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Northern Iowa women’s basketball beats UIC in Missouri Valley Tournament quarterfinals
MOLINE, Sick. — Methodically however effectively, Northern Iowa ladies’s basketball shook free from a pesky UIC squad to advance to Saturday’s convention semifinals.
Seven groups had already been eradicated from the Missouri Valley Convention Event by the point third-seeded UNI took the courtroom Friday night time, however the Panthers hardly regarded bothered by the lengthy wait. UNI clawed its solution to a 73-57 win over the No. 6 seed Flames at Vibrant Enviornment.
With the victory, the Panthers (22-8) will face No. 2 seed Belmont in Saturday’s 4 p.m. semifinal. A win there and UNI will return to the Hoops within the Heartland title sport for the second straight 12 months.
“I believed our children did a terrific job of staying true to our gameplan over a 40-minute span,” UNI coach Tanya Warren stated. “However you have to tip your hat to UIC. They performed a really, excellent basketball sport.”
The Panthers first discovered important separation halfway via the third quarter, utilizing a 7-0 surge to seize a 47-36 lead with 4:08 remaining within the interval. UNI rode that cushion all the way in which with little disruption, apart from a short UIC push early within the fourth.
Enjoying simply down the street from her hometown of Eldridge, UNI’s Grace Boffeli led the Panthers with 23 factors and eight rebounds whereas capturing 10-for-15. She obtained double-digit scoring help from Emerson Inexperienced (11 factors), Rachael Heittola (10 factors) and Cailyn Morgan (10 factors) as effectively.
The Panthers and Flames traded blows all through a seesawing first half, which UNI largely managed however didn’t have a lead bigger than six till the ultimate three minutes of the half. A ten-0 run that includes two Boffeli buckets and treys from Inexperienced and Morgan moved the Panthers from down one to up 9 in a five-minute span.
That surge propelled UNI into halftime with a 35-30 lead. From there, the Panthers locked in defensively and by no means let UIC rip off a game-changing run. The Flames shot simply 31% from the sphere whereas mustering only one discipline aim over the ultimate seven minutes.
Now the Panthers flip to Belmont, which swept UNI throughout the common season with a 67-61 win in Cedar Falls on Jan. 8 and an 82-77 victory in Nashville on Feb. 23. The Panthers will hope for a defensive effort like the primary matchup and an offensive effort just like the second.
“They’re an excellent workforce, well-coached,” Warren stated. “They clearly swept us this 12 months. Each video games have been very, excellent basketball video games.
“They’ve the most effective gamers within the league in (first-team all-MVC guard Destinee) Wells. She’s a handful. You noticed what she was in a position to do (with 34 factors within the quarterfinals). However not solely can she rating, she does a terrific job of getting different individuals concerned. What we now have to have the ability to do, we will let her get 30 (factors) and 15 assists. So we will have to choose our poison and blend up what we’re attempting to do defensively.”
Dargan Southard is a sports activities trending reporter and covers Iowa athletics for the Des Moines Register and HawkCentral.com. Electronic mail him at msouthard@gannett.com.
It was an important date around the state for volleyball teams in Iowa, as the latest rankings were released and regional pairings in all five classes were revealed.
The two come into play once regionals reach the championship round, as the higher-ranked team will serve as the host for those games.
All five No. 1 squads remained the same, as Ankeny Centennial (Class 5A), Cedar Rapids Xavier (4A), Mount Vernon (3A), Denver (2A) and Ankeny Christian (1A) held serve.
New teams to the Top-15 include Iowa City West in 5A, Ballard in 4A, Wapsie Valley in 2A and Stanton in 1A. The entire 3A poll remained the same while Sidney made one of the biggest climbs, moving to ninth from 12th in 1A.
Regional play for 1A and 2A begins Oct. 21 with 3A, 4A and 5A starting Oct. 22. The state tournament is scheduled for Nov. 4-7 in Coralville from the Xtream Arena. Complete regional pairings can be found on Bound.
Class 5A
1. Ankeny Centennial; 2. Pleasant Valley; 3. Ankeny; 4. West Des Moines Dowling; 5. Indianola; 6. Waukee Northwest; 7. Cedar Falls; 8. Cedar Rapids Prairie; 9. Waukee; 10. Iowa City Liberty; 11. West Des Moines Valley; 12. Sioux City East; 13. Iowa City West; 14. Iowa City High; 15. Linn-Mar.
Class 4A
1. Cedar Rapids Xavier; 2. Sioux City Bishop Heelan; 3. North Scott; 4. Clear Creek-Amana; 5. Lewis Central; 6. Pella; 7. Glenwood; 8. Carlisle; 9. Marion; 10. Adel-ADM; 11. Norwalk; 12. Sergeant Bluff-Luton; 13. MOC-Floyd Valley; 14. Ballard; 15. Grinnell.
Class 3A
1. Mount Vernon; 2. Western Christian; 3. West Delaware; 4. Dubuque Wahlert; 5. Davenport Assumption; 6. Sioux Center; 7. Carroll Kuemper; 8. Mid-Prairie; 9. Cherokee; 10. Wilton; 11. Solon; 12. Anamosa; 13. Roland-Story; 14. Clarinda; 15. Nevada.
Class 2A
1. Denver; 2. Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont; 3. Dyersville Beckman; 4. Dike-New Hartford; 5. Aplington-Parkersburg; 6. South Hardin; 7. Boyden-Hull; 8. Pella Christian; 9. Iowa City Regina; 10. Hinton; 11. Grundy Center; 12. Sumner-Fredericksburg; 13. Wapsie Valley; 14. West Burlington; 15. Shenandoah.
Class 1A
1. Ankeny Christian; 2. Holy Trinity; 3. Saint Ansgar; 4. Riverside; 5. BCLUW; 6. Janesville; 7. North Tama; 8. Don Bosco; 9. Sidney; 10. River Valley; 11. Akron-Westfield; 12. Stanton; 13. Fremont-Mills; 14. Southwest Valley; 15. Gladbrook-Reinbeck.
Week 6 of the 2024 Iowa high school football season has wrapped up, and High School on SI is continuing its weekly computer rankings for the season.
The Dowling Maroons kept their top five placing in this week’s 5A Iowa computer rankings after a thrilling 41-35 victory over Ankeny Centennial. They face a strong Urbandale team on Friday, to keep their momentum going.
The top of the 5A computer rankings stay the same this week as the Bettendorf Bulldogs take home another win, this time defeating Kennedy 33-14. The Bulldogs look forward to Friday, where they will travel to Davenport Central in hopes to hold their place in the standings.
SBLive’s formula was created using its linear algebra-based ranking algorithm inspired by the Colley Bias-Free Ranking Method. Colley’s Method was created by Wes Colley, Ph.D., an astrophysicist at the University of Alabama at Huntsville. He devised his algorithm to help address the subjectivity and controversy regarding BCS college football selections in the 1990s and early 2000s, using a method that used no subjective variables.
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Here are SBLive’s latest Iowa football computer rankings, as of Oct. 7, 2024:
IOWA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COMPUTER RANKINGS
CLASS 5A | CLASS 4A
CLASS 3A | CLASS 2A
CLASS 1A | CLASS A
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JELD-WEN, a manufacturer of windows and doors in Grinnell, has announced it will be laying off 152 workers effective Nov. 7.
The announcement was made on Iowa’s Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) site.
The company, based in Charlotte, North Carolina, was founded in 1960 and has 18,000 employees, with operating facilities in 16 countries in North America and Europe with 2023 sales of $4.3 billion, according to the company’s website.
JELD-WEN did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Wednesday.
Earlier this year, JELD-WEN announced the closing of its Hawkins, Wisconsin facility, affecting 338 employees, and in Vista, California, resulting in the loss of 110 jobs.
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