BOYS BASKETBALL
4A Substate Championships
Sioux City, North 47, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 46
Ames 64, Dowling Catholic, West Des Moines 47
Cedar Rapids, Kennedy 58, Linn-Mar, Marion 54
North Scott, Eldridge 59, Bettendorf 41
Pleasant Valley 57, Clinton 32
Iowa City, West 79, Cedar Rapids, Washington 50
Des Moines, Hoover 56, Ankeny Centennial 33
Waukee 65, Valley, West Des Moines 47

GIRLS BASKETBALL
Class 2A State Tournament- State Quarterfinal
Western Christian, Hull 50, Regina, Iowa City 45
Class 3A State Tournament – State Quarterfinal
Crestwood, Cresco 58, Spirit Lake 46
Mediapolis 63, Mount Vernon 53
Nevada 54, Red Oak 38
PAC-LM 63, Clear Lake 59
Class 4A State Tournament – State Quarterfinal
Carlisle 56, Waverly-Shell Rock 50
Harlan 54, Cedar Rapids Xavier 31

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Northern Iowa forward Seth Tuttle, the Missouri Valley’s active leader in scoring and rebounding, has been selected the conference’s player of the year. Tuttle, a senior, received 38 of a possible 47 first-place votes in voting by coaches, sports information directors and a media panel. Ron Baker and Fred VanVleet, teammates on regular season champion and ninth-ranked Wichita State, were second and third.

Baker had five first-place votes and VanVleet, the player of the year last season, had four. Joining those three on the all-conference team were D.J. Balentine and Egidijus Mockevicius of Evansville and Devonte Brown of Indiana State.

CLASS 2-A:

Western Christian 50, Iowa City Regina 45

Freshman Ashtyn Veerbeek helped Western Christian stay in the hunt for a fourth consecutive state championship,  coming off the bench to score 17 points and grab 10 rebounds as the second-ranked Wolfpack held off No. 12 Iowa City Regina 50-45.  Payton Harmsen added 12 points for Western Christian (22-3) and Jamie Gesink scored 11 and pulled down nine rebounds.  Western Christian will play No. 3 North Linn in the semifinals at 1:30 p.m. Thursday.

CLASS 3-A:

Mediapolis 63, Mount Vernon 53

Top-ranked Mediapolis had just a little too much firepower and size for Mount Vernon. As a result, the Bullettes are still unbeaten and still in the running for their first state championship since the six-player days in 1973.  Andrea Larson scored 20 points, making 8 of 13 shots, and Mediapolis used a big second-half run to sideline unranked Mount Vernon 63-53.  Darby Massner added 15 points for the Bullettes (25-0), Ashley Hedges scored 11 and freshman Mackenzie Rogers had nine. Heidi Hillyard helped out with 11 rebounds and six points.

Nevada 54, Red Oak 38

Nevada celebrated a victory that was a long time coming.  The seventh-ranked Cubs shot 55.6 percent behind young stars Lexy Koudelka and Clair Ausman and beat No. 9 Red Oak 54-38.  This is Nevada’s first trip to state since 1968 and its first state tournament victory in 91 years. The last was a 26-17 win over Crawfordsville in the first round of the 1924 tournament, before it fell under the auspices of the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union.  Koudelka, a 6-foot-1 freshman, hit 8 of 10 shots and scored 20 points. Ausman, a sophomore, made her first five 3-point shots and scored 17 points. She finished 5-for-6 from long range and 6-for-8 overall.  Junior Kati Cassabaum added eight points, 13 rebounds, two steals and two assists for the Cubs (22-3), who have no seniors.  Grace Blomstedt led Red Oak (20-5) with 14 points. Kate Walker, who’ll continue her career at Bucknell, scored 11.  Nevada never trailed after running off 10 straight points to open a 13-4 lead. The Cubs led 28-19 at halftime, then broke the game open with a 13-3 run in the third quarter to go up 43-24. Four different players scored during that run, with Koudelka getting six points — all in the lane.  Next up for Nevada is a semifinal date against top-ranked Mediapolis at 3:15 p.m. Thursday.

Crestwood 58, Spirit Lake 46

Crestwood is headed back to the Class 3A semifinals for the second year in a row.  The fifth-ranked Cadets shot 60 percent from 3-point range and led almost all the way in beating No. 11 Spirit Lake 58-46 in a first-round game.  Madison Sickles made 6 of her 9 shots and scored 17 points to lead the Cadets (22-2), who got their first-ever state tournament victory a year ago. Freshman Shannon Pisney added 12 points and seven rebounds and Karlee Grabau had 11. Pisney and Kate Grover, who finished with eight points, each hit a pair of 3-pointers.

Pocahontas Area 63, Clear Lake 59

The shots weren’t falling, the third quarter was a near disaster and the opponent kept making baskets.  Somehow, Pocahontas Area survived it all to play another day.  The second-ranked Indians hit four 3-pointers during a 2 1/2-minute span in the fourth quarter and rallied to beat No. 13 Clear Lake 63-59 to complete first-round play in the Class 3A tournament.  Pocahontas (24-1) managed only four points in the third quarter and trailed 52-44 before making its late run to gain a semifinal matchup with fifth-ranked Crestwood at 5 p.m. Thursday. The Indians did it with cluch play from a pair of sophomores, Faith Meyer and Elle Ruffridge.  Meyer led all scorers with 22 points and knocked down 5 of 7 3-point attempts. She finished 8-for-11 from the field overall. Ruffridge was held below her state-leading 27-point scoring average but came through when her team needed her and wound up with 21 points, seven assists and three steals.

CLASS 4-A:

Carlisle 56, Waverly-Shell Rock 50

Carlisle keeps giving its large gathering of loyal fans a reason to cheer.  The fourth-ranked Wildcats are in the Class 4A semifinals for the second straight year after charging from behind in the fourth quarter to hand No. 5 Waverly-Shell Rock its first loss of the season, 56-50.  Their success the past two years under coach Bryan White has come after the Wildcats struggled through a 1-22 season in 2012-13.  In this latest victory, Payton Keeney broke a 45-45 tie with a free throw and Agatha Baier followed with a 3-pointer from deep in the left corner for a 49-45 lead with 3:20 remaining. The Wildcats (22-2) stayed on top the rest of the way, helped by Baier’s slick high-low pass to Keeney for a layup that put Carlisle up 51-46.  Keeney finished 6-for-9 from the field and led the Wildcats with 20 points. Kaleigh Haus added 15 points, while Baeier had 10 points and six assists.

Harlan 54, Cedar Rapids Xavier 31

Make it 50 straight for Harlan, though it took a while for the Cyclones to get going in this one.  Taylor Frederick dominated inside with 27 points and 15 rebounds and top-ranked Harlan overcame a miserable start to beat No. 8 Cedar Rapids Xavier 54-31 in Class 4A play.  The victory keeps the Cyclones (24-0) in the running for a third consecutive appearance in the title game and they did it without a big game from season scoring leader Jess Schaben. Schaben struggled shooting the ball all night and scored just four points. But the Iowa State volleyball recruit grabbed 14 rebounds, blocked two shots and was an intimidating presence on several others as Harlan held the Saints (17-7) to 10 field goals.  Jordyn Moser added 10 points and Taylor Wagner seven for the Cyclones, who haven’t lost since falling to Xavier in the 2013 state championship game.  Xavier bothered Harlan with its aggressive defense early and the Cyclones could manage only seven first-half baskets and a 21-14 lead at the break.  But Wagner started the second half with a 3 and Frederick then took over, scoring 12 of her team’s next 15 points as Harlan stretched its lead to 39-19. Frederick posted up strong to get four baskets inside and sank four free throws during the big run and Xavier never recovered.  Lizzy Bailey, McKenna Andersen and Morgan Breitbach each scored seven points for Xavier, which capped another successful season with an 11th state tournament trip. The Saints have won four titles, including three in a stretch from 2003 through 2007.  The semifinals will match Harlan against No. 4 Carlisle, the team the Cyclones beat 45-42 in last year’s semis. They’ll meet at 6:45 p.m. Thursday.

Jim Field and Chris Parks have the call of the Class 1A State Quarterfinal Game played at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

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The Jack North Award is the highest honor the Iowa Girls’ High School Athletic Union awards to an individual. The award has been given just 15 times in the 87-year history of the IGHSAU. Mike Stanley of Avoca is the 16th recipient of the award.

Stanley has been active with the IGHSAU for many years. He served on the IGHSAU Representative Council and the IGHSAU Board of Directors from 1995 to 2004. Since his retirement, Stanley has been part of the bench crew at the State Basketball Tournament and is a diamond supervisor at the State Softball Tournament. He is also a member of the E. Wayne Cooley Scholarship jury.

Stanley, a native of Sidney, graduated from Tarkio College in 1970 and received his Master’s Degree from Northwest Missouri State. He served as teacher and school administrator at Carson-Macedonia, Midland, Underwood, Malvern and Bedford before his last stop at A-H-S-T, serving as the school’s athletic director and principal until his retirement in 2004.

Stanley has been recognized as one of the top track & field starters in Iowa, serving as a starter of over 30 Iowa State Track & Field Meets. He is a member of the Iowa Association of Track Officials Hall of Fame and the Iowa High School Athletic Association’s Officials Hall of Fame. Stanley’s years of service as an activities director was also recognized by the Iowa High School Athletic Directors Association, who inducted him into its Hall of Fame in 2005.

Mike and his wife Michaele are the parents of three sons; Sean, Dave and Tim, and are grandparents to Mackenzie and Graham.

UNDATED (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs have placed the franchise tag on All-Pro pass rusher Justin Houston. The Chiefs announced the move on Monday, saying in a statement that “it was in the best interest of the club” and it pursues a long-term deal with Houston. Monday’s move was widely expected given the relatively little progress Kansas City has made with Houston and his representatives on a long-term deal.

The two sides still have until July 15 to negotiate a contract, and it is not certain whether Houston will immediately sign his tender. As an outside linebacker, the one-year deal would earn him about $13.1 million for the upcoming season. The Chiefs likely will need to make additional moves soon to free up salary cap space.

Class 2A
10:00-a.m. Western Christian vs. Iowa City Regina
Class 3A
11:45-a.m. Mediapolis (24-0) vs. Mt. Vernon (16-8)
1:00-p.m. Nevada (21-3) vs. Red Oak (20-4)
3:15-p.m. Crestwood (21-2) vs. Spirit Lake (18-6)
5:00-p.m. Pocahontas Area (23-1) vs. Clear Lake (18-6)
Class 4A
6:45-p.m. Carlisle (21-2) vs. Waverly-Shell Rock
8:30 p.m. – Harlan (23-0) vs. Cedar Rapids Xavier (17-6)

BOYS BASKETBALL
3A Substate Championships
LeMars 76, Spirit Lake 65
Waverly-Shell Rock 60, Webster City 46
Wahlert, Dubuque 71, Crestwood, Cresco 43
Cedar Rapids Xavier 80, Mount Vernon 64
Williamsburg 65, Fort Madison 64, OT
Pella 62, Norwalk 51
Dallas Center-Grimes 73, Perry 70, OT
Glenwood 54, Denison-Schleswig 49

GIRLS STATE BASKETBALL – QUARTERFINALS
Class 1A
Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 63, Bedford 48
Newell-Fonda 70, Colo-NESCO 42
Notre Dame, Burlington 76, Central Lyon, Rock Rapids 60
Springville 53, Fremont Mills, Tabor 50
Class 2A
North Linn, Troy Mills 57, Des Moines Christian 46
South Central Calhoun 65, IKM-Manning 50
Unity Christian, Orange City 53, Cascade,Western Dubuque 34

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Georges Niang had 20 of his 23 points in the second half and No. 17 Iowa State rallied from a 21-point deficit to stun No. 15 Oklahoma 77-70 on Monday night and snap a two-game losing streak. Monte Morris had 19 points for the Cyclones (21-8, 11-6 Big 12), who maintained their shot at a share of the conference title following one of the wilder league games in years.

Oklahoma raced to a 19-point halftime lead. But Iowa State score 22 straight points in just over 5 minutes and outscored the Sooners 59-33 in the second half. Buddy Hield had 26 points for the Sooners (20-9, 11-6), who shot just 32 percent in the second half in losing for just the second time in 10 games.