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Atlantic-CAM sits in second after day one of John J. Harris

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January 20th, 2018 by admin

The Atlantic-CAM wrestling team finds themselves in second place after day one of action at the 63rd John J. Harris wrestling tournament in Corning on Friday. The Trojans got seven wrestlers into the semi-finals on Saturday and scored 74.5 total points. Missouri Valley sits in first with 98.5 points and the Big Reds have 9 wrestlers into the semi-finals.

For Atlantic-CAM wrestlers into the semi-finals are: Joe Weaver (106), Aybren Moore (113), Steele McLaren (120), Kole Hansen (126), Chase McLaren (132), Connor Pellett (152) and John McConkey (285).

Action will continue at 10:00am on Saturday.

TEAM SCORES

  1.   Missouri Valley 98.5
  2.   Atlantic/CAM 74.5
  3.   Panorama 73
  4.   Creston/OM 65
  5.   Bedford/Lenox 54
  6.   Shenandoah 44
  7.   Winterset 35.5
  8.   Southwest Valley 34
  9.   Mount Ayr 31
  10. Tri Center 29.5
  11. Red Oak 27.5
  12. Chariton 26
  13. Wayne 24
  14. Central Decatur 21.5
  15. Clarinda 20.5
  16. Adair Casey/Guthrie Center 17
  17. Nodaway Valley 13.5
  18. Riverside 13
  19. Clarke 7
  20. Griswold 5
  21. Clarinda Academy 3
  22. Southwest Iowa 3
  23. East Mills 0

Cardinals trade OF Randal Grichuk to Toronto for 2 pitchers

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January 20th, 2018 by admin

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals have traded outfielder Randal Grichuk to the Toronto Blue Jays for reliever Dominic Leone and minor league pitcher Conner Greene.

The deal was announced Friday.

The 26-year-old Grichuk hit .238 last season with 22 home runs and 59 RBIs in 122 games. He became expendable after St. Louis got big-hitting left fielder Marcell Ozuna in a trade with Miami last month, and because of the emergence of Tommy Pham in center.

In return, the Cardinals receive a much-needed boost to their bullpen in Leone. The 26-year-old right-hander was 3-0 with a 2.56 ERA in 65 games last year for Toronto, striking out 81 in 70 1/3 innings.

Greene was a seventh-round draft pick of the Blue Jays in 2013 and went 5-10 with a 5.29 ERA at Double-A New Hampshire last season.

High school basketball scoreboard Friday 01/19/2018

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January 20th, 2018 by admin

BOYS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Atlantic 70, Clarinda 23
Denison-Schleswig 77, Kuemper Catholic 72
Glenwood 75, Shenandoah 26
Harlan 74, Red Oak 26
Lewis Central 68, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 64
St. Albert, Council Bluffs 73, Creston 62

Western Iowa Conference

Audubon 77, Riverside 53
IKM-Manning 50, Missouri Valley 25
Logan-Magnolia 73, A-H-S-T-W 65
Treynor 66, Griswold 13
Underwood 65, Tri-Center 47

Rolling Valley Conference

Boyer Valley, Dunlap 66, Woodbine 46
CAM, Anita 72, Ar-We-Va, Westside 49
Exira-EHK 94, West Harrison 42
Glidden-Ralston 56, Paton-Churdan 61

Pride of Iowa Conference

Bedford 85, Martensdale-St. Marys 78
Central Decatur 73, East Union 37
Mount Ayr 63, Pleasantville 42
Wayne 72, Lenox 48

Other Scores

Ankeny Christian 53, Lamoni 42
Boone 63, Winterset 58
Carroll 94, Bondurant Farrar 65
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 64, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 28
Kingsley-Pierson 70, West Monona, Onawa 48
Madrid 69, West Central Valley, Stuart 50
Murray 47, Moravia 43
Seymour 73, Orient-Macksburg 40

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Atlantic 61, Clarinda 44
Denison-Schleswig 63, Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 47
Lewis Central 56, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 31
Red Oak 58, Harlan 39
Shenandoah 57, Glenwood 40
St. Albert, Council Bluffs 52, Creston 47

Western Iowa Conference

Audubon 57, Riverside, Oakland 44
IKM-Manning 70, Missouri Valley 34
Logan-Magnolia 75, A-H-S-T-W, Avoca 39
Treynor 56, Griswold 18
Underwood 61, Tri-Center, Neola 24

Rolling Valley Conference

Boyer Valley, Dunlap 61, Woodbine 27
CAM, Anita 53, Ar-We-Va, Westside 29
Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 70, West Harrison, Mondamin 15
Glidden-Ralston 61, Paton-Churdan 53

Pride of Iowa Conference

Central Decatur, Leon 80, East Union, Afton 12
Lenox 50, Wayne, Corydon 42
Martensdale-St. Marys 50, Bedford 32
Mount Ayr 67, Pleasantville 43

Other Scores

Bondurant Farrar 65, Carroll 55
Boone 62, Winterset 41
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 54, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 40
Murray 67, Moravia 34
Panorama, Panora 67, AC/GC 29
Seymour 68, Orient-Macksburg 19
West Central Valley, Stuart 56, Madrid 49

Corner Conference Tournament

Third Place

College Springs South Page 51, Essex 36

Championship

Sidney 52, Fremont Mills, Tabor 38

Red Oak man arrested Friday on Missouri Warrant

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January 20th, 2018 by admin

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of 35-year-old Samuel Jacob Whitaker of Red Oak in the 400 block of East Market Street in Red Oak on Friday night. At 9:07pm officers arrested Whitaker for being a Fugitive from Justice on a valid arrest warrant out of the State of Missouri for Parole Violation. He was taken to the Montgomery County Jail and held on no bond awaiting extradition by Missouri Authorities. Officers with the Red Oak Police Department assisted in the arrest.

Skyscan Forecast 01/20/2018

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January 20th, 2018 by admin

Skyscan Forecast  Saturday, January 20, 2018   Richard Garuckas

Today: Increasing clouds. High 34. ESE @ 5-10.

Tonight: Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog. Slight chance of freezing drizzle. Low 30. NE @ 5-10.

Sunday: Cloudy. Moderate chance of drizzle or freezing drizzle. High 38. NE 5-10.

Sunday Night: Cloudy with rain and drizzle likely. Low 34.

Monday: Cloudy with scattered rain and snow showers in the morning. High 36.

Tuesday: Partly cloudy. High 32.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny. High 34.

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Atlantic blows game open early and rolls past Clarinda

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January 19th, 2018 by admin

The Atlanitc Trojans boys basketball team opened up the game on a 12-0 run and never looked back in a 70-23 win over Clarinda. Atlantic was led by Scott Leonard with 19 points and 8 rebounds. Atlantic led 26-8 by the end of the first quarter then led 45-8 by halftime as the Trojans held Clarinda scoreless in the second. The running clock was in place in the second half so it flew by with a 56-14 lead by the end of the third.

Atlantic had a 20-2 advantage in turnovers and scored 32 points off of those Clarinda miscues.  The Trojans improved to 8-7 overall with the win and will travel to Red Oak next Friday.

Clarinda was led by 5 points from Matthew Millikan. The Cardinals fall to 5-9.

Hot shooting start propels Atlantic girls to win over Clarinda

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January 19th, 2018 by admin

A hot shooting start propelled the Atlantic girls basketball team out to an early 17-2 lead and they made their free throws in the fourth quarter to secure the win over Clarinda 61-44.

Atlantic led 22-6 at the end of the opening quarter and had a 31-13 advantage at halftime. The Cardinals switched to man to man defense in the second half and were able to close the gap to 12 at 46-34 after three. The Cardinals got as close as 8 in the fourth quarter but Atlantic hit their free throw opportunities to get the win. Baylee Newell was 8 for 8 at the stripe in the fourth quarter. The Trojans finished 21-30 from the line for the game.

Atlantic also took advantage of Clarinda turnovers scoring 19 points off of those miscues. Clarinda only had 2 points off of turnovers in the game.

Atlantic got 21 points from Baylee Newell who got the game going with a three-point make on the opening possession. McKenzie Waters finished with 18 points and 9 rebounds for the Trojans. Atlantic picked up their second win of the season to improve to 2-13. Maddie Hartley had 16 points for Clarinda as they fall to 3-12.

Boys Class 1A and 2A District basketball assignments released

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January 19th, 2018 by admin

The Iowa High School Athletic Association has released the district assignments for boys basketball teams in Class 1A and Class 2A. Follow the links to see the full assignments.

Class 2A

Class 1A

Iowa economic group refuses to release info about Amazon bid

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January 19th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A private economic development group in Iowa is refusing to release details about its failed bid to get Des Moines selected as Amazon’s second headquarters.

Greater Des Moines Partnership declined Friday to provide additional information about its efforts to attract the company. Partnership spokesman Sam Hoyle says conversations between the group and Amazon will remain private.

The Associated Press sought records from the Greater Des Moines Partnership in November about the group’s pitch to Amazon. The partnership said it wasn’t subject to Iowa’s public records laws. AP contacted the group again after Amazon rejected Des Moines.

Amazon recently narrowed its list to 20 prospective sites for the $5 billion project that could employ up to 50,000 people. More than 200 municipalities failed to make the cut.

Cass County Republicans set date/time/location for precinct caucuses

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January 19th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

The Cass County Republican Central Committee has set the date and time of the Republican precinct caucuses, the meeting location of each precinct caucus, and the order of business to be conducted. The 2018 Cass County Republican Precinct Caucuses will be held on Monday, February 5, at 7:00 p.m., at the following locations, for each precinct:

Precinct Location Address Delegates
Precinct 1:  Atlantic Ward 1 Senior Citizens Center 411 Walnut St., Atlantic, IA  50022 3
Precinct 2:  Atlantic Ward 2 Armory 201-277 Poplar St., Atlantic, IA  50022 3
Precinct 3:  Atlantic Ward 3 Rock Island Depot 102 N. Chestnut St., Atlantic, IA  50022 5
Precinct 4:  Atlantic Ward 4 Zion Lutheran Church 811 Oak St., Atlantic, IA  50022 6
Precinct 5:  Atlantic Ward 5 Heritage House 1200 Brookridge Cir., Atlantic, IA  50022 5
Precinct 6:  Lewis/Cass/Bear Grove Lewis Activity Center 506 W. Main St., Lewis, IA  51544 3
Precinct 7:  Wiota/Benton/Franklin Wiota City Hall 311 Center St., Wiota, IA  50274 2
Precinct 8:  Marne/Bright./Pym./Wash./Grove Marne Community Center 403 Washington St., Marne, IA  51552 6
Precinct 9:  Edna/Victoria Massena Library 122 Main St., Massena, IA  50853 1
Precinct 10:  Anita/Grant/Lincoln Anita Community Center 805 Main St., Anita, IA  50020 5
Precinct 11:  Griswold/Pleas./Noble Griswold Community Bldg. 601 2nd St., Griswold, IA  51535 7
Precinct 12:  Massena (City/Twnshp) Massena Library 122 Main St., Massena, IA  50853 2
Precinct 13:  Cumberland/Union Cumberland Library 119 Main St., Cumberland, IA  50843 2

The precinct caucuses will perform the following functions:

  1. Elect two (2) persons, Republican residents of the precinct, to serve on the County Central Committee.
  2. Elect delegates and alternate delegates to the Cass County Republican Convention held on Saturday, March 10, 2018, at 9 a.m. The number of delegates to be elected at each caucus is listed above.
  3. Propose and vote on platform planks to send on to County Convention. Please email the Chairman (dlwollaw@metc.net) or call (243-5406) if you would like the County Platform in advance of the Caucus date. 

If you wish to attend and participate in the 2018 Republican party caucuses, then you must be registered to vote as a Republican.  You may register as a Republican at your respective caucus location at the date and time of the caucus, but it is preferable for you to register ahead of time, which can be done at the Cass County Auditor’s Office.  Voter registration forms will be available to register or update your information.