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Pella Christian, Lynnville-Sully Among Teams Advancing in Boys’ Basketball

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Tournament action continued in boys’ basketball on Tuesday night, and a few area teams were victorious, and a few ended their season.

In Class 1A District 10, Lynnville-Sully defeated Belle Plaine, 54-38. The Hawks will advance to the District 10 Final on Thursday against Meskwaki Settlement School, who defeated BGM, 75-57. That game will be in Marshalltown Thursday at 6:30 PM.

In Class 1A District 11, as heard on the Mahaska Zone Network, Keota defeated Sigourney, 61-53, to advance to the District 11 Final. They will face Montezuma, who beat Wayne, 61-37. That matchup will be in Wellman at 7 PM on Thursday, and can be heard on 99.5 FM/740 AM KMZN, the KMZN mobile app, and radiokmzn.com.

In Class 2A District 11, Pekin made a good run, but fell to West Burlington in the District Final, 56-52. Meeting West Burlington in the Class 2A Substate 6 Final will be Pella Christian, who defeated Albia Tuesday, 58-33. The Substate 6 Final will be contested at Fairfield High School on Saturday at 7 PM. The winner will advance to the Class 2A Boys’ Basketball State Tournament at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

Eagles Soar as Keota Moves to District Title Game

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Tuesday night was a busy one in boys’ area basketball, as district play heated up with several schools in action.

On the Mahaska Zone Network (99.5 FM/740 AM KMZN and radiokmzn.com), you heard a doubleheader of Class 1A District 11 Semifinals.

In the first game, a natural rivalry between Keokuk County schools Keota and Sigourney was as competitive as you’d imagine, but the Eagles came out on top, 61-53.

Keota did not generate much scoring from their backcourt leaders, Zach Mousel and Jacob Wickenkamp. On the season, the duo averages around 25 points per contest combined, but on Tuesday, the Savages held them to a combined 14.

It was no matter for Keota, as Isaiah Hahn filled the gap, pouring in 16 points and snagging 4 rebounds to lead the way. Avery Conrad got several looks late, exploiting the foul trouble from the Sigourney bigs, finishing with 14 points and 8 boards.

For Sigourney, they had a hot shooting first quarter, but could never wrestle the lead away from the Eagles. Blaine Gretter had an up-and-down night for the Savages, but still finished with a team-high 13 points, 12 rebounds, and 4 assists. Jordan Albert added 12, Alex Stuhr chipped in 11, and Peyton Crawford dropped in 9.

Sigourney’s season comes to a close at 11-12 after their third loss this season to their rivals. The loss ends the high school careers of seniors Peyton Crawford, Austin Smothers, Jordan Albert, Blaine Gretter, Connor Witzenberg, Denny Haines, Matthew Utterback, and Alex Stuhr.

Keota (17-6) now advances to the District 11 Final on Thursday, where they will face Montezuma (21-2) at Mid-Prairie High School in Wellman.

You can hear that game on 99.5 FM/740 AM KMZN, as well as on the KMZN mobile app, and radiokmzn.com. The pregame show will begin at 6:45 for the 7 PM tip-off.

Montezuma Boys Defeat Wayne, Advance to District Final

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Tournament time is in full swing in the area, and in boys’ basketball in Class 1A, Montezuma continued to show their dominance in District 11.

The Braves mopped the floor with Wayne in the District 11 Semifinals at their home gym Tuesday night, beating the Falcons, 61-37.

It was a sluggish start for the Braves, but they heated up toward the end of the first quarter to take a five-point lead into the second stanza. That is where the separation began, as the dynamic duo of Brody McKeag and Dakota Strong continued to get open looks and got to the rim at will. In the second quarter alone, Monte would outscore Wayne by 11 points, and they would coast to the finish from there.

Logan Price ended up having the best game for the Braves, scoring a team-high 17 points and bringing down 7 boards. McKeag wouldn’t have his best shooting night, but still managed to get 15 points to go along with 4 rebounds and 4 assists. Strong had 12, all in the first half, but he made a big difference on the defensive end, as he gathered 5 steals.

Wayne was led by senior Trent Moore, who had a double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds. The Falcons end their season at 11-13.

Montezuma now looks ahead to a rematch with Keota in the District 11 Final. The two clubs played a thrilling game back on January 12th in Montezuma, with the Braves coming out victorious, 63-57.

That game will be in Wellman at Mid-Prairie High School. The victor will be just one win away from qualifying for the 2016 Boys’ Basketball State Tournament at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

You can hear the action Thursday night on 99.5 FM/740 AM KMZN, the KMZN mobile app, and radiokmzn.com, starting at 6:45 PM with the pregame show. The tip-off will be at 7 PM.

Indian Hills 12th Annual Diversity Conference

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OTTUMWA — The 12th annual Diversity Conference, hosted by Indian Hills Community College, will be held on Friday, Mar. 18, on the IHCC Ottumwa campus.

The conference will feature a pair of keynote speakers and various interesting breakout sessions throughout the day.

The opening keynote will be given by Julissa Arce, who will share her story “My Underground American Dream” that talks about her journey as an undocumented immigrant to the United States at the age of 11. Julissa built a successful career on Wall Street, and made national and international headlines when she revealed that she had achieved the American dream of wealth and status while undocumented.

Clemencia Spizzirri, 2015 Iowa Teacher of the Year, will be the afternoon keynote.

Spizzirri, originally from Ecuador, will speak about the importance of creating a sustainable culture of achievement and understanding inside and outside the classroom.

Online registration and additional information can be found at www.indianhills.edu/diversity. Online registration is $35 if completed by Mar. 15.

After that date it is $40. Student registration is $10. Lunch is included in all registrations.

Check-in begins at 8 a.m. in St. John Auditorium at Indian Hills. The conference will run from 8:45 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

For more information, contact Ashley Albertson at 641.683.5755 or Ashley.Albertson@indianhills.edu

#8 Iowa Turns Attention to Wisconsin

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The Iowa Hawkeye men’s basketball team heads into a Big Ten matchup Wednesday night against Wisconsin looking to bounce back from a tough four-point loss on the road to Penn State last Wednesday. The defeat dropped the Hawks to 20-6 overall and 11-3 in the Big Ten.

Senior star Jarrod Uthoff said the team took advantage of having a week off.

“It was very nice to get to step back and relax your body,” said Uthoff, who leads the Hawks in scoring. “We had a couple days off and we could recharge.”

The break seemed much needed for the Hawkeyes, who dropped two of their last three games and surrendered the outright lead in the Big Ten. Iowa fell four spots to #8 in the latest Associated Press poll released Monday.

The players held a closed meeting after last Wednesday’s loss, but Uthoff says there’s nothing to worry about.

“We’re fine. We’re absolutely fine,” Uthoff assured. “We’re looking forward to Wednesday.”

The focus moves to Wednesday’s home game with Wisconsin, who has rebounded from a slow start to be receiving votes nationally with a 17-10 overall record and a 9-5 mark in the Big Ten.

Uthoff says this is a different team than the one that Iowa has struggled to beat in recent years.

“I think it’s a different team,” explained Uthoff. “Without Frank [Kaminsky], Traevon [Jackson], a couple of those guys, I think it’s a different team.”

Redshirt freshman Nicholas Baer knows what to expect from the Badgers.

“They’re going to play hard and play physical,” said Baer. “They have some great talented bigs that can stretch you. Nigel Hayes and Bronson Koenig are their leaders and they do a really nice job of leading them.”

The Hawkeyes have just three remaining games in the regular season after Wednesday’s contest.

You can hear the action on 104.9 FM KBOE beginning at 7 PM with Gary Dolphin and Bobby Hansen on the call. Tip-off is at 8 PM in Iowa City.

NRA Country Has Named Justin Moore Their Featured Artists For February

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NRA Country has named Justin Moore as their Featured Artists for February, and no one appreciates the outdoors more than Justin. He shares, “I get my daughters outside whenever I can – up in a tree stand, on a 4 wheeler or fishing with the family. It’s great to be able to raise them the same way I was raised on the land that’s been in my family for over 100 years.”

Low-Downforce Rules Package Debuts In Atlanta

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With Speedweeks 2016 completed, NASCAR moves on to Atlanta Motor Speedway where its new low-downforce rules package will make its debut. The so-called “low-drag” aerodynamic specifications were tested twice last year, at Kentucky Speedway and Darlington Raceway. Those races were won by Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards, respectively. Jimmie Johnson is the defending winner of Sunday’s Folds of Honor Quik-Trip 500 and has four career victories on the mile-and-a-half Georgia oval.

He’s the last driver with back-to-back Cup Series wins at A-M-S, sweeping both races in 2007 en route to the second of his record five straight championships. Bobby Labonte leads all active drivers with six wins there, the last of those coming in 2003.

Chevrolet and Toyota have combined to win the last six Cup Series races in Atlanta. Ford hasn’t gone to Victory Lane there since 2008.

Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin is bidding to become the first Cup Series driver to open a season with back-to-back victories since Matt Kenseth in 2009.

The Oskaloosa Urban Park Has Received A Recent Upgrade

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The Oskaloosa Urban Park Has Received A Recent Upgrade. “We did a re-lamp on the Musco lights, installed a new rail, repaired the cattle panels above the fence at the north end of the basketball court and we also put up the other two figurines on the basketball court” said Eric Stout, working on the project. MCRF’s executive director, Sherry Vavra stated that MCRF has worked with the skate park users on the first annual competition in 2015 and the 8 foot grind rail came from a request from local users.

“The kids are great to work with and we were happy to give them the requested grind rail after the work they helped us with planning a competition.” One day after the install of the new grind rail Kandis [MCRF] took pictures of the rail already in full use!”  Eric Stout has worked on the Urban Park since its development and he, along with John Olson, Theron Mateer and Dave Knox, completed the Urban Park update last week and said that the re-lamp on all of the lights was done to offer a longer life cycle and will require less maintenance. Vavra added that she stopped by after the install and talked with the youth who expressed that they liked the update and the grind rail.

Oskaloosa’s Boys Fall in District Semis to Grinnell

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Oskaloosa got off to a rough start Monday night and never recovered, falling in Class 3A District 12 action to Little Hawkeye Conference foe Grinnell, 69-55.

The first quarter again turned out to be the dagger for the Indians, as several early turnovers and just one made field goal offensively allowed a red-hot Tiger squad to jump out to a 21-5 lead after one quarter of play.

Oskaloosa actually outscored Grinnell the rest of the way, but the damage was done, as the Indians would never get within 10 points after the first period.

Oskaloosa was led by sophomore Jarad Kruse, who put in 17 points and grabbed 7 rebounds.

Senior Wade Votroubek also had a nice game off the bench with 11 points.

Votroubek was key defensively, as his physicality with Grinnell leading scorer Cade McKnight forced the Tiger big man to get into foul trouble and never get into a rhythm. Typically, McKnight averages close to 19 points per game, and torched the Indians in both regular season meetings between the teams. But he only managed 6 points and 2 rebounds against the Osky frontline Monday night.

Fortunately for Grinnell, offense was plentiful elsewhere. Sam Allen led the way with 16 points and 9 rebounds. Zaine Leedom had 14, Lucas Scherf had 12, Ethan Mitchell had 10, and Brevin Hansen had 9 for the Tigers.

Grinnell (14-8) moves on to face Newton (14-8), who defeated South Tama last night, 70-52. That game will be Thursday in Marshalltown at 8 PM. The teams split their conference meetings in the Little Hawkeye this year.

Oskaloosa’s season comes to a close at 6-16, and the loss ends the careers of seniors Wade Votroubek and Austin Scholes.

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