Trips to the Girls State Basketball Tournament are on the line tonight for Class 4A and 5A schools. Here is a look at the area match-ups in Class 4A that all start at 7:00 p.m.

Region 1 @ Glenwood
Glenwood (18-3) vs. Sergeant Bluff-Luton (13-8)

Region 3 @ Dallas Center-Grimes
Dallas Center-Grimes (19-2) vs. Creston (14-6)

Region 8 @ Denison
Denison-Schleswig (18-4) vs. Harlan (16-5)

Class 1A and 2A boys basketball District Finals will be contested tonight. Teams are trying to earn their way to the Substate Finals on Saturday. Here is a look at area match-ups and all games are set for 7:00 p.m. tipoffs.

CLASS 1A

District 12 @ Central Decatur
Mount Ayr (18-4) vs. Moravia (19-4)

District 13 @ I-35
Martensdale-St. Marys (22-0) vs. Earlham (13-7)

District 14 @ Red Oak
Tri-Center (19-3) vs. Riverside (12-10)

District 15 @ Woodward-Granger
Grand View Christian (18-1) vs. Coon Rapids-Bayard (7-9)

District 16 @ Lewis Central
St. Albert (10-12) vs. West Harrison (18-5)

CLASS 2A

District 15 @ ADM
Van Meter (15-6) vs. Panorama (18-4)

District 16 @ CB Abraham Lincoln
AHSTW (20-2) vs. Treynor (18-4) – ON KJAN

DES MOINES – Today brings exciting news to young track and field athletes from across the state of Iowa. We are pleased to announce that the high school division for the 2021 Drake Relays presented by Xtream powered by Mediacom will be held this spring, following a year’s absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic. All of the high school competitions will be held at Drake Stadium on Thursday, April 22, and tentatively from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Strict COVID-19 protocols will be enforced.

“This is a terrific and truly exceptional opportunity for Iowa high school athletes,” said Blake Boldon, the Franklin “Pitch” Johnson Director of the Drake Relays. “We are especially excited about this news because many of the nation’s top collegiate events, including the Kansas Relays, Florida Relays and others, have already announced they won’t host high school competitors this spring. We are working very closely with the Iowa High School Athletic Association and the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union, as well as public health and other officials, to define appropriate COVID-19 protocols and create a safe experience for high school competitors and coaches.”

Entries for high schools will open on Monday, March 8, and the Blue Standard qualifying marks will be announced shortly. Given the unusual and challenging circumstances, many specific details are yet to be finalized. When final decisions have been made regarding competition and entry procedures, that information will be posted at DrakeRelays.org.

At this time, the following details have been confirmed:

• All high school running events will be run as finals, except for the 4×100 meter relay which will have preliminaries.
• All high school field events will have preliminaries and finals.
• The 4×100 meter relay qualifiers will likely be reduced from 96 to 48 teams for high school boys, and from 96 teams to 48 teams for high school girls.
• The number of qualifiers for all other high school events will remain the same as in 2019, the most recent year of high school competition at the Drake Relays.

Decisions and guidelines regarding spectators and ticketing are still being made. Details will be announced as soon as possible. This information will be posted to the Drake Relays website and shared via Drake Relays social media accounts.

“These are unique and very challenging times,” Boldon said. “We are proud to be moving forward with the high school competition for this year’s Drake Relays.  The competition will be a single day to simplify travel for high schools and we selected Thursday to best align with NCAA protocols for a national caliber university competition to follow.  We appreciate the incredible amount of understanding and cooperation necessary in order to host a successful and safe event for our Iowa high school athletes. They deserve a special day in the spotlight, and we look forward to making that happen for them.”

The 7:20-a.m. Sportscast with Jim Field.

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Atlantic outscored Creston 16-9 in the fourth quarter and grabbed a win in a Class 3A Substate 8 Quarterfinal 53-47 on Monday night.

Creston jumped on top early and led 13-8 at the end of the first and 29-25 at half. The Trojans got the first two buckets of the second half to grab their first lead at 30-29. The lead see-sawed back and forth for the rest of the way. Grant Sturm and Ethan Sturm hit big threes early in the 4th to put Atlantic on top and Grant came up huge late at the foul line. Sturm stepped to the line with Atlantic up one and nailed two free throws in the bonus to push the lead to 3. He proceeded to hit 3 more straight free throws to help Atlantic seal the win.

Skyler Handlos had 14 of his game high 19 points in the first half to pave the way. Ethan Sturm had 9 and Grant Sturm had 8. Atlantic improved to 13-6 on the season and earned a trip to Glenwood to face the Rams in the Substate Semifinal on Thursday night at 7:00 p.m. Glenwood took down Clarke 75-48 in their Quarterfinal game.

Creston was led by 11 points each from Colby Burg and Evan Bruce. The Panthers close their season with a 10-10 record.

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Girls State Bowling for Class 1A and 2A teams and indviduals was constested on Monday at Cadillac XBC in Waterloo. Class 3A will compete on Tuesday starting at 8:30 a.m.

In Class 1A the top area individual finisher was Madi Pulliams of Clarinda in 20th, Chelsey Hoakison of Lenox was 21st. Lenox finished 8th in the team competition with a 2,346 pin total.

In Class 2A Denison-Schleswig’s Claire Miller earned a third place medal with a 467 two game total. Brianna Musgrave was 14th for the Monarchs. Denison-Schleswig finished 6th in the team competition with a 2,574 total.

Class 1A Ind. | Class 1A Team |Class 2A Ind. | Class 2A Team

The Boys State Tournament will be held at the same location with Class 3A going in the afternoon on Tuesday, February 23rd and Class 2A and 1A splitting the morning and afternoon on Wednesday, February 24th.

CLASS 3A

Substate 1
Sioux Center @ Carroll PPD to Tuesday @ 7:00 p.m.
Storm Lake 66, MOC-Floyd Valley 54
LeMars 61, Bishop Heelan 43
Sergeant Bluff-Luton 54, Denison-Schleswig 23

Substate 8
Dallas Center-Grimes 85, Perry 12
ADM 54, Harlan 44
Glenwood 75, Clarke 48
Atlantic 53, Creston 47 – ON KJAN

CLASS 4A

Substate 1
Sioux City West 78, CB Thomas Jefferson 40
Sioux CIty East 75, Sioux City North 43

Substate 7
Urbandale 66, Lewis Central 46
Des Moines East 82, Des Moines North 70

IRVING, Texas – Iowa State women’s basketball guard Lexi Donarski picked up her fourth Freshman of the Week award, the league announced Monday.

Donarski averaged 16.0 points, 4.5 assists and 3.0 rebounds per game en route to her fourth Freshman of the Week honor. Against the Jayhawks, Donarski tallied her fourth 20-point effort of her career with 20 points, four rebounds and four assists as she helped ISU to their 12^th-straight win over KU. Against the Cowgirls, she totaled 12 points and added a team-high five assists to go along with two rebounds.

Donarski is averaging 13.0 points on the season, which is the most of any freshman in the Big 12, while shooting 40.7 percent from the field and 41.0 percent from long range.

The honor was the seventh Freshman of the Week honor for the Cyclones this season, as fellow freshmen Emily Ryan (2) and Kylie Feuerbach (1) have also claimed the honors for the Cyclones.

Iowa State returns to the court on Wednesday, Feb. 24 at 6:30 p.m. to take on No. 18 West Virginia at home for Senior Night on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.

IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa freshman Caitlin Clark was named Big Ten Women’s Basketball Freshman of the Week and Player of the Week Honor Roll, the conference announced Monday.

Clark has tallied 18 Big Ten Weekly honors on the season, including a Big Ten record 11 freshman honors, four Big Ten Player of the Week honors, and three Player of the Week Honor Roll nods. Minnesota’s Amanda Zahui B. is the only other freshman to earn four Player of the Week nods. Her four Big Ten Player of the Week honors as a freshman are believed to be the NCAA record.

Clark recorded her fourth consecutive and eighth total 30-point game of the season in Iowa’s, 96-78, win over Penn State. Her eight 30-point games are the most this season by any student-athlete in NCAA Division I women’s basketball and most by a freshman since the 2009-10 season when Oral Roberts’ Kevi Luper and Delaware’s Elena Delle Donne accomplished the feat.

The West Des Moines, Iowa, native filled her stat line against the Nittany Lions with seven assists, six rebounds, a steal, and a block.

Clark now ranks second on Iowa’s all-time freshman scoring list with 485 points, second on the 3-pointers made list with 63, and third on the assists list with 119 on the season. The scoring and 3-point record holder is Jaime Printy with 501 points and 82, 3-pointers during the 2009-10 season, and the assist record holder is Kathleen Doyle (1016-17) with 148. Clark is the only Iowa freshman to record 400-plus points, 100-plus rebounds, and 100-plus assists in a season.

Clark and the Hawkeyes travel to College Park, Maryland, to take on the No. 8/10 Terrapins on Tuesday, Feb. 23 inside Xfinity Center. Tipoff is set for noon (CT) on Big Ten Network.