GIRLS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Harlan 57, Atlantic 46
Boone 44, Denison-Schleswig 32
Kuemper Catholic 53, Glenwood 50
Lewis Central 71, Creston 47
Shenandoh 47, Clarinda 29
St. Albert 59, Red Oak 23

Western Iowa Conference

IKM-Manning 38, Riverside 25
Treynor 72, Missouri Valley 18
Tri-Center 44, Audubon 18
Underwood 40, AHSTW 23

Rolling Valley Conference

Boyer Valley 63, West Harrison 56
CAM 69, Ar-We-Va 25
Coon Rapids-Bayard 47, Paton-Churdan 26
Exira-EHK 54, Glidden-Ralston 38

Corner Conference

East Mills 63, Fremont-Mills 52
Stanton 83, Griswold 14

Pride of Iowa Conference

Bedford 45, Southeast Warren 36
Nodaway Valley 77, East Union 27
Southwest Valley 47, Wayne 39

Other Scores

Bishop Heelan 65, CB Abraham Lincoln 39
Carroll 44, Gilbert 43
Earlham 51, ACGC 38
Pleasantville 60, West Central Valley 56
Sergeant Bluff-Luton 64, CB Thomas Jefferson 18

BOYS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Harlan 71, Atlantic 64
Clarinda 64, Shenandoah 23
Creston 57, Lewis Central 56
Denison-Schleswig 62, Boone 50
Kuemper Catholic 76, Glenwood 70
Red Oak 84, St. Albert 48

Western Iowa Conference

IKM-Manning 59, Riverside 53
Tri-Center 56, Audubon 22
Treynor 64, Missouri Valley  35
Underwood 54, AHSTW 53

Rolling Valley Conference

Exira-EHK 85, Glidden-Ralston 33
West Harrison 77, Boyer Valley 30

Corner Conference

East Mills 67, Fremont-Mills 50
Essex 57, Heartland Christian 45
Stanton 83, Griswold 38

Pride of Iowa Conference

Bedford 49, Southeast Warren 46 (B: Quentin King with buzzer-beating three to win it, had 12pts)
Lenox 76, Martensdale-St. Marys 48
Nodaway Valley 71, East Union 50 (NV: Boston DeVault 28pts)
Southwest Valley 68, Wayne 41

Other Scores

ACGC 66, Earlham 46
Bishop Heelan 59, CB Abraham Lincoln 56
Gilbert 71, Carroll 59
Pleasantville 62, West Central Valley 45
Sergeant Bluff-Luton 56, CB Thomas Jefferson 46
Van Meter 69, Panorama 63

The 12th ranked Iowa Hawkeye women are at home tomorrow morning to play Penn State. The Hawkeyes are 5-1 in the Big Ten and need to be ready for Penn State’s pressure defense.

That’s Iowa coach Lisa Bluder who says the Hawkeyes want to attack the press.

Penn State is 2-4 in the Big Ten.

It is a battle on unbeaten’s Saturday in Big 12 play as 14th ranked Iowa State visits number two Kansas. The Cyclones are 4-0 in the league race and already have road wins at Oklahoma and TCU.

That’s ISU coach T.J. Otzelberger who says success on the road begins with defense.

And a big defenive effort will be needed against a Jayhawk team that is averaging nearly 78 points per game.

Kansas is also 4-0 in conference play.

BOYS WRESTLING

@ Kuemper Catholic

Atlantic 47, Lewis Central 19
ATL winners: Braxton Hass, Jadyn Cox, Hadin Thompson, Tyson O’Brien, Brent Masker, Jarrett Armstrong, Nathan Keiser, Miles Mundorf, Evan Sorensen.

Atlantic 61, Kuemper Catholic 15
ATL winners: Braxton Hass, Taye Jordan, Aiden Smith, Josh Hass, Tyson O’Brien, Tanner O’Brien, Brent Masker, Jarrett Armstrong, Brenden Casey, Miles Mundorf.

Kuemper Catholic 36, Lewis Central 33

@ ACGC

Riverside 48, ACGC 34
Riverside 57, Tri-Center 10
Riverside 63, Woodbine 11
ACGC 58, Woodbine 12
ACGC 57, Tri-Center 9
Woodbine 28, Tri-Center 18

Riverside had three-win nights from A.C. Roller, Kaeden Pleas, Caden Forristall, and Jaxon Gordon.

@ Blair, NE

Blair 72, Missouri Valley 6

@ Logan-Magnolia

Bennington, NE 52, Logan-Magnolia 23
Bennington, NE 66, Plattsmouth, NE 12
Logan-Magnolia 69, Plattsmouth, NE 6

@ Martensdale-St. Marys

Panorama 49, Martensdale-St. Marys 23
Panorama 40, Southwest Valley 39
Panorama 59, East Union 18
Martensdale-St. Mary’s 59, East Union 18
Martensdale-St. Marys 40, Southwest Valley 39
Southwest Valley 56, East Union 17

@ Ogden

Ogden 76, Coon Rapids-Bayard 6
West Central Valley 60, Coon Rapids-Bayard 18

@ St. Albert

Denison-Schleswig 45, St. Albert 24
Denison-Schleswig 42, Red Oak 30
Red Oak 36, St. Albert 24

@ Wayne

I-35 77, Wayne 6
Pleasantville 60, Wayne 24

GIRLS WRESTLING

@ Blair, NE

Missouri Valley 42, Blair, NE 33

Carlisle Duals

Riverside 42, Gilbert 39
Riverside 54, Carlisle 24
-Two-time winners for Riverside on the night were Molly Allen, Carly Henderson, Dankia Fiegenbutz, Markely Yanes and Veronica Schechinger

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Clarinda 43, Sidney 36 (C: Bailey Nordyke 9pts, 11reb)

Western Iowa Conference

Logan-Magnolia 44, IKM-Manning 40 (LM: Macanna Guritz 12pts)
Riverside 44, Essex 38 (R: Elyssa Amdor 13pts, 6reb)

Rolling Valley Conference

Boyer Valley 76, Paton-Churdan 53 (BV: Lauren Malone 20pts, 6reb, 5assts)
Woodbine 65, MVAOCOU 60 (W: Charlie Pryor 22pts)

Corner Conference

Stanton 58, Southwest Valley 47 (St: Leah Sandin 18pts, 10reb)

Pride of Iowa Conference

Mount Ayr 39, Central Decatur 28 (MA: Tegan Streit and Linsie Barnes 10pts each)
Panorama 65, Nodaway Valley 49 (NV: Lindsey Davis 21pts)
Twin Cedars 55, Southeast Warren 52 OT

Other Scores

Wayne 61, Moravia 27

BOYS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Clarinda 68, Sidney 49 (C: Wyatt Schmitt 21pts)

Western Iowa Conference

IKM-Manning 51, Logan-Magnolia 34 (I: Ross Kusel 17pts)
Riverside 64, Heartland Christian 34 (R: Aiden Bell 24pts, 5assts)

Rolling Valley Conference

Woodbine 62, MVAOCOU 25 (W: Carter Gruver 18pts)

Corner Confernece

Stanton 63, Southwest Valley 57 (St: Nolan Grebin 27pts, 4reb)

Pride of Iowa Confernece

Mount Ayr 73, Central Decatur 51 (MA: Jaixen Frost 18pts)
Panorama 85, Nodaway Valley 83 OT
Southeast Warren 73, Twin Cedars 34

Other Scores

Moravia 75, Wayne 66

Iowa outscored Michigan 8-0 to start overtime in a 93-84 win in Iowa City, Thursday night. The Hawkeyes outscored the Wolverines 9-2 to force the extra session and Payton Sandfort capped the rally with a four point play. He finished with a career high 26.

After starting Big Ten play 0-3 the Hawkeyes have won three straight.

Sandfort scored 24 of his 26 points after halftime.

That’s Iowa coach Fran McCaffery. Freshman Josh Dix scored 10 points and had five assists in his most extensive action of the season as Iowa got 42 points from its bench.

Kris Murray led Iowa with 27 points. The Hawkeyes host Maryland Sunday afternoon.

Balance has been a key to Iowa State’s 4-0 start in Big-12 play. The 14th ranked Cyclones are shooting 49 percent from the field and 43 percent from three point range and will visit second ranked Kansas on Saturday in a battle of unbeatens.

That’s ISU coach T.J. Otzelberger. Gabe Kalscheur had a season high 25 points in a Tuesday night win over Texas Tech but Otzelberger says it has been a different player virtually every night for a team that does not have anyone averaging more than 13 points per game.

The Cyclones don’t depend on one or two players to handle the scoring load.

Otzelberger says the balance makes the Cyclones difficult to guard.

The UNI men are hitting their stride at the right time. The Panthers take a four game winning streak into Saturday’s Missouri Valley game at Belmont. After dropping seven of their first ten games the Panthers are 5-2 in the Valley.

That’s UNI Ben Jacobson who believes the turnaround started with a December 17th win in Chicago when the Panthers outscored Towson 52-33 in the second half.

DES MOINES, Iowa – A football classification amendment approved by the IHSAA’s Board of Control and a December vote of member schools was approved Thursday by the Iowa State Board of Education.

The proposed amendment to the Articles of Incorporation will add a socioeconomic factor to football classifications starting in 2023-24, implementing a formula for free and reduced lunch percentages and school enrollments to determine new final classification numbers.

Members of the State Board of Education addressed the proposal in the final item of their monthly meeting and voted unanimously in favor of the amendment (see below) after lengthy discussion.

“We appreciate the State Board of Education’s diligence and careful consideration of the proposal our membership has asked us to implement,” IHSAA executive director Tom Keating said. “This classification model is an important first step in addressing competitive equity in the sport of football.”

The IHSAA was represented at the Grimes Building by Keating, Board of Control chairperson and Denison principal Dave Wiebers, and legal counsel Brian Humke. Through its articles and 28E agreement with the Iowa Department of Education, the IHSAA must submit policies, amendments, and information through the State Board of Education.

IHSAA staff responded to numerous state board inquiries ahead of the meeting regarding the proposal, which began through a recommendation of the IHSAA classification committee and received “yes” votes from 80 percent of voting schools in December.

The classification adjustment will reduce 40 percent of a school’s free or reduced lunch (FRL) count from their annual enrollment to determine their final classification number.

“The State Board recognized the historical competitive challenges, supported by the data our staff assembled, which some of our schools have experienced,” Keating said. “The Board acknowledged the support from our member schools in this issue.”

The IHSAA will move forward with an updated football redistricting process this offseason. This will include releasing updated BEDS (9-11) numbers and compiling available FRL percentages from the Iowa Department of Education once available, developing new district and group assignments, then new schedules for the two-year cycle. Each of these will be shared as soon as they become available.