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Haldeman shot lifts Northern Iowa over No. 24 Colorado 79-76

Sports

December 11th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Spencer Haldeman stole a pass and raced down the floor for a tiebreaking layup with 49 seconds remaining and Northern Iowa hung on to beat No. 24 Colorado 79-76. Northern Iowa defeated a ranked team for the first time since topping No. 25 Wichita State 53-50 on Feb. 13, 2016. The Panthers had lost their previous seven encounters against ranked opponents. AJ Green and Trae Berhow had 20 points apiece Tuesday night as Northern Iowa improved to 9-1. Colorado fell to 7-2.

Midwest Sports Headlines: 12/11/19

Sports

December 11th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The offensive-minded Kansas City Chiefs leaned on their rapidly improving defense to beat the New England Patriots on Sunday. They held Tom Brady to 169 yards passing and the Patriots to 278 yards. They also made the crucial fourth-down stop as the Patriots were trying for the tying touchdown in the closing seconds, something they failed to do during last year’s AFC title game loss at Arrowhead Stadium. The result was clinching a fourth straight AFC West title and keeping alive their hopes for a first-round playoff bye.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Major League Baseball plans to hold its amateur draft in Omaha, Nebraska, ahead of the College World Series, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press. The draft will be held from June 10-12, and the College World Series is slated to start June 13. Baseball’s draft was long held by conference call at the commissioner’s office in New York. It was moved to Lake Buena Vista, Florida, for 2007 and 2008. Since 2009 the first round has been held at MLB Network studios in Secaucus, New Jersey.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Devon Dotson had 22 points along with nine assists to help No. 2 Kansas to an easy 95-68 win over Wisconsin-Milwaukee on Tuesday night. Ochai Agbaji also had 22 points while Udoka Azubuike had 15 points and 17 rebounds for the Jayhawks, who ran their home win streak to 26 games. They used a 40-12 run to start the game and basically put it away. Darius Roy led the Panthers with 25 points while leading scorer Te’Jon Lucas was held to just 11.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — New Missouri coach Eli Drinkwitz is expressing confidence. At his introductory news conference, he predicted the Tigers would eventually win the SEC East and a bowl game. Drinkwitz was hired to replace Barry Odom, the former Missouri player whose program had slipped into mediocrity. Drinkwitz is coming off a 12-1 season at Appalachian State that included wins over North Carolina and South Carolina and a victory over Louisiana-Lafayette in the Sun Belt title game. He also has just one year of head-coaching experience.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Sporting Kansas City fulfilled its need for an elite striker by swinging a deal with Mexican club C.D. Guadalujara for Alan Pulido. He signed a four-year contract with the Major League Soccer club after it paid a club-record transfer fee. Sporting KC failed to make the playoffs last season for the first time in nearly a decade, and has spent the offseason overhauling its roster. The 28-year-old Pulido represents the biggest acquisition yet.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Ted Simmons can thank WAR, on-base percentage and other modern measures of baseball players for helping him reach the Hall of Fame 31 years after he retired. The eight-time All-Star catcher was elected to the Hall of Fame by a veterans committee after falling one vote short two years ago. Simmons received 13 of 16 votes when the modern era committee gathered ahead of the winter meetings. Also elected was former players union chief Marvin Miller. Simmons was primarily a catcher in a 21-year big league career spent with St. Louis, Milwaukee and Atlanta.

Atlantic/CAM grapplers take three dual wins at Red Oak

Sports

December 10th, 2019 by admin

The Atlantic/CAM Wrestling team picked up three dual wins on Tuesday night in Red Oak.

The Trojans topped Red Oak 59-21, Creston 45-28, and AHSTW 54-24. Each dual was hard fought and differences came down to some bonus points. Ethan Follman had a big night going 3-0 with a big pin over Red Oak’s Jonathon Erp. Cale Roller also came up with a pin to help the win over Creston.

Creston picked up wins over Red Oak 43-39, and AHSTW 54-22.

Red Oak defeated AHSTW 48-30.

High School Basketball Scoreboard Tuesday 12/10/2019

Sports

December 10th, 2019 by admin

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Atlantic 78, Clarinda 23
Creston 51, St. Albert 46
Glenwood 67, Denison-Schleswig 57
Harlan 69, Kuemper Catholic 27
Red Oak 57, Shenandoah 24

Western Iowa Conference

AHSTW 53, IKM-Manning 43
Audubon 48, Treynor 39
Logan-Magnolia 60, Missouri Valley 17
Underwood 84, Riverside 15

Rolling Valley Conference

Ar-We-Va 53, West Harrison 37
CAM 61, Coon Rapids-Bayard 20
Exira-EHK 73, Paton-Churdan 39
Woodbine 46, Glidden-Ralston 42

Corner Conference

East Atchison 45, Sidney 40
Fremont-Mills 53, East Mills 47

Pride of Iowa Conference

Martensdale-St Marys 80, East Union 30
Mount Ayr 75, Lenox 19
Nodaway Valley 62, Southwest Valley 40
Wayne 58, Southeast Warren 40

Other Scores

Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 56, LeMars 46
Heartland Christian 58, Iowa School for the Deaf 30
Lamoni 67, Melcher-Dallas 40
Des Moines Christian 62, ACGC 39
OABCIG 70, MVAOCOU 41
Orient-Macksburg 51, Ankeny Christian 30
Seymour 60, Murray 38
Sioux City East 61, Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson 14
West Central Valley 60, Interstate 35 42
Woodbury Central 44, Lawton-Bronson 32
Woodward-Granger 56, Earlham 46

BOYS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Atlantic 60, Clarinda 56
Creston 59, St. Albert 53
Glenwood 67, Denison-Schleswig 58
Harlan 62, Kuemper Catholic 46
Red Oak 67, Shenandoah 64

Western Iowa Conference

AHSTW 75, IKM-Manning 46
Logan-Magnolia 57, Missouri Valley 43
Treynor 69, Audubon 47
Underwood 48, Riverside 33

Rolling Valley Conference

CAM 44, Coon Rapids-Bayard 29
Exira/EH-K 61, Paton-Churdan 44
Glidden-Ralston 46, Woodbine 44 — 2 OT
West Harrison 62, Ar-We-Va 50

Corner Conference

East Atchison 58, Sidney 43
East Mills 47, Fremont-Mills 43
Clarinda Academy 64, Essex 23

Pride of Iowa Conference

Martensdale-St. Marys 82, East Union 35
Mount Ayr 84, Lenox 54
Nodaway Valley 87, Southwest Valley 34

Other Scores

Ankeny Christian Academy 80, Orient-Macksburg 22
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 57 Le Mars 43
Heartland Christian 51, Iowa School for the Deaf 28
Lamoni 74, Melcher-Dallas 51
Murray 61, Seymour 44
Sioux City, East 60, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 15

Atlantic boys grind out first win over Clarinda

Sports

December 10th, 2019 by admin

The Atlantic boys basketball team grinded out their first win of the season at home Tuesday night over Clarinda 60-56. The Trojans played from behind for a good chunk of the game but pushed ahead in the fourth quarter and made some key plays down the stretch to hang on. The Trojans led 17-11 at the end of the first but the Cardinals worked their way to the foul line in the 2nd quarter and led 31-28 at half. The Cardinals clinged to a one point lead 49-48 at the end of the third before giving up the edge early in the fourth.

Atlantic Head Coach Jeff Ebling said the Trojans smarter defensive effort in the 2nd half may have been the difference in this one.

Atlantic was led by 19 points from Skyler Handlos, 16 from Grant Sturm, and 12 from Tyler Moen. After the game Moen said the team handled the close game pressure well to pick up the win.

Atlantic improves to 1-2 and will next travel to face Creston for the second time this season on Friday night.

Clarinda was led by three players with 13: Connor Brown, Michael Shull, and Nathan Lindsay. The Cardinals fall to 3-1 and will now host Glenwood on Friday night.

Atlantic girls rip past Clarinda for 2nd win

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December 10th, 2019 by admin

The Atlantic girls basketball team ran away with a 78-23 win over Clarinda on Tuesday night. The Trojans jumped on top 20-9 by the end of the first quarter and expanded the lead to 49-16 by halftime.

Haley Rasmussen led the way with a 27 point performance, 23 of those coming in the first half. Corri Pelzer dropped 11 points and Lauren Nicholas finished with 10 points that included two threes and a four-point play. After the game Rasmussen said she thought the Trojans played with good pace.

Atlantic Head Coach Dan Vargason thought the Trojans played a complete game, including turning Clarinda mistakes into offense on the other end.

The Trojans improved to 2-3 on the young season and will get an early season rematch at Creston on Friday night. The Panthers won the first meeting last week 55-41.

Clarinda was led by 9 points from Jessalee Neihart. The Cardinals fall to 0-5 on the season and will next host Glenwood on Friday.

Luka Garza named Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week

Sports

December 10th, 2019 by admin

IOWA CITY, Iowa — One day after University of Iowa junior Luka Garza was named Big Ten Player of the Week, the center made history by becoming the first Hawkeye in program history to earn the Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week accolade for his efforts in two games last week. The national honor is voted upon by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA).

Garza (6-foot-11, 260 pounds) averaged 33.5 points, shooting 55 percent from the field and 78 percent from the free throw line, and 8.5 rebounds in road games last week at Syracuse and No. 4 Michigan.

Garza scored a career-high 44 points last Friday in Ann Arbor — the most points scored in a game by an Iowa big man, third most in program history, most by an opposing player in Crisler Center history behind only Rudy Tomjanovich’s 48 points versus Indiana in 1969, and the most points scored by a Hawkeye since guard John Johnson poured in a school-record 49 points against Northwestern in 1970. Garza reached 1,000 career points in Friday’s game.

Garza’s 44 points are believed to be the most in a game by a Big Ten player since Purdue’s Glenn Robinson scored 44 against Kansas on March 24, 1994. Garza made 17 field goals versus Michigan, tying Bruce King (vs. Michigan on Jan. 31, 1976) for third most in a game in Iowa history. His 32 attempts tie three others (Fred Brown, Murray Wier and Charles Darling) for fourth most in a game in Iowa history.

Last Tuesday, Garza led Iowa to a Big Ten/ACC Challenge victory at Syracuse (68-54). The native of Washington, D.C., posted game bests in scoring (23) and rebounding (9).

Since the 1958-59 season, the USBWA has named a National Player of the Year. In 1998, the award was named in honor of the University of Cincinnati Hall of Famer and two-time USBWA Player of the Year Oscar Robertson. It is the nation’s oldest award and the only one named after a former player.

Garza and the Hawkeyes (7-3, 1-1) next play at in-state rival Iowa State (6-3, 0-0) on Thursday in an Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series contest. Tipoff is set for 7:01 p.m. (CT) at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa.

2020 hunting, fishing licenses on sale Dec. 15

Ag/Outdoor, Sports

December 10th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Iowans can buy 2020 resident hunting, fishing and other licenses on Dec. 15.  Licenses purchased for 2019 expire on Jan. 10. The menu of license options includes the popular Outdoor Combo annual resident hunting/fishing/habitat combo license for $55; the Angler’s Special three-year fishing license for $62; and the Hunter’s Special three-year hunting license with habitat included for $101. Also available is the Bonus Line option for $14 letting resident and nonresident anglers to fish with one more line in addition to the two lines allowed with the regular fishing license.

Upgrade your paper license to a durable hard card with custom art from Iowa artists for only $5. The Iowa DNR now offers a GoOutdoorsIowa mobile app for iPhone and Android devices that allows you to buy and access your license information, no matter where you are. You may download multiple customer licenses to offer one secure digital license document location for families, groups, and more. Licenses are available at 700 locations across the state, and on the DNR website at www.iowadnr.gov/GoOutdoorsIowa.

Hunting and fishing are often enjoyed with family and friends. A fishing or hunting license makes a great stocking stuffer.

Missouri and Big Sioux River paddlefish license on sale Dec. 15

Ag/Outdoor, Sports

December 10th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

The Iowa DNR reports Iowa anglers can buy the Missouri and Big Sioux River paddlefish license and tags starting Dec. 15 through Jan. 7. Buy your special paddlefish license and tags on the Iowa DNR online licenses sales website at https://gooutdoorsiowa.com. A resident license sells for $25.50. You must also have a valid Iowa fishing license. You can buy up to two tags – one from Dec. 15 to Dec. 31 and an additional tag from Jan. 1 to Jan. 7, or two tags if you didn’t buy one in December.

The license, harvest tag(s), and regulations will be mailed to purchasers in mid-January. Purchasers will be asked to complete an electronic survey that helps the Iowa DNR evaluate the success of the paddlefish season. Please complete the survey whether you harvested a paddlefish or not.  The Iowa DNR is always working to improve the paddlefish season for anglers; any input provided is considered and is greatly appreciated.

The Missouri and Big Sioux River paddlefish season opens Feb. 4 and runs through April 30.

DNR conservation officers respond to hunter shot, property damage during opening weekend of shotgun deer season

Ag/Outdoor, News, Sports

December 10th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

LOGAN, Iowa—Officials with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) report DNR conservation officers were notified Sunday about a property damage incident in Logan, and later determined a hunter in hunting party was shot during a deer drive. Authorities say 18-year old Chase Maguire, of Logan, was shooting at a deer over a hilltop with a .450 Bushmaster when he missed the deer hitting a house in the distance.

Within the same group, 38-year old Craig Brenden, of Logan, was shot in the lower leg by another member of his hunting party. While the hunter was shooting a deer that had been wounded by another hunter of the party, Brenden was wounded.  Investigators are still trying to determine which hunter fired the shot that hit Brenden. Brenden was transported to a local hospital and then air lifted to the University of Nebraska Medical Center and is currently in stable condition.

The investigation into this incident is on-going and no charges have been filed at this time.