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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Deonte Burton scored 22 points, Monte Morris had 15 and No. 23 Iowa State routed TCU 84-63 on Friday night to reach its third Big 12 Tournament title game in the past four seasons.

The fourth-seeded Cyclones (22-10) clearly weren’t impressed – or intimidated – by the Horned Frogs’ victory against top-ranked Kansas in the quarterfinals. Iowa State used two big first-half runs to assume control, and then stretched its advantage to 26 points midway through the second.

Vladimir Brodziansky and Jaylen Fisher had 10 points apiece for the No. 8 seed Horned Frogs (19-15), but nobody seemed to have much pep in their step after their heart-stopping win over the Jayhawks.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Jesse Jansma scored 22 points, Ben Gesink added 21 and Hull Western Christian beat Pella Christian 62-50 Friday night to win its second straight Class 2A state championship and third in four years.

It was the ninth title overall for Western Christian (24-2), tying Davenport Central for the most in state history. And coach Bill Harmsen became the first to coach state championship teams in boys and girls basketball at the same school.

Harmsen, in his first season as the boys coach, guided the Western Christian girls to three titles.

Kenden Veenstra led Pella Christian (22-5) with 12 points, Levi Jungling scored 11 and David Kacmarynski had nine points and 10 rebounds.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Grant DeMeulenaere scored 17 points and sparked a fast start that carried Grand View Christian to a 61-50 victory over Gladbrook-Reinbeck on Friday night and the Class 1A state championship.

Mach Nyaw added 11 points and Bryce Crabb 10 for Grand View Christian (27-1), which has been open for only three years but already has become a force in small-school basketball. The Thunder lost only to Class 3A state tournament qualifier Pella and finished with 27 straight victories.

Joe Smoldt led Gladbrook-Reinbeck with 25 points but struggled early when Grand View Christian took control. Smoldt, averaging 30 points a game, missed his first seven shots and went 5-for-19 from the field.

Caden Kickbush, usually the No. 2 scorer for the Rebels (26-3), started 0-for-6 and scored only four points.

FRIDAY, 3/10/17

1A Consolation

North Linn 76, Remsen, St. Mary’s 66

2A Consolation

Kuemper Catholic 73, Camanche 53

4A State Tournament Semifinals

Iowa City West 61, Cedar Rapids, Kennedy 37
West Des Moines, Valley 64, Sioux City, East 54

1A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

Grand View Christian 61, Gladbrook-Reinbeck 50

2A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

Western Christian 62, Pella Christian 50

SATURDAY, 3/11/17

3A Consolation

12:05-p.m. Waverly-Shell Rock vs. Manchester/West Delaware

3A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

6:05-p.m. Cedar Rapids/Xavier vs. Sgt. Bluff-Luton

4A Consolation

1:45-p.m. Cedar Rapids, Kennedy vs. Sioux City, East

4A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

8:05-p.m. Iowa City, West vs. West Des Moines, Valley

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PITTSBURGH (AP) – The Little League World Series will make room for the major leaguers this summer when the Pittsburgh Pirates and the St. Louis Cardinals play in the first “MLB Little League Classic” in August. The regular season game between the NL Central rivals on August 20th will coincide with the 2017 Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

The clubs will attend a Little League World Series game during the day then play at BB&T Ballpark at Historic Bowman Field, the home of the Williamsport Crosscutters of the Class A New York-Penn League. The Sunday night game will be televised by ESPN.

1A State Tournament Semifinal – Thursday, 3/9/17
Gladbrook-Reinbeck 58, North Linn, Troy Mills 53

Grand View Christian 45, St. Mary’s, Remsen 36

2A State Tournament Semifinal – Thursday, 3/9/17
Pella Christian 64, Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 61

Western Christian, Hull 94, Camanche 44

3A State Tournament Semifinal – Thursday, 3/9/17

Cedar Rapids Xavier 47, Waverly-Shell Rock 41, OT

Sergeant Bluff-Luton 72, West Delaware, Manchester 59

FRIDAY, 3/10/17

1A Consolation

10:00-a.m. North Linn/Troy Mills 76, Remsen/St. Mary’s 66

2A Consolation

11:45-a.m. Kuemper Catholic/Carroll 73, Camanche 53

4A State Tournament Semifinals

1:30-p.m. Iowa City West vs. Cedar Rapids/Kennedy

3:15-p.m. West Des Moines/Valley vs. Sioux City/East

1A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

6:05-p.m. Gladbrook-Reinbeck vs. Grand View Christian

2A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

8:05-p.m. Hull/Western Christian vs. Pella Christian

SATURDAY, 3/11/17

3A Consolation

12:05-p.m. Waverly-Shell Rock vs. Manchester/West Delaware

3A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

6:05-p.m. Cedar Rapids/Xavier vs. Sgt. Bluff-Luton

4A Consolation

1:45-p.m. TBD

4A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

8:05-p.m. TBD

WASHINGTON (AP) — James Blackmon Jr. and Indiana buried Iowa under a barrage of long distance shots, and the Hoosiers used a huge second half to notch a 95-73 victory Thursday night in the Big Ten Tournament. Indiana (18-14) used the 3-pointer to turn a close game into a rout. It was 48-all before Blackmon, Devonte Green and Josh Newkirk combined to connect five times from behind the arc during a 30-11 blitz.

The 10th-seeded Hoosiers will next face second-seeded Wisconsin in the quarterfinals Friday night. Indiana was 3-10 in the Big Ten Tournament over the previous 10 years.

Indiana went 12 for 20 from 3-point range, including 6 for 8 after halftime. Blackmon scored 23 points and De’Ron Davis added 15. Jordan Bohannon led seventh-seeded Iowa (18-14) with 24 points. The Hawkeyes entered the tournament with a four-game winning streak, including victories over Indiana, Maryland and Wisconsin.

Iowa trailed only 43-40 at halftime but was outscored 52-33 over the final 20 minutes.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Monte Morris was an assist shy of the second triple-double in Big 12 Tournament history, leading No. 23 Iowa State to a 92-83 victory over Oklahoma State in the quarterfinals Thursday. Morris finished with 21 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists for the fourth-seeded Cyclones (21-10), who will carry their late-season season momentum into a semifinal matchup with either No. 1 Kansas or TCU.

Deonte Burton added 17 points and 10 rebounds, Naz Mitrou-Long had 14 points and Darrell Bowie had 13 for Iowa State, which has won seven of its last eight. The only defeat was to No. 11 West Virginia. Juwan Evans poured in 29 points for the Cowboys (21-11). But except for his backcourt mate Jeffrey Carroll, who had 21 points, the sophomore guard didn’t get much help.