Sigourney swept their opponents beating Belle Plaine 66-6, Iowa Valley 39-30 and North Mahaska 54-21. North Mahaska did beat Belle Plaine 42-6 but fell to Iowa Valley 60-10.

Albia dominated their competition beating Central Decatur 71-3, Pleasantville 62-12  and Davis County 72-9, Albia’s top ranked Heavyweight Carter Isley took care of another top 10 ranked opponent as he won by fall in a quick :58 over Davis County’s Ben Kincart who was ranked 8^th. Davis County also fell to Central Decatur 29-26 and Pleasantville 51-14.

Knoxville 37, Oskaloosa 25

Tri County/Montezuma got a couple wins beating BGM 46-11 and HLV 36-21.  BGM beat HLV 36-18.

Lynnville-Sully beat English Valleys 49-24 but fell to Colfax-Mingo 43-22

Ottumwa 44, Des Moines East 25

Pekin beat WACO 48-12 but fell to Highland 40-21

East Union 48, Twin Cedars 17

Pella beat Nevada 48-24 but fell to DCG 56-12.

Newton split, beating Des Moines Roosevelt 41- 33 and fell to Indianola 57-12

Wilton 42, Mid-Prairie 36

Fairfield 42, Mt. Pleasant 30

After jumping to a 22-0 lead after four weight classes, Oskaloosa ended up falling to Knoxville in wrestling action last night 37-25 as heard live on 99.5/740 AM KMZN .  Osky started with Talon Munger winning by fall at 113, Jackson Kargol received a forfeit at 120, then Josh Diehl won by fall at 126 followed by a major decision win by Drew Sams at 132.  Osky’s only other win was Jason Beebe who got an 8-1 decision at 170.

The match of the night was at 220 pounds where Oskaloosa’s Callan Tomlin, 5^th ranked in Class 3A, battled Knoxville’s Travis Poffenbarger. Tomlin ended up losing 6-5 in 4 overtime periods, but three of Poffenbarger’s six points came on penalty points committed by Tomlin, including when Tomlin was cautioned at the start of the final overtime awarding Poffenbarger the winning point. It’s just Tomlin’s third loss this season. Osky returns to the mats Saturday at the Bean City duals.

Our next live wrestling coverage will come Monday night when Sigourney travels to Pekin. You Can join Jamie Brockman and Brett Sams for the call starting at 6:15pm Monday on 99.5 FM /740 AM KMZN.

Story provided by Jamie Brockman

Oskaloosa–The William Penn men’s basketball team’s perfect week kept it at #6 as the NAIA released its fourth Division I rating Tuesday.

The Statesmen (16-2, 9-1 Heart) now own 189 points. Peru State (Neb.) is also ranked at #24, while three other squads are receiving votes: Graceland is #27, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) is #30, and Benedictine (Kan.) is #34.

Pikeville (Ky.) is again #1 with 219 points and all nine first-place votes. LSU Alexandria, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho), Columbia (Mo.), and Georgetown (Ky.) round out the top five.

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

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

Others receiving votes: William Woods (Mo.) 35; Graceland 34; Cumberlands (Ky.) 33; LSU Shreveport (La.) 14; MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 13; Dillard (La.) 8; Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 6; Science & Arts (Okla.) 4; Benedictine (Kan.) 3.
Story provided by Wade Steinlage

In other boys’ basketball scores from Tuesday:

Belle Plaine 77, Keota 73

Central Lee 67, Cardinal 55

Colfax-Mingo 61, North Mahaska 51

English Valleys 55, Tri-County 48

Keokuk 58, Ottumwa 54

Lynnville-Sully 74, BGM 39

Montezuma 74, HLV 25

Newton 62, Bondurant-Farrar 60

Oskaloosa 54, Knoxville 50

PCM 67, Roland-Story 55

Pekin 75, Columbus Community 30

Pella Christian 73, Ballard 67

Iowa City Regina 72, Mid-Prairie 36

Sigourney 73, Iowa Valley 46

Washington 83, Davis County 67

In girls’ basketball scores from Tuesday:

Ballard 53, Pella Christian 19

Belle Plaine 62, Keota 32

Boone 50, Newton 27

Central Lee 83, Cardinal 47

Colfax-Mingo 41, North Mahaska 35

Knoxville 47, Oskaloosa 38

Lynnville-Sully 54, BGM 31

Montezuma 46, HLV 21

PCM 41, Roland-Story 40

Pekin 69, Columbus Community 40

Iowa City Regina 56, Mid-Prairie 50

Sigourney 50, Iowa Valley 44

Tri-County 50, English Valleys 33

Last night, you heard high school basketball on KMZN with the Oskaloosa Indians hosting Knoxville. Both games were very competitive, and wound up with the teams earning a split.

In the girls’ game, Oskaloosa got out to a fast start, leading by as many as 7 in the first quarter. But in the second quarter, foul trouble forced Osky to bench Alexis Westercamp for a large portion of time, and Knoxville outscored the Indians 11-4 in the second to take an 18-16 lead at halftime.

In the second half, the teams would both be on fire, but it was the fourth quarter, which again saw plenty of bench time for Westercamp, and Osky couldn’t find a way to score enough to make up the deficit. The Panthers got the win, 47-38.

Oskaloosa was still led in scoring by Westercamp, who had 14 points to go along with 5 rebounds and 3 steals. Leah VanMaanen had a very nice game in the backcourt, dropping in 11 points to go along with 3 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Shalandra Shilling had one of her best outings of her varsity career as well, scoring 6 points to go along with 8 rebounds and two steals.

Knoxville was led by Ricki Hall, who dominated the interior with Westercamp either out of the game, or nursing foul trouble, and finished with 19 points, 15 coming in the second half. She also grabbed 7 rebounds. Carrie Chambers had 15 points and 8 boards for the Panthers.

Oskaloosa’s girls are now 1-11. Knoxville is 9-4.

In the boys’ game, the Indians came out sluggish, but their defense was able to keep Knoxville from opening up a lead bigger than 8. When Jarad Kruse started heating up, he led the Indians on a big second quarter run, and Osky held a lead as big as 8 as well, before going into halftime up by five.

In the second half, the teams went back and forth, but Knoxville was a little warmer, taking a five point lead they would hold for a majority of the second half. But Oskaloosa would not go away. Spencer Tucker nailed a 28-foot three pointer to tie the game at 48, and then Jack Moore would score four straight to give Osky some breathing room. Rian Yates added a breakaway layup on a press break to seal Oskaloosa’s 54-50 victory, snapping a five-game losing streak.

Kruse was the major story for the Indians, hitting two huge threes, and setting up the offense from his forward position. He scored a game high 16 points, and had 4 rebounds. Austin Scholes had a big night as well for Osky with 10 points and 9 rebounds. Tucker finished with 9 points, Moore finished with 8, and Rian Yates had 7 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, and 4 steals off the bench.

Oskaloosa now moves to 4-7, and Knoxville is 7-4.

Oskaloosa is back in action on Friday night, as they host Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont in non-conference play. You can catch the action on 99.5 FM and AM 740 KMZN as well as radiokmzn.com and the KMZN mobile app. Jamie Brockman will have the call.

WRESTLING SCORES TUESDAY 1-19-16

Fairfield 42, Pekin 24

Fairfield 45, Wapello 31

Wapello 39, Pekin 24

Tri County/Montezuma 42, Cardinal 24

Sigourney 51, Tri County/Montezuma 16

Sigourney 72, Cardinal 0

Pella 42, Ogden 38

Pella 48, Colfax Mingo 20

Pella 54, North Polk 18

BCLUW 65, Twin Cedars 12

Sumner Fredricksburg 64, Twin Cedars 6

West Liberty 71, English Valleys 12

Wilton 59, English Valleys 18

Monday Night Scores 1-18-16

South Tama County 41, Grinnell 32

Grinnell 40, Newton 36

Newton 43, South Tama County 27

Story provided by Jamie Brockman

In boys’ basketball scores from Monday night:

Albia 80, Pleasantville 71

Fairfield 73, Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont 61

Moravia 55, Moulton-Udell 28

In girls’ basketball scores from Monday night:

Fairfield 65, Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont 41

Moravia 70, Moulton-Udell 23

Be sure to tune in to 99.5 FM and AM 740 KMZN tonight as the Oskaloosa Indians take on Knoxville at home. These two schools have been very competitive in basketball the last few years, and tonight’s action is sure to be exciting. You can hear the broadcast starting at 6 PM on 99.5 FM and AM 740 KMZN, the KMZN mobile app, and radiokmzn.com.

Oskaloosa took just 5 wrestlers to compete in the Bob Sharp Wrestling Invitational Saturday at Ankeny Centennial High School and came away with a 10^th place team finish.  The Indians did place two wrestlers in the finals. Drew Sams went 2-1 winning by fall and technical fall before losing a 4-1 decision to Jace Williams of Ankeny Centennial in the finals to take home 2^nd place at 138.  Sams is now 22-5 this season.   Callan Tomlin had a great day going 3-0 to claim the 220 pound championship.  Tomlin, the 6^th ranked wrestler at 220 in Class 3A advanced to the finals with 5-3 and 6-4 decision wins then beat 4^th ranked Christian Heimer of Ankeny Centennial 3-1 in overtime to earn the championship and up his season record to an impressive 25-2.  Ankeny Centennial, Norwalk and Mason City finished 1-2-3 in the team standings.  In the JV tournament Jackson Kargol was champion at 120 and Tyson Breuklander finished runner up at 220.  Oskaloosa returns to the mats Thursday when they travel to Knoxville.  You can hear that dual live on 99.5 FM /740AM KMZN as well as radiokmzn.com starting around 6:15pm Thursday night.

Albia competed in the 13 team Ed Hadenfeldt Wrestling Invitational and came away with a 4^th place finish Saturday behind Lisbon, Washington and Solon and crowned two individual champions.  Freshman 106 pounder Aden Reeves went 3-0 with a fall and two technical falls to claim another championship.  Reeves the Class 2A top ranked wrestler is now 26-0 on the season.  Another top ranked Blue Demon wrestler, Carter Isley at Heavyweight claimed the championship cruising through his bracket including just a :10 fall in the finals.  Isley, who won the 2A 220 pound State Championship last year improved to 24-0.  Bryce Leshen #1 ranked in Class 2A at 145 also advanced to the finals with a fall and decision win but fell 14-6 to the Class 1A top ranked wrestler and 3 time defending State Champion Carter Happel from Lisbon.  152 pounder Blake Lawless lost in overtime in the semifinals but came back with two major decision wins to claim third place.  Ben Mason also finished 3^rd at 182, Luke Sinclair claimed 4^th place at 170, while Jer McAninch finished 5^th at 195 and Jake West was 6^th at 220.

Mid Prairie won the WACO Warrior Invitational helped by 4 individual champions Duncan McCain, Cameron Tolander, Visouth Peterschmidt and Levi Duwa. Davis County was 4^th, Tri County/Montezuma 5^th and North Mahaska 6^th, Pekin finished 8^th while English Valleys was 9^th and Moravia 10^th.  At 106 pounds, Allan Parlier of Moravia was 3^rd, North Mahaska’s Tyler Strasser finished 2^nd at 120 while Pekin’s Clayton McKim was 4^th and Davan Gorring of Davis County finished 6^th. Nicholas Martin of Moravia was champion at 126, Clayton Greiner of Pekin finished 3^rd, Jarrett Stodghill of North Mahaska was 4^th and Travis Lewis of Tri County/Montezuma was 5^th. At 132 pounds, Kale Latcham of Tri County/Montezuma finished 2^nd, Draven Dekraai of Davis County 3^rd and Lathe Crochet of Pekin claimed 5^th.   Walker Henderson of Davis County was runner up at 138, Mason Garber of TC/M was 3^rd, Shaun Clark of North Mahaska 4^th, and Drake Harbison of Pekin finished 5^th.   Davis County’s Kale Baird won the championship at 145 beating Dylan Comstock of North Mahaska in the finals.  Zach Axmear from English Valleys took the title at 152, Keaton Baayen of Pekin finished 3^rd, Jacob Martin of Moravia 4^th and Taylor Staton of TC/M was 6^th.  At 160. Kaden Baker of Pekin finished 3^rd while Luke Groves of North Mahaska was 4^th.  Dylan Henderson of Davis County finished 2^nd at 170, Clay Harper of TC/M was 4^th, and  Reece Strasser of North Mahaska 5^th.  At 195, Dustin Stoner of TC/M finished 3^rd, and Colton Lanphier for North Mahaska was 5^th.  Hunter Foubert of TC/M finished 6^th at 220 and at Heavyweight, Ben Kincart of Davis County finished runner up, and Tyler Thompson of TC/M took home 4^th.

At the Wayne Duals, Eddyville Blakesburg Fremont went 3-1 defeating Bedford-Lenox 46-24, Lafayette, MO 66-6, Wayne 59-18 but lost to Lynnville Sully 42-25.  Lynnville Sully also beat Lafayette 57-12, Wayne 49-19 and suffered their only loss to SE Warren 46-30.  Twin Cedars also competed going 1-3 with a win over Lafayette 25-24 but falling to Bedford/Lenox 60-9, SE Warren 66-6, and Van Buren 51-12.

Ottumwa finished 2^nd behind Creston Orient Macksburg at the Centerville Invite and crowned three champions.  Knoxville finished 6^th, Pella 9^th, Fairfield 11^th and Centerville 14^th.  For Ottumwa, Alec Clark at 120, Jonathan Morales at 126, and Isaiah Cox at 182 were all individual champions.   Wyatt Schlotter came up just short losing 5-3 in the finals to claim 2^nd at 152. Nathaniel Shoemaker was also 2^nd at 106,   Collin McConnell was 4^th at 138, and Justus Skinner 4^th at 145.  For Knoxville  Joe Hollinrake of Knoxville was champion at 132, Travis Poffenbarger at 220 and Brock Caviness at heavyweight were both runners up while Keegan Poole of Pella won the heavyweight crown beating Caviness 3-2.

PCM crowned several champions at the ADM Invitational.   Lucas Roland won the 138 pound title, Xavier Miller at 145,  and Wes Cummings at 152 were also Champions for the Mustangs while Jarron Trausch finished 2^nd at 170 and Jakob Fenton was 4^th at 106.

Story provided by Jamie Brockman

Atchison, Kan.–The William Penn men’s basketball team did a lot of things well in its 81-68 Heart of America Athletic Conference win over Benedictine, but everything paled in comparison to its utter dominance on the glass Saturday.

The sixth-ranked Statesmen (16-2, 9-1 Heart) were incredible rebounders with a 48-22 advantage, including a 19-6 mark on the offensive end.  The Ravens (11-5, 5-5 Heart) were able to keep it close by committing five fewer turnovers (12-17), but the rest of the afternoon was in WPU’s collective control.

The navy and gold scored first, but BC replied with six of the next eight points.  The visitors took the lead for good at 8-6 on a basket by Steven Roundtree (Sr., Jacksonville, Fla., Physical Education) with 15:15 to go in the first half.  Roundtree’s score was part of his 16-point effort and part of a 16-5 run.

Benedictine pulled to within eight twice in the opening stanza, but WPU eventually led 39-27 at halftime.  William Penn had little issue keeping the Ravens at bay after intermission as the edge grew to as much as 17 at one point.

Despite being without starting point guard Jessie Pernell (Sr., North Augusta, S.C., Physical Education) (did not make the trip, coaches’ decision), scorers were abundant for the Statesmen as five players surpassed the double-digit plateau; the victors outshot BC 43.3%-42.1%.  Jarvis Haywood(Jr., Charlotte, N.C.,  Business Management) was nearly perfect from the field, going 6-for-8 (3-for-3 3-PT) to match Roundtree’s 16 points.

Antonio Levy (Jr., Chicago, Ill., Physical Education), who also had three trifectas, finished with 14, while Dondre Alexander (Jr., Iowa City, Iowa, Physical Education) and Brady Burford (Sr., Chicago, Ill., Physical Education) added 12 each.

Charles Knowles (Jr., Chicago, Ill., Physical Education) contributed six points to the victory.

Roundtree also corralled 14 rebounds for his eighth double-double of the season.  Alexander assisted four times, while he and Buford both had two blocks.  Three players recorded a pair of thefts each.

The Statesmen were also buoyed by their performances at the line (19-for-23) and the perimeter (10-for-24).

“We rebounded really well and played some serious defense today,” Head Coach John Henry said.  “I give credit to our players and to Assistant Coach Blake Sandquist; his defensive game plan and scouting report was spot on.”

Next Up: William Penn returns to Oskaloosa Wednesday to host Graceland in Heart play at 7:30 p.m.

Story provided by Wade Steinlage