Class 3A Substate Quarterfinals

Substate 8

Bondurant-Farrar 90, Carlisle 44
Clarke 71, Creston 63
Glenwood 60, Atlantic 55- ON KJAN
Harlan 54, Lewis Central 43

Substate 1

Webster City 63, Gilbert 60
ADM 42, Denison-Schleswig 37
Bishop Heelan 49, LeMars 47
Carroll 65, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 40

Class 4A Substate Quarterfinals

Substate 1

Norwalk- BYE
Sioux City West 69, Sioux City North 46
Sioux City East- BYE
Johnston 78, CB Thomas Jefferson 37

Substate 8

Waukee- BYE
Urbandale 69, Des Moines East 44
CB Abraham Lincoln- BYE
Dallas Center-Grimes 73, Des Moines North 63

Atlantic senior Brooke Thompson has signed on to continue her dance and academic career at Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs.

Thompson signed at Atlantic High School on Monday morning surrounded by family and instructors.

Griswold senior McKenna Wiechman has signed on to continue her academic and basketball career at Southwestern Community College in Creston.

Wiechman led the tigers this past season with 8.7 points an 4.5 rebounds per game.

Wiechman signed surrounded by family and coaches at Griswold High School.

IOWA CITY, Iowa – Iowa Sophomore RHP Brody Brecht has been named the D1Baseball Pitcher of the Week, it was announced Monday.

The Ankeny, Iowa, native was perfect in his season debut and second career start throwing five innings and retiring all 15 batters he faced including 10 via strike out. The strikeouts and innings pitched were both career-highs for Brecht.

Brecht and the Iowa pitching staff combined for a 0.96 ERA over opening weekend, the fourth lowest in the nation. The staff allowed 5.14 hits per nine innings ranking 12th nationally, and had a 0.89 WHIP the 15th lowest in the nation.

The dual sport athlete was named a preseason Third-Team All-American by Baseball America and was named a freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball and Perfect Game a season ago.

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State women’s basketball’s big week on the court led to a collection of accolades off the court, as Ashley Joens earned her third Big 12 Player of the Week of the season, while Denae Fritz became a two-time winner of the Big 12 Freshman of the Week Award, the conference announced on Monday.

Joens now sits alone in Big 12 history for career Big 12 Player of the Week awards, now boasting 13 for her career. Iowa State’s star guard/forward was the Cyclones’ leader in both contests. Against then-No. 17 Texas last Monday, she notched a game-high 24 points, while also grabbing eight rebounds and a pair of steals in the Cyclones’ 66-61 win over the Longhorns. In Saturday’s double overtime win at Baylor, Joens rose to the occasion in the bonus periods, scoring 13 of her 27 points in the extra 10 minutes. She also got her 10th double-double of the season with 11 rebounds and dished out four assists in the 81-77 victory.

Fritz was in double figures in both games this past week. In her 10-point outing against Texas, Fritz stepped up with many big shots, but none bigger than her game-icing 3-pointer with 37 seconds left to preserve the win. She also had seven rebounds and three blocks. At Baylor, she played a career-high 45 minutes in the double-OT contest and finished with 12 points (including three 3-pointers) and grabbing seven rebounds.

Fritz, Joens and the No. 20 Cyclones will be back in action on Wednesday at Oklahoma State. Tip from Stillwater will be at 6:30 p.m. on Big 12 Now.

All games start at 7:00 p.m.

Class 3A Substate Quarterfinals

Substate 8

Carlisle @ Bondurant-Farrar
Creston @ Clarke
Atlantic @ Glenwood- ON KJAN
Lewis Central @ Harlan

Substate 1

Gilbert @ Webster City
Denison-Schleswig @ ADM
LeMars @ Bishop Heelan
Carroll @ Sergeant Bluff-Luton

Class 4A Substate Quarterfinals

Substate 1

Norwalk- BYE
Sioux City North @ Sioux City West
Sioux City East- BYE
CB Thomas Jefferson @ Johnston

Substate 8

Waukee- BYE
Des Moines East @ Urbandale
CB Abraham Lincoln- BYE
Des Moines North @ Dallas Center-Grimes

It was no contest in Evanston. A dreadful first half was too much for Iowa to overcome. The Hawkeyes finished two of 17 from three point range and committed eight turnovers in the opening half and were clobbered at Northwestern 80-60. The Wildcats hang on to sole possession second in the Big Ten and win their 11th conference game in a season for the first time since 1931.

That’s Iowa coach Fran McCaffery who was ejected with seven and-a-half minutes remaining. The Hawkeyes finished three of 24 from behind the arc and fall to 9-7 in the Big Ten.

Tony Perkins scored all 11 of his points in the second half and the closest Iowa got was seven points.

Drake used a 19-6 first half run to take control and cruised to a 70-56 win over Belmont in Des Moines. It was the Bulldog’s ninth straight victory as they enter the final week of the regular season tied with Bradley for the Missouri Valley lead.

That’s Drake coach Darian DeVries. Belmont was just one of 16 from behind the arc.

Drake is 14-4 in the Valley and 23-6 overall.

The UNI men’s basketball team rallied in the second half and squeaked out a 69-66 win over Missouri State on Saturday.

Bowen Born dropped in 21 points and Michael Duax finished with 17 points. Tytan Anderson added a double-double of 12 points and 12 rebounds.

The Panthers improved to 13-15 on the season with the win. Next up for the Panthers is a trip to Carbondale, Ill to face Southern Illinois on Wednesday at 7:00 p.m.

The UNI women’s basketball team breezed past Bradley 76-50 on Saturday at the McLeod Center. The Panthers had a six point lead at the half and then outscored the Braves 24-11 in the third quarter to take command.

Grace Boffeli had 17 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists to lead the Panthers. Maya McDermott had 16 points and Kayba Laube added 10. The Panthers improved to 18-7 overall and 13-3 in the Valley.

Next up for UNI is a trip to Nashville to face Belmont on Thursday night at 6:30 p.m.