MONDAY RESULTS – January 7
(college football)
C-F-P NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME at Santa Clara, Calif.
(2) Clemson (15-0) 44, (1) Alabama (14-1) 16
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) – Clemson is the College Football Playoff national champions for the second time in three years following a 44-16 rout of Alabama. Trevor Lawrence threw for 347 yards and three touchdowns, while Travis Etienne accounted for three TDs to help the Tigers deal the Crimson Tide their worst loss in 12 seasons under head coach Nick Saban. Heisman Trophy runner-up Tua Tagovailoa had one of his two interceptions returned for a touchdown and was 22 of 34 for 295 yards and a pair of first-quarter TDs.
(N-B-A basketball)
San Antonio 119, Detroit 107
Boston 116, Brooklyn 95
Houston 125, Denver 113
Milwaukee 114, Utah 102
New Orleans 114, Memphis 95
L.A. Lakers 107, Dallas 97
Portland 111, New York 101
Sacramento 111, Orlando 95
(N-H-L hockey)
Nashville 4, Toronto 0
St. Louis 3, Philadelphia 0
Minnesota 1, Montreal 0
Calgary 4, Chicago 3
San Jose 3, Los Angeles 1
TUESDAY RESULTS – January 8
(high school basketball)
SIOUX CENTER — Senior Madison Dreckman scored six of the teams ten points in overtime to lift No. 7 (4A) Le Mars to a 53-49 victory at Sioux Center Tuesday night. Dreckman’s two free throws with six-tenths of a second to play sealed the outcome as the Lady Bulldogs snapped a two-game losing streak to improve to 7-3. Dreckman finished with a game-high 23 points and Jaelynn Dreckman contributed 17, 12 of which came during an 18-point third quarter for Le Mars. Victoria Rensink led Sioux Center (4-7) with 16 and Diana DenHerder added 14.
Sioux Center handed the Le Mars boys their sixth straight setback with a 72-68 victory Tuesday. The Warriors hit 10-of-13 fourth quarter free throw shots to fend off a late Bulldog charge. The Bulldogs trailed by ten points midway through the third quarter before going on a 21-9 surge to take a 56-54 lead with 5:19 to play in the game. Le Mars led 66-62 with 2:16 left but the Warriors closed on a 10-2 run to close the deal. Alex Irwin and Spencer Mackey again led the way for Le Mars. Irwin finished with 25 points before fouling out in the final minute and Mackey had 16. Caden Bleeker had 28 for Sioux Center. Le Mars falls to 3-7 while Sioux Center improves to 7-3.
LAKES CONFERENCE
(G) (#7-4A)LeMars (7-3) 53, Sioux Center 49, overtime
(B) Sioux Center 72, Le Mars (3-7) 68
(G) Western Christian 42, M-O-C/Floyd Valley 32
(B) (#7-2A)Western Christian 53, M-O-C/Floyd Valley 49
(G) Sheldon 60, Spencer 51
(B) Spencer 67, Sheldon 50
(G) Rock Valley 44, Spirit Lake 41
(B) Spirit Lake 68, Rock Valley 54
WAR EAGLE CONFERENCE
(G) Hinton 59, Remsen St. Mary’s 45
(B) Remsen St. Mary’s 63, Hinton 48
(G) MMCRU 62, Trinity Christian 23
(B) Trinity Christian 52, MMCRU 42
(G) West Sioux 57, Akron-Westfield 49
(B) (#4-2A)West Sioux 90, Akron-Westfield 55
(G)
(B) Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 85, Clay Central-Everly 46
(G) South O’Brien 64, Harris-Lake Park 24
(B) South O’Brien 60, Harris-Lake Park 42
(G) Unity Christian 63, Boyden-Hull 36
(B) (#6-2A)Boyden-Hull 69, (#9-2A)Unity Christian 49
(college basketball)
Top-25 games:
(1) Duke 87, Wake Forest 65
(3) Tennessee 87, Missouri 63
(6) Michigan State 77, Purdue 59
(8) Texas Tech 66, (23) Oklahoma 59
(12) North Carolina 90, (15) North Carolina State 82
South Carolina 87, (14) Mississippi State 82
(18) Kentucky 85, Texas A&M 74
(19) Buffalo 110, Toledo 80
Baylor 73, (20) Iowa State 70
Villanova 76, (24) St. John’s 71
WACO, Texas (AP) – Makai Mason scored 25 points with five free throws in the final 38 seconds as Baylor held on to beat No. 20 Iowa State 73-70. Iowa State was coming off a 17-point home win over then-No. 5 Kansas three days earlier. The Cyclones had their five-game winning streak in their first game as a ranked team since the 2016-17 season.
(N-B-A basketball)
Indiana 123, Cleveland 115
Philadelphia 132, Washington 115
Denver 103, Miami 99
Toronto 104, Atlanta 101
Minnesota 119, Oklahoma City 117
Phoenix 115, Sacramento 111
Golden State 122, New York 95
L.A. Clippers 128, Charlotte 109
(N-H-L hockey)
Boston 4, Minnesota 0
Carolina 4, N.Y. Islanders 3
Pittsburgh 5, Florida 1
Buffalo 5, New Jersey 1
Washington 5, Philadelphia 3
Tampa Bay 4, Columbus 0
Montreal 3, Detroit 2
Dallas 3, St. Louis 1
Winnipeg 7, Colorado 4
Vegas 4, N.Y. Rangers 2
San Jose 7, Edmonton 2
WEDNESDAY RESULTS – January 9
(college basketball)
(W) Buena Vista 47, Central 45 (Le Mars alums, Holly Schneider had 15 pts. and her sister, Jenn didn’t score for BV)
(M) Central 77, Buena Vista 73 (Le Mars alum, Jake Thompson, played 4 min. and went scoreless for BV)
(W) Northwestern 88, Mount Marty 58 (former K-P standout, Marina Keck, had 2 pts. for NW)
(M) Northwestern 98, Mount Marty 60 (Hinton alum, Jay Small, had 25 pts. and Le Mars alum, Trent Hilbrands, had 4 pts. for NW)
Iowa 73, Northwestern 63
EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) – Joe Weiskamp had 19 points, Luka Garza added 16 and Iowa beat Northwestern 73-63 despite playing without leading scorer Tyler Cook. Isaiah Moss had 12 points for the Hawkeyes (13-3, 2-3), who have won seven of eight.
Top-25 games:
(4) Virginia 83, Boston College 56
(7) Kansas 77, (25) T-C-U 68
(9) Virginia Tech 52, Georgia Tech 49
(10) Nevada 92, San Jose State 53
Mississippi 82, (11) Auburn 67
(13) Florida State 68, Miami 62
Rutgers 64, (16) Ohio State 61
Temple 73, (17) Houston 69
(21) Marquette 106, Creighton 104, OT
(N-B-A basketball)
Boston 135, Indiana 108
Washington 123, Philadelphia 106
Brooklyn 116, Atlanta 100
Memphis 96, San Antonio 86
Milwaukee 116, Houston 109
New Orleans 140, Cleveland 124
Dallas 104, Phoenix 94
Utah 106, Orlando 93
Portland 124, Chicago 112
L.A. Lakers 113, Detroit 100
(N-H-L hockey)
Nashville 4, Chicago 3, OT
Calgary 5, Colorado 3
Ottawa 2, Anaheim 1, OT
THURSDAY RESULTS – January 10
(bowling)
(G) Le Mars (6-0) 2190, Spencer/Sioux Central 1894. HIGH SERIES: Lexi Schroeder (404). HIGH GAME: Lexi Schroeder (245).
(B) Le Mars (6-0) 2452, Spencer/Sioux Central 2167. HIGH SERIES: Trey Whiddon (438) & Jordan Presnall (333). HIGH GAMES: Trey Whiddon (233 & 205).
(high school basketball)
LE MARS — No. 9 (4A) Le Mars trailed for most of three and a-half quarters against visiting M-O-C/Floyd Valley before closing on an 11-5 run to win 40-37 Thursday night in non-conference girls basketball action. Madison Dreckman hit a pair of free throws in the final minute to help secure the win on a night when defense carried the day. Sophomore Shaniah Temple led the Lady Bulldogs with 10 points with Kylie and Jaelynn Dreckman adding nine each and Madison Dreckman collected eight. Madison Dreckman needs two more points to become the all-time career scoring leader at Le Mars Community. She trails 1998 graduate, Beth Swift 1340-1339. The win was coach Judd Kopperud’s 99th victory as the Bulldogs head coach as he closes in on win number-100. Le Mars improves to 8-3 while the Dutch fall to 7-5. Delanie Niemyer hit five three-pointers and led all-scorers with 15 points while Jazlin DeHaan had 12 for M-O-C/Floyd Valley.
(G) (#9-4A)Le Mars (8-3) 40, M-O-C/Floyd Valley (7-5) 37
(G) Akron-Westfield 66, Alcester-Hudson (S.D.) 41
(B) Akron-Westfield 68, Alcester-Hudson (S.D.) 58
(G) Unity Christian 72, Western Christian 44
(B) (#7-2A)Western Christian 60, (#9-2A)Unity Christian 55
(G) West Sioux 69, Canton (S.D.) 59
(B) (#4-2A)West Sioux 73, Canton (S.D.) 37
(G) Clay Central-Everly @ Trinity Christian
(B) Trinity Christian 68, Clay Central-Everly 35
(G) Algona 50, Spencer 45
(B) Spencer 53, Algona 47
(G) (#1-1A)Newell-Fonda 62, Estherville/L-C 50
(B) Newell-Fonda 78, Estherville/L-C 69
(college basketball)
Top-25 games:
(2) Michigan 79, Illinois 69
(5) Gonzaga 67, Pacific 36
(N-B-A basketball)
Miami 115, Boston 99
Denver 121, L.A. Clippers 100
San Antonio 154, Oklahoma City 147, 2OT
Sacramento 112, Detroit 102
(N-H-L hockey)
Columbus 4, Nashville 3, OT
N.Y. Islanders 4, N.Y. Rangers 3
Washington 4, Boston 2
Toronto 4, New Jersey 2
Philadelphia 2, Dallas 1
Tampa Bay 3, Carolina 1
St. Louis 4, Montreal 1
Minnesota 3, Winnipeg 2
Edmonton 4, Florida 3, SO
Arizona 4, Vancouver 3, OT
San Jose 3, Vegas 2
Ottawa 4, Los Angeles 1
FRIDAY RESULTS – January 11
(high school basketball)
REMSEN — Junior Spencer Schorg scored all 13 points for the Hawks in the final quarter and led Remsen St. Mary’s to a 45-43 come-from-behind victory over Gehlen Catholic before a packed auditorium in Remsen Friday night. Schorg finished with 26 points as St. Mary’s outscored the Jays 11-2 over the final 6:25 of the game to erase a seven-point Gehlen lead. Schorg made three outstanding defensive stops in the final 30-seconds to prevent Gehlen from getting a shot away that could have potentially tied the game. Skylar Waldschmitt added 12 for the Hawks. Zach Kraft led Gehlen Catholic with 18 while Jacob Nemmers finished with 15. The Jays fall to 9-3 for the season and 4-3 in the War Eagle Conference. St. Mary’s improves to 8-3 for the year and 5-2 in league play.
The Gehlen girls ran their record to 10-3 and 5-2 in the W-E-C with a 53-36 win over Remsen St. Mary’s Friday night. The Lady Jays never trailed against the 0-12 Hawks but finally shook free of St. Mary’s after halftime after leading by just 22-16 at the midway point. Addison Weber and Lauren Heying had 13 points each for Gehlen while St. Mary’s got nine from Lexi Harpenau. Gehlen returns to action Monday with a girl/boy doubleheader at Woodbury Central while Remsen St. Mary’s entertains River Valley Monday.
LE MARS — A couple of milestones were reached Friday night at the Le Mars Competition gym as the Lady Bulldogs won their third straight, 59-45 over Western Christian in Lakes Conference girls basketball action. Senior Madison Dreckman became the all-time career scoring leader and coach Judd Kopperud recorded his 100th career coaching win. Dreckman needed just two points to pass Beth Swift on the all-time list. She got that in the first quarter and went on to finish with 15 points for the night. Jaelynn Dreckman led the Lady Bulldogs with 20 and Annie Ellis had 11. Le Mars improves to 9-3 for the year and are 5-1 in the Lakes Conference. Western Christian slips to 6-7 for the season with a 2-4 Lakes Conference record. The Wolfpack were led by Olivia Granstra with 16 points.
Congratulations to Le Mars coach Judd Kopperud on his 100th career coaching win.
The Le Mars boys halted a six-game losing skid with a 59-53 win over No. 7 (2A) Western Christian Friday night to tighten up the Lakes Conference race as the Wolfpack suffered their first league loss. Sophomore Spencer Mackey poured in a career-best 24 points to lead the Bulldogs to their first win since beating Estherville/Lincoln Central December 11th. Alex Irwin added 14 points to the Bulldog victory. Carter Brock had 19 for the Wolfpack, who drop to 8-3 for the season and 5-1 in Lakes Conference play. Le Mars improves to 4-7 for the year and 4-2 in the Lakes.
WAR EAGLE CONFERENCE
(G) Gehlen Catholic (10-3/5-2) 53, Remsen St. Mary’s (0-12/0-7) 36
(B) Remsen St. Mary’s (8-3/5-2) 45, Gehlen Catholic (9-3/4-3) 43
(G) Akron-Westfield 53, Hinton 30
(B) Hinton 62, Akron-Westfield 46
(G) MMCRU 73, South O’Brien 67, overtime
(B) South O’Brien 71, MMCRU 14
(G) Clay Central-Everly 49, Harris-Lake Park 45, overtime
(B) Harris-Lake Park 63, Clay Central-Everly 40
LAKES CONFERENCE
(G) (#9-4A)Le Mars (9-3/5-1) 59, Western Christian 45
(B) Le Mars (4-7/4-2) 59, (#7-2A)Western Christian 53
(G) (#4-3A)Cherokee Washington 58, Spirit Lake 51
(B) Cherokee Washington 63, Spirit Lake 62
(G) Estherville/L-C 67, Storm Lake 40
(B) Storm Lake 76, Estherville/L-C 50
WESTERN VALLEY CONFERENCE
(G) (#13-1A)Kingsley-Pierson 62, Woodbury Central 54
(B) Kingsley-Pierson 62, Woodbury Central 54
(college basketball)
Top-25 games:
Maryland 78, (22) Indiana 75
(N-B-A basketball)
Atlanta 123, Philadelphia 121
Washington 113, Milwaukee 106
Indiana 121, New York 106
Toronto 122, Brooklyn 105
Dallas 119, Minnesota 115
Houston 141, Cleveland 113
Portland 127, Charlotte 96
Utah 113, L.A. Lakers 95
Golden State 146, Chicago 109
(N-H-L hockey)
Carolina 4, Buffalo 3
Winnipeg 4, Detroit 2
Calgary 4, Florida 3
Pittsburgh 7, Anaheim 4
SATURDAY RESULTS – January 12
(wrestling)
Le Mars Invitational — West Sioux had eight champions Saturday and ran away with the team title. Le Mars moved into second place, ahead of A-H-S-T-W by 6 1/2 points, thanks to Travis Theisen’s 220-pound championship against the Vikings’ Gavyn Fisher, 7-3. Theisen had a pair of pins to reach the finals as he ran his record to 31-5. Theisen was one of four Bulldogs to reach the finals but the only one to take home a first place medal. Blake Dirksen (106#), Jake Francksen-Small (152#) and Colton Hoag (170#) settled for second place finishes Saturday. Daniel Hinds, Austin Anderson and Brennick Hoppe took home third place medals. Jacob Singer, Matt Sauer and Dylan Carlson finished fifth. Jackson Sudtelgte, Luis Paez and Justin Otto were sixth. Jason Sudtelgte, Drayden DeBoer and Robert Sadoski brought home seventh place finishes and Dakota Olson claimed eighth place. Hinton finished eighth in an 11-team field. Teegan Tschampel and Derek Anderson had the highest finishes for the Blackhawks, each taking home third place medals.
(N-F-L football playoffs)
DIVISIONAL ROUND
A-F-C — Kansas City 31, Indianapolis 13
N-F-C — L.A. Rams 30, Dallas 22
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes, Damien Williams and Kansas City’s much-maligned defense led a 31-13 victory over the Indianapolis Colts, putting the Chiefs in the AFC Championship Game. Mahomes ran for a one-yard touchdown and was 27 of 41 passing for 278 yards and no interceptions. Williams ran through snow and muck for 129 yards, including a 10-yard TD that put the Chiefs ahead to stay 4:55 into the game.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — C.J. Anderson and Todd Gurley combined for 238 yards and three touchdowns as the Los Angeles Rams beat the Dallas Cowboys, 30-22 to advance to the NFC Championship Game. Anderson rushed for 123 yards and two TDs, while Gurley added 115 more with two scores to help Los Angeles earn its first playoff victory in 14 years. The Rams also shut down the Cowboys’ rushing game and had possession of the ball for over 36 minutes.
(college basketball)
(M) Morningside 94, Dordt 92 (Le Mars alum, Tyler Borchers, had 21 pts. & 11 reb. for Morningside)
(W) Dubuque 86, Buena Vista 77 (Le Mars alums, Holly Schneider, had 21 pts. & 10 reb. and her sister Jenn Schneider had 16 pts. and 5 reb. for B-V)
(M) Dubuque 55, Buena Vista 52 (Le Mars alum, Jake Thompson, had 6 pts. for B-V)
Top-25 games:
(1) Duke 80, (13) Florida State 78
(3) Tennessee 78, Florida 67
(4) Virginia 63, Clemson 43
(5) Gonzaga 96, San Francisco 83
(7) Kansas 73, Baylor 68
(8) Texas Tech 68, Texas 62
(10) Nevada 74, Fresno State 64
(11) Auburn 93, Georgia 78
Louisville 83, (12) North Carolina 62
Mississippi 81, (14) Mississippi State 77
(15) North Carolina State 86, Pittsburgh 80
Iowa 72, (16) Ohio State 62
(17) Houston 79, Wichita State 70
(18) Kentucky 56, Vanderbilt 47
(19) Buffalo 88, Miami (Ohio) 64
Kansas State 58, (20) Iowa State 57
(21) Marquette 70, Seton Hall 66
(23) Oklahoma 76, (25) T-C-U 74
DePaul 79, (24) St. John’s 71
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Luka Garza scored 16 points, Tyler Cook had 15 points with eight rebounds and Iowa rolled past No. 16 Ohio State 72-62. This was the Buckeyes’ third straight loss. Former Spirit Lake standout, Ryan Kriener, scored 11 points for the Hawkeyes, who have won three straight after an 0-3 start to league play.
AMES, Iowa (AP) — Barry Brown hit a layup with four seconds left and Kansas State stunned No. 20 Iowa State 58-57, handing the Cyclones their second straight loss. Brown had 23 points to lead the Wildcats. K-State closed the game on a 10-2 run for its first road win of the year.
(N-B-A basketball)
Detroit 109, L.A. Clippers 104
Miami 112, Memphis 108
Orlando 105, Boston 103
Minnesota 110, New Orleans 106
Oklahoma City 122, San Antonio 112
Phoenix 102, Denver 93
Sacramento 104, Charlotte 97
Utah 110, Chicago 102
(N-H-L hockey)
New Jersey 3, Philadelphia 2
N.Y. Rangers 2, N.Y. Islanders 1
Boston 3, Toronto 2
Columbus 2, Washington 1, OT
Tampa Bay 5, Buffalo 3
Montreal 3, Colorado 0
Detroit 5, Minnesota 2
Vegas 4, Chicago 3, OT
St. Louis 3, Dallas 1
Arizona 3, Edmonton 2
San Jose 4, Ottawa 1
Los Angeles 5, Pittsburgh 2
SUNDAY RESULTS – January 13
(N-F-L football playoffs)
DIVISIONAL ROUND
A-F-C — New England 41, L.A. Chargers 28
N-F-C — New Orleans 20, Philadelphia 14
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) – The New England Patriots will be making their eighth consecutive appearance in the AFC title game when they visit the Chiefs in Kansas City next Sunday. Sony Michel scored three touchdowns and gained most of his 129 yards while the Patriots were building a 35-7 halftime lead in a 41-28 trouncing of the Los Angeles Chargers. James White tied Darren Sproles’ NFL postseason record with 15 catches, and Julian Edelman contributed nine receptions for 151 yards.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – The New Orleans Saints are back in the NFC title game following a 10-year absence and will host the Los Angeles Rams next Sunday. The Saints trailed 14-0 until Drew Brees engineered scoring drives of 92, 79 and 67 yards in their 20-14 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles. Michael Thomas had 12 receptions for 171 yards, including a two-yard scoring grab that put the Saints ahead late in the third quarter.
(college basketball)
(2) Michigan 80, Northwestern 60
(6) Michigan State 71, Penn State 56
(N-B-A basketball)
Philadelphia 108, New York 105
Toronto 140, Washington 138, 2 OTs
Milwaukee 133, Atlanta 114
Orlando 116, Houston 109
Golden State 119, Dallas 114
Denver 116, Portland 113
Cleveland 101, L.A. Lakers 95
(N-H-L hockey)
Carolina 6, Nashville 3
Columbus 7, N.Y. Rangers 5
Winnipeg 4, Anaheim 3, OT
Vancouver 5, Florida 1
N.Y. Islanders 5, Tampa Bay 1
Calgary 7, Arizona 1
