Record        Pts              Prv

1. Syracuse (64)   25-0           1,624          1

2. Florida (1)        23-2           1,543          3

3. Wichita St.       27-0           1,489          4

4. Arizona             23-2           1,427          2

5. Duke                   20-5           1,296          8

6. San Diego St.    22-2           1,232          5

7. Cincinnati         23-3           1,157          10

8. Kansas              19-6           1,129          7

9. Villanova          22-3           1,020          6

10. Saint Louis     23-2           1,019          12

11. Creighton        21-4           991             18

11. Louisville         21-4           991            13

13. Michigan St.   21-5           788             9

14. Virginia          21-5           752             17

15. Iowa                19-6           721              16

16. Wisconsin      21-5           609            21

17. Iowa St.          19-5           597             11

18. Kentucky        19-6           579            14

19. Texas               20-5           577           19

20. Michigan        18-7           421           15

21. UConn             20-5           382         24

22. Memphis        19-6           204          20

23. UCLA             20-5           168           —

24. Ohio St.         20-6           133           22

25. Gonzaga         23-4           112           —

Others receiving votes: North Carolina 54, Arizona St. 45, Pittsburgh 21, SMU 21, Stephen F. Austin 8, Oklahoma 7, New Mexico 3, VCU 2, Green Bay 1, Kansas St. 1, Louisiana Tech 1.

Class 1-A District 13

@Anita: on KJAN AM 1220/FM 101.1

• 6:30 PM – Exira-EHK vs. Audubon
• 8:00 PM – Stanton vs.CAM

Class 1-A District 14

@ Nishnabotna:

• 6:30 PM – Essex vs. Riverside
• 8:00 PM – South Page vs. Nishnabotna

Class 1-A District 15

@ Woodbine:

• 6:30 PM – Logan-Magnolia vs. Whiting
• 8:00 PM – Charter Oak-Ute vs. Woodbine

Class 2-A District 15

@ Shenandoah:

• 7:00 PM – Red Oak vs. Shenandoah

@ St. Albert:

• 6:30 PM – Missouri Valley vs. Clarinda
• 8:00 PM – Southwest Valley vs. St. Albert

Class 2-A District 14

@ Stuart:

• 6:30 PM – Panorama vs. Clarke
• 8:00 PM – Interstate 35 vs. West Central Valley

w/ Jim Field

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The firm hired by the Board of Regents to review operations at the University of Iowa, Iowa State University and the University of Northern Iowa to find new “efficiencies” has been directed to examine the university athletic departments, too. I-S-U athletic director Jamie Pollard says he welcomes the process, but he makes it clear cutting the athletic department’s budget won’t save taxpayer dollars.

“We’re self-sufficient, so every dollar that we spend we have to cover through ticket sales, donations, television revenue and anything we can do to save money I’m all ears because in some ways it would make my job easier,” Pollard says. Gary Barta, the athletic director at the University of Iowa, says his department is “100 percent self-sustaining,” as well. “So there’s no tax dollars, no university funds, no student fees,” Barta says. “It’s all generated through the revenue that we are able to bring in and create.”

Iowa’s athletic department paid the university over 10-million dollars ($10 million) this year to cover tuition costs for all Hawkeye student athletes in 24 varsity sports. Iowa State has 18 varsity sports. “I think we run, at least within the athletics department, a very streamlined organization and work extremely hard to try to be as efficient as possible,” Pollard says. Barta says he can’t foresee the future, but the last thing he wants to do is cut a sport. He, like Pollard, says he welcomes the efficiency review the Regents have ordered. “Anytime someone comes in and looks at your operation from a different perspective, it’s very healthy so I’m very comfortable with that,” Barta says.

Pollard and Barta made their comments during a weekend appearance on Iowa Public Television’s “Iowa Press” program. The University of Northern Iowa uses about four-million dollars from general university operations to finance its athletic department. That’s 44 percent of the total U-N-I athletic department budget, but that’s also the lowest level of tuition and taxpayer support for Panther athletics in more than a decade. The university plans to reduce that even more by increasing student fees and using those extra funds to finance U-N-I athletics. Seventeen varsity sports are currently offered at U-N-I.

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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) – Courtney Moses scored 25 points, including the game-winning free throws with seven seconds left as No. 23 Purdue defeated Iowa 74-73 on Sunday. Moses had the last seven points for the Boilermakers (18-7, 8-5 Big Ten). Her 3-pointer broke a 70-70 tie at the 1:57 mark. After Samantha Logic made two free throws and then the go-ahead bucket for the Hawkeyes (20-7, 8-5) at 38 seconds, Moses knocked down a jumper 8 seconds later.

Logic, who had her third triple-double of the year with 18 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds, scored again at 19 seconds but her foul set up Moses’ heroics. Liza Clemons added 11 points for Purdue and Whitney Bays and Dee Williams had 10 each. Bays also had 10 rebounds. Theairra Taylor led Iowa, which had a 44-28 lead at the half, with 19 points, Bethany Doolittle had 15 and Ally Disterhoft 10.

Jim Field and Chris Parks have the call of the first round playoff game played at Red Oak High School.

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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Seth Tuttle scored 21 points and hit a go-ahead layup with 2 seconds left to lift Northern Iowa over Missouri State 60-58 on Saturday night. Tuttle was the only Panther to score in double digits after shooting 75 percent (9 of 12) from the floor, and led with a team-high nine rebounds.

Missouri State (17-9, 7-7 Missouri Valley Conference) trailed all the way through, but climbed back to tie up the score after a 7-0 run capped by two Jarmar Gulley free throws with 38 seconds to go. The Bears had closed in on a seven-point deficit after Austin Ruder sank two free throws and Dorrian Williams hit a 3-pointer.

Northern Iowa (13-13, 7-7) combined to commit just nine turnovers in the game, and finished with five steals. Ruder finished with 15 points and Gulley added 14 to lead the Bears in Springfield, Missouri.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Richard Carter scored 20 points to lead Drake to a 70-62 win over Loyola of Chicago on Saturday night. Drake (13-13, 4-10 Missouri Valley) led most of the game, extending its lead to 16 on a 3-pointer by Jordan Daniels that made it 52-36 with 11:22 remaining but had to thwart a Loyola rally in the final minutes. The Ramblers (9-17, 4-10) drew to within striking distance on a Milton Doyle layup that made it 65-62 with 27 seconds left but couldn’t score again as the Bulldogs put the game away at the free-throw line.

Daniels finished with 12 points and Seth VanDeest had 12 rebounds for the Bulldogs, who shot 51 percent from the field to snap a four-game losing streak. Loyola outscored Drake 40-36 in the second half and was led by Doyle, who had 16 points and 10 rebounds in the loss.

CLASS 3-A   

• Red Oak 56, Atlantic 53
• Kuemper Catholic 49, Gilbert 40
• Shenandoah 48, Clarinda 33

CLASS 2-A

• Audubon 62, Prairie Valley 37
• Riverside 43, A-H-S-T 38
• Saint Albert 54, Underwood 27
• Earlham 46, Nodaway Valley 43
• Missouri Valley 57, Logan-Magnolia 26
• Mount Ayr 47, Southwest Valley 36

Class 1-A State Qualifiers from District meet at Greenfield:

• 106 – Austin Flynn, Ogden (Champ) Blake Baue, Southeast Warren (Runner-up)
• 113 – Jared Hensley, Bedford/Lenox (Champ) Craig Rice, Southwest Iowa (Runner-up)
• 120 – Shawn Heaning, Ogden (Champ)  Dusten Reed, Bedford/Lenox (Runner-up)
• 126 – Jake Hunerdosse, Southeast Warren (Champ)  Dalton McCarroll, Clarinda Academy (Runner-up)
• 132 – Gabe Henderson, Southeast Warren (Champ)  Brett Carstens, Coon Rapids-Bayard (Runner-up)
• 138 – Erik Freed, Mount Ayr (Champ)  Lane Rumelhart, Guthrie Center (Runner-up)
• 145 – Alex Mitchell, Southeast Warren (Champ)  Hunter Russel, Bedford/Lenox (Runner-up)
• 152 – Jacob Hoch, Southeast Warren (Champ)  Austin Lentz, Ogden (Runner-up)
• 160 – Kallan Schmelzer, Southwest Valley (Champ)  Henry Haglund, Ogden (Runner-up)
• 170 – Gavin Gremmel, Clarinda Academy (Champ)  Spencer Winnett, Coon Rapids-Bayard (Runner-up)
• 182 – Austin Laabs, Guthrie Center (Champ)  Zach Barton, Southwest Valley (Runner-up)
• 195 – Ty Schieder, Southeast Warren (Champ)  Wilson Solorzano, Panorama (Runner-up)
• 220 – Cale Crowder, Guthrie Center (Champ) Marcus Boldy, Panorama (Runner-up)
• 285 – Joe Ricker, Mount Ayr (Champ)  Garrett Johnston, Panorama (Runner-up)

Team Scores:

1. Southeast Warren  109.5
2. Ogden  101,5
3. Bedford/Lenox  62
4. Guthrie Center  51.5
5. Southwest Iowa  45
6. Mount Ayr  44
7. Clarinda Academy  43
8. Panorama  39
9. Coon Rapids-Bayard  37
10. Southwest Valley  32
11. East Union  9.5
12. Griswold  0
13. Nodaway Valley  0

Finals Results:

106

• 1st Place Match – Austin Flynn (Ogden) 29-9 won by fall over Blake Bauer (Southeast Warren) 34-15 (Fall 0:27)
• 3rd Place Match – Konner Martin (Bedford/Lenox) 3-3 won by fall over Kolton Birkby (Southwest Iowa) 9-27 (Fall 0:29)

113

• 1st Place Match – Jared Hensley (Bedford/Lenox) 35-1 won by fall over Craig Rice (Southwest Iowa) 30-9 (Fall 4:00)
• 3rd Place Match – Sheldon McMain (Ogden) 17-6 won by fall over Micah Hoffman (Coon Rapids-Bayard) 21-9 (Fall 1:15)
• Wrestle Back – Craig Rice (Southwest Iowa) 30-9 won by major decision over Sheldon McMain (Ogden) 17-6 (MD 16-2)

120

• 1st Place Match – Shawn Heaning (Ogden) 20-6 won by decision over Dusten Reed (Bedford/Lenox) 44-5 (Dec 5-2)
• 3rd Place Match – Jonathon Hardy (Southeast Warren) 30-6 won by decision over Hadley Ogg (Griswold) 31-18 (Dec 4-1)

126

• 1st Place Match – Jake Hunerdosse (Southeast Warren) 48-3 won by fall over Hunter Rasmussen (Southwest Iowa) 10-12 (Fall 1:10)
• 3rd Place Match – Dalton McCarroll (Clarinda Academy) 9-7 won by injury default over Ben Freese (Nodaway Valley) 21-19 (Inj. 0:00)
• Wrestle Back –  Dalton McCarroll (Clarinda Academy) 9-7 won by fall over Hunter Rasmussen (Southwest Iowa) 10-12 (Fall 3:34)

132

• 1st Place Match – Gabe Henderson (Southeast Warren) 30-5 won by decision over Brett Carstens (Coon Rapids-Bayard) 25-11 (Dec 7-1)
• 3rd Place Match – Dakota Erickson (Southwest Iowa) 21-7 won by fall over Grant Staats (Mount Ayr) 26-10 (Fall 2:45)

138

• 1st Place Match – Erik Freed (Mount Ayr) 50-4 won by decision over Lane Rumelhart (Guthrie Center) 43-10 (Dec 8-5)
• 3rd Place Match – Zach Evans (Coon Rapids-Bayard) 35-9 won by fall over Austin Dollen (Griswold) 23-17 (Fall 3:10)
• Wrestle Back – Lane Rumelhart (Guthrie Center) 43-10 won by decision over Zach Evans (Coon Rapids-Bayard) 35-9 (Dec 7-6)

145

• 1st Place Match – Alex Mitchell (Southeast Warren) 42-11 won by decision over Hunter Russel (Bedford/Lenox) 31-17 (Dec 8-1)
• 3rd Place Match – Logan Sturtz (Ogden) 21-17 won by fall over Cal Daughton (Mount Ayr) 30-21 (Fall 3:27)

152

• 1st Place Match – Jacob Hoch (Southeast Warren) 46-6 won by tech fall over Austin Lentz (Ogden) 32-6 (TF-1.5 4:58 (17-2))
• 3rd Place Match – Jacob Beamgard (Mount Ayr) 40-19 won by decision over Austin Wagner (East Union) 15-17 (Dec 5-3)
• Wrestle Back – Austin Lentz (Ogden) 32-6 won by fall over Jacob Beamgard (Mount Ayr) 40-19 (Fall 3:38)

160

• 1st Place Match – Kallan Schmelzer (Southwest Valley) 33-2 won by decision over Henry Haglund (Ogden) 33-6 (Dec 6-0)
• 3rd Place Match – Brogan Kinyon (East Union) 27-17 won by tech fall over Tom Brooks (Guthrie Center) 17-29 (TF-1.5 3:20 (16-1))

170

• 1st Place Match – Gavin Gremmel (Clarinda Academy) 27-0 won by fall over Trevor Wheelock (Ogden) 25-8 (Fall 4:28)
• 3rd Place Match – Spencer Winnett (Coon Rapids-Bayard) 28-12 won by fall over Zayne Dolph (Griswold) 3-3 (Fall 5:40)
• Wrestle Back – Spencer Winnett (Coon Rapids-Bayard) 28-12 won by fall over Trevor Wheelock (Ogden) 25-8 (Fall 3:33)

182

• 1st Place Match – Austin Laabs (Guthrie Center) 43-4 won by fall over Zach Barton (Southwest Valley) 34-6 (Fall 1:10)
• 3rd Place Match – Nick Ross (Ogden) 32-9 won in sudden victory – 1 over Austin Lorenz (Griswold) 35-18 (SV-1 4-2)

195

• 1st Place Match – Ty Schieder (Southeast Warren) 42-3 won by decision over Wilson Solorzano (Panorama) 41-13 (Dec 7-5)
• 3rd Place Match – Karon Pinson (Clarinda Academy) 22-16 won by decision over Mike Ward (East Union) 21-13 (Dec 5-4)
• Wrestle Back – Wilson Solorzano (Panorama) 41-13 won by decision over Karon Pinson (Clarinda Academy) 22-16 (Dec 12-10)

220

• 1st Place Match – Cale Crowder (Guthrie Center) 39-7 won by fall over Marcus Boldy (Panorama) 34-22 (Fall 2:29)
• 3rd Place Match – Zach McMillin (Bedford/Lenox) 39-11 won by decision over Bret Blackburn (Southwest Iowa) 33-16 (Dec 5-2)

285

• 1st Place Match – Joe Ricker (Mount Ayr) 50-2 won by fall over Garrett Johnston (Panorama) 46-3 (Fall 0:20)
• 3rd Place Match – Spencer Phillips (Southwest Iowa) 24-6 won by fall over Brian Jimenez (Southeast Warren) 28-22 (Fall 1:01)