We will be bringing you a web only broadcast tonight on our TV page of the Atlantic vs. Kuemper Catholic boys basketball game being played at Atlantic High School.  Chris Parks and Seth Christensen will have the Hawkeye Ten battle for you tonight.  Atlantic comes in with a 10-2 overall record and are 5-2 in the Hawkeye 10.  Kuemper Catholic is 9-4 overall and 6-1 in Hawkeye 10 play.  Tip-off is set for 7:30pm and we’ll have pregame coverage about 7:20pm.

The Iowa Wrestling Coaches and Officials Association released their latest dual team rankings on Thursday.

IWCOA 1A Dual Team Rankings, 011916
Overall Ranking School  Record through 1/16/16
1. Don Bosco, Gilbertville 20-2
2. Lisbon  18-1
3. Alburnett  14-4
4. Logan-Magnolia  19-2
5. Sibley-Ocheyedan  16-1
6. Westwood, Sloan  19-2
7. Lake Mills  24-7
8. Sumner-Fredericksburg  14-2
9. Dike-New Hartford  13-7
10.Sigourney  15-0
11. MFL MarMac  18-1
12. Ogden  22-1
13. West Marshall, State Center  10-3
14. Missouri Valley  11-3
15. OA-BCIG  7-0
16. Southeast Warren, Liberty Center  14-2

IWCOA 2A Dual Team Rankings, 011916
Overall Ranking School  Record through 1/16/16
1. New Hampton  18-0
2. Creston  14-0
3. Assumption, Davenport  12-1
4. Clarion-Goldfield-Dows  14-3
5. Sergeant Bluff-Luton  12-0
6. Independence  18-6
7. Washington  23-0
8. Albia  11-2
9. Webster City  12-2
10. Glenwood  10-2
11. Mediapolis  13-4
12. Mount Vernon  12-3
13. Crestwood, Cresco  9-8
14. Williamsburg  13-3
15. Osage  17-9
16. Solon  13-3

IWCOA 3A Dual Team Wrestling Rankings, 01/20/2016
Overall Ranking School Record through 1/16/16
1. Southeast Polk 13-0
2. Valley, West Des Moines 17-1
3. Fort Dodge 9-2
4. Dubuque, Hempstead  23-0
5. Johnston  18-2
6. Prairie, Cedar Rapids  16-3
7. Cedar Rapids, Kennedy 10-1
8. Waverly-Shell Rock 15-3
9. Cedar Rapids Jefferson  9-3
10. Indianola  13-2
11. Epworth, Western Dubuque  25-7
12. Waukee  14-5
13. Clinton  12-2
14. North Scott, Eldridge  18-9
15. Norwalk  16-2
16. Bettendorf  9-7
17. Ankeny Centennial  14-9
18. Linn-Mar, Marion  19-10
19. Iowa City, West  13-10
20. Iowa City, City High  13-10
21. Dallas Center-Grimes  9-4
22. Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson  11-5
23. Ottumwa  10-6
24. Dowling Catholic, West Des Moines  7-6

BOSTON (AP) – This ball controversy can’t be blamed on the Patriots. Massachusetts State Police came to the rescue before Saturday’s NFL playoff game between New England and the Kansas City Chiefs by delivering footballs that game officials left at their hotel.

A state police spokesman said at about 2:30 p.m. Saturday, league officials contacted the Hyatt at Logan Airport to say that some balls and air pressure gauges had been left behind. The balls were the ones used in the kicking game. Hotel workers entered the room and a state trooper drove the equipment to Gillette Stadium, arriving about an hour before kickoff.

The Patriots beat the Chiefs 27-20. The officials’ gaffe came about a year after the start of the “Deflategate” scandal, when the Patriots were accused of using underinflated balls.

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The Big Ten Conference women’s basketball standings became more muddled Wednesday after Penn State shocked the University of Iowa, 82-69, in front of 3,873 on Mediacom Court inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena. According to Hawkeyesports.com., Penn State (7-11 overall, 2-5 Big Ten) ended a five-game losing skid by shooting 49 percent from the field and out-rebounding the Hawkeyes (13-6, 3-4) by 14.

UI sophomore Chase Coley made 7-of-10 field goals and shared game-high scoring honors with 16 points. Junior Ally Disterhoft had a tough night shooting (3-of-14 from the field), but still managed 13 points with seven rebounds, three assists, and two blocked shots. The Hawkeye point guard duo of sophomore Whitney Jennings and Tania Davis combined for 20 points, nine assists, six steals, and five rebounds.

Sunday can’t come soon enough for the Hawkeyes. That’s their next opportunity (at Purdue) to snap out of a funk of four losses in five games. Iowa returns to action — and the road — Jan. 24 at Purdue (14-4, 5-2). Tip-off is set for 2 p.m. (CT) and the game will be televised by BTN. The Boilermakers lost at home Wednesday to Nebraska, 62-61.

The 9th-ranked Iowa Hawkeyes are on the road tonight (Thursday) to face Big Ten basement dweller Rutgers. The Scarlet Knights are 0-6 in the conference after a 107-57 loss to Purdue on Monday. Iowa Coach Fran McCaffery says Rutgers is a much better team than they showed against the Boilermakers.

“Purdue, with their incredible size, was not a good matchup for Rutgers. You look at the Wake Forest game or the Indiana game, I mean, that’s more indicative of how Rutgers is and we have to understand that,” McCaffery said. Wake Forest beat Rutgers by just one point in November, while the Scarlet Knights lost to Big Ten leader Indiana by seven points three weeks ago.

Iowa is riding a seven-game winning streak and with a win tonight, would join Indiana at 6-0 atop the Big Ten. On Sunday, Iowa beat Michigan 82-71 with the Hawkeyes coming off the bench scoring 22 points. McCaffery says Dom Uhl, Nicholas Baer, and Ahmad Wagner are giving the Iowa starters a big boost.

“You’ve got to be able to go to your bench in this league. It’s too long of a season, the teams are too good, the games are too physical, the travel…you just can’t get by with five or six guys,” McCaffery said. Sophomore forward Dom Uhl is averaging just under 8 points and 4 rebounds per game off the bench.

“He’s playing relaxed,” McCaffery said of Uhl. “He knows he’s going to play a lot. He knows I’m going to go to him and he’s going to be allowed to play through his mistakes. You don’t always get that when you’re a freshman.” Iowa and Rutgers tipoff at 6 p.m. in New Jersey.

Pre-game coverage begins at 5-p.m. on KJAN. The game will also be televised by ESPN-U.

(Learfield Sports)

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Ron Baker scored 21 points and Wichita State pulled away from Northern Iowa down the stretch in the Shockers 74-55 win on Wednesday night. After an 80-76 OT loss to Seton Hall on Dec. 19 dropped Wichita State’s record to 5-5, the Shockers have won eight in row including their first seven in conference play.

Markis McDuffie finished with 15 points and Fred VanVleet added 12 points and six assists for Wichita State (13-5, 7-0 Missouri Valley), which shot 56.5 percent from the field while holding Northern Iowa to 32.8 percent.

The Shockers led just 58-52 with 4:11 to play but closed the game on a 16-3 run highlighted by two VanVleet 3-pointers and a perfect 4 for 4 at the free-throw line for Baker. Matt Bohannon, Bennett Koch, and Wes Washpun each finished with 14 points for the Panthers (10-10, 2-5). Northern Iowa has lost five of six.