dragons' ellie brown helps johnston pull away. this stray pup may look like just the type of four-legged friend you'd like to welcome into your living room. but he's destined for much more serious work. coming up, see how a local police department is grooming him for a the winds will pick up today and slightly cooler,in the upper 30s to lower 40s. winds will be even stronger on thursday with gusts near 40 mph possible. that will keep highs well into the 30s for a brief cool down. warm weather bounces back over the weekend, with highs close to 60s on intensive training comes up every time a new officer enters newton's police force... but training like this hasn't happened for 25 years... after the break, we'll introduce you to the department's newest officer ... newton police has a new addition to its fleet of officers this morning... smokey -- a rescue dog -- is the department's first k-9 in 25 years. and as channel 13's jannay towne shows us, he isn't your typical police dog. don't this sweet faced, tail wagging pooch fool you. f

johnston dragon's alec sha-zek pulls a 7-6 upset win over valley's joel shapiro. brothers, last night when we lost, i just thought wow we got to win traditional. hey yesterday we finished 3rd at the state duals. we have some really tough guys here. we have 8 of our guys. and they're going to get points. we didn't come here just to be here. we came to bring a title home. and here's your feel good story of the day....we introduced you to him earlier this week...indianola wrestler kobey pritchard lost one of his legs at the age of five took home his first state tournament win yesterday. for scores from more than 500 matches yesterday, check the 13 now app or log on to the home page with 40 megs of internet speed from centurylink, a family of four can all be online at the same time, streaming, gaming, or downloading movies. yeah, the internet's great, but i think hair and makeup went a little too far. yeah, that's not working. i much prefer the two-day beard, horn-rimmed glasses, just-slept-in-his-car kinda thing. okay. be "paul giamatti." that's the essence of this r

the johnston dragons. without rachel hinders, one of the best players in the state. dragons elle brown with the skillz. 47-40 johnston.dragons starting to pull away, paige sieren for three. good! 52- 44. taryn knuth adds a career high 29 points!johnston advances to state, 66-54. you can bet that banner shows up in a few photos. cenntennial and sioux city west. jaguars keanna williams drives to the rack and-one centennial trailed 5-0 to start the game. jaguars answered with to end the first quarter. kylee macke from long range. centennial fans are feeling it. sammy stoelk driving the baseline... the floater is good. centennial wins 66-42. other regional finals, linn mar turns back dowling. and southeast polk upsets iowa city high. waukee a winner in overtime at iowa city west. women of troy. in class 4-a, pella heads back to state with a win over boone, and ballard by six over carlisle, 43-37. and congratulations to the urbandale jayhawks bowling team. the boys won the 2a state championship, waverly shell rock second, mt pleasant third. [ cheers and applause ] >> stev

the johnston dragons... playing cedar rapids washington last night. dragons' ellie brown helps the dragons pull away. they advance to state, 66-54. now here's willy geist with a look at what's coming up next on the today >>> good morning. three-peat. >> we're winning, winning, winning. >> donald trump cruises to victory in nevada, his third straight win in the republican presidential race. super tuesday is a week away and state. does he think the nomination is his to lose? we'll talk to him live. >>> tornado outbreak. >> it's crossing the road. look at that! >> a string of twisters across the south, entire neighborhoods wiped out. the damage stretching from louisiana to florida. at least three people killed, more than 30 others injured. there's more dangerous weather today. >>> new cases, new fear. 14 more women potentially infected with zika by their male partners here in the united states.

high school bowling class 3a title, and it is a dynasty for the johnston dragons. jonathan wins their second consecutive bowl and crown3a. -- 3a bowling crown. linking came in fifth, roosevelt seven in the team standings. cedar falls is the 3a voice champ. marshalltown, the test central iowa team followed by southeast polk, johnston, and waukee. the state wrestling toward that they have ended on saturday, but there was one more award to be headed out today in west des moines. three recipients, one in each class. when hundred 40 -- 140. in the 3a, the runner-up at 200, 2-1, we don't just serve any fish sandwich at culver's. we serve wild-caught, north atlantic cod. this cod grows in water that is cold, clean and pristine, full of flavorful nutrients, and that comes through in the fish. this is the way we ship it to your restaurants. it's not pre-breaded. so not only do we use the highest quality cod, but we still hand-batter it the old-fashioned way. that's remarkable. and we think we get the best fish filet sandwich because of that. this is the best fish sandwich i

the johnston dragons. playing cedar rapids washington without rachel hinders, one of the best players in the state. dragons elle brown with the skillz. 47-40 johnston.dragons starting to pull away, paige sieren for three. good! 52- 44. taryn knuth adds a career high 29 points!johnston advances to state, 66-54. and congratulations to the urbandale jayhawks bowling championship, waverly shell rock second, mt pleasant third. fort dodge finished seventh. iowa still doesn't know if drew ott can play an additional year of football for the hawkeyes. ott applied for a medical redshirt waiver. ott played more than the allowable number of games before tearing an acl, but since he was already injured, he only played two full games. chad leistikow of the des moines register reports no word from the big ten, even tough the nfl scouting combine in this weekend, and ott's been invited. kirk ferentz said earlier this month he's optimistic ott will get a fifth year at iowa. the hawkeyes are 9 point favorites at home tomorr

and these gals from johnston can roll. the dragons win the class 3-a state championship. morgan wolfe had a two game dragons best single game, 257. des moines lincoln fifth, roosevelt 7th. cedar falls won boys 3a, marshalltown, southeast polk, johnston, and waukee finishes four through seven. briar cochran was born to wrestle. old video 3:26 'i really dont know what wed do different. thats all we know' fade 40:46 we come from a strong wrestling family. i know briars been wrestling since he was in 3rd grade. i wrestled when i was in third grade.' since he could fit in a singlet... briar was on a mat. old video 1:45 'want you to go up to the stand and say cochran go check- in' groomed for the stage of championship from sony pictures studios, it's america's game. wheel... of... fortune! ladies and gentlemen, here are the stars of our show, pat sajak and vanna white. thank you, jim. thanks, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] how nice. thank you. appreciate that. vanna has to go. she has letters to touch, and whatever else she does. hi. get ready, everybody. your time has come

waukee-- the iron and ciml division title with a 45 to 43 win over number jordan: over to johnston, the #2 dragons hosting #13 dowling. j-town up 27-22 at the break. 3rd quarter they add to it! elle brown with the steal and she takes it to the house! dragons go up by 13! but back comes dowling. becca hittner on the drive goes off glass for two! more from the future drake bulldog. the back door cut, count the bucket and the foul. 2 of her 18 on the night. maroons within 6. but ahead to the 4th quarter, taryn knuth proves too much. the 6'4 junior was beastly. she gets the hoop and the hack on hittner. then it's rinse and repeat as brown finds knuth for two more. she also finished with 18. then watch as at the other end she comes up with the big swat on hittner! knuth and the dragons looking every bit like the #2 team in 5a, they win by 10, 57-47! jordan: 11th ranked valley making the trip over to take on urbandale. early first quarter, start out hot. kracht from the free throw line cashes in the jumper for two. more from kracht now on the drive, she lays it in.. the "u" up 6. but then hannah fuller

cedar rapids washington visiting johnston in region 2. dragons up three in the third quarter-- but caitlin riley cuts the lead to one with that basket underneath. back come the dragons-- elle brown-- was told to attack the hoop at half-- she does and lays it in. more brown-- she goes to work checkout the crossover and pull up jumper with a hand in her face-- lead now 7 for johnston. mom is liking it! now brown on defense the steal the dish and paige sieren with the finish for a pair johnston now up 9. anne visser though keeping her team in it drives and lays it in lead back to 7. but sieren has the dagger with this three and johnston is heading to state next week at wells fargo the final 66 to 54 2 city high hosting #9 southeast polk....early 2nd quarter...anna zelenovich ahead to allee ira for the bucket....rams up 1.... --in the third, ira spots up at the top of the key and drills one from downtown....28-25 sep.... --city high rallies to take a 35-33 lead on this drive by kenya earl, whose dad a.c. is a former hawkeye.... --but the night belong

and these gals from johnston can roll. the dragons win the class 3-a state championship. morgan wolfe had a two game total of 457, while chantelle foster had the dragons best single game, 257. des moines lincoln fifth, cedar falls won boys 3a, marshalltown, southeast polk, johnston, and waukee finishes before we go tonight... google may have its self-driving cars -- but students at fresno state have a self-driving shuttle. the shuttle was invented by varden labs -- a start-up company from silicon valley. engineering students at the university tested the state-of-the-art vehicle tuesday shuttle can hold up to four people... and has sensors that stop the vehicle when pedestrians are nearby. the demonstration is part of a series of events to commemorate national engineers week from february twenty-first to the twenty-seventh. thanks for joining us. have earl, can i borrow your paper? to see if i'll still be a whore in the future. all right, who wants to go first? ooh, do me. do me. do me. can we have one night at the diner that doesn't end with you yelling that at a woman? a

dragons hosting urbandale on senior night. first quarter, julia beswick swishes in the jumper. johnston out in front. then they go down to knuth who makes it look easy. dragons with the early lead. but the j-hawks go to their own number 44. kennedy kracht drives to the hole on knuth and gets it to fall. then it worked once, why not try it twice. and they do. the layup is good again. urbandale within 2. but johnston is in full postseason mode. the deflection by ellie brown, she ends up with it and passes off to knuth for two more. johnston up 4. then sound the alarm it's paige sieren, the floater is good. dragons roll past the j-hawks, 81-55. jordan: traveling down to carlisle in the wildcats' sweet barn. back and forth first quarter. then the bombers start to pull away. gaby doud with the steal. and she takes it all the way in for the easy layup. back claw the wildcats. great bounce pass from agatha beier to gabby schnathorst who scores it. carlisle back in it. but the tale of the first half was ballard's meredith ossian. she was on fire from long range here knocking down three of her first half sixte

johnston ends up 52-47. the dragons are number two in the state. great team this year. chad: we definitely feel like we are the best team in the state, one of the best two or three teams. this is the best johnston team we've ever had here. showdown. jump right to the fourth quarter. just over 2 minutes left, centennial's kendyl lindaman drives for 2. waukee's carlie littlefield inside. the guard with a great post position. final chance, waukee down 2. littlefield misses the 3, at the back iron. no good. centennial goes in to get the huge road win 45-43. ,kendyl: working real hard the season, number one feels great. we degrade out there. andy: now, boys basketball. second game of the double header at waukee fieldhouse. centennial's connor cullen pulls nice shot there. waukee would come back and answer. nice pass. double pump, draws the contact. knocking in the foul. michael wenger goes long 66-56. our final friday night hoops tonight, the hoover huskies playing host to indianola. aldreias campbell, jr., nice little drive for the jump shot. losing the backboard to his adv

johnston vs. number one southeast polk. ben wilson pins, and the underdog dragons lead, 19-3. at 220 pounds, ethen anderson, top ranked wrestler in his class, makes quick work... s-e-p wins, 40-24. let's bring in michael admire live at the well. michael, we have the final many wanted to see: rocky lombardi/valley junior travis young/valley coach jason christenson/sep coach michael thanks. assumption's freshman kole kreinbring falls behind in the final michael thanks. assumption's freshman kole kreinbring falls behind in the period. down but not out. kreinbring goes for the pin and gets it. that seals the win for assumption . the knights are making their duals final appearance. those 2a semifinal, 1. new hampton vs. 4. clarion-goldfield-dows. 220 pounds caden hanson with the pin for clarion goldfield dows. and at heavy weight, clarion goldfield dow's trenton mcatee wins by decision. next on the news at nine... "wheel of fortune"! [ cheers and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, here are the stars of america's game -- pat sajak and vanna white. hello! hi, everybody. thank you, jim.

let's check out the action. " we start with 3a johnston and southeast polk 152 pounds. collin hushagen for the dragons getting a pair of take downs against solomon jones for southeast polk hushagen with 3 teams points after a decision win. austin garcia adds to it with a 12-1 major decision at 160. dragons up 13-0. at 190 pounds ben wilson gets the win by fall against eric pingel and the dragons now up 22 to 3. southeast polk responding though ethan andersen at 220 pounds working on jacob cooper eventually landing the win by fall in the first period. southeast polk would win 7 of the last 8 matches including at 285 dan ramirez with a pin on jake ryan 49 seconds in southeast polk wins 40-24. "we're not even thinking about defending from last year it's about right now it's about the present and the opportunity we have in front of us to get another one." they get the winner of with a takedown he'd go on to win by fall 28 second into his match-- valley rolling early. the only match lost by the tigers today was at the heavyweight gannon gremmel gets the pin-- he's committed to isu next year. valley respond

johnston wins 57-47 the final. the dragons are good. >> we definitely feel like we are the best team in the state, or at least one of the best teams in the state. this is probably the best team johnson has ever had. andy: another great girls game last night in waukee, ankeny centennial and the warriors. two top five teams head to head. inside with two minutes to go tough bucket, centennial up littlefield. blazing in with a left-handed, made it a one-point game. littlefield no good. , the jaguars go into waukee and upset the warriors 45-43. >> we have been working real hard this whole entire season. being number one feels great and we cannot let it get to our head. andy: the boys' game immediately following, waukee and centennial. connor:, free-throw line jumper is good, great job moving to his left. waukee would answer with nathan johnson, great passing. patient, draws the contact, lays it in. the warriors win 69-55, knocking off centennial. in des moines, andreas campbell jr breaking down the defense. indianola would come rig

dodgers, dragons and rams all hunting for a tiger take down yesterday at the well.... and johnston does it.. with alec kziazek. he gets the two point take down in a 7-6 upset win over valley's joel shapiro. and plenty of 3a fans rooting for this guy.... indianola's cody pritchard lost his leg at 5 years old. now 10 years later, pritchard has his first state tournament win. that was just one of 504 matches yesterday... today, there will be even more. for scores from all those matches, check the 13 now app or log on to our the cyclones are fresh off an emotional players-only meeting... iowa state has been in every game, but the cyclones have lost four of six. we heard everybody what they had to say they're outlook. and everybody welcomed the men with open arms and whatever was said was said but it was all positive so it was great. we'll see if that talk paid off... tomorrow night the cyclones host tcu. >>> good morning. holy war of words. donald trump responds after the pope questions his faith for wanting to build a wall along >> he has an awfully big wall at the vatican. i'll tell

johnson had a decisive win last -- johnston had a decisive win last night over cedar rapids washington. the dragons ended up with a 66 to 54 win over the warriors. also in 5a, ankeny centennial took on sioux city west last night. a big win for centennial there, 66 to 42. the jaguars now move on to face davenport north next week. trust kcci for coverage on all starting monday with class 1a and 2a quarterfinals. elizabeth: this week in des moines, plaza lanes has turned into quite a party. they're hosting the high school state bowling competition. class 2a hit the lanes tuesday. for the boys, the urbandale jayhawks bring home the 2a team title, and make some history in the process. >> this is urbandale's first trip to the state tournament. it is also. we have been working all year long. i love it so much. elizabeth: so congrats to urbandale for their first team title ever. and nick miller from denison-schleswig won the individual 2a title. on the girls side waterloo east is your team winner. and leah frost from waterloo east is your individual winner. 3a competition is today at plaza lanes. elizabeth

johnston rolls to the class 3-a state championship. morgan wolfe had a two game total of 457, while chantelle foster had the dragons best single game, 257. lincoln fifth, roosevelt 7th. cedar falls won boys 3a, marshalltown, southeast polk, reporter: "so when you hear, say, one side, saying that they'd like to wait 'til "the next president is in office to appoint a justice, what do you think about that?" justice o'connor: "i don't agree. i think we need somebody there, now," [ cheers and applause ] >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- taraji p. henson, mike birbiglia, musical guest fka twigs. and featuring the legendary roots crew. >> questlove: 424 compton.

johnston next wednesday. with eric hanson, elizabeth klinge, meteorologist kurtis gertz, and right-now coverage with shaina humphries. they had a decisive win last night over cedar rapids washington. the dragons ended up with a 66 to 54 win over the warriors. also in 5a, ankeny centennial took on sioux city west last night. a big win for centennial there, 66 to 42. the jaguars now move on to face davenport north next week. trust kcci for coverage on all the girls basketball state play and 2a quarterfinals. elizabeth: some central iowa students have been taking flight at school this year. the des moines public schools aviation program has a new $60,000 flight simulator. kcci got an up close look at the new technology. it allows high school students to realistic flight experience without ever leaving the ground. the flight instructor says it takes students through almost every possible scenario. tim harmer: it allows them to log time on taxing aircraft around airports and then doing normal take off normal landings, traffic patterns, as well as cross country flying in a safe warm environment. elizabeth: officials say the flight simulator is so advanced, the faa actually allows the students to lo