Despite winning just two contested matches Pella handed Oskaloosa a 42-29 loss in both teams’ final duals of the regular season last night.  It was also the final home meet of the season for Osky and parent’s night was celebrated before the dual got underway.  Osky started out hot winning the first four contested matches with three falls and a decision, however the Indians spotted Pella 30 points due to open weight forefits.   Tyson Breuklander at 195 won by fall in 5:53,  Callan Tomlin at 220 recorded a quick fall in :53 and Josh Diehl barely broke a sweat at 120 winning by fall in just :20.   Talon Munger earned a 7-1 decision at 126,   Drew Sams won by technical fall 16-1 early into the second period at 138 and Jason Beebe fought for a 13-9 decision win at 170.  Pella only won two of the seven contested matches as Ethan Speltz at 132 and James Van Gorp at 160 each won by fall.  Both teams have the next nine days off to prepare for their Class 3A District Tournaments on Saturday February 13^th.  Pella travels to Johnston for their District meet where they will join Ankeny Centennial, Carlisle, Des Moines East, Des Moines Lincoln, Dowling Catholic, Indianola and Johnston.  Oskaloosa travels to Burlington for their District where they will compete against Burlington, Iowa City High, Iowa City West, Fort Madison, Keokuk and Ottumwa and Mount Pleasant.  Both meets start at Noon and the top two finishers in each weight class from each District will advance to the State Wrestling Tournament February 18-20.  You can hear live reports throughout the afternoon on February 13^th following Oskaloosa and Ottumwa from Burlington plus we’ll bring you live coverage of the Championship round and wrestle backs to determine State qualifiers with Jamie Brockman and Brett Sams on 99.5 FM/740 AM KMZN as well as radiokmzn.com and the KMZN mobile app.Despite winning just two contested matches Pella handed Oskaloosa a 42-29 loss in both teams’ final duals of the regular season last night.  It was also the final home meet of the season for Osky and parent’s night was celebrated before the dual got underway.  Osky started out hot winning the first four contested matches with three falls and a decision, however the Indians spotted Pella 30 points due to open weight forefits.   Tyson Breuklander at 195 won by fall in 5:53,  Callan Tomlin at 220 recorded a quick fall in :53 and Josh Diehl barely broke a sweat at 120 winning by fall in just :20.   Talon Munger earned a 7-1 decision at 126,   Drew Sams won by technical fall 16-1 early into the second period at 138 and Jason Beebe fought for a 13-9 decision win at 170.  Pella only won two of the seven contested matches as Ethan Speltz at 132 and James Van Gorp at 160 each won by fall.  Both teams have the next nine days off to prepare for their Class 3A District Tournaments on Saturday February 13^th.  Pella travels to Johnston for their District meet where they will join Ankeny Centennial, Carlisle, Des Moines East, Des Moines Lincoln, Dowling Catholic, Indianola and Johnston.  Oskaloosa travels to Burlington for their District where they will compete against Burlington, Iowa City High, Iowa City West, Fort Madison, Keokuk and Ottumwa and Mount Pleasant.  Both meets start at Noon and the top two finishers in each weight class from each District will advance to the State Wrestling Tournament February 18-20.  You can hear live reports throughout the afternoon on February 13^th following Oskaloosa and Ottumwa from Burlington plus we’ll bring you live coverage of the Championship round and wrestle backs to determine State qualifiers with Jamie Brockman and Brett Sams on 99.5 FM/740 AM KMZN as well as radiokmzn.com and the KMZN mobile app.

Oskaloosa dropped a conference doubleheader to Dallas Center Grimes last night as heard live on KMZN. The games originally scheduled for tonight were moved to Monday due to Tuesday’s expected Winter weather. The Oskaloosa girls hung tight with D-C-G through the first eight minutes trailing just 12-10 after one quarter, but from there turnovers cost the Indians as they committed 29 total and were held to just eight points the rest of the way as D-C-G cruised to a 65-18 win. Alexis Westercamp led Oskaloosa with eight points and Leah Van Maanen added six as Osky fell to 2-14 this season and 0-8 in conference play.

The boys game saw Oskaloosa playing catch up from the opening tip as D-C-G jumped out to a 14-0 lead thanks to red hot long range shooting and despite a late Osky charge the Mustangs got a 70-49 win. Osky closed the gap to eight points late third quarter and early fourth quarter but couldn’t finish the charge as D-C-G pulled away for the 21 point win. Not known for their long range shooting, D-C-G drained 9 three pointers in the first half led by Doug Heritage who hit seven of those and finished with 32 points to lead all scorers. Osky was led by Jack Moore with 12 points, Spencer Tucker contributed nine and Austin Fagen-Scholes and Jared Kruse each added eight points as Osky fell to 6-10 on the season and 1-8 in LHC play. The Oskaloosa girls and boys host Newton this Friday and you can hear

The Oskaloosa girls and boys host Newton this Friday and you can hear both games live with Jamie Brockman and Todd Haffner on 99.5 FM /740 AM KMZN as well as radiokmzn.com or se the KMZN mobile app.

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Oskaloosa crowned three individual Little Hawkeye Conference wrestling champions on Saturday… Drew Sams at 132, Jason Beebe at 170 and Callan Tomlin at 220.  Josh Diehl, Talon Munger, Kaia Graham and Tyson Breuklander each finished 4^th and Brady Beerbower and Zaian Mamun both finished fifth. Lane Milner and Jake Simon won titles for Grinnell, and Keegan Poole won the heavyweight title for Pella.   It was a tight team race all day between D-C-G and Norwalk but in the end D-C-G claimed the team title by 9.5 points over Norwalk,  followed by Newton, Grinnell, Oskaloosa and Pella.

Albia’s Carter Isley became just the third wrestler ever to win four Southern Iowa Classic championships as he claimed the heavyweight title Saturday. Tyler Landgrebe of Eddyville Blakesburg Fremont won the title at 106,  Dakota Boyer of E-B-F was the champion at 138, Dylan Henderson of Davis County won the title at 170, and Travis Poffenbarger of Knoxville claimed the title at 220 .

Sigourney Keota won the South Iowa Cedar League Tournament convincingly,  Tri County/Montezuma finished 3^rd,  Lynnville Sully was 4^th, and North Mahaska finished 6^th.  Luke House,  Lane Boender, and Noah Boender each won championships for the Savage Cobras as did  Jarrett Stodghill of North Mahaska.  Tyler Strasser of North Mahaska,  Travis Lewis of Tri County Montezuma, Carson Dunsbergen and Sage Zylstra of Lynnville Sully, and Alec Schuster,  Kaleb Reeves and Zeb Webb of Sigourney Keota each   finished 2^nd.

Ottumwa finished 10^th of 18 teams at the CIML Invite.  Southeast Polk won the meet followed by Valley and Fort Dodge.  Isaiah Cox finished 2^nd at 182 losing a close 6-5 decision in the finals, Wyatt Schlotter finished 3^rd at 152, and Alec Clark  at 120 and Tyler Bookin-Nosbisch at heavyweight both finished 4^th.

Pekin finished 7^th and Cardinal 10^th at the Southeast Iowa Super Conference tournament.  Dakota Miller of Cardinal finished 2^nd at 145,  Pekin’s Kaden Baker was 2^nd at 160,  Ethan Cooksey finished 3^rd at 170,  Clayton Greiner and Drake Harbison each finished 4^th as did Will Gonzalez-Tapeti of Cardinal.

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The A team continued to play with extraordinary effort and working hard but the Dutch were just to much last night as they snapped our three game winning streak 41-18. The girls played tough defense and were aggressive on offense but struggled with their rebounding.  Jillian Jennings led the way with 8 points. Maddie Haines had 3 points. Emily Simon, Kaylee Johnson and MaKenna Schaffner added 2 points a piece. Abby Braundmeier rounded out the scoring with 1 point. The A team finished with a 5-6 record.

Oskaloosa–The youth of the William Penn wrestling squad was unfortunately exposed Thursday as it fell 40-3 to Central in dual-meet action.

The Statesmen (2-3) put seven freshmen on the mat in the dual, and hard as they tried, they could not knock off their more-experienced foes.  Central, which is #23 in NCAA Division III, is now 8-2 on the year.

Tommy Rios (Fr., Tucson, Ariz., Exercise Science) claimed the lone WPU victory, holding off Chase Petty 11-8 at 133 pounds.

Six more matches went the distance with heavyweight Matthew Cuthbert (Fr., Yucaipa, Calif., Sociology) having the next-best effort with a 5-2 setback to Jay Pike.

Next Up: William Penn will split its squad Saturday as the varsity travels to Lamoni to compete at the Heart Duals, while the remaining competitors travel to Dubuque to compete in the Loras Open.

125–AJ Pestano (Central) won by major decision over John Altieri, 10-2 (0-4)
133–Tommy Rios (William Penn) won by decision over Chase Petty, 11-8 (3-4)
141–Jahleel Vester (Central) won by major decision over Bryan Pittman, 15-5 (3-8)
149–Tanner Hocker (Central) won by technical fall over Fabian Rodriguez, 20-3 (6:12) (3-13)
157–Mike O’Connor (Central) won by major decision over Christian Padilla, 11-0 (3-17)
165–Ryan Vandall (Central) won by major decision over Austinn Goin, 13-2 (3-21)
174–Cory McCleary (Central) won by forfeit (3-27)
184–AJ McBroom (Central) won by fall over Cody Jones, 4:13 (3-33)
197–Steven Candley (Central) won by major decision over Chris Rodriguez, 11-1 (3-37)
285–Jay Pike (Central) won by decision over Matthew Cuthbert, 5-2 (3-40)

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The Montezuma Braves were in action on 104.9 FM KBOE Tuesday night, and they battled through a hard fought game to get a slim win over Colfax-Mingo, 63-57.

The Braves were able to remain unbeaten despite a great effort from the visiting Tigerhawks. C-M committed 26 turnovers and played much of the first half without top players Jared Myers and Jacob Lietz, but found a way to have a chance to tie the game in the closing segments down only two. A turnover ended the Tigerhawks (10-6) chance to force OT, but it was still a great effort from Head Coach John Borts’s team, as four players were in double figures.

Montezuma moved to 16-0 with the win, and they also had four players in double figures. Brody McKeag led the way with 21 points, and he added 3 assists and 5 steals. Dakota Strong didn’t have the shooting stroke Tuesday night, but still found a way to drop in 14 points. Logan Price had 13 and Zach Townsend had 12 with 7 rebounds.

In the first game of the night, the Montezuma girls dominated Colfax-Mingo, 56-22. That moves the Bravettes to 17-1 this season.

Montezuma will be back in action on Friday on the road at Lynnville-Sully in a huge clash of South Iowa Cedar League West Division leaders. You can hear the action with John Martenson and Al Rabenold on 104.9 FM KBOE, on the KBOE mobile app, and kboeradio.com. The action starts with the Brown’s Shoe Fit Basketball Countdown at 5:30.

Oskaloosa split a Little Hawkeye Conference doubleheader at Pella Christian last night as the girls fell 57-41 but the boys avenged an earlier season loss to the Eagles and picked up their first LHC win this season winning a thriller 54-51.  The girls’ game was close throughout the first half as Osky found themselves trailing just 23-18 at halftime, however numerous second half turnovers doomed the Indians as Pella Christian gradually built up their lead.  Alexis Westercamp led Oskaloosa with 20 points while Cailey Terpstra led the Eagles with 20 and Brooke Mitrisin added 10.  Osky dropped to 2-13 on the season and 0-7 in conference play while PC improved to 6-10 and 2-6 in LHC play.

The boys’ game was a tale of two halves as Pella Christian held a 29-23 halftime lead, however Osky outscored the Eagles 31-22 in the second half to get the win.  Osky held the lead in the closing minutes but Pella Christian climbed within one late.  A long three pointer by Spencer Tucker and key free throws by Tanner DeKock and Rian Yates helped Osky seal the win and they did it with two starters Jack Moore and Tucker Nunnikhoven both fouled out.   Jarad Kruse had a big game for Oskaloosa scoring 16 points as nine total players scored for the Indians.  Levi Jungling led Pella Christian with 22 points, however Osky held him to just one field goal and seven points in the second half.  Oskaloosa improved to 6-8 on the season and 1-6 in LHC play while PC dropped to 8-6 and 2-6 in the LHC.   Pella Christian plays cross town rivals Pella on Friday while Oskaloosa travels to Grinnell.

You can hear the Oskaloosa-Grinnell doubleheader on 99.5 FM and AM 740 KMZN, as well as the KMZN mobile app and radiokmzn.com. The action starts with the Brown’s Shoe Fit Basketball Countdown at 5:30.

Oskaloosa–Several programs behind the Statesmen also fell, so William Penn’s 1-1 week did not damage its poll position as the NAIA released its fifth Division I men’s basketball rating Tuesday.

The Statesmen (17-3, 10-2 Heart) remain #6 and now own 204 points. Peru State (Neb.) has moved up to #21, while MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) re-enters the top 25 at #23. Avila (Mo.) is in the receiving votes section, unofficially 28th in the NAIA.

Pikeville (Ky.) is again #1 with 247 points and eight first-place votes. LSU Alexandria (one first-place vote), Lewis-Clark State (Idaho), Columbia (Mo.), and Georgetown (Ky.) (one first-place vote) round out the top five.

William Penn is home Wednesday, hosting Missouri Valley in Heart of America Athletic Conference action at 7:30 p.m.

NAIA Men’s Basketball Rating #5 – January 26, 2016
(Number in parentheses is first-place votes)
1. Pikeville (Ky.) (8)
2. LSU-Alexandria (1)
3. Lewis-Clarke State (Idaho)
4. Columbia (Mo.)
5. Georgetown (Ky.) (1)
6. William Penn
7. Hope International (Calif.)
7. Mid-America Christian (Okla.)
9. Talladega (Ala.)
10. Arizona Christian
11. Biola (Calif.)
12. Texas Wesleyan
13. Langston (Okla.)
14. Carroll (Mont.)
15. Westmont (Calif.)
16. Park (Mo.)
17. Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.)
18. Campbellsville (Ky.)
19. William Carey (Miss.)
20. SAGU (Texas)
21. Peru State (Neb.)
22. Our Lady of the Lake (Texas)
23. MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)
24. Dillard (La.)
25. William Woods (Mo.)
25. Montana Western

Others receiving votes: Mobile (Ala.) 32; Xavier (La.) 30; Avila (Mo.) 29; Middle Georgia State 27; Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 25; Cumberlands (Ky.) 15; LSU Shreveport (La.) 9; William Jessup (Calif.) 3.

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The Oskaloosa wrestling team went 1-4 and finished 4th at the Bean City Duals in Iowa City Saturday. Osky beat Muscatine 48-22 but fell to Cedar Rapids Xavier 54-30, Iowa City City High 64-14, Keokuk 54-24 and Decorah 47-31. Callan Tomlin had a huge day at 220 pounds going 5-0 including 3 falls and is now 27-3 on the season with two of his three losses coming by one point. Drew Sams went 4-1 at 132 pounds… All four of his wins were by fall including two in under :30….his lone loss was in overtime. Sams improved to 25-5 this season with 16 pins and 3 tech falls. The junior also earned his 100th career win and now has 102 wins and counting. Josh Diehl went 4-1 at 113 pounds with three falls and a tech fall, Jason Beebe also went 4-1 at 170 pounds to improve to 23-2 this season including 12 wins by fall and 5 by major decision. Talon Munger at 120, and Brady Beerbower at 160 each finished 2-3. Oskaloosa returns to the mats for a quad at Williamsburg on Thursday then hosts the Little Hawkeye Conference Tournament on Saturday. We will have live reports from throughout the day on the LHC Tournament including LIVE coverage of the finals with Jamie Brockman Saturday on KMZN.

Albia won the Rich Gray Classic by 31 points over second place I-35 while Eddyville B0lakesburg Fremont finished 6th and Cardinal 14th. Three of Albia’s top-ranked wrestlers picked up titles including Carter Isley who easily won the heavyweight championship recording three falls in :25, :08 and :13 while improving to 31-0 this season. Bryce Leshen improved to 27-1 this season winning the title at 145, Cardinal’s Dakota Miller finished third. Blake Lawless won the title at 152 and upped his season record to 33-2. Albia’s other top ranked wrestler at 106 Aiden Reeves wrestled up a weight class at 113 and was defeated in the semifinals by Joshua Tibbits of Martensdale St Mary’s who’s ranked #3 in Class 1A. Reeves bounced back to finish 3rd. Looking at other area wrestlers finishes in each weight class, at 106 Tyler Landgrebe of EBF finished 3rd and Storm Little of Albia was 4th, at 120 EBF’s Adam Proctor finished 2nd and Albia’s David Morris was 3rd, At 126 Alex Hanna of EBF finished 2nd, at 132 Dakota Boyer of EBF was 4th and Albia’s Dominick Morris finished 5th.

Dalton Griffiths of EBF finished 3rd at 160 while Luke Sinclair of Albia was 4th at 170, Ben Mason of Albia was 3rd at 182 while Austin Angle of EBF finished 6th, Jer McCanninch of Albia finished 3rd at 195 while Kayvin Johnson of Cardinal was 4th. And Jake West of Albia was 4th at 220 Sigourney finished 3rd at the East Marshall/GMG Duals while Washington went 5-0 to claim the team title. Sigourney Keota beat Benton 45-33, and Union 49-30 but fell to East Marshall/GMG 47-36, Washington 54-18, and South Tama 46-30. Lane Boender and Noah Boender each went 5-0 at 152 and 195. Cale Jarmes at 106 and Kaleb Reeves at 182 each went 4-1. Sigourney returns to action tonight when they wrestle Pekin. That dual will be held at the Hedrick Civic Center in Hedrick starting at 6pm.

Tri County Montezuma finished 4th at North Tama. Hunter Foubert was the lone Champion at 220, however Travis Lewis and Jaedon Probasco finished 2nd at 126 and 145. Kale Latcham and Mason Garber each placed 3rd at 132 and 138, Dustin Stoner and Tyler Thompson finished 4th at 195 and Heavyweight, and Taylor Staton placed 5th at 152.

North Mahaska went 2-3 at the Colfax Mingo Duals beating HLV 33-25 and Twin Cedars 33-18 while falling to Des Moines North-Hoover 42-16, Ankeny Centennial 48-36, and Lynnville Sully 34-27. Shaun Clark and Jarrett Stodghill each went 4-1 for the Warhawks….. Knoxville had a big day finishing unscathed at 5-0 beating HLV 51-12, Ankeny Centennial 45-31, Colfax Mingo 53-18, Newton 46-26 and a JV All Star team 69-12…. Lynnville Sully went 3-2 beating Colfax Mingo 43-24, North Mahaska 34-27, and Twin Cedars 63-6 but fell to Des Moines North Hoover 40-34 and Ankeny Centennial 48-36…Twin Cedars had a rough day finishing 0-4 falling to Des Moines North Hoover 46-12, Ankeny Centennial 27-16, Lynnville Sully 63-6 and North Mahaska 33-18

Ottumwa dominated the Ankeny Duals going 5-0 beating Sioux City North 60-16, Marshalltown 63-16, Spencer 58-12, Ankeny 52-22, and Bondurant-Farrar 68-9. Alec Clark at 120, Johnathan Morales at 126, Collin McConnell at 138, Wyatt Schlotter at 152, Joey Mitchell at 160, Isaiah Cox at 182, and Tyler Bookin-Nosbisch and Jacob Brownlee each went 5-0. Nathaniel Shoemaker and Justus Skinner were 4-1 at 106, and 145.

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Oskaloosa–The Statesmen wrestling team took a hit in the rankings with only four individuals being rated regionally as the NAIA’s fourth top-20 poll was released Wednesday.

Heavyweight Matthew Cuthbert (Fr., Yucaipa, Calif., Sociology) is guiding the navy and gold by being ranked fourth, while 141-pounderBryan Pittman (Sr., Flossmoor, Ill., Information Technology) is next in fifth.

125-pounder John Altieri (Fr., Warwick, R.I., Sociology) and 174-pounder Tyler Foubert (Fr., Gibson, Iowa, Business Management) are both sixth at their respective weights.

As a team, the Statesmen are eighth out of nine teams in the Central Qualifying Group with 45 points; Grand View is first with 225 points. Nationally, Grand View is #1 with 180.5 points, while Montana State-Northern (90.5), Oklahoma City (82), Indiana Tech (80.5), and Missouri Valley (76.5) round out the top five.

For the complete polls, go to http://www.naia.org/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=27900&ATCLID=210185756

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