2018 Iowa Girls High School Basketball Rankings
Compiled by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union
Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Class 1A

Dropped Out: West Monona (15)

Class 2A

Dropped Out: None

Class 3A

Dropped Out: Anamosa (15)

Class 4A

Dropped Out: Bishop Heelan (15)

Class 5A

Dropped Out: None

The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union released the Regional basketball pairing for Class 4A and Class 5A on Wednesday. All game times will be 7:00pm on their respective nights.

Locally in Class 4A Region 1 opening round games on Wednesday, February 14th will have Carroll at Storm Lake and Spencer at Sergeant Bluff-Luton. Winner of the first game will play at Denison-Schleswig on the 17th. Winner of the second game will play at LeMars.

Class 4A Region 8 first round games on the 14th will have ADM at Winterest and Glenwood at Harlan. Winner of the first game will play at Lewis Central and winner of the second game will play at Bishop Heelan on the 17th.

In Class 5A Thomas Jefferson will host Sioux City North in a pigtail game on the 14th in Region 4. The winner there will travel to Southeast Polk on the 17th. Abraham Lincoln is in Region 6 and will travel to Sioux City West for a pigtail game on the 14th. Winner there will play at Johnston on the 17th.

Full brackets can be seen here: 184ABBPairings 185ABBPairings

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Two teams needing a victory collide in East Lansing as the Iowa Hawkeye women visit Michigan State, tonight (Thursday). Both teams are 4-5 in the Big Ten. The Hawkeyes are looking to bounce back from a lopsided loss at home against Nebraska. Iowa coach Lisa Bluder. (Click on the left side of the audio bar to listen)

Bluder says the Hawkeyes face a similar challenge against the Spartans.

You can hear the game on KJAN beginning with the pre-game show at 4:45-p.m. Tip-off is at 5.

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AMES, Iowa (AP) — Donovan Jackson scored 25 points, Lindell Wigginton added 22 and Iowa State upset 15th-ranked West Virginia 93-77 on Wednesday night, sending the short-handed Mountaineers to their fifth loss in six games. Cameron Lard scored 18 points with 13 rebounds for the Cyclones (12-9, 3-6 Big 12). They took advantage of the absence of West Virginia’s Daxter Miles Jr. (illness) by handing the Mountaineers (16-6, 5-4) their biggest defeat since a 23-point blowout at the hands of Texas A&M in the opener.

The Cyclones had West Virginia playing catch-up from the opening tip. The Mountaineers caught them just once — but were never able to overtake them. West Virginia fell behind 25-11 after allowing Iowa State to hit 10 of its first 13 shots. The Mountaineers rallied with an 18-4 run, but the Cyclones answered with a 24-11 spurt and went back ahead 53-40. Iowa State continued its torrid shooting in the second half. Jackson’s fifth 3 gave it a 74-60 lead, and Wigginton’s drive at the end of the shot clock made it 84-70 with 4:38 left. The Cyclones committed just eight turnovers against the league’s leader in turnover margin despite missing point guard Nick Weiler-Babb to knee tendinitis. Jevon Carter scored 18 points and Esa Ahmad and Sagaba Konate each had 17 for West Virginia.

Iowa State Coach Steve Prohm had to be encouraged by his team’s effort after a 68-45 home loss to Tennessee that left he and his players calling the Cyclones “soft” more than once. Iowa State showed resolve against a team that had won four of the previous five meetings in the series. Iowa State plays at Baylor on Saturday.

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Ryan Taylor hit 3 of 5 from beyond the three-point arc to score 25 points and help power Evansville to a 57-49 win over Northern Iowa in a clash of Missouri Valley Conference squads Wednesday night. Taylor topped 20 points for the 12th time this season by hitting 10 of 17 from the field. Evansville earned its first three-game win streak of the season after knocking off Drake, 77-73 Saturday.

The teams were tied at intermission, 21-21, and the Panthers got within four points, 45-41 after Bennett Koch converted a pair of free throws with 7:08 left, but the Purple Aces responded with an 8-1 run for an 11-point lead. Blake Simmons scored 15 points and grabbed 15 rebounds for Evansville (15-9, 5-6). Koch finished with 19 points, converting 9 of 14 from the free-throw line to lead Northern Iowa (11-12, 3-8).

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

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Donovan Jackson scored 25 points and Lindell Wigginton added 22 as Iowa State upset 15th-ranked West Virginia 93-77. It was the short-handed Mountaineers’ fifth loss in six games. Cameron Lard scored 18 points with 13 rebounds for the Cyclones. They took advantage of the absence of West Virginia’s Daxter Miles Jr. by handing the Mountaineers their biggest defeat since a 23-point blowout at the hands of Texas A&M in the opener.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs planned to move on from Alex Smith the moment they traded up to draft Patrick Mahomes II last year. Now that Smith is headed to the Redskins in a deal that solved many of their issues, the Chiefs have a clearer picture of what their future looks like. Mahomes dazzled coach Andy Reid and his staff during training camp. He made his regular-season debut in Week 17 and led the winning drive against Denver.

UNDATED (AP) — The NFL protests during the national anthem begun by Colin Kaepernick in 2016 and continued by dozens of players this season were aimed at taking a stand against systemic racism that many of the league’s top players say they or someone they know have also experienced. The Associated Press asked 56 of the 59 black players at last weekend’s Pro Bowl if they had ever experienced racial profiling by law enforcement. All answered yes, with several detailing accounts of unfair treatment.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — As one of the top pitching prospects in baseball, Alex Reyes was expected to play a vital role in St. Louis last season. That was before Reyes suffered an elbow injury during spring training and missed the regular season after surgery. After a year of rehabilitation, the 23-year-old Reyes is back and ready for spring training.

FREMONT, Neb. (AP) — Tiny Midland University in Nebraska has created a pipeline to a Hawaiian high school for female wrestlers. Three women from the Aloha State are competing for Midland this season. Women’s wrestling has been an Olympic sport since 2004 and high school participation across the nation has nearly doubled in the last five years. The sport is on the cusp of expansion in both the NCAA and NAIA.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Two people with direct knowledge of the trade say the Kansas City Chiefs have agreed to deal quarterback Alex Smith to the Washington Redskins. The people spoke to The Associated Press on Tuesday night on condition of anonymity because the move can’t be completed until the start of the new league year in March. One person tells the AP the Redskins have agreed to a four-year extension with Smith, who had one year left on his contract.

Smith, who turns 34 in May, spent the past five seasons with the Chiefs, leading them to the playoffs four times while throwing for 102 touchdowns and 33 interceptions. He carries a $17 million salary-cap hit for 2018. The trade spells the end of Kirk Cousins’ tumultuous tenure with the Redskins after back-to-back seasons on the franchise tag.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Atlantic 70, Harlan 62 (Austin Alexander 18pts, Chase Mullenix and Scott Leonard 14pts each)
Lewis Central 73, Sioux City, North 59
Sergeant Bluff-Luton 68, Denison-Schleswig 64
Shenandoah 74, Red Oak 59
St. Albert, Council Bluffs 51, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 41

Rolling Valley Conference

Ar-We-Va 60, Glidden-Ralston 42
Boyer Valley 75, Paton-Churdan 45
CAM 73, Woodbine 45
Coon Rapids-Bayard 66, West Harrison 44

Western Iowa Conference

A-H-S-T-W 79, Griswold 24
IKM-Manning 51, Tri-Center 41
Missouri Valley 53, Riverside 47
Treynor 66, Logan-Magnolia 39
Underwood 61, Audubon 47

Pride of Iowa Conference

Mount Ayr 79, Lenox 41
Nodaway Valley 73, Bedford 70
Southwest Valley 79, East Union 26

Corner Conference

East Mills 62, Essex 25
Fremont Mills 68, Heartland Christian 39
Stanton 76, Sidney 65

Other Scores

Carroll 72, ADM 50
Earlham 53, AC/GC 43
Lawton-Bronson 49, Westwood 30
Mormon Trail 77, Orient-Macksburg 30
Omaha Brownell-Talbot, Neb. 85, Whiting 40
Omaha Skutt Catholic, Neb. 60, Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City 57
Sioux City, East 72, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 61
West Monona, Onawa 59, Ridge View 53
Winterset 62, Perry 28
Woodward Academy 79, West Central Valley, Stuart 49
Woodward-Granger 53, Panorama, Panora 43

Western Valley Conference Tournament

Semi-final

MVAO-CO-U 57, Kingsley-Pierson 49, OT
OA-BCIG 73, Woodbury Central, Moville 43

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Harlan 63, Atlantic 39
Denison-Schleswig 58, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 57, OT
Glenwood 55, Creston 45

Red Oak 63, Shenandoah 34

Rolling Valley Conference

CAM, Anita 71, Woodbine 28
Coon Rapids-Bayard 53, West Harrison, Mondamin 33

Western Iowa Conference

A-H-S-T-W 65, Griswold 35
IKM-Manning 73, Tri-Center, Neola 22
Treynor 60, Logan-Magnolia 54 OT
Underwood 70, Audubon 30

Pride of Iowa Conference

Mount Ayr 71, Lenox 60
Southwest Valley 70, East Union 41

Corner Conference

Sidney 62, Stanton 31

Other Scores

Carroll 52, ADM, Adel 47
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 60, Sioux City, East 44
Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 56, St. Albert, Council Bluffs 46
Earlham 54, AC/GC 49
Panorama, Panora 61, Woodward-Granger 24
Winterset 42, Perry 32