Tonight’s Raccoon River Conference opponent for the Adel-Desoto-Minburn Tigers varsity basketball teams is also the initial playoff adversary of the Tiger girls squad. ADM hits the road again tonight for a league twin bill tonight against the Carlisle Wildcats. The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union chose to have the Tigers and Wildcats meet in the first round of the Class 4A Region 8 tournament beginning next Wednesday in Adel. The Raccoon Valley Radio Network spoke with ADM girls basketball coach Jacob Cleveland about his thoughts on drawing Carlisle in the postseason, and he says he was expecting to play a conference foe. “A lot of teams (across the state) will play a conference opponent in the first round of the playoffs,” Cleveland said, “So I was expecting to play someone (from the Raccoon River Conference). Carlisle’s pretty gritty.”

One of the best overall performances ADM put together this season came in the last meeting against Carlisle on December 11 in Adel. Seven Tiger players scored seven or more points in a 67-37 victory over the Wildcats. ADM is coming off a 69-57 win last night against the Carroll Tigers. Juniors Abbie Hlas and Delaney Bertman scored 21 points each in ADM’s victory. The Raccoon Valley Radio Network will bring you live play by play coverage of ADM and Carlisle tonight on True Country K 107.9, raccoonvalleyradio.com, and the KKRF mobile app. Pregame comments start around 5:30 p.m., the varsity girls game tips off at 6 p.m. with the varsity boys contest to follow from Carlisle High School.