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Midwest Sports Headlines: 2/2/2019

Sports

February 2nd, 2019 by Ric Hanson

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

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Luka Garza scored 19 points, Joe Wieskamp added 16 and Iowa stunned fifth-ranked Michigan 74-59, handing the Wolverines just their second loss of the season. Ryan Kriener scored 15 points with 10 rebounds for the Hawkeyes, who snapped a two-game losing streak with by far their biggest win of the season.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Deja Church and Akienreh Johnson both had career scoring highs of 19 points, Michigan dominated the boards and the Wolverines took a 90-81 victory over No. 13 Iowa. Church was 9-of-11 shooting and Johnson 6 of 9 with three 3-pointers for the Wolverines (13-9, 4-6 Big Ten), who lost to the Hawkeyes (16-5, 7-3) by 14 on Jan. 17.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Miles Mikolas is open to discussing a long-term deal with the St. Louis Cardinals rather than wait to go on the open market after the season. The 30-year-old right-hander returned to the major leagues last year after three seasons in Japan, agreeing to a $15.5 million, two-year contract with the Cardinals. He became a first-time All-Star, going 18-4 with a 2.83 ERA in 32 starts. His deal allows him to become a free agent after the 2019 World Series.

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.

ATLANTA (AP) — The Rams moved from St. Louis to Los Angeles, had seven head coaches and used 20 starting quarterbacks since losing to the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl 17 years ago. Meanwhile, Bill Belichick and Tom Brady are still here and they’re going for their sixth NFL title in the rematch Sunday.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The NCAA has declared Kansas forward Silvio De Sousa ineligible for the remainder of this season and next season after his name surfaced in the FBI probe into college basketball corruption. Kansas said it intends to appeal the decision. The Jayhawks had withheld the 6-foot-9 De Sousa from competition this season, pending the results of the investigation.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas has lost three of four heading into Saturday’s showdown with Texas Tech, and what happens over the next four days could decide whether the No. 11 Jayhawks remain in the hunt for a 15th straight Big 12 title. They also have a trip to Kansas State on Tuesday night.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri plans to appeal soon what it called “unjust” penalties levied by the NCAA in an academic misconduct case. The school acknowledged that a former tutor did work for 12 student-athletes in football, baseball and softball, but it disputed the severity of the penalties after it self-reported the violations and assisted in the investigation. The appeals process could take six months or more.

Iowa early News Headlines: Saturday, 2/2/2019

News

February 2nd, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 4:30 a.m. CST

ADEL, Iowa (AP) — The last of several people charged in the starvation death of a 16-year-old Iowa girl has been sentenced to prison. Station KCCI reports that Josie Bousman was sentenced Friday to up to 14 years after she pleaded guilty to neglect and two child endangerment counts in the death of Sabrina Ray. Bousman lived in the home with the teen and was there when the teen died in May 2017. Sabrina weighed just 56 pounds at the time of her death.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A new survey report is forecasting solid economic growth over the next three to six months for nine Midwestern and Plains states. Friday’s report says the Mid-America Business Conditions Index rose to 56.0 last month from 55.2 in December. The survey results are compiled into a collection of indexes ranging from zero to 100. Survey organizers say any score above 50 suggests growth. The survey covers Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma and South Dakota.

STANWOOD, Iowa (AP) — An eastern Iowa man faces attempted murder and other charges after police say he fired a gun at his neighbor’s house. Station KCRG reports that 61-year-old Randolph Allan High, of Stanwood, was arrested after the Sunday morning incident. Investigators say High’s neighbor was outside when he heard more than a dozen gunshots. Police say the victim initially though High was shooting at raccoons, but later discovered several bullet holes in his vehicle, camper and home.

Area boys/girls high school basketball scores from Friday, 2/1/19

Sports

February 2nd, 2019 by Ric Hanson

BOYS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Creston 69, Red Oak 24
Denison-Schleswig 70, Clarinda 47
Glenwood 62, Harlan 46
Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 70, Shenandoah 56
St. Albert, Council Bluffs 52, Lewis Central 51

Western Iowa Conference

AHSTW 61, Riverside 46
Logan-Magnolia 46, Tri-Center 43
Treynor 59, Missouri Valley 30
Underwood 54, IKM-Manning 41

Rolling Valley Conference

Ar-We-Va 85, West Harrison 59
CAM 53, Glidden-Ralston 32
Coon Rapids-Bayard 35, Paton-Churdan 30, 2OT
Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 69, Boyer Valley 42

Corner Conference

East Mills 57, Sidney 42
Fremont Mills 74, Heartland Christian 36
Griswold 49, Essex 36
Stanton 63, Clarinda Academy 47

Pride of Iowa Conference

Bedford 66, Mount Ayr 56
Chariton 74, Southwest Valley 39
Martensdale St. Marys 69, Central Decatur 44
Nodaway Valley 53, Lenox 49
Southeast Warren , East Union

Other Scores

ADM79, Bondurant Farrar 48
Boone 59, Carroll 55
Carlisle 65, Winterset 64
Earlham 88, West Central Valley, Stuart 28
East Sac County 58, Southeast Valley 38
Panorama, Panora 70, Interstate 35,Truro 51
Seymour 67, Orient-Macksburg 52
Sioux City, East 78, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 21
Woodward Academy 67, AC/GC 58

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Atlantic 60, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 50
Denison-Schleswig 70, Clarinda 23
Glenwood 54, Harlan 33
Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 56, Shenandoah 53
Lewis Central 58, St. Albert, Council Bluffs 41
Red Oak 61, Creston 53

Western Iowa Conference

AHSTW 76, Riverside, Oakland 36
IKM-Manning 61, Underwood 23
Logan-Magnolia 54, Tri-Center 29
Treynor 62, Missouri Valley 13

Rolling Valley Conference

Ar-We-Va 57, West Harrison42
CAM 70, Glidden-Ralston 33
Exira-EHK 60, Boyer Valley 43
Paton-Churdan 43, Coon Rapids-Bayard 25

Corner Conference

Fremont Mills 58, Heartland Christian 44
Griswold 44, Essex 30
Sidney 47, East Mills 16
Stanton 55, South Page 22

Pride of Iowa Conference

Central Decatur 64, Martensdale St. Marys 31
Nodaway Valley 53, Lenox 49
Mount Ayr 76, Bedford 35
Southeast Warren 49, East Union, Afton 24
Southwest Valley 54, Chariton 44

Other Scores

ADM 62, Bondurant Farrar 35
Carlisle 61, Winterset 56
Carroll 51, Boone 47
Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 53, Sioux City, East 47
Earlham 51, West Central Valley, Stuart 47
Seymour 72, Orient-Macksburg 18

Western Valley Conference Consolation

OA-BCIG 53, MVAO-CO-U 45
Westwood, Sloan 65, West Monona 37

Freese-Notis Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the area: Feb. 2nd, 2019

Weather

February 2nd, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Today: Partly cloudy to cloudy w/areas of fog and/or drizzle this morning (Beware of frost on the roads!). High around 45. Winds South at 15-20.

Tonight: P/Cldy to Cldy w/areas of fog. Low 35. S @ 10.

Sunday: P/Cldy to Cldy w/morning fog. High 48. S @ 10-20.

Monday: Mostly cloudy, windy & cooler w/light rain-snow early; flurries in the afternoon. High early of around 35, w/temps falling during the day.

Tuesday: Mo. Cloudy. High 24.

Iowa stuns No. 5 Michigan 74-59

Sports

February 1st, 2019 by Ric Hanson

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Luka Garza scored 19 points, Joe Wieskamp added 16 and Iowa stunned fifth-ranked Michigan 74-59 on Friday night, handing the Wolverines their second loss of the season. Ryan Kriener had 15 points and 10 rebounds for the Hawkeyes (17-5, 6-5 Big Ten), who snapped a two-game losing streak with their biggest win of the season.

Iowa blistered Michigan’s top-notch defense and put the Wolverines in their biggest hole of the season, 14 points, late in the first half. The Hawkeyes used a 21-2 run to grab a 42-29 lead at the break — nearly matching the 49 points Ohio State put up against Michigan in a 16-point loss on Tuesday.

Michigan (20-2, 9-2) clawed back to within 54-49, but a 3-pointer by Garza and a three-point play from Wieskamp helped push Iowa’s lead back to 67-51 with 5:18 left. “I can see why they’re 17-5 right now,” Michigan coach John Beilein said about Iowa. “We got beat by a really good team.”

Ignas Brazdeikis and Jordan Poole each scored 16 points for Michigan, which allowed 70 or more points for just the second time this season. Big Blue shot just 32.3 percent and 8 of 33 on 3s and got outscored 40-20 in the paint. “We couldn’t stop their big guys,” Beilein said.

This was the Hawkeyes’ best performance of the season, by far — and the signature win they’ve been looking to add to their postseason resume. Iowa also beat Iowa State, now ranked 20th, but the Cyclones didn’t have star guard Lindell Wigginton for that one.

POLL IMPLICATIONS: For Iowa, this might’ve been enough to get the Hawkeyes back into Monday’s poll.
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Iowa: Plays at Indiana on Thursday.

Michigan dominates boards to upset No. 13 Iowa women

Sports

February 1st, 2019 by Ric Hanson

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Deja Church and Akienreh Johnson both had career scoring highs of 19 points, Michigan dominated the boards and the Wolverines took a 90-81 victory over No. 13 Iowa on Friday. Church was 9-of-11 shooting and Johnson 6 of 9 with three 3-pointers for the Wolverines (13-9,  4-6 Big Ten), who lost to the Hawkeyes (16-5, 7-3) by 14 on Jan. 17. Kayla Robbins added a career-high 13 points and eight rebounds, leading the Wolverines’ 44-23 dominance on the boards, including 24 on the offensive glass that resulted in 25 second-chance points. Johnson, Robbins and Naz Hillmon combined for 40 bench points to nine for the Iowa reserves.

Iowa led briefly twice in the second quarter and was down 13 early in the fourth before getting within six. But the Wolverines used an 11-4 run to lead by 13 with three minutes remaining. Megan Gustafson scored 27 points with nine rebounds for Iowa, which had a five-game win streak snapped. It was only second time this season Gustafson didn’t record a double-double. Kathleen Doyle tied a season high with 22 points and Tania Davis scored 15.

The game was originally scheduled for Thursday but was postponed because of cold temperatures that resulted in the university closing for two days.

Last of defendants sentenced in starvation death of teen

News

February 1st, 2019 by Ric Hanson

ADEL, Iowa (AP) — The last of several people charged in the starvation death of a 16-year-old Iowa girl has been sentenced to prison. Station KCCI reports that Josie Bousman was sentenced Friday to up to 14 years after she pleaded guilty to neglect and two child endangerment counts in the death of Sabrina Ray. Bousman lived in the home with the teen and was there when the teen died in May 2017. Sabrina weighed just 56 pounds at the time of her death.

Sabrina’s adoptive parents pleaded guilty to charges ranging from child endangerment to kidnapping in the case . The mother, Misty Jo Bousman Ray, was sentenced a life sentence without parole and her husband, Marc Ray, got 80 years in prison. An adoptive grandmother and brother also received prison sentences.

Scam invoices being mailed to businesses in the Atlantic area

News

February 1st, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Officials with the Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce said Friday, that “It has been brought to our attention that there is a business sending invoices requesting payment for a community guide they are putting together. The business name is Media Print Solutions and this is a scam.”

The Chamber stresses “The only community guide being printed in the Atlantic area is the Atlantic Area Community Guide the Chamber puts together. If you have received an invoice or receive one in the future, please ignore it.”

An example of the invoice is shown under the link: Media Print Solutions SCAM

CCHS hosts Axne Friday

News

February 1st, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Officials with the Cass County Health System (CCHS) hosted U.S. Representative Cindy Axne on Friday, February 1st. Rep. Axne toured CCHS and saw a number of departments including Inpatient, Obstetrics, Behavioral Health, and Rehabilitation Services. The CCHS administrative team then met with Rep. Axne to talk about the challenges facing rural hospitals.

The CCHS Administrative team talks with Rep. Axne about the challenges faced by hospitals. (Photo submitted)

CCHS Proudly Supporting the Coaches vs. Cancer Pink Out Basketball Games

News, Sports

February 1st, 2019 by Ric Hanson

ATLANTIC – Official with the Cass County Health System (CCHS) say they are proudly supporting the Atlantic High School’s Coaches vs Cancer Pink Out basketball games on Monday, February 4th. For every point the Trojan varsity teams score on Monday, CCHS will donate $2 to the American Cancer Society (ACS). The first 500 fans in attendance will receive a free pink hand sanitizer, and CCHS employees will be tossing out a limited number of free pink t-shirts during the halftime of both games.

AHS Fuel is coordinating the Coaches vs Cancer event, and their goal is to surpass their $2,600 donation of last year with a $3,000 donation this year. Fans and supporters are encouraged to come to the game in pink, and be prepared to donate to the ACS. The ACS will have staff at the game sharing information and statistics about cancer in Iowa and Cass County.

The Atlantic Trojans varsity girls team will play at 6 pm, and the varsity boys will play at 7:30 pm. Both games will be held in the AHS gym.