CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — D.J. Wilkins tied his season high with 20 points as Drake narrowly beat Southern Illinois 72-69 on Tuesday night. Brady Ellingson had 17 points for Drake (19-7, 8-5 Missouri Valley Conference). Nick McGlynn added 10 points, 13 rebounds and four blocks. Tremell Murphy had seven rebounds for the visitors. Armon Fletcher had 21 points and eight rebounds for the Salukis (13-13, 6-7). Kavion Pippen added 19 points.

The Bulldogs improve to 2-0 against the Salukis for the season. Drake defeated Southern Illinois 82-70 on Jan. 8. Drake matches up against Valparaiso at home on Saturday. Southern Illinois matches up against Indiana State on the road on Saturday.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City 49, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 38
Lewis Central 71, Glenwood 63

Class 1A District 13

Orient-Macksburg 56, Iowa Christian Academy 41

Class 1A District 14

Heartland Christian 52, Essex 37

Class 2A District 14 Quarterfinal

Clarinda 41, Shenandoah 29

Tri-Center 52, Red Oak 23

POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS

Alta-Aurelia vs. Missouri Valley, ppd. to Feb 13th.
Carroll vs. Humboldt, ccd.
Harlan vs. Creston, ppd. to Feb 15th.
Lenox vs. Diagonal, ppd. to Feb 13th.
Mount Ayr vs. AC/GC, ppd. to Feb 13th.
Sergeant Bluff-Luton vs. Denison-Schleswig, ccd

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City 60, Lewis Central 44

Class 1A Region 1 Quarterfinal

Kingsley-Pierson 72, Akron-Westfield 61

Class 1A Region 8 Quarterfinal

Newell-Fonda 92, Siouxland Christian 46
Westwood, Sloan 76, Boyer Valley, Dunlap 38

Class 2A Region 7 Quarterfinal

Van Meter 43, Earlham 38

Class 2A Region 8 Quarterfinal

IKM-Manning 44, Logan-Magnolia 39
Sidney 53, A-H-S-T-W 48
Treynor 72, St. Albert, Council Bluffs 37
Woodbury Central, Moville 52, West Monona 37

POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS

Ar-We-Va, Westside vs. West Harrison, Mondamin, ppd. to Feb 13th.
CAM, Anita vs. Audubon, ppd. to Feb 13th.
Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton vs. Glidden-Ralston, ppd. to Feb 13th.
Griswold vs. Fremont Mills, Tabor, ppd. to Feb 13th.
Lamoni vs. Bedford, ppd. to Feb 13th.
Nodaway Valley vs. Southwest Valley, ppd. to Feb 13th.
Panorama, Panora vs. Woodward-Granger, ppd. to Feb 13th.
Seymour vs. Lenox, ppd. to Feb 13th.

Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Barry Brown and Xavier Sneed each scored 16 points, and No. 18 Kansas State beat Texas 71-64 for its ninth straight Big 12 victory. Three other Wildcats scored in double figures, Dean Wade with 12 points, and Kamau Stokes and Makol Mawien with 11 apiece.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Emmitt Thomas announced his retirement Tuesday as the defensive backs coach of the Kansas City Chiefs, ending an NFL career that began as a Hall of Fame player and wound up spanning five decades. Thomas spent 13 seasons playing for the Chiefs, helping the organization to a pair of Super Bowl appearances and their only championship in 1970. The two-time All-Pro has been coaching since 1978, the past eight years in Kansas City.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri locked down on the final defensive possession and squeaked by Arkansas to win 79-78. The Tigers were up three points with 17 seconds remaining when Arkansas’ Daniel Gafford threw down an alley-oop dunk from Jalen Harris.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The organization that investigates accusations of sexual misconduct and abuse in sports in the U.S. has halted its probe into figure skater John Coughlin, the two-time national pairs champion who died by suicide last month. The U.S. Center for SafeSport said there was no reason to continue its probe into allegations sexual misconduct against Coughlin because its purpose is to “protect the sport community and other covered persons from the risks associated with sexual misconduct and abuse.”

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Kansas State guard Cartier Diarra sustained an injury to his hand that will require surgery, robbing the No. 18 Wildcats of their top backup as they cling to the Big 12 lead. Wildcats coach Bruce Weber says Diarra did not accompany the team on its trip to play at Texas.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — The Southeastern and Big Ten conferences have a series of matchups with ranked teams that will have a big impact atop the league standings. Those games include No. 1 Tennessee’s trip to No. 5 Kentucky as the headliner on the week’s AP Top 25 schedule as well as No. 11 Michigan State’s visit to No. 20 Wisconsin. The week also includes No. 2 Duke’s trip to No. 16 Louisville in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

(Radio Iowa) — A spokesman for the Iowa D-N-R, Mick Klemesrude says the sale of fishing licenses was down a bit in 2018. “I think if you look back we had kind of a really strange spring where I think we had snow all the way into middle April,” Klemesrude says. “And when you have some of those crazy fluctuations in temperatures we tend to not see some of the license sales that you would have if you have a nice, steady spring.”

There were 201-thousand-765 annual licenses sold — while some people decided to buy a three-year hunting or fishing license. Klemesrude says they sold 75-hundred of those type of fishing licenses, which he says is right around average. They sell anywhere form two to three thousand of the hunting licenses each year. The fees for hunting and fishing licenses went up starting January 1st and Klemesrude says they aren’t sure how that might impact sales. “We tried to do it as way where we don’t have sticker shock. We tried to keep all of those below a 20-percent increase,” according to Klemesrude. “We think Iowans will absorb that cost and keep going out there and enjoying everything.”

He says it has been 15 or more years since they raised the prices and most anglers and hunters supported the increase — because they know it will help them. “Our hunting and fishing areas are supported by license fees and the people who purchase those licenses, so its a benefit that goes right back to the user,” Klemesrude says. The D-N-R also offers a lifetime hunting or fishing license for anyone over the age of 65. “Those are pretty steady sales, and we would always joke with them that you have to make three to three-and-a-half years and you are ahead of the game,” Klemesrude says.

There were around 75-hundred lifetime fishing licenses sold in 2018 and nearly three-thousand lifetime hunting licenses.

The Iowa High School Athletic Association announced on Tuesday morning that due to school closings around the state on Tuesday wrestlers will get a little weigh-in leniency for State Duals and the Individual State Tournament.

State Dual Team participants will receive a one-pound scale allowance for State Duals, and if a wrestler has qualified for the growth allowance of two pounds there would be a total of three pounds allowed.

Individual State qualifiers will receive a two-pound scale allowance on every day of the tournament, plus the two-pound growth allowance for a total of four pounds.

Check out the full release here: 2.12.19-Weight-Allowance

BOYS BASKETBALL

1A District 12: Diagonal @ Lenox is postponed to Wednesday, February 13th at 5:00pm

2A District 13: AC/GC vs. Mount Ayr and Panorama vs. West Central Valley doublheader (@ West Central Valley) has been postponed to Wednesday, February 13th. Times the same 6:30pm and 8:00pm.

Creston @ Harlan has been postponed to Friday, February 16th.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

1A Region 5: Moravia @ Montezuma is postponed to Wednesday, February 13th at 7:00pm.
1A Region 6: Murray @ Diagonal is postponed to Wednesday, February 13th at 7:00pm.
1A Region 6: Lenox vs. Seymour (@ Centerville) is postponed to Wednesday, February 13th at 7:00pm.
1A Region 6: Bedford @ Lamoni is postponed to Wednesday, February 13th at 7:00pm.
1A Region 7: Audubon @ CAM is postponed to Wednesday, February 13th at 7:00pm. ON KJAN
1A Region 7: Fremont-Mills @ Griswold is postponed to Wednesday, February 13th at 6:00pm.
1A Region 7: Paton-Churdan @ Colo-Nesco is postponed to Wednesday, February 13th at 7:30pm.
1A Region 8: Glidden-Ralston @ Exira-EHK is postponed to Wednesday, February 13th at 7:00pm.
1A Region 8: West Harrison @ Ar-We-Va is postponed to Wednesday, February 13th at 7:00pm.

2A Region 6: Mount Ayr @ Central Decatur is postponed to Wednesday, February 13th at 7:00pm.
2A Region 6: East Marshall @ Martensdale St. Marys is postponed to Wednesday, February 13th at 7:00pm.
2A Region 7: Southwest Valley @ Nodaway Valley is postponed to Wednesday, February 13th at 7:00pm.

BOWLING

The 2A-District 3 State Qualifying Meet at Council Bluffs Thunderbowl has been postponed to Thursday, February 14th at 12:00pm.

(From godarkebulldogs.com) DES MOINES – On the opening day of Iowa high school track and field season and the first practices of the year, the Drake Relays presented by Hy-Vee announced additions to the high school fields for the 2019 edition of “America’s Athletic Classic”.

The Iowa high school boys and girls divisions will add the 400-meter dash to the competition schedule running two heats of eight in a timed final, tentatively scheduled for early in the Friday evening session on April 26.  This will be the first new event in the high school division since the boys shuttle hurdle relay was added in 2009.

“For the third consecutive year, I’m proud that our initial Drake Relays announcement comes on the first day of Iowa High School track practice.  The 400-meters is an iconic track and field event”, stated Blake Boldon, the Franklin P. Johnson Drake Relays Director.  “A few years ago we saw Kirani James run an amazing 44.08.  Now we get to see Iowa’s best high school athletes test themselves at this distance on the Blue Oval.”

The high school 4×100 relay will also see a change increasing from 80 entries to 96 selected teams for the boys and girls events and moving back to its previous position on the schedule of Saturday morning, April 27, with finals later that afternoon.  The selected fields will be based on times submitted in the online entry process which opens on Monday, March 4th.

“The expansion of the 4×100 affords more teams and athletes the opportunity to experience the energy of the Drake Relays presented by Hy-Vee.  The number of teams now mirrors the number of 4×100 relay teams that qualify for the state meet and we hope this continues to grow the sport statewide”, continued Boldon.

The “High School Blue Standards” for 2019 have been set, including the addition of the 400 meters.  If any of these marks are attained prior to the entry deadline for the Drake Relays, that athlete is guaranteed to be in the meet provided their coach follows the entry procedures.  An athlete does not have to meet these standards to be considered for entry in the Drake Relays. We encourage those who achieve the Blue Standard to post on social media mentioning @DrakeRelays using the hashtags #MYDRAKERELAYS and #BLUEOVALBOUND. The 2019 Blue Standards can be found HERE.

Today’s news also includes the announcement of a new ticket package opportunity.  The Drake Ticket Office announced today that group ticket packages are available for the first time, allowing any group of ten or more to reserve seats in the south end of the stadium at a reduced rate.  All-Session tickets are now on sale at draketix.com/drakerelays or call 515-271-3647.  For group ticket packages or more information, contact Dustin in the Drake Ticket Office at 515-271-4949.

The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Iowa high school basketball poll with first-place votes in parentheses and won-loss record, total points and position last week at right:

Others receiving votes: Ames 11. Des Moines, North 5. Sioux City, West 5. Linn-Mar, Marion 4. Indianola 4.

Others receiving votes: Glenwood 8. West Delaware, Manchester 5. Spencer 4. Marion 1. Xavier, Cedar Rapids 1.

Others receiving votes: Pella Christian 20. Woodward-Granger 5. Mediapolis 4. Mount Ayr 3. Sioux Center 3. Garner-Hayfield/Ventura 2. Forest City 1. OA-BCIG 1.

Others receiving votes: Easton Valley 14. Notre Dame, Burlington 11. Prince of Peace Prep, Clinton 11. Stanton 8. Calamus-Wheatland 4. Belle Plaine 3. Newell-Fonda 2. East Mills 1.

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