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Atlantic travels to Clarinda for hoops doubleheader tonight

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January 17th, 2019 by admin

The Atlantic basketball teams will travel to Clarinda tonight for a doubleheader that was moved up from Friday night due to impending weather. We’ll have coverage on KJAN as the Trojans square off against the Cardinals in Hawkeye Ten hoops.

The girls game will feature teams with matching 1-13 records on the season. Both teams will be searching for their first official conference win. The Cardinals are averaging 29 points per game and have been led by 11 points per outing from senior Taylor Wedemeyer. Aliyah St. Romain has contributed 8 points per out for the Cardinals. Atlantic is averaging 43 points per game as a team and have three players averaging around 10 points per game; Haley Rasmussen, Baylee Newell, and McKenzie Waters.

The boys game will showcase the 4-9 Trojans against he 6-8 Cardinals. Atlantic will be out to try to halt a 7 game losing skid. Both teams are coming off heart-breakers on Tuesday. The Trojans lost at Kuemper Catholic 52-51 on a late basket and the Cardinals fell 62-60 at Creston. Both teams are averaging right at 56 points per game. The Trojans are led by Chase Mullenix with 19 per outing and Tyler Moen has dropped in 15 per game. The Cardinals have four player averaging 9-10 points per contest: Nathan Lindsay (10.4), Matt Millikan (9.6), Connor Brown (8.5), and Alex Best (8.9).

Catch the action on KJAN with pregame starting at about 5:50pm prior to the girls game which is set for a 6:00pm tip-off. Chris Parks will have the call on AM1220, FM101.1, on the web app, and online at www.kjan.com.