chris palmquist--"in des moines, chris palmquist, abc9 sports." thanks chris...in the bottom half of the 3a bracket...sioux center taking on the defending champs out of nevada. early on...shayla post comes off the bench and provides an instant spark...her three pointer makes it 10-2 and forces a nevada time out. in the second...lexi toering...sees a path and she doesn't hesitate...the basket and the bonus...but we'd be tied 22 each at the half. nevada would take the lead but toering out on the break, finds katie te grotenhuis for the lay in that cuts the deficit to five. but the warriors had no answer for lexy koudelka...she had 29 and nevada ends sioux center's season, 59-44. in the rushmore state......the elk point-jefferson ladies beat lennox 52-27 to win the region 4a championship....ca rlie shatswell led the way with 19 points. with the win, the south dakota state tournament. alex as you saw in chris' story, this season is the last season for seniors mike gesell and adam woodbury. the sioux crew turned the iowa hoops program around....but they

chris palmquist--"in palmquist, abc9 sports." alex thanks chris, on the bottom half of the 3a bracket...sioux center is back at state for the third time in school history. the warriors made trips in 1927.....and 2004, making today their first tournament game in 12 years. sioux center with a tough draw in the 3a quarterfinals..th e defending champs from nevada. first possession of the game though...katie te grotenhuis...hits the triple...the warriors take a one point lead early. then shayla post comes off the bench and provides an instant spark...her three pointer makes it 10-2 and forces a nevada time out. in the second...lexi toering...sees a path and she doesn't hesitate...the basket and the bonus gives the warriors a 19-12 advantage. late in the quarter...jordyn van maanen, finds toering inside...this was all knotted up at half, but sioux center is down late in this one. out in nebraska....we have three trips to state up for grgrs in classes a and d..... norfolk visits lincoln east in the class a---district 5 been to lincoln si

chris palmquist--"the work right away. woodbury stepped into the starting lineup as freshmen and they've been there evev since. nat in that time, they've had growing pains, but their coach has never lost confidence." fran mccaffery--"he's h great games, he's had some off games. it's not a game of perfect. you're going to turn it over you're going to miss shots. but for the most part, mike gesell is going to make great plays. nat adam woodbury--"nobody will ever be harder on me than myself. so i always put a lot of pressure on myself to succeed. fran mccaffery--"people want to make assessments, you know with woody. he plays hard, he competes and he's going to battle you, but he's going to do it the right way. chris palmquist--"ultimatel y, gesell and woodbury have grown and are playing their best basketball now as seniors." adam woodbury--"you try to improve just a little bit every year and i think i've done that in my career." mike gesell--"each and every year i've gotten so much better. i know what it takes to win at this

chris palmquist has more from the well. chris palmquist--"alex, it's been nearly 50 years, 1967 to be exact, since kingsley- pierson has made it to des moines for the state tournament. the panthers have been one of the top teams in 1a all year and opened up their tourney run this afternoon against springville. the panthers, suffered some early jitters, they shot just 8 percent from the floor in the first quarter, but then they found a rhythm in the form of rachel mercer. she gets going from beyond the arc...one triple...heating up...she's on fire...she had 12 points in the first half to keep the panthers in it. then the inside game...addison hirshman...with the pretner...kp trailed it 25-19 at the break. ahead to the second half...allison bailey...left wide open on the ten footer...panthers cut the lead to 51-47 in the fourth. and they would get within two...mercer, knocks down the midrange jumper late...but springville hit just enough free throws down the stretch, they knock kp out of the tournament, 60-53. nicole goodwin-

chris palmquist--"congrats to the panthers on a great year. the champs from newell-fonda opening up their title defense. in the first--mallory sievers... rips it away and the put back...11-8 mustangs... offense...erin gerke knocks down the three from the top of the key...21-20 newell-fonda at the break. ahead to the fourth...jordan wilken knocks it down and the mustangs are into the semifinals, 53-42. at the end, we realized we needed to get this game going...and make plays like coach unger always says...when it comes down to it, its a game of runs and that's what we had to do at the end in des moines, chris palmquist, abc9 sports. alex from 2011 to 2014.....moc-floyd valley made four consecutive trips to the boys state tournament. last year, the dutch missed out, but the guys could return to des moines with a win in tonight's substate final. the tyson events center the venue for this evening's showdown between moc- carroll. that's brady schutt to the rack...dutch in control up 56-23.... tough night for carroll....but dayton ross hits the fade

coming up at six we'll have action from all of those teams, but for now in des moines, chris palmquist, abc9 sports. jenna:a: and when we come back we'll take a look at a cruise ship that is in trouble for the second time in a month, stay with back we'll take a look at a cruise ship that is in trouble for the second time in a month, stay with us fred: (fred) expect teens tonight, and while tomorrow will be warmer, we have a chance of a light rain/snow mix in the afternoon. 60s will be here by sunday, though! see you after the break for the forecast! tim: from bad weather to dozens of sick passengers, it appears one cruise ship just can't catch a break. for the second time in a month, trouble for the the ship is now racing back to its home port in new jersey. the cruise line in a tweet blames a severe forecast storm and maintains that norovirus in a small percentage of the 6000 passengers didn't fect the decision to return. but someme passengers say 10 people a day are reporting being sick with the norovirus. "you actually had to walk by the medical facility to get off at and the medica