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Iowa High School Girls Regional Basketball scores from Friday February 16th

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February 17th, 2024 by admin

Class 1A – Region 2

Newell-Fonda 73, AGWSR 27

Coon Rapids-Bayard 40, HLV 26

 

Class 1A – Region 3

Martensdale-St. Mary’s 76, Sigourney 35

Fremont-Mills 59, Mount Ayr 29

 

Class 1A – Region 5

St. Albert 68, Stanton 42

Woodbine 69, Collins-Maxwell 50

 

Class 1A – Region 8

CAM 71, Wayne 34

Montezuma 60, Holy Trinity Catholic 44

 

Class 2A – Region 2

Panorama 65, AC/GC 37

Denver 47, Central Springs 25

 

Class 2A – Region 3

Westwood 68, West Monona 49

Exira-EHK 43, Treynor 37

 

Class 2A – Region 8

Nodaway Valley 93, Southwest Valley 46

Grundy Center 38, South Hamilton 29

LINDA SIMMONS, 76, of Harlan (Memorial services 2/20/24)

Obituaries

February 17th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

LINDA SIMMONS, 76, of Harlan, died Wed., Feb 14th, at Myrtue Medical Center, in Harlan. Memorial services for LINDA SIMMONS will be held 1-p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024, at the Pauley-Jones Funeral Home, in Harlan.

Visitation at the funeral home is on Tuesday, from 11-a.m. until 1-p.m.

Burial is in the Woodbine Cemetery, in Woodbine.

LINDA SIMMONS is survived by:

Her daughter – Lora (Doug) Kloewer, of Harlan.

3 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren.

Cass County Assessor’s Office to see new leadership

News

February 17th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Cass County Conference Board, Thursday evening,  accepted the resignation of Cass County Assessor Mary Anstey. Her resignation takes effect Feb. 29th. During their meeting the Conference Board named Shana Platt, current deputy assessor, as County Assessor, effective March 1st.

Anstey previously said she would be resigning, but agreed to continue working part time, as Chief Deputy in the office, to support Platt. Mary Anstey started work in Cass County in 1999 in various capacities.

Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the Nishna Valley: Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024

Weather

February 17th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

Today: Sunny & breezy. High near 34. West winds @ 10-25 mph. Wind chill values as low as -5.
Tonight: Clear, with a low around 21. W/SW @ 10-20 mph.
Tomorrow: Sunny, with a high near 46. West wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tom. Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 23. W/SW @ 5-10 becoming S/SE.
Monday (Washington’s Birthday): Mostly sunny, with a high near 51.
Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 24.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 54.

Friday’s High in Atlantic was 30. The Low was 4. We received a Trace of snowfall between 7-a.m. Friday and 7-a.m. today, at KJAN. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 32 and the Low was -9. The Record High for Feb. 17th in Atlantic, was 71 in 2017. The Record Low was -34, in 1958. Sunrise today: 7:13. Sunset: 5:56.

ANGELA FAGA, 90, of Adair (Mass of Christian Burial 2/24/24)

Obituaries

February 16th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

ANGELA FAGA, 90, of Adair, died Friday, February 16, 2024. A Mass of Christian Burial for ANGELA FAGA will be held 1-p.m. Saturday, Feb. 24th, at St. John’s Catholic Church in Adair.  Schmidt Family Funeral Home in Adair has the arrangements.

Visitation will be held at St. John’s Catholic Church on Saturday, from 12:30-p.m. until the start of the Mass.

Interment will be held at St. John’s Catholic Cemetery following the mass. Refreshments will be provided following the committal service at the St. John’s Catholic Parish Hall.

ANGELA FAGA is survived by:

Her son – H. Francis (Debra) Hollinrake, of Adair.

Her daughter – Maureen (Dale) Sheeder, of Casey.

6 grandchildren, 8 great-grandchildren, and other relatives.

Hawkeye WBB Slated for Neutral Site Tilt Against Kansas

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February 16th, 2024 by admin

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The University of Iowa women’s basketball team will play Kansas at the Sanford Pentagon on Nov., 16, 2024, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Tipoff and TV designation will be announced at a later date.

 

“The Iowa women’s basketball team is one of the biggest draws in all of sports right now, and this is an incredible opportunity to see a team that has captured the attention of the entire country,” said Jesse Smith, vice president of operations for Sanford Sports. “This matchup has the makings of an historic event not only for the Sanford Pentagon – but for South Dakota.”

 

Kansas, members of the BIG 12 Conference, won the WNIT Championship last season.

 

Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. (CT) Feb. 22, 2024 at the Sanford Pentagon Box Office and ticketmaster.com.

Moody Moves to 2nd on All-Time List in Regular Season Finale

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February 16th, 2024 by admin

IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa Track and Field senior Kat Moody moved to second on Iowa’s all-time list at the Iowa Open on Friday afternoon.

The shot put specialist from Clive, Iowa, won the event with a 17.00-meter (55’ 9.25”) mark to improve her lifetime best and climb to second in program history. At the time of competition, Moody’s throw was the 20th-best in the nation.

“Overall, it was another great day for the throws group, led by Kat Moody,” Iowa Director of Track and Field Joey Woody said. “She’s on the verge of big things and she showed that today.”

“Kat had an incredible series,” Iowa throws coach Ray Robinson added. “The 17-meter barrier has been a goal she has been chasing this season. She wanted to get that off her back going into Big Ten’s. She has a legitimate shot to win the title. We’re in for a fun week.”

The Hawkeyes posted eight event wins and 12 new personal bests at the indoor home finale. Moody was joined by redshirt sophomore Ella Meeuwsen and junior Kaleba Jack as champions of field events. Meeuwsen won the women’s high jump with a mark of 1.70 meters. Jack secured the long jump title, leaping 7.22 meters.

On the track, senior sprinter Joe Stein won the men’s 60-meter dash in 6.82, while senior hurdler Gratt Reed claimed the men’s 60-meter hurdles title in 7.77. Senior Katie Moore won the women’s 600-meter race in 1:35.85. Senior Kelli Tosic claimed the women’s 5,000-meter title in 17:21.48.

Junior Kalil Johnson doubled up on lifetime bests in the men’s 60-meter hurdles. He ran a 7.89 in the prelims, before placing second in the finals with a 7.83. Sophomore Isabelle Woody notched two career bests on the day, including a 9.81 in the 60-meter hurdles and a 4.88-meter mark in the long jump.

UP NEXT: The Hawkeyes head to the Big Ten Indoor Championships at The SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio, on Feb. 23-24.

HAWKEYE RESULTS

Women’s 60m

  1. Mytika Mayberry – 8.06

Men’s 60m prelims

  1. Joe Stein – 6.82
  2. Miles Granjean – 6.89
  3. Kaleba Jack – 6.99

Men’s 60m finals

  1. Joe Stein – 6.82
  2. Miles Granjean – 6.87
  3. Kaleba Jack – 7.02

Women’s 60mH prelims

  1. Miya Brines – 8.56, Q
  2. Isabelle Woody – 9.81, PR

Women’s 60mH finals

  1. Miya Brines – 8.64

Men’s 60mH prelims

  1. Gratt Reed – 7.80, Q
  2. Kalil Johnson – 7.89, PR, Q
  3. Austin West – 8.10,     q
  4. Kai Graves-Blanks – 8.15, q

10.Grant Conway – 8.70

Men’s 60mH finals

  1. Gratt Reed – 7.77
  2. Kalil Johnson – 7.83, PR
  3. Kai Graves-Blanks – 7.85, PR

Men’s 200m

  1. Damoy Allen – 21.43
  2. Jaylin Holmes – 21.73


Men’s 400m

  1. DeAndre Stapleton – 48.09
  2. Evan Schuster – 49.85

Women’s 600m

  1. Katie Moore – 1:35.85
  2. Ava Rush – 1:38.76

Men’s 600m

  1. Koby Brackemeyer – 1:21.07, PR

Women’s Mile

  1. Cameron Kalaway – 5:05.77, PR
  2. Jalyssa Blazek – 5:06.48
  3. Lauren McMahon – 5:17.39

Men’s Mile

  1. Aidan King – 4:11.38, PR
  2. Yohana Yual – 4:12.47, PR
  3. Carson Lane – 4:14.13, PR
  4. Hayden Kuhn – 4:14.49

Women’s 3,000m

  1. Ellie Twedt – 10.32.28


Women’s 5,000m

  1. Kelli Tosic – 17:21.48
  2. Miriam Sandeen – 17:26.01
  3. Aleah Tenpas – 17:45.40
  4. Rowan Boulter – 17:52.30
  5. Ellie Rathe – 18:17.14
  6. Brooke McKee – 18:43.54
  7. Audra Soderlind – 18:56.16

Men’s 4×400

  1. Holmes, Schuster, Brackemeyer, Lane – 3:23.14

Women’s High Jump

  1. Ella Meeuwsen – 1.70 meters (5’ 7”)
  2. Jade Hunter – 1.60 meters (5’ 3”)
  3. Madeline Andelbradt – 1.60 meters (5’ 3”)

Women’s Long Jump

  1. Tionna Tobias – 6.18 meters (20’ 3.50”)
  2. Dimia Burrell – 5.48 meters (17’ 11.75”), PR
  3. Isabelle Woody – 4.88 meters (16’ 0.25”), PR

Men’s Long Jump

  1. Kaleba Jack – 7.22 meters (23’ 8.25”)

Men’s Pole Vault

  1. Sal Capaldo – 4.20 meters (13’ 9.25”)
  2. Austin West – 4.20 meters (13’ 9.25”)

Men’s Weight Throw

  1. Sean Smith – 21.34 (70’ 0.25”)


Women’s Shot Put

  1. Kat Moody – 17.00 meters (55’ 9.25”), PR, 2nd at Iowa

Iowa men host No. 20 Wisconsin Saturday

Sports

February 16th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

Iowa’s postseason hopes are circling the drain as the Hawkeyes get set to host 20th ranked Wisconsin on Saturday. Iowa is 6-8 in the Big Ten after a loss at Maryland and they have dropped four games to team they are tied with or above in the standings.

The Badgers won the first meeting in Madison by 11 in early January.

Saturday’s game will be the first sellout in a season that has featured dwindling attendance at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

State on pace for all time warmest February

News, Weather

February 16th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – State Climatologist, Justin Glisan, says Iowa is on pace to have the warmest February on record. “It’s the warmest February to the 16th on record with 152 years of records we’re about 17 degrees above average,” Glisan says. He says the colder temperatures today (Friday) and tomorrow will have some impact, but temperatures are going to warm back up. Glisan says we have two weeks to go before the end of the climatological winter, which he says has been drier than normal.

“Coming off of the third snowiest January on record we’ve really been dry, only three one hundredths of an inch reported statewide as an average so far,” he says. Glisan doesn’t see a lot of change through the end of the month. “This is a function of the strong El Nino that we have set up in the eastern Pacific. warmer ocean waters fire more thunderstorms. Those thunderstorms impact where the jet streams set up over the United States,” Glisan says. So the polar jet is further north. subtropical jet states flatter towards the south metro. We see a lot of precipitation along the Gulf states, and we’re stuck in between so warmer weather and a less active storm track.”

Glisan said early indications is that the warm weather will continue into the first few weeks of March. March 1st begins the three month climatological spring for the northern hemisphere.

Friday State Wrestling Class 1A Semi-Finals & 4th/5th Consolation

Sports

February 16th, 2024 by Jim Field

106 

Consolation Round 4 

  • Crosby Yoder (Logan-Magnolia) 43-2 won by fall over Eli Rieb (Alta/Aurelia) 43-5 (Fall 3:32)
  • Lucas Oldenkamp (Lake Mills) 46-2 won by fall over Kingston Carrigan (Riverside, Oakland) 32-15 (Fall 2:41)

Consolation Round 5

  • Crosby Yoder (Logan-Magnolia) 44-2 won by decision over Lucas Oldenkamp (Lake Mills) 46-3 (Dec 4-3)

113

Consolation Round 4

  • Brock Shaha (Mount Ayr) 38-5 won by fall over Kalab Kuhl (Logan-Magnolia) 32-5 (Fall 3:51)

120

Consolation Round 4 

  • Eli Becerra (Missouri Valley) 36-5 won by fall over Blake Irvine (Don Bosco) 26-13 (Fall 4:32)

Consolation Round 5 

  • Eli Becerra (Missouri Valley) 37-5 won by fall over Sam Egan (Sumner-Fredericksburg) 35-10 (Fall 2:39)

Semi-Final 

  • Rowdy Neighbor (Alburnett) 52-2 won by major decision over Tegan Slaybaugh (AC/GC) 49-3 (MD 9-1)

126

Consolation Round 4 

  • Brayden Scheffers (Southeast Warren/Melcher-Dallas) 35-7 won by major decision over Luke Schroeder (Missouri Valley) 40-10 (MD 10-2)

132

Consolation Round 4 

  • Carson Thomsen (Underwood) 29-6 won by major decision over Ethan Krall (Jesup) 41-7 (MD 15-5)

Consolation Round 5

  • Carson Thomsen (Underwood) 30-6 won by decision over Cooper Franklin (Alburnett) 45-14 (Dec 7-3)

138 

Consolation Round 4

  • Preston Klostermann (Alburnett) 51-4 won by tech fall over Dylan Stein (Lenox) 49-2 (TF-1.5 6:00 (20-5))

Semi-Final

  • Blake Allen (Underwood) 20-0 won by fall over Gabriel Brisker (Wilton) 50-5 (Fall 5:04)

144

Consolation Round 4 

  • Charlie Veit (East Sac County) 44-4 won by fall over Mark Gant (Hinton) 40-12 (Fall 5:31)
  • Zane Mullenix (Pleasantville) 46-6 won by decision over Lucas Bose (Underwood) 40-8 (Dec 10-5)

Consolation Round 5

  • Jordan Dusenberry (Wilton) 51-4 won by medical forfeit over Charlie Veit (East Sac County) 44-4 (M. For.)

Semi-Final

  • Corbin Reisz (Logan-Magnolia) 46-0 won by major decision over Tiernan Boots (Lisbon) 49-4 (MD 9-1)

150 

Consolation Round 4 

  • Carter Metcalf (Pleasantville) 43-7 won by decision over Riley Radke (Missouri Valley) 31-7 (Dec 4-2)
  • Brock Nattress (South Central Calhoun) 51-6 won by decision over Taven Moore (Riverside, Oakland) 33-10 (Dec 6-4

157

Consolation Round 4 

  • Owen Laughlin (Shenandoah) 44-2 won by decision over Jake Irlbeck (Kuemper Catholic) 34-10 (Dec 4-2
  • Wyatt Vanderwerff (Jesup) 31-7 won by fall over Ben Hansen (Missouri Valley) 40-9 (Fall 4:45)
  • Shayden Washburn (Alburnett) 42-15 won by decision over Will Buckholdt (Underwood) 35-15 (Dec 10-4)

Consolation Round 5 

  • Owen Laughlin (Shenandoah) 45-2 won by major decision over Wyatt Vanderwerff (Jesup) 31-8 (MD 10-2)

Semi-Final

  • Kyler Knaack (Don Bosco) 27-0 won by fall over Kayden Baxter (AHSTW) 32-5 (Fall 2:48)

165

Semi-Final

  • Maddox Nelson (Underwood) 31-3 won by decision over Ryan Stiles (Earlham) 38-7 (Dec 5-2)

175 

Consolation Round 4

  • Zach Robbins (Treynor) 37-5 won by major decision over Owen Hoover (CAM) 38-9 (MD 14-6)
  • Jayden Dickerson (Shenandoah) 44-4 won by fall over Cayden Van Meer (Panorama) 46-6 (Fall 1:33)

Consolation Round 5

  • Gatlin Rogers (Wilton) 43-8 won by fall over Zach Robbins (Treynor) 37-6 (Fall 1:20)
  • Creighton Kelly (West Hancock, Britt) 33-4 won by fall over Jayden Dickerson (Shenandoah) 44-5 (Fall 3:39)

190

Consolation Round 4

  • Tate Haffner (Southwest Valley) 43-5 won by decision over Bryce Wiskus (Kuemper Catholic) 37-10 (Dec 9-4)

Consolation Round 5

  • Drew Lansing (Wapsie Valley) 18-6 won by fall over Tate Haffner (Southwest Valley) 43-6 (Fall 2:26)

215

Semi-Final

  • Ashton Honnold (Nodaway Valley) 48-2 won by decision over Eli Green (Interstate 35) 36-6 (Dec 5-2)

285

Consolation Round 4

  • Payton Jacobe (AC/GC) 48-7 won in tie breaker – 1 over Jonah Reiling (Lisbon) 47-11 (TB-1 3-2)

Consolation Round 5 

  • Payton Jacobe (AC/GC) 49-7 won by decision over Tyler Sulsberger (Westwood, Sloan) 40-9 (Dec 2-1)

Semi-Final

  • Mason Knipp (Columbus Catholic) 37-0 won by decision over Trenton Warner (Nodaway Valley) 48-3 (Dec 3-2)