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Representatives from 15 small schools in Southwest Iowa met in Griswold Wednesday for a discussion on possible conference realignment. The meeting was a discussion jumping off point for those schools that are interested in the possible benefits of forming a new conference.
Schools invited to the meeting were Southwest Valley, Griswold, Riverside, Clarinda Academy, East Mills, Sidney, Lenox, Bedford, Fremont-Mills, Audubon, CAM, Coon Rapids-Bayard, Exira-EHK, Essex, Stanton, Heartland Christian, and South Page. Clarinda Academy and East Mills were the only two schools without representatives at the Wednesday meeting.
KJAN Sports spoke with Griswold Athletic Director Kevin Whitehill after the meeting and he said it was a positive meeting that was well attended. He emphasized one of the major talking points was the educational aspect of starting a new conference in that schools of similar small size could potentially share teachers or other resources.
Whitehill also felt there could be benefit from the activities and athletics standpoint in having these similar sized schools joined together. When asked if travel was a concern for any schools, Whitehill said that was something that was discussed but that could be helped out by the organization of the conference with the potential for divisions if enough schools are interested. He thought it was a small concern for some schools but not something that was a prohibitive factor in his mind.
Fremont-Mills Athletic Director Jeremy Christiansen has been one of the leaders in this process and he will be the point-man for the next step. Whitehill said schools will now have time to consider a move with their school districts and then let Christiansen now if they want to continue to pursue a change by April 1st.
Whitehill said any changes that would be made wouldn’t happen until the 2017-2018 school year at the earliest.
You can listen to our full discussion with Mr. Whitehill below.
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A number of small schools in Southwest Iowa are meeting in Griswold today for a discussion on possible conference realignment. The meeting is meant to be a discussion jumping off point for those schools that are interested in a potential shakeup of Activities conferences they belong to. Fremont-Mills Athletic Director Jeremy Christiansen has been one of the leaders in getting a meeting organized and gauging interest from other schools in making a change.
Schools that were invited to the meeting include those from a number of different conferences: Corner Conference, Western Iowa Conference, Rolling Valley Conference, and Pride of Iowa Conference. Those schools that were invited to participate are: Southwest Valley, Griswold, Riverside, Clarinda Academy, East Mills, Sidney, Lenox, Bedford, Fremont-Mills, Audubon, CAM, Coon Rapids-Bayard, Exira-EHK, Essex, Stanton, Heartland Christian, South Page. The schools were meeting starting at 10:00am today at the Griswold Community Center.
KJAN Sports will be speaking with Griswold Athletic Director Kevin Whitehill later today to get his reaction to the meeting and insight on the ideas discussed.
The Pro Football Writers of America announced their annual award winners on Tuesday and a number of Kansas City Chiefs players were among those honored. Rookie Cornerback Marcus Peters was named the Defensive Rookie of the Year. Safety Eric Berry was named to the All-NFL team and Peters, Berry, and Linebacker Derrick Johnson were named to the All-AFC team. Rookie Center Mitch Morse was also named to the PFWA All-Rookie team with Peters.
Peters was a first-round pick for the Chiefs out of Washington. In his rookie season he tied for the NFL lead in interceptions with eight. Peters also led the league in interception yards with 280 and tied for first in the NFL in passes defensed with 26. He intercepted the first pass he saw in his NFL career against the Houston Texans and Brian Hoyer. He also returned a pair of picks for touchdowns and finished fourth on the Chiefs in total tackles with 60.
Rams Running Back Todd Gurley was named Offensive Rookie of the Year after rushing 229 times for 1,106 yards and 10 touchdowns in 13 games, while averaging 4.8 yards per attempt.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — All-session tickets for the Big Ten baseball tournament at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha go on sale Friday at 10 a.m.
Fans can buy tickets at Ticketmaster.com or by calling (800) 745-3000. The tournament is May 25-29. The Big Ten’s top eight teams will play for the conference’s automatic berth to the NCAA tournament.
This will be the second time the tournament is played at TD Ameritrade Park. A Big Ten-record 62,020 fans attended the five-day event in 2014, with an NCAA single-game conference tournament-record 19,965 watching Nebraska and Indiana play in the 2014 title game.
BOYS BASKETBALL
IKM-Manning 74, Audubon 63
Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 61, Lawton-Bronson 37
Westwood, Sloan 46, OA-BCIG 41
Woodbury Central, Moville 57, West Monona, Onawa 55
POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS
Hawkeye Ten Conference
Kuemper Catholic, Carroll vs. Atlantic, ppd. to Jan 21.
Denison-Schleswig vs. Lewis Central, ppd.
Shenandoah vs. St. Albert, Council Bluffs, ppd.
Red Oak vs. Glenwood, ppd.
Western Iowa Conference
Logan-Magnolia vs. A-H-S-T-W, Avoca, ppd.
Riverside, Oakland vs. Missouri Valley, ppd.
Tri-Center, Neola vs. Griswold, ppd.
Treynor vs. Underwood, ppd.
Rolling Valley Conference
Boyer Valley, Dunlap vs. Ar-We-Va, Westside, ppd.
Woodbine vs. Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton, ppd. to Jan 25.
CAM, Anita vs. Paton-Churdan, ppd. to Feb 8.
Charter Oak-Ute vs. Adair-Casey, ppd.
Glidden-Ralston vs. West Harrison, Mondamin, ppd.
Pride of Iowa Conference
Lenox vs. Nodaway Valley, ppd. to Jan 21.
Other Scores
Sergeant Bluff-Luton vs. Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln, ppd. to Feb 15.
Pella vs. ADM, Adel, ppd.
Corner Conference Tournament
First Round
Nishnabotna vs. Essex, ppd. to Jan 20.
East Mills vs. Sidney, ppd. to Jan 20.
Heartland Christian vs. Stanton, ppd. to Jan 20.
Clarinda Academy vs. Fremont Mills, Tabor, ppd. to Jan 20.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Audubon 62, IKM-Manning 58
Lawton-Bronson 74, Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 38
Westwood, Sloan 49, OA-BCIG 19
Woodbury Central, Moville 68, West Monona, Onawa 47
POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS
Hawkeye Ten Conference
Atlantic vs. Kuemper Catholic, Carroll, ppd. to Jan 21.
Clarinda vs. Creston, ppd.
Lewis Central vs. Denison-Schleswig, ppd.
Red Oak vs. Glenwood, ppd.
Western Iowa Conference
Logan-Magnolia vs. A-H-S-T-W, Avoca, ppd.
Tri-Center, Neola vs. Griswold, ppd.
Riverside, Oakland vs. Missouri Valley, ppd.
Treynor vs. Underwood, ppd.
Rolling Valley Conference
Boyer Valley, Dunlap vs. Ar-We-Va, Westside, ppd.
Woodbine vs. Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton, ppd. to Jan 25.
CAM, Anita vs. Paton-Churdan, ppd. to Feb 8.
Charter Oak-Ute vs. Adair-Casey, ppd.
Glidden-Ralston vs. West Harrison, Mondamin, ppd.
Pride of Iowa Conference
Lenox vs. Nodaway Valley, ppd. to Jan 21.
Other Scores
Sergeant Bluff-Luton vs. Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln, ppd. to Feb 15.
Pella vs. ADM, Adel, ppd.
The Big Ten Conference announced their weekly men’s basketball awards winners on Monday and Iowa’s Peter Jok was named Player of the Week. Jok averaged 19.5 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.5 steals in leading the Hawkeyes to a pair of wins over Michigan State and Michigan.
Player of the Week
Peter Jok, Iowa
G – 6-6 – Jr. – West Des Moines, Iowa – Valley
• For the week, shot 58.3 percent from the field and 63.6 percent from three-point range, and converted all four of his free throw attempts
• In the win at Michigan State, scored a game-high 23 points, pulled down three rebounds and swiped a pair of steals as the Hawkeyes secured the season sweep over the Spartans
• Scored 16 points, including 14 in the second half, corralled four rebounds and handed out a pair of assists versus the Wolverines
• Currently averaging 15.4 points and 1.8 steals per game in conference play
• Earns his first career Player of the Week honor and is the third Iowa standout to be named Big Ten Player of the Week this season
• Last Iowa Player of the Week: Mike Gesell (Jan. 11, 2016)
The Iowa High School Athletic Association has now released the postseason boys basketball assignments for all classes. Actual match-ups will be set later but these assignments narrow down the groupings for opening rounds. Atlantic ended up in District #16 with Creston, Glenwood, and Winterset. Full groupings can be seen at the following links.
Exira-EHK hosted a wrestling quadrangular in Elk Horn on Monday night and Audubon went a perfect 3-0 to lead the pack. Jacob Soll won three times for the Wheelers at 152 while Jake Mulford (145), Dustin Andreasen (160), Dylan Obermeier (195) and Isaiah Taylor (285) each won twice.
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