MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Miles McBride scored 18 points, including the go-ahead free throws with 21 seconds left, to lift No. 8 West Virginia to a 70-65 victory over Iowa State. Derek Culver had 18 points and 12 rebounds for the Mountaineers, who scored the final six points.

Iowa State guard Rasir Bolton (45) protects the ball from West Virginia guard Miles McBride (4) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Morgantown, W.V., Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. (William Wotring/The Dominion-Post via AP)

They overcame poor shooting in their conference opener by making 14 of 16 free throws over the final six minutes. West Virginia made just one field goal over the final eight minutes and shot 38% (21 of 55) for the game. Rasir Bolton scored a season-high 25 points for Iowa State, which couldn’t overcome 21 turnovers.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Atlantic 53, Lewis Central 47
Denison-Schleswig 47, Clarinda 39
Glenwood 66, Creston 54

Western Iowa Conference

AHSTW 69, Missouri Valley 37
Logan-Magnolia 61, Audubon 34
Treynor 58, Riverside 51

Rolling Valley Conference

Ar-We-Va 52, Glidden-Ralston 34
Boyer Valley 72, Coon Rapids-Bayard 59
Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 65, West Harrison, Mondamin 58
Woodbine 73, Paton-Churdan 45

Corner Conference

East Mills 59, Griswold 38
Stanton 39, Fremont Mills 38

Pride of Iowa Conference

Twin Cedars 55, Southeast Warren 43

Other Scores

Bishop Heelan Catholic 58, CB Thomas Jefferson 32
CB Abraham Lincoln 82, Sioux City, West 46
Gilbert 66, Winterset 60
Madrid 72, West Central Valley, Stuart 41
Ridge View 50, OA-BCIG 43

POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS=

Diagonal vs. Lamoni, ppd.
Shenandoah vs. St. Albert, Council Bluffs, ppd.
Sidney vs. Essex, ppd.
Tri-Center, Neola vs. IKM-Manning, ppd.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Lewis Central 66, Atlantic 34
Denison-Schleswig 57, Clarinda 38
Glenwood 80, Creston 51
Shenandoah 43, St. Albert 42

Western Iowa Conference

AHSTW 65, Missouri Valley 22
Logan-Magnolia 47, Audubon 38
Treynor 61, Riverside 19

Rolling Valley Conference

Coon Rapids-Bayard 50, Boyer Valley 34
Exira-EHK 65, West Harrison 17
Glidden-Ralston 44, Ar-We-Va, Westside 31
Paton-Churdan 57, Woodbine 44

Corner Conference

East Mills 53, Griswold 44
Stanton 40, Fremont Mills 37

Pride of Iowa Conference

Grandview Christian 49, Martensdale-St. Marys 43
Southeast Warren 49, Twin Cedars 30

Other Scores

Ballard 40, Carroll 22
Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City 60, CB Thomas Jefferson 26
Panorama 67, AC/GC 52
Ridge View 39, OA-BCIG 29
Van Meter 37, Earlham 29

POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS

Diagonal vs. Lamoni, ppd.
Tri-Center vs. IKM-Manning, ppd.

The Atlantic Trojans basketball teams head to Council Bluffs tonight for a varsity doubleheader and we’ll have coverage on KJAN and KJANTV!

Tune in for pre game at 5:50 p.m. with the girls set to tip-off at 6:00 p.m. and the boys to follow. Chris Parks and Mike Smith have the call.

(By The Associated Press undefined) – There’s actually a ranking service to determines who the best clutch coach in the NFL is. The EdjSports Coach Rankings are an assessment of performance of every NFL head coach on such things as overall team strengths, execution and fourth-down decisions. The ratings give considerable weight to fourth downs because they often have a major impact on outcomes of games. They are pre-snap decisions that are totally attributable to the coach regardless of the outcome.

Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid watches his team during the first half of an NFL football game against the Miami Dolphins, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

And those ratings come up with Super Bowl champion Andy Reid. Indianapolis coach Frank Reich is second followed by Green Bay’s Matt LaFleur.

IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa head football coach Kirk Ferentz has tested positive for COVID-19. Ferentz tested positive during his regularly scheduled rapid antigen test Thursday morning, followed by a PCR test to confirm the diagnosis. He is asymptomatic and will remain home until Dec. 27, 2020. Players, coaches, and staff members are tested daily as part of the Big Ten Conference return to play protocols.

Iowa’s scheduled game against Michigan was canceled earlier this week due to the high number of positive tests within the Michigan football program. Because of the cancellation, Iowa players were given the week off to focus on finals and enjoy the holiday.

“We have been fortunate this season to have played eight games and to have very few positive cases,“ said Ferentz. “When the team returns to practice on Tuesday, I will participate via zoom and our collective focus will be on preparing for the bowl game.”

The Hawkeye football team will learn its bowl invitation Sunday afternoon.

2020 FOURTH Iowa Girls High School High School Basketball Rankings
Compiled by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union
Thursday, December 17, 2020

Class 1A
School Record LW
1 Algona Bishop Garrigan 7-0 2
2 Newell-Fonda 5-1 1
3 St. Ansgar 5-0 3
4 Kingsley-Pierson 8-0 4
5 MMCRU 5-1 5
6 Springville 6-0 6
7 Exira-EHK 5-0 7
8 Collins-Maxwell 6-0 8
9 Montezuma 4-1 9
10 CAM 4-0 10
11 Winfield-Mount Union 7-0 14
12 Turkey Valley 5-2 13
13 Logan-Magnolia 3-1 15
14 Burlington Notre Dame 3-1 NR
15 North Mahaska 4-1 NR
Dropped Out: Lynnville-Sully (11), Council Bluffs St. Albert (12)

Class 2A
1 Maquoketa Valley 5-0 2
2 South Central Calhoun 7-0 3
3 North Linn 6-0 4
4 Dike-New Hartford 5-0 5
5 West Branch 4-1 1
6 Nodaway Valley 5-0 7
7 West Hancock 6-0 8
8 Grundy Center 3-0 10
9 Denver 3-2 11
10 Treynor 5-1 13
11 Central Lyon 5-1 15
12 AHSTW 5-2 9
13 Bellevue 5-0 NR
14 Jesup 6-1 12
15 Underwood 7-0 NR
Dropped Out: West Monona (6), Sibley-Ocheyedan (14)

Class 3A
1 Cherokee 7-0 3
2 Des Moines Christian 7-1 1
3 Clear Lake 6-0 4
4 Center Point-Urbana 5-1 5
5 Unity Christian 5-1 7
6 West Liberty 2-2 2
7 Osage 3-1 11
8 Davenport Assumption 2-3 8
9 Roland-Story 0-2 9
10 Panorama 5-1 6
11 West Burlington 6-0 NR
12 West Lyon 3-1 13
13 Iowa Falls-Alden 6-0 14
14 Clarion-Goldfield-Dows 4-1 10
15 Hampton-Dumont-CAL 4-1 15
Dropped Out: Estherville-LC (12)

Class 4A
1 Glenwood 4-0 1
2 Gilbert 6-0 2
3 Ballard 6-0 3
4 Central DeWitt 4-0 5
5 North Scott 3-0 6
6 Dallas Center-Grimes 6-1 11
7 Waverly-Shell Rock 4-1 4
8 Denison-Schleswig 4-1 9
9 Grinnell 3-1 8
10 Creston 6-1 12
11 Bondurant-Farrar 2-1 13
12 Dubuque Wahlert 2-2 7
13 Harlan 4-1 10
14 Clear Creek-Amana 4-1 14
15 Spencer 6-1 NR
Dropped Out: Keokuk (15)

Class 5A
1 Southeast Polk 1-0 2
2 Johnston 0-0 3
3 Waukee 0-0 4
4 Iowa City West 0-0 4
5 Cedar Falls 4-0 6
6 Waterloo West 1-1 1
7 Ankeny Centennial 2-0 7
8 Iowa City High 0-0 8
9 Davenport North 0-0 9
10 Des Moines Roosevelt 0-0 10
11 Ames 2-0 11
12 Cedar Rapids Washington 2-0 NR
13 Dowling Catholic 3-0 13
14 West Des Moines Valley 0-0 14
15 Indianola 4-1 15
Dropped Out: Muscatine (12)

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IRVING, Texas (AP) — Iowa State has swept the Big 12′s top individual football awards as determined by a vote of the league coaches. Running back Breece Hall has been named the conference’s offensive player of the year and junior linebacker Mike Rose the top defensive player. Iowa State’s Matt Campbell was named the league’s coach of the year in the All-Big 12 selections. The Cyclones play five-time defending Big 12 champion Oklahoma in conference championship game Saturday.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — No. 8 Iowa State will have to beat No. 12 Oklahoma again to win the Big 12 title. The first conference championship game in school history for the 8-2 Cyclones is a rematch against the 7-2 Sooners. Oklahoma is going for its sixth Big 12 title in a row on Saturday. The Sooners have won six games in a row since their 37-30 loss to the Cyclones on October 3. Iowa State has a five-game winning streak since its only Big 12 loss to Oklahoma State.

NEW YORK (AP) — Marcus Zegarowski scored 20 points, shooting 6 for 7 from 3-point range, and No. 9 Creighton cruised to a 94-76 victory over St. John’s. Denzel Mahoney had 16 points and freshman center Ryan Kalkbrenner added a season-best 15 off the bench to help the Bluejays bounce back from a home loss to Marquette in their conference opener Monday night. Damien Jefferson had 10 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists, and Christian Bishop added 11 points and 10 rebounds for Creighton. Julian Champagnie led the Red Storm with 17 points as St. John’s fell to 0-3 in Big East play.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — With six 100-yard receiving games already, the Chiefs’ Travis Kelce is poised to become the first tight end in NFL history to lead the league in receiving. He has 1,250 yards with three games still to play, giving him a 70-yard lead over Seattle Seahawks wide receiver DK Metcalf and another 13 yards over the Buffalo Bills’ Stefon Diggs — oh, and teammate Tyreek Hill is at 1,158 yards. Kelce is having just as special of a year off the field, too. He was recently made the Chiefs nominee for the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award for his work with children from impoverished backgrounds.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is finally getting his first chance to play in a city where he very well might have ended up starting his NFL career if Kansas City hadn’t traded up to get him. Saints coach Sean Payton has said Mahomes and Marshon Lattimore were the top two prospects under consideration with the 11th overall pick in 2017 when the Chiefs traded for the 10th overall pick and took the QB that led them to last season’s Super Bowl triumph. Lattimore says it worked out well for both teams and that he is excited to play against Mahomes.

@ LEWIS CENTRAL

Atlantic-CAM 54, Lewis Central 17
Atlantic-CAM 54, Kuemper Catholic 22
Lewis Central 59, Kuemper Catholic 24

@ DENISON-SCHLESWIG

AHSTW 51, Denison-Schleswig 30
AHSTW 52, Red Oak 19
AHSTW 51, St. Albert 27
Red Oak 36, Denison-Schleswig 33
Red Oak 40, St. Albert 36
St. Albert 33, Denison-Schleswig 30

@ GRISWOLD

East Mills 48, Southwest Iowa 27
East Mills 42, East Atchison, MO 30

@ HARLAN

Harlan 34, Clarinda 32
Harlan 66, Shenandoah 6
Clarinda 48, Shenandoah 6

@ LEMARS

LeMars 66, Thomas Jefferson 6
Sioux City North 60, Thomas Jefferson 6

@ SERGEANT BLUFF-LUTON

Sergeant Bluff-Luton 54, Abraham Lincoln 12
Abraham Lincoln def Sioux City West

@ WAYNE

Nodaway Valley 31, East Union 30
Nodaway Valley 48, Mount Ayr 18
Nodaway Valley 54, Wayne 11
East Union 48, Wayne 12
East Union 39, Mount Ayr 18
Mount Ayr 36, Wayne 18

The Atlantic boys swimming team competed at Carroll on Thursday night. The Trojans had two winners: Alex Sampson in the 50 Freestyle and Bryan York in the 500 Freestyle. Check out the full results for the Trojans below.

200 Free

Bryan York 2:01.90  3rd place
Alex Lihs 2:10.29  5th place

200 IM

Brayden Atkinson  2:22.44  2nd place

50 Freestyle JV

Bryce Schmidtke 30.39 1st

50 Freestyle Varsity

Alex Sampson 24.46 1st
Dawsen Sorensen 30 71 6th

100 Freestyle JV

Dawsen Sorensen 1:09.24  2nd place
Bryce Schmidtke 1:09.90 3rd place

100 Freestyle Varsity

Alex Sampson 55.17 3rd place
Brayden Atkinson 55.82 4th place

500 Freestyle

Bryan York 5:25.04 1st place

200 Freestyle Relay

3rd place 1:41.93 Alex Sampson, Alex Lihs, Bryan York, Brayden Atkinson

100 Backstroke

Alex Lihs 1:06.12 5th place

400 Freestyle Relay

2nd place 3:46.95 Alex Sampson, Alex Lihs, Bryan York, Brayden Atkinson