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♪♪ >> THE SUN IS SETTING IN DES MOINES, BUT EARLIER TODAY, WE HAD FULL BLUE SKIES FROM EVERYWHERE YOU LOOKED AT IT, AND YOU COULD SEE EITHER THE GOLDEN DOME OR WELLS FARGO ARENA IF YOU WERE HEADING THROUGH ON 235 AND LOOKING AT THE ARENA SAYING, I WONDER IF THIS IS STATE BASKETBALL WEEKEND.

IT IS!

WE HAVE ONE MORE GAME.

IT IS THE REMATCH OF LAST YEAR'S 1A CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP AND THIS YEAR NEWELL-FONDA IS NUMBER TWO, AND BISHOP GARRIGAN IS NUMBER ONE.

ALONGSIDE LAURA LEONARD, I'M PAUL JAEGER AND GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE ON CHAMPIONSHIP SATURDAY AND THE NIGHT WE WEAR PINK BY THE WAY.

AND LAURA, THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THESE TWO TEAMS HAVE PLAYED IN A YEAR, AND IT IS SPLIT.

SO WHAT ABOUT THE THIRD GAME?

YOU THINK IT IS A BIG DEAL OR ANYTHING?

>> WELL, KIND OF A BIG DEAL WITH EVERYTHING ON THE LINE, IT IS A HUGE DEAL.

SO IT IS THE RUBBER GAME OF THE MATCH BETWEEN THESE TWO TEAMS, AND IT IS GOING TO BE A HIGH-SCORING AFFAIR, I FEEL.

IT IS GOING TO BE UP AND DOWN AND A LOT OF POINTS SCORES.

>> NEWELL-FONDA IS THE ROAD TEAM AND TWO-TIME DEFENDING CHAMPIONS.

THEY RETURN FOUR STARTERS FROM LAST YEAR, AND THE SAME SCRIPT, POTENT OFFENSE, LOTS OF STEALS, SIMILAR NAMES, AND YOU HAVE SAID SIEVERS AND BAILEY FOR YEARS, LAURA.

>> AND COACH JUNGERS FEELS LIKE THIS TEAM IS DEEPER THAN LAST YEAR, SO THAT MAKES THEM MORE SCARY.

>> AND THEN FOR BISHOP GARRIGAN, SIMILAR NAMES AS WELL.

THEY ARE ON THEIR THIRD TRIP IN FOUR YEARS, AND TWO FAMILIAR NAMES AUDI CROOKS, IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHO SHE IS, BUT MANY OF YOU CAUGHT IT LAST YEAR, AND MOLLY JOYCE IS IN THE SAME CLASS AS SUPER SOPHOMORES.

>> THEY ARE AN AMAZING DUO TO WATCH, AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW THOSE NAMES BY NOW, YOU WILL AFTER THE STATE TOURNAMENT.

>> LET'S MEET THIS YEAR'S WINNER OF THE IOWA BANKERS SCHOLARSHIP.

>> THIS YEAR OF THE GIRL'S STATE TOURNAMENT, THE IOWA BANKERS SCHOLARSHIP PRESENTS AN AWARD TO A STUDENT ATHLETE WHO IS OUTSTANDING NOT ONLY ON THE COURT, BUT IN THE CLASSROOM.

THE 2021 STUDENT ATHLETE RECIPIENT IS ELLIE LAGO.

AND THANK YOU THE DAMON MILLER WITH YOUR SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS AWARD WITH THE ISGHAU.

>> NEWELL-FONDA FANS, LET'S HEAR IT FOR YOUR MUSTANGS.

>> BISHOP GARRIGAN FANS, LET'S HEAR IT FOR YOUR GOLDEN BEARS.

>>> FANS, IT IS TIME TO INTRODUCE THE PLAYERS IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHUP.

FIRST THE NONSTARTERS FOR NEWELL-FONDA.

NUMBER 5, ANNA BELLCOCK.

NUMBER 11, MARY WALKER.

NUMBER 23, McKENNA SIEVERS.

NUMBER 25, NEVAEH LYMAN.

NUMBER 33, LANEY HOGREFE.

NUMBER 35, KIERRA JUNGERS.

NUMBER 43, ISABEL BARTEK.

NUMBER 51, AUDREY KOSKY.

NUMBER 53, PAIGE ROBERTS, AND NUMBER 55, EMMA ERICKSON.

THE ASSISTANT COACHES FOR NEWELL-FONDA ARE COURTNEY DARROW, JORDAN MYERS AND KEVIN LARSEN.

AND NOW, LET'S MEET THE NONSTARTERS FOR ALGONA BISHOP GARRIGAN.

NUMBER 2, EMMA GRANDGENETT.

NUMBER 3, ANNA BERKE.

NUMBER 4, GRACIE ROSENMEYER.

NUMBER 12, KELLY BAADE.

NUMBER 20, REAGAN MURPHY.

NUMBER 24, ASHLYN HOVEY.

NUMBER 32, ELLA MULLER.

NUMBER 34, CAELYN CAPESIUS.

AND THE ASSISTANT COACHES ARE MICK ELBERT AND JOE BARTOLO.

AND NOW, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ARE YOU READY FOR TONIGHT'S STARTING LINEUPS!

FOR NEWELL-FONDA 5'8" SENIOR NUMBER 13 BAILEY SIEVERS.

AND FOR BISHOP GARRIGAN A 5'7" SOPHOMORE NUMBER 11, MOLLY JOYCE.

FOR NEWELL-FONDA 5'7" JUNIOR NUMBER 21, MACY SIEVERS.

AND FOR BISHOP GARRIGAN, A 5'10" SENIOR NUMBER 14 KAYLYN MEYERS.

FOR NEWELL-FONDA, 5'8" SENIOR NUMBER 31 MAGGIE WALKER.

AND FOR BISHOP GARRIGAN, A 5'7" SENIOR NUMBER 22 GRACIE ELSBECKER.

FOR NEWELL-FONDA, 5'9" SENIOR NUMBER 41 ELLA LARSEN.

AND FOR BISHOP GARRIGAN, A 5'8" SENIOR NUMBER 24 REESE ROSENMEYER.

FOR NEWELL-FONDA, 5'8" SENIOR NUMBER 45, ELLIE LAGO.

AND FOR BISHOP GARRIGAN, A 6'3" SOPHOMORE, NUMBER 55, AUDI CROOKS.

THE HEAD COACH FOR NEWELL-FONDA IS DICK JUNGERS AND THE HEAD COACH FOR BISHOP GARRIGAN IS BRANDON SCHWAB.

TONIGHT'S FLOOR OFFICIALS ARE CHRIS EHLERS, SEAN COLLINS, AND TODD STATLER, AND THE BENCH OFFICIAL IS BOB SQUIRE.

WELCOME NEWELL-FONDA AND BISHOP GARRIGAN TO THE 2021 CLASS 1A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

>> WE HAVE TWO 25-1 TEAMS, NEWELL-FONDA AND BISHOP GARRIGAN, AND LAURA LEONARD, WHAT IS THE KEY TO THE GAME?

>> SWARMING OFFENSE TO DEFENSE.

YOU WILL SEE THEM TURN IT INTO POINTS AND THEY AVERAGE A TON OF POINT, AND THEY GET MOST OF IT OFF OF THE DEFENSIVE STEALS, AND C-4, IF YOU ARE SEEING THE OTHER FOUR ON THE FLOOR, DON'T GET TRAPPED.

>> AND FOR BISHOP GARRIGAN.

>> THEY NEED TO GET TO THE OFFENSIVE GLASS AND GET EXTRA POSITION SESSIONS AND FUNNEL DRIVE TO THE MIDDLE WHERE AUDI CROOKS IS AND SHE CAN ALTER THE SHOTS.

>> LARSEN AND CROOKS AT THE CENTER CIRCLE, GOING OUT OF BOUNDS IN FAVOR OF GARRIGAN, AND THAT I WILL HAVE IT HERE INITIALLY.

BUT NOW IT IS NEWELL-FONDA.

BRANDON SCHWAB GETS THE EXPLANATION, AND SO WILL THE MUSTANGS.

WE'LL START WITH THE BASKETBALL.

>> THEY ARE SHOWING THE ZONE, TWO-THREE ZONE.

AND YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN GAMBLE OUT ON THE PERIMETER WITH THE WINGS, BECAUSE YOU HAVE AUDI CROOKS OUT IN THE MIDDLE WHO CAN ALTER THE SHOTS WHEN YOU TRY TO GO INSIDE.

>> MACY SIEVERS' THREE-POINT BASKET IS OFF OF THE MARK, AND ALREADY, NEWELL-FONDA IS PLAYING THE PRESSURE DEFENSE TO FORCE A TURNOVER AS MOLLY JOYCE DRIBBLES IT OUT OF BOUNDS.

>> IMMEDIATELY, THE PRESSURE COMES FROM NEWELL-FONDA ON THE OUTLET PASS, AND JOYCE DID A GOOD JOB TO GET BY IT INITIALLY, BUT THEN A SECOND WAVE COMES TO PUSH HER TO THE SIDELINES.

>> NO SCORE EARLY ON, AND BOTH TEAMS HAVE HAD AN OFFENSIVE POSSESSION, A NOT MUCH OF ONE FOR GARRIGAN YET, AND NOW, WHO IS IN THE MID OF THE PAINT BUT AUDI CROOKS.

>> AND TRYING TO THREAD THE NEEDLE DOWN LOW, AND JUST WAY TOO MANY ARMS AND LEGS TO TRY TO GET THAT PASS THROUGH.

>> MUSTANGS INBOUNDED AND PULLING THE TRIGGER AND HITTING THE THREE IS MAGGIE WALKER BREAKING THE ICE.

>> LOOK HOW FAR BACK THEY PUSH JOYCE AND MAKE HER HAVE TO WORK REALLY HARD TO GET IT UP AND THEN RETREAT DEFENSIVELY FILLING THE GAP, FILLING THE LANE.

>> AND A FOUL IS CALLED AS LARSEN HAD STEPPED IN FRONT OF IT.

WHAT'S THAT OLD DEFENSIVE -- A BALL YOU MAN OR JUMPING THE PASS MOMENT?

>> THAT IS JUST GETTING BACK IN THE DEFENSIVE POSITION AND FILLING A SPOT AND THEN UNDERSTANDING AND SEEING WHERE YOU NEED TO BE AFTER THAT.

SO YOU WANT TO PACK IT IN, IN THE MIDDLE AND THEN WORK YOUR WAY OUT, AN PICK SOMEBODY ELSE UP.

>> INTO THE CORNER, AND STUCK WITH IT IS LAGO, AND GETTING THE STEAL IS MYERS.

>> YOU KNOW, YOU THINK THAT YOU HAVE A LITTLE BREATHING ROOM ONCE YOU GET IT PAST THE FIRST TWO DEFENDERS, AND THEN ANOTHER TWO WAITING FOR YOU.

>> IT DOES NOT WORK FOR CROOKS, AND THAT IS TOO HARD OFF OF THE GLASS.

I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU IN THE OPEN ABOUT THE OVER/UNDER, AND 111 COMBINED POINTS, AND BOTH OF THE TEAMS WITH BUTTER ON THE BASKETBALL.

CROOKS COLLECTS AND WILL GET ONE MORE.

>> THAT ONE JUST ROLLS OVER TO CROOKS, AND SHE JUST PICKS IT UP, AND SHE SAYS, I WILL TAKE THE MATTERS INTO MY OWN HANDS AND GOING UP STRONG AND DREW THE CONTACK, AND THIS IS THE LINE CHANGE, AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE ACCUSTOMED TO HERE IN THE BALL GAME AS YOU SAY A LITTLE BIT OF BUTTER ON THE BALL.

IT IS A SLIPPERY BALL HERE TONIGHT, AND TO START THIS GAME WITH AUDI CROOKS RIGHT THERE TO PICK IT UP.

>> CROOKS DOESN'T MISS MANY PASSES TO HER OR REBOUNDS NEAR HER.

SHE DOES MISFIRE ON THE FREE THROW.

JUNGERS, LARSEN, BACK WITH THE BASKETBALL.

THAT'S WALKER.

OUT FOR A MOMENT ON THAT THREE PERIMETER.

NOT REAL GOOD LOOKS IN THE PAINT SO FAR, AND GOOD DEFENSE KEEPING IT ON THE OUTSIDE, AND PULLING IT, AND SHOOTING IT IS LARSEN, AND IT IS SHORT, BUT YET NEWELL-FONDA THERE FOR THE REBOUND.

>> WALKER ABLE TO GRAB THAT BALL AND KICK IT BACK OUT, AND ANOTHER OFFENSIVE BOARD.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THAT GARRIGAN NEEDED TO DO IS TO CONTROL THE OFFENSIVE BOARDS, AND RIGHT NOW, NEWELL-FONDA IS DOING THE A GREAT JOB ON THE OFFENSIVE GLASS.

THREE OPPORTUNITY, AND THEY FINALLY KNOCK ONE DOWN.

>> AND KIERRA JUNGERS WITH THE BUNNY.

THAT IS THE DAUGHTER OF HEAD COACH DICK JUNGERS, AND THAT IS A STEAL FOR THE MUSTANGS AND THE TWO-ON-ONE DRILL, AND THE LAY-UP FOR MARY WALKER.

SHE IS THE RARE BENCH PLAYER WHO HAS HAD DOUBLE FIG YEURES IN OF THE FIRST TWO GAMES.

>> WELL, THEY FEEL DEEPER THAN THEY HAVE FELT THE LAST TWO YEARS.

SO I AM NOT SURE IT MATTERS WHO THEY HAVE ON THE FLOOR.

>> AND GRACIE CONNECTS, GRACIE ELSBECKER.

>> ONCE THEY FELT THE PRESSURE THEY KICKED IT OUT TO SHOOTER.

>> AND IT IS JUNGERS AGAIN.

9-5, NEWELL-FONDA.

THREE MINUTES AND NOW IT IS 4:00 GONE BY.

TIME-OUT, BISHOP GARRIGAN.

THEY WERE GETTING CLOSE ON THE 10-SECOND COUNT.

THIS IS HOW THE TWO TEAMS GOT HERE AND IT WAS A STRUGGLE FOR BISHOP GARRIGAN IN THE OPENING GAME AGAINST SPRINGVILLE, BUT THEY WERE ABLE TO KNOCK OUT THE FAMILIAR TOURNAMENT TEAM SPRINGVILLE, AND EXIRA-EHK AND THEN KNOCKED OUT KINGSLY PEARSON DID NEWELL-FONDA.

AND SAINT ANSGAR KNOCKED OUT MONTEZUMA.

AND NEWELL-FONDA TOOK OUT MONTEZUMA.

SO COACH JUNGER SAID THAT WE DIDN'T HIT A LOT OF LAY-UPS OR GOOD SHOTS, AND THAT KIND OF SNOWBALLED FROM THERE.

>> SO LOOKING AT WHEN THEY PLAYED AS YOU SAID BACK ON DECEMBER 12th, AND THAT GOING TO GIVE YOU A LOT OF TIME TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AND GET BETTER AS THE SEASON WEARS ON.

SO I THINK THAT THEY JUST LEARN EACH AND EVERY TIME THEY ARE OUT THERE ON THE FLOOR AS A UNIT HOW TO PLAY TOGETHER DEFENSIVELY.

>> SO THAT IS A GOOD TEST GAME EARLY, AND THEN BISHOP GARRIGAN GOES AND COMES ON ONE OF THE COLDEST NIGHTS OF 2021 TO VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL IN WEST DES MOINES TO PLAY A GAME TO GET MORE SPEED.

AND THE THREE FROM THE RIGHT SIDE IS NO GOOD FOR BERKE, AND NEWELL-FONDA PUSHING THE TEMPO.

JUNGERS' SHOT IS OFF OF THE MARK.

AND THEN A FOUL AS CROOKS HAD THE REBOUND.

JUNGERS IS WHISTLED, I BELIEVE.

>> I THINK THAT YOU ARE RIGHT.

THE SHOT GOES UP, AND YOU CAN SEE CROOKS PULL IT.

AND SHE IS LOOKING FOR THE OUTLET, AND SHE BROUGHT IT DOWN.

FROM THE BACKSIDE THEY COME TO TIE IT UP, BUT CALLED FOR THE FOUL.

>> MOLLY JOYCE IS ON THE OUT OF BOUNDS LINE, AND SHE IS PUSHED.

OKAY.

SO INITIALLY, I THOUGHT THAT MAYBE COACH SCHWAB WAS SAYING DON'T DRIBBLE OUT OF BOUNDS, BUT HE THINKS THAT MAYBE SHE IS PUSHED THERE.

>> NEWELL-FONDA HAS A TENDENCY THAT THEY PLAY SO CLOSE, AND THEY PLAY SO TIGHT DEFENSIVELY, AND LITTLE BUMP HERE OR THERE MIGHT HELP USHER SOMEBODY TO THE SIDELINE.

>> BAILEY SIEVERS WITH THE TREY.

12-5, MUSTANGS.

BACKDOOR, AND THEY ARE GOING TO CROOKS, AND SHE DRIBBLES, AND MISSES.

A LOT OF BLUE AROUND HER.

OUT AHEAD ARE THE MUSTANGS AR AND THE LAY-UP IS GOOD.

MARY WALKER.

>> THEY GET THE REBOUND, THE RUN-OUT.

AND BISHOP GARRIGAN TRIED TO INBOUND THE BALL QUICKLY TO PUSH THE TEMPO SO THEY WOULD NOT LET THE DEFENSE GET SET, BUT IT IS JUST A NATURAL REACTION FOR THE MUSTANGS TO ONCE THEY SEE THE BALL GO THROUGH THE HOOP, THEY TURN AROUND AND START PLAYING DEFENSE.

>> SO IS THE TEMPO FAVORING NEWELL-FONDA RIGHT NOW?

>> I THINK SO.

THIS IS THEIR GAME.

THIS IS WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.

THEY WANT TO SPEED YOU UP, AND PRESSURE YOU ALL OVER THE COURT, AND GET THE STEALS AND THE EASY LAY-UPS JUST LIKE WE SAW IN THE LAST POSSESSION.

>> CAELYN MEYERS WHO IS ONE OF THE GIRLS WHO HAS BEEN WITH GARRIGAN IN THE LAST THREE TRIPS.

THE SENIOR MISSES THE SHOT, AND IT IS GOING TO GO OFF OF NEWELL-FONDA, AND IT IS GOING TO STAY GARRIGAN BASKETBALL.

>> I THINK THAT YOU HAVE TO SEE BISHOP GARRIGAN HIT SOME PERIMETER SHOTS TO OPEN THINGS UP IN THE MIDDLE SO THEY CAN TRY TO ENTER THE BALL INTO CROOKS.

>> ALMOST A MINUTE AND A HALF SINCE THE LAST FIELD GOAL, AND THAT IS AN ETERNITY.

THE LAY-UP RUNNER NO GOOD FOR JOYCE, AND THEN, IT ENDS UP GOING OFF OF BERKE OUT OF BOUNDS, AND IT IS GOING TO STAY WITH NEWELL-FONDA.

INTERIOR, AND NOW THE CUTTING, AND SOMEHOW, HE IS GETTING THAT SHOT OFF.

IT WAS MACY SIEVERS, AND SHE IS GOING TO GO -- NO, THIS TIME IT IS BAILEY SIEVERS, AND AUDI CROOKS PICKS UP THE FOUL.

>> SHE IS GOING TO GET A LOOK AT THE PASSING, AND THE EYES UP SURVEYING THE FLOOR, AND LOOKING FOR YOUR TEAMMATE.

AND MAKING SURE THAT YOU CAN DELIVER THAT PASS TO THEM WHERE THEY CAN SHOOT IT.

>> THE FIRST FREE THROW IS GOOD.

FOR BAILEY SIEVERS.

13 AGAINST KINGSLY PEARSON AND 13 AGAINST MONTEZUMA AND NOW SHE HAS FIVE.

MORE PRESSURE, AND TURNS TO A STEAL.

SHOT UP, NO GOOD.

AGAIN, THE FOLLOW RUNNERS, AND THE THIRD ATTEMPT IS COMING.

FINALLY, GARRIGAN GETTING RID OF IT IN THE CORNER, AND BERKE WITH THE BASKETBALL, BUT THEY ARE GOING TO WRONG WAY.

CROOKS AT THE TOP OF THE PRESS BREAK, AND THREE COMING FROM MYERS WELL SHORT.

>> THAT DEFENSE FORCED THEM INTO THAT SHOT.

THEY DID NOT WANT TO GO ANY FURTHER, AND THEY FELT THAT WAS THE BEST OPTION AVAILABLE.

>> ANOTHER TWO FOR BAILEY SIEVERS.

INTO CROOKS BACKDOOR, AND THE LAY-UP IS GOOD.

AND THE FOUR POINTS NOW FOR CROOKS.

>> IF YOU CAN DO THAT AND THAT KIND OF SEQUENCE WHERE THEY PASS THE BALL OVER THE TOP OF THE ZONE, AND THEN YOU PUT IT IN A PLACE WHERE CROOKS IS THE ONLY PLACE TO PUT IT, THEY CAN SCORE ALL NIGHT.

>> THE THREE IS NO GOOD BY LAGO, AND CROOKS WITH THE REBOUND.

CROOKS COMING INTO THE GAME HAD 28 REBOUNDS IN THE TOURNAMENT.

TRANSITION SHOT IS NO GOOD FOR JOYCE.

MAN, GARRIGAN IS NOT GETTING THE SECOND ATTEMPTS.

>> NO, THEY REALLY AREN'T, AND THEY ARE HAVING A HARD TIME TO GET BACK DOWN THERE TO GET SET.

THEY ARE TAKING QUICK SHOTS, AND THE REST OF THE TEAM IS NOT GETTING DOWN TO GET INTO REBOUNDING POSITION.

>> TIE-UP RIGHT THERE IN THE NEAR COURT.

LAST YEAR IN THE TITLE GAME, LAURA, GARRIGAN WAS UP 3 1/2, AND THEY EXTENDED THE LEAD TO 16 BEFORE NEWELL-FONDA PECKED AWAY.

SO THIS YEAR, NEWELL-FONDA WITH THE EARLY LEAD, AND WE WILL SEE HOW BISHOP GARRIGAN PECKS AWAY.

WIDE OPEN ON THE OVER THE TOP DEFENSE PASS TO ABBIE CAPESIUS, AND THERE IS A FOUL ON NEWELL-FONDA.

LANEY HOGREFE WITH IT.

>> THEY ARE TRYING TO GO OVER THE TOP.

THEY ARE MAKING DIFFICULT PASSES AND GETTING THE LOOKS, BUT THEY ARE NOT GETTING ANYTHING TO FALL.

>> THEY DO GET THAT FREE THROW TO FALL, BUT, BOY, IT TOOK EVERY PART OF THE CYLINDER FOR KA CAPESIUS.

>> THEY ARE REALLY CRASHING THE BOARDS.

>> AND ELLA IS UNDECIDED ON HER COLLEGE PLANS.

SHE KNOWS THAT SHE WANTS TO, AND SEEING WHAT COMES HER WAY FOR OPPORTUNITIES AS A LITTLE DENIAL BY THE GOLDEN BEAR DEFENSE KEEPS IT AWAY FROM NEWELL-FONDA FROM GETTING A BUCKET.

INSIDE CROOKS OVER THE DEFENSE AND GOOD DENIAL, AND LARSEN COME BACK AND PUTBACK FOR THE GOLDEN BEARS, AND THAT IS ABBIE KA CAPESIUS.

>> GOOD JOB FROM CROOKS TO GET IT BACK TO CAPESIUS.

>> SHE COMES RIGHT BACK.

THE MUSTANGS HAVE TO SHOOT IT, TWO SECONDS AND ONE, AND LARSEN AT THE BUZZER -- NO GOOD.

NEWELL-FONDA HAD A BIG LEAD, BUT IT IS RIGHT BACK DOWN TO EIGHT.

18-8 AFTER ONE QUARTER IN THE 1A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

>> NEWELL-FONDA AVERAGING 80 POINTS A GAME, AND THEY ARE A LITTLE BEHIND THE PACE, LAURA, AND BISHOP GARRIGAN AVERAGING 52 POINTS A GAME.

LITTLE MORE BEHIND, AND 18-10 AS WE BEGIN QUARTER TWO.

I ASKED YOU ABOUT THE TEMPO A MOMENT AGO, AND GARRIGAN HAS TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO SLOW IT DOWN OR HOW TO GET CROOKS THE BALL EVERY TIME.

>> WELL, IF THEY CAN, BECAUSE THEY ARE DOING A GOOD JOB OF POSITIONING THEMSELVES, NEWELL-FONDA IS, RIGHT AROUND CROOKS ON THE FRONT AND THE BACK, AND SO THEY HAVE GOT TO HIT SOME SHOTS FROM THE OUTSIDE TO OPEN IT UP ON THE INSIDE.

>> THERE MOLLY JOYCE PULLED A NEWELL-FONDA, AND GOT HER HAND IN THE PASSING LANE AND DISRUPTED THINGS.

AND FRANKLY, IT JUST CAN'T BE THE AUDI CROOKS SHOW, AND IT IS NOT THAT SHOW FOR BISHOP GARRIGAN, BECAUSE YOU HAVE MOLLY JOYCE WITH 18 POINTS A GAME, AND CAELYN MEYERS WITH 10.

BALANCED TEAMS DO WELL HERE.

MACY SEAVERS WITH THE SIX FOOTER, AND AGAIN SOME PRESSURE.

THE BASEBALL PASS DOWN ALL OF THE WAY BUT MISSING THE SHOT IS ROSENMEYER.

AND IT IS A HELD BALL.

>> WHAT BISHOP GARRIGAN IS DOING IS TRYING TO THROW OVER THE TOP OF THE DEFENSE, AND THEY HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO GET AND FINISH ALL OF THE WAY THROUGH THAT LAY-UP.

>> NEWELL-FONDA BY TEN, 20-10, AND THE TURN AROUND SHOT BY JUNGERS IS GOOD.

>> JUNGERS IS HAVING A NICE FIRST HALF AND THE DEFENSE DID NOT COME OUT TO CONTEST THAT SHOT.

>> INTO CROOKS HIGH OFF OF THE GLASS AND GOOD.

AUDI NOW WITH SIX.

UP AHEAD QUICKLY GO TO MUSTANGS.

TIPPED AWAY INTO THE ARMS OF THE BEARS.

CROSS COURT PASS, AND BEFORE MOLLY JOYCE CAN GET A SHOT OFF, SHE IS FOULED BY MACY SIEVERS.

MOLLY JOYCE THIS YEAR IS A SOPHOMORE.

HER AND AUDI CROOKS ARE TEAMMATES ON THE AAU TEAM, AND THE TEAM THEY PLAY FROM ALGONA IS FROM DES MOINES AND PLAYS OFF OF HUBBLE AVENUE AND NOT TOO FAR AWAY FROM WELLS FARGO ARENA, AND ON OCCASION, THEY MIGHT TAKE A DETOUR AND SAY, WE MIGHT WANT TO GET BACK HERE.

>> AND CHECK IT OUT WITH THE DUO, AND CROOKS WAS NOT READY FOR THE PASS.

>> IT IS OFF OF NEWELL-FONDA AND OUT OF BOUNDS.

>> BUT WITH THIS KUO, AND THIS LINEUP WITH BISHOP GARRIGAN, THEY CERTAINLY WILL BE HERE FOR A FEW MORE YEARS.

>> PAIGE ROBERTS HAS THE BALL GO OFF OF HER.

YOU NEED ALMOST A FULL ROSTER LINEUP TO KEEP UP WITH NEWELL-FONDA AND THE PLAYERS THEY ROTATE THROUGH.

COME INTO THE TOURNAMENT, THE COACH SAID EVERYBODY WITH A VARSITY JERSEY BUT TWO HAVE PLAYED IN THE GAME.

>> YES, AND THIS IS DEPTH, AND PLAYERS UPON PLAYERS AND WHETHER YOU START OR THE NEXT WAVE OR THE THIRD WAVE, YOU WILL LOG SOME MINUTES FOR THIS MUSTANG TEAM.

>> NEWELL-FONDA BY TEN, BUT WHEN YOU ARE OUT ON TO COURT, YOU HAVE TO GO.

THERE IS NO, IF YOU HAVE YOUR HANDS ON THE SHORTS, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BE IN THE GAME MUCH LONGER.

AUDI GETS RICOCHET.

SHE PUTS IT IN THE BASKET.

>> YOU SEE THAT SHE DOES A GOOD JOB OF CONTINUING TO MOVE HER FEET, AND SHE DOES NOT STAND AROUND, AND SHE HAS BEEN ABLE TO PICK UP A COUPLE OF LOOSE BALLS AND CONVERT THEM.

>> BAILEY SIEVERS WITH THE BASKETBALL.

LARSEN DRIBBLES WITH THE LEFT, AND CUTTING SIEVERS.

CROOKS BLOCKS IT.

AND IT GOES SAVED A MOMENT THIS TIME, I DON'T THINK THAT JOYCE HAD COME BACK INBOUNDS YET BEFORE SHE TOUCHED IT, AND IT IS A DOWNED PLAYER.

HITTING HARD THERE WAS ELLIE LAGO, AND CONTACT -- AND SHE LOST SOMETHING THAT SHE IS HOLDING IN HER CONTACT AS SHE IS LOOKING AT HER LEFT FINGER.

IF YOU WERE WATCHING THE EARLIER PART OF THE BROADCAST, ELLIE WAS THE WIN OVER THE BANKER SCHOLARSHIP AND WE SAW A COUPLE OF THE GIRLS WITH THE JERSEYS WALK ACROSS OVER THE TOURNAMENT HERE.

>> YES, IT IS NICE TO SEE THAT REPRESENTATION FROM THE PLAYERS WHO ARE HERE REPRESENTING THEIR SCHOOLS AND GETTING THAT AWARD.

>> ELLIE IS A SENIOR, AND A SHARP SHOOTER.

THE THING ABOUT HER, TOP IN THE ACADEMIC SECTION OF HER CLASS.

>> YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT ALL OF THESE YOUNG LADIES DO A GREAT JOB IN THE CLASSROOM.

THEY ARE HARD WORKERS ON THE COURT, AND HARD WORKERS WITH THEIR STUDIES AS WELL.

>> AUDI CROOKS IS HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH ONE OF THE OFFICIALS.

NOT MANY MORE COLLECTED AS A SOPHOMORE, AND I WAS IMPRESSED WITH HER AS A FRESHMAN LAST YEAR WITH CROOKS, AND SO WELL SPOKEN WITH A WHOLE LOT OF ATTENTION ON HER.

THREE ON WAY FROM THE OUTSIDE.

NOTHING BUT A SWISH FOR NEWELL-FONDA'S NEVAEH LYMAN.

>> YOU CAN LOOK UP AND DOWN THAT ROSTER AND YOU KNOW THEY WILL BE IN AT SOME POINT IN TIME, AND SO GET TO KNOW THE NAMES AND THE NUMBERS.

>> LARSEN WITH IT.

SIEVERS AND BACK TO LARSEN FOR THREE, AND ELLIE'S SHOT IS NO GOOD.

SEAVERS WITH REBOUND AND A NICE SPIN MOVE.

NOT QUITE ABLE TO FINISH WAS JOYCE'S SHOT.

IT IS OFF OF HER AND BACK TO NEWELL-FONDA.

25-14, AND 4:23 TO GO HERE BEFORE HALFTIME.

>> BUT OFF OF THE REBOUND, AND THEY PUSH THE TEMPO SO IT DOES NOT ALLOW THE DEFENSE TO GET SET.

THAT IS WHY YOU NEED TO BE ONE AND DONE WHEN THE SHOT GOES UP FOR NEWELL-FONDA, PULL THE REBOUND SO YOU CAN GET YOUR TEAM GOING TO OTHER WAY.

>> WIDE OPEN ON THE BACK SIDE.

BAILEY SIEVERS.

>> FORGET ABOUT SIEVERS DOWN LOW, AND THEY JUST EXTENDED THE BACK LINE OF DEFENSE UP A LITTLE BIT TOO HIGH.

>> THE LARGEST LEAD OF THE GAME BY 13, AND CROOKS FOULED ON THE ENTRY BY LARSEN, AND A LITTLE NOTE HERE COMING IN WITH ALL THAT AUDI CROOKS NEEDED WAS ONE BLOCK TO SET THE RECORD FOR BLOCKS IN THE TOURNAMENT, AND BACK IN 2014, CLAUDIA LARSEN HAD BLOCKED 14 SHOTS, AND NOW CROOKS HAS BLOCKED HER 14th, AND SO AT LEAST RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE TIED.

>> WELL, SHE IS A DIFFERENCE-MAKER IN THE MID, AND SHE WILL MAKE YOU CHANGE YOUR SHOT AND ALTER YOUR SHOT WHEN YOU GET IN CLOSE.

>> NICE JOB BY ABBIE CAPESIUS.

LYMAN, BARTEK TO THE CUTTER AND DID YOU SEE THAT PASS?

THEY KNEW, NEWELL-FONDA KNEW THAT THERE WAS A SUPPOSED TO BE A CUTTER RIGHT THERE.

AND MACY SIEVERS KNEW IT THAT TIME, AND THEY KNEW WHERE THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE, AND JOYCE'S THREE IS NO GOOD.

>> THAT IS JUST PLAYING THE SYSTEM SO LONG, AND EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT TO DO, AND WHAT TO LOOK FOR, AND WHO IS CUTTING WHERE.

AND THAT IS THE SITUATION WHERE THERE IS THREE DEFENDERS CAUGHT DOWN ON THE BASELINE CUTTING TO THE MIDDLE, AND YOU GET THE EASY TWO.

>> MACY SIEVERS WAY OUT FRONT WITH IT.

SHOT CLANKS, NO GOOD.

THE REBOUND OUT THE ABBIE CAPESIUS.

THAT IS MYERS.

MYERS WILL STEP UP FROM THE RIGHT WING.

THAT LOOKED GOOD FROM THE HAND, BUT IT WAS JUST A LITTLE LONG.

>> JUST A LITTLE BIT TOO STRONG OFF OF THE RIM, BUT IT WAS A GOOD CLEAN LOOK.

>> MACY SIEVERS AND WE HAVE A TIME -- WE HAVE A TRAVEL ON THE STEAL.

SO IT WAS A STEAL AND THEN BEFORE WE WENT ANY FURTHER, IT WAS A TRAVEL.

GARRIGAN TO INBOUND AT THE 2:31 MARK.

THE PASS TO DICK JUNGERS, AND THE PROBLEM IS THAT HE IS WEARING THE SAME COLOR AS THE JERSEY, BUT HE IS NOT IN THE GAME.

>> HE IS NOT IN THE OFFICIAL SCOREBOOK EITHER.

NEWELL-FONDA WITH FIVE STEALS.

IT SEEMS LIKE 50 STEALS I AM SURE IF YOU ARE BISHOP GARRIGAN THE WAY THAT THEY ARE ALL OVER THE FLOOR AND ALL OVER THE BALL HANDLERS.

>> LARSEN TO THE CORNER.

OPEN THREE, MISSED BY WALKER.

IF THERE IS THE ANYTHING THAT YOU ARE POSITIVE ABOUT IF YOU ARE GARRIGAN NOW, IT IS TO KEEP NEWELL-FONDA SHOOTING THE THREE, BECAUSE IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE FOR THEM.

>> YEA, IF YOU ARE SHUTTING THINGS DOWN IN THE MIDDLE, LET THEM SHOOT THE THREE, AND THEN HAVE A LITTLE PATIENCE ON THE OFFENSIVE END TO GET THE BALL INSIDE TO THAT YOUNG LADY.

YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE A NICE RESULT.

>> THAT IS WHY, YOU KNOW, ANALYTICS OF TAKE THE THREE AND NOT THE TWO, IF YOU ARE NOT HITTING THE THREE, YOU CAN TRADE TWOS, AND IF YOU ARE GARRIGAN, YOU ARE HOPING FOR THE TWO AND ONE, AND THE OLD-FASHIONED THREE-POINT PLAY AS CROOKS HITS THE FIRST.

AUDI NOW WITH TEN.

THREE POINT AND FOLLOWING THE SHOT, BUT JUST NOT GETTING TO IT WAS NEWELL-FONDA'S LYMAN.

UP AHEAD ON THE BREAKAWAY LAY-UP NO GOOD.

>> BOY, ON BOTH ENDS MISSED LITTLE BUNNIES AND THEN ANOTHER TURNOVER.

AND STEAL FOR NEWELL-FONDA.

>> LARSEN TIPS IT AWAY BACK INTO THE RM A ARMS OF HER TEAMMATE, CONVERTING IS LANEY HOGREFE.

YOU CAN SEE THAT YOU CAN GO HIGH UP OVER THE TOP IN 1A WHEN NOT EVERYBODY IS THE SAME HEIGHT AS YOU.

>> YES, AND THE GREAT HANDS WHEN SHE IS CALLING FOR THE BALL, AND SHE IS CONTINUING TO WORK AND MOVE HER FEET, AND THEN SHE HAS TO BATTLE THROUGH, AND NOT ONLY TWO BUT THREE DEFENDERS.

>> WELL, SHE IS SAYING THAT HER AND MOLLY JOYCE, THEY HAVE GOOD JUST EYE CONTACT ON KNOWING WHEN THEY PLAY TOGETHER, AND PLAY SO MUCH TOGETHER IN AND OUT OF THE BISHOP GARRIGAN UNIFORM, AND FAMILIARITY AND YOU TALK ABOUT IT WITH NEWELL-FONDA, AND THEY HAVE THE SAME SETUP.

EVERYBODY KNOWS WHERE EVERYBODY IS GOING TO BE AT.

>> THEY DO.

THEY KEEP RELOADING EVERY SINGLE YEAR.

>> THEY ARE THE ENVY OF MANY COACHES WHO HAVE TOLD ME THAT THEY ARE SAYING, MAN, WHAT COACH JUNGERS HAS DONE OVER THERE YEAR IN, YEAR OUT, AND THIS IS THE NINTH TITLE GAME THAT NEWELL-FONDA HAS BEEN IN SINCE 1997.

NICE MOVE.

JOYCE.

>> THAT IS GOING TO GET HER GOING.

AND SHE WAS A LITTLE FRUSTRATED AFTER SHE MISSED THAT LAST LAY-UP, BUT GREAT BALL HANDLING TO WEAVE THROUGH THE DEFENSE.

>> UNDER A MINUTE, AND 13-POINT LEAD FOR NEWELL-FONDA.

YOU WOULD SAY HOLD FOR ONE, BUT THEY MIGHT TRY TO SHOOT IT THREE TIMES IN 46 SECONDS.

THREE IS BLOCKED.

AND IT IS UP AHEAD, AND LAY-UP IS MISSED BY JOYCE, AND SHE IS GOING TO GO TO GRAB THE SHOES, AND SHE WAS FRUSTRATED.

>> THOUGHT ABOUT IT A LITTLE TOO MUCH, AND WIDE OPEN, AND GOING TO GET THE EASY TWO, AND SHORT ARMED IT AND DIDN'T GO UP STRONG.

>> 15 SECONDS.

THEY GO UP TO AUDI, AND STOLE IT AWAY FROM NEWELL-FONDA, AND TEN SECONDS.

WALKER.

AT THE THREE, THREE SECONDS, AND TWO, AND THE LAUNCH FOR LYMAN AND SHE WON'T GET IT OFF, AND NEITHER WILL THE MUSTANGS, NEITHER SHOT, AND IT IS A 13-POINT NEWELL-FONDA LEAD.

33-20, OOF.

IT WAS A GOOD FIRST HALF FOR THE MUSTANGS AS THEY HEAD TO THE LOCKER ROOM.

IT IS TIME TO CONTINUE A TRADITION AND THE ALL IOWA DANCE TEAM AND THEIR PERFORMANCE FOR THIS YEAR'S STATE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT.

>>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE ALL IOWA HONOR DANCE TEAM IS MAKING THE MORE THAN 40th APPEARANCE AT THE GIRL'S STATE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT.

515 DANCERS AUDITIONED VIRTUALLY THIS PAST FALL.

92 IOWA DANCE TEAMS ARE REPRESENTED IN THIS YEAR'S ALL IOWA HONOR DANCE TEAM WITH 238 DANCERS PARTICIPATING IN THE PRERECORDED PERFORMANCE.

ALL SCHOOLS ARE MEMBERS OF THE IOWA STATE DANCE TEAM ASSOCIATION.

CHOREOGRAPHERS ARE BETTY BAKER, ANDREA DANA AND STACY HORTON, AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE ALL-IOWA DANCE TEAM IS KATHY INIERT.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, SIT BACK AND ENJOY THE ALL IOWA ALL HONOR DANCE TEAM.

♪♪ ♪ I WOKE UP FEEL LIKE THIS IS GOING TO BE MY DAY ♪ ♪ I GOT THAT POP WITH EVERY STEP I TAKE ♪ ♪ LIVING THAT WILDLIFE LIKE NOTHING IS ON THE WAY AND SEEING GREEN LIGHTS WON'T EVER TOUCH THE BRAKES ♪ ♪ LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING ♪ ♪ LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING ♪ ♪ LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING ♪ ♪ RIGHT NOW RIGHT NOW ♪ ♪ RIGHT NOW RIGHT NOW ♪ ♪ WOO ♪ ♪ RIGHT NOW RIGHT NOW ♪ ♪ WOO ♪ ♪ RIGHT NOW RIGHT NOW ♪ ♪ I GOT A REAL GOOD FEELING ♪ ♪ GOT A REAL GOOD FEELING ♪ ♪ LIKE THERE IS LIGHT DEEP IN MY BONES ♪ ♪ I GOT A REAL GOOD FEELING THAT I AM GOING HOT THAN I HAVE EVER KNOWN ♪ ♪ I GOT A REAL GOOD FEELING ♪ ♪ RIGHT NOW RIGHT NOW ♪♪ ♪ OH, I GOT A REAL GOOD FEELING ♪ ♪ A REAL GOOD FEELING LIKE THERE IS LIFE DEEP IN MY BONES LIKE A REAL GOOD FEELING, LIKE A REAL GOOD FEELING LIKE VI NEVER KNOWN LIKE VI NEVER KNOWN ♪ ♪ LIKE I GOT A REAL GOOD FEELING ♪ ♪ LIKE SOMETHING DEEP IN MY BONES ♪ ♪ YEAH LIKE I HAVE A REAL GOOD FEELING ♪ ♪ AND THERE A REAL GOOD FEELING LIKE I HAVE NEVER KNOWN ♪ ♪ AND I HAVE GOT A REAL GOOD FEELING ♪ ♪ OOH, OOH, OOH ♪ ♪ I GOT THIS FEELING AND I CANNOT TAKE IT AWAY I CANNOT TAKE IT AWAY, AND I HAVE THIS FEELING ♪ ♪ AND I HAVE THIS FEELING ♪ ♪ AND GET UP IN THE MORNING AND GET ME OUT OF BED ♪ ♪ AND KEEP ME JUMPING LIKE A LITTLE KID ♪ ♪ AND YOU KNOW THAT SOMETIMES I CAN HARDLY KEEP IT INSIDE ♪ ♪ AND IT OVERTAKES ME AND ♪ ♪ KEEPS MEMORIALIZED ♪ ♪ AND IT IS OKAY AND I DON'T ALWAYS UNDERSTAND ♪ ♪ IT IS VERY EASY TO ♪ ♪ AND IN EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE ♪ ♪ AND IT IS EASIER TO BREAK OUT IN CIRCUMSTANCES ♪ ♪ AND YOU CAN FEEL IT ♪ ♪ AND I CANNOT TAKE IT AWAY ♪ ♪ AND YOU CAN FEEL IT ♪ ♪ AND YOU CAN TAKE IT ♪ ♪ AND IT IS A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT ♪ ♪ OH OH OH OH ♪ ♪ IT IS A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT ♪ ♪ I JUST WANT TO BE HERE BESIDE YOU ♪ ♪ WE WILL FIND A WAY ♪ ♪ IT IS A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT ♪ ♪ I WILL TAKE YOU TO THE PLACE I HAVE NEVER BEEN ♪ ♪ IT IS A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT ♪ ♪LY TAKE YOU IN MY ARMS ♪ ♪ AND I WILL TAKE YOU TONIGHT ♪ ♪ YEAH ALL RIGHT ♪ ♪ IT IS A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT ♪ ♪ YEAH ALL RIGHT IT'S A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT ♪ ♪ IT IS A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT ALL RIGHT ♪ ♪ OH OH ♪ ♪ IT IS A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT ♪ ♪ IT IS A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT ♪ ♪ WE GOT ALL NIGHT ♪ ♪ IT IS A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT ♪ ♪ RIGHT NOW RIGHT NOW ♪ ♪ RIGHT NOW RIGHT NOW ♪ ♪ RIGHT NOW RIGHT NOW ♪ ♪ RIGHT NOW RIGHT NOW ♪ ♪ SAY SOMETHING ♪ ♪ RIGHT NOW RIGHT NOW ♪ ♪ SAY SOMETHING ♪ ♪ RIGHT NOW RIGHT NOW ♪ ♪ I HAVE TO TELL YOU SOMETHING ♪ ♪ RIGHT NOW RIGHT NOW ♪ ♪ I HAVE THE TELL YOU SOMETHING ♪ ♪ RIGHT NOW RIGHT NOW ♪ ♪ I WILL TELL YOU SOMETHING ♪ ♪ OH, I GOT A REAL GOOD FEELING ♪ ♪ I GOT A REAL GOOD FEELING LIKE THERE IS LIGHTNING DEEP IN MY BONES ♪ ♪ YEAH, I GOT A REAL GOOD FEELING ♪ ♪ I WANT TO TELL YOU LIKE GOING HOT LIKE I HAVE NEVER KNOWN ♪ ♪ YEAH, I GOT A REAL GOOD FEELING ♪ ♪ LIKE THERE IS SOMETHING DEEP IN MY BONES ♪ ♪ YEAH, I GOT A REAL GOOD FEELING ♪ ♪ I WANT TO HAVE THOSE FEELINGS ♪ ♪ AND GOING HOT LIKE I HAVE NEVER KNOWN ♪ ♪ I HAVE A REAL GOOD FEELING ♪♪ >>> WE ARE AT HALFTIME, AND NEWELL-FONDA IS UP BY 13 IN THE CLASS 1A CHAMPIONSHIP.

THIS YEAR, THE 2021 IOWA GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP MARKS ONE YEAR SINCE THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC CHANGED OUR DAILY LIVES AND IT HAS BEEN A YEAR OF PERSEVERANCE FOR IOWA GIRLS SINCE THEY FOUND COMMUNITY AND A MISSION IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY.

HERE IS SIEVERS TO MORANTS.

AND THE CHAMPIONSHIP FOR NEWELL-FONDA.

>> THAT IS A COMEBACK FOR THE AGES.

WHAT A GAME.

>> AS THE LIGHTS WENT DOWN ON THE IOWA GIRLS 2020 BASKETBALL SEASON, NOBODY HAD ANY IDEA WHAT LAY AHEAD.

>> CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS HAVE PASSED THE HALF MILLION MARK WORLDWIDE.

>> 3.3 MILLION AMERICANS FILED FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS IN THE LAST WEEK ALONE.

>> OPEN UP YOUR TRUNK, THANK YOU.

>> WITH MUCH OF THE COUNTRY IN QUARANTINE, IOWANS CAME FACE-TO-FACE WITH THE PANDEMIC, AND THERE WERE MANY CHOICES INCLUDING THE EXECUTIVE OF THE IOWA GIRLS ATHLETIC DIRECTOR.

>> REMEMBER, THIS IS NEW, AND WE HAD NO PLAYBOOK, SO YOU ARE OPERATING SORT OF IN THIS VACUUM.

SCHOOLS ARE SHUTDOWN.

OUR SPORTS ARE SHUTDOWNMENT OUR KIDS ARE NOT WORKING WITH COACHES.

WE MADE THE DECISION NOT TO HAVE ANY OF OUR SPRING SPORTS.

>> WHEN THE COACH HAD TO CALL THAT MEETING AND SAY, SORRY, LADIES, NO SEASON, WHAT WAS YOUR EMOTION?

>> I LOOK BACK ON IT, AND I JUST WISH I HAD SPENT FIVE MORE MINUTES ON THE FIELD, AND JUST TAKING IT ALL IN, AND TAKING A DEEP BREATH AND THINKING, WOW, THAT IS MY LAST TIME.

I WISH I HAD ONE MORE MOMENT ON THE FIELD WITH MY BEST FRIENDS.

>> THE SEASON KEPT GETTING PUSHED BACK AND DELAY AND THE PITCHERS AND THE CATCHERS KNEW THAT WE COULD NOT BE TAKING THAT TIME OFF, AND SO WE WERE LOOKING FOR OPEN FIELDS TO PITCH TOGETHER AND CATCH TOGETHER.

>> BY SUMMER 2020, COVID-19 WAS A FACT OF LIFE.

THE IGHSAU CHOSE TO LET EACH DISTRICT CHOOSE FOR ITSELF WHETHER OR NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN SUMMER SPORTS.

>> A SOFTBALL COACH SAID, JUST TELL US WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND WE WILL DO IT.

WE WILL DO ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT US TO DO SO WE CAN PLAY.

AND THEN THEY DID.

>> WE ARE ON THE WAY TO A BEAUTIFUL EVENING IN FORT DODGE.

>> THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IS NUMBER ONE GOAL WHEN YOU ARE IN A SPORT, A IT IS EVERYONE'S GOAL, SO WE KEPT THAT IN THE BACK OF OUR MIND.

>> CHEYENNE BARRON IS A .507 HITTER.

>> WE TOOK OUR TEMPERATURE BEFORE EACH PRACTICE, BEFORE EACH GAME.

>> DEEP LEFT, HOME RUN!

>> WE WOULD SANITIZE ALL OF OUR EQUIPMENT, AND WE HAD OUR OWN BATS AND HELMETS AND IN THE GAMES WE WOULD TAKE THE BALL INTO THE DUGOUT WITH US, INSTEAD OF LEAVING ATE AT THE PITCHER'S MOUND.

>> WE WERE NOT ABLE TO STAY IN THE DORMS.

IN THE REGULAR SEASON, WE WOULD HAVE STAYED IN THE DORMS THERE, SO WE DROVE BACK EVERY DAY LIKE 2 1/2 HOURS EVERYDAY, TWICE.

>> WE LEARNED SO MUCH.

SO WE TOOK THAT INTO OUR FALL CHAMPIONSHIPS AND INTO THE VOLLEYBALL ESPECIALLY.

>> KEEP A SAFE DISTANCE AWAY AND SANITIZE AND SANITIZE THE BALL, AND OUR HANDS AND NOT SHARING ANY EQUIPMENT AT ALL.

>> WITH ALL OF THE CRAZY GOING ON IN THE WORLD, WE HAD VOLLEYBALL TO PLAY, AND WE LIE ON THAT, AND SO WE WANTED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AND PLAY AND COMPETE AND HAVE FUN.

>> IF THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE TO DO, ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE LIKE THE SENIORS LIKE FIONA AND I, THIS IS THE LAST CHANCE TO PLAY, AND BECAUSE OF THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, LIKE, WE HAVE TO DO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.

>> STATE CHAMPIONSHIP FOR CLARKSVILLE!

FIFTH TIME IS A CHARM.

>> IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE WERE CUT SHORT OF SOME GAMES AND PRACTICES, LIKE, WE HAD TO WORK ON OUR OWN AND DO OUR OWN THING ON OUR OWN TO KEEP AT IT AND IMPROVE EVERY SINGLE DAY.

>> AS THE SEASONS CHANGED, SO DID CASE COUNTS.

WITH WINTER APPROACHING, IOWANS WERE REMINDED THAT NOTHING IN 2020 AND LEAST OF ALL A SCHEDULE IS GUARANTEED.

>> WHEN YOU GET THE NEWS THAT THERE HAS BEEN A STOPPAGE AND WE ARE GOING VIRTUAL, BEFORE WE WERE ABLE TO PLAY OUR FIRST GAME, THEN YOU HAVE ANOTHER STOPPAGE FOR THE HOLIDAY BREAK.

AND WE GET SHUTDOWN WITH COVID FOR TEN DAYS.

>> HAVING TO WATCH OTHER TEAMS PLAY, THERE'S A PERSPECTIVE THAT YOU DON'T GET BY PLAYING EVERY NIGHT, AND SO, THEY ARE GLAD AT THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY, AND EVEN IF IT IS TO PRACTICE FOR ONE NIGHT, SO THEY ARE NOT TAKING ANYTHING FOR GRANTED AT THIS POINT.

>> THAT RESEARCH ON MENTAL HEALTH, THAT REALLY STRUCK A CHORD WITH ME ABOUT WHAT KIDS HAD BEEN GIVING UP.

>> LOSING SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE THAT PASSIONATE ABOUT AFFECTS A LOT.

>> HONESTLY FOR ME, I JUST KIND OF DIDN'T THINK ABOUT THAT WE WERE IN A PANDEMIC.

I WAS JUST FOCUSED IN THE MOMENT, BECAUSE YOU ARE NEVER GOING TO GET THAT BACK, SO I DIDN'T WANT TO HOLD BACK ANY OF THE ENERGY OR ANY OF THAT.

>> GIVING UP SOME HITS BUT -- >> THE BEST PART WAS TO GO OUT THERE TO COMPETE AND FORGET ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON AROUND US.

SO WE WERE BANDING TOGETHER TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER AND GET OUT OF THE HOUSE AND SEE SPORTS.

>> THAT SMILE SAYS IT ALL.

>> EVERYONE JUST SEEM SOD EXCITED.

>> GREAT WORK TILERTYLER BRENINGER ON THAT PIECE.

>>> STREAM PBS ON ANY DEVICE.

REPEAT AS CHAMPIONS AND HALFWAY HOME UP 13.

HELLO, LAURA LEONARD AND WE THOUGHT THAT THIS ONE WOULD BE UP AND DOWN, AND IT WAS, BUT WE HAVE NOT SEEN ALL OF THE POINTS THAT I ANTICIPATED.

>> WELL, IT IS UP AND DOWN AND IT IS BACK AND FORTH AND A LITTLE SLOPPY, BUT THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU ARE PLAYING NEWELL-FONDA.

THEY MAKE YOU SPEED UP AND THEY MAKE YOU PLAY UGLY.

>> YES, GRACIE ELSBECKER WITH HER THREE, AND THEN COMING OFF IS KIERRA JUNGERS OFF OF THE BENCH WITH FIVE POINT, AND AUDI CROOKS TRYING TO GET IT GOING, AND UP AHEAD IS MOLLY, THAT IS MOLLY WALKER, AND THIS IS MOLLY JOYCE COMING TOUT GET A FEW MORE SHOTS BEFORE THE SECOND HALF BEGINS.

IT IS 14 OF 35 SHOOTING FOR FIELD GOALS AND THAT A LOT OF SHOTS, LAURA, TO GET OFF.

>> THAT IS A BIG THING, AND THAT IS ALL BECAUSE OF THE TURNOVERS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET MORE SHOTS ON GOAL.

THAT IS JUST THEIR GAME.

GIVE US MORE POSSESSIONS SO THAT WE CAN SCORE MORE POINTS.

>> AND POINTS OFF OF TURNOVERS ARE HUGE.

13-2 IN FAVOR OF THE MUSTANGS.

>> YEAH, THAT IS THE CAPITALIZING ON IT, AND TURNING THEM OVER, AND THEN GOING TO TAKE THE BALL RIGHT TO THE HOOP, AND SCORING.

>> NEWELL-FONDA IS 27%, AND 3 OF 11, AND BISHOP GARRIGAN ONLY ABLE TO GET ONE THREE-POINTER UP THAT THEY HAVE HIT, SO THEY ARE 1 OF 5.

QUICKLY, LOOKING AT THE POINTS, CROOKS HAS 10, AND ELSBECKER HAS 3, AND JOYCE 10 FOR BISHOP GARRIGAN, AND MACY SIEVERSS WITH SIX, AND MAGGIE WALK WER THREE, AND NEVAEH LYMAN WITH THREE, AND KIERRA JUNGER WITH SIX, AND SO MUCH SCORING FOR NEWELL-FONDA, I HAVE TO TAKE A BIG BREATH.

>> YOU ARE LOOKING AT THAT, AND IT IS 12 PLAYERS IN THIS BALL GAME FOR NEWELL-FONDA.

>> THAT IS WAY THEY LIKE IT, AND THAT IS THE WAY THEY RUN IT.

WE WILL SEE WHAT THEY HAVE IN STORE HERE IN THE SECOND HALF, BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD BIG COMEBACKS, AND SO WE WILL SEE WHAT ADJUSTMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE.

THEY GO OVER THE TOP TO CROOKS AND OFF OF NEWELL-FONDA, AND IT IS GOING TO STAY WITH AUDI CROOKS.

>> ESTABLISH INSIDE RIGHT AWAY.

THEY COME IN AND THROW THE LOB PASS TO HER, AND YOU WILL GET THE DEFENSE COLLAPSING INSIDE AND TIPPING THE BALL AWAY.

>> MYERS WITH IT, AND NOW UP TO JOYCE.

JOYCE LOSES IT, AND KIND OF GOT RIGHT IN FRONT OF HER THERE, AND IT WAS WALKER WHO GOT THE STEAL.

LARSEN, WALKER, SIEVERS, LAGO, AND SEAVER, AND ELSBECKER AND CAPESIUS GETTING THE START HERE, SORRY ABOUT THAT.

>> YES, CAPESIUS HAD FIVE POINTS IN THE FIRST HALF, AND SO SHE WAS A NICE ADDITION TO THE FIRST HALF.

>> AND NOW, SHE BROUGHT THAT BALL DOWN, LAURA.

>> THAT IS ONE THING THAT I NOTICED IN THE FIRST GAME THAT WE SAW IN THE QUARTERFINAL GAME SHE HAS A TENDENCY TO DO THAT OCCASIONALLY TO BRING IT DOWN WHEN SHE IS LOOKING TO MAKE THAT MOVE, AND THIS IS JUST INVIING THE DEFENSE TO COME IN TO CLAMP DOWN ON IT.

>> AUDI, IF YOU ARE WATCHING ON THE REPLAY, THAT IS WHAT LAURA AND I SEE, AND MORE LAURA, BUT SHE WILL WATCH THIS.

AUDI WILL WATCH IT, AND SHE WATCHED THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME THE NEXT MORNING ALL OF THE WAY THROUGH, AND WHERE DID SHE GO?

TO THE GYM TO WORK ON IT.

>> THEY HAD A WATCH PARTY LAST NIGHT, TOO?

>> YES, A COUPLE OF THE PLAYERS, BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO SEE THE REPLAY TO SEE HOW THEY COULD FLIP THE SCRIPT, BUT SO FAR, IT IS A TOUGH GO WITH THE GOLDEN BEARS.

JOYCE CAN'T GET THAT ONE THERE WITH A TOUGH LOOK THERE.

AND EVENTUALLY SOME OF THE SHOTS WILL HOPEFULLY FALL.

THREE IN THE CORNER, NO FOR WALKER.

A WHISTLE AND A FOUL.

IT IS CHARGED TO MAGGIE WALKER, HER SECOND.

>> CAELYN MEYER IS PULLING THE REBOUND DOWN, AND WE HAVEN'T HEARD A LOT FROM HER HERE IN THIS BALL GAME, AND SHE HAS BEEN HEALTHY, AND LAST YEAR NOT AS HEALTHY, BUT PLAYING AT A DIFFERENT LEVEL THIS SEASON.

>> THE THREE IS GOOD FROM ANNA BERKE, AND BERKE AND CAPESIUS IN PLACE OF ROSENMEYER AND KA, CAPESIUS IN THE LINEUP.

>> AS LONG AS SHE IS IN THE GAME, THEY NEED TO KNOW WHERE SHE IS.

>> BERKE IS A SENIOR AND GETTING THE CHANCE TO START IN THE SECOND HALF.

AND COACH SCHWAB IS LOOKING FOR A FORMULA TO WORK.

THREE QUICK PASSES.

LARSEN CUTS AROUND CROOKS.

AUDI GRABS.

NOW, SHE JUST NEEDS SOME HELP TO GET THE BALL UP FRONT.

MYERS IS BACK WITH THE BASKETBALL.

PULLS UP WITH THE 15-FOOTER SHORT.

YOU COULD CALL IT A PASS.

WE WILL CALL IT A PASS.

>> YOU CAN CALL IT A PASS, AND CAPESIUS IS THE RECIPIENT OF THE PASS, AND SO WE WILL GIVE THE ASSIST AND THE TWO POINTS.

>> GARRIGAN BACK WITHIN EIGHT.

NICE MOVE.

OH!

IT IS GOING TO GO OFF OF CROOKS' HAND.

FOR A MOMENT, IT WAS A LOOSE BALL.

TIME-OUT.

I BELIEVE, YES, TIME-OUT NEWELL-FONDA, AND IT LOOKED LIKE COACH JUNGERS CALLED TIME-OUT.

OKAY.

SO NEWELL-FONDA.

NORTH CENTRAL, NORTHWEST CENTRAL IOWA, AND BISHOP GARRIGAN FROM ALGONA, AND NORTHWEST, AND THAT IS WHERE ALGONA IS, AND THEN A LITTLE BIT TO THE WEST, NEWELL-FONDA OF ALGONA.

ABOUT 145 AND 138 AND YOU HAVE TO TAKE DIFFERENT ROUTES TO GET HERE.

BOTH OF THE TEAMS ESPECIALLY NEWELL-FONDA KNOWS THE WAY TO DES MOINES.

GARRIGAN MADE THE TRIP, AND WE MENTIONED ITARLIER TO MAKE THE TRIP LIKE VALLEY TO STATE AND THEY HAD A HOTEL AND FOCUSED.

RARELY YOU SEE A 1A AND 5A MATCHUP SO LATE IN THE GAME, BUT THEY NEEDED GAMES AND VALLEY NEEDED GAMES.

>> YES, AND COACH SCHWAB STARTED TO REACH OUT TO CIML TEAMS KNOWING THEY WERE LOOKING FOR GAMES AND HE REACHED OUT TO PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY.

JOE SEEINGREST SAY THEY WOULD COME DOWN ON THE COLDEST DAY OF TO YEAR.

>> AND NOW, SHE IS WARMING UP BACK WITHIN FIVE, 33-27 HERE IN THE THIRD.

SOME EXPERIENCE IN THE THIRD TRIP IN FOUR YEAR HERE IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT, SO SHE IS SOMEBODY WHO COULD BE THE CALMING PRESENCE ON THE FLOOR.

>> FOUL IS BEFORE THE SHOT.

ABBIE CAPESIUS IS WHISTLED.

LOOK AT THAT LOOK BY MYERS.

HEADED TO GRANDVIEW AND GOING TO GO INTO THE PHYSICAL THERAPY AREA, AND KINESIOLOGY, AND YOU WILL HEAR THE KNEE INJURIES AND PLAYERS WILL GO INTO THAT FIELD BECAUSE THEY HAVE HEARD THE TERMINOLOGY.

AND MACY SIEVERS.

>> GREAT ROTATION CUTTING DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE LANE.

>> AND NOW, CROOKS CATCHES AND GETS TWO.

THAT IS A COMMON LOOK FOR AUDI CROOKS, BUT YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT THIS, LAURA, AUDI CROOKS IS NOT JUST A BASKETBALL PLAYER.

SHE PLAYS TRUMPET.

SHE SINGS ALTO TWO.

AND SHE LIKES TO SING GOSPEL AND R & B, AND DO YOU WANT TO GUESS THE NAME OF THE GROUP AT GARRIGAN?

>> I AM WAITING TO TELL ME THE GROUP, BECAUSE YOU WANTED HER TO SING YOU A GROUP.

>> AND VIVA DOLCE, AND IT IS JAZZ CHOIR, BUT IT IS STILL COOL.

AND SHE LIKES TO SING.

AND I SAID, WILL I SEE YOU ON "THE VOICE" OR SOMETHING, AND NO, NO, SHE SAID SHE IS NOT THAT GOOD, BUT SHE DOES LIKE TO SING.

AND CROOKS MISSED THAT FREE THROW.

AND 35-28 IS WHAT THE SCORE IS RIGHT NOW.

THREE SHORT RIGHT THERE TO COLLECT IS LAGO WHO IS BACK IN THERE AFTER GETTING THE CONTACT LENSES SITUATION FIGURED OUT.

>> LOOK AT HOW QUICKLY THEY MOVE THE BALL AROUND.

>> OH, MY.

WHAT A GOOD 15 FOOTER FROM LANEY HOGREFE.

>> WE TALKED ABOUT IT TO SEE FOUR.

THEY DO SEE FOUR PLAYERS ALL OF THE TIME.

AND IF SOMEBODY HAS THE BALL IN THEIR HAND, THEY ARE LOOKING AT THE FLOOR AND LOOKING FOR THE TEAMMATES CUTTING.

>> COACH JUNGER SAYS THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO WELL IS BALL MOVEMENT ON OFFENSE AND RIGHT THERE, YOU CAN'T GET MUCH BETTER THAN THAT.

>> THAT IS PICTURE PERFECT THERE, AND THEY KEPT MOVING IT AROUND THE OUTSIDE AND THROUGH THE INSIDE AND DREW THE DOUBLE-TEAM, AND WRAP AROUND PASS TO THE OUTSIDE.

>> CROOKS WITH 12 AND 13 POINTS.

SHE GOES XX ON THE FREE THROWS.

THE BALL MOVEMENT AGAIN TO THE TOP OF THE KEY THREE, SHORT.

THAT IS GOING TO GO OFF OF NEWELL-FONDA, NO, THEY ARE GOING TO SAY OFF MYERS WHO IS DEFENDING THERE ON THE BASELINE.

NOW, THERE IS GOING TO BE A CONVERSATION.

>> OVERRULED.

>> IT IS GOING TO GO BACK TO GARRIGAN.

GARRIGAN ALMOST EXPECTING THAT TRAP TO COME, AND TRYING TO LULL GARRIGAN IN.

JOYCE, TRANSITION RUNNER, GOOD.

>> GOT A LITTLE BUMP ON THE WAY DOWN, AND WHEN SHE SHOOK HER DEFENDER, ABLE TO PULL UP AND HIT THAT MID-RANGE JUMPER.

>> HERE COME THE BEARS BACK WITHIN FIVE AND 3:00 TO GO THIRD QUARTER, 37-32.

NICE FLOATER IS HIGH OFF OF THE GLASS.

NO GOOD.

WALKER'S SHOT IS AGAIN, GOOD.

LARSEN IS AGAIN FOULED.

>> AGAIN, JUST IN AWE OF THE BALL MOVEMENT, AND DOESN'T STICK VERY GOOD IN ONE SPOT, AND DON'T HANG AROUND, JUST FIND THE OPEN PLAYER.

>> I KNOW THEY PRACTICE IT, AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU PRACTICE FROM THE BEGINNING, AND NEWELL-FONDA BASKETBALL IS WHAT THEY DO, AND AGAIN, WHAT CAN OTHER COACHES DO TO REPLICATE THIS OTHER THAN PASSING FOR AN ENTIRE TWO HOURS?

>> WELL, IT IS DRILLING IT.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE MINDSET THAT YOU ARE NOT GOING TO DRIBBLE A LOT, AND YOU ARE NOT GOING TO PUT IT ON THE FLOOR, AND HOLD IT, AND STALL IN ONE SPOT.

IT IS JUST PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE.

>> THAT IS GOING TO BE A HELD BALL, SO IT IS A LITTLE PHYSICAL IN THERE.

THAT ONE IS, THAT IS SET UP RIGHT HERE, AND WATCH THE DEFLECTION.

AND THEN BACK -- >> THAT IS LIKE BACK AT THE STATE WRESTLING TOURNAMENT.

>> I THINK THEY GOT THREE BACK POINTS THERE, BUT I AM NOT SURE.

AND AGAIN, CAUSING THE PRESSURE.

LARSEN.

THE PUTBACK.

>> WHAT A GREAT JOB BY LARSEN AND DIDN'T EVEN COME DOWN WITH IT.

A TIMED THE JUMP PERFECTLY FOR THE PUTBACK.

>> AND CROOKS WITH THE BALL DOWN LOW, BUT NOBODY HAPPENED TO BE THERE THAT TIME, AND SHE NOW HAS 15.

>> THEY KIND OF BACKED OFF OF HER THAT TIME, AN ALLOWED THE ENTRY PASS TO MAKE THE MOVE.

>> LARSEN WITH THE PULLBACK ON CROOKS.

THEY MISS MARY WALKER DOWN LOW ON THE BASELINE.

>> THE THREE, AND GOOD FOR NEWELL-FONDA.

MAGGIE WALKER.

BOTH OF HER BUCKETS ARE THREE.

CROOKS CATCHES AND SCORES.

>> THAT ONE IS BACK AND FORTH AND SCORING IS HEATING UP ON BOTH SIDES.

>> 111 IS THE OVER/UNDER ON THIS GAME?

DID YOU TAKE THE OVER OR UNDER?

>> I TOOK THE OVER.

>> THAT IS A PRETTY SMART -- I THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD GET THERE, BUT IF WE GO AT THIS PACE, WE WILL GET THERE.

>> WE WERE SLOW TO GET STARTED BUT NOW THINGS ARE PICKING UP.

>> THE SHOT BY LAGO WAS NO GOOD, AND GARRIGAN HAS IT.

LOOK AT THAT, FIVE NEW MUSTANGS TO CHECK.

AT THE NEXT WHISTLE.

YOU CAN HEAR COACH SCHWAB SAY MOVE IT.

>> THEY DO, THEY NEED TO MOVE IT AND ALLOW THE DEFENSE TO SETTLE IN, AND COME WITH THE TRAP, AND YOU NEED TO START LOOKING WHEN THERE IS A DOUBLE-TEAM SOMEWHERE, AND START LOOKING TO ATTACK.

>> LARSEN IS GOING TO BE CALLED FOR THE HOLD WAY OUT ON THE THREE-POINT LINE WITH MYERS.

THERE'S A LOOK AT COACH SCHWAB WHO HAS BEEN A HEAD COACH AND ASSISTANT AT JESSUP, AND THE COACH AT GARRIGAN FOR TEN YEARS NOW, AND HE WAS A TEACHER, AND NOW HE IS A FARMER.

SORRY, LAURA, BUT WE START TO TALK AND I ASKED HIM IF HE HAD ANY SOYBEANS TO SELL, AND HE SAID, WELL, YOU DIDN'T TELL ME ANYTHING.

AND FORGIVE ME ON THE DISCUSSION, LAURA.

>> WELL, THAT IS FINE, BECAUSE I LEARN A LITTLE SOMETHING EVERY TIME I TALK WITH YOU GUYS.

>> AND THE THREE-POINT SHOT INITIALLY LOOKED LIKE BERKE, BUT NEWELL-FONDA GOT A HAND IN THERE RIGHT AT THE END.

>> McKENNA SIEVERS THERE RUNNING OUT IS JUNGERS.

26.4 TO GO IN THE THIRD QUARTER.

CAPESIUS, AND JOYCE HAD NO CHANCE TO GRAB THAT ONE.

>> THAT IS THE NATURE OF THE BEAST AND YOU HIT A LOOK RIGHT THERE.

AND LOOKING AT PAIGE ROBERTS WHO CAME IN, AND LITERALLY LEANED UP AGAINST AUDI CROOKS ON THAT LAST POSSESSION TO TRY TO PLAY THE FRONT POSSESSION, AND SHE WAS LEANING UP AGAINST HER.

>> WELL, WHEN YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF EXTRA BODIES ON THE BENCH THAT CAN COME UP TO DO THAT AND THEY ARE NOT AFRAID OF THE BIG LIGHTS, YOU CAN DO THAT AND TAKE THAT CHANCE.

BEFORE SIEVERS CAN GET A SHOT OFF, SHE IS FOULED AT 5.1 LEFT ON THE CLOCK.

FOUR SECONDS, AND SIEVERS, THREE, TWO, AND THE RUNNER AT THE BUZZER!

WON'T GO.

NEWELL-FONDA IS WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE.

43-36.

AUDI CROOKS HAS 17 POINTS.

SHE LOVES TUPAC AND BIG GIVE, AND -- BIGGIE, AND SHE LOVES TO BE A BIGGIE ON THE BLOCK HERE.

>> GREAT FOOTWORK AND THAT IS THE FIRST TIME SHE HAS NOT HAD THREE PLAYERS AROUND HER, BUT SHE GOES UP TO GET IT, AND SOFT HANDS AND GRABS IT AND RIGHTS THE SHOULDERS SQUARE AND RIGHT TO THE HOOP.

>> AUDI'S MOTHER PLAYED AT GARRIGAN.

AND I HAVE BEEN HEARING ABOUT AUDI CROOKS A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS.

GRANDPA FRANK HAS BEEN TELLING WILL, GOOD FRIEND WILL, AND HE SAYS HI BY THE WAY TO GRANDPA FRANK AND HE HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT AUDI FOR YEARS AND A LOT OF PEOPLE IN ALGONA HAVE BEEN KNOWING ABOUT AUDI FOR YEARS AND EVEN BEFORE AUDI WAS A FRESHMAN, THE WORD AROUND WAS GARRIGAN, HEY, WE HAVE A GIRL COMING, AND SHE HAS LIVED UP TO THE HYPE.

>> SHE HAS, AND SHE IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO GET BETTER.

WHEN WE TALKED TO COACH SCHWAB, HE SAID THAT THIS YEAR, SHE IS NOT JUST A RIGHT HANDED RIGHT SIDED BLOCK PLAYER, AND WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET HER TO DEVELOP, AND SHE WANTS TO LEARN AND WORK.

YOU HAD MENTIONED IT THE DAY AFTER THE TOURNAMENT A YEAR AGO SHE WAS BACK IN THE GYM TO WORK, AND SHE WANTS TO BE BETTER EACH AND EVERYDAY AND GET STRONGER, AND SHE KNOWS THAT THIS TEAM IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW AND BE GOOD.

>> THE SMART-ALECK THAT I AM, WHICH QUESTION ARE YOU MORE TIRED OF, WHERE DO YOU WANT TO GO TO COLLEGE OR DO YOU WANT TO BEAT NEWELL-FONDA AGAIN?

AND SHE SAID, BEAT NEWELL-FONDA AGAIN.

AND SHE IS GOING TO HAVE ANY PICK SHE WANTS TO HAVE GOING TO COLLEGE IN THE UNITED STATES, BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL GOING TO KNOW WHERE ALGONA, IOWA IS.

BUT SHE SAID THAT SHE WILL MAKE A VERBAL BEFORE SHE PLAYS ONE GAME AS A JUNIOR, AND SO THAT MEANS A FEW MONTHS.

THEY GET AROUND HER FOR THAT SHOT.

>> SOMETIME THIS SUMMER OR INTO THE FALL SHE MAY MAKE A DECISION AND MAYBE NOT.

MAYBE SHE IS GOING TO DECIDE THAT THERE IS TOO MANY TO CHOOSE FROM AND SHE WANTS TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME.

>> TAKING A LITTLE BIT TIME HERE, AND THAT IS KEY RARE RA -- KIERRA JUNGERS AND THAT IS THE FOURTH FOUL.

>> YES.

>> AND I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS ONE SUBSTITUTION ON THE LAST TIME SHE HAD A FOUL, AND THIS IS BECAUSE SHE NOW HAS THREE.

SO GARRIGAN WON THE THIRD QUARTER 16-10, AND NEWELL-FONDA WATCHES AS GARRIGAN SCORES AGAIN.

>> SO THEY HAVE IT TO A MANAGEABLE POINT, BUT THEY ARE ONLY DOWN FIVE.

THEY JUST NEED TO GET A COUPLE OF STOPS.

>> NO RUSH, AND GOOD LOOK AND GOOD THREE FROM NEWELL-FONDA.

THAT THREE WAS McKENNA SIEVERS.

AND A TURNOVER AS THEY TRY AGAIN TO GO INTO CROOKS.

SHE IS DENIED.

>> LED HER A LITTLE BIT TOO FAR, AND DIDN'T HAVE THE GREAT POSITIONING, AND RUSHED IT A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH.

BUT IT IS THE RIGHT IDEA.

YOU HAVE TO GET THE BALL INSIDE TO CROOKS.

>> NICE, NICE, NICE.

BAILEY SIEVERS, TWO MORE.

>> THE DRIBBLE DRIVE ALONG THE BASELINE AND THEN AGAIN, A CUT FROM THE TOP, AND THEY JUST KNEW THAT SOMEBODY WAS GOING TO BE THERE IF THEY MADE THAT PASS.

>> CROOKS WITH THE REBOUND OFF OF THE MISSED THREE GOES UP, AND NOW WITH 19.

BACK TO 8.

DRIBBLE KICK.

SIEVERS, SIEVERS.

IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT YEAR YOU ARE, BUT IF YOU PASS THE BASKETBALL WELL TO BE ON THE FLOOR FOR NEWELL-FONDA.

>> THAT IS GOING TO START DOWN AT THE LOWER LEVELS AS WELL, BECAUSE THEY RUN THE SAME SYSTEM WITH THE YOUNGER KIDS SO THAT BY THE TIME THEY GET HERE TO THIS LEVEL, THEY KNOW THE OFFENSE INSIDE AND OUT.

>> SO, LAST YEAR, THE STATE SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT, NEWELL-FONDA WAS IN THAT, AND GETTING FOULED ON HER WAY TO THE BASKET IS BAILEY SIEVERS.

A LOT OF THE GIRLS, MULTI SPORT ATHLETES LIKE WE HAVE IN MANY OF THE TEAMS, AND THEY GO OUT ON THE FIRST ROUND LAST YEAR IN FORT DODGE AT THE SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT, AND COACH JUNGERS USED TO COACH SOFTBALL AND NOW HIS ASSISTANT COURTNEY DARROW IS THE HEAD SOFTBALL COACH.

THERE IS COURTNEY WHO JUST PUT HER MASK BACK UP.

SO AGAIN, YOU HAVE TO SHARE THE ATHLETES, AND YOU KNOW, YOU SEE WHEN YOU GO TO SOFTBALL AND BASKETBALL, YOU WILL SEE THE SAME FACES BECAUSE YOU SEE THEM IN BASKETBALL AND THEN AT SOFTBALL.

>> AND LIKE YOU SAID, YOU SHARE THE ATHLETES, BUT YOU ALSO SHARE THE STUDENTS.

YOU SHARE THEM WITH THE VOCAL MUSIC DEPARTMENT AND THE BAND AND A LOT OF OTHER EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, SO THEY ARE NOT JUST ATHLETES, BUT THEY ARE DOING A LOT OF OTHER THINGS AS YOU HAD MENTIONED WITH CROOKS BEING IN CHOIR AND SHOW CHOIR AND ALL OF THESE YOUNG LADIES WEAR A LOT OF HATS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

>> KINGSLEY PIERSON MISSED A PLAYER, BECAUSE SHE WAS AT A SPEECH COMPETITION.

AND NOW, THE GOLDEN BEARS HAD MADE A RUN, AND NEWELL-FONDA HAS GONE ON A LITTLE ONE OF THEIR OWN.

>> BISHOP GARRIGAN HAD GOTTEN IT BACK TO WHERE YOU FELT THAT THEY WERE BACK TO WITHIN ONE STOP TO MAKE IT INTEREST, BUT THEN NEWELL-FONDA TURNS UP THE DEFENSIVE PRESSURE AGAIN AND GETS A COUPLE OF STEALS TO EXTEND THAT LEAD.

>> THE FREE THROW IS MADE BY JOYCE.

ELSBECKER IS IN AND BERKE IS OUT.

THE SECOND FREE THROW IS GOOD.

WELL, IF YOU ARE GARRIGAN, YOU TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY WHEN THE CLOCK IS STOPPED TO CUT INTO THIS LEAD, AND THE BIGGEST LEAD OF THE GAME NEWELL-FONDA HAD WAS 15 WITH A COUPLE OF MINUTES LEFT IN THE SECOND QUARTER.

WE WILL SEE IF THEY HAVE ANOTHER RUN IN THEM IN THE FINAL 12 AND THIS IS THE 1A CHAMPIONSHIP ON STATEWIDE IOWA PBS.

>> GARRIGAN FANS ARE DANCING AND ENJOYING THEIR TIME.

COACH BRANDON SCHWAB HAS OVER 200 CAREER WINS, AND DICK JUNGERS WITH OVER 400 CAREER WIN, AND THEY HAVE SEVERAL GAMES BETWEEN THE TWO AND NOT NECESSARILY BETWEEN THE TWO, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS GAME HAPPEN ON THE REGULAR SEASON AND SEE IF THEY DO IT NEXT YEAR.

THE THREE IS ON THE WAY, BUT NO.

LARSEN WITH THE REBOUND AND TIPPED AWAY FROM GARRIGAN, AND THAT IS KAYLYN MEYERS.

>> THAT IS A GOOD JOB FOR KAYLYN MEYERS TO GET THE STEAL AND TO THE RIM.

AND IF YOU MISS YOU KNOW THAT CROOKS IS THERE AND SHE CAN PULL THE REBOUND.

>> WHISTLE WAY OUT FRONT.

IT IS GOING TO BE ON JOYCE.

JOYCE AND MEYERS BOTH FOUL OUT IN THAT TITLE GAME AND THAT IS WHEN IT TURNED.

>> THEY DIDN'T REALLY HAVE THE EXPERIENCED BALL HANDLER TO BRING THE BALL UP AGAINST THE PRESSURE A YEAR AGO AFTER THEY FOUL OUT.

>> BACK INTO THE GAME IS BAILEY SIEVERS.

>> GOING OUT FOR GARRIGAN IS ABBIE CAPESIUS.

A LOT OF TIMES THIS 1A CHAMPIONSHIP IS GOING TO BE A GOOD ONE, WHETHER IT IS NEWELL-FONDA AGAINST SPRINGVILLE OR NEWELL-FONDA AGAINST BISHOP GARRIGAN OR -- >> YEAH, THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN VERY, VERY COMPETITIVE.

>> NEWELL-FONDA GOING INTO A LITTLE BIT OF A STALL GAME.

A LOT OF TIME LEFT ON THE CLOCK TO GO INTO THIS.

>> TRYING TO GO TO LARSEN, BUT CROOKS GOT A HAND IN THE PASSING LANE.

A STEAL, BUT I THOUGHT FOR A MOMENT THAT SIEVERS WOULD BE ABLE TO GET TO THAT.

THERE IS A LOOK AT THE BLUE UNIFORMS.

THE MUSTANGS WEAR THEM.

NEW ONES.

IF YOU WANT TO EXCITE A GIRL OR GUY, NEW UNIFORMS A BIG HIT.

>> THAT IS ALWAYS A MOTIVATOR TO HAVE THOSE NEW UNIFORMS.

>> AND THE GIRLS ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE BRAND THEY WEAR.

KAYLYN MEYERS WITH TWO POINTS TONIGHT, AND NOW THREE.

MYERS HAD NINE REBOUNDS AGAINST EXIRA YESTERDAY.

>> SHE IS STARTING TO COME ON STRONG HERE, AND SHE HAS HAD A FEW FLASHES HERE IN THE SECOND HALF TO HELP THEM CUT INTO THIS LEAD.

>> IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE GOING TO DO THE SAME THING AGAIN.

>> STILL A LOT OF TIME TO BE GOING INTO THE STALL GAME WHEN IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU NORMALLY DO.

>> AND HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU SEEN THAT?

>> YEAH, IT SOMETIMES BACKFIRES AND RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE VERY WELL VERSED ON HOW TO RUN IT.

>> SOMETIMES THEY ARE NOT USED TO PASSING THE BALL LIKE THAT, AND THIS ONE, I WOULDN'T THINK IS AN ISSUE AS THEY GET THE FOUL ON GARRIGAN, AND THAT IS REESE ROSENMEYER.

WELL, AUDI CROOKS HAS A DOUBLE-DOUBLE, 21 POINTS AND 10 REBOUNDS.

AND BAILEY SEAVERS IS THE ONLY ONE WITH 12 POINT, AND SHE IS THE ONLY NEWELL-FONDA WITH DOUBLE-DIGITS, AND THAT IS RIGHT, IT IS BAILEY SIEVERS, BUT AT THE LINE IS MACY SIEVERS AND JUST TO REMINDER THAT IF YOU ARE FILLING OUT THE NEWELL-FONDA GENEALOGY TREE, MACY AND McKENNA ARE SISTERS, BUT BAILEY IS A DISTANT, DISTANT, DISTANT COUSIN.

AND MARY AND MAGGIE WALKER ARE SISTERS.

THE FREE THROW IS GOOD.

IT IS JUST ALWAYS, YOU WOULD THINK THAT WE WOULD HAVE THAT FAMILY TREE PUBLISHED BY NOW.

>> I WOULD SAY, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN ONLY BUY IN NEWELL-FONDA?

>> MAYBE IT SHOULD BE A PLEDGE PREMIUM AND WE WILL PUT THE GENEALOGY TOGETHER OF ALL OF THE GIRLS THAT PLAYED IN THE TOURNAMENT.

WE DO THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT OF IOWA PBT AND ALL OF THE STATEWIDE COUNTIES STREAMING LIVE ON THE WEBSITE AND THE PBS APP AND IF YOU HAVE BECOME A MEMBER AND YOU LIKE PASSPORT YOU KNOW THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT ALL OF PROGRAMMING AVAILABLE, AND STREAMING IS THE NEW THING.

AND WE ARE IN THE MIDST RIGHT THERE.

>> AN OPPORTUNITY TO CASH IN ON THE MISSED FREE THROW, AND THEY GIVE UP THE OFFENSIVE REBOUND, AND NOW NEWELL-FONDA CAN GO INTO THE STALL GAME AGAIN.

>> AND GETTING IT INTO THE AIR IS CAPESIUS.

BEFORE I FORGET AND I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT SAY THANK YOU TO THE IOWA GIRLS ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, AND ESPECIALLY JASON WHO KEEPS US INFORMED AND ANSWERS ALL OF THE RIDICULOUS QUESTIONS AND TRUST ME, LAURA, YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS BY NOW, I AM KNOWN FOR A LOT OF THEM BY NOW.

>> I WOULD NOT SAY THAT, YOU ARE INQUISITIVE, BUT IT HELPS US ALL.

>> THAT IS ONE WORD THAT JASON USES TO DESCRIBE IT.

>> JASON DOES GREAT WORK AND HE SPENDS A LOT OF LONG HOURS TO PUT TOGETHER THE PROGRAM AND THE INFORMATION ON EVERY TEAM.

EVERYBODY IS QUALIFYING AT A DIFFERENT TIME.

SO HE'S CONTINUALLY WORKING WEEKS BEFORE THE TOURNAMENT STARTS.

>> PRESSURE CAUSES ANOTHER TURNOVER IN FRONT OF THE NEWELL-FONDA BENCH.

SOMETIME HE IS TRYING TO MANAGE ANOTHER SPORT, BECAUSE BOWLING HAPPENS AT ABOUT THE EXACT SAME TIME.

SO YOU ARE TRYING TO PUT THE PROGRAMS TOGETHER, AND EIGHT QUALIFIERS IN FIVE CLASSES AND IT IS THE FIRST SATURDAY AND THEN TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, AND GOES IN WAVES SO IT IS A LOT TO PUT TOGETHER, AND HE IS PUTTING TOGETHER INFORMATION AS OTHERS IN THE OFFICE TO PUT TOGETHER THE LOGISTICS THAT THE BUS PARKS HERE, AND THE DROPOFF HERE, AND THE WARM UP IS THEN, AND THESE ARE THE COLORS AND THERE IS SO MUCH STUFF THAT GOES INTO PUTTING ON THE TOURNAMENTS AND TO BE FRANK, JEAN BURGER PUSHED HARD TO GET THIS TOURNAMENT WITH FANS.

GOING BACK, LAURA, WITH SOFTBALL IN JULY, AND THERE WASN'T ANYBODY PLAYING SPORTS THEN, AND THERE WE WERE THE LAST TO HAVE THE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN BASKETBALL AND THE FIRST TO BE BACK IN SOFTBALL/BASEBALL, AND HERE WE ARE WITH THE STATEWIDE TOURNAMENT WITH FANS IN THE STANDS.

>> YES, THE EYES OF THE COUNTRY WERE ON IOWA WHEN WE WERE ABLE TO BRING BACK BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL AND PULLED OFF A SUCCESSFUL STATE SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT.

AND EVERYTHING HAS JUST CONTINUED TO SHOW THAT WE CAN DO IT RESPONSIBLY AND HAVE DISTANCING AND EVERYBODY IS SAFE.

THEY WERE ABLE TO GET US TO THIS POINT AND HAVE, AND YOU CAN HEAR THE FANS, AND GREAT CROWDS TO WATCH THESE YOUNG WOMEN PLAY FOR A STATE TITLE.

>> NOW, NEWELL-FONDA IS PUTTING ON A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA PRESSURE TO CAUSE A COUPLE OF TURNOVERS, AND NOW WE HAVE A TIME-OUT.

BISHOP GARRIGAN, AND THE LEAD IS EXPANDED UP TO 13.

1:57 TO PLAY HERE IN THE 1A CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> FANS YOUNG AND OLD IN THE ARENA.

YOU CAN'T GO WRONG WITH A DANCING BABY, LAURA.

>> AND EVERYBODY UP AND CHEERING AT THIS LATE HOUR.

>> EVEN YOU.

>> I AM UP AND CHEERING, YOU GOT THAT RIGHT.

>> AND NOW, A FOUL.

KAYLYN MEYERS WILL GET A CHANCE.

BOTH TEAMS IN THE BONUS.

10 TEAM FOULS FOR GARRIGAN, AND 8 TEAM FOULS FOR NEWELL-FONDA.

SO BAY RI 8 TEAM FOULS FOR NEWELL-FONDA.

SO BALEY SIEVERS WITH 12 AND AND KAYLYN MEYERS WILL HAVE FIVE POINTS OF HER OWN.

SHE, TOO, WAS ONE OF THOSE WHO HAD A HARD TIME WATCHING.

SHE COULD ONLY WATCH THE FIRST THREE QUARTERS OF LAST YEAR'S CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AND RIGHT NOW, IT MIGHT BE THE SAME.

IT IS GREAT MEMORIES LATER, BUT IT IS JUST INITIALLY THAT IT HURTS.

>> YEAH, YOU ARE RIGHT.

IT HURS AND STINGS FOR A WHILE.

AND YOU KNOW, YOU CAN TAKE SOME OF THE LESSONS THAT YOU LEARNED FROM THESE TYPES OF GAMES, AND AS YOU HAVE MENTIONED GO ON THE PLAY AT GRANDVIEW, AND MAYBE THERE SOME THINGS THAT SHE WILL TAKE AWAY FROM THESE LAST TWO STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES THAT SHE CAN USE TO HELP ELEVATE HER GAME AT GRANDVIEW.

>> A COUPLE OF TIMES TONIGHT, LAURA, WE SHOWED HOW NEWELL-FONDA WOULD DOUBLE FRONT AND BACK DEFENSE ON AUDI CROOKS, AND SHE HAS 21 POINT, AND WHAT WAS THE BIGGEST FACTOR OF THE NEWELL-FONDA DEFENSE?

>> EVEN THOUGH THEY SHE HAD 21 POINT, SHE COULD HAVE HAD A LOT MORE, BUT THEY HAD THE DOUBLE-TEAM FRONT AND BACK AND SOMEBODY ELSE COMING IN FROM BEHIND THE TRY AND STOP THAT LOB PASS.

SO THEY REALLY MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR HER TO GET ANY TOUCHES, AND THEN, ON THE PERIMETER, JUST DIDN'T GET THE SHOTS TO FALL.

THEY COULDN'T WORK THE BALL INSIDE OUT, AND SO THEY COULD GET OUT AND PLAY A LITTLE EXTRA HARD ON THE PERIMETER ON THOSE OUTSIDE SHOOTERS.

>> THEY STEPPED IN FRONT OF THOSE LONG PASSES LIKE THAT.

>> THEIR ANTICIPATION IS REALLY GOOD, AND THEY DO, THEY ARE QUICK, HAVE SPEED AND UNDERSTAND THE GAME, AND THEY ARE IN CONSTANT MOTION, SO IF YOU ARE ALWAYS MOVING, YOU ARE BOUND TO BE IN THE RIGHT SPOT.

>> WE ARE APPROACHING THAT NEAR POINT TOTAL OF THE FIRST GAME, BUT THE SCORE FLIPPED FROM EARLIER THIS YEAR.

YOU WILL FIND THEM NOW WITH 63 POINTS, AND BISHOP GARRIGAN WITH 48.

THAT PRESSURE HAS BEEN TOUGH, AND THE CAMERA ANGLE FROM BEHIND THAT YOU CAN SEE FROM THE FLOOR, AND ALL YOU CAN SEE IS ARMS, ELBOW, HANDS AND KNEES IN A BLUE AND WHITE JERSEY WHEN YOU ARE PLAYING NEWELL-FONDA.

>> IT IS A GAUNTLET THAT MOLLY JOYCE IS TRYING TO GET THROUGH.

SHE CAN'T CONVERT BROOKS THERE TO GET THE REBOUND AND I'M NOT SURE WHO SHE HAD DRAPED ON HER ARM.

>> IT IS PAIGE ROBERTS WHO JUST GOT UNDER THE ARM, AND NOW, CROOKS WITH 22.

NEWELL-FONDA MAKES A WEEK OF IT DOWN HERE, AND THEY TRY TO HAVE SOME ACTIVITIES, AND THEY ARE GOING TO PROBABLY HAVE A TROPHY ACTIVITY AS GARRIGAN CALLS TIME-OUT HERE DOWN 13.

THESE ARE THE CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE TOUGH FOR COACHES.

YOU HAVE TO JUST NOT GIVE UP, EVEN THOUGH THE RESULT OF GAME -- >> YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET AT THIS POINT YOUR SENIORS THAT HAVE NOT SEEN A WHOLE LOT OF FLOOR TIME, YOU WANT TO GET THEM IN THE GAME AND COACH THEM UP, AND YOU WANT TO BE AS POSITIVE AS YOU CAN AS A COACH, AND TALK THEM THROUGH THE SITUATION AND WHAT THEY NEED TO DO WHILE THEY ARE IN THE BALL GAME.

>> SO THERE ARE SOME YOUNGER STUDENTS, AND COACH JUNGER, I DON'T KNOW IF HE IS TRYING TO DO IT WITH THE SCHOOL SPIRIT, BUT THE GIRLS THEY HAVE PEP RALLIES FOR THE YOUNGER GIRL, AND EARLIER THEY HAD A RALLY, AND SOME OF THE YOUNGER FANS, SECOND GRADE FANS WENT UP TO THE NEWELL-FONDA VARSITY GIRLS SAID WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU AND GOOD LUCK AT STATE.

THE BONDS, I MEAN, SO THERE IS A DIFFERENCE OF MARKETING AND RECRUITING.

NEWELL-FONDA DOES BOTH.

EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY KNOWS HOW STRONG THEY ARE IN GIRLS BASKETBALL AND BOYS BASKETBALL AND IT IS A WAY OF LIFE, BUT IT IS ALSO, YES, YOU MIGHT NOT BE IN THE STARTING FIVE, BUT HOW MANY GIRLS DID YOU SAY EARLIER PLAYED?

>> AT HALFTIME IT WAS 12.

>> SO, YOU WILL GET A CHANCE TO PLAY.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

SO IT IS NOT JUST THE YOUNGER KIDS LOOKING UP TO THE KIDS THAT ARE PLAYING RIGHT NOW IN HIGH SCHOOL, BUT IT IS THE FRESHMEN WHEN THEY COME INTO THE PROGRAM AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, AND THE SENIORS TAKE THEM UNDER THEIR WING, AND HELP THEM TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PROGRAM IS ALL ABOUT, AND MAKE SURE THAT IT JUST KEEPS ROLLING, AND IT IS A WELL OILED MACHINE, AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IT IS.

>> CROOKS WITH TWO MORE AND THEN A WHISTLE OUT FRONT AS WE ARE UNDER A MINUTE NOW.

MOLLY JOYCE PICKS UP THE FOUL, AND THIS IS HER FOURTH.

GOING TO THE LINE TO SHOOT TWO IS MACY SIEVERS WHO HAS NOW HAD A PRETTY GOOD FOURTH QUARTER AND SHE IS UP TO 16 POINTS.

THANKS TO THE GREAT CAMERA WORK OF THE IOWA PBS GROUP WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING LONG HOURS TO GET YOU ACTION FROM ALL CORNERS.

AND ANOTHER STEAL BY NEWELL-FONDA.

AND IN THEREIS SIEVERS AGAIN.

MACY IS A JUNIOR AND SHE WANTS TO PLAY BASKETBALL IN COLLEGE.

SHE HAS PLAYED BASKETBALL AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT, AND SHE HAS HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS.

SO HAS HER TEAMMATES.

>> LOOKING UP AND DOWN THE LINEUP, BAILEY SEAVERS IS A SENIOR, AND MAGGIE WALKER IS A SENIOR, AND ELLA WALKER, AND ELLIE LAGO, AND THEY ARE GOING TO BE LOSING SIGNIFICANT PLAYERS OFF OF THIS TEAM BUT AS WE HAVE SEEN, HE HAS A LOT OF DEPTH, COACH JUNGERS, AND HE PLAYS A LOT OF PLAYERS.

>> NEWELL-FONDA BACK-TO-BACK AND A LITTLE LESS DRAMA, BUT THE SAME RESULTS.

THEY ARE STATE CHAMPIONS IN BASKETBALL.

NEWELL-FONDA WITH LITTLE DOUBT HERE IN THE SECOND HALF, BUT IT WAS CLOSE AND GARRIGAN GAVE THEM A BATTLE.

THE WHOLE GAME AND IT IS HARD TO BEAT A TEAM IN THE SAME YEAR IN SAME SEASON.

>> WELL, THEY REALLY DID GIVE A GREAT EFFORT, BISHOP GARRIGAN DID IN SECOND HALF AND GOT IT TO WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE AND THEY WERE ONE PLAY, ONE STOP, ONE BUCKET AWAY FROM REALLY MAKING IT A ONE-POSSESSION GAME, AND THEY GOT IT WITHIN FIVE AND THEY COULD NOT GET THAT ONE PLAY.

>>> IT IS NOW TIME TO RECOGNIZE THE GIRL'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP RECOGNIZED BY THE IOWA ALL STATE TEAM BY FARM BUREAU.

JOINING HIM ARE GOVERNOR KIM REYNOLDS AND MEMBERS OF THE ISGH BOARD OF FARM BUREAU.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, HERE ARE THE CLASS 1A ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM MEMBERS.

FROM NEWELL-FONDA, BAILEY SIEVERS.

FROM BISHOP GARRIGAN, MOLLY JOYCE.

FROM EXIRA, KENDALL GRUBBS.

FROM MONTEZUMA, ELISE BOLTON.

FROM BISHOP GARRIGAN, AUDI CROOKS.

AND THE CAPTAIN OF THE 2021 CLASS 1A ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM FROM NEWELL-FONDA, MACY SIEVERS.

>> SO, AS THE CAPTAIN GETS SOLO SHOT, AND THEY WILL JOIN TOGETHER FOR A GROUP PHOTO.

>> THAT IS AGAIN, A GREAT COLLECTION OF BASKETBALL PLAYERS THAT PLAYED THEIR HEARTS OUT AT THE TOURNAMENT THIS YEAR, AND ANOTHER -- >> I WOULD START A TEAM WITH THOSE FIVE, WOULDN'T YOU?

>> YOU KNOW WHAT, I WAS JUST LOOKING AT MACY SIEVERS GOING TO DORT, AND MARY WALKER IS GOING TO DORT AS WELL.

>> PLEASE HELP US TO RECOGNIZE THE 2021 CLASS 1A RUNNER-UP, THE BISHOP GARRIGAN GOLDEN BEARS AND HEAD COACH BRANDON SCHWAB.

FAN, LET'S HEAR IT FOR YOUR CLASS 1A CHAMPION COACH DICK JUNGERS.

>> NEWELL-FONDA WITH THEIR FOURTH TITLE AND THIRD IN A ROW.

IT HAS BEEN A GREAT RUN FOR THIS SQUAD, AND LAURA, WE COULD JUST GO AHEAD TO PUT THE NOTES AWAY, AND COULD EASILY BE BISHOP GARRIGAN AND NEWELL-FONDA AGAIN NEXT YEAR.

>> I AM HANGING ON TO THESE NOTES FOR NEXT YEAR, AND TO WATCH THESE TROPHY CELEBRATION, IT NEVER GETS OLD, AND YOU ARE TO LOVE IT, THE EXCITEMENT THAT SURROUNDS THE TEAM, AND THE FANS AND THE TOWN.

IT IS WHAT THIS TOURNAMENT IS ALL ABOUT.

>> GREAT JOB, LAURA LEONARD.

YOU ARE FANTASTIC.

>> YOU, TOO.

IT IS GREAT AND I HAVE LOVED WORKING WITH YOU, AND I LOVED SEEING THE PINK JACKET AGAIN.

>> THAT IS ONE.

AND WE ALSO HAVE ONE MORE THING TO DO, AND THAT IS A TRADITION THAT WE HAVE STARTED AND WE CONTINUE AGAIN THIS YEAR.

WE ARE GOING TO SHOW YOU SOME HIGHLIGHTS THROUGHOUT THE TOURNAMENT, AND WHAT OTHER SONG DO YOU PICK OTHER THAN ONE -- "SINGULAR SENSATION."

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL FIVE CHAMPIONS, AND THE MOST RECENT NEWELL-FONDA.

THANK YOU FOR MAKING US PART OF YOUR EVENING.

THE NEXT CHAMPIONSHIPS WILL BE SOCCER.

♪ EVERY MOVE THAT SHE MAKES ♪ ♪ ONE SMILE AND SUDDENLY NOBODY ELSE WILL DO ♪ ♪ YOU KNOW THAT YOU'LL NEVER BE LONELY WITH YOU KNOW WHO ♪ ♪ ONE LONELY IN YOUR PRESENCE ♪ ♪ AND YOU CAN FORGET THE REST AND THE GIRL WITH THE SECOND BEST TO SOME WHO DO YOU GIVE YOUR ATTENTION ♪ ♪ AND DO I REALLY HAVE TO MENTION SHE'S THE ONE ♪ ♪ ONE SINGULAR SENSATION ♪ ♪ EVERY LITTLE STEP SHE TAKES ♪ ♪ ONE THRILLING COMBINATION ♪♪