An Iowa umpire will work Tuesday night’s Major League Baseball All Star Game in Arlington, Texas. Bruce Dreckman lives in Marcus and will be working first base in the midsummer classic. It is his second All Star Game assignment.

Dreckman says an All Star Game is a much different assignment than a playoff series.

Dreckman says for the umpires the goal is the same for every game.

Dreckman will have family with him at Tuesday night’s game.

IOWA CITY, Iowa — The Eastern Iowa Airport has worked with two carriers to add special direct flights for Hawkeye fans wanting to travel to select University of Iowa football road games this fall.

Below is a list of flight options for fans looking for air travel from Eastern Iowa to Ohio, Michigan and California.

American Airlines: Nonstop to Columbus (CMH) for Ohio State game departing Cedar Rapids (CID) at 2 p.m. on Oct. 4. The return flight on Oct. 6 departs at 9:29 a.m. ET.
Delta: Nonstop to Detroit (DTW) for Michigan State game departing Cedar Rapids (CID) at 1:45 p.m. on Oct. 18. The return flight on Oct. 20 departs at 10 a.m. ET.
Delta: Nonstop to Los Angeles (LAX) for UCLA game departing Cedar Rapids (CID) at 12:15 p.m. on Nov. 7. The return flight on Nov. 10 departs at 11:15 a.m. PT.
There will also be a nonstop flight on Delta from Seattle (SEA) to Cedar Rapids (CID) for the Washington home football game. The flight will depart Seattle at 9:35 a.m. PT on Oct. 11. The return flight on Oct. 13 will depart at 11 a.m. This will be the first-ever nonstop flight CID has had to/from Seattle and provides fans of the Huskies, as well as Hawkeye fans living in the Seattle area an easy four-hour flight.

IOWA CITY, Iowa – Two University of Iowa men’s basketball student-athletes – juniors Payton Sandfort and Riley Mulvey – have been named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches Honors Court, it was announced Monday by the NABC.

NABC Honors Court honorees include juniors, seniors and graduate students who finished the 2023-24 year with a cumulative grade point average of 3.2 or higher.

The NABC recognizes teams and athletes from all levels of college basketball. More than 2,100 players earned the Honors Court distinction.

It is the first career NABC Honors Court accolade for both players.

AMES, Iowa – The Iowa State cross country teams prepare for their return to the course after enjoying an abundance of success in 2023. Both the Cyclone men and women posted team finishes in the top 20 at the NCAA Championships.

“I am looking forward to the Fall 2024 Cross Country Season as our returning athletes are coming off a historic spring,” said Director of Track & Field/Cross Country Jeremy Sudbury. Women’s Cross Country Head Coach Amy Rudolph shared similar sentiments, stating “I am really excited for the 2024 Cross Country season and opening things up with our home meet at the end of August. Our schedule this year really sets us up to do well in championship season with the goal being the national meet.”

Last season, the men earned their eighth ever top-5 finish at the NCAA Championships in Virginia, finishing fifth as Sanele Masondo and Rodgers Rotich earned individual All-America status. The women were 20th, led by fifth-year seniors Madelynn Hill, Dana Feyen and Janette Schraft.

“After losing three of our top five from last year, I am looking forward to seeing our upperclassmen lead this team with a very deep sophomore and freshman class,” said Rudolph. “We will again see many changes within our top seven throughout the season which gives us an advantage having that kind of depth.”

This season, ISU once again opens the year hosting the Cyclone Preview in Ames. The meet takes place on Friday, August 30 at the Cyclone Cross Country Course. Last season, the Iowa State men’s and women’s squads dominated the rest of the fields to take both team titles in front of a sea of Cardinal & Gold. It is the second time in as many seasons that Ames will host a regular season cross country meet. ISU had not hosted a regular season meet since the 2012 Iowa Intercollegiate prior to last year.

“The Cyclone Preview at home this year will be a great chance to engage with our fans and run on our beautiful course, we hope to have a nice crowd come out and support our athletes,” said Sudbury.

More details on the Cyclone Preview, including parking and fan information, can be found here.

Iowa State will also prep for the 2024 NCAA Championships, held this year in Madison, Wisconsin twice with the Nuttycombe Invitational and the Wisconsin Pre-National meet. The Cyclones will make the trek to Madison first on September 27 for Nuttycombe before returning October 19 for Pre-Nationals.

“We are going all-in on getting to know the National Course in Madison, Wisconsin by racing there twice in the regular season,” said Sudbury. “I’ve always felt if you can learn how to run that course it’ll pay huge dividends in the post-season.”

Following Pre-Nationals, the Cyclones will travel to Waco to compete at the Big 12 Championships on November 1. Last season the women finished third behind then-top 10 squads BYU and Oklahoma State while the men were fourth overall. Hill, Schraft, Maelle Porcher and Said Mechaal all earned All-Conference honors with top-15 individual finishes.

After a two-week break, Iowa State will return to action on November 15 at the NCAA Midwest Regional held in Peoria, Illinois. Last season, both the men’s and women’s squads finished second in Stillwater to earn automatic bids to the NCAA Championships. The season will conclude with the national championship meet, held on November 23 in Madison, Wisconsin.

Iowa junior forward Hannah Stuelke says the Hawkeye women are motivated to exceed expectations next season. The Hawks lost several key players from a team that made it to back-to-back national title games. Stuelke is coming off a sophomore season in which she averaged 14 points per game and was named second team All-Big Ten.

Stuelke envisions a similar role on a new-look team. Summer workouts are underway in Iowa City.

Stuelke shot better than 62 percent from the field last season.

Class 3A

Region 2

PCM 1, Clarke 0
Clarinda 10, Atlantic 7

Class 4A

Region 2

North Polk 8, Mason City 0
Gilbert 11, Webster City 6

Region 3

Dallas-Center Grimes 15, Carroll 0
Perry 4, Storm Lake 3

Region 4

ADM 9, Indianola 2
Winterset 10, Glenwood 0

Region 6

Norwalk 7, Ballard 0
Pella 3, Bondurant-Farrar 2

Class 1A

Substate 2 – District 3

Remsen St. Marys 3, Woodbine 2

Substate 2 – District 4

Coon Rapids-Bayard 11, CAM 0

Substate 7 – District 13

Lynnville-Sully 3, North Mahaska 0

Substate 7 – District 14

Ankeny Christian 5, Earlham 3

Substate 8 – District 15

Tri-Center 4, Lenox 3

Substate 8 – District 16

Bedford 2, Southwest Valley 0

Class 2A

Substate 6 – District 11 

Des Moines Christian 2, Pella Christian 0

Substate 6 – District 12

Pleasantville 8, Interstate-35  1

Substate 7 – District 13

Chariton 6, Van Meter 5

Substate 7 – District 14

OABCIG 8, Kuemper Catholic 4

Substate 8 – District 15

Underwood 11, Ridge View 0

Substate 8 – District 16

Clarinda 5, Shenandoah 2

Iowa State men’s basketball coach T.J. Otzelberger is glad the Big-12 focused on regional rivalries in next season’s schedule. Of the five teams the Cyclones play twice next season in the league race two of them are Kansas State and Kansas.

Otzelberger says they tried to balance the schedule from a competitive standpoint as much as possible.

Otzelberger says the new 20-game conference schedule will be demanding.

Last season the Cyclones did not play at Kansas and senior guard Curtis Jones is looking forward to playing in Phog Allen Field House.

Jones says the Big-12 schedule will be even more demanding next season with the addition of Arizona, Arizona State, Utah and Colorado.