The Atlantic boys basketball team fought their way to a 65-57 home win over Red Oak on Tuesday night. The Atlantic was able to build a couple of nice leads through the night and fended up a couple of comeback attempts from the Tigers.

The Trojans got a couple late buckets to end the first half with an 8 point lead 32-24. Red Oak clawed back within 2 early in the third quarter but the Trojans responded with an 11-0 run to end the quarter and lead 46-33. The Tigers kept fighting hard toward the finish but Atlantic did enough down the stretch to secure the win and improve to 8-5.

Skyler Handlos only had 2 points in the first half, but finished with a team high 17 by the end of the night. Grant Sturm had 12 and Dayton Templeton finished with 11. The Trojans will now prep for road games at Denison on Friday and St. Albert on Saturday.

The Tigers were led by 18 points from Baylor Bergren and 12 from Bradley Sifford. Red Oak falls to 7-9 on the season and will get ready to host Nodaway Valley on Thursday before heading to Creston on Friday.

Listen to Atlantic Coach Jeff Ebling’s postgame comments below and watch the full game replay HERE.

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GIRLS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Atlantic 77, Red Oak 40 (ATL: Haley Rasmussen 36 pts, Jada Jensen 18pts)
Denison-Schleswig 55, Spencer 41
Harlan 88, Kuemper Catholic 45
Millard South, NE 107, Glenwood 83 (G: Elle Scarborough 26pts, reaches over 1,000 pts for her career.)

Western Iowa Conference

AHSTW 45, Logan-Magnolia 44
Audubon 56, IKM-Manning 46 (AUD: Jaci Christensen became Wheeler career rebounding leader. 573 for her career now.)
Treynor 38, Underwood 24

Rolling Valley Conference

CAM 59, Woodbine 54
Coon Rapid-Bayard 56, West Harrison 29
Exira-EHK 55, Ar-We-Va 32
Paton-Churdan vs Glidden-Ralston

Corner Conference

Griswold 36, East Mills 25
Sidney 62, Essex 35
Stanton 43, Fremont-Mills 35

Pride of Iowa Conference

Bedford 55, Southwest Valley 51
Central Decatur 59, Wayne 46
Nodaway Valley 59, Mount Ayr 42 (NV: Maddax Devault 20pts. Wolverines move to 19-0 and win POI Conference Title)
Southeast Warren 66, Martensdale-St Marys 49

Other Scores

AC/GC vs. West Central Valley
Bishop Heelan 51, CB Thomas Jefferson 26
Mormon Trail 54, Orient-Macksburg 34
Panorama 70, Ogden 23

BOYS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Atlantic 65, Red Oak 57 (ATL: Skyler Handlos 17pts, Grant Sturm 12pts)
Glenwood 70, Clarinda 58
Grand View Christian 82, Creston 40
Kuemper Catholic 61, Harlan 47
Spencer 57, Denison-Schleswig 51
St. Albert 60, Shenandoah 48

Western Iowa Conference

AHSTW 67, Logan-Magnolia 61 OT
Audubon 38, IKM-Manning 33 (A: Gavin Smith 10pts)
Treynor 68, Underwood 57

Rolling Valley Conference

CAM 63, Woodbine 37
Exira-EHK 45, Ar-We-Va 36 (E: Trey Petersen 19pts)

Corner Conference

East Mills 71, Griswold 37
Sidney 73, Essex 23
Stanton 57, Fremont-Mills 51

Pride of Iowa Conference

Central Decatur 65, Wayne 45
Nodaway Valley 66, Mount Ayr 53 (NV: Co-Coach Darrell Burmeister reaches 600 career wins)

Other Scores

Carroll 77, Bondurant-Farrar 66
CB Abraham Lincoln 77, Sioux City West 50
Mormon Trail 75, Orient-Macksburg 33
Panorama 66, Ogden 46

By ANDREW LOGUE Associated Press
AMES, Iowa (AP) — Taz Sherman hit two free throws with 6.4 seconds remaining and finished with 18 points as No. 17 West Virginia held on to beat Iowa State 76-72. Sherman was 5 of 7 from the floor and made 7 of 8 shots from the line to lead the Mountaineers. Solomon Young returned after missing two games due to COVID-related issues and scored 15 points. Tyler Harris also scored 15 points for Iowa State.

By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Associated Press
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Luka Garza scored 27 points to reach another milestone and No. 8 Iowa beat Michigan State 84-78. Garza, who came into the game as the nation’s leading scorer at 26.4 points per game, became the second 2,000-point scorer in program history. Garza, who has 2,009 points, is 107 points behind all-time leading scorer Roy Marble. The Hawkeyes (13-4, 7-3 Big Ten) led 79-70 before the Spartans (8-7, 2-7) went on an 8-1 run. Michigan State had a chance to tie the game after forcing a shot-clock violation, but Joshua Langford missed a jumper with 24 seconds left. Iowa’s Jordan Bohannon closed the game with four consecutive free throws.

(MVC) ST. LOUIS -The Missouri Valley Conference has postponed the Evansville-UNI women’s basketball series (Feb. 4-5) at the McLeod Center in Cedar Falls, Iowa, due to positive COVID-19 test results among Evansville’s Tier I personnel, which consists of student-athletes, coaches, managers and staff.   The Conference will announce make-up dates for the series/games at a later date.

The Panthers are next scheduled to play Bradley on Feb. 12-13 in Peoria, Ill.

(BearcatSports.com) JOPLIN, Missouri – The No. 3 -ranked Northwest Missouri State University men’s basketball team extended the nation’s longest road winning streak to 15 in a row with a 84-74 victory over the Missouri Southern Lions Tuesday at the Leggett and Platt Athletic Center. Northwest extended its overall win streak to eight and moved to 13-1 on the season. Missouri Southern drops to 8-7 overall.

The contest featured a shootout between a pair of the MIAA’s top scorers in Northwest’s Ryan Hawkins and Missouri Southern’s Cam Martin. The duo did not disappoint as Hawkins poured in a game-high 33, while Martin carried the Lions’s load with 30 points. It’s the ninth career 30-point game for Hawkins.

Hawkins went 12-of-19 from the field, including 6-of-11 from three-point range. Hawkins also tied Diego Bernard for team-high rebounding honors with seven each.

Bernard secured his ninth career 20-point game. Bernard did his usual stat staffing with 20 points, seven rebounds, six assists and a steal.

The Bearcats rode the hot hand of Hawkins in the opening six minutes of the contest. Hawkins drained his first six shots from the field, including a trio from beyond the three-point arc. Hawkins scored 15 of Northwest’s first 19 points and helped the ‘Cats to an early 19-6 advantage.

Missouri Southern battled back behind Martin’s offensive attack. Martin equaled Hawkins for first-half scoring honors with 16. The Lions knotted the contest at 22-22, 24-24 and 27-27, but could not overtake the Bearcats for a lead in the opening 20 minutes.

Northwest used a 10-3 spurt to open up a 37-30 on the strength of the play of freshman Daniel Abreu. Abreu scored five of his first-half seven points in that 10-3 run. The Bearcats would close the half leading the Lions by seven, 44-37. Both teams shot the ball well in the first half with Northwest at 57.7% and Missouri Southern at 53.6%.

Hawkins helped the Bearcats extend the lead on the strength of a trio of second-half three-pointers. Senior Trevor Hudgins’s triple pushed the Bearcat advantage to 16 at 69-53 with 9:33 to play.

Missouri Southern used a 10-2 run to trim the Northwest lead to 75-69 with 3:32 to play. A Winston Dessesow three-pointer with 2:01 left cut the Bearcat advantage to five at 77-72.

The Bearcats then closed out the victory by making seven of eight free throws in the final 2:59.

Northwest shot 29-of-58 (50%) from the field, while Missouri Southern shot 28-of-52 (53.8%) for the game.

Northwest will be back action again Saturday in the friendly confines of Bearcat Arena against the Missouri Western Griffons. Tip is set for 3:30 p.m., following the women’s contest that will get underway at 1:30 p.m.

(godrakebulldogs.com) Drake University junior forward Darnell Brodie has been named the Missouri Valley Conference Men’s Basketball Newcomer of the Week, the league announced Tuesday, Feb. 2.

Brodie, a Newark, N.J. native, had his first two career double-doubles on the week and three games with double-figure rebounds for the No. 25 Bulldogs. The transfer from Seton Hall averaged 10.8 points and 10.5 rebounds per game with career-best performances in scoring and rebounding.

Brodie opened the week with his first career double-double with a then career-high 16 points and career-high 15 rebounds at Missouri State. He followed that with a 14-rebound night in the series finale at Missouri State.

He then opened the Illinois State series with a career-high 20 points on 10-of-10 shooting and 10 rebounds. In Monday night’s 35-point win, he was needed for just 23 minutes to help the Bulldogs improve to 17-0 this season.

The honor is the third for the Bulldogs this season as ShanQuan Hemphill was twice named Newcomer of the Week in December.

Brodie and the rest of his teammates return to action this weekend for a two-game series at Valparaiso.

(UNI) IRVING, Texas – Northern Iowa redshirt freshman Parker Keckeisen was tabbed the Big 12 Wrestler of the Week after picking up a ranked victory over Oklahoma State’s Dakota Geer.

Keckeisen earned a sudden-victory win over returning All-American and 2020 Big 12 third-place wrestler Geer. He earned a takedown in a wild scramble in the overtime period to give Geer his first loss of the season.

Keckeisen is 6-0 on the year and 2-0 in duals. He has two major decisions and a tech fall on the year. This is the first weekly award for Keckeisen.

He is the second Panther wrestler to earn Wrestler of the Week honors joining Brody Teske.

The Panthers travel to Northern Illinois Friday evening for the final dual outside the state of Iowa.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa conservation officials say four people in Linn and Buchanan counties have been convicted of dozens of wildlife violations. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources said Monday that a routine inspection of taxidermy operations led authorities to issue search warrants, leading to the arrest of Jason Webster, of Quasgueton, and Jeremiah Pillard, of Troy Mills. Webster was charged with more than 20 violations.

Under a plea deal, Webster will pay $15,500 in civil damages plus criminal costs. Pillard pleaded guilty to illegal taking of animals and must pay $6,750 in civil damages and criminal fines. Two women from Quasgueton pleaded guilty to violations related to hunting tags and licenses.

Atlantic senior tight end Garrett Reynolds announced on social media Tuesday that he has committed to playing football and continuing his academic career at St. Ambrose University in Davenport.

Committed pic.twitter.com/C15JKBVAVd

— Garrett Reynolds (@greyns225) February 2, 2021

The 6’6″ Reynolds had 7 catches for 73 yards and a touchdown this past season for the Trojans.