MONDAY RESULTS – February 27
(high school basketball)
GIRLS STATE TOURNAMENT (at the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines)
DES MOINES — Bri Jensen hit four free throws in the final 14 seconds of the game, including the clinchers with six seconds to play, as No. 7 Kingsley-Pierson opened State tournament play with a 65-61 victory over No. 6 Marquette Catholic Monday at the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. The Lady Panthers advance to the 1A semifinals against top-rated Springville at 10 a.m. Thursday morning. Jensen finished with 18 points with Addison Hirschman leading the K-P scoring with 22. Marissa Schroeder had 38 for the Mohawks. Marquette scored the first ten points of the game before K-P recovered to lead 35-31 at halftime and 47-44 heading into the fourth quarter. The Mohawks pulled to within 63-61 with nine seconds to play before Jensen’s two foul shots iced the victory. Jensen sent the Panthers to the State tournament with a pair of free throws in the Regional finals against Newell-Fonda with no time left on the clock last Monday.
CLASS 1A QUARTERFINALS
#1-Springville (23-2) 56, #12-Burlington Notre Dame (19-7) 16
#7-Kingsley-Pierson (24-1) 65, #6-Marquette Catholic (21-4) 61
#2-Turkey Valley (22-3) 60, #9-Janesville (24-1) 58
#3-Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton (24-1) 58, #8-Sidney (23-2) 43
CLASS 2A QUARTERFINALS
#1-Iowa City Regina (26-0) 67, #12-Logan-Magnolia (21-4) 54
#4-Western Christian (23-2) 58, #5-North Linn (24-2) 48
#2-Treynor (26-0) 60, #10-Van Meter (21-4) 54
CLASS 1A BOYS SUB-STATE FINALS
Sub-State 1 – #3-Remsen St. Mary’s (24-0) 56, #10-Boyden-Hull 51
LE MARS — The magical tournament run by No. 3 Remsen St. Mary’s continued Monday night with a 56-51 win over perennial power Boyden-Hull in the 1A Sub-State final at the Le Mars Community gym. Junior Nicholas Ruden led the Hawks to victory with 18 points while Colin Schroeder dropped in 13 and Jacob Wesselmann 12. But it was R.J. Staab’s lone point of the night that iced the outcome for St. Mary’s as he hit one of two foul shots with nine seconds to play to extend a three point lead. Colin Schroeder added another free throw with 3.9 seconds to play to send the St. Mary’s faithful into a wild celebration that may have even surpassed the State championship celebration last summer following the Hawks fourth State baseball title. Remsen St. Mary’s will take a perfect 24-and-0 record to their first-ever State basketball tournament starting next Monday at the Wells Fargo Arena. The pairings for all four classes will be announced Wednesday at 1 p.m. in a special bracket show on the IHSSN website. No. 10 Boyden-Hull closed out a 17-and-8 season and were led by Mitchell Diekevers with 15 points and Marcus Rens had 14. The Comets were looking for their 17th State appearance but now have been absent from the State tournament field since 2013.
CLASS 3A BOYS SUB-STATE FINALS
Sub-State 1 – Sergeant Bluff-Luton 53, #6-Bishop Heelan 51
(college basketball)
Top-25 games:
(1) Kansas 73, Oklahoma 63
(23) Virginia 53, (5) North Carolina 43
(11) Baylor 71, (10) West Virginia 62
Virginia Tech 66, (25) Miami 61
(N-B-A basketball)
Cleveland 102, Milwaukee 95
Golden State 119, Philadelphia 108
Toronto 92, New York 91
Atlanta 114, Boston 98
Dallas 96, Miami 89
Indiana 117, Houston 108
Minnesota 102, Sacramento 88
(N-H-L hockey)
Montreal 4, New Jersey 3, OT
Tampa Bay 5, Ottawa 1
Minnesota 5, Los Angeles 4, OT
(spring training baseball)
Detroit 10, Atlanta 7
Minnesota 9, Miami 6
N.Y. Yankees 4, Baltimore 1
St. Louis (ss) 7, Boston 2
Tampa Bay 7, Philadelphia 2
St. Louis (ss) 5, Washington 4
Pittsburgh 2, Toronto 1
Houston 5, N.Y. Mets 2
Kansas City 14, Seattle 3
Chicago White Sox 4, Chicago Cubs 4
Colorado 7, L.A. Dodgers 1
Milwaukee 5, Texas (ss) 0
Oakland 5, San Francisco 4
Cleveland 3, Texas (ss) 2
Arizona 6, Cincinnati 1
L.A. Angels 5, San Diego 3
TUESDAY RESULTS – February 28
(high school basketball)
GIRLS STATE TOURNAMENT (at the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines)
CLASS 2A QUARTERFINALS
#8-Cascade (23-2) 59, #3-Central Decatur (24-1) 56
CLASS 3A QUARTERFINALS
#1-Sioux Center (25-0) 70, #11-P-C-M, Monroe (20-5) 27
#5-Cherokee (21-3) 70, #4-Crestwood (22-2) 61
#3-Center Point-Urbana (22-3) 56, #7-Davenport Assumption (16-8) 50
#2-Pocahontas Area (25-1) 46, #8-Clear Lake (21-4) 22
CLASS 4A QUARTERFINALS
#8-North Scott (19-5) 57, #2-Nevada (22-2) 27
#6-Cedar Rapids Xavier (18-6) 60, #3-Grinnell (19-5) 55
CLASS 4A BOYS SUB-STATE FINALS
Sub-State 1 – #4-Sioux City East 79, #8-Council Bluffs A-L 63
(college basketball)
G-P-A-C TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP GAME: Northwestern 95, Briar Cliff 89 — Jordan Eisma (Le Mars) had 10 pts. & Blake Wiltgen (Gehlen) had 4 pts. for B.C.
Top-25 games:
(9) Kentucky 73, Vanderbilt 67
(17) Duke 75, (15) Florida State 70
(16) Purdue 86, Indiana 75
(24) Iowa State 86, Oklahoma State 83
(N-B-A basketball)
Washington 112, Golden State 108
Detroit 120, Portland 113, OT
Denver 125, Chicago 107
Memphis 130, Phoenix 112
Oklahoma City 109, Utah 106
Charlotte 109, L.A. Lakers 104
(N-H-L hockey)
Washington 4, N.Y. Rangers 1
Boston 4, Arizona 1
Philadelphia 4, Colorado 0
Nashville 5, Buffalo 4, OT
Montreal 1, Columbus 0, OT
Florida 3, Carolina 2, SO
Edmonton 2, St. Louis 1
Minnesota 6, Winnipeg 5
Dallas 3, Pittsburgh 2
Calgary 2, Los Angeles 1, OT
Detroit 3, Vancouver 2, OT
San Jose 3, Toronto 1
(spring training baseball)
Philadelphia 7, Baltimore 5
N.Y. Yankees (ss) 9, Detroit 5
Washington 4, Houston 3
Tampa Bay 19, Minnesota 0
N.Y. Mets 3, Miami 1
N.Y. Yankees (ss) 5, Boston 4
Atlanta 2, St. Louis 0
Toronto 12, Pittsburgh 0
Arizona 8, Texas 4
Chicago White Sox (ss) 10, Cincinnati 9
Oakland 5, Cleveland 4
Kansas City 6, Milwaukee 3
L.A. Angels 7, Chicago Cubs 5
Seattle 8, Chicago White Sox (ss) 1
L.A. Dodgers 14, Colorado 3
San Diego 9, San Francisco 5
WEDNESDAY RESULTS – March 1
(high school basketball)
GIRLS STATE TOURNAMENT (at the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines)
CLASS 4A QUARTERFINALS
#1-Marion (23-1) 46, #14-Boone (19-6) 38
#4-Pella (20-4) 47, #5-Lewis Central (22-2) 43
CLASS 5A QUARTERFINALS
#1-Indianola (24-0) 77, #8-Johnston (19-5) 67
#5-Cedar Falls (22-2) 48, #4-Iowa City High (22-2) 46
#2-West Des Moines Valley (22-2) 87, #7-Dowling Catholic (19-5) 64
#3-Iowa City West (21-3) 40, #6-Waukee (18-5) 38
(college basketball)
Top-25games:
(3) UCLA 98, Washington 66
Wake Forest 88, (8) Louisville 81
(12) Florida 78, Arkansas 65
(19) Notre Dame 82, Boston College 66
(N-B-A basketball)
New York 101, Orlando 90
Miami 125, Philadelphia 98
Atlanta 100, Dallas 95
Washington 105, Toronto 96
Boston 103, Cleveland 99
New Orleans 109, Detroit 86
Denver 110, Milwaukee 98
San Antonio 100, Indiana 99
Minnesota 107, Utah 80
Brooklyn 109, Sacramento 100
Houston 122, L.A. Clippers 103
(N-H-L hockey)
Tampa Bay 4, Carolina 3, OT
Chicago 4, Pittsburgh 1
(spring training baseball)
Miami 9, Houston 5
Pittsburgh 3, Minnesota 1
Philadelphia 5, Tampa Bay 5
Washington 9, Detroit 1
Chicago Cubs 7, Kansas City 3
Chicago White Sox 3, Arizona 2
San Diego 5, Oakland 0, 8 Innings
N-Y Yankees 8, Atlanta 7
Baltimore 12, Boston 5
Detroit 5, Toronto 4
Seattle 7, Cleveland 4
L.A. Angels 3, Texas 2
St. Louis 6, N-Y Mets 1
Milwaukee 3, Cincinnati 2
Colorado 3, San Diego 1
L.A. Dodgers 7, San Francisco 6
THURSDAY RESULTS – March 2
(high school basketball)
GIRLS STATE TOURNAMENT (at the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines)
DES MOINES — Mikayla Nachazel poured in 32 points and pulled down 10 rebounds to lead top-rated Springville to a 61-43 victory over No. 7 Kingsley-Pierson Thursday morning in the 1A semifinals at the Girls State Tournament in Des Moines. Nachazel scored 22 of those 32 in the first half to lead the Orioles to a 37-16 lead at halftime. Senior Allison Bailey, who spent most of the second quarter on the bench with three fouls, scored nine points during a 15-4 run to start the second half for Kingsley-Pierson to cut the deficit to 41-31 with 4:21 to play in the quarter. After a timeout, Springville scored the next eight points and were never seriously challenged again. The Orioles took a 16-point lead into the fourth quarter. Bailey ended up with 14 points to lead the Lady Panthers with Bradi Harvey adding 10. Leading scorer Addison Hirschman (20.0 ppg) was held without a field goal by an Orioles defense that was limiting opponents to 26.7 ppg. Hirschman finished with six points on 6-of-8 from the free throw line. Hirschman did grab nine rebounds for Kingsley-Pierson, who closes the season at 24-and-2. They lose two seniors in Bailey and Faith Seggerman. Springville will attempt to make it two State titles in a row when they meet Turkey Valley in Friday’s 1A championship game. Springville beat Turkey Valley 49-48 in last year’s title game.
CLASS 1A SEMIFINALS
#1-Springville (24-2) 61, #7-Kingsely-Pierson (24-2) 43
#2-Turkey Valley (23-3) 48, #3-Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton (24-2) 44, overtime
CLASS 2A SEMIFINALS
#4-Western Christian (25-2) 71, #1-Iowa City Regina (26-1) 49
#2-Treynor (27-0) 43, #8-Cascade (23-3) 41
CLASS 3A SEMIFINALS
#1-Sioux Center (26-0) 81, #5-Cherokee (21-4) 56
#2-Pocahontas Area (26-1) 80, #3-Center Point-Urbana (22-4) 59
(college basketball)
Top-25 games:
(14) S-M-U 93, Tulsa 70
(18) Cincinnati 65, Houston 47
Iowa 59, (22) Wisconsin 57
(N-B-A basketball)
Chicago 94, Golden State 87
Phoenix 120, Charlotte 103
Portland 114, Oklahoma City 109
(N-H-L hockey)
Philadelphia 2, Florida 1, SO
Columbus 1, Minnesota 0
Buffalo 6, Arizona 3
Washington 1, New Jersey 0
N-Y Rangers 2, Boston 1
Ottawa 2, Colorado 1
Montreal 2, Nashville 1
N-Y Islanders 5, Dallas 4
San Jose 3, Vancouver 1
Los Angeles 3, Toronto 2, SO
(spring training baseball)
Pittsburgh 11, Detroit 1
Washington 13, Houston 1
Philadelphia 8, Toronto 8, tie
L.A. Dodgers 4, Cleveland 2
Chicago White Sox 8, San Francisco 6
Kansas City 3, Colorado 1
Seattle 6, Milwaukee 2
L.A. Angels 5, San Francisco 4
Boston 19, Tampa Bay 2
Minnesota 6, Baltimore (ss) 6, 10 Innings, tie
Oakland 5, Texas 1
N-Y Yankees 8, Baltimore (ss) 1
St. Louis 9, Atlanta 4
N-Y Mets 11, Miami 6
Cincinnati 6, Chicago Cubs (ss) 2
San Diego 9, Arizona 6
Arizona 3, Chicago Cubs (ss) 1
FRIDAY RESULTS – March 3
(high school basketball)
GIRLS STATE TOURNAMENT (at the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines)
CLASS 4A SEMIFINALS
#8-North Scott (20-5) 58, #6-Cedar Rapids Xavier (18-7) 49
#1-Marion (24-1) 33, #4-Pella (20-5) 24
CLASS 5A SEMIFINALS
#5-Cedar Falls (23-2) 48, #1-Indianola (24-1) 44
#2-West Des Moines Valley (23-2) 55, #3-Iowa City West (21-4) 48
CLASS 1A CHAMPIONSHIP
#1-Springville (25-2) 45, #2-Turkey Valley (23-4) 36
DES MOINES — Mikayla Nachazel scored 15 points and grabbed 14 rebounds and Springville shut down Turkey Valley 45-36 Friday night to win its second consecutive Class 1A state championship. Rylee Menster added 14 points and four assists for the Orioles (25-2), who won their third title overall and became the first 1A team to repeat since Rock Valley in 2002 and 2003. It was a rematch of last year’s championship game, which Springville won 48-47. Springville also won the state title in 2008. Kingsley-Pierson junior Addison Hirschman was named to the 1A All-Tournament team.
CLASS 2A CHAMPIONSHIP
#4-Western Christian (25-2) 51, #2-Treynor (27-1) 48
DES MOINES — Erica Bousema scored 17 points and Western Christian survived the foul troubles of its star to beat Treynor 51-48 Friday night for its fourth Class 2A championship in the last six years. Bousema sank two free throws with 12.5 seconds for the go-ahead points and the Wolfpack (25-2) held on to hand Treynor its first loss after 27 victories. Western prevailed even though star junior Ashtyn Veerbeek managed only five points and spent time on the bench because of fouls. Veerbeek had been dominant in her first two games at state, putting up 55 points and 29 rebounds, and was voted captain of the all-tournament team.
(college basketball)
Top-25 games:
(10) West Virginia 87, (24) Iowa State 76
(21) Wichita St. 82, Bradley 56
(N-B-A basketball)
Cleveland 135, Atlanta 130
Philadelphia 105, N-Y Knicks 102
Orlando 110, Miami 99
Toronto 114, Washington 106
Milwaukee 112, L.A. Clippers 101
Dallas 104, Memphis 100
Utah 112, Brooklyn 97
Phoenix 118, Oklahoma City 111
San Antonio 101, New Orleans 98, OT
Boston 115, L.A. Lakers 95
(N-H-L hockey)
Pittsburgh 5, Tampa Bay 2
Arizona 4, Carolina 2
Winnipeg 3, St. Louis 0
Chicago 2, N-Y Islanders 1, SO
Calgary 3, Detroit 2, OT
Anaheim 5, Toronto 2
(spring training baseball)
Pittsburgh 5, Baltimore 2
Boston 9, Atlanta 1
Minnesota 4, Philadelphia 3
N-Y Mets 11, Houston 3
Kansas City 7, L.A. Dodgers (ss) 2
Oakland 6, San Francisco 1
Colorado 16, Cleveland 7
L.A. Angels 6, Milwaukee 5
Chicago White Sox 3, San Diego 1
Tampa Bay 5, Detroit 2
Toronto 3, N-Y Yankees 2
Texas 8, Seattle 2
St. Louis 2, Washington (ss) 1, 10 Innings
Washington (ss) 8, Miami 5
Cincinnati 8, Chicago Cubs 4
Arizona 15, L.A. Dodgers (ss) 3
SATURDAY RESULTS – March 4
(high school basketball)
GIRLS STATE TOURNAMENT (at the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines)
CLASS 3A CHAMPIONSHIP
#2-Pocahontas Area (27-1) 61, #1-Sioux Center (26-1) 38
DES MOINES — Elle Ruffridge scored 22 points in the final game of her record-breaking career to lead Pocahontas Area past Sioux Center 61-38 Saturday for the Indians’ second straight Class 3A state championship. Whether she was scoring herself or setting up teammates, the dynamic 5-foot-4 guard delighted her school’s large fan following one last time in a victory that was surprisingly one-sided. Sioux Center entered the game 26-0 with a talented group of athletes, but the Warriors were no match for their quicker, sharp-shooting opponent. Pocahontas (27-1) made 12 3-pointers and held Sioux Center scoreless in the fourth quarter. Ruffridge went 6-for-8 from 3-point range and added seven rebounds, four assists and two steals.
CLASS 4A CHAMPIONSHIP
#8-North Scott (21-5) 52, #1-Marion (24-2) 40, overtime
DES MOINES — Karli Rucker scored 24 points and North Scott dominated the overtime period to win the Class 4A state championship with a 52-40 victory over Marion on Saturday night. North Scott (21-5) rallied from a six-point deficit early in the fourth quarter, then outscored Marion 13-1 in the extra four minutes to win going away. It was the first state championship for the Lancers after two runner-up finishes.
CLASS 5A CHAMPIONSHIP
#2-West Des Moines Valley (24-2) 71, #5-Cedar Falls (23-3) 59
DES MOINES — Zoe Young scored 21 points and West Des Moines Valley used a big second-quarter burst to beat Cedar Falls 71-59 Saturday night and win the Class 5A state championship. Hannah Fuller added 16 points and seven rebounds for the Tigers (24-2), who wiped out a seven-point deficit with an 18-2 run that left Cedar Falls scrambling to catch up. The title was the first for Valley and came in the school’s 12th trip to the state tournament and fourth appearance in the finals.
(Champions Indoor Football)
Sioux City Bandits 77, Bismark Bucks 37
(college basketball)
Top-25 games:
(1) Kansas 90. Oklahoma State 85
(2) Villanova 81. Georgetown 55
(3) U-C-L-A 77, Washington State 68
(4) Gonzaga 82, Pacific 50
(5) North Carolina 90. (17) Duke 83
(6) Oregon 80, Oregon State 59
(7) Arizona 73, Arizona State 60
(8) Louisville 71, (19) Notre Dame 64
(9) Kentucky 71, Texas A&M 63
(11) Baylor 75, Texas 64
Vanderbilt 73, (12) Florida 71
Seton Hall 70, (13) Butler 64
(14) S-M-U 103, Memphis 62
(15) Florida State 66, (25) Miami 57
(21) Wichita State 78, Missouri State 63
(23) Virginia 67, Pittsburgh 42
(N-B-A basketball)
Detroit 136, Philadelphia 106
Miami 120, Cleveland 92
Milwaukee 101, Toronto 94
L.A. Clippers 101, Chicago 91
Charlotte 112, Denver 102
Houston 123, Memphis 108
San Antonio 97, Minnesota 90, OT
Portland 130, Brooklyn 116
(N-H-L hockey)
Dallas 2, Florida 1
Montreal 4, N-Y Rangers 1
Tampa Bay 2, Buffalo 1, SO
Boston 3, New Jersey 2
Winnipeg 6, Colorado 1
Ottawa 3, Columbus 2
Washington 2, Philadelphia 1, OT
Chicago 5, Nashville 3
Vancouver 4, Los Angeles 3
Edmonton 4, Detroit 3
(spring training baseball)
Pittsburgh 3, Boston 2
N-Y Mets 3, Houston 1
Kansas City 2, San Francisco 0
Milwaukee 7, Texas 1
Cincinnati 9, Kansas City 7
Seattle 4, Colorado 3
N-Y Yankees 11, Detroit 1
Baltimore 1, Tampa Bay 0
Minnesota 6, Toronto 2
Chicago White Sox 10, L.A. Angels 2
Cleveland 15, Oakland 5
Washington 1, St. Louis 1, tie
Philadelphia 7, Atlanta (ss) 4
Miami 8, Atlanta (ss) 6
Chicago Cubs 9, L.A. Dodgers 3
San Diego 6, Arizona 5
SUNDAY RESULTS – March 5
(college basketball)
Top-25 games:
(16) Purdue 69 Northwestern 65
(18) Cincinnati 67 U-Conn 47
(20) Saint Mary’s (Cal) 81 Portland 58
(21) Wichita State 71 Illinois State 51
(22) Wisconsin 66 Minnesota 49
(N-B-A basketball)
Indiana 97, Atlanta 96
Golden State 112, New York 105
Washington 115, Orlando 114
Phoenix 109, Boston 106
Utah 110, Sacramento 109, OT
Dallas 104, Oklahoma City 89
New Orleans 105, L.A. Lakers 97
(N-H-L hockey)
Calgary 5, N.Y. Islanders 2
Columbus 3, New Jersey 0
Pittsburgh 4, Buffalo 3
Minnesota 3, San Jose 1
Vancouver 2, Anaheim 1
St. Louis 3, Colorado 0
Carolina 2, Arizona 1
(spring training baseball)
Philadelphia (ss) 8, Detroit 5
Minnesota 4, Washington 2
Baltimore 3, Philadelphia (ss) 2
N-Y Yankees 3, Pittsburgh 2
Boston 11, Atlanta 1
Houston 7, Miami 7
Cleveland 8, San Diego 2
Kansas City 4, San Francisco 3
L.A. Dodgers 7, Seattle (ss) 3
Chicago Cubs 9, Texas 9
Arizona 4, Chicago White Sox 1
Cincinnati 11, L.A. Angels 3
Tampa Bay 5, Toronto 3
Oakland 5, Seattle (ss) 4
St. Louis 14, N-Y Mets 11
Milwaukee 9, Colorado 4
