Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Just as they did 17 years ago, St. Louis football fans will watch the Rams and New England Patriots play in the Super Bowl. This time, the rooting interest has flipped. Many fans in St. Louis will be pulling for the Patriots and not their former team. The franchise’s success is salt in the wound for fans still bitter three years after owner Stan Kroenke moved the team back to Los Angeles.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The NCAA has sanctioned Missouri’s football, baseball and softball programs after an investigation revealed academic misconduct involving a tutor. Among the penalties were three years of probation and one year of postseason bans for all three programs.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A state panel in Missouri has ruled that the Kansas City Chiefs owe $930,000 in back tax plus interest on the decade-old Arrowhead Stadium renovation. The Kansas City Star reports the team argued it didn’t owe taxes on hundreds of items it bought to outfit the new stadium. But that argument was dismissed Tuesday by a state commission. An attorney says the team will likely appeal. The case stems from a 2014 audit in which the state challenged sales tax exemptions on $23 million in purchases.

The Audubon Wheelers grabbed a lead midway through the second quarter and fended off the CAM Cougars the rest of the way with a 56-44 win on Thursday night in boys hoops.  The Wheelers dropped in 41 first half points and led by 13 at halftime but the lead went on the basket in the second half. The two teams combined for just 11 points in the third quarter and CAM only could close the gap to 9 a couple of times in the fourth quarter.

After the game Audubon Head Coach Colleman Mullenix said the defensive pressure was solid for much of the night but the offense has to be more productive than they were in the second half.

Coach Mullenix also talked about the mental errors that plagued his team and the message to his team for the end of the season.

Audubon was led in the win by 19 points from Lane Lawson and 16 from Tate Killeen. The Wheelers are now 13-5 and will head to Underwood on Saturday.

CAM got 12 points from Lane Spieker but he was the only Cougar in double figures. The Cougars fall to 6-10 and will host Glidden-Ralston on Friday before heading to Woodbine on Saturday.

Macy Ticknor hit what would be the game winner with about 6 seconds left as CAM rallied to beat Audubon 52-50 in girls hoops on Thursday. The Class 1A 9th ranked Cougars found themselves down by 12 points heading into the fourth quarter on the road. The Cougars then turned up the defensive pressure to slow the Audubon offense and force some Wheeler turnovers to climb back in the game. Audubon scored 11 points in the fourth quarter but they all came from the free throw line. CAM eventually tied the game up at 48 and the teams traded single points to make it 50-all with a little over a minute left. The Cougars benefited from the possession arrow on a jump ball to get the ball back with just under a minute to play. The Wheelers allowed the Cougars to dribble the clock down to 13 seconds left and Coach Joe Wollum called a timeout to set up the final play. Zoey Baylor got the inbound pass in the corner then dribbled around to the top and down the right side of the lane. She drew defenders away from Macy Ticknor who she then lobbed the ball to for the winning bucket. Ticknor caught the pass, spun to the basket and finished. Aleah Hermensen had a chance at a long three for Audubon at the buzzer that was off the mark and CAM got the win.

Coach Wollum gave a lot of credit to Audubon for their strong effort but was proud of the way his team executed at the end of the game.

CAM lead after the first quarter 8-6 and the Wheeler led by just a point at 21-20 at halftime. The Wheelers then led 39-27 heading into the final quarter.

The Cougars were led by 17 points from Paige McAfee, 12 from Macy Ticknor, and 10 from Zoey Baylor. Star forward Madison Gettler sat much of the game with foul trouble and eventually fouled out late. The Cougars improved to 15-2 with the win and will host Glidden-Ralston on Friday night before traveling to Woodbine for a makeup game on Saturday.

The Wheelers were led by 16 points from Aleah Hermensen and 15 from Leah Subbert. Audubon is now 7-11 and will travel to Underwood for a makeup game on Saturday.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Denison-Schleswig 47, Kuemper Catholic 36
Harlan 47, Nodaway Valley 36
Shenandoah 62, Fremont-Mills 35
St. Albert 63, Creston 50

Rolling Valley Conference

CAM 52, Audubon 50
Glidden-Ralston 55, Ar-We-Va 45
Ogden 50, Coon Rapids-Bayard 42
Paton-Churdan 48, Collins-Maxwell 36

Corner Conference

Sidney 65, South Page 18
Stanton 52, Essex 32

Pride of Iowa Conference

Southwest Valley 59, Bedford 33

Other Scores

Ankeny Christian Academy 52, Orient-Macksburg 38

BOYS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Creston 64, St. Albert 59
Denison-Schleswig 81, Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 49

Western Iowa Conference

Audubon 56, CAM 44

Rolling Valley Conference

Ar-We-Va 55, Glidden-Ralston 15
Ogden 58, Coon Rapids-Bayard 46

Corner Conference

Stanton 64, Essex 29 (Stanton Coach Kevin Blunt’s 400th career win, Vikings clinch Corner Conference Title)

Pride of Iowa Conference

Bedford 81, Southwest Valley 41

Other Scores

Carroll 73, Perry 49
Orient-Macksburg 51, Southeast Warren 50

Creston/O-M, Harlan at Lewis Central

Harlan 45, Creston/O-M 30
Harlan 40, Lewis Central 29
Creston/O-M 41, Lewis Central 26

Denison-Schleswig at Storm Lake

Storm Lake 72, Denison-Schleswig 6

Boone, Norwalk, Carroll at CB Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson 36, Boone 28
Thomas Jefferson 35, Carroll 32
Norwalk 65, Thomas Jefferson 12

The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union has released the Class 4A and 5A regional basketball pairings. Regional tournaments for those classes begin with first round play on Wednesday, February 13th. Semifinals are February 16th. Finals are February 19th.

In Class 4A area teams are in Region 2. Winterset opens at Dallas Center-Grimes. The winner of that game plays at Denison-Schleswig. Harlan is at Glenwood in the first round with the winner traveling to Lewis Central.

In Class 5A Thomas Jefferson will play at Abraham Lincoln in the first round with the winner traveling to Urbandale.

Full brackets below.

Class 4A Regional Pairings

Class 5A Regional Pairings