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Iowa Boys Basketball Prep Poll

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January 14th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Iowa high school basketball poll with first-place votes in parentheses and won-loss record, total points and position last week at right:

Class 4A
  Record Pts Prv
1. Iowa City, West (16) 11-0 160 1
2. Bettendorf 10-0 146 3
3. Epworth, Western Dubuque 11-0 122 4
4. Dubuque, Senior 9-1 120 5
5. Sioux City, East 11-0 101 7
6. Ankeny 8-2 78 8
7. Des Moines, Hoover 9-1 56 NR
8. Urbandale 9-2 34 6
9. Sioux City, North 11-1 31 9
10. Des Moines, Roosevelt 8-2 28 10

Others receiving votes: North Scott, Eldridge 27. Iowa City, City High 10. Valley, West Des Moines 10. Cedar Falls 8. Pleasant Valley 4.

Class 3A
  Record Pts Prv
1. Vinton-Shellsburg (15) 12-0 168 1
2. Dallas Center-Grimes (1) 11-0 143 3
3. Assumption, Davenport (1) 8-3 114 T5
4. Atlantic 11-1 110 8
5. Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City 9-3 91 T5
6. MOC-Floyd Valley 11-2 77 4
7. Crestwood, Cresco 10-0 65 10
8. Centerville 9-1 38 NR
9. Creston 9-2 30 2
10. Mount Pleasant 8-3 24 9

Others receiving votes: Solon 20. Grinnell 14. Harlan 14. Iowa Falls-Alden 12. Nevada 5. Humboldt 4. Keokuk 3. Carroll 3.

Class 2A
  Record Pts Prv
1. Nodaway Valley (9) 12-0 158 1
2. West Fork, Sheffield (5) 12-0 151 2
3. Western Christian, Hull (3) 11-1 132 3
4. Cascade,Western Dubuque 11-0 116 5
5. Sheldon 12-1 88 7
6. IKM-Manning 13-1 70 4
7. West Branch 12-1 66 T8
8. MFL-Mar-Mac 9-1 47 10
9. PCM, Monroe 12-1 40 NR
10. Des Moines Christian 12-2 27 6

Others receiving votes: New Hampton 22. Notre Dame, Burlington 6. St. Edmond, Fort Dodge 5. West Marshall, State Center 4. Manson Northwest Webster 2. Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 1.

Class 1A
  Record Pts Prv
1. Danville (14) 12-0 167 1
2. St. Mary’s, Storm Lake (2) 11-0 154 2
3. Lone Tree 13-0 111 3
4. Murray 14-0 104 5
5. Lawton-Bronson (1) 13-0 89 T8
6. Boyden-Hull 9-2 78 6
7. Preston 11-0 65 T8
8. Harris-Lake Park 10-1 50 7
9. Riverside, Oakland 11-1 41 4
10. Ankeny Christian Academy 12-0 36 10

Others receiving votes: Dunkerton 19. North Tama, Traer 15. Iowa Mennonite, Kalona 2. Gehlen Catholic, Le Mars 2. Woodbury Central, Moville 2.

HSBB: Guthrie Center at Exira-EHK Doubleheader 01-12-2013

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January 14th, 2013 by admin

Jim Field and Chris Parks of the call of the games played at Exira-EHK High School in Elk Horn.

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HSBB: AHST @ Griswold Doubleheader 01-11-2013

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January 14th, 2013 by admin

Jim Field and Chris Parks have the call of the games played at Griswold High School.

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8AM Sportscast 01-14-2013

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January 14th, 2013 by admin

w/ Jim Field

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Iowa defeats Northwestern 70-50

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January 13th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Aaron White led a balanced attack with 17 points as Iowa snapped a 3-game Big Ten losing streak with a 70-50 victory over Northwestern on Sunday afternoon. Josh Oglesby had 14 points, and Melsahn Basabe added 10 for the Hawkeyes (12-5, 1-3). Dave Sobolewski had 14 points, and Tre Demps added 10 for the Wildcats (10-7, 1-3) in front of 6,805 fans at Welsh-Ryan Arena.

Iowa opened a 25-15 lead by halftime behind Roy Devyn Marble’s eight points and steadily increased its lead through the second half. The Wildcats travel to Illinois on Thursday and host Indiana next Sunday. Iowa entertains Wisconsin on Saturday, then hits the road for games at Ohio State and Penn State.

Northern Iowa blows out Bradley for 84-53 win Saturday

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January 13th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) – Marc Sonnen tied two career highs Saturday with 21 points and seven 3-pointers, leading six Northern Iowa players in double figures in an 84-53 blowout of Bradley.     Sonnen, a senior and a 3-point specialist, was 7 of 9 from behind the arc for the Panthers (9-8, 2-3 Missouri Valley), who also got 15 points from Deon Mitchell, 13 from Seth Tuttle and 11 apiece from Jake Koch, Matt Bohannon and Anthony James. Koch led UNI with 11 rebounds and Mitchell dished out seven assists.

Jalen Crawford scored 13 points for the Braves (10-7, 2-3) and Dyricus Simms-Edwards chipped in 12 in Cedar Falls.  The Panthers never trailed, opening the game on a 22-2 run and leading 41-14 at halftime. UNI led by as many as 34 in the second half and shot 58 percent from the field for the game.  UNI has now won nine of its last 11 games against Bradley.

Hines, Simons lead Drake past Illinois State 82-77 Saturday

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January 13th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

NORMAL, Ill. (AP) – Chris Hines and Ben Simons scored 23 points apiece as Drake defeated Illinois State 82-78 Saturday night.  Jordan Clarke added 16 points and 11 rebounds for the Bulldogs (7-9, 1-4 Missouri Valley), who snapped a four-game losing streak. Joey King had 11 points and 11 rebounds in Normal, Illinois.

Johnny Hill had a career-high 24 points (all in the second half), Bryant Allen added 22 and Jackie Carmichael had 19 points and 12 rebounds for Illinois State (9-8, 0-5), which has lost five straight.  Drake trailed for most of the first half, falling behind 41-32 at halftime, but opened the second half with a 25-6 run to take a 57-47 lead with 12:43 remaining. The Redbirds got as close as 77-73 on Hill’s three-point play with 37 seconds left, but Drake hit 5 of 6 free throws the rest of the way to close it out.

Iowa State beats Texas 82-62 Saturday

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January 13th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

AMES, Iowa (AP) – Freshman Georges Niang scored a season-high 18 points, Will Clyburn added 16 and Iowa State rolled past Texas 82-62 Saturday in its Big 12 home opener.  Tyrus McGee had 15 points off the bench for the Cyclones (11-4, 1-1 Big 12), who bounced back from a heartbreaking loss at Number 6 Kansas by pounding the struggling Longhorns (8-8, 0-3) in Ames.
Iowa State built an 11-point halftime lead and maintained a comfortable edge the rest of the way in beating Texas for just the second time in 11 tries.

No. 25 Iowa State women defeat TCU 68-52 Saturday

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January 13th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

AMES, Iowa (AP) – Chelsea Poppens scored 24 points and made 15 rebounds to lead Number 25 Iowa State over Texas Christian 68-52 Saturday night.  Poppens was 8 of 13 from the field in Ames.  Hallie Christofferson scored 14 points, including four 3-pointers, for the Cyclones (12-2, 3-1 Big 12). Anna Prins had eight points and 10 rebounds. Nikki Moody had nine assists.

Iowa State led 29-24 at halftime and never trailed in the second half, leading by as much as 25 points. Iowa State shot 39.6 percent from the field for the game, while TCU shot 38.6 percent. Iowa State outrebounded TCU 44-25.  Zahna Medley scored 11 points for TCU (7-8, 0-4). Latricia Lovings had seven rebounds.

Iowa State has won eight-straight home games. The Cyclones have a 3-0 edge in the all-time series with TCU.

Saturday High School Basketball Scores

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January 13th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

BOYS BASKETBALL
Adair-Casey 71, Audubon 38
Guthrie Center 77, Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 46
Nodaway Valley 67, Albia 41
Norwalk 48, Lewis Central 39
Sioux City North 55, Abraham Lincoln 39
St. Albert 69, Tri-Center 58
Treynor 72, Denison-Schleswig 69
Underwood 63, Logan-Magnolia 41
West Central Valley 64, CAM 47

Corner Conference Tournament
Nishnabotna 49, Essex 44
Stanton 60, Heartland Christian 40

GIRLS BASKETBALL
Boyer Valley 59, Siouxland Community Christian 52
Abraham Lincoln 59, Treynor 45
Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 61, Guthrie Center 27
Lewis Central 36, Norwalk 19
Missouri Valley 38, St. Albert 37
Sioux City West 60, Denison-Schleswig 47
Underwood 41, Logan-Magnolia 34
West Central Valley 46, CAM 43

Corner Conference Tournament
East Mills 66, Clarinda Academy 22