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After Thursday games were postponed due to the weather, the 12th Annual MAC Shootout will get under way today at the Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs. Four games are on tap featuring teams from the state of Iowa on Friday with nine Nebraska/Iowa border battle games on Saturday.
We’ll have coverage of 5 games from the MAC Shootout over the next two days beginning with the Riverside vs. Underwood doubleheader this afternoon. The Riverside and Underwood girls are set to tip-off at 4:00pm with the boys game to immediately follow at 5:30pm. You can catch the games on-air, online, on the mobile app, or watch live on KJANTV.
Saturday’s coverage will start with the Fremont-Mills Knights boys team taking on the Louisville, NE Lions at 1:00pm. That game will be followed by the AHSTW Lady Vikes facing the Bennington, NE Badgers at 2:30pm. Our final coverage game will have the Atlatnic Trojans boys squaring off against the Wahoo-Neumann Cavaliers at 7:00pm.
Tickets for the event are $8 for adults and $6 for students and cover all three days of action. Tickets are available at any ticketmaster location of the MAC box office 712-323-0536.
Iowa needed overtime to post its first Big Ten win at Illinois, Thursday night. Iowa outscored the Illini 10-0 to start the extra session in a 104-97 win, a game they trailed by 20 in the opening half. Sophomore Jordan Bohannon led the Hawks with 29.
A key was free throws. The Hawkeyes were 33-40 at the stripe. Iowa coach Fran McCaffery says the Hawkeyes stepped it up defensively after giving up 54 points in the opening half.
Iowa is now 1-5 in the Big Ten.
(Learfield Sports)
BOYS BASKETBALL
Sioux City, East 62, Sioux Falls Lincoln, S.D. 57
Western Christian, Hull 55, Unity Christian, Orange City 42
POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS
Shenandoah vs. Treynor, ppd.
Stanton vs. Southwest Valley, ppd.
MAC Shootout
Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson vs. Nebraska City Lourdes, Neb., ppd.
Logan-Magnolia vs. Tri-Center, Neola, ppd.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Dakota Valley, S.D. 70, MVAO-CO-U 24
Sioux City, East 70, Sioux City, North 42
Western Christian, Hull 60, Unity Christian, Orange City 49
POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS
Red Oak vs. Fremont Mills, Tabor, ppd.
Stanton vs. Southwest Valley, ppd.
MAC Shootout
Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson vs. Nebraska City Lourdes, Neb., ppd.
Logan-Magnolia vs. Tri-Center, Neola, ppd.
Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Jordan Bohannon scored 29 points as Iowa rallied from a 20-point deficit for a 104-97 overtime win over Illinois. It was Iowa’s second-largest comeback win in school history.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — USA Track and Field announced that this year’s outdoor championships will be held in Des Moines. USATF said the event will be held from June 21-24 at Drake Stadium, site of the annual Drake Relays. It’ll be the third time since 2010 that Iowa’s capital city hosted the outdoor finals.
HONOLULU (AP) — Iowan Zach Johnson, and Chris Kirk from Georgia, kept clean cards on a gorgeous day, and each shot 7-under 63 to share the lead after the first round of the Sony Open. Jordan Spieth, from Texas, wasn’t as fortunate.
MACOMB, Ill. (AP) — Lamar Wofford-Humphrey and Zach Jackson each scored 18 points and Omaha won a battle of previously winless Summit League teams with an 87-66 win over Western Illinois. Omaha had its five-game home win streak snapped by South Dakota State last week has now won three of its last five.
2018 SEVENTH Iowa Girls High School Basketball Rankings
Compiled by the Iowa Girls’ High School Athletic Union
Thursday, January 11, 2018
Class 1A
| School | Record | LW | |
| 1 | Springville | 12-2 | 1 |
| 2 | Central Decatur | 12-0 | 2 |
| 3 | North Mahaska | 13-0 | 3 |
| 4 | Newell-Fonda | 11-0 | 4 |
| 5 | West Hancock | 11-1 | 5 |
| 6 | Kingsley-Pierson | 11-2 | 6 |
| 7 | AGWSR | 11-1 | 8 |
| 8 | Exira-EHK | 9-1 | 9 |
| 9 | Montezuma | 11-2 | 11 |
| 10 | Kee | 11-1 | 13 |
| 11 | Janesville | 10-1 | 7 |
| 12 | Bishop Garrigan | 9-4 | 12 |
| 13 | Seymour | 12-0 | 14 |
| 14 | Boyer Valley | 10-1 | NR |
| 15 | Lynnville-Sully | 9-3 | NR |
Dropped Out: Dunkerton (10), Westwood (15)
Class 2A
| School | Record | LW | |
| 1 | North Linn | 15-0 | 1 |
| 2 | Treynor | 10-0 | 2 |
| 3 | Western Christian | 9-1 | 3 |
| 4 | Logan-Magnolia | 10-1 | 4 |
| 5 | Panorama | 12-1 | 6 |
| 6 | Cascade | 12-2 | 7 |
| 7 | West Sioux | 10-1 | 5 |
| 8 | Iowa City Regina | 9-3 | 9 |
| 9 | Bellevue | 9-3 | 10 |
| 10 | Grundy Center | 10-1 | 11 |
| 11 | North Union | 12-0 | 12 |
| 12 | Mediapolis | 12-1 | 8 |
| 13 | Dike-New Hartford | 11-2 | 13 |
| 14 | Maquoketa Valley | 13-2 | 14 |
| 15 | Sigourney | 10-2 | NR |
Dropped Out: Sumner-Fredericksburg: (15)
Class 3A
| School | Record | LW | |
| 1 | Crestwood | 12-0 | 2 |
| 2 | Sioux Center | 10-1 | 1 |
| 3 | Clear Lake | 11-1 | 3 |
| 4 | Cherokee | 10-1 | 4 |
| 5 | Osage | 12-0 | 5 |
| 6 | Nevada | 10-1 | 6 |
| 7 | Davenport Assumption | 9-4 | 9 |
| 8 | Roland-Story | 11-2 | 8 |
| 9 | Kuemper Catholic | 9-2 | 10 |
| 10 | North Polk | 10-2 | 7 |
| 11 | Camanche | 9-3 | 11 |
| 12 | South Central Calhoun | 13-0 | 15 |
| 13 | Forest City | 9-3 | 12 |
| 14 | West Marshall | 9-3 | NR |
| 15 | Monticello | 8-4 | NR |
Dropped Out: Red Oak (13), Central Lee (14)
Class 4A
| School | Record | LW | |
| 1 | Marion | 12-0 | 1 |
| 2 | Lewis Central | 11-0 | 2 |
| 3 | Grinnell | 12-0 | 3 |
| 4 | North Scott | 11-2 | 4 |
| 5 | Center Point-Urbana | 11-2 | 6 |
| 6 | Boone | 7-1 | 7 |
| 7 | Mason City | 6-7 | 5 |
| 8 | Le Mars | 10-2 | 9 |
| 9 | Pella | 8-3 | 12 |
| 10 | Sergeant Bluff-Luton | 7-4 | 14 |
| 11 | Fairfield | 9-2 | 13 |
| 12 | Cedar Rapids Xavier | 7-6 | 11 |
| 13 | Denison-Schleswig | 8-3 | 8 |
| 14 | Western Dubuque | 7-3 | 10 |
| 15 | Dallas Center-Grimes | 7-5 | NR |
Dropped Out: Sioux City Bishop Heelan (15)
Class 5A
| School | Record | LW | |
| 1 | Iowa City High | 12-0 | 1 |
| 2 | Cedar Falls | 11-1 | 2 |
| 3 | Iowa City West | 9-2 | 3 |
| 4 | Pleasant Valley | 12-0 | 4 |
| 5 | Dowling Catholic | 11-1 | 6 |
| 6 | Johnston | 11-1 | 7 |
| 7 | Waukee | 11-0 | 8 |
| 8 | Southeast Polk | 10-2 | 10 |
| 9 | Ankeny Centennial | 9-3 | 5 |
| 10 | Cedar Rapids Prairie | 7-4 | 12 |
| 11 | Indianola | 8-3 | 9 |
| 12 | West Des Moines Valley | 5-7 | 11 |
| 13 | Ames | 7-6 | NR |
| 14 | Cedar Rapids Washington | 7-4 | 14 |
| 15 | Bettendorf | 9-3 | 13 |
Dropped Out: Ankeny (15)
Due to the weather and travel conditions in the Nishna Valley, KJAN’s coverage has been cancelled for the Tri-Center vs. Logan-Magnolia basketball games as part of the MAC Shootout in Council Bluffs.
Event organizers announced at 11:54am that all of today’s MAC Shootout games have been cancelled. Friday and Saturday games are still on as scheduled.
We’ll have coverage of the Riverside vs. Underwood doubleheader from the Shootout beginning at 4:00pm Friday as well as three games on Saturday. Fremont-Mills boys vs. Louisville, NE at 1:00pm, AHSTW girls vs. Bennington, NE at 2:30pm, and Atlantic vs. Wahoo Neumann boys at 7:00pm.
The Iowa State women were outscored 29-15 in the fourth quarter in a 67-60 loss to Kansas State at home, Wednesday. The Cyclones fall to 1-4 in the Big 12. The Cyclones led by as many as 10 points late in the third quarter and led 45-38 heading into the final frame. Iowa State is 7-9 overall.
(Learfield Sports)
Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Jordan Barnes hit five 3-pointers and finished with a career-high 27 points and Brandon Murphy tipped in Barnes’ missed 3 at the buzzer to give Indiana State beat Northern Iowa 69-67. Murphy finished with nine points on 4-of-5 shooting and Brenton Scott scored 13 points for Indiana State.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa is expected to lose cornerback Josh Jackson to the NFL after his standout junior season. The Hawkeyes also weren’t surprised to see junior center James Daniels go, and he might be just as hard to replace. Iowa enters the offseason with plenty of key spots to fill for next season.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Coach Kirk Ferentz is preparing to battle an unlikely off-season opponent: his next-door neighbors. Trial is scheduled next month in a lawsuit that pits Ferentz and his wife against the three other families who live along their private road outside Iowa City. A judge is expected to decide whether the Ferentzes have breached a 2001 legal agreement and trespassed by planting trees that encroach onto Saddle Club Road.
HOUSTON (AP) — Scott Frost has one final award to share with the University of Central Florida. The former UCF coach and new Nebraska boss received the Paul “Bear” Bryant Coach of the Year Award
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