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Audubon Star Dona Fenske to be Inducted into IGHSAU Basketball Hall of Fame.

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February 22nd, 2013 by Jim Field

Audubon’s Dona Fenske, Jessica Nikkel of Lynnville-Sully and Kelsey Bolte of Battle Creek-Ida Grove will be inducted into the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union’s Basketball Hall of Fame at the Iowa Girls State Basketball Tournament next week. The awards ceremony will take place Friday, March 1 at halftime of the Class 2A State Championship game.

 Fenske graduated from Audubon in 1969 and was a star from the six-on-six era. The 5-9 Fenske played in the guard as a freshman before moving to the forward court her sophomore season. She scored 3,089 career points, leading the Wheelers to the State Tournament in 1969. In a 1969 sectional final game, she poured in a regional record 88 points in a 121-106 victory over Irwin. Fenske averaged 33.2 points as a sophomore, 45.3 ppg. as a junior and 52.9 points as a senior.
Fenske went to play basketball at Midwestern College, earning outstanding freshman honors and was later an all-American at Parsons College in Fairfield after Midwestern closed following her freshman season.
Nikkel was a key component of the Lynnville-Sully teams that won 79-straight games and three consecutive Class 1A state titles in 1997, 98 and 99. The six-foot, four-inch Nikkel was a three-time first team all-state selection. She averaged a double-double for her high school career and was Iowa’s five player career leader in blocked shots. She was a three-time all-Tournament team selection at the State Tournament and was captain of the 1997 and 99 all-Tournament teams.
Jessica took her talents to Grand View College and enjoyed similar success, earning first team all-Midwest Collegiate Conference honors as a junior and senior with honorable mention all-American recognition. She finished her Grand View career as the Vikings’ career leader in blocks, second in rebounds, third in scoring and fifth in field goal percentage.
Bolte was a two-time first team all-state selection from Battle Creek-Ida Grove, graduating in 2007. She led the Falcons to two state championship games and was a member of the all-tournament team both times. She finished her high school career with 2,026 points, 1,016 rebounds, 516 steals, 448 assists and 327 blocks. She is the only player in state history with more than 2,000 career points, 1,000 rebounds and 500 steals. She named Miss Iowa Basketball in 2007.
Bolte went on to Iowa State and and helped Iowa State to four NCAA Tournament appearances. She was a unanimous first-team all-Big 12 selection as a senior and finished her career as the Cyclones’ career leader in free throw percentage (.879), third in 3-pointers (276) and sixth in scoring (1,639).
Click here to view Dona Fenske’s story by Chuck Schoffner
Click here to view Jessica Nikkel’s story by Chuck Schoffner
Click here to view Kelsey Bolte’s story by Chuck Schoffner

8AM Sportscast 02-22-2013

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February 22nd, 2013 by admin

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Storm forces Big 12 to delay track championships

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February 22nd, 2013 by Ric Hanson

AMES, Iowa (AP) — The start of the Big 12 track and field championships has been postponed by a winter storm that buried parts of the Midwest in more than a foot of snow. The meet was scheduled to start Friday on the campus of Iowa State but some teams and officials were not going to be able to arrive in Ames on time. The competition will follow the original schedule but now be held Saturday and Sunday.

Thursday Boys Basketball District Finals — UPDATED for Weather

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February 21st, 2013 by Jim Field

CLASS 1-A:
Murray vs. Mount Ayr  — POSTPONED to Friday 7:00 at Truro
Ankeny Christian Academy vs. Guthrie Center — POSTPONED to Friday 7:00, moved to Van Meter
Villisca vs. Sidney — POSTPONED to Friday 7:00 at Red Oak
Underwood vs. Riverside — POSTPONED to Friday 7:00 at Treynor

CLASS 3-A:
Atlantic vs. Creston  — POSTPONED to Friday 7:00, moved to Glenwood 
Carroll vs. Harlan — POSTPONED to Friday 7:00 at Denison

CLICK HERE for entire statewide listed of weather postponements

8AM Sportscast 02-21-2013

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February 21st, 2013 by admin

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State bowling tourney postponed

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February 21st, 2013 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – The impending winter storm set to pound the Midwest has forced officials in Iowa to postpone the state high school bowling tournament.  The tournament was to be held in Des Moines on Thursday and Friday. But officials from the boys and girls high school associations say they were concerned that teams and spectators would have trouble leaving Des Moines. The associations said in a joint statement released Wednesday that the tournament will now be held on March 11-12 in Des Moines.

Drake rallies past Bradley in overtime, 92-84

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February 21st, 2013 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Seth VanDeest made two free throws with 1.2 seconds left to force overtime, and Drake dominated the extra session to beat Bradley 92-84 on Wednesday night and snap a four-game losing streak. Bradley looked to have the game in hand after Will Egolf’s 3-pointer with 28 seconds to play put the Braves up 70-65. But the Bulldogs got a three-point play from Richard Carter before Bradley’s Tyshon Pickett was fouled and missed the front end of a one-and-one. VanDeest then rebounded a missed 3-pointer, was fouled and made both shots.

Drake, which erased a 12-point second-half deficit, never trailed in the extra session and led by as many as 10. Jordan Clarke led the Bulldogs (12-15, 6-10 Missouri Valley) with a career-high 20 points and 15 rebounds. VanDeest and Ben Simons scored 14 apiece. Egolf had 21 points and Walt Lemon Jr. scored 19 for the Braves (15-13, 7-9).

Iowa State hits 11 3-pointers, beats Baylor 87-82

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February 21st, 2013 by Ric Hanson

WACO, Texas (AP) — Tyrus McGee scored 22 points, Melvin Ejim had 20 points and 12 rebounds and Iowa State hit 11 3-pointers in an 87-82 win over Baylor on Wednesday night. Korie Lucious added 16 points and Niang Georges 15 for the Cyclones (18-8, 8-5 Big 12). Pierre Jackson scored 30 points and Cory Jefferson had 15 points and 10 rebounds for Baylor (16-10, 7-6).

After doing damage from behind the arc, Iowa State took advantage of a Baylor defense roaming the perimeter. After two free throws gave the Cyclones a 74-67 lead with 3:47 remaining, their next four baskets were scored in the paint, including two layups and an alley-oop dunk by McGee. Isaiah Austin hit a 3-pointer for Baylor to make the score 84-79 with 23 seconds to play. After a missed Iowa State free throw, Jackson was fouled with 13.7 seconds left, but missed both free throws.

Jackson, who scored in double figures in 31 consecutive games before being held to seven points in a loss to Kansas State on Saturday, scored 10 points in the first 10 minutes on Wednesday.

Iowa-Nebraska game to be on BTN2Go mobile service

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February 20th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Iowa-Nebraska men’s basketball game on Saturday will be available for viewing on the Big Ten Network’s mobile version, BTN2Go. The game originally was scheduled for Thursday on ESPN2 but was moved to Saturday because of a winter storm that is expected to hit the Lincoln area. Tipoff is set for 1 p.m. CST.

The Big Ten office said Wednesday that when the game day was changed, ESPN informed the conference that other programming commitments and logistical issues would make it impossible to televise the game. BTN will stream the feed from the arena video board on BTN2Go. Fans can go to BTN2Go.com to find out if their mobile provider offers BTN2Go.

HSBB: CAM at Riverside Boys 1A District Semifinal 02-19-2013

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February 20th, 2013 by admin

Jim Field and Chris Parks have the call of the game played at Riverside High School in Oakland.

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