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Thursday High School Boy’s State Basketball Schedule

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March 7th, 2024 by admin

Class 2A – Quarterfinals 

#1 Western Christian (21-3) vs #5 Treynor (22-3) @ 10:15 a.m.

#2 Hudson (24-2) vs #6 Unity Christian (21-4) @ 12:15 p.m.

 

Class 3A – Quarterfinals 

#1 Decorah (23-2) vs Assumption (17-8) @ 2:00 p.m.

#2 Waverly -Shell Rock (21-3) vs #3 MOC-Floyd Valley (22-3) @ 3:45 p.m.

 

Class 4A – Quarterfinals

#1 Cedar Rapids Kennedy (24-0) vs Ankeny (18-6) @ 5:30 p.m.

#2 Valley (19-5) vs #6 Bettendorf (18-6) @ 7:15 p.m.

 

Wednesday High School Boy’s State Basketball Scores

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March 7th, 2024 by admin

Class 4A – Quarterfinals

#1 Cedar Rapids Kennedy 66, #8 Dallas Center-Grimes 45

#5 Ankeny 60, #4 Dubuque Senior 47

#2 Valley 64,  #7 Johnston 57

#6 Bettendorf 65,#3 Cedar Falls 56,

 

Class 1A – Semi-Finals

#1 North Linn 67, #4 Winfield-Mt. Union 51

#2 Marquette Catholic 59, #3 Lake Mills 57

Hilton Magic Keeps Cyclones Perfect At Home

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March 7th, 2024 by admin

AMES, Iowa – No. 6 Iowa State (24-6, 13-4) reached into its bag of Hilton Magic tricks Wednesday night in a 68-63 come-from-behind win over No. 20 BYU (21-9, 9-8 Big 12).

Down by 14 points early in the second half, the Cyclones shut down the hot-shooting Cougars to just 7-of-30 shooting (23.3%) after intermission to record their fifth perfect home mark in Hilton Coliseum at 18-0. ISU’s 18 home wins ties the school record for most victories in season with the 1999-2000 team.

With 15:56 left in the game, BYU owned total control with a 46-32 lead. But Curtis Jones and Tamin Lipsey rallied the troops with 12 and 10 points, respectively, after intermission en route to the largest second-half comeback victory in the T.J. Otzelberger era. It also marked the 18th AP Top-25 win under Otzelberger.

BYU had plenty of chances at the end, but the Cyclones kept coming up with stops, holding the Cougars scoreless the final 4:24 minutes. Keshon Gilbert, who scored eight points and a team-high five assists, secured the victory with four-straight charity shots with under 10 seconds remaining.

Lipsey led all Cyclones with 19 points and five steals, padding his season steal total to 82, the second-most in school history. Curtis Jones added 18 points (7-of-13 FG), his 12th consecutive double-digit scoring game from off the bench.

Richie Saunders led the Cougars with 20 points.

Up Next

Iowa State travels to Manhattan on Saturday (March 9) to face Kansas State in the Big 12 regular-season finale. Tipoff is at 1 p.m. CT on ESPN2.

House votes to require parental permission for teens online accounts

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March 6th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – The Iowa House has voted to require teenagers to have a parent’s permission to use social media accounts. If the bill becomes law, social media companies must give a parent access to their minor child’s Instagram, SnapChat or other accounts and the ability to shut down those accounts. Federal law currently prohibits anyone under the age of 13 from having their own social media account. Representative Charley Thomson, a Republican from Charles City, led House debate of the bill.

“I believe this is an important step forward for parental rights in Iowa,” Thomson said. “It still permits parents to have some supervision over their children, while the children can have the social media accounts with monitoring.” Thomson says some teens have been harassed on social media and subjected to what’s called “sexploitation” on social media — without their parent’s knowledge and with devastating consequences.

“It’s a very sad situation…almost a homicide, because some of these bad actors have to encouraged he suicide victims to commit suicide,” Thomson says. The bill passed the House on an 88-to-six vote and goes to the Senate for review. The House approved another bill targeting the use of artificial intelligence to embed real images into pornographic content.

Representative Helena Hayes of New Sharon says they’re commonly called “deep fakes.” “These A.I. generated images are a more modern take on revenge porn without a defendant needed to obtain compromising photographs of the intended victim,” Hayes says.

The House unanimously approved a separate bill to specifically crack down on deep fakes that manipulate the images of children.

Red Oak man arrested on an Assault charge Wednesday

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March 6th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Red Oak, Iowa) – Police in Red Oak, today (Wednesday), arrested a man on an assault charge. 37-year-old Tyce Samual Watts, of Red Oak, was taken into custody at around 1:25-p.m. in the 100 block of West Corning Street, for Domestic Abuse Assault – Impeding Air/Blood Flow, Causing Bodily Injury, a Class-D Felony.

Watts was transported to the Montgomery County Jail and held without bond, pending an appearance before a magistrate.

Crawford County man sentenced to Federal prison or Illegal Possession of a Firearm by a Felon

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March 6th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Sioux City, Iowa) – A man who was found with a firearm after being a convicted felon, was sentenced February 29, 2024, to 10 years in federal prison. 34-year-old Kevin DeWolf, of Denison, received the prison term after a September 21, 2023, guilty plea to possession of a firearm by a felon. Shortly after being indicted for the firearm charge, DeWolf set a vehicle on fire in Crawford County, attempting to fraudulently collect the insurance proceeds.

DeWolf was previously convicted of manufacture, deliver, or possess with intent to manufacture or deliver controlled substance, in the Iowa District Court for Crawford County, Iowa on or about July 15, 2022. DeWolf also has a prior assault conviction.

DeWolf was sentenced in Sioux City by United States District Court Judge Leonard T. Strand and was sentenced to 120 months’ imprisonment. He must also serve a 3-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.

The case was brought as part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN). PSN is the centerpiece of the Department of Justice’s violent crime reduction efforts. PSN is an evidence-based program proven to be effective at reducing violent crime. Through PSN, a broad spectrum of stakeholders work together to identify the most pressing violent crime problems in the community and develop comprehensive solutions to address them. As part of this strategy, PSN focuses enforcement efforts on the most violent offenders and partners with locally based prevention and reentry programs for lasting reductions in crime. DeWolf is being held in the United States Marshal’s custody until he can be transported to a federal prison.

The case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Ron Timmons.

Two administrators at Hinton High school resign

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March 6th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – A northwest Iowa school district at the center of an assault investigation involving its high school wrestling team, is losing two administrators. The Hinton School Board accepted the resignations last night (Tuesday night) of middle and high school principal Phil Goetstouwers and athletic director Brian DeJong, who is also an elementary school principal. No reasons were given for the resignations that are effective at the end of the school year.

The Coralville Police Department launched an investigation after wrestlers said older teammates tasered them at a hotel during a wrestling tournament last month. A video circulating on social media showed a wrestler being held down on a bed during the attack. A police spokesperson says additional information will likely not be released because all involved are juveniles.

Several parents attended the meeting on Tuesday night. (IPR photo by Sheila Brummer)

The public wasn’t allowed to speak at the special meeting, but afterward, one woman who identified herself by only her initials, D-H, says her son was one of seven freshmen targeted.  “There’s still a lot of people who need to be held accountable where we don’t have answers,” she says. The woman says more information will be coming out. “A lot of things have been unraveling more and more. It’s going to hit the Hinton community hard. It’s going to be getting worse before it gets better,” She says.

Hinton’s head wrestling coach is still on administrative leave. Parents say he is being allowed to teach math.

Pettinger files for re-election

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March 6th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Cass County (IA) Auditor’s Office reports a candidate filing for the June 4th Republican Primary took place, today (Wednesday). Fifth District Board of Supervisor Bernard Pettinger submitted his nomination papers.

On Monday, Republicans Kathy Somers, incumbent Cass County Auditor, filed for re-election, and Chief Deputy John Westering, filed to run for Cass County Sheriff.

Candidates for County Office have until 5-p.m. March 22, 2024, to file their nomination papers.

Iowa’s Patrick McCaffery will take part in Senior Day ceremony

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March 6th, 2024 by admin

Iowa forward Patrick McCaffery says he has not made a final decision but he does not plan on using his COVID season to return for a sixth season. The son of Iowa coach Fran McCaffery is averaging just under nine points per game and will take part in Senior Day ceremonies on Sunday when the Hawkeyes host Illinois.

McCaffery says he could always change his mind and there is no immediate timetable for a final decision.

McCaffery says his immediate goal is to play professionally.

CAM Cougars Boys Basketball 2023-2024 season recap

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March 6th, 2024 by admin

The CAM Cougars boys basketball team ended their season with 51-37 loss to the Madrid Tigers in the second round of the Class 1A-Region 8 bracket. CAM was led in scoring by sophomore Collin Bower who had 12 points in that game. The Cougars finished the season with a 12-10 overall record and went 8-8 in the Rolling Valley Conference.

CAM was led in scoring on the season by Sophomore Collin Bower who had 301 points and averaged 14 points per game this season.

The Cougars will be losing three seniors to graduation this season: Brody Paulsen, Ryan Bower and Ryan Oglesbee.

CAM head coach Ian Hunt said his team played pretty good defense a very good Madrid team in the post season.

Coach Hunt commented on how well sophomore Collin Bower stepped up and improved his game this season for the Cougars.

Coach Hunt said he really is going to miss the three seniors who have been part of the Cougar program over the years.

Coach Hunt talked about the team playing in a summer league and wanted the guys to get into the gym to work on their game over the summer.

If hard work is put in over the summer like it was during the year, the Cougars expect to be competitive next season.