The Atlantic boys basketball team picked up a win over Clarinda Tuesday 68-40 at the Atlantic Middle School gym.  The Trojans jumped out to an early 22-7 lead by the end of the first quarter and bumped the lead up to a commanding 32 by half.  Atlantic Head Coach Alan Jenkins was pleased with how the Trojans played during stretches of the game.

Atlantic was led by 18 points from Scott Leonard and 15 from Austin Alexander, who grabbed is total with 5 threes in the first half.  Atlantic improves to 14-5 on the season and next have a cross-class meeting with Treynor on Friday.  Coach Jenkins talked about the seeding meeting for the postseason on Wednesday.

Clarinda was led by 15 points from Josh Degase as they fall to 3-17 on the year. Their next game is Friday at Creston.