The State Volleyball brackets have been set for Classes 3A, 4A, and 5A following the completion of Regional Finals on Monday.

Class 1A and 2A schools will try to punch their ticket to State tonight with Regional Finals being contested. We’ll have one for you on the radio with the Riverside Bulldogs facing the St. Albert Saintes at Tri-Center High School. Pre-match coverage will start at 6:45pm. Here is a look at the area matches.

Class 1A Region 2 @ Tri-Center: Riverside vs. St. Albert – ON KJAN
Class 1A Region 3 @ Fremont-Mills: East Mills vs. Sidney

Class 2A Region 4 @ Saydel: Underwood vs. Grundy Center
Class 2A Region 5 @ Knoxville: Nodaway Valley vs. Van Buren

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Class 3A

Region 2
(3-0) Kuemper Catholic over Humboldt (25-16, 25-17, 25-20)

Region 3
(3-1) Red Oak over DsM Christian (13-25, 25-20, 25-16, 25-15)

Class 4A

Region 1 
(3-0) Sergeant Bluff-Luton over Carroll (25-14, 25-12, 25-9)

Region 2
(3-2) Glenwood over Lewis Central (25-23, 27-25, 22-25, 23-25, 15-9) (First ever trip to State Volleyball for Glenwood)

Class 5A

Region 1
(3-0) Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln over Ankeny Centennial (25-20, 25-21, 25-16)

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

UNDATED (AP) — The college basketball season tips off with the top ranked teams squaring off. The Champions Classic features No. 1 Michigan State against No. 2 Kentucky followed by No. 3 Kansas taking on No. 4 Duke Tuesday night. The Jayhawks and Blue Devils meet in the first game in New York, with the Spartans and Wildcats next. The week also includes No. 5 Louisville, No. 9 North Carolina and No. 11 Virginia opening the season with Atlantic Coast Conference games to start the ACC’s first 20-game schedule.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs got far more than a couple of players back from injury and a desperately needed victory over the Minnesota Vikings to snap a three-game home losing streak. They also got their confidence back.

The Iowa State vs. Texas football game on November 16th at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames has been set for a 2:30pm kickoff. The game will be televised on FS1.

2019 8 Man District 6
All District Teams and Award Winners

Team Records

Lamoni 7-0 8-1
SE Warren 6-1 7-3
Lenox 5-2 8-2
East Union 4-3 5-4
Murray 3-4 3-6
Moravia 2-5 3-6
Mormon Trail 1-6 1-7
Seymour 0-7 0-10

District Award Winners

Coach of the Year – Bryan Nowlin – Lamoni
Assistant Coach of the Year – Mike Ranney – Lamoni
Offensive Player of the Year – Patrick Savage – Lamoni
Defensive Player of the Year – Bryce Vandelune – SE Warren
Special Teams Player of the Year – Bryce Hall – SE Warren
Lineman of the Year – Shoalie Neibour – Lamoni

All District Teams

1st team Offense:                      1st team Defense: 

QB – Patrick Savage* – Lamoni DL – Bryce Vandelune* – SE Warren
RB – Colton Gordon* – Lenox DL – Gauge Mitchell – East Union
RB – Drew Venteicher* – Lenox DL – Shoalie Neibour – Lamoni
RB – Tanner Cormeny* – Moravia DL – Rilee Werner – Murray
End – Bryce Hall* – SE Warren DL – Luke Parmer – Mormon Trail
End – Ethan Owen* – Lamoni LB – Patrick Savage* – Lamoni
End – Stephen Ansong* – Lamoni LB – Drew Venteicher – Lenox
OL – Shoalie Neibour* – Lamoni LB – JT Rowe – SE Warren
OL – Hernan Castor – Lenox LB – Tanner Cormeny – Moravia
OL – Justin McCaulley – SE Warren DB – Javin Evans* – Lamoni
OL – Cole Lecy – Murry DB – Will Martin – Moravia
Utility – Tanner Dierking – SE Warren DB – Mason Merfeld – SE Warren
Utility – Ethan Owen – Lamoni

1st Team Specials

PK – Cade Nelson* – SE Warren
P – Bryce Hall* – SE Warren
Returner – Harrison Sellars – Lamoni
*Unanimous

2nd team Offense:                2nd team Defense: 

QB – Cullen Wood – Lenox DL – Devin Whipple* – Lenox
RB – Zander Reed – Lamoni DL – Coleman Dukes – Lenox
RB – Gabe Hammond – SE Warren DL – Dakota Bowell – Lamoni
RB – Luke Parmer – Mormon Trail LB – Drew Kelso* – SE Warren
End – Cade Nelson – SE Warren LB – Johnathon Weaver – Lenox
End – Noah Wells – Seymour LB – Chance Lecy – Murray
End – Brad Larson – Lenox LB – Cole Wimber – East Union
OL – Coleman Dukes* – Lenox DB – Harrison Sellars – Lamoni
OL – Ethan Ayers – East Union DB – Bryce Hall – SE Warren
OL – Anthony Cray – Lamoni DB – Brad Larson – Lenox
OL – Dakota Boswell – Lamoni DB – Ty Hysell – Mormon Trail
Utility – Brody Tuttle – Seymour Utility – Colton Gordon – Lenox

2nd Team Specials

PK – Logan Johnson* Moravia
Punter – Gus McNeill* – East Union
Returner – Bryce Hall – SE Warren

Honorable Mention

Lenox –  Parker Reed, Keegan Christensen
Seymour – Mason Sulser, Jaden Enright
SEW – Ricky Harvey, Bradley Metz
Lamoni – Luke Jones, Cael Ogier
Moravia – Brett Cormeny, RJ Hamilton
Murray –  Zack Belden
EU – Kael Seals, Kanyon Huntington
Mormon Trail – Remington Newton, Gabe Stripe

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State sophomore Tyrese Haliburton is one of 50 players named to the watch list for the 2020 Citizen Naismith Trophy Men’s Player of the Year award.

Haliburton, a preseason All-Big 12 selection, played in all 35 games as a freshman and became one of just four freshmen in college basketball since 1992-93 to post 125 assists, 50 steals and 30 blocks while averaging 6.8 points, 3.6 assists, 3.4 rebounds and 1.5 steals.

The Oshkosh, Wisconsin native won a Gold medal last summer for USA Basketball Men’s U19 World Cup team. At the tournament he was named to the All-Star Five.

Haliburton and the Cyclones open the 2019-20 season Tuesday evening at Hilton Coliseum against Mississippi Valley State. The game will be televised by Cyclones.tv with tipoff at 7 p.m.

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(Radio Iowa) — Sophomore center Monica Czinano scored 27 points as the Iowa Hawkeye women rolled to a 98-53 win over Winona State, Sunday, in an exhibition game. Iowa coach Lisa Bluder….

Czinano was 13 of 13 from the field and Bluder was happy with the ball movement.