Sports Calendar: Red Oak-Kuemper Catholic set for H-10 showdown
There's a lot of big basketball match-ups for Friday night, but the biggest will happen in Red Oak when the Tigers face off against Kuemper Catholic in a battle of 3A-ranked Hawkeye 10 teams.
It's all part of a doubleheader that starts at 6 p.m. with the JV game. The varsity girls game is scheduled for a 7:30 p.m. start.
Both Red Oak and Kuemper Catholic are ranked in the latest 3A rankings released by the IGHSAU. Red Oak remains sixth, while Kuemper Catholic dropped a spot to 11th.
It has been a rough week for Kuemper Catholic, who is coming off a 71-31 loss at home versus Harlan. The only other losses this season for Kuemper Catholic have been to Creston and Bishop Heelan.
The player to watch for Kuemper Catholic will be Maria Dentlinger, who is fifth in the Hawkeye 10 in scoring, averaging 14.8 points per game.
Red Oak will bring their scoring threats into the game, including Kate Walker, who leads the conference in scoring with 20.4 points per game. Grace Blomstedt will also be a key player to watch. Blomstedt scored her 1,000th point during Red Oak's win versus Clarinda Tuesday night. She'll be honored Friday night for reaching the milestone.
The Red Oak boys basketball team will also be playing Kuemper Catholic, but the game takes place in Carroll. The JV/varsity doubleheader is scheduled to start at 6 p.m. Red Oak will try to recover from its 88-80 overtime loss to Clarinda Tuesday night.
Elsewhere, the Red Oak bowling team will be in action Tuesday afternoon when they go to the Lightning Bowl in Council Bluffs to face Thomas Jefferson. The action is now scheduled to start at 2:30 p.m.
Corner Conference
With the Corner Conference tournament kicking off this weekend, all the area teams will be playing once more before they get started.
Both Stanton basketball teams will be home Friday night when they host Sidney. Both Stanton teams are coming off wins versus Clarinda Academy Tuesday night.
The doubleheader starts at 6 p.m. with the girls game.
In Malvern, the Essex basketball team faces off against East Mills in varsity doubleheader action starting at 6 p.m. with the girls game. Both East Mills and Essex will face off again in the girls Corner Conference tournament quarterfinals Monday night in Essex.
POI/WIC
The Southwest Valley basketball teams will be home Friday night when they host Pleasantville. The varsity doubleheader starts first with the girls game at 6:15 p.m.
Griswold meanwhile travels to Neola for a varsity doubleheader (6 p.m. start time) against Tri-Center.