Drake takes a share of the Missouri Valley Conference lead on the road tonight (Wednesday night), to play Indiana State. The Bulldogs are 7-2 in the Valley while the Sycamores are 2-6.

That’s Drake coach Darian DeVries who says the Bulldogs will be challenged defensively.

Indians State coach Josh Schertz has been impressed with Drake’s toughness.

Atlantic High School finished second to WDM Valley in the Bullseye portion of the Archery Tournament at East Union on Saturday. The final score for the Trojans was 3,292 to 3,382 for Valley.

Connor Johnson led the Team with a 1^st place finish with a score of 291, followed by Cooper Jipsen, 4^th 288, Carter smith in 6^th  288, Mariah Hadley 9^th 277, and Halle Copeland 275.

The Middle School was just behind Stillwell Middle School 3068-3054. Atlantic shooter Margaret McCurdy earned a first-place finish with a 275, Lilly Johnson 2^nd 272, Lily Willrich 6^th 260, Katrina Williams 8^th 258, and Hank Roberts was 4th in boys shooting a 269.

In the 3D portion of the tournament Atlantic High school beat out Valley 1683 to 1669. Atlantic’s Cooper Jipsen finished first with a 291, Carter Smith 2^nd 282, Conner Johnson 3^rd 281, and Zane Berg 5^th 277

In the girls division Mariah Hadley was 3^rd 283, Halle Copeland 7^th 269,  and Quincy Sorenson 9^th 262.

Atlantic Middle School finished second to Valley in 3D at 1487 to 1484. Hank Roberts was 2^nd with a 263, Jake Simonton 7^th 256.

Lily Johnson 1^st 269, Katrina Williams 4^th 251, and Aubrey Graham 5^th 247 in the girl’s competition.

The next meet for the Atlantic Archery Team is on Friday, February 4th with Valley, and February 5th for a tournament in Diagonal.

The 23rd-ranked Ohio State women’s basketball team picked up a road win over 21st-ranked Iowa 92-88 on Monday night in Iowa City. Iowa led by 4 at half and 2 heading into the fourth but the Buckeyes made the plays to win down the stretch.

Taylor Mikesell scored 24 points and grabbed 5 rebounds for the Buckeyes. Ohio State had 4 players finish in double-figures and they improved to 16-4 on the season and 8-3 in conference play.

Caitlin Clark poured in 43 points to go along with 4 rebounds and 7 assists. Monika Czinano added 23 points and 8 rebounds.

Iowa fell to 14-5 on the season and 8-2 in the Big ten. Next up for the Hawkeyes is a trip to Wisconsin on Thursday.

Penn State outscored Iowa 12-8 in the second overtime session to pull out a 90-86 win on Monday night in State College. John Harrar led the way with 19 points and 10 rebounds for the Nittany Lions.

Iowa was led by Keegan Murray with 21 points and 6 boards, all of those points coming in the second half and overtime. Patrick McCaffery added 16 points and 7 rebounds. Iowa drops to 14-7 overall and 4-6 in the Big Ten.

Penn State improved to 9-9 on the season.

Next up for the Hawkeyes is a road game at No. 16 Ohio State on Thursday at 7:00 p.m. We’ll have that game on KJAN with pregame starting at 6:00 p.m.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Central Decatur 58, Mount Ayr 40
Coon Rapids-Bayard 42, Grandview Christian 26
Creston 68, Clarke 42
Exira-EHK 68, Paton-Churdan 27
Glidden-Ralston 60, Boyer Valley 54
I-35 56, Woodward-Granger 43
Lenox 69, East Union 37
Ridge View 50, West Monona 43
Riverside 51, Whiting 14
Shenandoah 53, CB Thomas Jefferson 46
Stanton 61, Griswold 33
St. Albert 60, Logan-Magnolia 33
Wayne 61, Southwest Valley 55
Westwood 58, Kingsley-Pierson 35
Winterset 70, Harlan 40

BOYS BASKETBALL

ACGC 95, Woodward Academy 55
Central Decatur 51, Mount Ayr 42
Diagonal 41, Orient-Macksburg 24
Exira-EHK 77, Paton-Churdan 66
Grandview Christian 72, AHSTW 67
Lenox 67, East Union 49
Riverside 88, Whiting 14
Southwest Valley 57, Wayne 41
Stanton 74, Griswold 28
St. Albert 53, Logan-Magnolia 47 -OT
West Harrison 76, East Mills 54
WInterset 66, Harlan 52

The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Iowa high school basketball poll with first-place votes in parentheses and won-loss record, total points and position last week at right:

Others receiving votes: Prairie, Cedar Rapids 20. Sioux City, East 18. Johnston 10. Waterloo, West 9. Davenport, North 1.

Others receiving votes: Waverly-Shell Rock 10. Clear Lake 9. Hampton-Dumont 8. Pella 8. Denison-Schleswig 7. Winterset 5. Clear Creek-Amana 4. North Polk, Alleman 3. Clarke, Osceola 1.

Others receiving votes: Clarion-Goldfield 15. Denver 9. Camanche 8. Garner-Hayfield/Ventura 8. Jesup 7. Roland-Story, Story City 7. Union, La Porte City 6. Central Springs 5. Forest City 4. South Central Calhoun 2. AC/GC 1.

Others receiving votes: Newell-Fonda 16. New London 10. Wapsie Valley, Fairbank 8. Janesville 7. Winfield-Mount Union 4. WACO, Wayland 3. Moravia 3. Iowa Valley, Marengo 2.

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State guard Izaiah Brockington was voted Big 12 Men’s Basketball Player of the Week, earning his third honor of the season after taking home a pair of Newcomer of the Week honors earlier.

Brockington scored 26 points as Iowa State ended a 24-game Big 12 road losing streak last Wednesday with an overtime win at Oklahoma State. He connected on 11-of-20 field goals, including 3-for-4 on 3-pointers. Brockington made a pair of shots in the final 2:10 of regulation that tied the game and then scored five points in overtime.

The senior from Philadelphia followed with 15 points and six rebounds in a win against Missouri in which he was 8-for-8 at the free-throw line. For the week, Brockington averaged 20.5 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.5 assists, shooting 50 percent from the field, 80 percent behind the arc and 90 percent at the charity stripe.

Texas Tech’s Bryson Williams was named Big 12 Newcomer of the Week.

Brockington and the Cyclones return to action Tuesday when they host Kansas at 6 p.m.

Others receiving votes: Duke 39, Mississippi 23, Virginia Tech 22, DePaul 14, Florida 9, Nebraska 8, Arkansas 3, Gonzaga 1, Dayton 1, Creighton 1.

Associated Press Top 25 1/31/2022

1. Auburn (49 first-place votes), 20-1, 1508 points (last week: 1)
2. Gonzaga (12), 17-2, 1475 (2)
3. UCLA, 16-2, 1338 (7)
4. Purdue, 18-3, 1282 (6)
5. Kentucky, 17-4, 1195 (12)
6. Houston, 18-2, 1164 (7)
7. Arizona, 17-2, 1159 (3)
8. Baylor, 18-3, 1141 (4)
9. Duke, 17-3, 1107 (9)
10. Kansas, 17-3, 1014 (5)
11. Wisconsin, 17-3, 938 (11)
12. Villanova, 16-5, 807 (14)
13. Michigan State, 16-4, 751 (10)
14. Texas Tech, 16-5, 741 (13)
15. Providence, 18-2, 709 (17)
16. Ohio State, 13-5, 548 (16)
17. UConn, 15-4, 483 (20)
18. Illinois, 15-5, 445 (24)
19. Southern Cal, 18-3, 337 (15)
20. Iowa State, 16-5, 324 (23)
21. Xavier, 15-5, 255 (21)
22. Tennessee, 14-6, 234 (18)
23. Texas, 16-5, 203 (NR)
24. Marquette, 15-7, 188 (22)
25. LSU, 16-5, 180 (19)

Others receiving votes: Alabama 97, Murray State 42, Boise St. 32, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 32, Miami 29, Indiana 22, Davidson 10, Arkansas 7, Iowa 6, Iona 6, Notre Dame 4, Loyola Chicago 4, TCU 4, Colorado State 3, Toledo 1.

(Radio Iowa) – The season for one of the most unusual fish in Iowa waters opens Tuesday on the Missouri and Big Sioux rivers. The D-N-R’s Chris Larson says the paddlefish season was reinstated in 2014. “It started off with a bang when we first opened it up and then it has kind of settled down to about 300 licenses sold per year,” he says. “The folks who are getting our from the survey results we get back –they are about 25 to 35 percent successful depending on the year.”

Paddlefish have a long snout which gives them their unusual appearance. “They almost look like they belong in the ocean with that big snout sticking out there. There’s really no other freshwater species in the United States that looks like that. They’ve been around for hundreds of thousands, if not millions of years,” Larson says. Larson is the Western Iowa and Missouri River Regional Fisheries Supervisor and says the weather could impact the start of the season. “I think the biggest thing is ice floes. when it gets really cold like this, there are some pretty big chunks of ice that come floating down the river. And obviously, you are not going to want to be out in a John boat or any kind of boat when those big chunks of ice come floating through,” Larson says.

Paddlefish-DNR photo

Paddlefish feed on plankton, so you have to catch them by snagging them on the bottom of the river.  “Behind the wing dikes, that rock structure that sticks our to deflect the river away from the bank, right behind those you’ll find anywhere from 30 to 500 feet deep holes — and in the wintertime, that’s where those fish are hanging out,” he explains. He says you need to follow the regulations when fishing. He says there is a size limit — and any paddlefish between 35 and 45 inches have to be released to protect the brood females to keep the population in the river.

The paddlefish season was started back up after studies showed their populations were doing well, and Larson says the signs continue to be good.”From everything we’ve seen they’re a pretty stable population,” according to Larson. “They travel from Gavins Point Dam (South Dakota) dam all the way down –we’ve had a number of our Iowa tagged fish captured down in the Tennessee part of the Mississippi River. They travel hundreds and hundreds of miles and fish that they tag we find up here and fish we tag they find down there. So, they are a pretty mobile population.” He says if you do catch a paddlefish with numbered band tag in the lower jaw you should call the phone number on the tag and report the tag number, date of capture, capture location, and eye-to-fork length.

For more information about Iowa’s special paddlefish season regulations, visit the D-N-R website at www.iowadnr.gov/paddlefish.