The second edition of the IWCOA dual team wrestling rankings came out on Tuesday. Atlantic/CAM checks in at number 6 in the Class 2A rankings. In Class 1A Logan-Magnolia, Underwood, and Missouri Valley occupy the 9th through 11th spots.

Full rankings here: Dual-Team-Rankings-2

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The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Iowa high school basketball poll with first-place votes in parentheses and won-loss record, total points and position last week at right:

Others receiving votes: Southeast Polk 2. Ankeny 2. Lewis Central 2. Prairie, Cedar Rapids 1. Ankeny Centennial 1. Johnston 1.

Others receiving votes: Fairfield 8. Wahlert, Dubuque 7. Xavier, Cedar Rapids 2. Marion 2. Storm Lake 2. Assumption, Davenport 1. Boone 1.

Others receiving votes: Regina, Iowa City 14. West Branch 5. Lake Mills 4. Pella Christian 3. Sioux Center 3. OA-BCIG 3.

Others receiving votes: Easton Valley 4. Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton 4. Newman Catholic, Mason City 3. South O’Brien, Paullina 1. Bishop Garrigan, Algona 1.

The Tri-Center Trojans picked up a couple of road wins on Monday night at Griswold. The former Western Iowa Conference mates squared off in a basketball doubleheader with the Trojans winning the girls game 51-36 and the boys game 66-33.

The girls game was a tight contest in the first half. The squads were tied at 8 at the end of the 1st quarter, then both team went on 8-0 runs to square it back at 16 all. Tri-Center edged out to a 2 point lead by the half at 22-20. The Trojans were able to extend that lead to 10 by the end of the third and held off the Tigers the rest of the way. Senior Lilly Dahir led the Trojans with 15 points and sophomore Presley Pogge came off the bench to score 13. Tri-Center improved to 6-9 on the season and Griswold fell to 10-6. The Tigers were led by 15 points from Brittney Beebe.

Tri-Center raced out to an early lead in the boys game and built their advantage the rest of the way. The Trojans were up 21-5 by the end of the 1st and led 32-13 at halftime. The lead grew to 26 by the end of the third quarter and the largest lead became 34 down the stretch. The Trojans move back above .500 with an 8-7 record. Griswold falls to 2-12. Tri-Center was led by 19 points from sophomore Leyton Nelson. Griswold had two finish with 11 points on the night, junior Sage Archibald and sophomore Jayden Amend.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas spent most of the first half Monday night chasing Iowa State all over the court, unable to keep up with the Cyclones’ crisp ball movement and their resulting open shots.
Jayhawks coach Bill Self made a subtle tweak that changed everything.

Kansas began switching five on defense, and the stops fueled a 14-0 second-half charge that gave Self’s team the lead. And unlike last weekend at West Virginia, the ninth-ranked Jayhawks made it stick down the stretch, holding on for an 80-76 victory over the No. 24 Cyclones.

Dedric Lawson led the way for Kansas (16-3, 5-2 Big 12) with 29 points and 15 rebounds. Marcus Garrett added 16 points, Lagerald Vick had 14 and Dotson finished with 10, including the clinching free throws with 5.9 seconds left that effectively put the game away.

Talen Horten-Tucker finished with 16 for the Cyclones. Michael Jacobson had 10 points and 11 rebounds. Iowa State’s hot shooting staked the Cyclones to an early lead, but a series of timeouts by Coach Steve Prohm did little to slow down the Jayhawks during their big second-half run. And when Iowa State had chances to stop it at the foul line, a series of misses cost dearly.
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Iowa State visits Mississippi on Saturday in the SEC-Big 12 Challenge.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Des Moines, Lincoln 71, Atlantic 44
AC/GC 79, Southwest Valley 54
Ar-We-Va 74, Red Oak 49
Bedford 67, Fremont Mills 43
Madrid 110, West Central Valley, Stuart 38
Missouri Valley 43, Westwood, Sloan 32
Omaha Roncalli, Neb. 77, Glenwood 50
Panorama, Panora 64, Nodaway Valley 49
Sergeant Bluff-Luton 54, Lewis Central 51
Stanton 67, Heartland Christian 31
Tri-Center 66, Griswold 33
Underwood 58, AHSTW 38
Winterset 64, Creston 52
Woodbine 48, Boyer Valley 40

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Treynor 69, Atlantic 29
AC/GC 71, Southwest Valley 42
AHSTW 56, Underwood 39
Bedford 53, Fremont Mills 26
Boyer Valley 46, Woodbine 42
Glenwood 62, Shenandoah 53
Kuemper Catholic 61, Greene County 30
Lenox 38, Southeast Warren 25
Lewis Central 53, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 38
Madrid 49, West Central Valley, Stuart 42
Panorama 68, Nodaway Valley 42
Paton-Churdan 47, St. Edmond 38
Red Oak 70, Ar-We-Va 35
Stanton 52, Heartland Christian 26
Tri-Center 51, Griswold 36
Westwood, Sloan 72, Missouri Valley 26

Sunday night’s game between the New England Patriots and Kansas City Chiefs was the second-most watched and rated AFC championship game in 42 years.

The overtime thriller on CBS averaged 53.919 million viewers, just shy of the 54.850 million that viewed Pittsburgh’s victory over the New York Jets in 2011. The 27.5 household rating fell short of the 2016 matchup between New England and Denver that had a 29.3 rating.

Sunday’s game is also a 22 percent increase over last year’s game between the Jacksonville Jaguars and New England Patriots, which averaged 44.145 million.

Fox’s telecast of the NFC championship game between the Los Angeles Rams and New Orleans Saints had a 24.6 rating. The game averaged 44.218 million, which is up 14 percent over last year’s game which saw the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Minnesota Vikings (42.408 million).

Both games had 13 percent rating increases over last year. This year’s 10 playoff games have averaged a 19.1 rating and 34.584 million viewers. The rating is up 11 percent over last year while the average audience has increased 12 percent.

The rating is the percentage of television households tuned in. The share refers to a percentage of the audience viewing it at the time.

The Griswold Tigers will host the Tri-Center Trojans in a match-up of former Western Iowa Conference mates tonight and we’ll have coverage on KJAN.

The girls games will match the 10-5 Tigers against the 5-9 Trojans. The boys game will see the 2-11 Tigers take on a 7-7 Trojans squad.

Chris Parks will have the call from Griswold. Tune in on AM1220, FM101.1, and online at kjan.com.