District Finals are on the slate tonight for Class 1A and 2A boys basketball. Here’s a look at the area schedule.
CLASS 1A
District 13 @ Ballard: Grand View Christian vs. Madrid 7:00 p.m.
District 14 @ Clarinda: East Mills vs. St. Albert 7:00 p.m.
District 15 @ Harlan: AHSTW vs. Exira-EHK 7:00 p.m.
District 16 @ Denison: West Harrison vs. Coon Rapids-Bayard 7:00 p.m.
CLASS 2A
District 15 @ (Moved to West Central Valley, Stuart): Van Meter vs. Panorama 7:00 p.m.
District 16 @ CB Thomas Jefferson: Treynor vs. Red Oak 7:00 p.m.
The Bishop Heelan Crusaders pulled away in the fourth quarter and beat Atlantic 72-47 on Monday night in a Class 3A Substate 8 Quarterfinal.
The Trojans played catch up most of the night and had made a nice run at the end of the third quarter to cut a 15-point deficit back down to 9. The Crusaders didn’t let the Trojans carry any of that momentum into the fourth quarter though and ripped off the first 10 points of the period to seal control.
Atlantic Head Coach Derek Hall gave credit to Heelan for seizing control of that moment in the game.
The Crusaders were able to get some good penetration off the dribble all night and were great in the transition game. Matt Noll led Heelan with 22 points and Nick Miller added 20. Bishop Heelan advances to the Substate Semifinals and will host Carroll on Thursday night.
Atlantic was led by 13 points from Carter Pellett and 10 from Colton Rasmussen. Atlantic sees their season end with a record of 8-14. Coach Hall was disappointed they couldn’t get it done for their six seniors.
We’ll have more of Coach Hall’s postgame comments on our Saturday Morning Coaches show at 8:30 a.m. this weekend.
The 21st ranked Iowa Hawkeye women outscored 10th ranked Indiana 14-4 to open the fourth quarter as the Hawks rallied from an 11 point halftime deficit in an 88-82 win. It was their second win over the Hoosiers in three days.
Iowa coach Lisa Bluder. The Hawkeyes outscored the Hoosiers 26-16 in the fourth quarter to improve to 12-4 in the Big Ten.
Monica Czinano (sih-nah-noh) had 31 points and 10 rebounds after announcing she will take advantage of COVID relief and return for a fifth season.
Up Next: Iowa heads to Piscataway, New Jersey, to take on the Rutgers Scarlet Knights on Thursday, Feb. 24 inside Jersey Mike’s Arena. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. (CT) on B1G Network.
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State guard Izaiah Brockington has been named Big 12 Co-Player of the Week, sharing the honor with Kansas’ Ochai Agbaji. It is Brockington’s fifth honor of the season, including his third player of the week accolade.
Brockington averaged 21.0 points last week while leading the Cyclones to a 2-0 record with wins on the road at TCU and at home against Oklahoma. He also averaged 4.5 rebounds, 2.0 steals and 1.5 assists while shooting 53.1 percent from the field and hitting 4-of-6 three-pointers.
The senior guard started the week with 20 points and seven boards in the win against the Horned Frogs, ISU’s first in Fort Worth since 2016. He then scored 22 points on 10-of-13 field goal shooting against the Sooners, including 2-for-2 behind the arc. Six of his 22 points came during a key 15-0 run that broke the game open in the second half. Brockington has scored 20 points in three consecutive games.
Texas Tech’s Bryson Williams was named the conference newcomer of the week.
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ women’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 20, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking
Record
Pts
Prv
1. South Carolina (30)
25-1
750
1
2. Stanford
23-3
720
2
3. NC State
25-3
688
4
4. Louisville
23-3
651
3
5. Baylor
21-5
619
7
6. Michigan
21-4
596
9
7. UConn
19-5
517
10
8. LSU
23-4
510
11
9. Iowa St.
22-4
508
6
10. Indiana
19-5
485
5
11. Texas
19-6
469
14
12. Arizona
19-5
429
8
13. Maryland
20-7
425
13
14. Notre Dame
20-6
288
19
15. Florida
20-7
287
17
16. Tennessee
21-6
273
12
17. Ohio St.
20-5
238
18
18. North Carolina
21-5
228
24
19. BYU
23-2
226
20
20. Oklahoma
20-6
212
15
21. Iowa
17-7
176
22
22. Georgia Tech
19-8
117
16
23. Virginia Tech
20-7
106
23
24. Florida Gulf Coast
24-2
62
25
25. Oregon
18-9
44
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25. Georgia
18-8
44
21
Others receiving votes: Kansas 39, Princeton 16, UCF 8, Washington St 6, Villanova 5, Liberty 3, Toledo 2, UNLV 2, Dayton 1.
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 20, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking
Record
Pts
Prv
1. Gonzaga (61)
23-2
1525
1
2. Arizona
24-2
1461
3
3. Auburn
24-3
1313
2
4. Purdue
24-4
1299
5
5. Kansas
22-4
1297
6
6. Kentucky
22-5
1248
4
7. Duke
23-4
1146
9
8. Villanova
21-6
1071
10
9. Texas Tech
21-6
1066
11
10. Baylor
22-5
984
7
11. Providence
22-3
910
8
12. UCLA
19-5
802
13
13. Wisconsin
21-5
735
15
14. Houston
22-4
734
14
15. Illinois
19-7
666
12
16. Southern Cal
23-4
586
17
17. Tennessee
19-7
580
16
18. Arkansas
21-6
502
23
19. Murray St.
26-2
371
21
20. Texas
19-8
349
20
21. UConn
19-7
340
24
22. Ohio St.
16-7
320
18
23. Saint Mary’s (Cal)
22-6
148
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24. Alabama
17-10
63
25
25. Iowa
18-8
59
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Others receiving votes: Michigan St. 58, Rutgers 35, Wyoming 24, Boise St. 22, Davidson 19, San Diego St. 14, South Dakota St. 13, LSU 13, Marquette 12, Wake Forest 11, Colorado St. 10, Belmont 5, Notre Dame 4, SMU 3, Xavier 2, North Texas 2, Wagner 1, Vermont 1, Creighton 1.
(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Atlantic Parks and Rec Board met Monday evening, but since there were not enough members present for a quorum, the Board was able to discuss, but not take any official action on, new business on their agenda. The board is planning to hold a special meeting later this week.
Parks and Rec Director Brant Rasmussen said an application was submitted for a Wellmark Grant to help pay for an inclusive playground and a restroom at Mollett Park (E. 3rd Street Place).
The grant can be for up to $60,000. The Parks and Rec Board discussed Sunnyside Pool Season Pass rates. Rasmussen said along with a City Council approved increase in the rate of pay for Lifeguards, there should be an increase in pass rates to help offset some of those costs. He said Assistant Parks & Rec Director Jeff Christensen contacted past members to let them know a rate increase is coming
The amount of increase has not yet been determined. Bryant said the current rate is $90 for a family season pass, and $75 for an individual season pass. The Daily rate is three-dollars.
Rasmussen said the Sunnyside Pool rates are $35-45 less than comparable pools for cities the size of Atlantic. The rates haven’t increased in at least three-years, he said.
They are looking to find ways to team-up with corporate sponsors and organizations for free pool party nights, to still allow people to use the pool.
Along with an increase in pay for the Lifeguards, the Board agreed there should be some extra incentives for them. That includes reimbursement for Lifeguard training/certification, a free food such as hot dogs and a drink for working a certain number of hours.
In other business, Bryant Rasmussen said the ice skating rink is closed for the season (for obvious reasons), and as we told you last week, the roads at Sunnyside Park have re-opened. And, the “Find my Match” activity that was held last week, netted 37 participants and proved they Parks Dept. has a good working relationship with the Atlantic Public Library.
(Avoca, Iowa) – Firefighters from Avoca, Harlan and Walnut were called into action Monday afternoon, for a residential structure fire. The page went out at 12:36-p.m. for a blaze at 209 West Marty Street, behind the Subway Restaurant in Avoca.
According to Harlan Fire Chief Roger Bissen, crews from Harlan could see the smoke from the structure, even as they were leaving Harlan. Reports stated that there was an entrapment, but everyone was out of the home upon fire departments arrival.
The department was in immediate defensive mode upon arrival, the house was fully engulfed in flame. Medivac was called in for a female with smoke inhalation and burns to her head and face. She was treated at the scene but not taken to the hospital.
The house is a total loss and the cause of the fire is under investigation.
(Greenfield, Iowa) – The Adair County Sheriff’s Office reports four arrests from the past week. As mentioned in our report last week, 51-year-old Skeet Weston Miller, of Stuart, was arrested Feb. 14th, following an incident at a motel in Stuart. Miller was arrested on warrants for False Imprisonment and Domestic Assault by impeding air/blood flow. He was also charged with Harassment-1st Degree, Willful Injury causing bodily injury, and Burglary in the 1st Degree. Miller remains held in the Adair County Jail on a $50,000 cash or surety bond.
Also arrested Feb. 14th, in a separate Stuart incident (as previously reported), was 27-year-old Hunter Davis VanWyk, of Sioux City. He was being held in the Adair County Jail on charges that include: Domestic Abuse Assault w/Bodily injury and Domestic Abuse Assault/1st offense; Harassment in the 1st Degree; Child Endangerment w/o injury, and going armed without injury. He remains held on a $25,000 cash or surety bond.
On Feb. 18th, 35-year-old Daniel Fritz Reeves, of Adair, was arrested by Adair Police following a traffic stop. He was charge with Possession of a Controlled Substance/3rd or subsequent offense – Methamphetamine. He was being held on a $5,000 cash or surety bond. And, on Feb. 19th, 45-year-old Chad Owen Overton, of Menlo, was arrested by Stuart Police following a traffic stop on the I-80 mile marker 93 westbound on-ramp. He was charged with: Driving While Barred; Poss. of a Controlled Substance/1st offense – Marijuana; Failure to provide proof of financial liability (insurance); Operating a vehicle without registration, and Open container as a driver. He was being held in the Adair County Jail on a $2,000 cash or surety bond.