The 2023 Rollin Dyer Wrestling Tournament is set to take place today at the Atlantic High School gym and there won’t be a lack of tough competition. The tournament features 17 teams, 6 of those ranked in their respective classes across two states. A total of 54 ranked individuals will be in the field, including multiple state champions. Atlantic head coach Tim Duff said in order to make the top four in any weight class in this one will be an accomplishment.

The Rollin Dyer Tournament has long been a source of pride for Atlantic wrestling and the competition has just continued to improve over the years.

The teams competing in the tourney are: AHSTW, Alta-Aurelia, Atlantic, Audubon, Blair NE, Bondurant-Farrar, CB Abraham Lincoln, Denison-Schleswig, Glenwood, Grand Island NE, Greene County, Humboldt, I-35, NH/TV, Red Oak, Sergeant Bluff-Luton, and Underwood. Action begins at 10:00 a.m. at the Atlantic High School.

The UNI women’s basketball team took down Murray State 81-54 on Friday night and remained unbeaten in Missouri Valley Conference play. Grace Boffeli led the Panthers with 21 points and 14 rebounds. Emerson Green tossed in 17 points.

The Panthers improved to 8-4 overall and 3-0 in MVC play.

Drake rolled to a 94-63 win over Belmont on Friday night in Missouri Valley Conference play. Sarah Beth Gueldner had 23 points to lead the Bulldogs and Courtney Becker put in 16 points with eight rebounds. Grace Berg pitched in 15 points and grabbed nine rebounds to help the cause.

The Bulldogs blew the game open with a 22-8 advantage in the 2nd quarter. Drake improved to 7-4 overall and 2-1 in Valley play.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Atlantic 36, Kuemper Catholic 24 (A: Paytn Harter 15pts, Aubrey Guyer 10pts)
Creston 57, Denison-Schleswig 49
Fremont-Mills 54, Red Oak 22
Glenwood 59, Shenandoah 42
Harlan 49, St. Albert 33
Lewis Central 57, Clarinda 31

Western Iowa Conference

AHSTW 30, Tri-Center 24
IKM-Manning 56, Audubon 24
Logan-Mangolia 54, Riverside 26
Underwood 41, Treynor 38

Rolling Valley Conference

Ar-We-Va 53, Boyer Valley 49
Glidden-Ralston 67, Coon Rapids-Bayard 53
Woodbine 85, West Harrison 15 (Wood: Nicole Sherer 11 points, 9 stealst, 8 assists, 6 rebounds.)

Corner Conference

East Mills 54, Sidney 51
Essex 50, Griswold 39
Stanton 66, Hamburg 18

Pride of Iowa Conference

East Union 47, Southeast Warren 40
Martensdale-St. Marys 65, Central Decatur 24
Mount Ayr 49, Bedford 23
Nodaway Valley 79, Lenox 41

Other Scores

ACGC 50, Madrid 10
CB Thomas Jefferson 35, Nebraska City, NE 22
Carlisle 57, Carroll 52
Melcher-Dallas 64, Orient-Macksburg 39
Mormon Trail 60, Moulton-Udell 24
Murray 51, Moravia 44
Woodward-Granger 47, West Central Valley 39

BOYS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Kuemper Catholic 80, Atlantic 63
Denison-Schleswig 71, Creston 58
Glenwood 88, Shenandoah 32
Harlan 80, St. Albert 64
Lewis Central 61, Clarinda 46
Maryville, MO 81, Red Oak 52

Western Iowa Conference

AHSTW 52, Tri-Center 50- ON KJAN See full story
IKM-Manning 55, Audubon 38
Riverside 72, Logan-Magnolia 50
Treynor 51, Underwood 44

Rolling Valley Conference

Ar-We-Va 62, Boyer Valley 21
Coon Rapids-Bayard 68, Glidden-Ralston 34
West Harrison 76, Woodbine 48 (WH: Sage Evans 17pts, 16reb)

Corner Conference

East Mills 61, Sidney 30
Essex 66, Griswold 61

Pride of Iowa Conference

Bedford 55, Mount Ayr 44
Central Decatur 66, Martensdale-St. Marys 32
Lenox 91, Nodaway Valley 85 (NV: Boston DeVault 27pts)

Other Scores

Ankeny Christian 64, Diagonal 28
Carroll 68, Carlisle 66
Seymour 44, Lamoni 34
Madrid 51, ACGC 49
Mormon Trail 77, Moulton-Udell 34

The AHSTW Vikings just kept grinding and found a way to edge out a very game Tri-Center squad 52-50 on Friday night in Avoca.

Tri-Center controlled the game in the first half and led 26-15 at the break. Michael Turner had 10 points in the second quarter to push the Trojans out front. AHSTW started to chip away in the second half and got within 35-34 late in the third before Isaac Wohlhuter hit a high arcing two to make it 37-34 Trojans heading to the fourth. The Vikings were able to tie the game at 46 and then finally grabbed the lead on a fourth chance put-back by Brayden Lund with about 2:13 left in the game to make it 49-48. Lund would hit a jumper on the next possession to push the lead to three. Tri-Center got a tip in on an inbound to Christian Dahir on the next possession to cut it to a one point game. After a stop Tuner got a chance to give the Trojans the lead but Kyle Sternberg blocked his driving runner attempt and Lund was fouled on the rebound. He made one of two free throws to make it 52-50 with 3.5 seconds left. Kyle Sternberg blocked away the first inbound attempt by the Trojans so they couldn’t run the baseline on the next attempt. Isaac Wohlhuter’s baseball pass up the floor hit the ceiling supports and the ball turned over to the Vikings to seal the game.

AHSTW head coach GG Harris was really proud of the way his team kept battling through a night when they didn’t play their best.

Brayden Lund finished with 20 points, 17 of those in the second half. Lund said it was a great game to experience and he knew he knew he needed to step up in the second half.

Kyle Sternberg added 17 points and the Vikings helped themselves out by going 15-20 from the free throw line on the night, including 11-13 in the third quarter to claw back in. Coach Harris said this was a great learning experience.

Tri-Center was led by 19 points from Michael Turner and 12 from Kent Elliott. The Trojans gave a heck of an effort but fall to 6-4 on the season. The will face Logan-Magnolia next Tuesday.

AHSTW improved to 9-0 on the season and earned back to back tough WIC wins over Treynor and Tri-Center. The Vikings will square off against a tough Ballard team on Saturday afternoon and then host Riverside on Tuesday.

The AHSTW Lady Vikes held off a tough test from the Tri-Center Trojans 30-24 on Friday night in Avoca. Both teams struggled to find good looks on offense against both respective zone defenses and AHSTW did enough in the fourth quarter to separate for the win.

The Lady Vikes led 22-21 heading into the final period and held the Trojans to just one bucket the rest of the way to get the win. Delaney Goshorn led the Lady Vikes with 11 points and Ellie Peterson added 6 pts. Ella Langer made a big difference on the defensive end in the fourth quarter with a number of pass break ups, forcing the Trojans to burn a lot of valuable time down the stretch.

AHSTW improved to 4-7 on the season with the win. The will host Riverside next Tuesday.

Tri-Center was led by 9 points from Taylor Kenkel, all on three-point makes. The Trojans fall to 6-5 on the season and will now prep to host Logan-Magnolia on Tuesday.

Hupke Wrestling Productions has released their latest high school wrestling rankings. Here are the links to rankings in each class.

Class 1A: https://hupkewrestlingproductions.com/class-1a/
Class 2A: https://hupkewrestlingproductions.com/class-2a/
Class 3A:  https://hupkewrestlingproductions.com/class-3a/

The 16th ranked Iowa Hawkeye women have another tough road test in Big Ten play Saturday afternoon at 14th ranked Michigan. The Wolverines lost standout center Naz Hillmon from last year but have raced out to a 13-2 record.

That’s Iowa coach Lisa Bluder who says a number of players have stepped up for Michigan.

Bluder says there are no easy road games in the Big Ten.

Both teams are 3-1 in league play. The Hawkeyes are 11-4 overall.

The Drake women are at home tonight (Friday night) against Missouri Valley newcomer Belmont. The Bulldogs opened conference play by splitting a pair of road games at Illinois State and Bradley. Drake coach Allison Pohlman.

Drake announced this week that senior guard Megan Meyer will be lost for the season with an ACL injury. That puts more pressure on top scorers Maggie Bair and Grace Berg.

After tonight, the Bulldogs will host another Valley newcomer in Murray State on Sunday.

Iowa erased an early 21-point deficit and picked up a 91-89 win over 15th-ranked Indiana at home on Thursday night. It was the third-largest comeback in school history for the Hawkeyes.

Kris Murray sealed the game with a late block and rebound of Jalen Hood-Schifino’s attempted layup with 10 seconds left and Iowa up 87-86. Murray then made two free throws to put Iowa up three and the Hawkeyes fouled Indiana’s Trey Galloway with three seconds left. Galloway made the first and intentionally missed the second but Murray grabbed the rebound to finish the game.

Murray finished with 30 points and 10 rebounds and all the Iowa starters finished in double figures. Filip Rebraca had 19 points and 10 rebounds. Connor McCaffery added 16 points. Iowa improved to 9-6 overall and 1-3 in the Big Ten, snapping a four game losing streak..

Trayce Jackson-Davis led Indiana with 30 points and Hood-Schifino added 21. Indiana falls to 10-4 overall and 1-2 in the conference.

Next up for Iowa is a road game at Rutgers on Sunday. We’ll have that game on KJAN with tipoff at 11:00 a.m.