Atlantic head coach Derek Hall gave his second five a chance to start the game at St. Albert on Friday night and they delivered great energy to lead the Trojans to a 57-43 win at St. Albert. Coach Hall said he gave guys the chance to earn the start in practice and they grabbed it. Ryder Burk, Caden Andersen, Lane Nelson, Jackson McLaren, and Jayden Proehl led the Trojans to an early lead, including a 12-8 advantage at the end of the first. Coach Hall then began to rotate more guys in and they followed that positive energy well,

The Trojans only led by two at half after the Falcons put in a couple buckets just before the break. Carter Pellett came out red-hot in the second half and scored the first 8 points of the half to help Atlantic go up 9 by the end of the third. Pellett had 11 points in that quarter and finished with 15 points to lead Atlantic. Dayton Templeton added 14 points and Jackson McLaren had a great game with 7 points and some timely rebounds.

Atlantic improved to 5-11 on the season and will finish off a busy week with a road trip to Perry on Saturday night at 6:00 p.m.

St. Albert was led by 9 points from Carter White and they fall to 7-9 on the season.

After an extremely slow offensive start the St. Albert Saintes found enough offense in the second half to pull away from Atlantic for a 48-27 win on Friday night in Council Bluffs. The Trojans went scoreless in the first quarter and had just 6 points in the first half. St Albert led 16-6 at half and blew the game open in the second half.

Senior Pearl Reisz, who was honored on senior night prior to the game, dropped in 17 points. She hit three threes in the second half to spark the Saintes to offensive shift. Misssy Evezic added 10 points for St. Albert and they improved to 12-4 on the season with the victory.

Atlantic got 13 points from freshman Paytn Harter but no one else came close to double figures. The Trojans drop to 7-10 on the season.

Next up for the Trojans is a home came against Red Oak next Tuesday. That will be the Pink Out Coaches vs. Cancer game for Atlantic this season.

The Iowa High School Athletic Association has now released the Class 4A and 3A Substate Basketball assignments to add to the previously released Class 1A and 2A District assignments.

Atlantic will be in Class 3A Substate 8 along with Bishop Heelan, Carroll, Denison-Schleswig, Glenwood, Harlan, Lewis Central, and Perry. Pairings will be released the 2nd week in February with games starting on February 21st for the larger classes. February 11th is the first day of district action in Class 1A, with 2A starting the 14th.

Follow the links below to check out all the assignments in all classes.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference
St. Albert 48, Atlantic 27- ON KJAN
Clarinda 56, Red Oak 34
Denison-Schleswig 43, Shenandoah 42
Harlan 74, Creston 39
Lewis Central 48, Kuemper Catholic 32

Western Iowa Conference
AHSTW 45, Logan-Magnolia 39
Treynor 52, IKM-Manning 17
Tri-Center 59, Missouri Valley 39
Underwood 41, Audubon 39

Rolling Valley Conference
CAM 61, Boyer Valley 41
Coon Rapids-Bayard 50, Ar-We-Va 15

Corner Conference
Sidney 50, Fremont-Mills 32
Stanton 61, Essex 27

Pride of Iowa Conference
Central Decatur 51, Southwest Valley 34
Lenox 38, Wayne 24
Martensdale-St. Marys 54, Bedford 16
Mount Ayr 55, East Union 36
Nodaway Valley 65, SE Warren 35

Other Scores
Earlham 58, Madrid 19
Interstate-35 37, ACGC 32
LeMars 55, CB Thomas Jefferson 17
Sergeant Bluff-Luton 46, CB Abraham Lincoln 37
Van Meter 59, West Central Valley 23

BOYS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference
Atlantic 57, St. Albert 43
Denison-Schleswig 75, Shenandoah 47
Harlan 67, Creston 63
Lewis Central 54, Kuemper Catholic 44
Red Oak 65, Clarinda 55

Western Iowa Conference
AHSTW 69, Logan-Magnolia 31
Audubon 56, Underwood 39
Treynor 65, IKM-Manning 35
Tri-Center 64, Missouri Valley 45

Rolling Valley Conference
Boyer Valley 47, CAM 33
Coon Rapids-Bayard 53, Ar-We-Va 48
West Harrison 61, Glidden-Ralston 32

Corner Conference
Sidney 58, Fremont-Mills 35
Stanton 78, Essex 16

Pride of Iowa Conference
Central Decatur 72, Southwest Valley 35
Lenox 84, Wayne 64
Martensdale-St. Marys 52, Bedford 21
Mount Ayr 61, East Union 35
Nodaway Valley 74, SE Warren 56

Other Scores
ACGC 52, Interstate-35 43
LeMars 71, CB Thomas Jefferson 24
Madrid 52, Earlham 50
Panorama 66, Woodward Academy 47
Sergeant Bluff-Luton 65, CB Abraham Lincoln 60

The UNI women’s basketball team got back on the winning track on Thursday night with a 74-67 win at Illinois State. The Panthers led by just one at half and used a 20-12 advantage in the third quarter to secure the win.

Nicole Kroeger had a monster game with 16 points and a career-high 8 rebounds. Grace Boffeli added 11 points, 4 rebounds, and 3 steals to help the Panther cause.

UNI improves to 11-6 overall and 4-2 in the Valley. The Panthers will trade spots with Drake and head to Peoria to face Bradley on Saturday at 2:00 p.m.

The Drake women’s basketball team picked up their first conference road win of the season 80-56 over Bradley on Thursday night in Peoria. Maggie Bair led the Bulldogs with 19 points, 14 of those coming in the first half.

The Bulldogs got off to a good start by scoring 24 points in each of the first two quarters. Drake led 48-27 at the half. Grace Berg added 16 points and Sarah Beth Gueldner scored 10.

The Bulldogs improved to 11-8 overall and 3-5 in MVC play.

Drake will stay in Illinois and face off against Illinois State on Saturday at 6:00 p.m.

GIRLS BASKETBALL
Martensdale-St. Marys 52, Lenox 44
Panorama 58, Exira-EHK 53
Sidney 56, Bedford 27
Stanton 45, CAM 34
Underwood 68, Red Oak 27

BOYS BASKETBALL
Boyer Valley 79, Griswold 43
Martensdale-St. Marys 65, Lenox 55
Sidney 47, Bedford 44
Stanton 73, CAM 71- OT
Underwood 56, Red Oak 52

Quad @ St. Albert
Atlantic-CAM finished of the dual season with a 3-0 night. The Trojans topped St. Albert, Shenandoah, and Southwest Iowa. In the dual with Shenandoah the Trojans got pins from Aiden Smith, Ethan Follmann, Easton O’Brien, Tanner O’Brien, Jarrett Armstrong, Miles Mundorf, and Evan Sorensen. Owen Hoover took a decision victory. In the match-up with SW Iowa the Trojans got pins from Taye Jordan, Easton O’Brien, Dante Hedrington, Tanner O’Brien, Kadin Stutzman, Brenden Casey, and Evan Sorensen. Brian South picked up a major decision win. Against St. Albert Brenden Casey and Miles Mundorf both won by fall.
Atlantic/CAM 75, Shenandoah 3
Atlantic/CAM 66, St. Albert 13
Atlantic/CAM 70, Southwest Iowa 10
Southwest Iowa 40, Shenandoah 36
Southwest Iowa 42, St. Albert 24
Shenandoah 57, St. Albert 6

Quad @ Tri-Center
AHSTW 66, Audubon 12
AHSTW 60, Tri-Center 24
AHSTW 78, East Mills 0
Tri-Center 42, Audubon 27
Audubon 36, East Mills 4
(Eli Collins had a three-win night and Hayden Fischer two wins for AHSTW. Zeke Konkler picked up two wins for Audubon.)

Quad @ Treynor
Logan-Magnolia 66, Treynor 9
Logan-Magnolia 60, Riverside 21
Logan-Magnolia 50, West Monona-Whiting 30
West Monona-Whiting 51, Riverside 30
West Monona-Whiting 58, Treynor 18
Riverside 46, Treynor 27
(Brock Comstock, Jace Rose, Brody Zimmerman, Kellen Oliver, and Nolan Moore each had two-win nights for Riverside)

Tri @ Nodaway Valley/O-M
Nodaway Valley/O-M 48, SE Warren/Melcher-Dallas 21
Nodaway Valley/O-M 46, SW Valley 30
SW Valley 37, SE Warren/Melcher-Dallas 34
(Caelen DeVault, Jevin Christensen, and Trenton Warner all had two-win nights for NV/O-M)

Quad @ North Polk
Winterset 56, North Polk 12
Winterset 51, Knoxville 20
Winterset 72, Denison-Schleswig 12
North Polk 46, Knoxville 32
North Polk 69, Denison-Schleswig 9
Knoxville 65, Denison-Schlewig 18

Class 1A
School Record LW
1 Newell-Fonda 15-1 1
2 Bishop Garrigan 14-3 2
3 Exira-EHK 15-0 3
4 North Linn 15-1 4
5 Springville 17-1 5
6 MMCRU 15-0 6
7 Burlington Notre Dame 15-0 7
8 North Mahaska 14-1 8
9 Storm Lake St. Mary’s 13-1 9
10 Westwood 16-1 13
11 Stanton 15-0 12
12 Martensdale-St. Marys 14-1 10
13 East Buchanan 13-3 11
14 Montezuma 14-2 14
15 Remsen St. Mary’s 15-2 15
Dropped Out: None

Class 2A
School Record LW
1 Dike-New Hartford 15-1 1
2 Denver 15-2 2
3 Central Lyon 15-1 3
4 Treynor 15-1 4
5 Sibley-Ocheyedan 13-3 5
6 Panorama 16-1 6
7 Iowa City Regina 14-3 8
8 Jesup 13-3 7
9 Grundy Center 15-2 9
10 Mediapolis 16-0 10
11 West Hancock 13-4 12
12 Aplington-Parkersburg 11-4 11
13 Cascade 13-3 NR
14 Nodaway Valley 14-3 NR
15 Ridge View 14-3 NR
Dropped Out: South Central Calhoun (13), West Branch (14), North Union (15)

Class 3A
School Record LW
1 Unity Christian 15-1 1
2 West Lyon 15-0 2
3 Sergeant Bluff-Luton 14-2 3
4 Ballard 14-3 4
5 Estherville-Lincoln Central 16-2 5
6 Center Point-Urbana 13-3 6
7 Roland-Story 12-4 10
8 West Liberty 13-4 8
9 Forest City 13-4 9
10 West Marshall 16-2 7
11 Clear Lake 11-4 11
12 Cherokee 11-6 12
13 Vinton-Shellsburg 11-6 NR
14 Des Moines Christian 11-5 NR
15 Centerville 14-2 NR
Dropped Out: Harlan (13), Monticello (14), Williamsburg (15)

Class 4A
School Record LW
1 Bishop Heelan 14-1 2
2 Dallas Center-Grimes 12-3 4
3 Glenwood 13-2 1
4 North Polk 15-2 3
5 Indianola 12-3 5
6 Grinnell 13-2 6
7 Cedar Rapids Xavier 11-5 7
8 Central DeWitt 12-4 10
9 North Scott 10-6 8
10 Waverly-Shell Rock 11-4 9
11 Keokuk 12-3 12
12 Benton Community 15-3 14
13 Bondurant-Farrar 9-5 11
14 Gilbert 9-5 NR
15 Clear Creek-Amana 11-5 NR
Dropped Out: Spencer (11), Pella (13)

Class 5A
School Record LW
1 Johnston 14-0 1
2 Waterloo West 13-1 3
3 Ankeny Centennial 13-2 4
4 Des Moines Roosevelt 13-2 6
5 Iowa City West 11-2 7
6 Dowling Catholic 13-2 5
7 Pleasant Valley 13-2 8
8 West Des Moines Valley 13-3 9
9 Iowa City High 11-2 2
10 Ankeny 11-4 10
11 Southeast Polk 8-7 11
12 Waukee Northwest 10-6 13
13 Cedar Falls 8-6 14
14 Iowa City Liberty 8-5 15
15 Cedar Rapids Washington 11-5 NR
Dropped Out: Linn-Mar (10)

Sixth ranked Purdue scorched the nets for 61 percent shooting, including 13 of 22 from three points range in an 83-73 win over Iowa, Thursday, in Iowa City. The Boilers raced out to a 30-15 lead at the outset and were never threatened. Kris Murray led Iowa with 23 points as the Hawkeyes struggled on offense in the opening half.

Iowa cut an 18-point deficit to five in the second half but could get no closer.

The Hawkeyes fall to 4-5 in the Big Ten and 14-6 overall.