BOYS BASKETBALL

Bedford 68, Essex 52
Mount Ayr 46, Lamoni 36

POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS

A-H-S-T-W, Avoca vs. CAM, Anita, ppd.
Southwest Valley vs. Griswold, ccd.
Tri-Center, Neola vs. Adair-Casey, ppd.
Westwood, Sloan vs. Logan-Magnolia, ppd. to Dec 5.
Whiting vs. Woodbine, ppd.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Creston 55, Winterset 31

POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS

A-H-S-T-W, Avoca vs. CAM, Anita, ppd.
Southwest Valley vs. Griswold, ccd.
Treynor vs. Iowa School for the Deaf, ppd.
Tri-Center, Neola vs. Adair-Casey, ppd.
Westwood, Sloan vs. Logan-Magnolia, ppd.
Whiting vs. Woodbine, ppd.

Our scheduled high school basketball coverage for tonight is off.  The AHSTW @ CAM varsity doubleheader has been cancelled and they are working on a date to make up the missed contests. With no high school hoops coverage we will now be airing Hawk Talk with Iowa Men’s Basketball Coach Fran McCafferey at 7:00pm.

Following Big Ten football games on Nov. 28, the co-offensive, defensive and special teams player of the week and freshman of the week in the Big Ten were announced this morning. Iowa Defensive Parker Hesse was named Freshman of the Week for his efforts in Iowa’s win over Nebraska this past Friday.

Freshman of the Week
Parker Hesse, Iowa
DE, Waukon, Iowa/Waukon
• Returned his first career interception for a touchdown in Iowa’s win over Nebraska
• Matched a career-high with six tackles
• Hesse’s touchdown gave the Hawkeyes a lead they would never relinquish, recording the fourth defensive score for Iowa this season
• Wins his first career weekly award
• Last Iowa Freshman of the Week: Akrum Wadley (Nov. 3, 2014)

Other award winners in the Conference this week were:  Co-Offensive Players of the Week: Nate Sudfeld, QB, Indiana and Ezekiel Elliot, RB, Ohio State.  Defensive Player of the Week: Anthony Walker Jr., LB. Northwestern.  Special Teams Player of the Week: Drew Meyer, P, Wisconsin.

The Big 12 Conference announced their basketball players of the week honors.  Three players who contributed strong performances at Thanksgiving week tournaments have earned the latest Phillips 66 Big 12 Men’s Basketball Player and Newcomer of the Week awards. Juniors Monté Morris (Iowa State) and Wayne Selden, Jr. (Kansas) are named top player, while Eric Davis, Jr. (Texas) is the top newcomer. All three are recognized with their respective accolades for the first time.

PHILLIPS 66 BIG 12 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Monté Morris, Iowa State, G, 6-3, 175, Jr., Flint, Mich./Beecher
Morris averaged 16 points, 7.7 assists and four rebounds on his way to earning Emerald Coast Classic Most Outstanding Player honors. The junior guard had his best game in the final, finishing with 20 points and a career-high nine rebounds to go along with six assists in the win over Illinois. In three games last week, he dished out 23 assists and had just one turnover. Morris has been in double figures in all five games this season.

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Iowa State has announced Matt Campbell as the next Cyclones football coach. Campbell agreed to a six-year contract with a first-year salary of $2 million. The Des Moines Register reports Campbell will be officially introduced at a news conference in Ames at noon, today (Monday). At Iowa State, Campbell will replace Paul Rhoads.

The anticipated announcement would come on Campbell’s 36th birthday, making him one of the youngest head coaches in FBS. In four seasons with the Rockets, he is 35-15. Toledo athletic director Mike O’Brien told the AP on Saturday the school had offered Campbell a contract that would make him the highest-paid coach in the Mid-American Conference.

According to USA Today’s salary database, Western Michigan coach P.J. Fleck’s salary is $800,000 this season, highest in the MAC. At Iowa State, Rhoads made $2.2 million this year.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Alex Smith threw for 255 yards and two touchdowns, Spencer Ware ran for 114 yards and a score, and the Kansas City Chiefs beat the Buffalo Bills 30-22 on Sunday in a matchup of teams in the AFC wildcard race.

Jeremy Maclin had nine receptions for 160 yards and a touchdown, and Cairo Santos hit three field goals for the Chiefs (6-5), who have won five straight after a five-game skid. Tyrod Taylor had 291 yards passing and three touchdowns for Buffalo (5-6), but he was mostly held in check in the second half. So was Sammie Watkins, who had all six catches for 158 yards and his two touchdowns over the first 30 minutes.

The Bills had a chance for a tying touchdown when they took over at their own 10 with 3:25 left, but the Chiefs stopped them on fourth-and-9 with 2:16 to go to seal it.

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Jarrod Uthoff scored 22 points, Adam Woodbury had 15 and Iowa beat No. 20 Wichita State 84-62 in the seventh place game at the AdvoCare Invitational on Sunday. Mike Gesell added 14 points for Iowa (4-2)

Wichita State (2-4) got 14 from Eric Hamilton. Ron Baker, who entered averaging 20.2 points, was held to eight. Both teams lost their first two game at the invitational.

Short-handed Wichita State played without forward Anton Grady, who is at an area hospital recovering from what doctors believe is a spinal cord concussion that happened during a collision with an Alabama player in Friday’s game. Doctors found no signs of spinal cord trauma.

Wichita State senior guard Fred VanVleet sat out all three games of the invitational with a hamstring injury.

The first of Iowa’s two shotgun deer hunting seasons starts next Saturday (Dec. 5th), and hunters may need to brush up on their safety skills in preparation. Megan Wisecup, the hunter education administrator with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, offers a few tips. “One of the main ones is just going back to the basic firearms safety rules,” Wisecup says. “You want to treat every firearm as if it’s loaded, always keep the muzzle pointed in a safe direction, be sure of your target and what’s beyond it and keep your finger off the trigger until you’re ready to shoot.”

Depending on the weather next weekend, foul conditions could raise even more dangers for hunters. They need to be vigilant in their awareness of the rules, she says, like when climbing over a fence. Wisecup says “Take some extra precautions when you have different weather factors coming into play, especially when you’re crossing an obstacle. If it’s snowy, icy, definitely take the extra time to unload that firearm while you’re crossing the obstacle or use another member of your hunting party to hold your firearm while you cross that obstacle.”

Last year, there were 14 deer hunting-related incidents in Iowa during the two shotgun seasons. There were two personal injuries and 12 property damage incidents. If the weather is especially cold, hunters need to be particularly cautious if they’ve layered their clothes.  Wiscup says “When you’re bundled up, with the extra bulk of coats and fingers, make sure you’re careful when you’re handling your firearm. You could easily get caught, one of the fingers in the gloves in the trigger guard area and cause it to accidentally discharge.”

Iowa’s first shotgun season runs December 5th through the 9th, with the second running from December 12th through the 20th. Learn more at: http://www.iowadnr.gov/Hunting/Deer-Hunting.

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