SPORTS IN BRIEF: Van Buren basketball, Cardinal basketball, athletes unionizing, Iowa prep playoff scores

Cardinal boys fall to Pella Christian

The Cardinal boys? basketball team lost in the opening round of the Class 2A playoffs to Pella Christian 70-36 Monday in Albia.

?In the first quarter we played pretty well but couldn?t keep that momentum going for the rest of the game,? Cardinal coach Jay Olson said. ?They did a great job of taking our inside game away and we weren?t able to knock down enough shots to stay in the game.?

Kaleb Durflinger led Cardinal with 12 points and five rebounds. Sam Pedersen and Cody Streeby each scored seven points.

Cardinal finishes the season with a 9-11 record. Pella Christian (9-13) moves on to face PCM, Monroe.

Season ends for Van Buren girls

The Van Buren girls? basketball team lost to Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont 75-33 in the second round of the Class 2A playoffs Tuesday.

The Warriors (7-15) were unable to keep their run alive after beating Cardinal in round one.

Kaitlyn Johnson led Van Buren with 10 points. Abbey Riders scored eight points. Jenna Thornburg grabbed seven rebounds and Libby King got five rebounds.

Van Buren lost in the same round last season to Pella Christian.

Van Buren boys defeat Holy Trinity

The Van Buren boys? basketball team defeated Holy Trinity 58-42 Monday in Keosauqua.

Thomas Fitzsimmons led the Warriors with 19 points, 14 rebounds, four steals and three blocks. Brandon Plecker also scored 19 points. Tanner Smith scored nine points and grabbed 12 rebounds. Garrett Saunders racked up 10 assists.

Van Buren finishes the regular season 18-3 and will face Sigourney in the Class 1A district playoffs Thursday in Pekin.

QB testifies in bid to form college athlete union

Northwestern quarterback Kain Colter is the first witness at a closely watched hearing to determine whether college athletes can form a union.

Colter testified Tuesday at a National Labor Relations Board hearing in Chicago that is expected to last three days.

Colter has said most of the team?s 85 scholarship players support forming a union, though he has been the only one to step forward publicly. He is a senior who has finished his college career.

The pivotal question is whether college athletes qualify as employees and thus have a right to unionize.

A union would dramatically change the landscape of college sports, and the NCAA maintains that students are not employees. The bid is being supported by the United Steelworkers union.

Tuesday's Iowa girls' prep basketball playoff scores

Class 1A

Newell-Fonda 79, Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn 36

Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire 48, Harris-Lake Park 46

Gehlen Catholic 65, Central Lyon 49

George-Little Rock 49, Akron-Westfield 44

Dunkerton 35, Turkey Valley 34

Tripoli 46, Kee 39

North Iowa 46, Northwood-Kensett 44

Rockford 58, AGWSR 40

Janesville 53, Central, Elkader 26

Waterloo Christian 55, Meskwaki 41

Midland 48, Don Bosco 32

Marquette Catholic 37, Springville 27

Burlington Notre Dame 83, WACO 46

New London 73, Sigourney 67

Winfield-Mount Union 54, Keota 44

IMS 45, Prince of Peace 36

Lynnville-Sully 63, Melcher-Dallas 26

Wayne, Corydon 49, Moravia 44

English Valleys 68, HLV 29

North Mahaska 48, Belle Plaine 46

Colo-Nesco 68, Southeast Webster-Grand 39

Coon Rapids-Bayard 52, Paton-Churdan 41

Ankeny Christian 62, Gurthrie Center 48

Martensdale-St. Marys 49, Grandview Park Baptist 36

Stanton 73, Sidney 38

Fremont-Mills 50, Essex 43

Murray 53, Lenox 26

Bedford 57, Lamoni 33

Ar-We-Va 61, St. Mary?s-Storm Lake 48

Kingsley-Pierson 56, Westwood 50

Adair-Casey 60, Heartland Christian 51

Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 74, Woodbine 48

Class 2A

Western Christian 76, West Lyon 40

South O?Brien 58, Rock Valley 44

Pocahontas Area 78, Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 64

Okoboji 61, North Union 50

Dike-New Hartford 51, Grundy Center 36

South Hardin 65, North Tama 55

Manson Northwest Webster 64, Belmond-Klemme 29

Emmetsburg 55, Clarion-Goldfield 46

West Fork 61, Denver 44

North Butler 56, Saint Ansgar 38

Sumner-Fredericksburg 65, MFL Marmac 24

Maquoketa Valley 56, Clayton Ridge 36

Cascade 43, North Cedar 29

West Branch 55, Durant 51

Iowa City Regina 65, Wapello 24

Highland 75, Danville 59

Fort Dodge St. Edmond 79, South Hamilton 23

West Marshall 47, Collins-Maxwell-Baxter 45

Des Moines Christian 45, Woodward-Granger 39

Van Meter 62, Pella Christian 55

South Central Calhoun 52, Audubon 41

IKM-Manning 77, Riverside 44

Panorama 43, Earlham 40

Central Decatur 62, Mount Ayr 53

Hinton 78, Lawton-Bronson 52

Woodbury Central 61, Maple Valley-Anthon Oto 55

Treynor 48, Council Bluffs St. Albert 47

Tri-Center 60, Missouri Valley 55