The Atlantic Boys Basketball team will begin playoff play tonight in Glenwood.  The Trojans will face the Winterset Huskies in a game that will tip off at 6:30pm.  That game will be followed by the other Class 3A District 16 Semifinal between Glenwood and Creston and 8:00pm.  Chris Parks and Seth Christensen will bring you coverage of both games tonight on KJAN AM 1220 and FM 101.1 as well as live audio at kjan.com and on the mobile app.

Atlantic gets a rematch of their first game of the season in which they beat Winterset 84-46.  The Trojans were led in that first meeting by Senior Ryan Hawkins and Junior Garrett Franken who both had 24 points in that first meeting.  Those two are also the leading scorers on the season for Atlantic, Hawkins with 22ppg and Franken with 17ppg.  Winterset is led by Sophomore Justin Henry who is averaging 14 points per game.

The second game of the night will be the third meeting of the season between Glenwood and Creston.  The Rams won both of the first two meetings 79-54 on December 4th and 86-72 on February 2nd.  The Rams are led by two Sophomores, Point Guard Nate Mohr who is averaging 18ppg and Forward Andrew Blum who is averaging 17 points per contest.  Creston has four players averaging in double figures on a very young squad. Freshman Kylan Smallwood has the highest average at 14ppg.

Catch all the action tonight on KJAN with pregame starting at 6:20pm for the Atlantic game.

The Big 12 Conference announced their weekly men’s basketball award winners on Monday. Iowa State Junior Guard Deonte Burton was named Newcomer of the Week for the second straight week after a career performance on Saturday against TCU.  Burton had a career best 23 points and grabbed 14 rebounds in the Cyclones win over the Horned Frogs.  Burton has now been recognized by the conference 4 times this season.  The Cyclones play a Big Monday game at West Virginia tonight at 8:00pm.

PHILLIPS 66 BIG 12 NEWCOMER OF THE WEEK – from Big12sports.com
Deonte Burton, Iowa State, G, 6-4, 250, Jr., Milwaukee, Wis./Marquette/Vincent
Burton averaged a double-double for the Cyclones last week with 18.5 points and 10.0 rebounds per game. The junior guard connected on 56.0 percent (14-of-25) of his shots from the field and sank 88.9 percent (8-of-9) of the attempts from the free throw line. He ended the week by matching his career best with 23 points versus TCU while grabbing 14 boards. The rebounding total was eight more than his previous high. Burton also had 14 points and six rebounds in an overtime contest with Baylor. Since moving into the starting rotation, he is averaging 15.6 points and shooting 55.2 percent from the field.

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Class 3A:
District 1 @ Harlan
6:30-p.m. Greene County vs. Carroll
8:00-p.m. Harlan vs. Denison-Schleswig
District 15 @ ADM/Adel
6:30-p.m. Dallas Center-Grimes vs. Perry
8:00-p.m. ADM/Adel vs. Boone
District 16 @ Glenwood
6:30-p.m. Atlantic vs. Winterset
8:00-p.m. Glenwood vs. Creston

Class 4A
Substate 1
6:30-p.m. @ Lewis Central: Lewis Central vs. Sioux City, West
8:00-p.m. @ Sioux City, North: Sioux City, North vs. C.Bluffs/Thomas Jefferson

(all games start at 7-p.m. unless indicated)

Class 1A – Region 6 @ Johnston: Grand View Christian vs. Mt. Ayr

Class 1A – Region 7 @ Red Oak: Exira/EHK vs. Nodaway Valley

Class 1A – Region 8 @ Ida Grove: Newell-Fonda vs. Audubon

Class 2A – Region 7 @ Afton: Central Decatur vs. Panorama

Class 2A – Region 8 @ Mapleton: Unity Christian vs. Treynor

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — More than 2,000 people raced to the top of Omaha’s tallest building this weekend, but one of the slower racers earned one of the loudest ovations. Sixty–year-old Ann Hegstrom heard cheers when she crossed the finish line on crutches Saturday. Hegstrom of DeSoto, Iowa, told the Omaha World-Herald she didn’t want to miss her fourth race up the First National Bank tower even after breaking her femur around Thanksgiving.

Initially, Hegstrom planned to only climb halfway, but decided to continue up all 40 floors and finish in 28 minutes, 57 seconds. Thirty-two-year-old Morgan Chaffin of Omaha won the women’s division in 5 minutes, 59 seconds.

Ivan Marsh of Ashland, Nebraska had the fastest time of 4 minutes, 32 seconds. The 41-year-old has won all 10 of the tower races.

The second-ranked Iowa wrestling team hosts North Carolina State tonight (Monday) in the inaugural National Duals Championship Series. The Wolkpack may not be thought of as a traditional college wrestling powerhouse, but they’re ranked fourth and have the attention of Iowa coach Tom Brands. “They may be ‘off the radar’ as far as wrestling…believe me, they’re on the radar and we have to be ready to go,” Brands said.

N-C State has four wrestlers ranked in the top five, including two-time NCAA champion Nick Gwiazdowski at heavyweight. Hawkeye (redshirt) freshman Sam Stoll dropped a 10-1 decision to Gwiazdowski in December, but has won 10 matches in a row since, including four wins over ranked opponents. “You know, just because he’s a two-time returning champ, I prepare the same way,” Stoll said. “My mindset has got to be the same every match.”

Formerly the NWCA National Duals Tournament, the 2016 National Duals Championship Series matches the top eight Big Ten programs against regular season champions from other conferences. For that reason, #2 Iowa was not matched-up against #1 Penn State.

Tonight’s dual in Iowa City will start at 7:00. Iowa State received an at-large bid into the National Duals. The Cyclones lost at Minnesota on Friday night, 30-to-10.

(Learfield Sports)

The Iowa women’s basketball team held off a furious second half rally by Indiana to edge the Hoosiers 76-73 in Iowa City, Sunday afternoon. Indiana cut a 19-point second half deficit to one in the waning seconds but the Hawkeyes held on to post their second straight victory. Iowa coach Lisa Bluder says while the Hawkeyes struggled on the glass they did play well on defense.

Ally Disterhoft led five Iowa players in double figures with 19 points as the Hawkeyes improve to 7-9 in the Big Ten and 17-11 overall. The Hawkeyes close out their road schedule on Wednesday night with a visit to Penn State.

(Learfield Sports)

Class 3A Region 8
Regional Final
Pocahontas Area Community(PAC)/Laurens-Marathoon 73, Shenandoah 44
Class 4A Region 1
Regional Semifinal
Harlan 59, Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City 32
Spencer 55, LeMars 44
Class 4A Region 8
Regional Semifinal
ADM, Adel 39, Dallas Center-Grimes 38
Lewis Central 49, Glenwood 33
Class 5A Region 7
Regional Semifinal
Indianola 96, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 40
Valley, West Des Moines 80, Des Moines, Lincoln 60

State Championship Schedule – Class 3A

Tue., March 1st – Quarterfinals:

PAC (24-0) vs. Mt. Vernon (16-8), 11:45-a.m.

Cherokee (22-2) vs. Osage (21-3), 1:30-p.m.

Center Point-Urbana (23-1) vs. Mid-Prairie (16-8), 3:15-p.m.

Nevada (21-3) vs. Sioux Center (20-4), 5:00-p.m.

AMES, Iowa (AP) – Georges Niang scored 27 points, Abdel Nader had 24 and 13th-ranked Iowa State held off TCU 92-83 on Saturday night to move within a victory of its fifth straight 20-win season. Deonte Burton set season highs with 23 points and 14 rebounds for the Cyclones (19-8, 8-6 Big 12), who never trailed despite playing without center Jameel McKay.

Iowa State went on a 15-6 run to open the second half and weathered a few Horned Frogs runs for its 12th home win this season. McKay, averaging 11.7 points and 8.7 rebounds per game, didn’t play because of what the Cyclones said was a coach’s decision. Freshman forward JD Miller had 19 points and 11 rebounds for TCU (11-16, 2-12), which remained winless in Big 12 road games. Malique Trent scored 17.