Class 5-A

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Freshman Ben McLemore had a career-high 33 points, including a tying 3-pointer with a second left in regulation, and No. 6 Kansas rallied to beat Iowa State 97-89 in overtime Wednesday night. McLemore was 10 of 12 from the field and perfect on six 3-pointers for the Jayhawks (13-1, 1-0 Big 12), who scored the first nine points of overtime to wrap up their 12th straight win.

Iowa State (10-4, 0-1) poured in 14 3-pointers, and had forged a 79-76 lead with 8.4 seconds left in regulation. But the Jayhawks’ Elijah Johnson found McLemore on the wing, and he banked in a 3-pointer from well beyond the arc with a single tick on the clock to force overtime. McLemore added another 3-pointer to open the extra 5 minutes, and Travis Releford and Jeff Withey made five consecutive free throws to help put the game away.

WACO, Texas (AP) — Brittney Griner scored the game’s first five points and finished with 23 as Baylor led throughout in its first game since taking back the No. 1 spot, defeating 25th-ranked Iowa State 67-39 on Wednesday night. Griner already had 11 points as Baylor (13-1, 3-0 Big 12) jumped out to a 16-3 lead in just over 8 minutes. The Lady Bears set a Big 12 record with their 25th consecutive conference victory, breaking a tie with Oklahoma (24 in a row from March 2005-January 2007). Baylor has won 48 games in a row overall at home, the longest active winning streak.

Nikki Moody had 11 points for Iowa State (11-2, 2-1), which had won its first two Big 12 games for the first time in eight seasons, had 15 of its 24 turnovers by halftime.

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Colt Ryan scored 21 points, including two free throws with 18 seconds left that proved to be the game-winning points, as Evansville hung on Wednesday night for a 62-59 win over Northern Iowa. Ryan’s foul shots put the Purple Aces (10-6, 3-1 Missouri Valley) ahead 60-57 before UNI’s Anthony James’ layup made it a one-point game. Ned Cox made two more free throws with 10 seconds left, and James missed a tying 3-pointer to end the game in Cedar Falls.

Evansville led by as many as 14 in the second half but saw the Panthers (8-8, 1-3) take their only lead since the opening minutes, 57-55, on James’ jumper with 53 seconds left. Lewis Jones then put Evansville back in front with a three-point play. James led UNI with 19 points. Seth Tuttle, last week’s MVC player of the week after scoring 43 points in two games, was held to nine Wednesday.

w/ Jim Field

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• Audubon 71, West Central Valley 6
• Audubon 57, Corning 21
• Corning 42, West Central Valley 28

• Shenandoah 54, Underwood 30
• Harlan 49,   Thomas Jefferson 30
• Shenandoah 37, Thomas Jefferson 37 (Shenandoah wins on criteria)
• Harlan 54, Underwood  26
• Thomas Jefferson 55,  Underwood 18
• Harlan 55,  Shenandoah 21

• Bedford/Lenox 44, Griswold 34
• Bedford/Lenox 50, Red Oak 29
• Red Oak 40, Griswold 36

• Creston-OM 55,Kuemper Catholic 18
• Creston-OM 54, Lewis Central 18

• East Mills 55, St. Albert 24
• East Mills 52, Southwest Iowa 24
• St. Albert 40, Southwest Iowa 24
• St. Albert 42, Tarkio 24

• Woodbury Central, 66 Sioux City Heelan 16
• Missouri Valley 60, Clarinda Academy 15
• Woodbury Central 60, Missouri Valley 18
• Sioux City Heelan 39, Clarinda Academy 28
• Missouri Valley 42, Sioux City Heelan 30
• Woodbury Central 72, Clarinda Academy 10

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Area residents looking for ways to fulfill their New Year’s resolution to get healthy and fit, can do so by participating in the annual “Live Healthy Iowa 10 Week Challenge“, January 28th through April 5th. During the challenge, participants form teams of anywhere from two to 10-adults, who motivate and support each other in achieving their fitness and weight loss goals.

Each week, team members report their physical activity and/or weight, as part of a friendly competition. Team totals will be tracked and tabulated. In addition, a new feature this year, is a K-through 12 Live Healthy Iowa kids’ 10-week Challenge. Last year, Corporate and Community Cup Challenges were introduced into the competition, where teams from those divisions vied for a traveling trophy. Cass County is one of the communities which will actively be tracking its participation.

If teams sign-up using the group i.d.  LHICASS, they will be grouped with all teams in Cass County, thereby making the County eligible for the Community Cup Challenge. Sign-up today, by visiting www.livehealthyiowa.org.  Or, for more information, call Teddi Grindberg, Cass County Wellness Coordinator, at 712-243-3934.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Kansas City Chiefs haven’t hired a general manager to make crucial personnel decisions. Andy Reid hasn’t hired a single assistant coach.  That hardly seemed to matter. The pressing concern, at least for those who attended Reid’s introductory news conference Monday, was what the longtime Philadelphia Eagles coach plans to do at quarterback.

The Chiefs’ biggest area of need coincides with the most important position on the field. It’s the biggest reason why the Chiefs went 2-14 last season, and why Reid was hired to replace Romeo Crennel and the Chiefs were looking for a new general manager. Reid plans to start by analyzing the quarterbacks on last season’s roster – Matt Cassel, Brady Quinn and Ricky Stanzi -though it likely will be discouraging.