1A  

Region 7

CAM – 55 vs Bedford – 40

Exira-EHK-Audubon – 57 vs Griswold – 33

GTRA – 52 vs Harris-Lake Park – 33

Kingsly-Pierson – 64 vs Woodbury Central – 45

Region 3

St. Albert – 74 vs Sidney – 22

Fremont-Mills – 50 vs East Mills – 26

Coon Rapids-Bayard – 54 vs Southeast Warren – 20

Martensdale-St. Marys – 44 vs Murray – 34

Region 1

Newell-Fonda – 84 vs Boyer Valley – 36

Glidden-Ralston – 55 vs IKM-Manning – 47

2A 

Region 7

AHSTW 49 Underwood 37

Riverside 48 Missouri Valley 28

West Lyon – 61 vs Manson-NW Webster – 29

MMCRU – 58 vs South Central Calhoun – 36

Region 2

Panorama 58 ACGC 49

Westwood 54 West Central Valley 16

Pocahontas Area – 70 vs Belmond-Klemme – 41

Central Lyon – 76 vs Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn – 25

Region 3

Nodaway Valley 64 Grand View Christian 56

Earlham 45 Woodward-Granger 43

MVAOCOU – 59 vs Lawton-Bronson – 30

Hinton – 67 vs Madrid – 20

Region 6

Southwest Valley – 59 vs Central Decatur – 42

Treynor – 64 vs Interstate-35 – 35

Pleasantville – 58 vs Mount Ayr – 50

Sigourney – 58 vs Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont – 47

The Exira-EHK-Audubon girls basketball put forth a strong effort and defeated the Griswold Tigers 57-33 Tuesday night in Elk Horn. For much of the game, Exira-EHK-Audubon was the better team, The found success on the inside, played with speed, stretched the court, and defended very well making it difficult for the Tigers to work in the paint. However, Amanda Houser and the Tigers kept Exira-EHK-Audubon on their toes. The Tigers forced numerous turnovers of their own and Houser’s 20 points help Griswold grab momentum at times. However, despite the best effort of the Tigers, Exira-EHK-Audubon always found a response as they kept the Tigers at arms-length to bring home their 20th straight win and a spot in the regional semi-finals.

Exira-EHK-Audubon flexed their muscles from the opening tip. Exira-EHK-Audubon opened the game on a 13-2 run and were all over the Tigers. Their speed and athleticism caused problems for Griswold, none more so than in the back court as the pressure led to turnovers. It seemed as if Exira-EHK-Audubon had a chance to run away with the game early. However, as they did at points throughout the night, the Tigers surged. Thanks to some solid defense and a pair of threes from Houser and Carsyn Adams, Griswold nearly switched the momentum of the final three minutes of the opening frame. However, as Exira-EHK-Audubon did so many times throughout the game, they brought it back in and held a nine-point lead at the end of the first.

The rest of the game, for the most part, followed this same formula. Exira-EHK-Audubon looked like they had a chance to pull away, Griswold responded with solid defense forcing stops and turnovers, found a few baskets only to be followed by a response from Exira-EHK-Audubon to keep the Tigers at arms-length. Given the challenge Griswold had, they played very well. Defensively they held Exira-EHK-Audubon below their season average and seemed as if they were a few shots away from getting back into the game multiple times. Houser shot as well as she had shot all season and finished as the games leading scoring with 20 points. However, Exira-EHK-Audubon was just too much to handle for the young Tigers. They were fast, athletic, cashed in on their opportunities and were just a deeper team. Taryn Petersen was the driving force behind the offense not just with her scoring but with her speed. She put up nine points in each half and was money from the field in the first while nearly perfect from the free throw line in the second. In all, 8 different players from Exira-EHK-Audubon found their way on the scoresheet as Jaelynn Petersen added 10 while Harlow Miller (who was a beast in the paint on both offense and defense) put up nine. Ultimately, the better team moved on as Exira-EHK-Audubon is back in the regional semi-final for the second consecutive year.

The Griswold Tigers finish the season with a record of 12-11 and have a lot to look forward to with only one senior departing. Meanwhile Exira-EHK-Audubon will host the CAM Cougars in the Region 7 semi-final on Friday with tipoff set for 7 pm in Elk Horn.

Iowa finally broke through against a rated foe. Bennett Stirtz scored 25 points as the Hawkeyes ground out a 57-52 win over ninth ranked Nebraska. Defense carried the day as Iowa won despite shooting only 33 percent.

It was Iowa’s biggest win of the year as the Hawkeyes move to 9-6 in the Big Ten.

Both teams struggled from the perimeter. The Hawkeyes were six-of-23 from three point range while the Huskers were just five-of-24.

That’s Iowa coach Ben McCollum. The Hawkeyes outrebounded the Huskers 37-24.

Not only did Stirtz finish with 25 points he guarded Husker leading scorer Pryce Sandfort, who finished with 13.

It was Iowa’s first win over a top ten opponent since 2022. They are now 19-7 overall.

Iowa State women’s basketball coach Bill Fennelly says the stretch run is underway as the Cyclones get ready to host Arizona State on Wednesday night. Both teams are 8-6 and tied for seventh in the Big 12.

Fennelly says there is a lot to play for during the final weeks.

Fennelly says there is still a lot to be decided.

After finishing 10-22 last season, Arizona State is 21-6 overall under first year coach Molly Miller.

 1A

District 15 

ACGC – 65 vs CAM – 46

Audubon – 69 vs Lenox – 33

Coon Rapids-Bayard – 74 vs Logan-Magnolia – 51

IKM-Manning – 77 vs Paton-Churdan – 46

District 13 

Riverside – 70 vs Stanton – 27

Southwest Valley – 87 vs Murray – 30

Fremont-Mills – 76 vs East Mills – 68 (2OT)

Bedford – 94 vs Hamburg – 37

District 12 

AHSTW – 44 vs Ar-We-Va – 34

St. Albert – 100 vs Griswold – 28

Boyer Valley – 80 vs Essex – 17

Woodbine – 77 vs Heartland Christian – 34

 2A

District 14  

Shenandoah – 52 vs Nodaway Valley – 36

Red Oak – 65 vs Clarinda – 56

The Three pointers were falling in Guthrie Center as the ACGC Chargers beat the CAM Cougars 65-46 Monday night to advance in the district 15 tournament. Both teams combined for 19 threes, but it was the Chargers that used them to help establish and maintain their lead. Outside of the perimeter shooting, ACGC did everything that they needed to do. They had success on the inside, rebounded well and maybe most importantly, executed their defense extremely well. Although Cam looked formidable at points, they were unable to keep up with the Charger offense.

Charger head coach Lance Kading praised the performance of his defense.

He was also proud at the way his players stepped up and contributed to the secondary scoring.

Coon Rapids-Bayard awaits the Chargers and Kading Knows it’s going to be a tough test.

CAM head coach Ian Hunt was proud of the way his team developed throughout the course of the season.

However, when dissecting the game, he thought the turnovers played a key role.

The Cougars will lose three seniors in Gunnar Hogueison, Colin Bower and Owen McKnight and coach Hunt praised their hard work and dedication.

Moving forward the Cougars will continue to build.

The Cam Cougars finish the season with a record of 9-14. Meanwhile, the Chargers will prepare for the Crusaders with that game scheduled for Thursday with tipoff set for 7 p.m.

Iowa State closed the game on a 17-4 run, Monday, and rallied to beat second ranked Houston 70-67 in Hilton Coliseum. The Cyclones erased a 10 point second half deficit to beat a second top ten team in three days.

That’s ISU coach T.J. Otzelberger who says the fans were a big part of their rally.

Otzelberger says a key to the game was limiting mistakes.

Joshua Jefferson led a balanced effort with 12 points as eight different Cyclones scored six or more points.

The Cyclones improve to 10-3 in the Big 12 and are now just a game out of first.

The Audubon Wheelers dominated the Lenox Tigers on Monday night by a score of 69-33. It was a wire to wire victory for Audubon, who will host the next round of the District Tournament on Thursday. It was apparent early in the first half that this game would be a blowout, as the Wheelers got out to a 21-7 lead in the first quarter. That lead built as the game went on, with Audubon leading 42-19 at the half. Three Wheelers finished in double digits and rode that 1st half lead to a double digit victory to move on in the playoffs.

The first half was really where Audubon established their dominance. They played through contact early and had multiple And-1 opportunities just within the first quarter. Jorgen Nowatzke really stood out in the first half. Nowatzke, who averaged 10 ppg in the regular season, had 10 with 6 minutes left in the first half. The Wheelers worked the offense through him and got other shooters open when he couldn’t get a shot. Audubon scored 21 in each of the first two quarters and held a controlling 42-19 lead at the half.

In the third quarter, it was the Wheeler’s defense that really stepped up. They allowed just 6 points in the whole quarter. They did a nice job all game to trap the ball handlers in positions where they couldn’t move the ball. Austin Christensen ran a lot of fast breaks off steals and multiple times found Aiden Kjergaard on the other end for wide open buckets. The Wheelers scored 14 in the third and led 56-25 with 8 minutes to go.

The 4th quarter was mostly filled with running the clock and playing smart basketball as to not let the Tigers gain any momentum. All it took was a few three pointers from Brody Schultes to put the game away officially. Audubon was able to put in the reserves with a few minutes to go, putting the exclamation mark on a dominant start to the District Tournament for Audubon. Coach Darren Miller couldn’t be happier about the result of Monday’s game.

The Wheelers’ balanced offensive attack led to their success:

This win was about playing to their strengths:

Audubon is excited about another chance to play IKM-Manning on Thursday:

The Audubon Wheelers’ next matchup will be against IKM-Manning for a chance to go to the District 15 Championship Game. That will be held in Audubon on Thursday, February 19th. Tipoff scheduled for 7:00 pm

Northern Iowa football coach Todd Stepsis says the Panther program is devastated by the death of freshman Parker Sutherland. The native of Iowa City died on Saturday, two days after collapsing during an off season workout.

Stepsis says Sutherland collapsed following a warmup session prior to Thursday’s workout.

Stepsis says they will look at ways to honor Sutherland during the upcoming season.

The Riverside Bulldogs Girls basketball team had a great regular season, finishing 18-3. They head into the regional tournament winning 6 of their last 7 games. The Bulldogs are led by JR Sydney Somers who leads Riverside in points, rebounds and blocks. As a team, defense is their calling card. Riverside only allows 29 ppg, which places them as the fourth best defense in all of Class 2A. Coach Mark Jeppesen knows that the lockdown defense that his team plays can lead them to a lot of playoff victories.

While other teams know that Sydney Somers is a threat on offense, Coach Jeppesen wants his whole team to be involved:

There are a couple girls who have stood out as leaders throughout the season:

Coach Jeppesen wants his team to have a day-by-day mindset:

The Riverside Bulldogs’ Class 2A first round regional matchup is against Missouri Valley on Tuesday, February 17th. Tipoff scheduled for 7:00 pm.