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Girls 1A and 2A basketball teams will try to punch their tickets to State in Regional Finals that will be contested on Wednesday night. We will have coverage on KJAN of the Class 1A Region 8 Final between Exira-EHK and Lenox. That game is being contested in Winterset and Chris Parks will have the pregame at 6:45 p.m. with tipoff at 7:00 p.m. We’ll also have an audio web broadcast on KJANTV of the 2A Region 5 Final between AHSTW and Nodaway Valley. That game will be at Atlantic High School and Jim Field will have coverage with the same timeline.

CLASS 1A

Region 2 @ Greene County
Newell-Fonda (22-1) vs. CAM (17-6)

Region 4 @ Denison
Kingsley-Pierson (22-1) vs. St. Albert (10-12)

Region 8 @ Winterset
Exira-EHK (22-0) vs. Lenox (20-3) -ON KJAN

CLASS 2A

Region 5 @ Atlantic
Nodaway Valley (22-0) vs. AHSTW (17-6) –AUDIO ONLY ON KJANTV

Region 8 @ Lewis Central
Treynor (19-4) vs Underwood (19-3)

The Treynor Cardinals poured in a school record 15 three pointers on their way to an 84-53 victory over the AHSTW Vikings on Tuesday night in the boys Class 2A District 16 Final. Sid Schaaf and Tim Zimmerman combined for 14 of those 15 threes and combined for 62 points to lead the Cardinals to a Substate 8 Final against Van Meter on Saturday night in Atlantic.

Treynor started the game with a fast paced attack and quick transition passing to start with a 7-0 run. They led 21-17 at the end of the first. The Vikings got within 4 late in the second quarter but the Cardinals dropped in a couple of threes late to lead 33-24 at half. Then the Cardinals erupted in the third quarter, outscoring the Vikings 30-12 in the quarter and blew the game open. Sid Schaaf connected on 4 three pointers in that quarter and scored 16 of his game leading 34 points in the period. Tim Zimmerman was red hot from outside and hit 8 threes in the game, two in each quarter of action. Thomas Schwartz added a fourth quarter trey to push the Cardinals to their record mark from downtown; he finished with 11 points.

AHSTW was led by 18 from Raydden Grobe, 13 from Brayden Lund, and 10 from Kyle Sternberg. The Vikings just couldn’t keep pace with the quick passing of the Cardinals and were late on a lot of shot closeouts. The Cardinals also did a good job of preventing Lund from getting many touches until late in the game. He scored 11 of his 13 points in the fourth quarter. AHSTW ends the season with a terrific record of 20-3. It’s a talented young group for the Vikings that returns all of their starters from Tuesday next season.

Treynor improved to 19-4 on the season and claimed the rubber match with the Vikings. The Cardinals will now play for a trip to State on Saturday in Atlantic against a Van Meter team that had to rally late to beat Panorama. That game will be a 7:00 p.m. tipoff Saturday night.

The 2021 Girls State Basketball brackets have been released by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union. Brackets were released Tuesday night following 4A and 5A Regional Finals. The tourney will be held next week at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

In Class 4A Glenwood is the top seed and will open against Dubuque Wahlert on Tuesday at 11:00 a.m. Harlan is the 7 seed and will open up against the 2 seed Ballard on Tuesday at 3:00 p.m.

2021 Girls State Basketball Pairings

Trips to the Girls State Basketball Tournament were on the line Tuesday for Class 4A and 5A schools. Glenwood and Harlan punched tickets to State

Region 1 @ Glenwood
Glenwood 74, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 51

Region 3 @ Dallas Center-Grimes
Dallas Center-Grimes 50, Creston 28

Region 8 @ Denison
Harlan 52, Denison-Schleswig 43

Class 1A and 2A boys basketball District Finals were contested Tuesday night. Winners advanced on to Substate Finals on Saturday.

CLASS 1A

District 12 @ Central Decatur
Mount Ayr 62, Moravia 51

District 13 @ I-35
Martensdale-St. Marys 49, Earlham 47

District 14 @ Red Oak
Tri-Center 53, Riverside 30

District 15 @ Woodward-Granger
Grand View Christian 73, Coon Rapids-Bayard 32

District 16 @ Lewis Central
St. Albert 62, West Harrison 48

CLASS 2A

District 15 @ ADM
Van Meter 57, Panorama 55

District 16 @ CB Abraham Lincoln
Treynor 84, AHSTW 53 – ON KJAN

AMES, Iowa – The Iowa State softball team made history on Tuesday when it was ranked No. 25 in the USA Today / NFCA DI Coaches’ Poll. It’s a milestone for Jamie Pinkerton‘s squad, marking the first-ever appearance in the NFCA’s top-25 in program history.

The Cyclones are coming off a 4-1 weekend at the FAU Strikeout Cancer Tournament, improving to 9-1 overall on the season. Iowa State’s 4-1 mark in Boca Raton included a 9-8 upset over No. 21 Missouri, as well as a pair of wins vs. Ole Miss to book-end the weekend.

Iowa State’s 2021 squad is in nearly unchartered territory, matching the best 10-game start to a season in program history. The Cyclones’ victory over Missouri marked the school’s first-ever team to reach 8-0 to open a season.

The Cyclones return to action this weekend for the GCU Purple Classic in Phoenix, Arizona. No. 25 Iowa State will face Portland State on Friday at noon CT at GCU Softball Stadium.

AMES, Iowa – The Iowa State men’s basketball team will play three makeup games March 1-7 after the Big 12 announced the rescheduling of 12 league games. Times and television assignments will be announced as they become available.

Tuesday, March 2

Texas at Iowa State, 6 p.m., Big 12 Now on ESPN+

Thursday, March 4

Iowa State at Texas Tech

Saturday, March 6

Iowa State at Kansas State

IOWA CITY, Iowa — The Big Ten Conference announced Tuesday that Iowa and Penn State are co-champions of the 2021 conference regular season.

The top-ranked Hawkeyes finished the dual season 5-0. Penn State finished with a 6-0 record. Iowa has won or shared the Big Ten regular season title 11 times in the last 14 years, and 13 times since the conference starting recognizing a dual meet champion in 1999.

In five conference duals, the Hawkeyes’ postseason roster posted a 38-5 record in individual matches, scoring bonus points in 25 bouts. The Hawkeyes have four wrestlers ranked at the top of their respective weight classes, and nine wrestlers ranked fifth or better.

The Hawkeyes return to the mat March 6-7 at the 2021 Big Ten Championships in University Park, Pennsylvania. The two-day tournament is televised live on BTN and streamed at the FOX Sports App. Iowa won the 2020 Big Ten Championships and has won a league-high 36 team titles. Spencer Lee (125) and Alex Marinelli (165) are both defending conference champions. Marinelli also won the conference tournament in 2019.

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Senior Katie Benzan broke her school record with nine 3-pointers and scored a career-high 29 points to lead eighth-ranked Maryland to a 111-93 victory over Iowa on Tuesday. Hawkeyes freshman Caitlin Clark was

Iowa guard Gabbie Marshall, right, shoots a basket against Maryland guard Katie Benzan during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, in College Park, Md. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

equally impressive and made nine shots from beyond the arc, one shy of a program record, and scored 29 of her 34 points in the first half.