BOYS BASKETBALL

Audubon 55, Exira-EHK 53 (Ethan Klocke hit game winning three at the buzzer for Audubon.)
CB Abraham Lincoln 76, Bishop Heelan 45
Southwest Valley 52, Wayne 33
Clarinda 62, Shenandoah 29
Earlham 68, Ogden 41
Panorama 62, Nodaway Valley 56
Nebraska City Lourdes 54, Sidney 42

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Denison-Schleswig 73, Atlantic 49 (ATL: Haley Rasmussen 15pts)
Exira-EHK 53, Audubon 44
St. Albert 66, Red Oak 24
Maryville, MO 94, Glenwood 75
Lewis Central 66, Creston 56
Westwood 54, Glidden-Ralston 36
Earlham 54, Ogden 42
Southwest Valley 37, Wayne 33
CB Abraham Lincoln 60, Bishop Heelan 39
Moravia 56, Orient-Macksburg 23
IKM-Manning 70, Tri-Center 45
AC/GC 59, Grand View Christian 30
Nodaway Valley 52, Panorama 39
Sergeant Bluff-Luton 53, CB Thomas Jefferson 15

Missouri Valley 63, AC/GC 11
Missouri Valley 67, Johnston JV 6
Missouri Valley  61, Audubon 16
Missouri Valley 73, Storm Lake 6
Missouri Valley 60, Kuemper Catholic 13
Kuemper Catholic 48, Storm Lake 30
Kuemper Catholic 54, Johnston JV 25
Kuemper Catholic 42, Audubon 36
Kuemper Catholic 45, AC/GC 22
Storm Lake 45, Johnston JV 31
Storm Lake 42, AC/GC 41
Storm Lake 51, Audubon 22
Johnston JV 48, Audubon 24
Audubon 36, AC/GC 36
AC/GC 35, Johnston JV 33

Bedford/Lenox 78, Griswold 6
Bedford/Lenox 60, Nodaway Valley 22
Bedford/Lenox 58, Southwest Valley  24
Bedford/Lenox 66, Tri-Center 12
Bedford/Lenox 48, St. Albert 33
St. Albert 44, Southwest Valley 33
St. Albert 57, Griswold 6
St. Albert 39, Nodaway Valley 22
St. Albert 40, Tri-Center 27
Southwest Valley 60, Griswold 12
Southwest Valley 42, Nodaway Valley 36
Southwest Valley 51, Tri-Center 24
Tri-Center 36, Griswold 9
Tri-Center 30, Nodaway Valley 28
Nodaway Valley 36, Griswold 30

AMES, Iowa – The Iowa State-Arizona State, UNI-Arizona State and Missouri-Arizona State wrestling duals scheduled for Sunday, Jan. 17 have been canceled in accordance with the Big 12 Conference’s match interruption guidelines due to Covid-19 protocol within the Arizona State wrestling program.

The Iowa State-Missouri and UNI-Missouri duals are still scheduled for Sunday, as well as a number of extra matches.

Updated Sunday Schedule
2 p.m.: Mat 1 – UNI vs. Missouri | Mat 2 – ISU-Missouri-UNI Extra Matches
4 p.m.: Mat 1 – ISU vs. Missouri | Mat 2 – ISU-Missouri-UNI Extra Matches

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – January 15, 2021 – The St. Louis Cardinals announced today that they have reached agreements on one-year contracts for the upcoming 2021 season with outfielder Harrison Bader and pitchers Jordan Hicks and Alex Reyes, avoiding salary arbitration.  Financial terms of the deals were not disclosed.

The team will exchange salary arbitration figures with pitcher Jack Flaherty following today’s 12 noon CST deadline.

Bader, 26, batted .226 with 4 HR & 11 RBI in 50 games in 2020, including a .360 mark vs. left-handed pitchers.  The right-handed hitting outfielder is considered among the game’s top defensive centerfielders.

Hicks, 24, opted out of the 2020 season due to COVID health concerns, as he continued his recovery from Tommy John surgery.  The fire-balling reliever has recorded 20 career saves, including 14 prior to his elbow injury in 2019.

Reyes, 26, appeared in single-season high 15 games for the Cardinals in 2020, striking out 27 batters in 19.2 innings pitched, and he gained a save in the team’s Game 1 playoff win at San Diego with 3.1 innings of work to close out the 7-4 victory

2021 Big Red Invite

The Atlantic-CAM wrestling team competed at the Loyd Shafer-Marion Invitational on Saturday and came away with a 5th place team finish. Ethan Follmann picked up an individual championship at 120 pounds. The Trojans had two runner-ups as well with Joe Weaver at 126 and Kadin Stutzman at 170.

Full results 2021 Marion Invite.

CHICAGO (AP) — Tate Hall scored a season-high 24 points as Loyola of Chicago extended its home win streak to seven games, topping Northern Iowa 72-57. Marquise Kennedy had 10 points for Loyola of Chicago. Keith Clemons added 10 points with five assists. The Ramblers turned the ball over just five times and scored 30 points off 18 Northern Iowa turnovers.

Austin Phyfe had 18 points, 12 rebounds and three blocks for the Panthers. Bowen Born added 10 points. Noah Carter had 10 points.

IOWA CITY, Iowa. — The top-ranked University of Iowa wrestling team defeated No. 6 Nebraska, 31-6, on Friday night in the 2021 season opener at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

Iowa won eight-of-10 bouts, scored bonus points in four matches and defeated six ranked opponents to win its 14th straight dual overall and extend its Big Ten winning streak to 19.  The Hawkeyes held a 28-5 advantage in takedowns and an 89-35 edge in match points.

The Hawkeyes got a fall from Spencer Lee, a technical fall from Austin DeSanto, and major decisions from Kaleb Young and Nelson Brands.

In just over six minutes of mat time, Iowa built a 11-0 lead in the team score. Lee led 6-0 before recording the fall in one minute, 21 seconds at 125. DeSanto won 21-6, piling up 10 takedowns before terminating his match in four minutes, 57 seconds at 133.

Jaydin Eierman made his Hawkeye debut at 141 and registered atop 10 victory over No. 7 Chad Red, 8-4. Max Murin scored a pair of takedowns on his way to a 6-2 win at 149, his first collegiate match at 149, and Young used four takedowns, two reversals and four back points to earn a 17-5 major decision at 157.

Alex Marinelli scored takedowns in each period to win 9-3 at 165. Nelson Brands earned a top 10 major decision in his Big Ten dual debut, topping No. 7 Taylor Venz, 13-5, and Tony Cassioppi closed the dual with a 3-0 shutout at 285.

Nebraska won matches at 174 and 197. Freshman Patrick Kennedy dropped a 7-4 decision to No. 4 Mikey Labriola at 174, and a third-period takedown was the difference in Jacob Warner’s 3-2 loss to No. 2 Eric Shultz at 197.

UP NEXT

No. 1 Iowa wrestles at No. 14 Minnesota on Friday, Jan. 22 at 8 p.m. (CT). The dual is televised live on BTN.

A former Des Moines sports radio personality faces a federal prison sentence after pleading guilty to one of his 10 fraud charges in 2019. According to KCCI, Marty Tirrell, known as the “Mouth of the Midwest,” is facing charges after officials say he swindled nearly $1.5 million from investors in a sports ticket deal.

Court documents show Tirrell pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud in December of 2019. The other nine counts will be dismissed during the sentencing. Tirrell was scheduled to be sentenced in April 2020, but that was delayed during the pandemic. Tirrell is scheduled to be sentenced in federal court Jan. 20.

Prosecutors are recommending Tirrell be sentenced to five years in prison and pay restitution to multiple victims.