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High School Basketball Scoreboard 12/06/2022

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December 7th, 2022 by admin

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference
Atlantic 52, Clarinda 35
Glenwood 65, Denison-Schleswig 42
Shenandoah 52, Red Oak 23
St. Albert 46, Creston 27

Western Iowa Conference
IKM-Manning 48, AHSTW 43
Treynor 58, Audubon 28
Logan-Magnolia 53, Missouri Valley 32
Underwood 46, Riverside 12

Rolling Valley Conference
CAM 71, Paton-Churdan 25
Coon Rapids-Bayard 52, West Harrison 20
Exira-EHK 62, Ar-We-Va 20
Woodbine 66, Boyer Valley 11

Corner Conference
Fremont-Mills 38, East Mills 37
Stanton 63, Griswold 11

Pride of Iowa Conference
Martensdale-St. Marys 69, East Union 21
Mount Ayr 50, Lenox 45
Nodaway Valley 70, Southwest Valley 25
Wayne 51, Southeast Warren 38

Other Scores
ACGC 47, Van Meter 37
Des Moines Christian 47, West Central Valley 33
LeMars 46, CB Abraham Lincoln 42
North Polk 80, Carroll 38

BOYS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference
Atlantic 53, Clarinda 41
Creston 83, St. Albert 66
Denison-Schleswig 56, Glenwood 54
Red Oak 76, Shenandoah 48

Western Iowa Conference
AHSTW 52, IKM-Manning 39
Missouri Valley 49, Logan-Magnolia 46
Treynor 73, Audubon 44
Underwood 66, Riverside 38

Rolling Valley Conference
Exira-EHK 75, Ar-We-Va 28
West Harrison 66, Coon Rapids-Bayard 33
Woodbine 75, Boyer Valley 41

Corner Conference
East Mills 57, Fremont-Mills 36
Stanton 63, Griswold 42

Pride of Iowa Conference
East Union 52, Martensdale-St. Marys 49
Mount Ayr 83, Lenox 61
Nodaway Valley/O-M 64, Southwest Valley 40
Southeast Warren 65, Wayne 45

Other Scores
CB Abraham Lincoln 60, LeMars 53
North Polk 57, Carroll 40
Sioux City East 86, CB Thomas Jefferson 57
Van Meter 70, ACGC 53

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Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the Nishna Valley: Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022

Weather

December 7th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

Today: Sunny, with a high near 43. Calm wind becoming north northwest 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight: A 20 percent chance of snow after 5am. Increasing clouds, with a low around 24. East wind around 7 mph.
Tomorrow: Rain, snow, and freezing rain likely before 11am, then rain and snow likely between 11am and noon, then rain after noon. High near 39. East wind 7 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Thursday Night: Rain before 3am, then a slight chance of rain and snow. Low around 30. East wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Friday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 37.
Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 42.

Tuesday’s High in Atlantic was 44. Our Low this morning, 14. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 41 and the Low was 15. The Record High on this date was 64 in 1894. The Record Low was -15 in 2005.

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No. 15 Duke beats Iowa 74-62

Sports

December 7th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

Iowa was no match for 15th ranked Duke at the Jimmy V Classic in New York City.

Gary Dolphin on the Hawkeye Network. Iowa was dreadful on offense. The Hawkeyes shot only 39 percent, including three of 16 from three point range in a 74-62 loss

That’s Iowa coach Fran McCaffery. Freshman guard Dasonte Bowen came off the bench to score 12 points and Patrick McCaffery also had 12 as the Hawkeyes fall to 6-2.

Duke’s defense bottled up the Hawkeyes and held Kris Murray to eight points.

The Hawkeyes host 20th ranked Iowa State Thursday night.

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UNI rally falls short against Toledo

Sports

December 7th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

UNI fell behind by 12 in the opening half and lost at home to Toledo 83-75. Bowen Born scored 27 points as the Panthers drop to 3-5 on the season.

Toledo shot better than 51 percent for the game and Born says the panthers gave up too many easy baskets in the first half.

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No. 10 Iowa State women visit No. 16 Iowa tonight (Wednesday night)

Sports

December 7th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

A top 25 women’s Cy-Hawk clash takes place in Iowa City Wednesday night when 10th ranked Iowa State visits number 16 Iowa. This could have been a top ten match-up but the Hawks have stumbled out of the gate. Ranked fourth in the preseason, Iowa is 6-3.

That’s Iowa coach Lisa Bluder who does not feel their confidence has been hurt by the early losses as part of a tough schedule.

Junior guard Caitlin Clark says this game is a great showcase for the state of Iowa.

Iowa State’s 77-70 win in Ames last year snapped the Hawkeyes five game win streak in the series but nearly all of the recent games have been close.

That’s Cyclone coach Bill Fennelly who says for his team success begins on defense.

It will be the final game in Carver-Hawkeye Arena for Cyclone star Ashley Joens, who is a native of Iowa City.

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Darnell Brodie a key for 7-1 Drake

Sports

December 7th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

Drake is off to a 7-1 start and consistent play from center Darnell Brodie has been a major factor. The Seton Hall transfer is averaging over seven points and nearly seven rebounds while playing about 24 minutes per game. All of those numbers are up over last year and he even had five assists in Saturday’s win over Illinois-Chicago.

That’s Drake coach Darien DeVries who says Brodie’s improved play allows them to run sets through him at times.

Brodie says after last season he went to work to prepare his mind and body for his final season.

The Bulldogs host Omaha tonight (Wednesday night).

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Iowa State’s T.J. Otzelberger on the future of the Cy-Hawk series

Sports

December 7th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

In the midst of conference expansion and expanded league schedules Iowa State coach T.J. Otzelberger hopes there is still a place for the series with Iowa. The 20th ranked Cyclones visit the Hawkeyes on Thursday night. It will be the 76th meeting in a series that had been played every season since 1970.

Otzelberger has been involved in several in-state series during his career and has always enjoyed them.

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Lottery sales soar behind big Lotto game jackpots

News

December 7th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Big jackpots for Powerball and MegaMillions helped push Iowa Lottery sales up in the early part of its fiscal year that started in July. Iowa Lottery C-E-O, Matt Strawn, gave details to the Lottery Board, Tuesday. “The Iowa Lottery is in record territory for both total sales and proceeds through October or the first four months of fiscal year 2023. And once audited November sales figures are available, the record-breaking performance will be even more pronounced,” He says.

Strawn says raw sales data from November indicates it was the third-highest-grossing month of sales in the Iowa Lottery’s 37-year history. “Lottery sales of 152-million-605-thousand-971 through October represent a year-over-year increase of five-point-four-six percent,” Strawn says. He says Lottery proceeds through October are up nearly two percent at almost 33-point-nine million dollars.

“With the exception of scratch tickets and pick three — sales of every Iowa Lottery product are outpacing last year’s results through October,” Strawn says. Chief Financial officer, John Roth, says the lotto ticket sales were up more than 38 percent compared to the same time last year. “Powerball generated 21-point-three million dollars in sales through October — a six-point-three percent increase versus fiscal year 2022,” Roth says. He says that is impressive considering there was also a large Powerball jackpot in that time frame last year. MegaMillions also contributed to the increased bottom line.

“MegaMillions and the 830 million jackpot in late July, delivered 18-point-8 million in sales through October compared to fiscal year 2022. And generated the fifth largest sales week ever,” he says. Roth says scratch ticket sales had been slowed by higher gas prices — but they have seen some improvement in those ticket sales as gas prices have come down.

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Nebraska man seriously hurt in a northwest Iowa crash

News

December 6th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Sheldon, Iowa) – A collision between a car and a semi tractor-trailer in northwest Iowa, Tuesday afternoon, resulted in life-threatening injuries to a man from Nebraska. The accident happened at around 1:20-p.m. south of Sheldon, in O’Brien County. According to the Iowa State Patrol, a 2018 Hyundai Elantra driven by 48-year-old Brian J. Williams, of Omaha, was traveling south on Nettle Avenue, when the car crossed the center line of the road.

The vehicle struck the rear axles of a trailer attached to a 2017 Peterbilt semi tractor-trailer before leaving the road to the west. The driver of the semi, 22-year-old Devon Timothy Stetson, of Hull, attempted to  evade the crash by moving to the right, but was unable to avoid doing so.

Following the collision, the semi stopped on Nettle Avenue. Williams – who was not wearing a seat belt -was transported by Sheldon Ambulance to the Sanford Hospital in Sheldon, before being flown to a separate trauma center.  Stetson was not hurt in the accident.

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Atlantic’s Abbi Richter signs on to continue track career at SWCC

Sports

December 6th, 2022 by admin

Atlantic senior Abbi Richter signed on to attend Southwestern Community College in Creston to continue her track and field and academic career on Tuesday. Richter signed her school agreement surrounded by family, friends, and coaches at Atlantic High School.

Richter has been a strong thrower for the Atlantic program and she said she fell in love with throwing once she tried it.

Richter said she also looked at Iowa Western but she felt SWCC was the best fit for her.

Richter has one season left with the Atlantic program this Spring and she said her goal is to qualify for the state meet this season.

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