The Clarinda Cardinals picked up a road win over Atlantic on Tuesday night 56-44. Atlantic built an early 7 point lead in the first quarter but Clarinda cut the edge to 2 by the end of the first at 13-11. The Cardinals then grabbed the lead early in the second and never trailed the rest on the night. It was 24-21 Cardinals at half and 38-32 at the end of the third. The Cardinals built the lead up to 11 early in the fourth but the Trojans did claw back within 4. That’s as close as they would get though as Clarinda got a couple of nice run outs late to seal the victory.

Grant Jobe led the Cardinals with 18 points including some big fourth quarter free throws. Wyatt Schmitt and Michael Shull each dropped in 12 as the Cardinals improved to 7-5 on the season. They will welcome in Sidney on Thursday and travel to Shenandoah on Friday to close out the week.

Atlantic was led by 16 from Skyler Handlos and 13 from Dayton Templeton. The Trojans drop to 3-5 on the season and will next up host Harlan on Friday. We’ll have coverage of that game on KJAN.

Watch the full replay of Tuesday’s game HERE.

The Atlantic girls basketball team was tested early by Clarinda but started to pull away by the end of the second quarter and ran away with a 71-35 win on Tuesday night. Atlantic lead 17-14 at the end of the first but gradually started to get the transition offense flowing and built the lead to 40-21 by halftime, scoring the last 13 points of the half. The Trojans kept the foot on the gas in the second half and pulled away for their second win over the Cardinals this season.

In the process of the victory, senior Haley Rasmussen reached the 1,000 career point plateau on a free throw in the third quarter. The game was paused for a moment before the second free throw as her teammates and supporters cheered the accomplishment as it was announced to the crowd and brought some balloons sideline to mark the occasion. Rasmussen led all scorers on the night with 22 points and the Trojans improved to 5-6 on the season. Jada Jensen finished with 18 and Tessa Grooms had a solid game inside, finishing with 15 points. The Trojans will now prep for a home game on Friday against Harlan.

Clarinda was led by 14 points from Jessalee Neihart and 12 from Chloe Strait. The Cardinals fall to 2-11 and will next up host Sidney on Thursday.

We’ll have coverage of Atlantic vs. Harlan on Friday. Catch the full game replay HERE.

HS Basketball Mitigations for tonight’s game vs Clarinda

With the Governor’s latest proclamation last week, there will be a change in attendance procedures for tonight’s boys and girls basketball games at Atlantic.

Atlantic players will be allowed to have 6 spectators each. We ask that each player’s group sits together. Fans MUST wear a mask and social distance from other groups. Clarinda will be limited to 100 fans.

To help accommodate the distance between each school, we are having Clarinda fans sit in the northeast bleachers (previously where Atlantic HS students sat during home basketball games).

The Atlantic pep band will sit in the northwest bleachers. We also ask all Atlantic fans to sit in the south bleachers (upper and lower).

We will re-evaluate this after the games this evening and make changes as necessary for future games.

Andrew Mitchell
Activities Director
Atlantic Schools

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A few more fans will now be allowed to attend the upcoming John J. Harris Wrestling Tournament in Corning on January 22nd and 23rd. Southwest Valley Activities Director Allen Naugle issued an update Monday that due to the Governor’s latest proclamation there will now be four spectators per wrestler allowed to attend instead of the previous limitation of 2 per wrestler. Tickets will be sent to each school attending to be handed out to each wrestler.

As we reported last week, the tournament schedule has been slightly altered for this year. The tournament begins on Friday, January 22nd with 106-145 pound wrestlers competing and continues on Saturday, January 23rd with the 152-285 pound wrestlers in action.

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Ja’Shon Henry scored 16 points to carry Bradley to a 75-73 win over Northern Iowa. Terry Nolan Jr. made two free throws with seven seconds left for a three-point lead. Elijah Childs had 16 points and eight rebounds for Bradley. Rienk Mast added 13 points and Nolan had 10 points. Bowen Born had 17 points for the Panthers. Trae Berhow added 15 points and Austin Phyfe had 11 rebounds and six assists. The Braves leveled the season series against the Panthers with the win. Northern Iowa defeated Bradley 78-72 on Sunday.

The Lewis Central boys swim team picked up a dual win over Atlantic on Monday night at the Nishna Valley YMCA 98-40.

Patrick Chase picked up wins in the 200 IM and 100 yard breastroke, while David Gann won the 100 butterfly and 100 backstroke to lead Lewis Central.

Atlantic got two event wins from Bryan York in the 200 freestyle and 500 freestyle.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Creston 58, Red Oak 29
Denison-Schleswig 70, Sioux City West 48
Lewis Central 47, CB Thomas Jefferson 11
Shenandoah 32, Griswold 23

Western Iowa Conference

Logan-Magnolia 57, Tri-Center 41

Pride of Iowa Conference

Wayne 55, Central Decatur 47
Southeast Warren 38, Interstate-35 28

Other Scores

Diagonal 57, Essex 45
Paton-Churdan 44, Manson-Northwest Webster 27
Sioux City East 61, CB Abraham Lincoln 39

BOYS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Creston 53, Red Oak 46
Shenandoah 52, Griswold 43
CB Thomas Jefferson at Lewis Central

Western Iowa Conference

Tri-Center 57, Logan-Magnolia 48

Pride of Iowa Conference

Central Decatur 71, Wayne 42

Other Scores

Diagonal 55, Essex 46
Van Meter 86, Kuemper Catholic 50

Alabama wide receiver John Metchie III, left, congratulates wide receiver DeVonta Smith, after Smith scored a touchdown against Ohio State during the first half of an NCAA College Football Playoff national championship game, Monday, Jan. 11, 2021, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara)

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — No. 1 Alabama has won the College Football Playoff national championship game 52-24 against No. 3 Ohio State. It was the final game of a season played entireply in a pandemic. Alabama went 13-0 as coach Nick Saban won his seventh national championship and sixth as coach of the Crimson Tide, all in the last 12 years. Justin Fields and the banged-up Buckeyes just could not keep up. Smith, the Heisman Trophy winner, had catches for 12 catches for 215 yards and three touchdowns, all in the first half.