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HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS ON-AIR SCHEDULE
(ALL GAMES AT 7P UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED)
9/21 – VB - Lewis Central at Harlan Community
9/23 – VB - AHSTW at Tri-Center 9/24 – FB – Saydel at Harlan Comm – KNOD 105.3FM Riverside at AHSTW – KNOD 2 9/28 – VB - West Harrison at Woodbine 9/30 – VB - Logan-Magnolia at Underwood 10/1 – FB – Harlan Comm at Atlantic – KNOD 105.3FM Logan-Magnolia at IKM-Manning – KNOD 2 10/5 – VB – HCHS-Glenwood-St. Albert triangular – 4:30p 10/7 – VB - Riverside at IKM-Manning 10/8 – FB – Harlan Comm at ADM – KNOD 105.3FM Boyer Valley at Exira-EHK -KNOD 2 10/11 thru 10/14 – VB - WIC Tournament 10/15 – FB – Creston at Harlan Comm – KNOD 105.3FM St. Albert at AHSTW – KNOD 2 10/22 – FB – Harlan Comm at Knoxville – KNOD 105.3FM TBD – KNOD 2 |
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SCOREBOARD UPDATE
AREA HIGH SCHOOL SCORES*
* Scores added as obtained through Varsity Bound.
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* Scores added as obtained through Varsity Bound.
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VOLLEYBALL
THU 9/16
Atlantic 3-Harlan 2 (25-23, 14-25, 25-22, 19-25, 16-14) AHSTW 3-Riverside 2 (25-16, 25-19, 11-25, 20-25, 15-13) Boyer Valley 3-Glidden-Ralston 1 (25-23, 25-20, 9-25, 25-8) CAM 3-Exira-EHK 0 (25-15, 25-15, 25-12) Griswold 3-Southwest Valley 0 (25-14, 30-28, 26-24) Kuemper Catholic 3-St. Albert 0 (26-24, 26-24, 25-11) Lenox 2-East Union 0 (25-17, 25-23) Lewis Central 3-Clarinda 0 (25-18, 25-23, 25-14) Treynor 3-Logan-Magnolia 0 (25-19, 25-11, 25-19) Tri-Center 3-Audubon 2 (26-28, 25-17, 20-25, 25-21, 15-9) Underwood 3-IKM-Manning 0 (25-14, 25-10, 25-11) Winterset 3-Carroll 1 (22-25, 25-15, 25-22, 25-23) Woodbine 3-Ar-We-Va 0 (25-15, 25-6, 25-13) |
FOOTBALL
FRI 9/17
Harlan Community 41, Glenwood 13 Audubon 56, Exira-EHK 7 Riverside 24, Sidney 0 Mount Ayr 25, AHSTW 6 IKM-Manning 49, Missouri Valley 8 Logan-Magnolia 26, Tri-Center 14 Coon Rapids-Bayard 56, Woodbine 54 Southwest Valley 30, St. Albert 0 Boyer Valley 26, West Harrison 0 Ballard 48, Atlantic 0 Denison-Schleswig 49, Thomas Jefferson (CB) 22 Indianola 14, Lewis Central 9 Treynor 63, West Monona 21 Underwood 62, East Sac County 13 |
HAWKEYES/CUBS SCORES
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9/17 - Brewers 8, Cubs 5
9/16 - Phillies 17, Cubs 8 9/15 - Phillies 6, Cubs 5 9/14 - Cubs 6, Phillies 3 9/12 - Giants 6, Cubs 5 |
9/4 - Iowa 34, Indiana 6
9/11 - Iowa 27, Iowa St. 17 9/18 - Iowa 30, Kent St. 7 |
KNOD SPORTS NEWS & NOTES
Huge Win Keeps Harlan Comm No. 1 in Latest Radio Iowa Poll -
(9-13-21) - Up by just two at the half, Harlan Community would roll to score 27 second half points against No. 5 Sergeant Bluff-Luton on their way to a 55-26 victory that kept the Cyclones No. 1 in the Radio Iowa Class 3A high school football rankings.
It's Harlan Community's second consecutive week holding on to the No. 1 spot after starting the season 2nd in Class 3A. The Cyclones battle district rival Glenwood on Friday (KNOD 105.3FM & streaming on knodfm.com.)
Other area ranked teams: Underwood moved up one spot to No. 3 in the Class 1A poll, while Riverside & Logan-Magnolia stayed put at 5th and 6th respectfully in the Class A poll, and Audubon sits at No. 4 in the 8-player rankings. The Wheelers will travel to Exira-EHK to battle the Spartans this Friday night (KNOD 2).
The full Radio Iowa High School Football Polls are available here: Football Rankings
(9-13-21) - Up by just two at the half, Harlan Community would roll to score 27 second half points against No. 5 Sergeant Bluff-Luton on their way to a 55-26 victory that kept the Cyclones No. 1 in the Radio Iowa Class 3A high school football rankings.
It's Harlan Community's second consecutive week holding on to the No. 1 spot after starting the season 2nd in Class 3A. The Cyclones battle district rival Glenwood on Friday (KNOD 105.3FM & streaming on knodfm.com.)
Other area ranked teams: Underwood moved up one spot to No. 3 in the Class 1A poll, while Riverside & Logan-Magnolia stayed put at 5th and 6th respectfully in the Class A poll, and Audubon sits at No. 4 in the 8-player rankings. The Wheelers will travel to Exira-EHK to battle the Spartans this Friday night (KNOD 2).
The full Radio Iowa High School Football Polls are available here: Football Rankings
Shot Clock Coming to Iowa H.S. Basketball in 2022-23 -
(8-10-21) - The shot clock era will soon begin for Iowa high school basketball.
In press release from the Iowa High School Athletic Association, "The IHSAA and Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union (IGHSAU) will use the NFHS allowance for state adoption to introduce a 35-second shot clock for varsity basketball, required of participating member schools starting in the 2022-23 season. Use of the shot clock in sub-varsity competition will be allowed but not required. With a date set for statewide implementation, experimental exceptions will not be granted during the 2021-22 regular season."
"To encourage standardization among states, 35 seconds was the timing provided by NFHS approval. Further shot clock information and rule implementation will be provided by IHSAA and IGHSAU as it becomes available ahead of the 2022-23 season."
In other changes announced by the IHSAA, bowling will now have a tournament for individual bowlers as well as team bowling competition starting this upcoming season.
"Team events will feature baker games, then a bracketed format at the state meet. Individual tournaments will be three games, including a bracket for the top eight individuals at the state meet. Details on host sites, qualifiers, and games will be provided by the IHSAA and IGHSAU before the start of the 2021-22 season."
Also, the track & field season will now start earlier with practices allowed to begin Feb. 21st, a week earlier than previous seasons. The first date for competition will remain March 7th.
The full IHSAA board briefing is available though this link: www.iahsaa.org/board-briefs-aug-10-2021/
(8-10-21) - The shot clock era will soon begin for Iowa high school basketball.
In press release from the Iowa High School Athletic Association, "The IHSAA and Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union (IGHSAU) will use the NFHS allowance for state adoption to introduce a 35-second shot clock for varsity basketball, required of participating member schools starting in the 2022-23 season. Use of the shot clock in sub-varsity competition will be allowed but not required. With a date set for statewide implementation, experimental exceptions will not be granted during the 2021-22 regular season."
"To encourage standardization among states, 35 seconds was the timing provided by NFHS approval. Further shot clock information and rule implementation will be provided by IHSAA and IGHSAU as it becomes available ahead of the 2022-23 season."
In other changes announced by the IHSAA, bowling will now have a tournament for individual bowlers as well as team bowling competition starting this upcoming season.
"Team events will feature baker games, then a bracketed format at the state meet. Individual tournaments will be three games, including a bracket for the top eight individuals at the state meet. Details on host sites, qualifiers, and games will be provided by the IHSAA and IGHSAU before the start of the 2021-22 season."
Also, the track & field season will now start earlier with practices allowed to begin Feb. 21st, a week earlier than previous seasons. The first date for competition will remain March 7th.
The full IHSAA board briefing is available though this link: www.iahsaa.org/board-briefs-aug-10-2021/
STATE CHAMPS: St. Albert Scores Early and Often to Hold on for 7-5 Victory Over Kee -
(7-29-21) - In the end, it wasn't easy. But being the best never is.
St. Albert scored in each of the first 4 innings to build a 6-run lead, only to see it start to evaporate before holding on for a 7-5 victory over Kee in the Championship Game to win the Class 1A State Baseball Title.
"Hitting-wise (the players) just get after it," Coach Duncan Patterson told KNOD Radio after the win. "They're aggressive at the plate. It's kinda contagious with this group."
The Falcons would get hits in all 6 innings they batted totaling 13 for the game and 37 for the 3 game tournament, leading to 26 runs scored to take their 4th State Championship, their first since 1999 and first at Class 1A level.
St. Albert jumped on Kee lefty pitcher Tyson Cota early as Colton Brennan got the first of another 3 hits on the afternoon to lead off the game. After an Isaac Sherrill walk, Cy Patterson would lace a double up the left-centerfield alley to drive in both runners and give the Falcons a 2-0 lead. Patterson would be thrown out trying to stretch that double into a triple.
"I was just trying to sit fastball and they threw one down the middle and I creamed it to left-center, got those two scored. I tried to push it to third, but they got me," Patterson said of the play.
The bottom of the the lineup was solid again as Brett Klusman, Jeff Miller, and Dan McGrath combined to go 5 for 8 with 3 runs and 3 RBI.
McGrath would involved in a couple of crazy plays in the field, one offensively and one defensively. In the second, after the first two batters reached, McGrath laid down a sac bunt towards third. The bunt was fielded by Cota who threw to Jonah Reinke at 3rd to force the lead runner. But Reinke would throw the ball wild and it would end up down the right field line allowing Klusman to score all the way from first and increase the Falcons lead. McGrath would then score on an RBI single by Miller.
"We're really good about being able to just put the ball in play. Make them make plays. If you make mistakes, you make mistakes, but just being able to get our jobs done and play team baseball," said McGrath.
McGarth would also be key in ending the Kee-Hawks comeback in the 6th. After scoring 4 runs and having the tying runs on base, Cota would take a huge lead at 2nd and forced the pitcher to throw behind him and get him in a rundown. Cota slid into third and was called safe. Buddy Hill then took off for 2nd and before a throw as made in that direction, Cota took off for third. Miller then threw to McGrath who got Cota in another rundown between third and home where McGrath just tagged Cota before he dove back into the bag for the third out of the inning.
Kee would get a runner on in the 7th, but Patterson shut down the next two batters, getting Brayden Mathis to flight out to left to win the championship.
Luke Hubbard pitched 5 and 1/3 strong innings giving up 5 runs but only 1 earned while striking out 5. Brennan had his third 3-hit game for the State Tournament, going 9 for 11.
Coach Patterson is now the third coach in St. Albert history to win a State Baseball Championship joining Rick Wahl ('81) & Ken Schreiber ('96 & '99). He was proud of the leadership his 7 seniors showed throughout the season.
"They just led this team. We just kinda put it on their shoulders. Really all we did was the lineups as coaches."
Full video interviews with Coach Patterson, Cy Patterson & Dan McGrath are available below.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Kee High 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 5 4 2
St. Albert 2 2 2 1 0 0 X 7 13 5
Win: Hubbard (8-3) Loss: Cota (8-2) Sv: Patterson (2)
(7-29-21) - In the end, it wasn't easy. But being the best never is.
St. Albert scored in each of the first 4 innings to build a 6-run lead, only to see it start to evaporate before holding on for a 7-5 victory over Kee in the Championship Game to win the Class 1A State Baseball Title.
"Hitting-wise (the players) just get after it," Coach Duncan Patterson told KNOD Radio after the win. "They're aggressive at the plate. It's kinda contagious with this group."
The Falcons would get hits in all 6 innings they batted totaling 13 for the game and 37 for the 3 game tournament, leading to 26 runs scored to take their 4th State Championship, their first since 1999 and first at Class 1A level.
St. Albert jumped on Kee lefty pitcher Tyson Cota early as Colton Brennan got the first of another 3 hits on the afternoon to lead off the game. After an Isaac Sherrill walk, Cy Patterson would lace a double up the left-centerfield alley to drive in both runners and give the Falcons a 2-0 lead. Patterson would be thrown out trying to stretch that double into a triple.
"I was just trying to sit fastball and they threw one down the middle and I creamed it to left-center, got those two scored. I tried to push it to third, but they got me," Patterson said of the play.
The bottom of the the lineup was solid again as Brett Klusman, Jeff Miller, and Dan McGrath combined to go 5 for 8 with 3 runs and 3 RBI.
McGrath would involved in a couple of crazy plays in the field, one offensively and one defensively. In the second, after the first two batters reached, McGrath laid down a sac bunt towards third. The bunt was fielded by Cota who threw to Jonah Reinke at 3rd to force the lead runner. But Reinke would throw the ball wild and it would end up down the right field line allowing Klusman to score all the way from first and increase the Falcons lead. McGrath would then score on an RBI single by Miller.
"We're really good about being able to just put the ball in play. Make them make plays. If you make mistakes, you make mistakes, but just being able to get our jobs done and play team baseball," said McGrath.
McGarth would also be key in ending the Kee-Hawks comeback in the 6th. After scoring 4 runs and having the tying runs on base, Cota would take a huge lead at 2nd and forced the pitcher to throw behind him and get him in a rundown. Cota slid into third and was called safe. Buddy Hill then took off for 2nd and before a throw as made in that direction, Cota took off for third. Miller then threw to McGrath who got Cota in another rundown between third and home where McGrath just tagged Cota before he dove back into the bag for the third out of the inning.
Kee would get a runner on in the 7th, but Patterson shut down the next two batters, getting Brayden Mathis to flight out to left to win the championship.
Luke Hubbard pitched 5 and 1/3 strong innings giving up 5 runs but only 1 earned while striking out 5. Brennan had his third 3-hit game for the State Tournament, going 9 for 11.
Coach Patterson is now the third coach in St. Albert history to win a State Baseball Championship joining Rick Wahl ('81) & Ken Schreiber ('96 & '99). He was proud of the leadership his 7 seniors showed throughout the season.
"They just led this team. We just kinda put it on their shoulders. Really all we did was the lineups as coaches."
Full video interviews with Coach Patterson, Cy Patterson & Dan McGrath are available below.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Kee High 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 5 4 2
St. Albert 2 2 2 1 0 0 X 7 13 5
Win: Hubbard (8-3) Loss: Cota (8-2) Sv: Patterson (2)
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ST. ALBERT COACH DUNCAN PATTERSON
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ST. ALBERT SS CY PATTERSON
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ST. ALBERT C DAN MCGRATH
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Tri-Center Sees Their Season End in Heartbreaking Loss to Alburnett -
(7-26-21) - The Pirates rob the Trojans of their prize.
6th-seeded Alburnett would get a huge night from Reed Stallman, who in spite two powerful blast earlier in the game, would drive in the winning run on a sacrifice bunt in the 7th, to give the Pirates the insurance they needed to hold on for an 8-6 upset victory over 3rd-seeded Tri-Center.
Tri-Center was looking for their first baseball state title since 1987.
It just wasn't Leyton Nelson's (10-1) night. Squeezed by a tight strike zone, Nelson would allow the first 4 batters of the game to reach that Alburnett turned into a 2-0 in the 1st and they wouldn't look back.
"It was tough for Leyton tonight." Coach Max Kozeal said after the game, adding that the strike zone really had effect on his senior pitcher.
"For a guy who tries to hit the corners and works the corners... and he wasn't getting 'em, when he has to throw it down the middle to those big guys, it's gonna be tough."
One of those big guys was Stallman, who went 2 for 3 with 6 RBI on the game, including a 3-run blast in the 5th to give Alburnett a 4-run lead.
The pitch just prior to Stallman's homer was close but called a ball to make the count 2-0 and Nelson seemed upset by the non-call. Makiing the home run on the next pitch an even greater crushing blow.
Tri-Center would battle back, as they have all year. The Trojans would get two runs on a throwing error by Alburnett pitcher Kale Rose (11-3) in the 5th and looked like they'd break through to tie the game in the 6th with bases load and one-out, only to have Caden Evans put out the fire without giving up a run.
After Mason Rohatsch allowed two runs in the top of the 7th, one controversial one as the Pirates Hunter Caves appeared never to touch the plate despite being called safe by the home plate umpire, Tri-Center would again battle back to get the tying run to the plate in the bottom of the inning. Back-to-back hits by Trent Kozeal and Brett McGee, followed by Justice Weers reaching on an error allowed two runs to score with nobody out. But Evans would retire the next three batters to secure the win.
Tri-Center finishes their season 28-3. Alburnett improves to 29-9 and will face No. 2 seed St. Albert in the Class 1A State Semifinals on Wednesday. KNOD will have the game on 105.3FM beginning at noon. No. 1 Remsen-St. Mary's will face No. 4 Kee in the first semifinal starting at 10am.
A postgame interview with Tri-Center Coach Max Kozeal is available below.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Alburnett 2 0 1 0 3 0 2 8 11 2
Tri-Center 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 6 9 4
Win: Rose (11-3) Loss: Nelson (10-1) Save: Evans (2)
HR: Stallman (7)
(7-26-21) - The Pirates rob the Trojans of their prize.
6th-seeded Alburnett would get a huge night from Reed Stallman, who in spite two powerful blast earlier in the game, would drive in the winning run on a sacrifice bunt in the 7th, to give the Pirates the insurance they needed to hold on for an 8-6 upset victory over 3rd-seeded Tri-Center.
Tri-Center was looking for their first baseball state title since 1987.
It just wasn't Leyton Nelson's (10-1) night. Squeezed by a tight strike zone, Nelson would allow the first 4 batters of the game to reach that Alburnett turned into a 2-0 in the 1st and they wouldn't look back.
"It was tough for Leyton tonight." Coach Max Kozeal said after the game, adding that the strike zone really had effect on his senior pitcher.
"For a guy who tries to hit the corners and works the corners... and he wasn't getting 'em, when he has to throw it down the middle to those big guys, it's gonna be tough."
One of those big guys was Stallman, who went 2 for 3 with 6 RBI on the game, including a 3-run blast in the 5th to give Alburnett a 4-run lead.
The pitch just prior to Stallman's homer was close but called a ball to make the count 2-0 and Nelson seemed upset by the non-call. Makiing the home run on the next pitch an even greater crushing blow.
Tri-Center would battle back, as they have all year. The Trojans would get two runs on a throwing error by Alburnett pitcher Kale Rose (11-3) in the 5th and looked like they'd break through to tie the game in the 6th with bases load and one-out, only to have Caden Evans put out the fire without giving up a run.
After Mason Rohatsch allowed two runs in the top of the 7th, one controversial one as the Pirates Hunter Caves appeared never to touch the plate despite being called safe by the home plate umpire, Tri-Center would again battle back to get the tying run to the plate in the bottom of the inning. Back-to-back hits by Trent Kozeal and Brett McGee, followed by Justice Weers reaching on an error allowed two runs to score with nobody out. But Evans would retire the next three batters to secure the win.
Tri-Center finishes their season 28-3. Alburnett improves to 29-9 and will face No. 2 seed St. Albert in the Class 1A State Semifinals on Wednesday. KNOD will have the game on 105.3FM beginning at noon. No. 1 Remsen-St. Mary's will face No. 4 Kee in the first semifinal starting at 10am.
A postgame interview with Tri-Center Coach Max Kozeal is available below.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Alburnett 2 0 1 0 3 0 2 8 11 2
Tri-Center 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 6 9 4
Win: Rose (11-3) Loss: Nelson (10-1) Save: Evans (2)
HR: Stallman (7)
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