Friday December 15th Local Sports

THIS WEEKEND

 

== FRIDAY
AM-1490/96.7-FM KRIB, Lions TV at kribam.com — Clear Lake vs. St. Edmond — girls 6:15, boys follow

 

== SATURDAY
AM-1300 KGLO — Iowa men vs. Florida A&M — pre-game 2:30, tipoff 3:30

 

 

MASON CITY — Reggi Spotts scored her 1000th career point as the Mason City High girls basketball team beat Des Moines Hoover 78-17 last night, as you heard on AM-1300 KGLO. Sports was the last Riverhawk starter to score in a 42-0 first quarter and admitted after the game she was nervous.

Spotts says now that the 1000 point accomplishment has been made, it’s time to move on with the rest of the season.

Mason City is now 6-1 on the season and is off until Monday when they host West Fork in a non-conference contest.

 

 

— other girls basketball last night
Forest City 55, Emmetsburg 26
North Iowa 59, West Bend-Mallard 53

 

 

MASON CITY — The Riverhawk boys also had no problem last night, beating Des Moines Hoover 69-31. Ty Sanchez-Evans had 20 points while Marcele Whitner added 13. Mason City is now 1-5 on the season and will travel to Spencer on Tuesday.

 

 

— other boys basketball last night
Emmetsburg 59, Forest City 48
West Bend-Mallard 56, North Iowa 46

 

 

DES MOINES — New girls basketball rankings are out from the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union:

Class 1A
No. School Record LW
1 North Linn 6-1 1
2 Newell-Fonda 6-1 2
3 Martensdale-St. Marys 5-2 3
4 Remsen St. Mary’s 5-0 4
5 Riceville 6-0 5
6 Council Bluffs St. Albert 6-1 6
7 Calamus-Wheatland 7-0 8
8 Algona Bishop Garrigan 6-1 7
9 Earlham 4-1 10
10 Coon Rapids-Bayard 5-1 9
11 CAM 5-1 11
12 Woodbine 4-2 12
13 Lynnville-Sully 6-2 14
14 Edgewood-Colesburg 5-2 NR
15 Burlington Notre Dame 4-1 NR
Dropped Out: East Buchanan (13), Fort Madison Holy Trinity (15)

 

 

Class 2A
No. School Record LW
1 Dike-New Hartford 6-1 1
2 Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont 7-0 2
3 Panorama 6-0 3
4 Iowa City Regina 6-1 4
5 Nodaway Valley 5-0 5
6 Westwood 7-0 6
7 Sioux Central 6-1 9
8 Central Lyon 7-0 10
9 North Mahaska 6-1 7
10 Aplington-Parkersburg 6-1 8
11 Hinton 7-1 11
12 Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto/Charter Oak-Ute 5-0 12
13 Cascade 4-2 13
14 Treynor 3-2 14
15 Jesup 5-0 15
Dropped Out: None

 

 

Class 3A
No. School Record LW
1 Solon 6-1 1
2 Mount Vernon 7-0 2
3 Des Moines Christian 7-1 3
4 Estherville-Lincoln Central 7-1 4
5 Dubuque Wahlert 5-1 6
6 Harlan 6-0 7
7 Forest City 6-0 8
8 Benton Community 5-2 5
9 Monticello 7-1 9
10 Algona 4-2 11
11 Roland-Story 6-0 12
12 Cherokee 8-0 13
13 Clear Lake 4-2 10
14 Williamsburg 3-2 14
15 Chariton 6-0 16
Dropped Out: None

 

 

Class 4A
No. School Record LW
1 Dallas Center-Grimes 6-0 1
2 Clear Creek-Amana 6-0 2
3 North Polk 5-1 4
4 Waverly-Shell Rock 6-0 5
5 Mason City 5-1 6
6 Sioux City Bishop Heelan 5-0 7
7 Norwalk 7-1 3
8 Central DeWitt 6-0 10
9 Le Mars 6-1 9
10 Lewis Central 4-2 NR
11 Marion 7-1 11
12 Carlisle 2-3 12
13 Maquoketa 5-2 13
14 Ballard 4-2 8
15 Western Dubuque 4-3 14
Dropped Out: Cedar Rapids Xavier

 

 

Class 5A
No. School Record LW
1 Johnston 6-0 1
2 West Des Moines Valley 6-0 2
3 Davenport North 5-2 3
4 West Des Moines Dowling 4-3 4
5 Waukee 6-1 6
6 Ankeny Centennial 3-3 5
7 Pleasant Valley 5-2 7
8 Ankeny 6-2 8
9 Cedar Falls 6-1 9
10 Sioux City East 4-2 10
11 Cedar Rapids Prairie 4-1 13
12 Waukee Northwest 3-4 12
13 Southeast Polk 3-4 11
14 Iowa City High 3-3 NR
15 Sioux City West 2-2 15
Dropped Out: Waterloo West (14)

 

 

 

AMES — Iowa State coach T.J. Otzelberger says juggling finals, the holidays and basketball is a key this time of year. The Cyclones are 8-2 and return from final exams on Sunday by hosting Florida A&M.

Otzelberger says it is his job to keep the players focused.

Otzelberger says there can be a lot of distractions this time of year.

Tipoff on Sunday in Ames is scheduled for 5 o’clock

 

 

 

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Conor Enright’s 18 points helped Drake defeat Grambling 68-56 on Thursday night. Enright added five rebounds and three steals for the Bulldogs (10-1). Kevin Overton scored 14 points while going 5 of 9 (2 for 4 from 3-point range). Tucker DeVries had 13 points and shot 3 for 17 (1 for 9 from 3-point range) and 6 of 8 from the free throw line. It was the seventh victory in a row for the Bulldogs.

 

 

 

CLEAR LAKE — Webster City took advantage of four pins, two forfeit victories and a technical fall in a 41-37 win over Clear Lake in a North Central Conference boys wrestling dual last night in Clear Lake, as you heard on AM-1490/96.7-FM KRIB and on Lions TV at kribam.com. Clear Lake picked up pins from Aiden Hippen at 138, Tyler LeFevre at 144, Jake Trenary at 215, John Amos at 106 and Noah Potter at 120. Carter Perry picked up a decision at 150 while Christian Dunning had a major decision at 157. Clear Lake is 10-5 in duals and will face Indianola in the opening round of the Battle of Waterloo tournament later this afternoon.

 

 

— other local boys wrestling from last night
@ Clarion
Algona 60, Clarion-Goldfield-Dows 24
Algona 65, Iowa Falls-Alden 6
Clarion-Goldfield-Dows 48, Iowa Falls-Alden 36

 

 

@ Humboldt
Humboldt 39, Hampton-Dumont-CAL 27
Humboldt 74, St. Edmond 0
Hampton-Dumont-CAL 69, St. Edmond 6

 

 

New Hampton/Turkey Valley 62, Charles City 12

 

 

 

WATERLOO — The three-day Battle of Waterloo dual wrestling tournament got underway Thursday with the girls competition:

 

== Osage finished fifth overall. The Green Devils finished second in their opening round bracket, beating Pleasant Valley 51-30 and Vinton-Shellsburg 44-33, but falling in the bracket final to Bettendorf, 39-39 with Bettendorf winning on criteria. In the round robin of the second-place finishers, Osage beat East Buchanan 42-42 winning by criteria, but fell to Ankeny 42-39.

 

== Mason City finished 11th overall. They placed fourth in their opening round bracket, beating Charles City 42-39, then falling to East Buchanan 49-24 and West Delaware 40-39. The Riverhawks in the pool of fourth-place finishers beat Cedar Rapids Prairie 39-36 then lost to Ames 42-42 losing by criteria. All three teams were 1-1 in the pool with Prairie earning the honors by criteria.

 

== Charles City finished 13th overall. They placed fifth in their opening round bracket, losing to Mason City 42-39, beating North Scott 51-30, then posting a 42-36 win over BCLUW-South Hardin. The Comets then finished 2-0 in the fifth-place pool, beating Crestwood 38-36 and Dallas Center-Grimes 49-30.

 

== Cedar Falls won the championship pool, beating both Waverly-Shell Rock and Bettendorf in the finals.

 

 

WATERLOO — The boys portion of the Battle of Waterloo starts today. Looking at first-round matchups of area teams:

== Bracket A

9:00 AM — Osage vs. Denver

== Bracket B
9:00 AM — Nashua-Plainfield vs. Iowa City City High

 

== Bracket C
4:00 PM — Charles City vs. Bettendorf
4:00 PM — Lake Mills vs. Pleasant Valley
4:00 PM — Clarion-Goldfield-Dows vs. Alburnett

 

== Bracket D
4:00 PM — Clear Lake vs. Indianola