In their very first year of existence, the Atlantic Girls Wrestling are battling and competing in their very first season. Although they dropped two matches at last night’s Triangular at Creston, Cadence Kinzie, Leah Thomas, and Hayley Armstrong all picked up wins. Head Coach Mike Greving has been proud of the way the team has battled through the early part of this first season.

There are always challenges when starting anything from scratch, much less a sports team. This can include anything from fundraising, acquiring uniforms and equipment to things like setting up procedures, habits, and even teaching athletes a new sport. Although Coach Greving said there have been challenges, the wrestling community of Atlantic has been there to help.

Despite being in their first season, there is some experience and leadership on this Atlantic team.

Some of those leaders for the Trojans have been sophomore Cadence Kinzie and junior Haley Huffman. Both bring experience to the table and have first and second-place finishes in their respective weight classes this year. Coacher Greving has been proud of the way they have wrestled this year, in addition to helping out the team.

Given the first-year status of the program, there were bound to be pleasant surprises and Greving has been impressed with some of his wrestlers who have adapted to a new sport.

Above all though, Coach Greving says it is about more than just results.

Coming up on Friday the Trojans will head to Council Bluffs for the Council Bluffs Classic and Greving is excited to see where his team is at.

After the Council Bluffs Classic, Atlantic will compete in the ADM Girls invite next Saturday before the Christmas break.

AT CRESTON

Creston 48, Atlantic 18

Creston 48, Red Oak 33 

Red Oak 48, Atlantic 18 

Creston winners — Alainah Galanakis (2), Karlie Kruse, Evy Marlin (2), Grace Keeler (2), Lydia Williams, Danikka Barber (2), Nevaeh Chestnut (2), Karter Clayton (2), Sydney Hoffman

Atlantic winners — Leiah Thomas (2), Haley Armstrong (2), Cadence Kinzie (2)

Red Oak winners — Nicole Bond (2), Paige Baier (2), Lilly Ford (2), Abbi Henderson, Emma Sallach (2), Elaina Kuipers (2), Jaden McAlpin, Amber Rea, Bryleigh Mauer

AT CRESTON

Atlantic 43, Creston 32

Atlantic 57, Red Oak 18 

Creston 59, Red Oak 21 

Atlantic winners — Aiden Smith (2), Kalvin Hayes (2), Jayden Harter (2), Donovan Hedrington (2), Evan Sorensen (2), Keaton Schroeder (2), Collin Harris (2), Braxton Hass (2), Dreven Smith, Mason Betts

Creston winners — Jackson Pettegrew (2), Weston Trapp, Kal Barber (2), Gunner Martwick (2), Kylen Parsons (2), Lane Travis (2), Colby Brammer, Colt Key, Ben James, Landen Lillie, Brodrick Phelps 

Red Oak winners — Kyler Sandholm, Adam Baier (2), Nolan Perrien, Tyler Schofield, Dayton Gusman, Curtis Jackson, Oliver Dykes 

AT SOUTHWEST VALLEY

Southwest Valley 54, CAM 12

Southwest Valley 60, Griswold 18

Southwest Valley 48, Southwest Iowa 18 

Southwest Iowa 30, CAM 16

Southwest Iowa 42, Griswold 30 

Griswold 48, CAM 18 

SWV winners — Brody Crozier (2), Gavin Wetzel (3), Brylan Marks (3), Ian Forsythe (3), Degan Farwell (3), Ben Waddell (2), Carson Boswell (3), Wyatt Shires (3), Carson Cooper (3), Brody Sparks 

SWI winners — Max Mount (3), Paxton Campbell, Blake Schaaf (2), Nash Moreland, Flynt Bell (2), Landon Ramos (2), Landon Roof (2), Tate Hanna, Evan Lang

Griswold winners — Wyatt Peterson (3), Jaden Jensen (3), RJ Dishong (3), Holden Jensen (2), Nollan Smith (2), Hudson Perkins, Quentin Ruchti-Wilson, Ethan Baxter

CAM winners — Kegan Croghan (2), Drew Barber, Drew Barber, Parker Wilson (2), Reilly Becker 

AT WAYNE 

Nodaway Valley 48, Wayne 36 

Nodaway Valley 46, Martensdale-St. Marys 27 

Nodaway Valley winners — Ty Strode (2), Keyin Steeve (2), Jett Christensen, Eli Harris (2), Derek Raasch, Caleb Christensen (2), Ashton Honnold (2), Trent Warner (2), Josh Nelson, Trevyn Colton

AT LENOX 

Interstate-35 54, Lenox 28 

Lenox 36, ACGC 24 

Lenox 52, Coon Rapids-Bayard 30

Interstate-35 51, Coon Rapids-Bayard 25 

ACGC 41, Coon Rapids-Bayard 31 

Lenox winners — Dylan Stein (3), Chase England (3), Caden Kaufman (2), JJ Martin-England (3), Laine Brown (2), Chase O’Riley (2), Wylie Brokaw (3), Levi Fitzgerald, Daysen Gregg, Keaton Lynn

CRB winners — Derek Harrison (2), Tyler Mohr (3), Kellen Hilgenberg (2), Owen Reineke (3), Ezra Cortez (3), Ethan Bauer (2), Treynor Cose (2) 

Boys Basketball

CAM 62, West Harrison 19

Martensdale St. Mary’s 58, Nodaway Valley 10

Bedford 47, Mount Ayr 45

Logan Magnolia 78, Fremont Mills 41

Greene County 47, Glidden Ralston 43

Girls Basketball

Martensdale St. Mary’s 54, Nodaway Valley 48

Mount Ayr 64, Bedford 24

Logan Magnolia 39, Fremont Mills 35

Glidden Ralston 52, Greene County 27

Iowa State turned up the defense at crunch time to rally for a victory in Iowa City, Thursday night. The third ranked Cyclones held Iowa without a field goal for more than six minutes down the stretch for an 89-80 victory, their first win in Carver-Hawkeye Arena since 2014.

That’s ISU coach T.J. Otzelberger. It was a game the Cyclones trailed by 13 points in the opening half before battling back.

A Nate Heise layup with just over three minutes remaining gave the Cyclones their first lead of the game.

Curtis Jones led ISU with 23 points and Joshua Jefferson had a huge game with 19 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists. Iowa State made eight of 15 from three point range and scored 52 points in the second half.

That’s Iowa coach Fran McCaffery. The Hawkeyes were dominated on the glass and the Cyclones had 18 offensive rebounds.

Owen Freeman led the Hawkeyes with 16 points.