Monday February 12th Local Sports

TONIGHT:
AM-1300 KGLO, kgloam.com — Class 1A boys district basketball — Newman vs. Riceville — pre-game 6:45, tipoff 7:00

 

LAS VEGAS — San Francisco 49ers quarterback and former Iowa State star Brock Purdy passed for 255 yards and a touchdown in Sunday’s 25-22 overtime loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Bowl. He led the 49ers to a field goal on their opening possession in overtime.

It was a heartbreaking loss for the 49ers, who had a 10-0 lead in the second quarter.

Purdy says the lead could have been bigger in the opening half.

Purdy says the 49ers hope to get another chance down the road.

49ers tight end and University of Iowa alum George Kittle was held to two receptions for a total of four yards.

 

 

 

 

LINCOLN — It was another fourth quarter collapse on the road for the 2nd-ranked Iowa Hawkeye women. Nebraska erased a 14-point fourth quarter deficit to stun the Hawkeyes 82-79. Iowa was outscored 27-10 in the final quarter.

That’s Iowa coach Lisa Bluder. The Hawkeyes made only four of 17 shots in the fourth quarter.

Caitlin Clark scored 31 points and dished out 10 assists. She is seven points shy of the NCAA all-time scoring record. Kate Martin had 20 points and connected on Iowa’s only two three pointers in the final quarter.

Iowa falls to 11-2 in the Big Ten and 22-3 overall.

 

 

 

 

IOWA CITY — The Iowa Hawkeye men rallied from a 20-point second half deficit to beat Minnesota 90-85. The Gophers made 11 of their first 15 three point attempts and led 62-42 four minutes into the second half. It was the second biggest comeback in program history. Patrick McCaffery scored 14 of his 21 points in the second half.

Iowa went to a trapping defense in the second half.

Iowa coach Fran McCaffery says the Hawkeyes did a good job of chipping away.

Iowa improves to 6-7 in the Big Ten. Gopher center Dawson Garcia scored 18 first half points but left the game early in the second half with an injury and did not return.

 

 

 

 

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Tre King scored 15 points and Keshon Gilbert had 13 points and seven assists, helping No. 14 Iowa State beat TCU 71-59. Curtis Jones also scored 13 points for 18-5 Iowa State, which improved to 14-0 at home this season. The Cyclones shot 50% from the field and went 15 for 18 at the free-throw line. Emanuel Miller led 16-7 TCU with 18 points on 8-of-12 shooting. Jakobe Coles went 3 for 3 from 3-point range and finished with 14 points.

 

 

 

PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — Tucker DeVries had 22 points in Drake’s 74-67 victory against Bradley on Saturday night. DeVries had nine rebounds for the Bulldogs (20-5, 11-3 Missouri Valley Conference). Darnell Brodie scored 19 points and added eight rebounds. Atin Wright finished with 10 points. Duke Deen finished with 23 points for the Braves (17-8, 9-5). Drake led 41-30 at halftime, with DeVries racking up 13 points. Drake used a 9-0 run in the second half to build a 16-point lead at 50-34 with 17:11 left before finishing off the win.

 

 

 

CHICAGO (AP) — Christian Jones had 24 points in UIC’s 71-65 victory over Northern Iowa on Sunday night. Jones shot 10 of 15 from the field and 3 for 3 from the foul line for the Flames (10-15, 3-11 Missouri Valley Conference). The Panthers (13-12, 7-7) were led by Nate Heise, who posted 19 points, 11 rebounds and four assists. Northern Iowa also got 13 points and eight rebounds from Tytan Anderson. Trey Campbell also had 11 points.

 

 

 

MASON CITY — The Mason City High girls wrapped up the Iowa Alliance Conference North Division title on Saturday with a 63-39 win over Ames, as you heard on AM-1300 KGLO and kgloam.com. Reggie Spotts led the way for the Riverhawks with 23 points while Machaela Trask had 12 and Grace Berding added 11. Mason City finishes the regular season with a 20-2 record and were a perfect 8-0 in the conference. The Riverhawks will host either Webster City or Gilbert in the Class 4A Region 6 semifinal round on Saturday night. Ames won the boys game 75-38.

 

 

 

CLEAR LAKE — Freshman Taylor Schwenn had 20 points to lead Clear Lake past Iowa Falls-Alden 48-33 in a Class 3A Region 4 quarterfinal round girls basketball contest on Saturday night, as you heard on AM-1490/96.7-FM KRIB and kribam.com. Clear Lake improves to 12-10 on the season and will travel to Roland-Story for the regional semifinals on Wednesday.

 

 

— Saturday’s other girls tournament scores

== Class 3A Region 4
Roland-Story 54, Hampton-Dumont-CAL 27
Forest City 70, New Hampton 28
Crestwood 49, Osage 25

 

== Class 3A Region 2
Garner-Hayfield-Ventura 63, Clarion-Goldfield-Dows 57
Algona 74, Eagle Grove 31

 

== Class 2A Region 2
West Fork 56, South Hardin 52

 

== Class 2A Region 5
Belmond-Klemme 42, South Central Calhoun 27

 

 

 

— Boys tournament basketball gets into full swing tonight in Classes 1A and 2A with district quarterfinal games:

== Class 1A District 3
Riceville at Newman (KGLO 7:00)
West Bend-Mallard at Lake Mills
West Hancock at Bishop Garrigan
Northwood-Kensett at St. Ansgar

 

== Class 1A District 6
Rockford at West Fork

 

== Class 2A District 4
Central Springs at Garner-Hayfield-Ventura
Belmond-Klemme at Forest City

 

 

 

OSAGE — Top-ranked Osage won the 2A district wrestling meet they hosted on Saturday, sending eight to the state tournament. The Green Devils had six champions and two finish second in accumulating 217 team points. Crestwood finished second with 153 ½ while Waukon was third with 151.

 

=== Clear Lake had five qualify for the state tournament from the 2A district meet at Estherville on Saturday. The Lions had 129 ½ team points, finishing third in the team race. Algona won with 218 points. Aiden Hippen at 132 pounds and Jake Trenary at 215 pounds were champions while finishing second were John Amos at 106, Raif Baack at 157 and Christian Dunning at 165 pounds. Garner-Hayfield-Ventura had four champions with Kaleb Feld at 106, Lucas Kral at 150, Michael Ohotto at 175 and Parker Moritz at 190.

 

=== Nashua-Plainfield won the 1A district title at Lake Mills on Saturday with 247.5 points and 10 state qualifiers. Lake Mills was the runner-up with 169 points and six qualifiers. Central Springs had five qualifiers, Northwood-Kensett and St. Ansgar each had two, while Newman had one qualifier out of the Lake Mills district.

 

=== West Hancock had seven state qualifiers as they won the Class 1A district at Ogden with 184 ½ team points. The Eagles had five champions and two finish second.

 

=== North Butler-Clarksville had four qualify from the 1A district at South Hamilton as they finished third in the team race.

 

=== Mason City High had two qualify for the state tournament from the 3A district at Marshalltown. Reed Kruger placed third at 120 pounds to make the tournament, while Hale Rhodes qualified at 165 pounds as the runner up.

 

First-round action takes place on Wednesday in Des Moines. You can hear all the hold-by-hold action of area wrestlers at the state tournament Wednesday through Saturday on AM-1490/96.7-FM KRIB and kribam.com