Boys Class 4A Substate Semifinals are on tap today. There are just a couple of match-ups from our area.

Class 4A Substate 8

Urbandale @ CB Abraham Lincoln 7:00 p.m.

Lewis Central @ Dowling Catholic 7:00 p.m.

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The Trevor Frederickson Memorial Fund reports Sean O’Brien will be back again this Spring, to put on a baseball pitching clinic in Atlantic, for 4th through 7th grade students.  The pitching clinic will be held each Sunday through March 29th. Trevor’s mom, and fund spokesperson Melanie Petty, says “Baseball and Trevor go hand in hand.  I absolutely can’t think of one without connecting it to the other.” Petty said also, “Working with Sean is a great opportunity for these boys and we are happy that he is willing to come back to his hometown and work with these kids that have an interest in pitching.”

Sean O’Brien (Left)

She says they are thankful to be able to do these things for the community in Trevor’s name, and “It’s all because of the support we receive from our community, family and friends.” Petty reminds you that the 12th Annual TFred Memorial Golf Tournament will be held August 8th, at the Nishna Hills Golf Course, in Atlantic.  All monies raised are given back to things that were important to Trevor.  So far, the Fund has given back over $200,000.

Follow the Trevor Frederickson Memorial Fund on KJAN as news is released, and on Facebook, to keep up on the latest activities.

Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Makenzie Meyer and Monica Czinano scored 24 points apiece and No. 18 Iowa turned back Minnesota 90-82 to run its home-court winning streak to 36. Czinano, who leads the nation in shoot at 70.2%, went 12 of 16 from the field. Meyer was 9-of-12 shooting, draining six 3-pointers, as Iowa shot 60%. Gadiva Hubbard scored 20 points for the Golden Gophers), who have lost five straight. Meyer had three 3-pointers and Iowa closed the first quarter with a 10-0 run for a 25-15 lead. Minnesota had the first eight of the second quarter and kept the pressure on.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Ali Patberg had 26 points, five rebounds and four assists to help No. 22 Indiana beat Nebraska 81-53. Grace Berger added 15 points, seven rebounds and six assists for Indiana. Aleksa Gulbe and Mackenzie Holmes scored 11 points apiece. Senior Brenna Wise scored three points in Indiana’s final home game of the season. Leigha Brown led Nebraska with 22 points. She was 7 of 12 from the field but the rest of her teammates combined to shoot 10 for 49 (20%).

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Kaleb Wesson scored 16 points and had a career-high 18 rebounds, and No. 23 Ohio State got out to a quick double-digit lead on its way to a 75-54 win over Nebraska. Ohio State (19-9, 9-8 Big Ten) won for the fourth time in five games. Nebraska (7-21, 2-15) lost its 13th straight. Duane Washington Jr. made three straight 3s to open the game and finished with 14 points starting in place of the injured Kyle Young. Dachon Burke had 13 points and Cam Mack added 12 for the Cornhuskers.

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Ted Simmons got his first closeup look at the Baseball Hall of Fame and was awestruck. He called his tour Thursday “totally overwhelming and humbling, to say the very least. You’re asking yourself every five seconds _ what on earth makes you feel as though you belong in this place?” Simmons was elected in December at age 70 and more than three decades after his last game in the major leagues, the first player to be picked for enshrinement after being on the writers’ ballot just one year. He’ll be inducted July 26 with Derek Jeter, Larry Walker and the late Marvin Miller, the former players’ association head.

UNDATED (AP) — There are two intriguing games in the Big 12 on Saturday that feature teams that are likely locks for the NCAA Tournament against teams that have some work to do. The first happens in Lubbock, where Texas takes on No. 22 Texas Tech in a game that could help to solidify the Longhorns’ at-large resume. The second happens in Morgantown, where Oklahoma plays No. 20 West Virginia. Elsewhere, top-ranked Kansas visits Kansas State in the first meeting between the schools since their game in Lawrence ended in a brawl that spilled into the stands.

UNDATED (AP) — Michigan State at Maryland highlights a strong slate of weekend matchups in the Big Ten as the conference race enters the closing stretch. The ninth-ranked Terrapins are 15-0 at home. They beat the Spartans 67-60 on the road two weeks ago. Maryland has a two-game lead on 24th-ranked Michigan State with three games left in the regular season. Illinois, Penn State and Wisconsin are in a four-way tie for second place with the Spartans. The Terrapins haven’t finished first in conference play since tying Duke for first place when they were still in the ACC in 2009-10.

NORMAL, Ill. (AP) — Tete Maggett scored 24 points, Lexi Wallen added 18 and Illinois State made five of its seven 3-pointers in the fourth quarter en route to a 78-66 upset of No. 21 Missouri State. The Redbirds, who finished 7 of 12 behind the arc, were 5 for 5 in the fourth quarter with Maggett knocking down three and Mary Crompton two. Missouri State, which shot 40% or better in 22 games this season, finished at 35% and was 1 of 14 behind the arc in the second half. Brice Calip scored 19 points for the Bears.

Iowa State (12-16, 5-10) vs. Oklahoma State (14-14, 4-11)
Gallagher-Iba Arena, Stillwater, Oklahoma; Saturday, 3 p.m. CST

BOTTOM LINE: Oklahoma State seeks revenge on Iowa State after dropping the first matchup in Ames. The teams last faced each other on Jan. 21, when the Cyclones outshot Oklahoma State from the field 51 percent to 42 percent and hit 14 more foul shots on the way to an 89-82 victory.

VETERAN PRESENCE: Senior leadership has been on display for both teams this year. Cameron McGriff, Isaac Likekele, Lindy Waters III and Thomas Dziagwa have combined to account for 59 percent of Oklahoma State’s scoring this season. For Iowa State, Solomon Young, Prentiss Nixon and Michael Jacobson have collectively scored 36 percent of the team’s points this season.TERRIFIC TYRESE: Tyrese Haliburton has connected on 41.9 percent of the 124 3-pointers he’s attempted. He’s also made 82.2 percent of his foul shots this season.

WINLESS WHEN: Iowa State is 0-7 when scoring fewer than 61 points and 12-9 when scoring at least 61.

STREAK STATS: Iowa State has dropped its last nine road games, scoring 66.3 points and allowing 78.9 points during those contests. Oklahoma State has won its last three home games, scoring an average of 76 points while giving up 64.3.

DID YOU KNOW: Iowa State is ranked first among Big 12 teams with an average of 70.2 possessions per game.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Makenzie Meyer and Monica Czinano scored 24 points apiece and No. 18 Iowa turned back Minnesota 90-82 to run its home-court winning streak to 36. Czinano, who leads the nation in shoot at 70.2%, went 12 of 16 from the field. Meyer was 9-of-12 shooting, draining six 3-pointers, as Iowa shot 60%.

Gadiva Hubbard scored 20 points for the Golden Gophers), who have lost five straight. Meyer had three 3-pointers and Iowa closed the first quarter with a 10-0 run for a 25-15 lead. Minnesota had the first eight of the second quarter and kept the pressure on.

The CAM Cougars fought like crazy all night but came up short to Martensdale-St. Marys 69-61 in the Class 1A District 14 Final in Stuart on Thursday. CAM fell behind at the end of the first 22-14, and were down by 12 early in the second period. The Cougars clawed their way back in with a 14-0 run to grab a momentary lead before Martensdale grabbed a one point edge at half 31-30. It was a two point game by the end of the third and then the Blue Devils outscored the Cougars 24-18 in the fourth to grab the win.

CAM hit six threes in the opening half, taking advantage of some open looks, but they would only hit three more the rest of the game and two of those came from Ethan Arp late as the Cougars tried to get back in it. CAM worked hard against a much larger Blue Devils squad and Coach Nick Hodges was proud of the way they played.

It was another balanced scoring output for the Cougars with 4 players finishing in double-figures. Nathan Hensley finished with 14, Ben Tibken 13, Jacob Holste 11, and Ethan Arp 10. The Cougars finished the season with a 19-5 record and lose some important seniors. Coach Hodges said they’ve been a great group.

Martensdale-St. Marys also had four double-figure scorers on the night with Jack Franey leading the team with 21. Isaac Gavin had 17, Hogan Franey 16, and Trey Baker added 12. The Blue Devils improved to 22-3 and will move on to the 1A Substate 7 Final on Saturday night against Mount Ayr in Creston at 7:00 p.m.

CLASS 1A District Finals

District 9: Montezuma 66, Keota 48
District 10: Nodaway Valley 57, Central Decatur, Leon 39
District 13: Mount Ayr 58, Bedford 48
District 14: Martensdale-St. Marys 69, CAM, Anita 61 – ON KJAN
District 15: St. Albert, Council Bluffs 52, Woodbine 43
District 16: St. Mary’s, Remsen 61, Siouxland Christian 53

CLASS 3A Substate Semifinals

Substate 1

Sergeant Bluff-Luton 51, Carroll 39
LeMars 67, MOC-Floyd Valley 61

Substate 8

Denison-Schleswig 53, Winterset 38
Harlan 84, Glenwood 71

The CAM Cougars (19-4) will take on the Martensdale-St. Marys Blue Devils (21-3) tonight in the boys basketball 1A District 14 Final. The game will be played at West Central Valley High School in Stuart and we’ll have coverage on KJAN.

The Cougars were able to take down Earlham 71-66 and Stanton 65-51 to reach this game. Martensdale-St. Marys paved their road to the District Final with wins over Southwest Valley 80-46 and Coon Rapids-Bayard 63-48.

The Cougars come in averaging 59 points per game and have used a balanced attack to have success this season. 6 different Cougars are averaging 8 or more points per game. Connor McKee and Jacob Holste both have averaged 10 per outing and have traded being the leading scorer the past two games.

Martensdale-St Marys has a strong offense that is averaging 71 points per game. They have four players averaging double-figure scoring, led by 6-4 Junior Trey Baker who has poured in 18 points per game.

Chris Parks will have the call from Stuart on AM 1220, FM 101.1, and online at kjan.com. Pregame will start at 6:45 p.m. with tip-off at 7:00 p.m.

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