The Harlan girls basketball team opened up the game with an 11-0 run and held Atlantic at bay the rest of the game on their way to a 73-60 win Thursday night. The Cyclones led 22-10 at the end of the first, 38-25 at half, and 53-41 at the end of the third. Everytime the Trojans would close the gap to 12 or 10, the Cyclones responded with a big shot. Brecken Van Baale had a number of timely threes to turn momentum back to the Cyclones.

Van Baale finished with a game high 18 points. The Cyclones had three other players in double figures with 17 from Claire Schmitz, 15 for Jocelyn Cheek, and 13 from Ashley Hall. The Class 4A 11th ranked Cyclones improved to 10-3 with the win. The Cyclones will next play Saturday in Omaha at Sokol Arena against Bishop Neumann, NE at 9:30 a.m.

Atlantic was led by 15 points from Jada Jensen and 13 from Haley Rasmussen in the loss. The Trojans fall to 6-8 on the year and will now prep for a Saturday home game against Urbandale that was added to the schedule Thursday. That varsity game will tip at 7:30 p.m. Saturday night.

Watch the full game replay HERE.

The Atlantic boys basketball team has been searching for a complete game signature win. They got one on Thursday night over Harlan 73-60. The Trojans got a big night from Skyler Handlos with 26 points and Garrett Reynolds was huge off the bench with 13 points and a strong haul of rebounds.

The game was tied at the end of the first at 17. Atlantic was able to build an 8 point lead in the second but the Cyclones responded with a 9-0 run at the end of the half to take a one point lead into the break. Brayton Schechinger came of the bench to hit two threes and Connor Frame converted a three point play with just over a second left to give the Cyclones an edge.

Skyler Handlos got the first bucket of the second half to give the Trojans the lead back and they never trailed again. The Trojans outscored the Cyclones 17-5 in the third quarter to lead by 11 heading into the fourth. The Cyclones got within 8 early in the fourth but the Trojans quickly answered with a 7-0 run to build the lead back up. Dayton Templeton added 12 to help the Trojans improve to 5-5 on the season.

Harlan was led by 12 points from Connor Frame and 8 from Brad Curren. The Cyclones fall to 5-6 on the season and will next up face Boys Town on Saturday morning at 8:00 a.m. at Creighton’s Sokol Arena before visiting Denison-Schleswig next Tuesday.

Atlantic will now prep for a Saturday home game against Creston. That game will be a 4:00 p.m. varsity tip-off.

Watch the full game replay HERE.

(IHSAA) The IHSAA Board of Control approved and accepted the lone recommendation out of recent meetings of the joint IHSAA and IGHSAU classification committee, adding one classification of football ahead of the 2021 season.

The new classification will be Class 5A, adding an 11-player group to reduce the disparity in enrollment in the IHSAA’s largest class of football, and to increase the number of participating teams and student-athletes in the postseason.

The board approved separate scheduling and playoff plans across the seven football classifications:

Class 5A, Class 4A, Class 3A: 36 teams, 9 regular season games, 16 playoff qualifiers.

Class 2A, Class 1A: 48 teams, 8 regular season games, 32 playoff qualifiers.

Class A: Remainder of 11-player teams, 8 regular season games, 32 playoff qualifiers.

Eight-Player: All 8-player teams, 8 regular season games, 32 playoff qualifiers.

Teams in 2A, 1A, A, and 8P will be permitted to play a ninth regular season contest should they not qualify for the postseason.

Additional information regarding playoff qualification and district assignments will be released at a later date.

(IHSAA) BOONE, Iowa – With COVID-19 precautions and attendance restrictions in place, the IHSAA Board of Control determined Thursday to conduct the 2021 IHSAA State Wrestling Championships as currently scheduled at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

The state dual team tournament (Wednesday) and state traditional tournament (Thursday, Friday, Saturday) remain planned to run in their usual sessions and formats from February 17-20. Competition and spectator guidelines for these IHSAA events will continue to follow the most updated proclamations and guidance with state and local government officials, and Iowa Events Center.

“The IHSAA is grateful to all those who have worked to make this wrestling season possible,” IHSAA executive director Tom Keating said. “The board feels strongly that the traditional schedule can be safely completed for the largest possible competition and audience at each day of the 2021 IHSAA State Wrestling Championships.”

Social distancing requirements and COVID-19 related safety precautions will limit spectator capacity, create reserved seating blocks, and change participant procedures at Wells Fargo Arena. The IHSAA State Wrestling Championships average more than 75,000 attendees across all sessions annually, but capacity will currently allow for less than 4,000 tickets per session this year.

The traditional tournament features 672 individual qualifiers from more than 200 member school wrestling programs. The dual team tournament qualifies eight teams per classification and has been contested on the day before the traditional tournament since moving to Wells Fargo Arena in 2012.

Ticketing information for each date will be announced by the IHSAA and Iowa Events Center as it becomes available. Participating member schools will be contacted first for purchasing options.

Due to restricted capacity and to offer participating wrestlers an opportunity to remain at the event, ticket prices have been increased to $15 per session (dual team tournament, traditional tournament sessions 1-7) and $20 for the traditional tournament finals (session 8).

Cheerleaders will be unable to attend the state traditional tournament as event performers due to space limitations.

Further details on attendance and entry for member schools, credentialed media, and event personnel will be announced as they become available.

Class 1A

1. Don Bosco
2. Lisbon
3. Logan-Magnolia
4. West Sioux
5. Underwood
6. Western Christian
7. New London
8. Lake Mills
9. Woodbury Central
10. West Hancock

1A Rankings

Class 2A

1. West Delaware
2. Crestwood
3. Osage
4. Davenport Assumption
5. Union, LaPorte City
6. Centerville
7. Independence
8. West Burlington/Notre Dame
9. Sergeant Bluff-Luton
10. Central Lyon/GLR

2A Rankings

Class 3A

1. Waverly-Shell Rock
2. SE Polk
3. Waukee
4. Fort Dodge
5. Bettendorf
6. Iowa City West
7. Ankeny
8. North Scott
9. Linn-Mar
10. Norwalk

3A Rankings

2020-21 EIGHTH Iowa Girls High School High School Basketball Rankings
Compiled by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union
Thursday, January 21, 2021

Class 1A
School Record LW
1 Bishop Garrigan 13-0 1
2 Newell-Fonda 12-1 2
3 Kingsley-Pierson 15-0 4
4 St. Ansgar 12-1 3
5 MMCRU 11-1 5
6 Exira-EHK 14-0 6
7 Collins-Maxwell 12-0 7
8 Montezuma 15-1 8
9 Springville 14-2 9
10 Winfield-Mount Union 13-0 10
11 Burlington Notre Dame 11-1 11
12 Westwood 11-2 NR
13 Lenox 10-2 NR
14 North Mahaska 8-2 12
15 Woodbury Central 13-4 15
Dropped Out: Logan-Magnolia (13) Turkey Valley (14)

Class 2A
1 Maquoketa Valley 15-0 1
2 Dike-New Hartford 12-0 2
3 West Branch 9-1 3
4 North Linn 12-1 4
5 Nodaway Valley 12-0 5
6 Bellevue 13-1 10
7 Grundy Center 9-2 11
8 Central Lyon 12-2 9
9 West Hancock 11-2 6
10 Treynor 13-2 7
11 Underwood 13-1 12
12 Sioux Central 9-3 13
13 Denver 9-4 8
14 Jesup 12-2 14
15 Cascade 12-4 15
Dropped Out: None

Class 3A
1 Cherokee 13-0 1
2 Unity Christian 11-1 3
3 Des Moines Christian 12-2 2
4 Clear Lake 11-1 5
5 Osage 11-1 6
6 West Lyon 11-1 8
7 West Liberty 8-3 9
8 West Burlington 13-1 7
9 Roland-Story 8-3 11
10 Estherville-Lincoln Central 12-2 14
11 Solon 10-4 12
12 Vinton-Shellsburg 13-2 14
13 Center Point-Urbana 10-4 4
14 Panorama 10-3 10
15 Waukon 9-3 NR
Dropped Out: Bishop Heelan (13)

Class 4A
1 Glenwood 12-2 1
2 Ballard 12-0 2
3 Gilbert 12-1 3
4 Dallas Center-Grimes 11-2 4
5 Central DeWitt 10-1 5
6 North Scott 8-1 6
7 Waverly-Shell Rock 11-2 7
8 Bondurant-Farrar 7-4 10
9 Creston 10-4 8
10 Denison-Schleswig 10-2 11
11 Harlan 9-3 12
12 Cedar Rapids Xavier 6-5 9
13 Boone 6-4 NR
14 Lewis Central 7-5 NR
15 Marion 8-4 NR
Dropped Out: Dubuque Wahlert (13), Clear Creek-Amana (14), Winterset (15)

Class 5A
1 Johnston 7-0 1
2 Waukee 3-1 2
3 Waterloo West 11-1 3
4 Southeast Polk 8-2 5
5 Ankeny Centennial 8-1 6
6 Iowa City West 5-3 7
7 Cedar Falls 10-2 4
8 Iowa City High 7-2 8
9 Cedar Rapids Washington 9-1 11
10 Dowling Catholic 7-3 12
11 Des Moines Roosevelt 2-1 10
12 West Des Moines Valley 5-4 13
13 Ankeny 5-3 NR
14 Indianola 11-2 14
15 Davenport North 2-1 9
Dropped Out: Cedar Rapids Prairie (15)

The Atlantic girls basketball team has added a home meeting with Urbandale this weekend. Atlantic JV/V girls will host Urbandale Saturday January 23, 2021 at 6:00 and 7:30 pm, respectively.  This is following the 9th/JV/V boys basketball games vs Creston at 1, 2:30 and 4 pm. Coverage on KJAN is undetermined at this time.