The 7:17-a.m. Sportscast w/Ric Hanson.

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(At the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls)

Class 1A Semifinal

Dike-New Hartford (11-1) vs. Regina, Iowa City (11-1) – 10:06 AM

Van Meter (11-1) vs. Western Christian, Hull (10-2) – 1:06 PM

Class 2A Semifinal

North Fayette Valley (10-2) vs. Spirit Lake (12-0) – 4:06 PM

Albia (12-0) vs. Mount Vernon (10-2) – 7:06 PM

CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES – SCHEDULE

Thursday (11/19/2015)

CLASS 3A: Norwalk vs Pella at UNI-Dome @ 7:06 PM
CLASS A: Akron-Westfield vs Gladbrook-Reinbeck at UNI-Dome @ 1:36 PM
CLASS 8: Don Bosco, Gilbertville vs Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn at UNI-Dome @ 10:06 AM

Friday (11/20/2015)

CLASS 4A: Cedar Rapids, Kennedy vs Dowling Catholic, WDM at UNI-Dome @ 7:06 PM

CLASS 2A: Mount Vernon vs Spirit Lake at UNI-Dome @ 2:06 PM

CLASS 1A: Regina, Iowa City vs Western Christian, Hull at UNI-Dome @ 11:06 AM

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Jarrod Uthoff scored all of his career-high 21 points in the first half and Iowa beat Gardner Webb 76-59 on Friday night in the season opener for both teams. Adam Woodbury had 11 points and Peter Jok added 8 before leaving early in the second half with an injury for the Hawkeyes, who scored 21 points off 17 Bulldog turnovers.

Tyrell Nelson scored 12 points to lead Gardner Webb, which shot 19 percent from the field in the second half. Uthoff hit 6 of 9 field goals and all seven of his free throws in the first half. The senior put up only three shots in limited second-half minutes. Iowa led 41-37 after a back-and-forth first half. The Hawkeyes opened the second half on an 8-0 run to create a cushion and led by double figures for much of the rest of the game.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Reed Timmer had 19 points, Casey Schlatter added 13, and Drake shot nearly 70 percent from the field en route to a 97-52 win over Simpson (Iowa) in the season opener for both teams on Friday. Timmer, who earned Missouri Valley Conference All-Freshman and All-Newcomer honors last season, finished 6 of 7 from the field and 6 of 6 on free throws.

Drake used an 18-0 run in the first half to take a 26-6 lead within the first 10 minutes. The Bulldogs led 50-18 at halftime. Dominik Olejniczak’s 12 rebounds led an impressive effort from the Drake bench which totaled 47 points and 32 rebounds.

Dillon Gretzky, nephew of hockey legend Wayne Gretzky, scored a team-high 14 points for Simpson and pulled down five rebounds. He was the only Storm player to score in double figures.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Georges Niang scored 17 points, and No. 7 Iowa State held off Colorado 68-62 on Friday in coach Steve Prohm’s debut. Abdel Nader had 14 points and Naz Mitrou-Long scored 13 for the Cyclones (1-0), who held the Buffaloes to just 36.5 percent shooting. Niang, a preseason All-American, also had a pair of assists — including an alley-oop pass to Jameel McKay that put Iowa State ahead 64-57 with 1:13 to go. George King had 14 points for Colorado (0-1), which was picked seventh in the Pac-12’s preseason media poll.

(At the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls)

Class A

Gladbrook-Reinbeck 19, Denver 16 OT

Akron-Westfield 36, Mount Ayr 35

Class 4A

Cedar Rapids, Kennedy 31, Bettendorf 14

Dowling Catholic, WDM 24, West Des Moines 6

(At the US Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids)

Class 5A –

(3-1) Ankeny Centennial over Bettendorf 19-25, 25-18, 25-20, 25-21

Class 4A –

(3-0) West Delaware over Harlan 25-16, 25-15, 25-19

Class 3A –

(3-0) Nevada over West Liberty 25-21 25-14 30-28

Class 2A –

(3-1) Western Christian def. Sumner-Fredericksburg, 25-16, 22-25, 25-18, 28-26

Class 1A –

(3-1) Janesville def Sidney, 20-25, 25-17, 29-27, 25-13

Norwalk 35, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 7

Pella 45, West Delaware, Manchester 26

Don Bosco, Gilbertville 30, Newell-Fonda 7

Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn 35, Glidden-Ralston 21

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — No. 8 Iowa insists it isn’t worried about the Big Ten West title, a league championship or its current standing in the playoff chase. Starting 10-0 for the first time is all the Hawkeyes (9-0, 5-0 Big Ten, No. 5 CFP) care about these days.

Iowa can knock off the first of what it hopes will be many milestones on Saturday when it hosts Minnesota (4-5, 1-4). The Hawkeyes have never won 10 in a row to start a season — not even when they finished in the top 10 three years in a row earlier last decade.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Four years ago, Iowa State dashed Oklahoma State’s national title hopes on a chilly night in November. An equally poor performance on Saturday in Ames would probably doom the Cowboys again; even with Baylor and Oklahoma still left on their schedule.

No. 5 Oklahoma State (9-0, 6-0 Big 12) could have a clear path to a playoff spot — despite being ranked just eighth by the committee — after trouncing previously-unbeaten TCU 49-29 last week. But with so much competition for the top four slots, the Cowboys can’t afford to look past Iowa State.