EVENT OF THE WEEK
>> Wrestling: District meets
>> When: Noon Saturday.
>> Where: Western Iowa teams will be in action at Underwood and Nodaway Valley in 1-A, Atlantic and Cherokee in 2-A and Glenwood and Fort Dodge in 3-A.
>> Who advances: The top two finishers in each weight class advance to the conventional state meet, which begins next Thursday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

BASKETBALL PAIRINGS
Class 1-A girls regional openers
Thursday, Feb. 9
Region 2
Paton-Churdan at Glidden-Ralston; Whiting at Charter Oak-Ute
Region 7
Martensdale-St. Marys at Orient-Macksburg; CAM at Coon Rapids-Bayard; Guthrie Center at Exira-EHK; Lenox at Bedford
Region 8
Sidney at Fremont-Mills; East Mills at Stanton; Corning at Essex/South Page; Nishnabotna at Villisca; Riverside at Walnut; CB Heartland Christian at A-H-S-T; West Harrison at Boyer Valley; Woodbine at Ar-We-Va

DUAL PAIRINGS
Pairings for the state wrestling duals (with seeds) on Feb. 15 at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines:
Class 1-A Quarterfinals
All 9 a.m.
No. 1 Clarion-Goldfield (17-1)vs. No. 8 West Branch (20-2); No. 4 Alburnett (20-2) vs. No. 5 Underwood (30-0); No. 2 Don Bosco (22-6) vs. No. 7 Martensdale-St. Marys (23-5); No. 3 Nashua-Plainfield (20-4) vs. No. 6 Woodbury Central (21-3)
Class 2-A Quarterfinals
All 9 a.m.
No. 1 Davenport Assumption (28-1) vs. No. 8 Webster City (18-4); No. 4 Creston/Orient-Macksburg (15-0) vs. No. 5 Charles City (16-7); No. 2 West Delaware (20-4) vs. No. 7 Spirit Lake Park (16-6); No. 3 Denver/Tripoli (17-3) vs. No. 6 Atlantic (19-1)

PRIDE OF IOWA CHAMPS
The Nodaway Valley boys basketball program recently clinched its 11th Pride of Iowa Conference regular-season title in its 16-year membership in the league. The Wolverines finished second in the other five years. The school’s conference record in that time is 224-20 (.918). This year’s team finished 16-0 in league play and is 17-2 overall.

WVC TOURNEY CHAMPS
The OA-BCIG girls and IKM-Manning boys claimed championships Monday in the Western Valley Conference basketball tournament finals at Onawa. The OA-BCIG girls (21-0) outlasted IKM-Manning 68-64 in overtime, getting 27 points and five rebounds from Northern Iowa recruit Jessie Pauley. Junior TJ Sterk led the IKM-Manning boys (19-2) in their 64-51 championship game win over Lawton-Bronson, collecting 25 points, seven rebounds and six assists.

NOTABLES
BOYS BASKETBALL
>> Luke Neitzel and Kainen Somers, Creston: Neitzel led the Panthers with 14 points and seven rebounds, and Somers made the game-winning runner with 1.3 seconds left in a 54-52 overtime win over Clarinda.
>> Luke Schafer, East Mills: The senior poured in 38 points in the Wolverines’ 75-71 overtime win over Riverside. He hit 11 of 22 from the field, including 3 of 5 from 3-point range, and 13 of 14 from the line, to go with four assists.
>> Caleb Lange, Lenox: The freshman had 21 points, 10 rebounds, three assists and three steals in a 61-56 win over Stanton.
>> David Hicks, Carroll Kuemper: Hicks finished with 21 points, including 5 of 7 from 3-point range, in a 70-63 win over Denison-Schleswig.
>> Jake Roden, West Harrison: Roden collected 24 points, seven rebounds and three steals in a 63-57 win over Westwood.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
>> Courtney Cunard, Missouri Valley: Led the way with 17 points and six assists in a 52-46 win over Audubon that completed the Lady Reds’ first Western Iowa Conference title in 31 years.
>> Sara Sederburg, Stanton: The sophomore made 8 of 11 from the field, including 6 of 8 from 3-point range, and added five assists, five rebounds and four steals in a 64-39 win over Essex.

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