Class 4A

Others receiving votes: Ankeny Centennial 5. Davenport, North 1. Valley, West Des Moines 1.

Class 3A

Others receiving votes: Estherville Lincoln Central 8. Clear Lake 7. Winterset 4. Ballard 4. Denison-Schleswig 3.

Class 2A

Others receiving votes: Clarion-Goldfield 7. South Central Calhoun 5. Roland-Story, Story City 3. Pella Christian 1.

Class 1A

Others receiving votes: Dunkerton 6. Newell-Fonda 6. New London 5. Winfield-Mount Union 5. WACO, Wayland 3. Edgewood-Colesburg 3. West Harrison, Mondamin 3. Iowa Valley, Marengo 1. North Mahaska, New Sharon 1.

AP Women’s Basketball Top 25

Others receiving votes: Florida Gulf Coast 90, North Carolina 83, Virginia Tech 13, Florida 12, DePaul 4, Missouri 2, UCLA 2, Kansas 1.

AP Men’s Basketball Top 25

Others receiving votes: BYU 120, Alabama 77, Texas 61, Colorado St. 57, Florida St. 50, Loyola Chicago 21, Oregon 19, Wake Forest 12, Indiana 10, Murray St. 10, Iowa 8, TCU 6, Miami 4, Florida 3, Boise St. 3, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 3, Wyoming 2, Iona 1, Seton Hall 1.

IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa sophomore Caitlin Clark was named Big Ten Player of the Week, the conference announced Monday.

Clark has tallied 28-career Big Ten weekly honors – 13 freshman, 10 player and five honor roll. This is her fourth-consecutive Big Ten Player of the Week honor and fifth this season.

The West Des Moines, Iowa, native nearly averaged a triple double in two wins over Minnesota and Illinois last week with 26.5 points, 10.5 rebounds and nine assists per game. She shot 22-for-38 (.579) from the field and 6-for-11 (.545) from 3-point range.

In Iowa’s win over Minnesota, Clark registered her second-consecutive, fourth season and fifth career triple-double with 35 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists. Clark is the only Big Ten women’s basketball player to record a triple double in back-to-back games and four triple-doubles in a single season and the first NCAA Division I player (male or female) to record back-to-back 30-plus point triple doubles since 2000.

Clark and the Hawkeyes head to University Park, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday to take on the Penn State Nittany Lions inside Bryce Jordan Center. Tipoff is set for 5 p.m. (CT) on B1G Network.

(Radio Iowa) – Drake coach Darian DeVries appreciates the effort he is getting from his shorthanded team. Standout forward Tank Hemphill has missed the last four games with a foot injury and senior point guard Roman Penn is playing on a broken foot. Despite that, Penn finished with 18 points and played 41 minutes, Saturday night, as the Bulldogs rallied from a late 10 point deficit for an overtime win at UNI.

That’s Drake coach Darian DeVries. Despite the injuries the Bulldogs sit third in the Missouri Valley race with a 5-2 record.

DeVries likes the toughness of his team.

The Bulldogs visit Illinois State Wednesday night.

It will go down as one of the greatest playoff games in NFL history. The Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills combined for 25 points in the final two minutes of regulation in a wild back and forth finish. The Chiefs eventually came out on top in overtime 42-36.

With the Chiefs leading by 5 Josh Allen hit Gabriel Davis for a 27-yard touchdown pass with 1:54 remaining. A two-point conversion toss to Stefon Diggs put the Bills up 29-26. The Chiefs answered 5 plays later with Patrick Mahomes hitting a crossing Tyreek Hill for a 64-yard score to put KC back up 33-29 with 1:02 remaining. The Bills came firing back and Allen hit Davis again on a 4th down throw with 13 seconds left to put the Bills back up 36-33. Mahomes wouldn’t let the game end, hitting Tyreek Hill and Travis Kelce on back-to-back plays to give Harrison Butker a 49-yard field goal attempt to tie it. Butker came through and the game went to overtime.

The Chiefs won the coin toss to receive the ball first in overtime and they made it count. Kansas City drove down to the 8-yard line before Mahomes hit Travis Kelce on the right side of the end zone for the winning score, setting off a wild celebration at Arrowhead Stadium.

The Chiefs will host the AFC Championship for the 4th year in a row, welcoming in the Cincinnati Bengals for the title game next Sunday afternoon.

Mahomes finished 33-44 passing for 378 yards and 3 touchdowns. Tyreek Hill hauled in 11 catches for 150 yards and 1 touchdown. Josh Allen had a phenomenal game as well going 27-37 for 329 yards and 4 touchdowns. His favorite target on the day Gabriel Davis had 8 catches for 201 yards and all 4 of those scores.

The AFC Championship is set for a 2:00 p.m. kickoff this upcoming Sunday. We’ll have coverage on KJAN.

The 25th ranked Iowa women outscored Illinois 19-5 in the opening quarter and raced away to an 82-56 win. Monica Czinano scored 21 points as the Hawkeyes improve to 6-1 in the Big Ten.

That’s Iowa coach Lisa Bluder who says the lopsided scored allowed her to limit the minutes for her starters as the Hawkeyes visit Penn State Tuesday night.

A nightmare week wrapped up for the seventh ranked Iowa State women with another blowout loss. Baylor outscored the Cyclones 27-15 Sunday, in the second quarter as the 15th ranked Bears crushed ISU 87-61.

That’s coach Bill Fennelly. Combined with an 18 point loss to Texas the Cyclones fall to 5-2 in the Big 12.

Ashley Joens led the Cyclones with 19 points. ISU shot just 32 percent and was out-rebounded 43-31 and Fennelly says they will try to regroup this week.

The Cyclones host Kansas Wednesday night

(IGHSAU) The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union Board of Directors voted unanimously to sanction girls wrestling as the organization’s 11^th sport. The vote was made at the IGHSAU’s January 12^th board of directors meeting and was announced prior to the start of the championship round of the IWCOA Girls State Wrestling Tournament Saturday in Coralville. The first IGHSAU-sanctioned season will take place during the 2022-23 school year.

“We think there’s a great foundation in place for the success of this sport and we intend to fully support these Iowa Girls as they continue their pursuit of championships,” said IGHSAU Executive Director Jean Berger. “As the sanctioning process unfolded, the Board was able to quickly approve this new opportunity for our girls and schools across the state.  The increase in participation, the growth in youth wrestling and the willingness of our schools to commit to the sport all factored into this decision.”

The IGHSAU intends to follow the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) wrestling rules and guidelines. The next steps in this process include meeting with an appointed IGHSAU wrestling advisory committee this winter to finalize details for this roll-out year that include format for the season, classification system, weight classes, and postseason/tournament details.

“The journey to sanctioning girls wrestling as a sport for the IGHSAU has been a labor of love,” said IGHSAU Associate Director and wrestling administrator Erin Kirtley.  “I’m honored to have been given the job as a catalyst to get this part of the process accomplished for the girls in our state. While we have closed the book on formal sanctioning, we look forward to opening the next one now as we highlight all the great stories our female wrestlers are continuing to write. The IGHSAU has said from the beginning that our intent is to do what is best for the girls who participate. We look forward to giving them the same amazing experiences as the other ten sports under our umbrella, and to leave nothing spared when it comes to building them as student athletes and leaders. We also look forward to supporting the coaches and officials who serve alongside these athletes, and to give their fans a greater appreciation for what these females already do day in and day out.”

To date, 58 schools have committed to sponsoring girls wrestling programs in Iowa. The latest data from Trackwrestling.com shows 1,018 girls participating in high school wrestling, represented by over 185 Iowa schools.  Wrestling becomes the 11^th sport to be sanctioned by the IGHSAU and the first since bowling was added in 2007.  Iowa becomes the 34th state association to sanction girls’ wrestling.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Sioux City East 61, Glenwood 49
North Bend Central 53, Harlan 30

Pride of Iowa Conference 

Southeast Warren 47, Bedford 21

Bluegrass Conference Tournament 

Moulton-Udell 69, Seymour 58 – 2 OT
Mormon Trail 46, Moravia 12
Murray 48, Orient-Macksburg 28

BOYS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Kuemper Catholic 57, Martensdale-St. Marys 44
Lincoln Christian 65, Glenwood 58
Platteview 58, Harlan 48

Corner Conference Tournament @ Tabor

Consolation: Sidney 63, Fremont-Mills 52
Championship: Stanton 38, East Mills 31

Pride of Iowa Conference 

Bedford 47, Southeast Warren 38

Bluegrass Conference Tournament 

Diagonal 64, Moulton-Udell 36
Melcher-Dallas 60, Twin Cedars 59 – OT
Seymour 46, Orient-Macksburg 43