The annual Knights of Columbus Free Throw Championship will be held on Wednesday, January 15th at 2:00pm. The contest is open to all boys and girls aged 9 thru 14 as of 1-1-2020. The 9-10-11 year-old participants will shoot at the Nishna Valley Family YMCA and the 12-13-14 year-old competitors will shoot at the Atlantic Middle School Gym.

Entry forms are available at the Nishna Valley YMCA and the Atlantic Middle School Principal’s office. Entry forms need to be turned in before January 13th.

All students are welcome, non-basketball shooters have won the contest in the past.

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State guard Tyrese Haliburton has been named Big 12 Player of the Week after posting the sixth triple-double in school history. It is the second honor he has earned this season.

Haliburton missed the Cyclones’ midweek game before recording his triple-double in the Big 12 opener at TCU. The Oshkosh, Wisconsin native had 22 points to go along with a career-high 12 rebounds and 10 assists against the Horned Frogs. He also had three steals in the overtime loss to TCU.

It was the 17^th triple-double all-time in the Big 12 and the first since 2017.

The Cyclones host Kansas on Wednesday night.

Freshman of the Week

Joe Toussaint, Iowa

G – 6-0 – Bronx, New York – Cardinal Hayes – Major: Undecided

• In his third start of the season, scored a career-high 18 points along with team highs in assists (4) and steals (2) against No. 21 Penn State at The Palestra on Saturday
• Sparked Iowa’s offense late as he scored 16 of his 18 points in the second half
• Also tied his personal best shooting 50 percent from the three-point line against the Nittany Lions
• Earns his first Big Ten Freshman of the Week honor
• Last Iowa Freshman of the Week: Joe Wieskamp (Feb. 4, 2019)

Player of the Week

Kathleen Doyle, Iowa

G – Sr. – La Grange Park, Ill. – Benet Academy – Major: Journalism

• Averaged 24.0 points, 5.5 assists and 2.0 rebounds per game with a .708 field-goal percentage in leading Iowa to conference wins over Illinois and at Northwestern last week

• Scored a career-high 33 points (including 11-of-14 field goals and 9-of-9 free throws) in 25 minutes of Dec. 31 win over Illinois

• Added 15 points and seven assists in Sunday’s win at Northwestern, giving her 602 career assists and making her the 12th women’s basketball student in Big Ten history to reach to 600-assist milestone

• A two-time Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and Academic All-Big Ten honoree (2017-18 and 2018-19)

• Earns her first Big Ten Player of the Week award

• Last Iowa Player of the Week: Megan Gustafson (March 4, 2019)

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State freshman Maggie Espenmiller-McGraw was named the Big 12 Freshman of the Week for the first time in her career after helping Iowa State go 2-0 on the week, the league announced Monday.

Espenmiller-McGraw tallied a career-high 17 points on a 7-of-9 shooting performance at Texas Tech. Espenmiller-McGraw was stellar as she connected on three shots from long range, helping Iowa State hand Texas Tech its first loss of the season.

Espenmiller-McGraw also helped the Cyclones close their nonconference slate with a win after playing 35 minutes and recording the best plus-minus on the team at +17.

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

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs will welcome the Texans to Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday for a rematch in name only of their Week 6 game won by Houston. Besides the fact that a spot in the AFC title game is riding on the outcome this time, Kansas City is such a markedly different team that their early October matchup is largely meaningless. Five starters were out that game and the Chiefs’ defense was a mess. Now, all those big names are back on the field, and new coordinator Steve Spagnuolo’s D is playing as well as any unit in the NFL.

UNDATED (AP) — Gonzaga, Duke and Kansas remain atop The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll. The Bulldogs received 54 first-place votes from a 65-member media panel. The Blue Devils had nine first-place votes and the Jayhawks two. No. 4 Baylor moved into the top five for the first time in three years and undefeated Auburn rose to No. 5. Butler climbed five spots to No. 6 for the program’s highest ranking ever. San Diego State is the only other undefeated Division I team. The Aztecs jumped six spots to No. 7. Michigan State, Oregon and Florida State round out the top 10.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina has hired Nebraska’s Jovan Dewitt as its outside linebackers coach and special teams coordinator. UNC announced Dewitt’s hire Monday after Dewitt spent the past two seasons in the same role with the Huskers. Dewitt’s special teams have seven punt or kickoff returns for touchdowns in the past four seasons along with four blocked punts over the past two years. Dewitt also worked with current UNC defensive coordinator Jay Bateman at Army in 2014 and 2015. Dewitt replaces Scott Boone in the role on Mack Brown’s staff.

MARYVILLE, Missouri – A 16-0 second-half run helped lift the No. 2-ranked Northwest Missouri State Bearcat men’s basketball team to a 74-55 victory over Rogers State in Bearcat Arena.

Northwest moves to 13-1 overall and 3-1 in MIAA play, while Rogers State falls to 11-3 overall and 2-2 in league action.

The Bearcats had to rely on the sharp-shooting and scoring efforts of junior Ryan Hawkins and sophomore Trevor Hudgins. Hawkins scored a game-high 28 points and was 6-of-7 from three-point range. Hudgins hit for 26 and was 6-of-9 from deep as he surpassed the 20-point mark for the fourth consecutive game.

Hawkins became the 24th Bearcat to reach 1,000 career points when he buried a free throw with 7:58 to play in the opening half. Hawkins is also the 13th Bearcat to record 1,000 points and 500 rebounds.

Iowa junior safety Geno Stone has announced he is declaring for the 2020 NFL Draft.

Stone finishes his Iowa career with 126 tackles, 6 interceptions, 13 pass breakups, 4 forced fumbles, and 1 fumble recovery.

Stone earned second-team all-conference honors from the AP this season and was a third team choice by Big 10 coaches.

Iowa is still awaiting the decisions of tackle Tristan Wirfs and defensive end AJ Epenesa.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Audubon 63, Boyer Valley 60
CB Thomas Jefferson 61, Sioux City North 38
Creston 66, Chariton 44
Grand View Christian 39, Bedford 35 OT
Lamoni 49, East Union 42
Lenox 32, Griswold 27
Melcher-Dallas 38, Murray 22
Southwest Valley 56, Clarinda 31
Westwood 64, Woodbine 36
Woodward-Granger 41, Glidden-Ralston 36

BOYS BASKETBALL

Glenwood 64, Atlantic 41
Boyer Valley 65, Audubon 41
Clarinda 73, Southwest Valley 33
Creston 61, Chariton 46
Grand View Christian 53, Bedford 52
Lenox 55, Griswold 45
PCM 55, Earlham 49
St. Mary’s Storm Lake 37, Ar-We-Va 26