The 2016 Individual State Wrestling Tournament gets underway today at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.  Session 1 will run from 9:00am-12:00pm and will feature Class 1A 1st round and 1st round consolations.  The class 3A session will follow from 1:30pm-4:30pm and 2A from 6:00pm-9:00pm.

We will have reports on results throughout each day of the tournament and then live hold-by-hold coverage of the finals on Saturday night.  Our report schedule is as follows: Thursday, February 18th: 10:20am, 11:35am, 12:45pm, 2:30pm, 4:15pm, 5:30pm, 8:30pm, 9:45pm. Friday, February 19th: 10:20am, 11:35am, 1:15pm, 4:30pm, 6:30pm, 8:30pm, 9:30pm, 10:30pm. Saturday, February 20th: 10:35am, 11:35am, 12:45pm, 1:45pm, Finals starting at 6:15pm.

We will be following a large number of area wrestlers including in Class 1A: Marshall Rasmussen (Underwood), Tatem Bluml (Riverside), Remington Meeker (Logan-Magnolia), Michael Baker (Underwood), Connor Lange (Missouri Valley), Alex Thomsen (Underwood), Garret Thompson (Logan-Magnolia), Ben Freese (Nodaway Valley), Bo Geise (Logan-Magnolia), Jack Kyle (Missouri Valley), Tom Jennings (Underwood), Jay Heiny (AHSTW), Jake Mulford (Audubon), Luke Stortenbecker (East Mills), Josh Hopkins (East Mills), Brady Wilson (Logan-Magnolia), Dustin Engel (AHSTW), Nathan Haynes (Missouri Valley), Sam Gregory (Treynor), Tim Barr (AHSTW), Steven Gregory (Treynor), Lane Ring (Exira/EHK), Drake Johnson (Logan-Magnolia), Tom Rief (Missouri Valley), Nick Perkins (East Mills), Anthony Ossman (East Mills), Coy Maher (Riverside). In Class 2A: Kole Hansen (Atlantic), Carter Cox (Atlantic), Jacob Goodson (Creston/OM), Chase McLaren (Atlantic), Jared Hensley (Bedford/Lenox), Trevor Marlin (Creston/OM), Trevor Anderson (Glenwood), Elias Shaeffer (Harlan), Austin Gutknecht (Clarinda), Tim Sibbel (Kuemper Catholic), Wyatt Thompson (Creston/OM), Jordan Renshaw (Glenwood), Mitchel Swank (Creston/OM), Matt Malcom (Glenwood), Cameron Leith (Creston/OM), Jacob Wingert (Harlan), Chase Shiltz (Creston/OM), Anthony Sherry (Glenwood), JJ Clark (Clarinda), Zac Stork (Atlantic), Zach Haggstrom (Glenwood), Seth Maitlen (Creston/OM), Kadon Hulett (Creston/OM), Keagan Hosfelt (Atlantic), John McConkey (Atlantic), Caleb Sanders (Glenwood).  In Class 3A: Anthony Humpal (Thomas Jefferson), Paxton Whiteaker (Lewis Central), McGwire Midkiff (Thomas Jefferson), Brandon Wieland (Lewis Central), Jackson Sharp (Thomas Jefferson), Gabriel Kjeldgaard (Lewis Central), Jacob Jones (Thomas Jefferson), Kyle Kuckta (Lewis Central), Lanny Herzog (Abraham Lincoln), Caleb Kingery (Lewis Central), Mac Southard (Lewis Central), Colton Clingenpeel (Thomas Jefferson), Parker Preul (Denison-Schleswig), Cory Lear (Lewis Central), Colton Lear (Lewis Central), Damon Deyo (Lewis Central), Hayden Waldstein (Lewis Central), Cameron Baker (Thomas Jefferson), Tanner Miller (Lewis Central), Nick Mitchell (Thomas Jefferson).

The Atlantic Girls Basketball team saw their season come to an end on Wednesday night at Shenandoah High School as they fell in a Class 3A Regional Semifinal to the Fillies by a final score of 56-39.

It was a very poor shooting night for the Trojans and they found themselves down in an early hole trailing by 10 at both the end of the first quarter and half.  Atlantic rallied for a bit in the third and cut the Fillies lead down to six for a moment before Shenandoah pushed it back out to an 11 point lead at the end of the third.  The Fillies got it done at the free throw line as well, hitting 23 of 28 to help push them to the win.

Logan Hughes had a big game for Shenandoah with 21 points.  Logan Ehlers added 18 points for the Fillies which included 13 points from the free throw line.  With the win Shenandoah improves their record to 15-8 and will move on to face Top ranked Pocahontas Area on Saturday night at 7:00pm in Carroll.

Atlantic was led in the loss by Senior Erin Olsen with 11 points.  Catherine Leonard added 9 points and Tiffany Williams chipped in 7.  The Trojans see their season come to a close with a record of 13-9.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Royals are installing additional netting at Kauffman Stadium that extends toward the outfield end of each team’s dugout to improve the safety for fans sitting along the foul lines. Several clubs have considered ways to protect fans from foul balls hit into those seats, and some have suggested that similar netting should be mandatory in major league ballparks.

Royals vice president Kevin Uhlich said Wednesday that the club considered several options before deciding on the new netting. The club hopes it strikes a balance between safety and allowing fans sitting in premium seats to have the same kind of ballpark experience as in years past.

The World Series champion Royals play their opener April 4 against the New York Mets, the team they beat in five games for the title.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A big year from Iowa’s football and basketball teams means a big raise for athletic director Gary Barta. Documents obtained by The Associated Press show that Iowa President Bruce Harreld and Barta reached a five-year contract extension last month. It guarantees Barta $4.6 million in compensation through June 30th, 2021.

The deal increases Barta’s base salary from $400,000 to $550,000 in July and guarantees $250,000 in annual deferred compensation. Both amounts increase by $50,000 in 2018. Despite fan unrest last year, Barta stuck by football coach Kirk Ferentz. Ferentz led the Hawkeyes to 12 wins and a Rose Bowl appearance.

Barta’s biggest hire, basketball coach Fran McCaffery, has turned a once-moribund program into the nation’s fourth-ranked team. Barta’s department is also facing a federal investigation into sex discrimination allegations.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Class 3A Region 8
Regional Semifinal
PAC-LM 62, Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 42
Shenandoah 56, Atlantic 39

Class 4A Region 1
Regional First Round
Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City 66, Denison-Schleswig 40
LeMars 63, Storm Lake 22

Class 4A Region 7
Regional First Round
Newton 64, Bondurant Farrar 54
Perry 71, Carroll 35

Class 4A Region 8
Regional First Round
ADM, Adel 57, Winterset 46
Glenwood 47, Creston 41

Class 5A Region 7
Play-In
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 45, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 26

Tonight on KJAN Chris Parks and Seth Christensen will bring you a Class 3A Region 8 Semifinal as Atlantic travels to Shenandoah.  We will have Iowa Men’s Basketball at Penn State starting at 4:30pm tonight so we will start our girls basketball broadcast on our audio webstream at kjan.com and on the KJAN mobile app. As soon as the Iowa Men’s game is done we will bring you the Atlantic girls game on the air as well at AM1220 and FM101.1.

Atlantic comes into the game with a record of 13-8 and will face a Fillies team that is 14-8.  Atlantic one their lone meeting during the regular season 64-56 back on December 18th at Atlantic High School.  The winner tonight will move on to face either Pocahontas Area or Kuemper Catholic on Saturday at 7:00pm in Carroll.

State Team Dual Wrestling
Wednesday, February 17th
Wells Fargo Arena

Class 1A

Quarterfinal: #1 Lisbon defeated #8 Sigourney 61-11
Quarterfinal: #2 Don Bosco, Gilbertville defeated #7 Lake Mills 52-24
Quarterfinal: #3 Alburnett defeated #6 Westwood, Sloan 47-27
Quarterfinal: #5 Sibley-Ocheydan defeated #4 Logan-Magnolia 36-32
Semifinal: #1 Lisbon defeated #5 Sibley-Ocheydan 50-22
Semifinal: #3 Alburnett defeated #2 Don Bosco, Gilbertville 43-30
Cons. Semi: #4 Logan-Magnolia defeated #8 Sigourney 56-21
Cons. Semi: #6 Westwood, Sloan defeated #7 Lake Mills 50-28
1st Place Match
#3 Alburnett defeated #1 Lisbon 32-31.
3rd Place Match
#5 Sibley-Ocheydan defeated #2 Don Bosco, Gilbertville 42-35.
5th Place Match
#4 Logan-Magnolia defeated #6 Westwood, Sloan 48-22.
7th Place Match
#7 Lake Mills defeated #8 Sigourney 53-28.

Class 2A

Quarterfinal: #1 New Hampton defeated #8 Albia 51-30
Quarterfinal: #2 Assumption, Davenport defeated #7 Washington 40-18
Quarterfinal: #3 Creston/O-M defeated #6 Sergeant Bluff-Luton 58-17
Quarterfinal: #4 Clarion-Goldfield-Dows defeated #5 Independence 36-33
Semifinal: #4 Clarion-Goldfield-Dows defeated #1 New Hampton 30-27
Semifinal: #2 Assumption, Davenport defeated #3 Creston/O-M 34-27
Cons. Semi: #5 Independence defeated #8 Albia 51-24
Cons. Semi: #7 Washington defeated #6 Sergeant Bluff-Luton 37-29
1st Place Match
#2 Assumption, Davenport defeated #4 Clarion-Goldfield-Dows 36-27.
3rd Place Match
#1 New Hampton defeated #3 Creston/O-M 51-21.
5th Place Match
#5 Independence defeated #7 Washington 34-24.
7th Place Match
#6 Sergeant Bluff-Luton defeated #8 Albia 50-29.

Class 3A

Quarterfinal: #1 Southeast Polk defeated #8 Clinton 53-21
Quarterfinal: #2 Valley, West Des Moines defeated #7 Waverly-Shell Rock 43-19
Quarterfinal: #3 Dubuque, Hempstead defeated #6 Indianola 35-28
Quarterfinal: #4 Johnston defeated #5 Prairie, Cedar Rapids 34-25
Semifinal: #1 Southeast Polk defeated #4 Johnston 40-24
Semifinal: #2 Valley, West Des Moines defeated #3 Dubuque, Hempstead 72-6
Cons. Semi: #5 Prairie, Cedar Rapids defeated #8 Clinton 46-36
Cons. Semi: #7 Waverly-Shell Rock defeated #6 Indianola 55-18
1st Place Match
#2 Valley, West Des Moines defeated #1 Southeast Polk 31-26.
3rd Place Match
#4 Johnston defeated #3 Dubuque, Hempstead 47-25.
5th Place Match
#7 Waverly-Shell Rock defeated #5 Prairie, Cedar Rapids 37-36.
7th Place Match
#8 Clinton defeated #6 Indianola 54-20.

The 7:20-a.m. Sportscast w/Chris Parks.

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