State News

Boyden-Hull claims Class 1A championship

DES MOINES -- Bryce Moss scored six of his 17 points during an 8-0 run to start the fourth quarter and Boyden-Hull sprinted past Danville, 63-45, Friday night to claim the Class 1A state tournament title at Wells Fargo Arena.

Boyden-Hull (26-2) claimed its second boys basketball championship and denied Danville (27-1) its second in three years. The top-seeded Bears were beaten in last year's title game by Storm Lake St. Mary's.

Brandt Van Roekel added 15 points and nine rebounds for Boyden-Hull. Nathan Alexander scored 15 points and Taylor Francis had 13. The Comets shot 58.3 percent from the field and also were 18 of 25 from the free throw line.

Steven Soukup led Danville with 15 points. Josh Stevens had 10 points. The Bears shot 40.5 percent, including a 2 of 11 mark from 3-point range.

Danville led 16-10 after one quarter. Boyden-Hull held a 30-27 lead at halftime and led 43-39 after three quarters.

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Final leaders, All-Tournament team

STORM LAKE ST. MARY'S 81, NODAWAY VALLEY 46 -- Kennedy Drey scored 20 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead defebding state champion St. Mary's to the consolation title of this year's tournament.

Andy Drey added 12 points and seven rebounds, and Austin Demers had 10 points for St. Mary's (27-1).

The Panthers led 51-20 at halftime. They finished with a 55-30 advantage in rebounding, and Nodaway Valley shot only 28.3 percent.

TJ Bower and Zach Plymesser scored 11 points apiece to lead Nodaway Valley (23-4).

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Western Dubuque bounces Heelan - Class 3A semis

DES MOINES -- TJ Lake scored 15 points and Cameron James added 14 points and nine rebounds Thursday night to lead Western Dubuque past Sioux City Heelan, 58-43, and into the Class 3A state championship game.

Western Dubuque (24-2) will play Mount Pleasant (25-1) in Saturday night's championship at 6:05 p.m. (KCRG 9.2). Defending state champion Heelan (18-7) will play Grinnell (21-5) in the third place game at 12:05 p.m. on Saturday.

Western Dubuque used a 16-0 spurt during the second quarter that turned a three-point lead into a 19-point margin. Lake scored seven points during the flurry.

Heelan never got closer than 10 points in the second half.

Hunter Westhoff added 12 points for the Bobcats.

Shane Graves' 15 points paced Heelan.

Both teams shot around 40 percent. Western Dubuque outscored Heelan 20-2 at the free throw line. The Crusaders shot only seven free throws.

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MOUNT PLEASANT 53, GRINNELL 33 -- Mount Pleasant held Grinnell to eight points in the second half and raced into the Class 3A championship game.

Jordan Ashton scored 22 points, Nick Lyon added 13 points and eight rebounds, and Blake Vandenberg grabbed 10 rebounds for Mount Pleasant (25-1).

Eli Dunne scored 13 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for Grinnell.

Mount Pleasant led 26-25 at halftime, but outscored Grinnell 14-4 in the third quarter and 13-4 in the fourth.

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Timm's 27 put Mustangs in title tilt - Class 2A semis

DES MOINES -- Jake Timm shot Mount Vernon into the Class 2A state basketball championship game Thursday afternoon.

Timm scored 27 points to lead the Mustangs to a 66-49 win over top-seeded MFl MarMac in a Class 2A semifinal game of the boys state basketball tournament Thursday at Wells Fargo Arena.

Mount Vernon (22-4) will play seventh-seeded Fort Dodge St. Edmond (20-6) in Friday's championship game at 8:05 p.m. (KCRG 9.2). St. Edmond advanced by beating Clarinda, 56-44, in overtime in the other semifinal.

Jack Kelleher added 16 points and Micah Russell had 11 for Mount Vernon.

Brandon Hertrampf scored 14 points and grabbed seven rebounds for MFL MarMac (24-2).

Mount Vernon led 15-6 after the first quarter and 34-22 at halftime.

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FORT DODGE ST. EDMOND 56, CLARINDA 44 (OT) -- Clarinda scored the first and last points in overtime, but St. Edmond scored 14 in between to advance to the 2A title game against Mount Vernon.

Neil Flattery scored 17 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead St. Edmond. Nick Clark added 15 points, with eight coming in overtime.

Tyler Steeve scored 20 points and snagged 12 rebounds for Clarinda (20-5).

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Rematch scuttled by Boyden-Hull - Class 1A semis

DES MOINES -- Danville upheld its half of the bargain, but Storm Lake St. Mary's came up short in its bid for a championship rematch of a year ago.

Top-ranked Danville (27-0) finally shrugged off game Nodaway Valley in the fourth quarter and pulled away for a 65-49 win in a Class 1A semifinal of the boys state basketball tournament Thursday at Wells Fargo Arena.

Defending champion Storm Lake St. Mary's (26-1), meanwhile, took it on the chin from third-seeded Boyden-Hull (25-2), 69-61, in the other 1A semifinal.

Danville will meet Boyden-Hull for the Class 1A title Friday at 6 p.m. (KCRG 9.2). Nodaway Valley and St. Mary's play for third place at 10 a.m.

Danville led Nodaway Valley by three points after three quarters. The Bears stretched their led to 10 points before a jumper and layup by Nodaway Valley's TJ Bower chopped the lead back to 55-49 with 3:35 to play.

Danville scored the last 10 points of the game -- eight by Steven Soukup -- to close out the win.

Soukup scored a game-high 25 points and grabbed 13 rebounds. Collin Bartsch scored 14 points and Michael Soukup 13.

Alex Welsch scored 17 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for Nodaway valley. Bower added 15 points and seven rebounds.

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BOYDEN-HULL 69, STORM LAKE ST. MARY'S 61 -- Boyden-Hull blistered the nets with 62.2 percent shooting and upset the defending state champ.

Bryce Moss made 10 of 11 shots and led Boyden-Hull with 22 points. Taylor Francis had 18 points, and Brandt Van Roekel and Nathan Alexander scored 13 apiece.

Luke Lenhart led St. Mary's with 17 points. Kennedy Drey added 11.

Boyden-Hull made 13 of 15 free throws in the fourth quarter to cement the win.

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