Boys

NU High 64, Aplington-Parkersburg 43 “ At Aplington, NU High pulled away with a 20-5 third-quarter run to roll to an NICL conference win over Aplington-Parkersburg.

Johnny Hines and Eddie Diemer split NU's scoring leadership with 18 points apiece, and they each scored six points in the third.

Alec Thompson and Christian Price led the Falcons (1-7, 0-6 NICL) with 16 points apiece.

The Panthers improved to 6-1 and 4-1.

NU HIGH (64) -- Eddie Deimer 7 4-5 18, Kyle Denning 2 0-0 6, Brad Denning 1 0-0 2, Tanner Cooke 3 0-0 8, AJ Jones 4 1-2 9, Johnny Hines 8 2-4 18, James Kapanka 1 0-0 3, Totals 26 7-11 64.

APLINGTON-PARKERSBURG (43) -- Lane Luhring 1 0-0 2, Coy Wiegmann 1 0-0 2, Alec Thompson 5 3-4 16, Christian Price 7 2-2 16, Collin Tenney 1 1-2 3, Sam Cordes 1 0-0 2, John Folkerts 0 0-2 0, Jimmy Clark 0 2-2 2, Totals 16 8-12 43.

NU High 13 14 20 17 - 64

Aplington-Parkersburg 15 9 5 14 - 43

3-point goals -- NU High 5 (Kyle Denning 2, Cooke 2, Kapanka 1), Aplington-Parkersburg 3 (Thompson 3);

Team Fouls NU High 12, Aplington-Parkersburg 12; Fouled out -- none.

Center Point-Urbana 57, Columbus 32 “ At Center Point, CP-U forward Sam Elgin scored 23 points, 14 of them at the free-throw line, to boost the Pointers past the Sailors.

Elgin was 14-for-17 from the line, while the Pointers out-scored Columbus 19-3 from the stripe as a team.

Columbus (1-6, 1-4 WaMaC) were led by 13 points from Eric Knipp and 12 from James Humpal.

Center Point-Urbana (57) “ Clinton Honn 0 0-0 0, Dillon Ramsey 1 0-0 2, Jordan Kuehner 2 2-2 7, Gage Sagert 1 0-0 2, Bobby Varian 0 0-0 0, Zach Kulish 2 1-7 5, Aaron Zuck 4 2-2 10, Gannon Gifford 1 0-0 2, Sam Elgin 4 14-17 23, Aaron Sackett 0 0-0 0, Nate Becker 3 0-0 6, Ryan Mixdorf 0 0-0 0, Curtis Siech 0 0-0 0, Totals 18 19-28 57.

Columbus (36) “ Eric Knipp 6 1-2 13, Austin McGrane 1 1-2 3, Nick Maas 1 0-0 2, James Humpal 5 0-0 12, Jason Mixdorf 0 2-2 2, Mike Russell 0 0-0 0, Ty Schmitt 0 0-0 0, Bart Frederick 0 0-0 0, Nick Jenson 0 0-0 0, Ryan Frost 0 0-0 0, Ben Knipp 0 0-0 0, Dan Peters 0 0-0 0, Ryan Schwanz 0 0-0 0, Garrett Knutson 0 0-0 0, Totals 13 3-6 32.

Center Point-Urbana 12 12 17 16 “ 57

Columbus 11 6 10 5 “ 32

3-Point goals “ Center Point-Urbana 2 (Elgin 1, Kuehner 1), Columbus 2 (Humpal 2); Total fouls -- Center Point-Urbana 15, Columbus - 23; Fouled out “ Mike Russell, Columbus. Technical foul “ McGrane.

COLUMBUS SOPHS 61, CTR. PT-URB. SOPHS 49

COLUMBUS -- Amir Robinson 7, Michael Goerdt 2, John Heinzman 4, Elliott Frost 20, Jay Schmit 15, Skyler Kemp 5, Grant Foreman 8

CENTER POINT-URBANA SOPHS -- Jared Jirak 6, Joey Dighton 21, Aric Myers 15, Russel Bjork 4, Nick Wood 3

Girls

Aplington-Parkersburg 60,

NU High 31 “ At Aplington, Senior forwards Chelsea Poppens and Nicole Hippen ran the show for the Falcons as they handled NU High at home.

Poppens filled up the box score, notching 30 points, six steals and a school-record 25 rebounds, while Hippen added a double-double of 17 points with 10 rebounds.

The Falcons improved to 3-5 overall and 2-4 in the NICL East.

The Panthers, who dropped to 1-7 and 0-5, got 7 points from Maddie Backstrom.

Aplington-parkersburg (60) “ Brittany Ubben 1 0-0 2, Nicole Hippen 6 5-6 17, Ann Marie Flanigan 1 0-0 2, Tiffany Frey 1 0-0 2, Meghan Flanigan 1 2-2 5, Emma Petersen 1 0-0 2, Kaily Studnicka 0 0-4 0, Chelsea Poppins 14 2-5 30

NU HIGH (31) “ Jesse Langford 2 0-0 6, Megan Schneider 1 0-0 2, Rhyanne Abernathy-Manning 2 1-3 5, Morgan Granger 2 0-0 5, Maddie Backstrom 3 1-5 7, Karen Engles 0 1-2 1, Alex Pircer 1 1-3 3, Bree Gute 1 0-0 2

Aplington-Parkersburg 20 11 17 12 “ 60

NU High 8 11 5 7 “ 31

3-point goals “ Aplington-Parkersburg 1 (M. Flanigan) NU High 3 (Langford 2, Granger), Total fouls “ Aplington-Parkersburg 15, NU High 15. fouled out “ none.

Columbus 52, Center Point-Urbana 43 “ At Waterloo, Rachel Schaefer and Jessica Klieman played the dozens for the Columbus girls Tuesday, scoring 12 points apiece as the Sailors handled Center Point-Urbana in a WaMaC conference battle.

Schaefer added 11 rebounds to her game totals as the Sailors evened their overall record at 4-4 and climbed above .500 in the conference at 4-3.

COLUMBUS (52) -- Libby Craig 1 2-2 4, Jessica Klieman 3 4-8 12, Savannah Hayes 1 6-6 8, Mary McCoy 2 1-2 5, Katelynne Amend 3 0-0 6, Rachel Schaefer 6 0-0 12, Lauren Friedman 2 1-3 5, Totals 18 14-21 52.

Center Point-Urbana (43) -- Erika Gauley 1 0-0 2, Sam Ferguson 0 0-0 0, Danielle Pohl 0 0-0 0, Brittany Brandt 4 0-0 9, Morgan Blood 1 0-2 2, Kailey Bryant 0 1-3 1, Valerie Stone 0 0-0 0, Jamie Jones 0 0-0 0, Alicia Kramer 0 0-0 0, Jennifer Wood 3 0-0 6, Jessica White 2 0-0 4, Carly Jacobs 4 4-9 12, Madie Wilken 2 1-2 7, Danielle Coleman 0 0-0 0, Totals 17 6-16 43.

Columbus 11 16 12 13 - 52

Center Point-Urbana 12 10 6 15 - 43

3-point goals -- Columbus 2 (Klieman 2), Center Point-Urbana 3 (Brandt 1, Wilken 2); Total fouls -- Columbus 15, Center Point-Urbana 16; Fouled out -- none.