Tonight’s (1/18) high school basketball games in the area will be starting early.  Oskaloosa’s boys’ and girls’ doubleheader with Grinnell will now have the girls’ game starting at 5:00, with the boys’ game starting around 6:30.  You can hear both those games on KBOE-FM and see them on KBOERadio.com.  Also, our Game of the Week on KMZN AM & FM featuring Lynnville-Sully at North Mahaska now has the girls’ game starting at 5 with the boys’ game at 6:30.  Erick Zamora will have coverage starting at 4:45 on KMZN.

Also tonight, Montezuma’s home doubleheader with Colfax-Mingo will now start with the girls’ game at 4:30 and the boys’ game to follow.  Pella Christian at Pella starts at 5, Sigourney’s doubleheader at English Valleys starts at 5 and the Keota boys’ game at Tri-County will now start at 5.

Checking the new girls’ basketball rankings from the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union, in Class 4A, Grinnell is ranked 4^th, Dallas Center-Grimes 14^th and Pella 15^th.  And in Class 1A, Montezuma is ranked 3rd, Lynnville-Sully 5th and North Mahaska 10^th.