Iowa
Valley boys basketball fends off Norwalk’s second-half surge to advance to state semifinal
Valley boys basketball shrugged off the sophomore droop and beat Norwalk, 63-48, within the Iowa state event quarterfinal on Wednesday. The Tigers superior to the state semifinal and can face 8-seed Nice Valley (20-5) on Thursday at 5 p.m.
“It feels nice,” Valley coach B.J. Windhorst mentioned. “We knew it was gonna be extraordinarily powerful sport. Norwalk’s a supremely disciplined group; they have good gamers who play rather well collectively. However anytime anyone’s made a run at us, in most video games we work out a technique to reply.
“Going into the season, my purpose was simply to get them down right here. Now we’re within the semis and we have got loads of work to do within the subsequent 24 hours.”
The primary half didn’t go in keeping with plan for Norwalk. The Warriors — who common 61.2 factors per sport — scored simply 18 between the primary two quarters.
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Norwalk shot 25.9% from the sector and 27.3% from 3-point vary within the first half, whereas Valley made 64.7% of its pictures and located success on 55.6% of its makes an attempt from past the arc. The Tigers outscored Norwalk, 14-5 within the second half to take a 31-18 lead at halftime.
Valley began the second half with a strong lead, but it surely didn’t final lengthy. The Warriors outscored the Tigers, 18-12, within the third quarter. Valley’s as soon as double-digit lead was lower to 7 factors, because the Tigers struggled with ball-control points.
The Warriors managed to maintain issues shut for a lot of the fourth quarter however landed in foul bother late. That handed Valley a number of additional alternatives from the charity stripe, and it was an excessive amount of for Norwalk to beat.
True group effort pushes Valley previous Warriors
For opponents, the hardest a part of guarding the Tigers is that they’ve so many choices. This beginning lineup of largely sophomores all contribute, and the main scorer may be completely different in any given sport.
Six completely different gamers registered no less than 4 factors, together with Chuck Epperly who went 2-for-2 from 3-point vary off the bench. Norwalk restricted Stinson’s manufacturing, and so this time it was Zay Robinson and Kiki Deng who took on a bigger position.
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Valley goes to want some gamers to step up greater than others, particularly as Stinson continues to get double-guarded by most opponents. With Stinson, Robinson, Deng and Trevin Jirak all ending within the double digits, will probably be exhausting for Valley’s subsequent opponent to determine who to dedicate their time to.
“We will all rating,” Robinson mentioned. “It is a larger menace for defenses. They do not have to fret about one, they gotta fear about everybody. Everybody performed rather well — beginning lineup, even individuals off the bench.”
Norwalk doesn’t depend on luck to place up factors
The Warriors’ taking pictures struggles weren’t fully their fault. There have been loads of moments towards Valley when Norwalk received good pictures off, however they only didn’t fall. This might have been a a lot completely different sport had the Warriors not had a number of pictures bounce the flawed method.
“I feel Valley deserved to win this sport,” Redek Born mentioned. “They have been higher on the free throw line, they shot higher from three. So, though pictures did not fall, you gotta give credit score to Valley. They made pictures after they needed to.”
Redek Born stored Norwalk within the sport with 8 factors, 5 rebounds and a pair of steals within the first half. He continued to supply within the second, but it surely was Aidan Tougher who stepped up over the ultimate two frames. He went from making 1-of-7 makes an attempt within the first two quarters to scoring on 3-of-6 pictures within the second half. Two of these discipline targets have been 3-pointers.
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Norwalk’s protection additionally did its offense some favors. The Warriors had extra steals (9) and capitalized off Valley’s 14 turnovers with 14 factors off them. Norwalk additionally stepped up with an aggressive offense, with 11 offensive rebounds and 10 second-chance factors.
Alyssa Hertel is the school sports activities recruiting reporter for the Des Moines Register. Contact Alyssa at ahertel@dmreg.com or on Twitter @AlyssaHertel.
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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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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