GIRLS BASKETBALL
ADM 66, Denison-Schleswig 30
Clarinda 40, Savannah (MO) 32
Clarke 70, Creston 67
Coon Rapids-Bayard 60, Boyer Valley 47 (CRB: Breeley Clayburg 28pts, tied Katie Dentlinger’s single game school record with 13 2-point field goals.)
East Mills 54, West Harrison 13
Grand View Christian 42, AHSTW 29
Harlan 43, Winterset 38
Shenandoah 67, CB Thomas Jefferson 38
Stanton 52, Mount Ayr 50 (S: Jenna Stephens 25pts and 9 reb)

BOYS BASKETBALL
Coon Rapids-Bayard 71, Boyer Valley 33
Grand View Christian 66, AHSTW 46
Mount Ayr 74, Stanton 40
Underwood 74, St. Albert 46
West Harrison 77, East Mills 52
Winterset 66, Harlan 52

The 13th ranked Iowa State Cyclones blew a 23-point second half lead in a 80-77 overtime loss at Texas Tech.

Cyclones Coach TJ Otzelberger. Caleb Grill poured in 24 points in the losing effort. Iowa State dropped to 15-6 overall and 6-3 in the Big 12. The Cyclones host number-eight Kansas on Saturday.

The Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association held their annual awards banquet on January 21st and a number of area coaches, athletes, and officials were honored.

Audubon’s Larry Frakes (Player) and Steve Shantz (Umpire) were Inducted into to the IHSBCA Hall of Fame. They were joined in the 2023 class by Jeff Douglas (Coach) – Truro, Keith McSweeney (Coach) – Solon, Jake Souhrada (Coach) – Wilton, Joel Hanrahan (Player) – Norwalk, George Engebretson (Contributor)-Rembrandt.

CAM’s Dan Daugherty was among the coaches that earned district coach of the year honors. Daugherty was named the 1A Southwest District Coach of the Year and also joined the 300 win club in his final season at the helm. Underwood’s Andy Vanfossan won the 2A Southwest District award, Jim Waters of Lewis Central won for the 3A Southwest District, and CB Abraham Lincoln’s Tyler Brietzke was the West District winner in 4A.

Coon Rapids-Bayard’s Jon Heydon was named the Southwest District Assistant Coach of the Year.

Jim Molitor of Carroll was named the Northwest District Umpire of the Year and Creston’s Scott Busch won the honor for the Southwest District.

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State’s Ashley Joens claimed her second Big 12 Player of the Week award of the season after another outstanding pair of performances last week. This is Joens’ second Player of the Week of the season, having also claimed one in November following the wins at UNI and Columbia. It is the Cyclones’ third of the season, with Stephanie Soares winning at the end of November following the PKI.

Joens is now a 12-time Big 12 Player of the Week, now tied for second in Big 12 history for career Player of the Week honors with former Cyclone Bridget Carleton (2016-19). It also marked the 60th time in program history the Cyclones have earned the Big 12 Player of the Week award, the second-most among the league’s programs.

Joens began the week for the then-No. 18 Cyclones with a double-double of 19 points and 14 rebounds in ISU’s 75-35 victory at TCU on Wednesday. It was Joens’ ninth double-double of the season and 58th for her career.

The Cyclone senior saved her best for Saturday at Hilton Coliseum against No. 14 Oklahoma, with Joens finishing with 32 points (her second 30-point outing of the season and 17th for her career), seven rebounds, three assists and two steals, helping guide the Cyclones to an 86-78 victory and keeping ISU atop the Big 12 standings.

For the week, Joens averaged 25.5 points and 10.5 rebounds per game, ranking second and fourth, respectively, amongst Big 12 student-athletes.

Joens and the Cyclones resume action on Wednesday at Kansas State. Tip between ISU and KSU will be at 6:30 p.m. from Bramlage Coliseum on Big 12 Now.

IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa All American Caitlin Clark earned Co-Big Ten Player of the Week honors the conference office announced on Monday.

This marks Clark’s 16th weekly award from the conference, which is fourth-most in conference history. She has garnered weekly honors four times this season which is a conference best.

Clark led the Hawkeyes to its best road win in program history over No. 2 Ohio State. She recorded a triple-double with 28 points, 15 assists, and 10 rebounds. She joined Marquette men’s basketball All-American Dwyane Wade as the only NCAA Division I players since 1999-2000 with a triple-double against an AP top-2 opponent.

Against Nebraska, Clark fell just shy of another triple-double with 33 points, 12 rebounds, and nine assists. It was her 36th career double-double. It was Clark’s 12th game this season with +25 points, +5 rebounds, +5 assists which is an NCAA best. She has done 34 times in her career.

Clark is top five in country in 10 statistical categories. The West Des Moines, Iowa native, is the only player in the country with more than 550 points, 160 rebounds, 160 assists, and 30 steals.

The nationally ranked Hawkeyes are set to host Maryland on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. (CT). The game will broadcast coast-to-coast on ESPN and the Hawkeye Radio Network.

Harrison Butker knocked in a 45-yard field goal with 3 seconds left and the Kansas City Chiefs edged past the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20 to win the AFC Championship game at Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday night. The Chiefs will head back to the Super Bowl for the third time in the past four seasons.

Butker’s kick came after a scramble for a few yards by Patrick Mahomes and a personal foul penalty was thrown for a late hit that put Butker into range. It was a back and forth game prior to that with the Chiefs leading 13-6 at halftime, the Bengals tying it at 13 early in the third, and two more traded scores before a largely quiet fourth quarter.

Marquez Valdes-Scantling hauled in a 19-yard touchdown pass from Mahomes with 4:15 left in the third quarter to put KC up 20-13. Samaje Perine scored on a 2-yard run with 13:30 left to tie it back up at 20.

Mahomes finished 29-43 passing for 326 yards and 2 touchdowns. Valdes-Scantling hauled in 6 catches for 116 yards and a score while three other Chiefs receivers left the game with injury. The Chiefs improved to 14-3 on the season and will now face the Philadelphia Eagles in the Super Bowl on February 12th. The Eagles beat the San Francisco 49ers 31-7 in the NFC Championship earlier in the day.

Joe Burrow was 26-41 passing for 270 yards and 1 touchdown with 2 interceptions. The Bengals end the season at 12-4.