MONDAY RESULTS – December 16
(high school bowling)
(G) Le Mars (4-0) 2752, Sioux City East 1637 — HIGH SERIES: Olivia Schiefen (460), Emily Peters (383), Riayn Hoebelheinrich (368), and Kaitlin Konz (367). HIGH GAMES: Olivia Schiefen (257 & 203), Riayn Hoebelheinrich (218), Emily Peters (210), Emma Jacobs (190) and Kaitlin Konz (190).
(B) Le Mars (4-0) 3182, Sioux City East 2659 — HIGH SERIES: Brady Poulson (473), Jorden Presnall (459), Evan Berkenpas (442), and Lane Poulson (419). HIGH GAMES: Brady Poulson (264 & 209), Jorden Presnall (258 & 201), Evan Berkenpas (243 & 199), Brody Vanderloo (221), Lane Poulson (220 & 199), and Trey Whiddon (201).
(high school wrestling)
(G) Sergeant Bluff-Luton Tournament
(high school basketball)
HULL — Rachel Langel led a balanced Gehlen scoring attack with 16 points as the Lady Jays improved to 5-1 and 2-1 in the War Eagle Conference with a 61-42 victory at Trinity Christian Monday night. Addison Weber added 13 and Sydney Livermore 10 for Gehlen. The Lady Jays led by 14 at the half. The loss drops the Tigers to 0-6.
The Gehlen boys completed a season sweep of Trinity Christian, beating the Tigers 64-55 Monday night. The victory was the second for the Jays over Trinity this season as their record improves to 2-4 with a 1-2 W-E-C mark. Dylan Lehmann, in just his second game back from the injured list, poured in 22 points for Gehlen. Keaton Bonderson added 17. Lehmann hit three of Gehlen’s six three’s in the game. There were 46 fouls called in the game between the two teams. Torrey Heynen had 15 points for the Tigers, who fall to 1-5.
WAR EAGLE CONFERENCE
(G) Gehlen Catholic (5-1/2-1) 61, Trinity Christian 42
(B) Gehlen Catholic (2-4/1-2) 64, Trinity Christian 55
(G) MMCRU 51, Akron-Westfield 38
(B) MMCRU 68, Akron-Westfield 56
MISSOURI RIVER ACTIVITIES CONFERENCE
(G) Bishop Heelan 68, Sioux City West 54
(G) Sioux City East 78, Sioux City North 28
Others games:
(G) Kingsley-Pierson 70, Alta-Aurelia 32
(B) Kingsley-Pierson 55, Alta-Aurelia 50
(G) West Monona 87, Omaha Nation (NE) 68
(B) Omaha Nation (NE) 91, West Monona 70
(N-F-L football)
New Orleans 34, Indianapolis 7
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – The New Orleans Saints rolled to a 34-7 win over Indianapolis last night as Drew Brees became the NFL’s all-time lead in touchdown passes. Brees threw for four more against the Colts to pass Peyton Manning’s previous mark of 539. Brees came into the game already holding NFL records for completions and passing yards before helping the Saints improve to 11-3.
TUESDAY RESULTS – December 17
UNDATED (AP) – Longtime Iowa football coach Hayden Fry has died at age 90. Fry’s family announced through the school that the coach died Tuesday after a long battle with cancer. Fry took over the Hawkeyes in 1979 and immediately revitalized a program that hadn’t had a winning season in 17 years. He coached Iowa for 20 seasons, winning 238 games and three Big Ten championships.
(high school wrestling)
double dual at Hull
LeMars (7-1) 75, Western Christian 6. — Bulldog winners: 106#- Conner Peterson (Fall, 1:28) .. 113#- Summer Gollhofer (fft.) .. 120#- Blake Dirksen (fft.) .. 126#- Daniel Hinds (fft.) .. 132#- Matthew Vondrak (Fall, 2:47) .. 138#- Jackson Sudtelgte (Fall, 1:13) .. 152#- Dylan Carlson (fft.) .. 160#- Jake Francksen-Small (fft.) .. 170#- Drayden De Boer (fft.) .. 182#- Scott Fergusson (fft.) .. 195#- Colton Hoag (8-3 dec.) .. 220#- Brenick Hoppe (fft.) .. 285#- Justin Otto (fft.).
LeMars (8-1) 64, Akron-Westfield 8. — Bulldog winners: 106#- Conner Peterson (10-7 dec.) .. 120#- Blake Dirksen (fft.) .. 126#- Daniel Hinds (MD, 8-0) .. 132#- Matthew Vondrak (Fall, 2:37) .. 138#- Jackson Sudtelgte (Fall, 1:28) .. 152#- Dylan Carlson (fft.) .. 160#- Jake Francksen-Small (Fall, 1:13) .. 170#- Drayden De Boer (10-9 dec.) .. 182#- Scott Fergusson (fft.) .. 195#- Colton Hoag (Fall, 1:37) .. 220#- Brenick Hoppe (Fall, 0:38) .. 285#- Justin Otto (Fall, 1:20). Westerners winners: 113#- Eli Medina (fft.) .. 145#- Kyle Welch (4-1 dec.).
(high school basketball)
LE MARS — West Sioux took both ends of their War Eagle Conference doubleheader at the Gehlen gym Tuesday night, winning the girls game 65-52 and the boys game 81-62. In the girls contest, the Falcons fell behind 31-30 in the opening 15 seconds of the third quarter but then ran off the next 13 points and never trailed again. The Lady Jays pulled to within 47-45 with 6:25 to play before the Falcons closed the game with an 18-7 run to win by 13. Emma McManaman scored 21 points to lead four Falcons in double figures. Payton Schwiesow added 17, Shayden Blankenship 12 and Megan Waterman 11. Rachel Langel followed up her career-best 16-point game on Monday night at Trinity Christian with another career night of 18 points against West Sioux. Addison Weber dropped in 12 for the Lady Jays. Gehlen hits the holiday break with a 5-2 record and a 2-2 War Eagle mark.
In the boys game, West Sioux never trailed as the No. 5 (2A) Falcons rolled to a 19-point victory after leading by as many as 36 late in the third quarter. Bryce Coppock scored 16 of his game-high 27 points in the second quarter to give West Sioux a 51-25 halftime lead. Hunter Dekkers added 21 points in the game for the Falcons who built a 68-32 lead with 2:28 to play in the third period. At that point the starters were retired for the night. Freshman Keaton Bonderson led the Jays with 24 points and another freshman, Keaton Logan dropped in a career-best 14. Gehlen slides to 2-5 for the season and 1-3 in the W-E-C. West Sioux is now 6-0 heading into games Thursday with Woodbury Central and Friday with MMCRU.
LE MARS — Both the Le Mars guys and gals got back on the winning track Tuesday night with a doubleheader sweep of the visiting Council Bluffs T-J Yellow Jackets in Missouri River Conference play. The Le Mars girls snapped a three-game losing streak with a 46-29 victory to improve to 3-3 and 2-2 in conference action. The Lady Bulldogs proved to be too strong inside for T-J as Shaniah Temple had 17 points for Le Mars and Jaelynn Dreckman 14.
In the boys game, Alec Dreckman led a balanced scoring attack with 14 points while Jaxon Baumgartner scored 12, Spencer Mackey 10 and Aisea Toki 9 to lead the Bulldogs to a 65-54 victory. The win improves the Le Mars record to 2-3 with a 2-2 M-R-A-C conference mark. Q Owens led the T-J Yellow Jackets with 25 points.
WAR EAGLE CONFERENCE
(G) West Sioux 65, Gehlen Catholic (5-2/2-2) 52
(B) West Sioux 81, Gehlen Catholic (2-5/1-3) 62
(G) Akron-Westfield 62, Remsen St. Mary’s 24
(B) Remsen St. Mary’s 75, Akron-Westfield 29
(G) MMCRU 58, Trinity Christian 12
(B) Trinity Christian 56, MMCRU 46
(G) Unity Christian 80, Hinton 38
(B) Unity Christian 71, Hinton 45
(G) South O’Brien 61, Harris-Lake Park 17
(B) South O’Brien 71, Harris-Lake Park 39
(G) West Bend-Mallard 30, Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 28
(B) Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 62, West Bend-Mallard 35
MISSOURI RIVER ACTIVITIES CONFERENCE
(G) Le Mars (3-3/2-2) 46, Council Bluffs T-J 29
(B) Le Mars (2-3/2-2) 65, Council Bluffs T-J 54
(G) Council Bluffs A-L 55, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 27
(B) Council Bluffs A-L 48, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 43
(B) Sioux City East 92, Sioux City North 61
(B) Sioux City West 60, Bishop Heelan 51
WESTERN VALLEY CONFERENCE
(G) Kingsley-Pierson 86, Siouxland Christian 56
(B) Siouxland Christian 72, Kingsley-Pierson 58
(college basketball)
VANGARD CLASSIC — (M) Northwestern 86, Thompson Rivers 56 — former Bulldog, Trent Hilbrands (25 pts.) and former Hinton Blackhawk, Jay Small (5 pts./5 reb.) for NW
Top-10 results:
(5) Ohio State 80, SE Missouri 48
WEDNESDAY RESULTS – December 18
(college basketball)
(M) Morningside 101, Dakota State 45 — former Bulldogs, Tyler Borchers (19 pts.) and Will Pottebaum (5 pts.) for Morningside
VANGARD CLASSIC — (M) Westcliffe 62, Northwestern 55 — former Hinton Blackhawk, Jay Small (10 pts.) and former Bulldog, Trent Hilbrands (7 pts.) for NW
Top-10 results:
(2) Gonzaga 94, North Carolina 81
(3) Louisville 70, Miami (Ohio) 46
Utah 69, (6) Kentucky 66
(8) Oregon 81, Montana 48
(9) Virginia 56, Stony Brook 44
(10) Baylor 91, U-T Martin 63
THURSDAY RESULTS – December 19
(high school wrestling)
double dual at Council Bluffs
Le Mars (9-1/3-0) 64, Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson 12. — Bulldog winners: 120#- Blake Dirksen (Fall) .. 126#- Daniel Hinds (TF 16-0) .. 132#- Matthew Vondrak (7-0 dec.) .. 138#- Jackson Sudtelgte (fft.) .. 145#- Arik Burnett (Fall) .. 152#- Dylan Carlson (Fall) .. 160#- Jake Francksen-Small (TF 17-2) .. 170#- Drayden De Boer (11-6 dec.) .. 182#- Scott Fergusson (Fall) .. 195#- Colton Hoag (Fall) .. 220#- Brenick Hoppe (fft.) .. 285#- Justin Otto (Fall)
Le Mars (10-1/4-0) 65, Sioux City North 18. — Bulldog winners: 106#- Conner Peterson(Fall) .. 120#- Blake Dirksen (fft.) .. 138#- Jackson Sudtelgte (fft.) .. 145#- Arik Burnett (Fall) .. 152#- Dylan Carlson (Fall) .. 160#- Jake Francksen-Small (TF 18-3) .. 170#- Drayden De Boer (Fall) .. 182#- Scott Fergusson (fft.) .. 195#- Colton Hoag (fft.) .. 220#- Brenick Hoppe (Fall) .. 285#- Justin Otto (fft.)
(high school basketball)
SIOUX CITY — Le Mars closed out their pre-Christmas girls basketball schedule with a 70-30 Missouri River Activities Conference win at Sioux City North Thursday night to improve their record to 4-3 and 3-2 in conference play at the break. The Lady Bulldogs out scored the Stars 44-17 in the middle two quarters to turn the game into a one-sided affair. Kylie Dreckman poured in 15 points to pace a balanced Le Mars scoring attack. Jaelynn Dreckman had 12 and Brooke Haage and Shaniah Temple added 11 each. The Lady Bulldogs hit 60% of their shots for the game. Olivia O’Brien had ten for the Stars, who fall to 1-5 for the season and 0-5 in the M-R-A-C.
MISSOURI RIVER ACTIVITIES CONFERENCE
(G) Le Mars (4-3/3-2) 70 Sioux City North 30
Other games:
(G) (#11-1A)Kingsley-Pierson 61, George-Little Rock 47
(B) George-Little Rock 53, Kingsley-Pierson 32
(G) West Sioux 51, Woodbury Central 45
(B) (#5-2A)West Sioux 91, Woodbury Central 62
(G) South O’Brien 53, Alta-Aurelia 35
(B)
(G) Homer (NE) 67, Lawton-Bronson 63
(B) Homer (NE) 58, Lawton-Bronson 47
(G) Westwood 75, Ar-We-Va 39
(B) Ar-We-Va 53, Westwood 46
(G) Storm Lake St. Mary’s 47, River Valley 31
(B) River Valley 67, Storm Lake St. Mary’s 34
(B) Siouxland Christian 94, Heartland Christian 31
(G) (#2-1A)Newell-Fonda 84, (#10-3A)Cherokee Washington 40
(B) Cherokee Washington 87, Newell-Fonda 48
(G) Okoboji 78, GTRA 33
(B) Okoboji 74, GTRA 45
SIOUXLAND CONFERENCE
(G) Rock Valley 50, Boyden-Hull 41
(B)
(college basketball)
PUERTO RICO CLASSIC — (W) Nebraska-Kearney 62, Sacred Heart 36 — former Lady Bulldog, Madison Dreckman (0 pts./3 reb. in 13 min.) for UNK
Top-25 results:
(4) Duke 86, Wofford 57
Seton Hall 52, (7) Maryland 48
(12) Auburn 79, North Carolina State 73
FRIDAY RESULTS – December 20
(high school basketball)
SIOUX CITY — The Le Mars Bulldogs erupted for 34 points in the third quarter Friday night to turn a six-point halftime lead into a 67-39 cushion going into the fourth quarter and the Bulldogs beat Sioux City North 86-56 in their final game before the Christmas break. Aisea Toki and Brady Williams hit ten points each in the third period to fuel the Bulldog surge. Spencer Mackey led four players in double figures Friday with 22 points with Toki adding 17, Alec Dreckman 16 and Williams a career-best 14. Trevor Welp had 23 for North to lead all scorers. Le Mars goes to the holiday break with a 3-3 record with a 3-2 Missouri River Conference mark. The Dogs return to action again January 4th with a home girls/boys doubleheader against Sioux Center.
MISSOURI RIVER ACTIVITIES CONFERENCE
(B) Le Mars (3-3/3-2) 86, Sioux City North 56
(G) Council Bluffs A-L 56, Sioux City West 35
(B) (#10-4A)Council Bluffs A-L 59, Sioux City West 41
(G) (#4-3A)Bishop Heelan 50, Council Bluffs T-J 29
(B) Bishop Heelan 64, Council Bluffs T-J 54
(G) Sergeant Bluff-Luton 75, (#11-5A)Sioux City East 62
(B) (#5-4A)Sioux City East 59, (#3-3A)Sergeant Bluff-Luton 52, OT
WAR EAGLE CONFERENCE
(G) Hinton 71, Harris-Lake Park 19
(B) Hinton 71, Harris-Lake Park 64
(G) Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 50, Remsen St. Mary’s 30
(B) (#1-1A)Remsen St. Mary’s (7-0) 67, Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 36
(G) (#9-1A)MMCRU (7-0) 50, West Sioux 38
(B) (#5-2A)West Sioux 94, MMCRU 48
(G) Unity Christian 59, South O’Brien 37
(B) South O’Brien 69, Unity Christian 61
SIOUXLAND CONFERENCE
(G)
(B) M-O-C/Floyd Valley 57, Sibley-Ocheyedan 42
(G) West Lyon 41, Sioux Center 33
(B) West Lyon 72, Sioux Center 54
(G) (#8-3A)Okoboji 53, George-Little Rock 17
(B) George-Little Rock 72, Okoboji 71
(G) Central Lyon 57, Sheldon 41
(B) Sheldon 57, Central Lyon 53
LAKES CONFERENCE
(G) Spencer 60, Storm Lake 41
(B) Storm Lake 55, Spencer 54
(G) Estherville/Lincoln Central 63, Spirit Lake 49
(B) Spirit Lake 67, Estherville/Lincoln Central 53
(G) (#14-2A)Western Christian 88, (#10-3A)Cherokee 53
(B) Western Christian 71, Cherokee 58
WESTERN VALLEY CONFERENCE
(G) Ridge View 53, OA-BCIG 39
(B) OA-BCIG 60, Ridge View 40
(G) West Monona 78, Underwood 53
(B) Underwood 62, West Monona 36
(college basketball)
VANGARD CLASSIC — (M) Northwestern 93, Bethesda 64 — former Bulldog, Trent Hilbrands (30 pts./3 asst.) and former Hinton Blackhawk, Jay Small (11 pts./5 reb.) for NW
PUERTO RICO CLASSIC — (W) Nebraska-Kearney 93, Puerto Rico-Mayaguez 51 — former Lady Bulldog, Madison Dreckman (11 pts./3 reb.) for UNK
(college football)
BAHAMAS BOWL – Buffalo 31, Charlotte 9
FRISCO BOWL – Kent State 51, Utah State 41
SATURDAY RESULTS – December 21
(high school wrestling)
(B) Austin Roberts Memorial Tournament @ Spencer — TEAM STANDINGS: 1. Sergeant Bluff-Luton (204) .. 2. Central Lyon/George-Little Rock (189) .. 3. Jackson County (172.5) .. 4. Spencer (140) .. 5. Le Mars (130.5) .. 6. Eagle Grove (105.5) .. 7. West Lyon (101) .. 8. Sibley-Ocheyedan (90) .. 9. Okoboji/HMS (80) .. 10. West Monona (72.5) .. 11. Sioux Center (62) .. 12. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley (61) .. 13. Lawton-Bronson (32) .. 14. Estherville/L-C (27).
Bulldog results: 106#-Conner Peterson (6th) .. 120#-Blake Dirksen (5th) .. 126#-Daniel Hinds (7th) .. 138#-Jackson Sudtelgte (5th) .. 152#-Dylan Carlson (4th) .. 160#-Jake Francksen-Small (3rd) .. 170#-Drayden DeBoer (4th) .. 182#-Scott Fergusson (4th) .. 195#-Colton Hoag (2nd) .. 220#-Brennick Hoppe (4th). JV results: 1st-Mitchell Schilmoeller. 2nd-Juan Sanchez, Trey Presuhn, Dakota Olsen, & Ryan Sadoski.
(high school basketball)
(G) Dakota Valley (SD) 67, Woodbury Central 43
(B) Dakota Valley (SD) 101, Woodbury Central 57
(college football)
RUSHTON, La. — Junior quarterback Joe Dolincheck threw for six touchdowns, including a four-yard toss to Bo Els for the clinching touchdown, to lead top-rated Morningside (14-0) to a 40-38 victory over No. 2 Marion (IN.) in the N-A-I-A National title game Saturday evening in Louisiana. Els TD gave the Stangs a 40-31 lead with less than three minutes to play. The Knights scored with about a minute to play to trim the deficit to two points but failed to recover the onside kick. It was the Mustangs second consecutive title. Dolincheck became the third quarterback in Morningside history to throw for 4000 or more in a season and ended with 49 touchdown passes.
NAIA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME at Rushton, LA.
Morningside 40, Marion (IN.) 38
NEW MEXICO BOWL – San Diego State 48, Central Michigan 11
CURE BOWL – Liberty 23, Georgia Southern 16
BOCA RATON BOWL – Florida Atlantic 52, S-M-U 28
CAMELLA BOWL – Arkansas State 34, Florida International 26
LAS VEGAS BOWL – Washington 38, (18) Boise State 7
NEW ORLEANS BOWL – (20) Appalachian State 31, U-A-B 17
(N-F-L football)
Houston 23, Tampa Bay 20
New England 24, Buffalo 17
San Francisco 34, L.A. Rams 31
(college basketball)
Top 10 games:
(18) Villanova 56, (1) Kansas 55
(2) Gonzaga 112, Eastern Washington 77
(5) Ohio State 71, (6) Kentucky 65
(8) Georgia 84, Texas Southern 78
SUNDAY RESULTS – December 22
(college basketball)
AMES — Tyrese Haliburton drained a career-high six 3-pointers and scored 22 points and Iowa State used a hot-shooting first half to defeat Purdue-Fort Wayne 89-59. Solomon Young added 15 points and reserve Terrence Lewis had a season-high 11 for the Cyclones, who led by as many as 26 in the first half thanks to a barrage of 3-pointers. Jarred Godfrey led the Mastodons with 17 points and Brian Patrick added 13. With Haliburton making 6 of 8 shots, including 5 of 7 behind the arc, Iowa State shot a season best 61% in the first half, with 10 3s.
Iowa State 89, Purdue-Ft. Wayne 59
Top-10 results:
South Carolina 70, (9) Virginia 59
(N-F-L football)
Atlanta 24, Jacksonville 12
Baltimore 31, Cleveland 15
New Orleans 38, Tennessee 28
Indianapolis 38, Carolina 6
Miami 38, Cincinnati 35, OT
N.Y. Jets 16, Pittsburgh 10
N.Y. Giants 41, Washington 35, OT
Denver 27, Detroit 17
Oakland 24, L.A. Chargers 17
Philadelphia 17, Dallas 9
Arizona 27, Seattle 13
Kansas City 26, Chicago 3
Monday: Green Bay at Minnesota
