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

WACO, Texas (AP) — Juicy Landrum had 22 points to lead five Baylor players in double figures with a 83-to 62 win over the Iowa State Cyclones. The No. 2 Lady Bears stretched their Big 12 regular-season winning streak to 48 games. Te’a Cooper had 19 points while Lauren Cox and DiDi Richards both had double-doubles for the 18-1 Lady Bears. They also have the nation’s longest home court winning streak at 51 games. Their last home loss was to Texas on Feb. 6, 2017, which was also the last time they lost a conference game during the regular season. Maggie Espenmiller-McGraw had 17 points to lead the Cyclones, who played without starting point guard Rae Johnson.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — No. 18 Iowa faces a pair of tests against ranked Big Ten teams to highlight the AP Top 25 schedule this week. The Hawkeyes visit No. 15 Maryland and host No. 19 Illinois. Those are two of the three games nationally that feature two ranked teams. The other comes in the Southeastern Conference, where No. 13 Kentucky and No. 17 Auburn meet in a rematch of last year’s NCAA Elite Eight game won by the Tigers. Top-ranked Baylor also plays twice this week, visiting Iowa State and hosting TCU.

MIAMI (AP) — If you’re planning to walk through the Kansas City Chiefs locker room between lunch and their typical afternoon practice, you might want to grab someone’s helmet. There’s a good chance a pickup basketball game is going on among 300-pound linemen, right there in the middle of it. The scene that unfolds daily during the regular season perfectly sums up the loosy-goosy nature of the team. It’s an approach that could come in handy during the stressful lead-up to the Super Bowl.

MIAMI (AP) — Jimmy Garoppolo had a front-row seat in the best classroom on the best way to prepare for being a starting quarterback in the Super Bowl. Garoppolo watched Tom Brady prepare for two Super Bowl wins as his backup on New England. Now he gets the chance to translate those lessons into his first trip as a starter for the San Francisco 49ers. Garoppolo said Brady’s calmness throughout the pressure-packed week is one of the things that stands out most.

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The NFL’s blue medical tent on each sideline is a place no player ever wants to go, and everyone else would love to sneak inside for a peek. There’s no real mystery. Just imagine a portable exam room using a basic pop-up tent anchored by a metal rectangle frame on the ground around an exam table. Then a player walks in, someone pulls the tent into place and people disappear inside away from prying eyes. Dr. Allen Sills is the NFL’s chief medical officer, and he says the tent is a lot more roomy than people might think.

MIAMI (AP) — The NFL has been dealing with hackers, not someone trying to peak into the league’s records or team playbooks. The hackers apparently attacked social media accounts for the league and the AFC champion Kansas City Chiefs, Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears. The NFL says its cybersecurity department noticed a breach of a league-related social media account, then discovered targeted breaches and additional failed attempts across the league and team accounts. The league told teams to secure their social media accounts to stop further access and alerted the social media platform providers to secure all the accounts.

The Griswold Tigers turned the ball over 15 times in just the first half and fell to the Sidney Cowboys 59-26 on Tuesday night. The Tigers hung around early in the game but once Sidney started to implement a full court press the tide shifted toward the Cowboys. Griswold struggled in-bounding the ball against the press and the Cowboys turned a large number of takeaways into easy buckets.

Sidney led 25-10 at halftime and then blew the game open in the third by outscoring the Tigers by 10 in the quarter. The Cowboys were led by 18 points from Noah Jorgensen. The Cowboys are now 8-7 and will host East Mills on Thursday.

Griswold falls to 2-13 on the year and next up will travel to Tri-Center on Thursday.

Chay Ward poured in 23 points to lead the Sidney Cowgirls to a 49-14 win over the Griswold Tigers on Tuesday night. It was a slow start to the game for both teams. The Cowgirls used an early run to grab a 13 point lead by the end of the first quarter and the half was just a 25-8 lead for Sidney.

The Cowgirls slowly pulled away the rest of the game to move to 8-7 on the season. They head back home to host East Mills on Thursday.

The Tigers fall to 2-13 on the season and will now travel to Tri-Center on Thursday.

Quad @ Clarke
Interstate 35 52, Mount Ayr 26
Interstate-35 58, Clarinda Academy 0
Interstate-36 53, Clarke/Murray 30
West Central Valley 41, Clarke/Murray 36
West Central Valley 59, Clarinda Academy 0
Mount Ayr 57, Clarinda Academy 0
Mount Ayr 36, West Central Valley 20
Clarke/Murray 61, Clarinda Academy 6

Quad @ Creston/O-M
Creston/O-M 39, Harlan 36
Creston/O-M 36, Lewis Central 34
Creston/O-M 58, Carroll 24
Harlan 45, Lewis Central 24
Harlan 46, Carroll 24
Lewis Central 40, Carroll 27
(Harlan, Atlantic/CAM, and Creston/O-M in three way tie for Hawkeye Ten lead)

Tri @ Denison-Schleswig
Kuemper Catholic 48, Glenwood 36
Kuemper Catholic 46, Denison-Schleswig 34
Glenwood 39, Denison-Schleswig 30

Tri @ Griswold 
Bedford/Lenox 54, Griswold 12
Bedford/Lenox 54, West Harrison 18
West Harrison 30, Griswold 18

Tri @ Nodaway Valley
AHSTW 48,  Knoxville 30
AHSTW 48, Nodaway Valley 21
Knoxville 38, Nodaway Valley 27
(AHSTW’s Jaedan Rasmussen recorded his 100th career win)

Quad @ Red Oak
Red Oak 41, Underwood 39
Red Oak 59, Central Decatur 18
Red Oak 57, East Mills 16
Underwood 58, Central Decatur 7
Underwood 45, East Mills 36
East Mills 40, Central Decatur 28

Tri @ Riverside
Missouri Valley 51, Riverside 26
Missouri Valley 66, MVAOCOU 12
Riverside 65, MVAOCOU 18

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference
Atlantic 55, Kuemper Catholic 54 (McKenzie Waters hit game winning free throws with :04 left in the game)
Glenwood 87, Creston 46
Harlan 37, Denison-Schleswig 33

Western Iowa Conference
AHSTW 55, Missouri Valley 14
Audubon 67, Riverside 36
IKM-Manning 63, OABCIG 38
Logan-Magnolia 63, Underwood 47
Treynor 52, Tri-Center 18

Rolling Valley Conference
Coon Rapids-Bayard 55, Ar-We-Va 40
Glidden-Ralston 47, CAM 36
Paton-Churdan 62, West Harrison 29

Corner Conference
Sidney 49, Griswold 14 (Chay Ward- 23pts)
Stanton 49, East Mills 39

Pride of Iowa Conference
Central Decatur 61, Southeast Warren 33
Nodaway Valley 69, Bedford 26
SW Valley 50, Lenox 46
Wayne 45, East Union 43

Other Scores
Carroll 70, Perry 40
CB Abraham Lincoln 44, CB Thomas Jefferson 30
Des Moines Christian 56, Interstate 35 27
Mount Ayr 62, Van Meter 24
Pleasantville 58, Chariton 53 (2OT)
Woodward-Granger 44, AC/GC 40
Winterset 62, ADM 59

BOYS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference
Glenwood 71, Creston 51
Harlan 54, Denison-Schleswig 48
Kuemper Catholic 64, Atlantic 60
Savannah, MO 62, Clarinda 51

Western Iowa Conference
AHSTW 80, Missouri Valley 54 (Clayton Akers- 33 points, 8 3’s)
Audubon 53, Riverside 46
OABCIG 49, IKM-Manning 46 OT
Treynor 66, Tri-Center 44
Underwood 61, Logan-Magnolia 49

Rolling Valley Conference
CAM, Anita 66, Glidden-Ralston 54
Coon Rapids-Bayard 59, Ar-We-Va 35

Corner Conference
Fremont-Mills 58, Clarinda Academy 29
Sidney 59, Griswold 26 (Noah Jorgensen- 18pts)
Stanton 42, East Mills 38

Other Scores
Carroll 73, Perry 44
CB Abraham Lincoln 62, CB Thomas Jefferson 47
Chariton 71, Pleasantville 57
Van Meter 48, Mount Ayr 43
Winterset 64, ADM, Adel 61

The Griswold Tigers play host to the Sidney Cowgirls and Cowboys tonight for a Corner Conference basketball doubleheader and we’ll have coverage for you on KJAN.

The girls game will match the 2-11 Tigers against the 7-7 Cowgirls. The boys matches a 2-12 Griswold team against the 7-7 Cowboys.

Chris Parks will have the call tonight from the Griswold High School with pregame at 5:50 p.m. prior to the girls game at 6:00 p.m. The boys will follow at about 7:30 p.m. Tune in on AM 1220, FM 101.1, and online at kjan.com. Griswold students also plan to have the live video stream of the games rolling on GrizTigerVision through the KJAN Video Network.

The University of Iowa plans to build a new wrestling training facility to meet the needs of one of the most successful athletic programs in the country. Pending approval by the Board of Regents, State of Iowa, the UI will begin planning a new facility adjacent to Carver-Hawkeye Arena that supports Iowa Wrestling’s championship standards and validates Iowa City’s reputation as the greatest wrestling city in the world.

The proposed facility, funded entirely by gifts, will be located south of Carver-Hawkeye Arena and connected to the arena by tunnel. It will include an expanded training space and feature a Hall of Champions that showcases the program’s legendary history — including 23 NCAA team titles, 35 Big Ten Conference team titles, 84 NCAA individual championships, and 335 All-America honors.

The new facility will also allow the university to continue its tradition of hosting the world’s top senior level and international wrestling events, including the U.S. Olympic Trials and the United World Wrestling Cup, which attract tens of thousands of wrestling fans to Iowa City and delivers a multi-million dollar economic impact to the community.

To date, the project has received over $9 million in gift commitments, which in part funded a preliminary needs assessment and design plan. Upon approval by the Board of Regents, formal planning will begin with budget development and architect selection.

The Hawkeye wrestling team will continue to compete in its home at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, known internationally as a wrestling mecca and the NCAA leader in attendance in each of the last 13 seasons.

The Trevor Frederickson Memorial Fund recently donated $5,000 to the Atlantic Schools Booster Club. Fund spokesperson and Trevor’s mom, Melanie Petty, said the donation is to help with the fundraising for the field turf at the Trojan Bowl.

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“We are excited to be a Gold Level Sponsor,” Petty said, “and hope others will take advantage of the opportunity to help complete this project.  Trevor played football all through high school and we loved traveling with him and supporting the team.” Melanie said also, “We appreciate Atlantic Bottling and the Tyler Family for offering a matching grant up to $100,000.00 to help with this project!”

The 12th Annual TFred Memorial Golf Tournament will be held on August 8th at Nishna Hills Golf Course.  Petty said “We look forward to a great day of golf, friendship and fundraising for upcoming projects that will meet our mission statement.  Thank  you to everyone who helps us each year so that we can continue to give back in Trev’s name.  We couldn’t do any of this without you!”

No. 18 Iowa faces a pair of tests against ranked Big Ten teams to highlight the AP Top 25 schedule this week. The Hawkeyes visit No. 15 Maryland and host No. 19 Illinois. Those are two of the three games nationally that feature two ranked teams. The other comes in the Southeastern Conference, where No. 13 Kentucky and No. 17 Auburn meet in a rematch of last year’s NCAA Elite Eight game won by the Tigers. Top-ranked Baylor also plays twice this week, visiting Iowa State and hosting TCU.