The CAM Cougars got a couple of big plays late from Madison Gettler and held on for a 40-36 win over the Griswold Tigers on Thursday night in Anita. The game was tied at 34 with about two and a half minutes left when Madison Gettler caught the ball on the block and muscled her way to a basket and drew a foul. She missed the free throw but an empty possession for the Tigers followed. Then Gettler went right back to work and scored inside and got fouled after a nice dish from Zoey Baylor. Gettler knocked down the free throw to push the lead to 5. Gettler added another free throw before the Tigers scored to cut the lead to four with about 45 seconds left. The Tigers then did not commit the foul they needed to stop the clock from running down and CAM was able to waste enough time to secure the win despite one final turnover.

It was a choppy game that featured a large number of jump balls and the teams combined for 42 turnovers. CAM led 11-7 at the end of the 1st, then 17-16 at halftime. The Tigers took the lead right away to begin the second half and led by as many as three before CAM rallied at the end of the third to lead 29-25 heading to the final quarter.

Madison Gettler finished with 17 points and 7 rebounds to lead CAM to the close win. The Cougars improve to 17-4 on the season and will move on to face Stanton next Tuesday night in Anita. Stanton defeated South Page to earn their way to the quarterfinal match-up.

Griswold got 15 points from Brittney Beebe and Mateya Peters had a big game in her final outing as a Tiger with 10 points and 11 rebounds. The Tigers’ season ends with a 9-12 record.

We’ll have coverage of CAM vs. Stanton on Tuesday night on KJAN with pregame at 6:50pm and tip at 7:00pm.

Atlantic senior boys basketball post player Scott Leonard announced via social media on Thursday that he plans to attend Buena Vista University in Storm Lake.

Leonard has led Atlantic this season averaging 17 points and 9 rebounds per game. Leonard has scored 286 points, grabbed 169 rebounds, and blocked 24 shots so far this year for the Trojans.

The Buena Vista Beavers are coached by Brian Van Haaften and are 16-7 so far in the 2017-18 campaign.

The Iowa High School Athletic Association released the postseason boys basketball pairings for Classes 3A and 4A on Thursday.

The Atlantic Trojans in Class 3A Substate 8 will play Denison-Schleswig in the first game of a doubleheader in Glenwood on Monday, February 19th. The Trojans and Monarchs will play at 6:30pm followed by Glenwood facing ADM at 8:00pm. The other side of the bracket will be played in Harlan. Carroll will take on Creston at 6:30pm, followed by Harlan facing Perry at 8:00pm.

The full Substate brackets can be viewed here: 18-Substate-Basketball-Pairings-3A 18-Substate-Basketball-Pairings-4A

Class 1A Girls Basketball postseason play begins tonight with first round games for some teams. Here is a look at match-ups in Southwest Iowa. All games are set to tip-off at 7:00pm unless noted.

Region 6

Orient-Macksburg @ Lamoni
Lenox @ East Union
Bedford @ Diagonal
Melcher Dallas @ Southeast Warren- Moved up to 6:00pm start.
Mormon Trail @ Murray
Moulton-Udell @ Moravia

Region 7

Essex @ Riverside
Griswold @ CAM – ON KJAN
South Page @ Stanton
Heartland Christian @ East Mills
West Harrison @ Fremont-Mills

Region 8

Paton-Churdan @ Ar-We-Va- PPD to Saturday, February 10th at 7:00pm
Coon Rapids-Bayard @ Grand View Christian- Moved up to 5:30pm start.
Iowa Christian Academy @ Glidden-Ralston
River Valley @ Westwood- PPD to Friday, February 9th at 6:00pm
Whiting @ Audubon- Moved up to 6:00pm start.

NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — NASCAR says David Hyatt will replace Jimmy Small as the president of the Iowa Speedway. NASCAR, which owns the short track located in Newton, Iowa, made the announcement on Thursday. It says Small has accepted a new position as a senior director of international business development. Small will work out of the organization’s Los Angeles office.

Hyatt has spent nearly 30 years in the motorsports industry. He launched the original NASCAR.com and most recently served as the president of The Motor Racing Network.

Iowa hosted its first major race in 2007. The track will host two NASCAR Xfinity races, a Camping World truck event and an IndyCar race this summer.