The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union released the postseason pairings for the two largest classes this week. All classes now have their pairings set.

Class 5A Regional Pairings

Class 4A Regional Pairings

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Northern Iowa bids for a sixth consecutive victory when the Panthers visit Missouri Valley leader, the Illinois State Redbirds, tonight (Wednesday night). Junior forward Klint Carlson led the Panthers with 17 points in Saturday”s win at Drake and says defense has been the key. UNI coach Ben Jacobson says it will take a big defensive effort against an Illinois State team that is 10-0 in the Valley. UNI is 5-5 in the Valley. Tip-off at Redbird Area in Normal, IL, is 8-p.m.

BOYS BASKETBALL
Atlantic 72, Harlan 49
A-H-S-T-W, Avoca 86, IKM-Manning 74
Audubon 70, Missouri Valley 57
Bedford 64, East Union, Afton 51
Boyer Valley, Dunlap 61, CAM, Anita 60
Carroll 81, ADM, Adel 78, OT
Denison-Schleswig 56, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 53
Earlham 62, AC/GC 25
East Mills 64, Essex 45
Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 94, West Harrison, Mondamin 53
Fremont Mills, Tabor 77, Heartland Christian 54
Glenwood 68, Creston 46
Mormon Trail, Garden Grove 83, Orient-Macksburg 47
Mount Ayr 54, Nodaway Valley 53
Omaha Skutt Catholic, Neb. 54, Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City 52
Paton-Churdan 65, Coon Rapids-Bayard 58
Perry 82, Winterset 54
Shenandoah 47, Red Oak 41
Sioux City, East 61, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 51
St. Albert, Council Bluffs 53, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 28
Stanton 66, Sidney 53
Tri-Center, Neola 68, Griswold 19
Underwood 75, Riverside, Oakland 42

GIRLS BASKETBALL
Harlan 64, Atlantic 58
AC/GC 39, Earlham 35
Audubon 49, Missouri Valley 34
Boyer Valley, Dunlap 69, CAM, Anita 60, 2OT
Coon Rapids-Bayard 49, Paton-Churdan 27
Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 52, St. Albert, Council Bluffs 50, OT
Creston 47, Glenwood 41
Denison-Schleswig 60, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 46
East Union, Afton 60, Bedford 49
Essex 48, East Mills 38
Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 68, West Harrison, Mondamin 21
IKM-Manning 65, A-H-S-T-W, Avoca 55
Mormon Trail, Garden Grove 58, Orient-Macksburg 17
Nodaway Valley 42, Mount Ayr 26
Panorama, Panora 53, Woodward-Granger 41
Perry 62, Winterset 52
Sidney 54, Stanton 40
Sioux City, East 57, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 49
Treynor 68, Logan-Magnolia 55
Tri-Center, Neola 49, Griswold 44, OT
Underwood 68, Riverside, Oakland 24

NEW YORK (AP) — A statement on a Twitter account attributed to a former Cardinals scouting executive convicted of hacking into the Astros’ computer system said Houston had earlier “unauthorized access” into the St. Louis computer system.

Christopher Correa, the Cardinals former director of baseball development, is serving a 46-month prison sentence after pleading guilty last year to five counts of unauthorized access of a protected computer. He was banned from baseball for life on Monday by Commissioner Rob Manfred, who ordered St. Louis to give Houston $2 million and its top two picks in this year’s amateur draft.

Federal prosecutors said Correa had access to the Astros’ system from January 2012 until June 2014 and entered the team’s Ground Control database of confidential scouting reports, statistics and contract information 48 times. The statement making the new allegations was released Tuesday on a Twitter account attributed to Correa.

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Jordan Bohannon scored 17 points and Iowa took command early and posted its first road win of the season with an 83-63 victory over Rutgers on Tuesday night. The win was the second straight for the Hawkeyes (13-10, 5-5 Big Ten) with conference-leading scorer Peter Jok sidelined with a back injury.

This one was a laugher for Iowa, which had lost its first five games away from Carver-Hawkeye Arena. It opened a double-digit lead in the opening five minutes and never looked back, leading by as many as 28 points.

Cordell Pemsl added 15 points for the Hawkeyes, who shot 50 percent from the field and a season-high 61 percent from 3-point range (11 of 18). Bohannon hit five of his seven long-range attempts.

Deshawn Freeman scored 17 points and Mike Williams added 16 for Rutgers (12-11, 1-9), which has lost three in a row and 10 of 11. Corey Sanders was limited to eight points.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Nathan Adrian scored a career-high 23 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as No. 7 West Virginia overwhelmed Iowa State 85-72 on Tuesday night for its third straight win. Tarik Phillip had 15 points for the Mountaineers (18-4, 6-3 Big 12), who hit 10 3s and forced 16 turnovers in winning their third road game in league play.

West Virginia’s pressure defense got the typically sure-handed Cyclones out of rhythm in the second half. A late 9-0 run capped by a layup by Jevon Carter put the Mountaineers up 70-55 with 5:36 left, sending some Iowa State fans to a rare early exit.

Matt Thomas scored 19 points for Iowa State (13-8, 5-4), which lost at home to a top 10 team for the second time in 15 days. The Cyclones lost to Kansas by four points on Jan. 16.

The Atlantic boys basketball team picked up an emphatic home win over Harlan on Tuesday night 72-49. The Trojans used a concentrated effort to get to the basketball to start their offense and shot the ball well all night.  Grant Podhajsky talked about the great start to the game.

It was a five point game after a back and forth first quarter but the Trojans took control in the second quarter to lead 41-21 at half. Atlantic Head Coach Alan Jenkins thought his team executed the game plan well.

Garrett Franken led the Trojans with 23 points. Scott Leonard dropped in 13 points and both Chase Mullenix and Grant Podhajsky had 10. Atlantic improves to 12-4 and will travel to face Kuemper Catholic on Thursday night, a game we’ll have coverage of on KJAN.

The Trojan defense was also a big factor as they held the Cyclones 16 points under their average. The Trojans also did a better job of slowing down the penetration of Caleb Rasmussen and held him to just 5 points on the night.  Harlan was led by 8 points each from Alec Plagman, Shane Chamberlain and Deren Schmitz.

The Cyclones fall to 9-7 on the season and will next travel to Glenwood on Friday night.

Harlan Community Activities Director Mitch Osborn announced Tuesday morning the hiring of Willie Baughman as the new Head Volleyball coach at Harlan Community High School pending school board approval.

Willie is in his 4th year as math teacher at Harlan Community and was 7th grade volleyball coach his first two years. He has been 9th grade volleyball coach the last two years along with volunteering to coach at the varsity level with Hall of Fame coach Angie Spangenberg during the last four years. Spangenberg announced her retirement last fall.

Baughman graduated from HCHS in 2009 and went on to play college football at IWCC and then transferred to ISU where he completed his education degree.

Activities Director Mitch Osborn had this to say about Willie: “I am very excited to announce that Willie Baughman will be the new Volleyball coach at HCHS. Willie has been a student of the game of volleyball ever since he started coaching at HCHS. He has been mentored by Hall of Fame coach Angie Spangenberg and long-time assistant coach Chad Swanson which has helped prepare him to become the next head coach at HCHS. Willie has tremendous work ethic and knows the Cyclone Way and what it takes to continue the tradition and success that has been established throughout the last 15 years in the volleyball program. Chad Swanson will continue as the assistant coach which is a huge boost to the program and will make the transition go very smoothly.”

Willie will continue his duties as Head Girls golf coach and also 8th grade girl’s basketball coach.