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

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Kendric Davis scored season-high 22 points and TCU stunned No. 17 Iowa State 92-83 for its first road win over a Top 25 team in 21 years. Kouat Noi, Desmond Bane and Alex Robinson each had 17 for the Horned Frogs. They used a staggering 27-4 first-half run to blow past the Cyclones and greatly boost their NCAA Tournament chances.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Carsen Edwards scored 27 points and Grady Eifert added a season-high 16 as No. 15 Purdue rebounded from a lackluster first half to pull away for an 81-62 victory over Nebraska. The Boilermakers have won eight straight overall and 14 in a row at home. Thomas Allen made five 3-pointers and matched his season-best with 18 points to lead the Cornhuskers.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Veteran Adam Wainwright remains confident in his ability to still be effective on the mound for the St. Louis Cardinals. The team is believed to have one spot open for a starter and Wainwright wants to make his case as he goes into his 15th season in St. Louis. He says he is healthy after making just eight starts last year because of injuries.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Right-hander Homer Bailey and the Kansas City Royals and agreed to a minor contract that includes an invitation to big league spring training. The 32-year-old has spent his entire 12-year career in Cincinnati, making 212 starts and going 67-77 with a 4.56 ERA. Bailey was traded from the Reds to the Dodgers in a seven-player deal in December, then was released and became a free agent. Bailey has thrown a pair of no-hitters.

CLASS 1A First Round

Region 6
Lenox 52, Mormon Trail 8

Region 8 
Ar-We-Va 53, Riverside 35
Boyer Valley 69, Whiting 14

CLASS 2A First Round

Region 6
Mount Ayr 73, Interstate-35 50
East Marshall 57, Colfax-Mingo 33
Cardinal at Wayne
Pella Christian 61, Pleasantville 18

Region 7
Woodward-Granger 40, Madrid 27
Southwest Valley 40, AC/GC 38
Ogden 46, South Hamilton 37
Earlham 50, West Central Valley 33

Region 8
St. Albert 61, Underwood 47
AHSTW 67, Tri-Center 41
West Monona 52, MVAOCOU 38
Logan-Magnolia 50, Missouri Valley 32

CLASS 3A Quarterfinals

Region 2
Clear Lake 75, Pocahontas Area 31
Kuemper Catholic 71, SE Valley 24
Roland Story 56, Humboldt 43
Carroll 61, Greene County 26

Region 8 
Des Moines Christian 59, Saydel 15
Creston 66 Clarke 37
Red Oak 77, Clarinda 21
Shenandoah 61, Atlantic 41 – Story here.

Class 1A District 7 at Underwood

Area Qualifiers:

106 lbs: Stevie Barnes, Underwood. Jace Rose, Riverside.
113 lbs: Hagen Heistand, Logan-Magnolia. Mick Schroder, Riverside.
120 lbs: Connor Atkisson, Tri-Center. Westin Allen, Underwood.
126 lbs: Briar Reisz, Logan-Magnolia. Zane Ziegler, Underwood.
132 lbs: Logan James, Underwood. Gabe Smith, Riverside.
138 lbs: Nick Hamilton, Underwood. Teagan Lundquist, Southwest Valley.
145 lbs: Blake Thomsen, Underwood. Duke Kyle, Missouri Valley.
152 lbs: Connor Lange, Missouri Valley. Tanner Owens, Underwood.
160 lbs: Michael Baker, Underwood. Bryson Freeburg, Tri-Center.
170 lbs: Nick Haynes, Missouri Valley. Chase Maguire, Logan-Magnolia.
182 lbs: Trace McCuen, Audubon. Brennon Mauer, Treynor.
195 lbs: Darius Gashe, West Monona. Luke Mosinski, Audubon (Reaches 100 career wins).
220 lbs: Dylan Obermeier, Audubon (Reaches 100 career pins). Chris Gardner, Underwood.
285 lbs: Aaron Olson, Missouri Valley. Barrett Pitt, Logan-Magnolia.

Full results here.

Class 1A District 2 at Truro

Area Qualifiers

106 lbs: Hayden Fischer, AHSTW (1st). Elliot Cooney, Nodaway Valley (2nd)
132 lbs: Gunnar Larsen, AC/GC (1st). Joel Sampson, AHSTW (2nd) (Reached 100 career wins)
138 lbs: Easton Benson, AC/GC (2nd).
145 lbs: Wyatt Appleseth, Panorama (1st)
152 lbs: Cole Sackett, West Central Valley (2nd)
160 lbs: Drew Venteicher, Bedford/Lenox (1st).
170 lbs: Garret Fox, Panorama. (1st).
182 lbs: Gabe Pauley, AHSTW (2nd).
195 lbs: Carson Wadle, West Central Valley (1st).
220 lbs: Chance Strough, Bedford/Lenox (2nd).

Full results here.

Class 2A District 4 at Harlan

Atlantic/CAM story here.

Full results here.

Class 3A District 5 at Glenwood

Area Qualifiers:

106 lbs: Tanner Wink, Lewis Central (2nd).
113 lbs: Mason Allen, Thomas Jefferson (2nd).
120 lbs: Josh Boots, Abraham Lincoln (2nd).
132 lbs: Brian Paul, Lewis Central (2nd).
138 lbs: Tanner Higgins, Lewis Central (2nd).
160 lbs: Caleb Kingery, Lewis Central (2nd).
182 les: Brett Mower, Glenwood (1st).
195 lbs: Noah Carter, Glenwood. Jacob Byers, Thomas Jefferson.
220 lbs: Cameron Baker, Thomas Jefferson (1st).
285 lbs: Hunter Haggstrom, Glenwood (2nd).

Full results here.

The Atlantic Trojans girls basketball team had their season come to an end on Saturday night with a loss to Shenandoah 61-41. The Trojans started the game strong but a 20-0 run to end the first half was the difference maker for the Fillies, and they pulled away to win the Class 3A Region 8 Quarterfinal game.

The Trojans jumped out to a 12-10 lead by the end of the first quarter due to some strong defensive pressure. The Fillies settled down in the second quarter and started to find the open spots against the Atlantic press, and they got some open looks. Roxy Denton and Logan Hughes helped the Shenandoah offense come alive in the second quarter. Denton had 8 of her 20 points in that second quarter run, while Hughes poured in 9 of her 29 that period. Shenandoah led 31-15 at halftime and 43-27 after three quarters.

The Fillies improve to 13-9 and will move on to face Red Oak in the Regional Semifinals next Wednesday night in Atlantic at 7:00pm. The Tigers advanced with a decisive 77-21 win over Clarinda.

Atlantic has their season come to a close with a 4-18 record in their first year under Head Coach Dan Vargason. Coach Vargason said after the game he was proud of the fight and improvement his team showed.

Despite the poor record, Coach Vargason said his first season at the helm was a positive experience and he thinks they are headed in the right direction.

Atlantic says goodbye to seniors Baylee Newell, Alyssa Ginther, and Heidi Williams. Newell finishes with over 600 points for her career.

Lewis Central finished with 23 points and came away 20th at the Boys State Swim Meet on Saturday at the University of Iowa in Iowa City. Mason Parks, who’s a student at Glenwood, led the way for the Titans with an 8th place finish in the 200 yard freestyle (1:43.88). He scored 11 points in that race and was also 9th in the 100 yard freestyle (47.14).

The Titans also took 17th in 200 yard freestyle relay with a time of 1:30.58 and 15th in the 400 yard freestyle relay (3:18.77).

Carroll took 10th in the 200 yard freestyle relay and Trevor Danner was 9th in the 50 yard Freestyle (21.50). The Tigers tied with Lewis Central for 20th with 23 points as well.

Ankeny won the team state championship with 226 points.

Full results can be seen here.

Atlantic/CAM qualified five wrestlers for the state wrestling tournament next week at the Class 2-A District 4 meet in Harlan Saturday.

The Trojans had six wrestlers competing at the district meet and came away with two district champs and three runners-up.

At 106 pounds, freshman Garrett McLaren won the district title with a 6-3 win over Tyler Halloran of Clarinda.  McLaren had beaten Jake Porter of Winterset 8-6 in the semi-finals.  Mclaren is 40-13 for the year.

At 138 pounds, senior Chase McLaren pinned Colton Hauschild of Southwest Iowa in the semi’s and followed that up with a 17-2 technical fall over Isaac Bryan of Sergeant Bluff-Luton in the championship match.  He improves his record to 48-3.

Joe Weaver lost a 6-4 decision to Nate Curry of Sergeant Bluff-Luton in the 120 pound final and qualified as the runner-up at 120 pounds.  Weaver downed Kaden Bolton of Creston/O-M 9-1 in the semi’s.  Weaver is 42-12 on the year.

Connor Pellett is making a trip to state as the runner-up at 152 pounds after losing by fall to Easton Graff of Sergeant Bluff-Luton in the finals.  He beat Tyler Brown of Winterset 16-6 in the semi-finals.  The senior is 44-9 for the season.

At 220 pounds, Cale Roller pinned Trevor Kinyon of Creston/O-M just as time ran out in the semi-final match to get to the championship, but was beaten by Joseph Arkfeld of Harlan with a late pin in the third period.  Roller got a lead and held off Colton Kinnison of Red Oak 4-3 in the wrestle back to earn a state tourney bid.  Roller is 43-9 on the year.

Kadin Stutzman lost his first match of the day to Jack West of Winterset by fall at 3:06 at 145 pounds.  He beat Mister McNaughton of Southwest Iowa by TECH FALL 15-0 at 5:30, but lost a wrestle back opportunity to Oscar Olmos of Harlan 9-6.  Stutsman endds his freshman season with a mark of 38-17.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Kendric Davis scored a season-high 22 points, and TCU stunned No. 17 Iowa State 92-83 on Saturday for its first road win over a Top 25 team in 21 years. Kouat Noi, Desmond Bane and Alex Robinson each had 17 for the Horned Frogs (17-6, 5-5 Big 12). They used a staggering 27-4 first-half run to blow past the beleaguered Cyclones and greatly boost their NCAA Tournament chances.

TCU, a 9-point underdog that had lost its previous two road games by an average of 22.5 points, capped a stretch of seven straight makes to open the second half with a layup by Noi to jump ahead 54-36 with 15:32 left. The Horned Frogs opened the second half shooting 13 of 17 from the floor, and Davis’ scoop layup made it 69-50 with 8:14 to go. Bane’s steal and lay-in a few minutes later pushed TCU’s lead to 75-56.

Iowa State went on a late 10-0 run, but TCU had answers for everything the Cyclones threw at them. Marial Shayok scored 24 points and Michael Jacobson had 16 to lead the Cyclones (18-6, 7-4), who saw their winning streak snapped at four games. Iowa State missed 12 of its first 13 3s, falling into a hole that was too deep to climb out of.

Iowa State will likely stay in the rankings after beating Oklahoma on the road on Monday, but it’ll slide down at least a few spots. UP NEXT: Iowa State plays at Kansas State on Saturday.

Semi-Finals

106

• Tyler Halloran (Clarinda) beat Braden Gallagher (Greene Co) FALL 4:57
• Garret McLaren (Atlantic/CAM) beat Jake Porter (Winterset) 8-6

113

• Johnathon Erp (Red Oak) beat Benjamin Schmitz (Kuemper Catholic) 14-3
• Brayden Graff (Sergeant Bluff-Luton) beat Kyle Kesterson (SW Iowa) FALL 1:41

120

• Joe Weaver (Atlantic/CAM) beat Kaden Bolton (Creston/O-M)  9-1
• Nate Curry (Sergeant Bluff-Luton) beat Jensen Kaldenberg (Winterset) 8-0

126

• Bryce Hatten (Winterset) beat Shea Parkis (Kuemper Catholic) 14-2
• Ethan Lemon (Harlan) beat Beau Thompson (Creston/O-M)  7-2

132

• Kruise Kiburz (Winterset) beat Wyatt Obrecht (Harlan) FALL 3:27
• Jack Gaukel (Sergeant Bluff-Luton) beat Garon Wurster (Creston/O-M) FALL 3:22

138

• Isaac Bryan (Sergeant Bluff-Luton) beat Cam Vanderhoof (Red Oak)  FALL 4:54
• Chase McLaren (Atlantic/CAM) beat Colton Hauschild (SW Iowa) FALL 1:01

145

• Jack West (Winterset) beat Kadin Stutzman (Atlantic/CAM) FALL 3:06
• Oscar Olmos (Harlan) beat Mister McNaughton (SW Iowa) FALL 4:56

152

• Connor Pellett (Atlantic/CAM) beat Tyler Brown (Winterset) 16-6
• Easton Graff (Sergeant Bluff-Luton) beat Rylan Luther (Creston/O-M)  FALL 1:39

160

• Justin McCunn (Red Oak) beat Joel Ward (Greene Co) 7-0
• Blake Liebe (Sergeant Bluff-Luton) beat Brady Barringer (Winterset) FALL 3:52

170

• Jackson Kinsella (Creston/O-M) beat Brock Wuebker (Greene Co) FALL 1:54
• Carter Bendorf (Harlan) beat Carter Maynes (Red Oak) FALL :33

182

• Jakob Childs (Clarinda) beat Tristan Navrkal (Sergeant Bluff-Luton) 6-4 (SV1)
• Beau Barncastle (Creston/O-M) beat Clint Dennhardt (Greene Co) FALL 5:12

195

• Thomas Bentley (Red Oak) beat Gabe Warren (Sergeant Bluff-Luton) FALL 1:01
• Bryce Hoyle (Greene Co) beat Crew Howard (Clarinda)  7-0

220

• Joseph Arkfeld (Harlan) beat Colton Kinnison (Red Oak)  FALL 5:50
• Cale Roller (Atlantic/CAM) beat Trevor Kinyon (Creston/O-M)  FALL 6:00

285

• Storm Howard (Clarinda) beat AJ Ellington (Sergeant Bluff-Luton) FALL 5:12
• Derec Weyer (Harlan) beat Andy Weis (Creston/O-M) FALL :50

Finals (State qualifiers in bold)

106

• 1st – Garret McLaren (Atlantic/CAM) beat Tyler Halloran (Clarinda) 6-3
• 3rd – Jake Porter (Winterset) beat Braden Gallagher (Greene Co) TECH FALL 5:37 23-8
• WB – Tyler Halloran (Clarinda) beat Jake Porter (Winterset) 11-4

113

• 1st – Brayden Graff (Sergeant Bluff-Luton) beat Johnathon Erp (Red Oak) TECH FALL 4:00 17-2
• 3rd – Benjamin Schmitz (Kuemper Catholic) beat Kyle Kesterson (SW Iowa) FALL 3:04

120

• 1st – Nate Curry (Sergeant Bluff-Luton) beat Joe Weaver (Atlantic/CAM) 6-4
• 3rd – Kaden Bolton (Creston/O-M) beat Jensen Kaldenberg (Winterset) 9-3

126

• 1st – Bryce Hatten (Winterset) beat Ethan Lemon (Harlan) 8-1
• 3rd – Shea Parkis (Kuemper Catholic) beat Beau Thompson (Creston/O-M) 2-1
• WB – Ethan Lemon (Harlan) beat Shea Parkis (Kuemper Catholic) FALL 5:54

132

• 1st – Jack Gaukel (Sergeant Bluff-Luton) beat Kruise Kiburz (Winterset) 13-5
• 3rd – Garon Wurster (Creston/O-M) beat Wyatt Obrecht (Harlan) FALL 3:36
• WB – Kruise Kiburz (Winterset) beat Garon Wurster (Creston/O-M) TECH FALL 4:00 16-1

138

• 1st – Chase McLaren (Atlantic/CAM) beat Isaac Bryan (Sergeant Bluff-Luton) TECH FALL 4:23 17-2
• 3rd – Cam Vanderhoof (Red Oak) beat Colton Hauschild (SW Iowa) FALL 1:37

145

• 1st – Jack West (Winterset) beat Oscar Olmos (Harlan) 8-7
• 3rd – Kadin Stutzman (Atlantic/CAM) beat Mister McNaughton (SW Iowa) TECH FALL 5:30 15-0
• WB – Oscar Olmos (Harlan) beat Kadin Stutzman (Atlantic/CAM) 9-6

152

• 1st – Easton Graff (Sergeant Bluff-Luton) beat Connor Pellett (Atlantic/CAM) FALL 1:01
• 3rd – Tyler Brown (Winterset) beat Rylan Luther (Creston/O-M) 13-6

160

• 1st – Justin McCunn (Red Oak) beat Blake Liebe (Sergeant Bluff-Luton) FALL 1:25
• 3rd – Joel Ward (Greene Co) beat Brady Barringer (Winterset) FALL 2:58
• WB – Blake Liebe (Sergeant Bluff-Luton) beat Joel Ward (Greene Co) 13-2

170

• 1st – Jackson Kinsella (Creston/O-M) beat Carter Bendorf (Harlan) 13-5
• 3rd – Brock Wuebker (Greene Co) beat Carter Maynes (Red Oak)  FALL 2:11
• WB – Brock Wuebker (Greene Co) beat Carter Bendorf (Harlan) FALL 4:17

182

• 1st – Jakob Childs (Clarinda) beat Beau Barncastle (Creston/O-M) 6-2
• 3rd – Tristan Navrkal (Sergeant Bluff-Luton) beat Clint Dennhardt (Greene Co) FALL 3:45
• WB – Beau Barncastle (Creston/O-M) beat Tristan Navrkal (Sergeant Bluff-Luton) 9-8

195

• 1st – Thomas Bentley (Red Oak) beat Bryce Hoyle (Greene Co) FALL 1:01
• 3rd – Crew Howard (Clarinda) beat Gabe Warren (Sergeant Bluff-Luton) FALL 3:50

220

• 1st – Joseph Arkfeld (Harlan) beat Cale Roller (Atlantic/CAM) FALL 5:07
• 3rd – Colton Kinnison (Red Oak) beat Trevor Kinyon (Creston/O-M) 2-0
• WB – Cale Roller (Atlantic/CAM) beat Colton Kinnison (Red Oak) 4-3

285

• 1st – Derec Weyer (Harlan) beat Storm Howard (Clarinda) FALL 1:14
• 3rd – AJ Ellington (Sergeant Bluff-Luton) beat Andy Weis (Creston/O-M) FALL :29

KJAN Sports Director Chris Parks’ weekly talk on Atlantic sports. This week we catch up with Boys Basketball Coach Jeff Ebling, Girls Basketball Coach Dan Vargason, and Atlantic/CAM Wrestling Coach Tim Duff.

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The Atlantic girls basketball team will head to Shenandoah tonight for a Class 3A Quarterfinal game and we’ll have it on KJAN. The Trojans are coming off a hard fought game against Harlan in which they came up short but showed some good things.  The 4-17 Trojans will try to carry some of the positives from that game into this postseason game with a 12-9 Fillies squad.

The Fillies are led by Logan Hughes who is averaging 24.2 points per game and also led her team with 235 rebounds and 35 steals.  The Fillies were able to beat the Trojans in their lone meeting of the regular season back on December 14th 70-46. Logan Hughes had 26 points and 15 rebounds in that first meeting. Atlantic had a nice outing from Haley Rasmussen with 21 points in that game and she’s coming off an 18 point performance against Harlan.

Rasmussen has averaged 11 per game for the Trojans and is joined in double figure output by McKenzie Waters who has dropped in 10 per contest. Baylee Newell is right behind them with 9.4 points per outing. The Trojans will need everyone firing on all cylinders if they want to keep their season moving tonight.

Chris Parks will have the call of the game on KJAN with pregame starting at 6:50pm and tip-off set for 7:00pm tonight. You can listen to the game on AM1220, FM101.1, and online at kjan.com. No video feed tonight, as it is not allowed in the postseason by the IGHSAU.