Tuesday February 11th Local Sports
TONIGHT:
AM-1300 KGLO, kgloam.com, Radio.com app — Mason City High vs. Ankeny — girls 6:15, boys follow
AM-1490/96.7-FM KRIB, kribam.com, Radio.com app — Clear Lake vs. Hampton-Dumont-CAL — girls 6:15, boys follow
MASON CITY – For the second straight week, the NIACC women’s basketball team is ranked #1 in the National Junior College Athletic Association’s Division II poll.
NIACC, which took over the top spot in the poll on February 3rd, moved its record to 25-1 overall with a pair of wins over Iowa Lakes and Ellsworth last week.
Kirkwood (22-2) stayed at #2 in this week’s poll. NIACC hosts Kirkwood on Feb. 22. The rest of the top five teams are Lincoln Land of Illinois, Macomb College of Michigan and Labette College of Kansas
Last week, NIACC moved to the top of the Division II poll for the first time since the 2013-14 season.
NIACC returns to action Saturday in an Iowa Community College Athletic Conference contest at Iowa Central. Game time is slated for 1 p.m. in Fort Dodge.
MASON CITY – The NIACC men’s basketball team is tied for 12th in this week’s National Junior College Athletic Association Division II poll.
NIACC (19-5 overall, 6-4 in the ICCAC) was #17 in the Feb. 3 poll and topped then-#8 Iowa Lakes and Ellsworth last week to move up five slots.
North Central Missouri (22-1) remained #1 and Milwaukee Area Tech (25-1) stayed at #2. Sullivan County New York, Beaver County Pennsylvania and DMACC round out the top five.
Iowa Lakes dropped two spots to 10th while Kirkwood is ranked 15th this week
NIACC returns to action Wednesday at home in a non-league game against Dakota County Technical College. Game time is slated for 7:30 p.m. in the NIACC gym, and it’s a game you can hear on KGLO.
Iowa Boys Basketball Prep Poll — By The Associated Press
The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Iowa high school basketball poll with first-place votes in parentheses and won-loss record, total points and position last week at right:
Class 4A
Record Pts Prv
1. Ankeny Centennial (8) 17-1 107 2
2. Cedar Falls (1) 14-2 80 6
3. Waterloo, West (1) 15-2 77 4
4. Iowa City, West 15-2 72 1
5. North Scott, Eldridge (1) 16-1 69 5
6. Waukee 15-2 53 8
7. Dubuque, Senior 14-2 52 3
(tie) Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 18-1 52 7
9. Valley, West Des Moines 12-5 19 10
10. Dubuque, Hempstead 14-4 8 9
(tie) Indianola 14-3 8 NR
Others receiving votes: Ankeny 5. Dowling Catholic, West Des Moines 1. Davenport, North 1. Prairie, Cedar Rapids 1.
Class 3A
Record Pts Prv
1. Carroll (9) 16-1 106 T2
2. Norwalk 14-3 87 4
3. Assumption, Davenport (1) 14-3 81 T2
4. Mount Vernon (1) 16-2 76 5
5. Marion 15-3 64 1
6. Pella 14-4 49 6
7. Glenwood 15-3 46 7
8. Clear Lake 17-2 39 8
9. Winterset 13-4 17 10
(tie) MOC-Floyd Valley 16-3 17 9
Others receiving votes: Central Clinton, De Witt 10. Algona 5. Clear Creek-Amana 5. Keokuk 2. Ballard 1.
Class 2A
Record Pts Prv
1. Treynor (5) 18-1 101 2
2. North Linn, Troy Mills (4) 19-0 92 3
3. Van Meter (2) 18-0 88 4
4. West Sioux, Hawarden 18-1 76 1
5. Camanche 16-2 68 5
6. Boyden-Hull 17-2 53 6
7. Beckman Catholic, Dyersville 15-4 34 7
8. Monticello 17-2 19 NR
9. Western Christian, Hull 15-4 18 10
(tie) Aplington-Parkersburg 17-2 18 8
Others receiving votes: Albia 11. Osage 10. West Branch 5. Woodward-Granger 5. Tri-Center, Neola 2. A-H-S-TW, Avoca 2. Des Moines Christian 2. Pella Christian 1.
Class 1A
Record Pts Prv
1. Easton Valley (7) 18-0 102 1
2. WACO, Wayland (2) 20-0 97 2
3. West Fork, Sheffield (1) 19-1 86 3
4. South O’Brien, Paullina 17-2 64 6
(tie) Bishop Garrigan, Algona (1) 17-2 64 5
6. Montezuma 17-2 51 8
7. St. Mary’s, Remsen 16-3 36 7
8. Lake Mills 17-2 35 4
9. Martensdale-St. Marys 17-2 31 9
10. Notre Dame, Burlington 16-4 13 NR
Others receiving votes: Boyer Valley, Dunlap 12. Mount Ayr 6. Grand View Christian 2. Meskwaki Settlement School 2. Springville 1. Stanton 1. Newell-Fonda 1. Keota 1.
— girls basketball last night
Newman Catholic 56, West Bend-Mallard 36
Bishop Garrigan 91, North Iowa 41
Central Springs 52, Northwood-Kensett 43
Forest City 64, Belmond Klemme 41
Nashua-Plainfield 46, North Butler 29
North Union 65, Lake Mills 48
Osage 59, West Fork 25
Saint Ansgar 60, Rockford 18
— boys basketball last night
Bishop Garrigan 102, North Iowa 64
Central Springs 46, Northwood-Kensett 40
Forest City 65, Belmond-Klemme 45
Lake Mills 102, North Union 36
Saint Ansgar 62, Rockford 57
AMES — Iowa State sophomore guard Tyrese Haliburton will miss the remainder of the season after suffering a broken left wrist late in the first half of Saturday’s win over Kansas State. The injury was confirmed by an MRI Sunday.
Haliburton was averaging more than 15 points per game and was leading the Big 12 in assists at six and a half per game.
That’s Iowa State coach Steve Prohm.
The Cyclones return to action Wednesday at Oklahoma.
IOWA CITY — Iowa redshirt junior forward Cordell Pemsl has been suspended for one game. Pemsl was arrested for driving with a revoked license Monday morning in Iowa City. He lost his license last fall after pleading guilty to drunk driving. Iowa coach Fran McCaffery addressed the situation on his Hawk Talk program Monday night.
Pemsl has appeared in 22 games and averaged two and a half points and more than 12 minutes per game.
Pemsl will miss Thursday’s game at Indiana.
— high school regional duals tonight — semifinals at 6:00 PM, finals follow
== 2A at Osage
#4 Osage vs. Forest City
#11 Crestwood vs. #13 Emmetsburg
== 1A at Lake Mills
#5 Lake Mills vs. #38 Wapsie Valley
#10 West Hancock vs. #24 South Winneshiek
MASON CITY – NIACC’s Christian Minto is ranked #1 at 165 pounds in Intermat’s latest junior college poll.
NIACC, which is ranked fourth, has a total of six ranked wrestlers heading into Sunday’s Central District tournament in Estherville. Other ranked wrestlers for the Trojans are Brock Luthens (third at 133), Hunter Luke (eighth at 141), Tony Mendoza (second at 149), Holton Truax (ninth at 197) and Zack Santee (fifth at 285).
Minto, a freshman, is 17-0 with four falls, three technical falls and three major decisions.
Iowa Western is ranked fifth, Iowa Central is ranked sixth, Ellsworth is ranked eighth and Iowa Lakes is tied for 20th.
