked Indiana 64-59 on Tuesday. George Marshall had 20 points, all in the second half, but the Badgers became the last Big Ten team to lose a league game. Wisconsin fell a half of a game behind Michigan State in the standings with the loss.

ST. LOUIS (AP) – Stan Musial, one of baseball’s greatest hitters and a Hall of Famer with the St. Louis Cardinals for more than two decades, has died. He was 92.  Stan the Man won seven National League batting titles, was a three-time MVP and helped the Cardinals capture three World Series championships in the 1940s. The Cardinals announced Musial’s death in a news release. They said he died Saturday evening at his home surrounded by family.

Musial was so revered in St. Louis, two statues of him stand outside Busch Stadium. He spent his entire 22-year career with the Cardinals and made the All-Star team 24 times – baseball held two All-Star games each summer for a few seasons.

BOYS BASKETBALL

• Atlantic 69, Lewis Central 41
• Creston 59, Nodaway Valley 49
• Des Moines Christian 68, West Central Valley 38
• Earlham 63, Van Meter 44
• Guthrie Center 63, Woodward Academy 55
• Ogden 48, Coon Rapids-Bayard 37
• Sioux City North 67, Thomas Jefferson 56
• Woodbine 68, Heartland Christian 53

Corner Conference Tournament
Third Place: Sidney 51, East Mills 35
Championship: Villisca 52, Fremont Mills 36

GIRLS BASKETBALL

• Coon Rapids-Bayard 43, Ogden 38
• Des Moines Christian 65, West Central Valley 27
• Van Meter 44, Earlham 43
• Heartland Christian 51, Woodbine 43

Team Standings:

1. Creston/OM  95.5
2. Clarinda  58.5
3. Tri-Center  47
4. Riverside  46
5. Atlantic  39
6. Corning  38.5
7. Chariton  37.5
8. Coon Rapids-Bayard  36
9. Panorama  32,  Missouri Valley  32 (tie)
11. Mt. Ayr  31.5
12. Winterset  29
13. Red Oak  28
14. Griswold  27.5
15. Shenandoah  26
16. Bedford/Lenox  25
17. East Mills  21
18. Central Decatur  20.5
19. SWI  15
20. Clarke  12
21. Nodaway Valley  11.5
22. Wayne  4

Semi-Final Pairings:

106
Tanner Mertz (Red Oak) vs. Nick Rounds (Missouri Valley)
Micah Hoffman (Coon Rapids-Bayard) vs. Logan Wood (Corning)

113
Christian Polley (Tri-Center) vs. Kruz Adamson (Creston)
Dustin Reed (Bedford/Lenox) vs. Jacob Vogel (Riverside)

120
Blake Luna (Clarinda) vs. Sean Skillern (Shenandoah)
Dillon Cox (Atlantic) vs. Christian Hilgenberg (Coon Rapids-Bayard)

126
Geoff Sellers (Red Oak) vs. Zach Vance (Griswold)
Devin Harberts (Chariton) vs. Cole Race (Clarinda)

132
Erik Freed (Mt. Ayr) vs. Zach Evans (Coon-Rapids-Bayard)
Joseph Heitshusen (Shenandoah) vs. Clay Harris (Riverside)

138
Jake Marlin (Creston/OM) vs. Tyler Nance (Chariton)
Brett Marcum (Missouri Valley) vs. Tanner Potter (Griswold)

145
Luke Strong (Clarinda) vs. Logan Namanny (Coon Rapids-Bayard)
Jacob Johnston (Creston/OM) vs. Darrian Irlbeck (Tri-Center)

152
Loren Williams (Tri-Center) vs. J.J. Clark (Clarinda)
Zach Moss (Winterset) vs. Gavin Leith (Creston/OM)

160
Kallan Schmelzer (Corning) vs. Trenton Carson (Central Decatur)
Adam Baker (Creston/OM) vs. Shane Swank (Mt. Ayr)

170
Trevor Frain (CrestonOM) vs. Jacob Bair (Clarke)
Matt Williamson (Atlantic) vs. Payton Housman (Riverside)

182
Ben Wellman (Tri-Center) vs. Carter Isley (Chariton)
Zach Barton (Corning) vs. Cole Bonde (Bedford/Lenox)

195
Keaton Hulett (Creston/OM) vs. Austin Lorenz (Griswold)
Tyler Stork (Atlantic) vs. Taylor Hein (Panorama)

220
Blake Glenn (Winterset) vs. Cole Tanner (Creston/OM)
John Wohlers (Missouri Valley) vs. Mark Hall (SWI)

285
David Howell (East Mills) vs. Nate Robinson (Creston/OM)
Garrett Johnston (Panorama) vs. Joe Ricker (Mt. Ayr)

Iowa State looks for its third consecutive Big 12 win when it faces TCU on the road this afternoon, for the first time as a league opponent. The Cyclones are seventh in the nation in scoring offense, while TCU is 344th with just 55.1 points per game. Iowa State is just 1-3 on the road, while TCU has lost both of its Big 12 home games.  The Cyclones are 2-1 in the league race after a last second victory over West Virginia and take on a Horned Frog team that is 0-4 in conference play. ISU coach Fred Hoiberg says the Cyclones want to push the tempo. Iowa State is 12-4 overall. TCU is 9-8. Game time on ESPN 3/The Big 12 Network is 12:30-p.m.

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Iowa takes a 1-3 Big Ten mark into a match-up at home against Wisconsin, tonight (Saturday). The Badgers lead the Big Ten with a 4-0 record after a stunning victory at second ranked Indiana but Iowa coach Fran McCaffery is not surprised by the Badgers early success. He says with Wisconsin, “It almost doesn’t matter who’s there. It’s a system in-place, a mentality that they have, that are going to compete, they’re going to play well. They have guys that can shoot, defend and execute.” McCaffery says “They’re going to be hard to beat.”

Iowa officials will honor the 20th anniversary of the death of former Hawkeye Chris Street at Saturday’s game. McCaffery says Street’s legacy is still a big part of the program. He says there’s  a golf outing and a foundation in Street’s name, and people still talk about him and how he played the game. McCaffrey says “It’s important that his legacy be remembered, and that the connection is maintained.” He thinks tonight’s game will be an emotional time for a lot of people.

Pre-game coverage of tonight’s game begins at 6 o’clock, here on KJAN.

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ST. LOUIS (AP) – The St. Louis Cardinals have agreed to terms with pitchers Mitchell Boggs and Edward Mujica on one-year contracts, avoiding salary arbitration.  Boggs gets $1,475,000 after earning $506,000 last season. Mujica got a $3.2 million deal after making $1,625,000 a year ago.

Boggs appeared in a career-high 78 games last season and his 2.21 ERA ranked sixth among NL relievers. Mujica had a 1.03 ERA in 29 games after arriving in a trade-deadline deal from Miami, shoring up the St. Louis bullpen and not allowing a run in his first 18 games with the Cardinals.

The club also exchanged arbitration figures Friday with third baseman David Freese and pitchers Jason Motte and Marc Rzepczynski.  Freese, the MVP of the 2011 World Series and NLCS, asked for $3.75 million and was offered $2.4 million. Motte submitted $5.5 million and was offered $4.5 million. Rzepczynski requested $1.3 million while the Cardinals proposed $900,000.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye 10:

• Creston 79, Shenandoah 51
• Kuemper Catholic 50, Harlan 48
• Red Oak 61, Glenwood 55
• Clarinda 47, Auburn, NE 32

Western Iowa:

• Riverside 68, A-H-S-T 38
• Treynor 66, Griswold 51
• Tri-Center 69, Audubon 33
• Underwood 57, Missouri Valley 32

Rolling Hills:

• Adair-Casey 68, CAM 63
• Exira/EHK 61, Paton-Churdan 58
• Iowa Christian Academy 45, Orient-Macksburg 33
• Ankeny Christian 66, Glidden-Ralston 47

Others:

• Ar-We-Va 66, Woodbine 42
• Boyer Valley 68, Whiting 48
• Abraham Lincoln 43, Thomas Jefferson 37
• Des Moines Christian 62, Panorama 18
• Guthrie Center 71, West Central Valley 45
• IKM-Manning 78, West Monona 53
• Nodaway Valley 75, Central Decatur 29
• Omaha Concordia, NE 55, St. Albert 51
• Van Meter 71, Coon Rapids-Bayard 28
• Westwood 51, Charter Oak-Ute 45

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye 10:

• Clarinda 79, Clarinda Academy 11
• Glenwood 52, Red Oak 33
• Harlan 54, Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 31
• Creston 54, Shenandoah 31
• Lewis Central 43, Denison-Schleswig 23

Wesstern Iowa:

• Missouri Valley 57, Underwood 47
• Treynor 50, Griswold 23
• Tri-Center 48, Audubon 36

Rolling Hills:

• Adair-Casey 55, CAM 24
• Iowa Christian Academy 44, Orient-Macksburg 28
• Paton-Churdan 45, Exira/EHK 40

Others:

• Ar-We-Va 80, Woodbine 35
• Bedford 56, Interstate 35 25
• Central Decatur 45, Nodaway Valley 30
• Abraham Lincoln 49, Thomas Jefferson 19
• IKM-Manning 70, West Monona 13
• Kingsley-Pierson 87, West Harrison 66
• Omaha Concordia, NE 46, St. Albert 25
• Panorama 43, Des Moines Christian 32
• Southeast Warren 60, Lenox 46
• Van Meter 57, Coon Rapids-Bayard 39
• Westwood 35, Charter Oak-Ute 33

 Corner Conference Tournament

• Championship – Villisca 45, Stanton 32
• Third Place – Fremont Mills 53, Nishnabotna 46

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