Five of the six Atlantic wrestlers who qualified for today’s Class 2-A district meet are wrestling in the finals.  At 106 pounds, Atlantic’s Carter Cox faces Harlan’s Wil Beach in the final.  At 120 pounds, Dillon Cox of Atlantic wrestles Blake Luna of Clarinda.  At 126 pounds, Darrian Schwenke of Atlantic faces Dylan Forkner of Greene County.  At 220 pounds, Tyler Christensen of Atlantic wrestles Dallon Bendorf of Harlan.  And, at 285 pounds, Jez Phippen of Atlantic wrestles Dakota Calfee of Clarinda.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — DeAndre Kane had 17 points with nine assists and No. 11 Iowa State beat Texas Tech 70-64 on Saturday after blowing an 18-point lead in the second half. Georges Niang also had 17 points for the Cyclones (19-5, 7-5 Big 12), who survived an impressive rally from the Red Raiders to win for the fourth time in five games.

Matt Thomas and Niang hit layups that put Iowa State ahead 67-62 with 1:27 left. Niang’s wide-open dunk with 7.2 seconds sealed the win for the Cyclones, who missed 8 of 12 free throws in the second half. Jaye Crockett had 19 of his 23 points in the second half for the Red Raiders (13-12, 5-7), who outrebounded Iowa State 40-30.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Melsahn Basabe scored 16 points and No. 16 Iowa pulled away from Penn State 82-70 on Saturday. Roy Devyn Marble added 15, Aaron White 14 and Mike Gesell 13 as the Hawkeyes (19-6, 8-4) won their fourth Big Ten road game of the season. Iowa’s three-game road winning streak in the Big Ten is its longest since 1998.

Penn State (13-13, 4-9) was led by D.J. Newbill, who scored 22 points, but Tim Frazier was held to 11. The game was tied four times in the second half before Iowa stretched it out with a 14-4 run. Marble, the team’s leading scorer at 16.5 points per game coming in, pumped in seven of those and Mike Gesell converted on a 3-pointer from the corner to help the Hawks pull away.

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Hawkeye 10

• Glenwood 58, Denison-Schleswig 35
• Harlan 63, Lewis Central 45

Other

• Bishop Heelan, Sioux City 69, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 43
• Dallas Center-Grimes 64, Knoxville 26
• Perry 56, Boone 42
• Sidney 42, Essex 32
• Winterset 50, Carroll 20

Hawkeye 10

• Creston 76, Clarinda 60
• Denison-Schleswig 70, Glenwood 51
• Harlan 68, Lewis Central 52
• Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 65, Nodaway Valley 52
• Lenox 62, Red Oak 59
• Shenandoah 73, Riverside, Oakland 38

Rolling Valley

• Adair-Casey 41, Guthrie Center 32
• West Harrison, Mondamin 78, Exira/EH-K 68

Western Iowa

• Treynor 55, Griswold 45
• Underwood 51, Missouri Valley 41
• Woodbine 50, Logan-Magnolia 46

Other

• Bedford 60, Stanton 43
• Carroll 74, Winterset 42
• Perry 81, Boone 70
• Sergeant Bluff-Luton 67, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 32
• Sidney 67, Essex 35

Jim Field and Chris Parks have the call of the first round playoff game played at Griswold High School.

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Bethany Doolittle scored 16 points as the Iowa Hawkeye women pulled away in the second half in a 69-55 victory over Illinois. The Hawks overcame 19 turnovers and four of 18 shooting from three point range to post their 20th victory of the season. Iowa coach Lisa Bluder says the Hawkeyes were more efficient in the second half.

Freshman Ally Disterhoft scored 13 points and added 10 rebounds for the Hawkeyes who improve to 8-4 in the Big Ten.

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JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — St. Louis Cardinals shortstop Jhonny Peralta has made an early arrival at spring training and says he’s eager to meet his new teammates. Peralta checked into camp on Thursday, four days ahead of the mandatory reporting date.

Peralta was suspended for 50 games last season while with Detroit because of his involvement with the Biogenesis drug scandal. The 31-year-old free agent then signed a four-year deal with the Cardinals worth $53 million.

Cardinals fans have seemed to welcome Peralta, but the two-time All-Star says he’s expects a different reception once St. Louis hits the road.