(Radio Iowa) – Northern Iowa outscored Jackson State 21-2 to start the second half in a 66-56 win in Cedar Falls. The Panthers erased a seven point halftime deficit to improve to 3-5.

That’s UNI coach Ben Jacobson. After being held to 25 points in the opening half the Panthers scored 41 in the second half.

AJ Green finished with 24 points and says the Panthers focused on defense during an eight-day layoff.

Green says defense triggered their second half surge.

CAM standout senior athlete Lane Spieker announced his intentions on Tuesday to play baseball for Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs.

Spieker just led the Cougars to an 8-Player State Football Championship this fall and has garnered All-State accolades for football and baseball over his career.

The Cougars were one step away from the State Baseball Tournament last season and Spieker had a monster season. He finished the season with 12 homeruns, 54 RBI, 61 runs scored, and 21 stolen bases. Spieker also pitched with a 2.84 ERA and 97 strikeouts.

Quad @ Creston
Creston 60, Glenwood 15
Creston 66, Treynor 9
Creston 73, West Central Valley 0
Glenwood 48, Treynor 27
Glenwood 48, West Central Valley 27
West Central Valley 36, Treynor 22

Quad @ Griswold
Underwood 49, Missouri Valley 27
Underwood 59, Nodaway Valley/O-M 9
Underwood 72. Griswold 6
Missouri Valley 76, Griswold 6
Missouri Valley 54, Nodaway Valley/O-M 22
Nodaway Valley/O-M 54, Griswold 18

Triangular @ Pleasantville
Pleasantville 48, Earlham 28
Pleasantville 58, ACGC 21
ACGC 47, Earlham 21

Quad @ St. Albert
Logan-Magnolia 46, Red Oak 31
Logan-Magnolia 76, St. Albert 6
Logan-Magnolia 54, Riverside 24
Red Oak 32, Riverside 31
Red Oak 54, St. Albert 15
Riverside 48, St. Albert 18

@ Stanberry, MO
Sotuthwest Valley 39, Penney, MO 30
Southwest Valley 42, Stanberry, MO 24
Sourthwest Valley 45, Maryville, MO 18

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference
Kuemper Catholic 44, Atlantic 38
Creston 49, Shenandoah 31
Glenwood 66, Harlan 45
Norwalk 42, Lewis Central 28
OABCIG 35, Denison-Schleswig 34

Western Iowa Conference
AHSTW 51, Missouri Valley 24
Audubon 42, Riverside 25 (Aleah Hermansen becomes Audubon career scoring leader)
Treynor 51, Tri-Center 18
Underwood 63, Logan-Magnolia 43

Rolling Valley Conference
CAM 61, West Harrison 16
Exira-EHK 57, Coon Rapids-Bayard 30
Glidden-Ralston 77, Paton-Churdan 43
Woodbine 74, Ar-We-Va 21

Corner Conference
East Mills 57, Heartland Christian 12
Sidney 44, Fremont-Mills 43
Stanton 65, Essex 33

Pride of Iowa Conference
Central Decatur 49, SE Warren 43
Lenox 57, Southwest Valley 46
Nodaway Valley 85, Bedford 25
Wayne 48, East Union 46

Other Scores
Earlham 39, West Central Valley 36
Panorama 61, Interstate-35 19

BOYS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference
Kuemper Catholic 67, Atlantic 64
Creston 51, Shenandoah 25
Denison-Schleswig 64, OABCIG 55
Harlan 71, Glenwood 49
Norwalk 53, Lewis Central 30

Western Iowa Conference
AHSTW 79, Missouri Valley 40
Audubon 58, Riverside 43
Treynor 49, Tri-Center 33
Underwood 60, Logan-Magnolia 44

Rolling Valley Conference
CAM 48, West Harrison 45
Exira-EHK 68, Coon Rapids-Bayard 46
Glidden-Ralston 61, Paton-Churdan 55
Woodbine 44, Ar-We-Va 43 (OT)

Corner Conference
East Mills 55, Heartland Christian 42
Sidney 60, Fremont-Mills 43
Stanton 78, Essex 5

Pride of Iowa Conference
Bedford 55, Nodaway Valley 34
Lenox 62, SW Valley 39
Wayne 57, East Union 36

Dayton Templeton’s three point attempt that would of tied the game fell short with about 12 seconds left and Kuemper Catholic was able to poke the rebound up the court and run out the clock for a 67-64 win on Tuesday in Atlantic. Atlantic had rallied from down 8 late in the 4th to give themselves a chance for the tie. Atlantic Head Coach Derek Hall thought they did some good things to have an opportunity late.

After a slow start for both teams Atlantic outscored the Knights 20-14 in the second quarter to lead 28-25 at half. The Knights grabbed the lead back early in the third and led by as much as 10 at two different points of the second half. The Knights went just 10-21 at the free throw line in the second half, and 11 of 26 for the game, helping Atlantic stay within striking distance. Coach Hall thought the Trojans did a better job of attacking the paint in the second half.

Kuemper was led by 12 points from Isaac Evans, 11 from Dawson Gifford, and 9 from Dennis Vonnahme. The Knights improved to 2-4 and picked up wins on back to back nights.

Atlantic got 17 from Colton Rasmussen, all in the second half. Dayton Templeton added 13 and Carter Pellett had 12 on four threes in the game. Atlantic fell to 0-5 and will travel to Lewis Central for their next game on Friday.

The Atlantic girls basketball team got within four points of Kuemper Catholic for a long stretch of the fourth quarter but couldn’t get the key basket needed to get closer. Kuemper came away with a 44-38 win and improved to 2-4 on the season.

It was a very close game throughout the first half with both offenses struggling mightily against zone defenses from both squads. Kuemper hit a couple shots in the last minute of the half to lead 17-15 at the break. The Knights then opened the second half on a 7-0 run but Atlantic quickly responded with an 10-2 run to get back within 1. Kuemper led by 5 at the end of the third and hung on with a lead near that mark the rest of the way.

Akuet Malek led the Knights with 12 points, Catherine Mayhall had 11, and Kora Thomsen added 10. The Knights will travel to Greene County on Saturday.

Atlantic got 20 points from Paytn Harter and 13 from Jada Jensen. The Trojans fall to 1-6 on the season and will next up host Lewis Central on Friday before traveling to Nodaway Valley on Saturday.

(Radio Iowa) – While most Iowans aren’t complaining about the unseasonably warm weather we’re having, December highs in the 50s and 60s are making life tough for the state’s snow skiing resorts. Joel Bryan, general manager of Seven Oaks Recreation Area near Boone, says this rollercoaster weather is posing a quite a challenge for his facility.

“With our updated snow-making system, Mother Nature has given us enough cold temperatures to continue to put fresh snow out, but then right after we make snow, it seems like we start getting into the 50s and 60s again,” Bryan says. “We do get a little melt but we are a north-facing slope which gets limited sun exposure, so — so far, so good.” Bryan said he has concerns about tomorrow’s (Wednesday) prediction of potential record-breaking warmth, although he says the winds cause him more trouble than the temperatures.

“The wind will actually melt the snow a little bit faster than just the ambient air temperature will,” Bryan says. “Between those two, we’re definitely going to lose two, three or four inches of our base, but we are sitting with a 12- to 18-inch base on 100% of our runs, so fingers are crossed we can get through this and we get to the end of the week when the cold weather comes back.” The facility is equipped with a sophisticated snow-making system, though certain atmospheric conditions need to be met.

“It looks like Thursday night there’s a possibility we would start making snow again,” he says. “For sure, Friday night, and looking at the long-range forecast from there, it looks like every night from there on out until Christmas we can make snow which is going to allow us to be 100% open for skiing, snowboarding and snowtubing going into the Christmas break.” Sundown Mountain Resort in Dubuque opened most of its ski trails on December 9th and is posting updates about snow conditions on its website.

Class 4A

Others receiving votes: Iowa City, West 25. Iowa City, City High 18. Ankeny 10. Mason City 8. Cedar Rapids, Jefferson 8. Des Moines, Hoover 7. Waterloo, East 7. Des Moines, Lincoln 3. North Scott, Eldridge 3. Cedar Rapids, Kennedy 3. Southeast Polk 1.

Class 3A

Others receiving votes: Bondurant Farrar 21. Carroll 18. Fort Madison 17. Marion 17. Clarke, Osceola 15. Hampton-Dumont (1) 13. Glenwood 12. Humboldt 10. Charles City 8. Waverly-Shell Rock 7. Anamosa 4. Center Point-Urbana 2. West Delaware, Manchester 2. Decorah 2. Assumption, Davenport 1. Spencer 1.

Class 2A

Others receiving votes: Roland-Story 22, Story City 18. Unity Christian, Orange City 17. Beckman Catholic, Dyersville 17. Northeast, Goose Lake 16. Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont 13. Pella Christian 13. South Central Calhoun 13. Union, La Porte City (1) 11. Osage 8. Mediapolis 8. Jesup 7. Hinton 7. Garner-Hayfield-Ventura 7. Central Springs 6. Cardinal, Eldon 4. Forest City 4. Dike-New Hartford 3. Mid-Prairie, Wellman 2. Wilton 2. Rock Valley 1. Cherokee, Washington 1.

Class 1A

Others receiving votes: Newman Catholic, Mason City 13. West Harrison, Mondamin 11. Gladbrook-Reinbeck 11. New London 11. Dunkerton 9. Woodbury Central, Moville 8. Winfield-Mount Union 8. Don Bosco, Gilbertville 7. North Mahaska, New Sharon 7. Riceville 6. Springville 5. East Buchanan, Winthrop 5. West Hancock, Britt 5. Danville 3. WACO, Wayland 3. Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton 1. Wapsie Valley, Fairbank 1.

Dual @ TJ
Bellevue West 55, CB Thomas Jefferson 12
 

GIRLS BASKETBALL

AHSTW 58, Griswold 20
Kuemper Catholic 55, Red Oak 28
Lamoni 60, Orient-Macksburg 24
Newell-Fonda 71, East Sac County 24
Shenandoah 54, Clarinda 38
Underwood 44, St. Albert 29
Wayne 47, Moulton-Udell 34
West Central Valley 58, Paton-Churdan 30

BOYS BASKETBALL

Clarinda 48, Shenandoah 36
Kuemper Catholic 63, Red Oak 50
Lamoni 49, Orient-Macksburg 32
Newell-Fonda 75, East Sac County 41
Wayne 73, Moulton-Udell 37
West Central Valley 54, Paton-Churdan 51