Jim Field and Chris Parks have the call of the game played at Kuemper Catholic High School in Carroll.

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BOY’S BASKETBALL:

Ar-We-Va 52, CAM 25

Carroll 69, South Central Calhoun 52

Clarinda 63, Shenandoah 55

Coon Rapids-Bayard 45, Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 42

Denison-Schleswig 58, Creston 53, 2OT

Earlham 57, Guthrie Center 15

Glenwood 79, Red Oak 43

Griswold 48, East Mills 46, OT

Harlan 76, St. Albert, Council Bluffs 58

Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 72, Atlantic 61

Omaha Gross Catholic 60, Council Bluffs/Abe Lincoln 58

Panorama, Panora 60, Woodward-Granger 35

Tri-Center 49, Logan-Magnolia 35

West Monona 70, Woodbury Central, Moville 52

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Adair-Casey 59, Woodbine 40

Ankeny Christian Academy 69, West Central Valley 61

Ar-We-Va, Westside 71, CAM 37

Clarinda 58, Shenandoah 48

Coon Rapids-Bayard 48, Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 33

Denison-Schleswig 47, Creston 42

Griswold 35, East Mills 27

Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 55, West Monona 40

Panorama, Panora 63, Woodward-Granger 31

Red Oak 49, Glenwood 45

Tri-Center 62, Logan-Magnolia 16

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — No. 22 Iowa is about to find out where it stands in its bid for a Big Ten title. Iowa (12-2, 1-0 Big Ten) will open road play in the Big Ten on Sunday against No. 4 Wisconsin, one of the hottest teams in the country. The Badgers are 14-0, and on Thursday they raced out to a 40-14 halftime lead in a blowout win at Northwestern.

Iowa coach Fran McCaffery says playing the Badgers on the road will help the Hawkeyes truly evaluate themselves at this point in the season.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Colts coach Chuck Pagano is keeping things loose this week.  He doesn’t want Saturday’s playoff game against Kansas City to change the routine, so he’s imploring the Colts to make this week business as usual.  Conventional wisdom suggests teams must play harder and players and coaches must work harder.

Playoff veterans know better. Chiefs running back Jamaal Charles remembers losing two fumbles in his first playoff game. And NFL sacks champ Robert Mathis insists players need to have fun. They know whoever stays true to form, usually wins.

The Harlan Community School District plans to recognize the importance of Ovarian Cancer Awareness with a “Teal Out,” this Saturday. During a doubleheader basketball game against Council Bluffs/Abraham Lincoln, the Cyclones will hold the “teal out” to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of ovarian cancer. There will also be a personal story told by Earling native and survivor of ovarian cancer, Nadine Kenkel.

Kenkel is an advocate for the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition. She says Ovarian Cancer is a silent killer. “And that is because there is not a screening tool to detect ovarian cancer in its early stages. A screening tool example would be a pap smear to detect cervical cancer, a mammogram for breast cancer and a psa for men for prostate cancer.” 

A foundation was developed recently called Colleen’s Dream to create a screening tool for Ovarian Cancer. The foundation was started by Harlan Community graduate Billy Cundiff, whose mother in law passed away from the disease in February 2013. During the ball games, bracelets and t-shirts will be on sale along with a raffle drawing for a 32” TV donated by Bonsall’s TV and Appliance in Dunlap. A bucket run will take place at halftime of the boy’s game along with Kenkel speaking to the crowd. Kenkel says there are three goals for the Teal Out.

“One of them is to increase awareness for ovarian cancer. Another one is to educate women on early signs and symptoms for ovarian cancer. And then lastly to collect monetary donations to fund research which will find a screening tool to detect ovarian cancer in its early stages.”

The double header basketball game at the Harlan Community High School will tip off at 4-pm, with the girls’ game followed by the boys’ game on Saturday.

(Joel McCall/KNOD)

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The after Christmas portion of the high school basketball season resumes tonight and we have a Hawkeye 10 Conference boys basketball game on the air for you.  Atlantic visits Kuemper Catholic in Carroll and we’ll have the game live.  The Knights are currently tied for the conference lead with a 3-0 record, they are 4-1 overall, while Atlantic sits 0-4 in the conference and 1-4 overall.  We are on the air at 7:30 pm.  You can listen to the game at AM 1220 and FM 101.1.  You can also hear it live on the web at www.kjan.com, or on your smart phones with the free KJAN app.  We’ll bring you live video coverage of the game with KJAN TV.  Just visit the TV page at www.kjan.com and click the play button to watch the game.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs linebacker Tamba Hali remains out of practice with swelling in his left knee, leaving his status for this weekend’s playoff game in Indianapolis in question. Right tackle Eric Fisher also missed the final workout at the Chiefs’ practice facility Thursday before the team departs for Saturday’s game. He strained his groin earlier in the week. Chiefs coach Andy Reid won’t rule Hali out of the game and says it’s “just a matter of the swelling coming down.” He adds: “It’s been up; it’s been down. We want to make sure we get it out of there.”

Hali is tied with Justin Houston for the team lead with 11 sacks. Houston will be returning to the lineup Saturday after missing six games with a dislocated right elbow.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Hardly anyone expected anything out of the Hawkeyes this season. But Iowa came through for longtime coach Kirk Ferentz, bouncing back from a 4-8 season with eight wins, a 5-3 mark in the Big Ten and a New Year’s Day bowl bid. Though the Hawkeyes (8-5) closed the season with a 21-14 loss to LSU in the Outback Bowl, that shouldn’t put too much of a damper on what they accomplished.

Iowa made major strides in 2013 and could be in position to challenge for a Big Ten title in 2014.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Larryn Brooks led Indiana with 20 points and nine assists as the Hoosiers opened Big Ten conference play with an 86-84 victory over Number 22 Iowa on Thursday. The Hawkeyes (12-3, 0-1) outscored Indiana 8-3 in the final seconds to climb within two, but Brooks made 7 of 8 free throws in the final minute, and Simone Deloach and Taylor Agler each added one to stay ahead.

The score remained close in the first half until the Hoosiers went on a 12-4 run with three 3-pointers by Karlee McBride and one by Larryn Brooks. Indiana (14-0, 1-0) was up 43-36 at intermission and led by as much as 12 until Melissa Dixon knocked down a 3-pointer for the Hawkeyes with 2:40 to play to cut the deficit to three. Samantha Logic led Iowa with 25 points and 12 rebounds.

Indiana will face off against No. 17 Purdue on January 6th.