Atlantic senior Cale Roller announced on Friday night that he has committed to continue his academic and football career at Morningside College. Roller made his announcement via social media on Friday.

Roller has been a stalwart along the offensive and defensive lines for Atlantic throughout his career. He has also is in the midst of a strong season on the mat at heavyweight for the Atlantic-CAM squad.

The IHSAA released the substate basketball assignments for Class 3A and 4A boys on Friday. The official pairings will be released at a later date. Postseason play for those classes will begin on Monday, February 24th.

Atlantic is in Class 3A Substate 8 along with Clarke, Creston, Denison-Schleswig, Glenwood, Greene County, Harlan, and Winterset.

CLASS 4A SUBSTATE ASSIGNMENTS

CLASS 3A SUBSTATE ASSIGNMENTS

The St. Albert Saintes used some early outside shooting to grab a lead and pulled away from Atlantic 59-40 on Friday night in Council Bluffs. Keely Socha came off the bench to hit three 3’s in the opening quarter to give St. Albert a 15-8 lead by the end of the first quarter. They would increase that lead to 10 by halftime at 31-21. The Saintes then outscored the Trojans 13-7 in the third quarter to solidify the lead.

Allie Petry had a strong night for the Saintes with 22 points and Socha added 11. St. Albert improves to 9-6 on the season and will head down the street to play Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln on Saturday.

Haley Rasmussen was a bright spot for the Trojans, driving to the basket a number of times and finishing with 21 points. McKenzie Waters added 10 as the Trojans fell back under .500 at 8-9. Atlantic is set to face Harlan in a make-up game on Monday night.

You can hear from Atlantic Head Coach Dan Vargason on the Saturday Morning Coaches show at 8:30am on KJAN.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference
St. Albert 59, Atlantic 40
Denison-Schleswig 58, Shenandoah 41
Harlan 48, Creston 45
Lewis Central 69, Kuemper Catholic 38
Red Oak 74, Clarinda 31

Western Iowa Conference
Audubon 56, Underwood 44
IKM-Manning 50, Treynor 42
Logan-Magnolia 54, AHSTW 41
Missouri Valley 52, Tri-Center 42

Rolling Valley Conference
Paton-Churdan 44, Woodbine 33

Corner Conference
East Mills 63, Riverside 16
Sidney 55, Fremont-Mills 22
Stanton 79, Essex 39

Pride of Iowa Conference
Central Decatur 45, SW Valley 22
Martensdale-St Marys 47, Bedford 29
Mount Ayr 69, East Union 34
Nodaway Valley 64, Southeast Warren 27
Wayne 46, Lenox 26

Other Scores
Des Moines Christian 52, West Central Valley 27
LeMars 44, Council Bluffs Jefferson 32
Ogden 45, Interstate-35 35
Panorama 63, Earlham 39
Pleasantville 48, Madrid 43
Sergeant Bluff-Luton 53, Council Bluffs Lincoln 39
Winterset 67, Carroll 54

BOYS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference
Denison-Schleswig 76, Shenandoah 36
Harlan 68, Creston 60 (Harlan coach Mitch Osborn reaches 700 career wins)
Lewis Central 70, Kuemper Catholic 51
Red Oak 57, Clarinda 56

Western Iowa Conference
AHSTW 61, Logan-Magnolia 48 (AHSTW coach GG Harris reaches 100 career wins)
Treynor 75, IKM-Manning 49
Tri-Center 69, Missouri Valley 32
Underwood 65, Audubon 39

Rolling Valley Conference
Boyer Valley 35, Coon Rapids-Bayard 25
Exira-EHK 53, West Harrison 45
Paton-Churdan 53, Woodbine 51

Corner Conference
East Mills 46, Riverside 28
Fremont-Mills 55, Sidney 49
Stanton 72, Essex 17

Pride of Iowa Conference
Central Decatur 63, Southwest Valley 46
Martensdale-St. Marys 67, Bedford 51
Nodaway Valley 87, SE Warren 39

Other Scores
Carroll 50, Winterset 44
DM Christian 80, West Central Valley 28

(Radio Iowa) — A Sac City-native and U-S Marine Corps Major, Adam Wellington, will be behind the controls of one of the jets in the military flyover at the Super Bowl in Miami on Sunday. The 37-year-old pilot graduated from Sac Community Schools in 2001 and joined the Marines after graduating from the University of Iowa in 2005. Wellington says he was lucky to be chosen to be one of four pilots be involved in the flyover.

Major Adam Wellington

“Basically these things get source to higher headquarters…and they trickle down. Eventually the squadron that I’m in — which is VMF-AT-501 out of Beaufort, South Carolina — that squadron got tasked by the Marine Corps to support with an aircraft,” Wellington says, “and I just happened to be lucky enough to be the guy that the squadron chose to go down and fly.”

Wellington started flying the F-35-B in 2015. Prior to that, he flew the F-18 Hornet, including deployments to the Middle East in 2012 and 2014 and two, three-year deployments stationed in Japan. Wellington’s mother Annette Wellington of Sac City, says her son has dreamed of becoming a pilot since elementary school, and everybody in the Wellington family is thrilled to see him fly on national television.

Annette says the toughest part is her late husband and Adam’s father, Don, won’t be with them to watch the flyover. “I lost my husband in 2018. And he would have been so proud to watch him on T-V flying that jet. That’s one of the sad things — buy you know he’s watching him from heaven,” she says. Sunday’s flyover will occur prior to kickoff. Wellington and the other pilots will then land at a nearby airfield and head back to Hard Rock Stadium to hopefully catch the halftime show and second half of the game.

He says being a part of the spectacle of the Super Bowl just adds the great career he has. “It’s always been a lifelong dream of mine to fly. The Marine Corps gave ma an opportunity and it worked out and it’s been great ever since,” Wellington says. Wellington currently lives in South Carolina with his wife, Leslie, and their three children, six-year-old Evan, four-year-old Adeline and two-year-old Vincent.

Pregame coverage begins at 1 p-m. Sunday, February 2nd on Fox with kickoff scheduled for 5:30 p-m Central Time. (Listen for the game Sunday evening on KJAN!)

COLUMBUS, OH (AP) – No. 19 Illinois and No. 18 Iowa meet on Sunday in a key Big Ten men’s game. Illinois (15-5, 7-2) is tied for first place with No. 14 Michigan State in a league that has shown some parity in the first month of conference play. Still the Illini are the surprise team so far, reeling off seven straight wins. They won at Michigan last Saturday and at home against Minnesota on Thursday night. It will be the first meeting of the season for Iowa and Illinois. They’ll meet again in the regular-season finale on March 8. Listen for the game beginning at 11-a.m. Sunday, on KJAN.

The Hawkeye women (18-3, 9-1) lead the Big Ten, average 80 points and extended their winning streak to nine on Thursday. They’ll travel to Michigan on Sunday. Tip-off for that game is set for 11-a.m.

MIAMI (AP) – Andy Reid has won more games than any coach without a Super Bowl title. So people question whether he can win the big one. The knock against Reid throughout his 21-year coaching career has been his inability to win a championship. He was 1-4 in conference title games during 14 seasons in Philadelphia and the Eagles lost to the Patriots in the Super Bowl after the 2004 season. Reid lost another conference title game at home last year with Kansas City. But the Chiefs returned to the AFC championship this season and advanced to face the 49ers on Sunday.

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

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) – Anthony Cowan Jr. scored a career-high 31 points, Jalen Smith had 18 points and 14 rebounds, and No. 15 Maryland beat 18th-ranked Iowa 82-72 Thursday night to snap the Hawkeyes’ five-game winning streak. Maryland won its fourth straight and improved to 12-0 at home. Luka Garza scored 21 for the Hawkeyes and Joe Wieskamp had 17. Garza, the Big Ten’s leading scorer, was in foul trouble throughout.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. (AP) – Kathleen Doyle had 23 points and eight assists and No. 18 Iowa beat Penn State 77-66 to extend its win streak to nine games. McKenna Warnock scored 16 points, Alexis Sevillian added 15 and Makenzie Meyer 14 for Iowa. Kamaria McDaniel led Penn State with 19 points and Makenna Marisa scored 10.

MIAMI (AP) — Few Super Bowls in recent memory have appeared as competitive as 49ers-Chiefs. No wonder there’s a little more buzz about this one. History and excitement are a nice combination for any championship game. The history stems from the Chiefs seeking their first title since 1970 when they won the fourth Super Bowl in the final matchup of AFL-NFL. The full merger took place the next season _ and Kansas City hasn’t been back to the Super Bowl for which its founder, Lamar Hunt, provided the name. And the 49ers are seeking a record-tying sixth Vince Lombardi Trophy.

MIAMI (AP) — There are countless numbers that tell the story of how the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs made it to the Super Bowl. The Chiefs throw the ball at a rate rarely reached in NFL history. The Niners are running more frequently this postseason than any team since 1973. Kansas City thrives on deep passes, while San Francisco is the best at limiting them.

MIAMI (AP) — Patrick Mahomes learned his lessons at a young age and in a perfect place. He hung around major league locker rooms with his father, a journeyman pitcher, and saw what made the greats of the game so great. Columnist Tim Dahlberg writes the young Mahomes hung around superstars like Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter. He watched how they prepared and saw how they dealt with both success and failure.With the Chiefs in the Super Bowl for the first time in a half century, the quarterback is poised to become the face of the NFL for a long time to come.

MIAMI (AP) — Even the oddsmakers aren’t sure about this Super Bowl. That’s how close the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers match up. The Chiefs are a 1-point favorite. That basically means a tossup. By kickoff on Sunday the 49ers could be the bettors’ choice. There could be almost as much action on prop bets _ does Kyle Shanahan remember to run the ball if the Niners get ahead 28-3 in the second half, for example? Or a lot more bets on the over/under. That stands at 54 1-2 and seems a bit low.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Glenwood 80, Atlantic 50

Western Iowa Conference

Tri-Center 48, Griswold 35

Rolling Valley Conference

Boyer Valley 57, Ar-We-Va 41
Paton-Churdan 41, Collins-Maxwell 39
Woodbine 57, Coon Rapids-Bayard 37

Corner Conference

Sidney 53, East Mills 48
Stanton 50, CAM 36

Pride of Iowa Conference

Central Decatur 55, Martensdale-St Marys 54
Nodaway Valley 62, Lenox 22
Southeast Warren 50, East Union 33
Southwest Valley 67, Wayne 44

Other Scores
Carlisle 72, Carroll 67
MVAOCOU 35, River Valley 34
Van Meter 57, ACGC 46
West Monona 53, OABCIG 52

BOYS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

St. Albert, Council Bluffs 65, Logan-Magnolia 62

Western Iowa Conference

Tri-Center 58, Griswold 4

Rolling Valley Conference

Boyer Valley 60, Ar-We-Va 27
CAM 51, Stanton 49
Paton-Churdan 65, Collins-Maxwell 61
Woodbine 68, Coon Rapids-Bayard 58

Corner Conference

East Mills 59, Sidney 40

Pride of Iowa Conference

East Union 73, Southeast Warren 57
Martensdale-St. Marys 60, Central Decatur 47
Nodaway Valley 92, Lenox 37
Wayne 36, Southwest Valley 34

Other Scores
Carroll 62, Carlisle 46
Heartland Christian 73, Whiting 32
Van Meter 50, ACGC 42