Iowa’s offensive line hopes to show improvement this season and begins over the ball. Council Bluffs native Logan Jones moved from defensive line to center prior to last season and at times struggled with snaps. He has spent the offseason working with new quarterback Cade McNamara.
Jones has developed a good relationship with McNamara.
The Hawkeyes open on September second at home against Utah State.
The Iowa men’s basketball team heads to Spain for the next leg of a European trip. The Hawkeyes open the trip with a 123-77 win over the Paris All-Stars on Tuesday. Payton Sandfort and Valparaiso transfer Benn Krikke both had 22 points to lead the way.
That’s Iowa coach Fran McCaffery who says there are a couple of areas that need work.
McCaffery says he continues to be impressed by the Hawkeye freshmen.
Iowa plays the Valencia All-Stars on Friday.
IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa women’s basketball junior Caitlin Clark has been named a finalist on Wednesday for the 93rd AAU James E. Sullivan Award.
Clark was the recipient of the 2023 Big Ten Female Athlete of the Year Award, Honda Cup and was named Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year by The Collegiate Women Sports Awards (CWSA). She also won the 2023 Naismith, Wooden and Wade trophies along with the Associated Press and USBWA Ann Drysdale Player of the Year honors.
She is a two-time winner of the Nancy Lieberman Point Guard Award and is the first-ever three-time winner of the Dawn Staley Award. She also won the Honda Sport Award for Basketball in April.
Clark led her team to its first-ever NCAA Championship game and helped post the Hawkeyes’ most wins in a single season. During the NCAA Tournament, she posted the first 40-point triple-double in NCAA Tournament history (men’s or women’s) and broke the NCAA single-tournament records for most 3-point FG made (24) and most points scored (191). This past season, she was the only player in the country with 1,000 points, 240 rebounds, 310 assists and 45 steals.
Overall, Clark became the first player in Division I women’s basketball history to record more than 1,000 points and 300 assists in the same season and was fastest Division I player (men’s or women’s) to reach 1,500 career points over the last 20 seasons.
Off the court, she is a two-time first-team Academic All-American and was named the 2023 CSC Academic All-America of the Year.
In addition to athletic excellence, the AAU Sullivan Award aims to recognize the qualities of leadership, citizenship, character and sportsmanship on and off the field.
The one-week voting period to determine the six finalists opens to the public today at bit.ly/93rdSullivanFinalists. The public can vote once a day for their choice, up until the voting closes.
“We’re excited to have such a diverse group of athletes and sports represented this year,” said Jo Mirza, AAU President. “Each of our semi-finalists deserves to move on to the next round and we’re proud to include them in the AAU Sullivan Award’s storied history.”
This year’s winner will be announced at an awards ceremony on Tuesday, Sept. 19, at the historic New York Athletic Club (NYAC) – the birthplace of the AAU.
The winner of the 93rd AAU Sullivan Award will join a renowned list of recipients. Other prior winners include former UI wrestler Spencer Lee in 2019, Michael Phelps (swimming), Michelle Kwan (figure skating), Carl Lewis (track & field), Shawn Johnson (gymnastics), Peyton Manning (football) and Breanna Stewart (basketball).
ABOUT THE AAU:
The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) is one of the largest, non-profit, volunteer sports organizations in the country. As a multi-sport organization, the AAU is dedicated exclusively to the promotion and development of amateur sports programs. Founded in 1888 to establish standards and uniformity in sports, the AAU philosophy of “Sports For All, Forever” is now shared by more than 720,000 members and 150,000 volunteers across 45 sports programs and 55 U.S. districts. For more information, visit aausports.org.
(Radio Iowa) – The Iowa D-N-R heard public comment Tuesday on a new manure management plan for a large cattle feedlot in Clayton County near the headwaters of Bloody Run Creek trout stream. Supreme Beef’s first plan was reversed by a Polk County judge, and Michael Schmidt with the Iowa Environmental Council questioned the details of the new plan. He says Supreme Beef has given no basis for a manure nutrient concentration figure that he says “are inconsistent and untrustworthy numbers.”
Iowa chapters of the Sierra Club and Trout Unlimited successfully challenged the initial manure management plan in court arguing the state agency used “illogical interpretations and applications” in its approval.
(Story City, Iowa) – One person died and two others were injured in a three-vehicle chain-reaction accident late Tuesday night in central Iowa. The Iowa State Patrol reports the three vehicles, a 2017 Nissan Rogue, a 2001 Triumph Daytona motorcycle, and a 2008 Suzuki GSX-R600 motorcycle, were traveling northbound on Interstate 35 near mile marker 125, at around 11:03-p.m., when the driver of the Nissan changed lanes, and was struck by the Triumph motorcycle.
The operator of the Suzuki motorcycle took evasive action by laying the bike down. The cycle came to rest on the roadway. The operator of the Triumph motorcycle, 31-year-old Jeffrey Lawrence, of Grimes, died in the crash. The operator of the SUV, 50-year-old Scott Peel, of Ankeny, was injured and transported to Methodist Hospital, in Des Moines. And, the operator of the Suzuki motorcycle, 26-year-old Daron Kent, of Des Moines, was injured, but not transported to a hospital.
The crash remains under investigation.
(Radio Iowa) – The Iowa Barn Foundation has hosted a barn raising on the Iowa State Fairgrounds, in hopes of raising fairgoers’ awareness of what it takes to preserve barns. A 16 foot tall barn now stands in the center of the Ag Building on the fairgrounds. Iowa Barn Foundation board member Dwight Hughes says the project has several goals. “We’re looking for memberships to spread the word and create sparks of interest,” Hughes says.
The Iowa Barn Foundation has raised over two million dollars in the past 25 years, providing grants that have helped preserve nearly 300 Iowa barns — but Hughes says the number of grant applications far exceeds their current capacity to help. “So this is in effect a way to try to bring awareness and locate that needle in the haystack which turns out to be people who are willing to part with their hardearned money,” Hughes says, “to help foster the preservation and the saving of the heritage barns in Iowa.”
In 1920, there were about 300-thousand barns in Iowa, but fewer than a third are still standing. “The major element that was on every farmstead and that was a farm that housed the feed and the animals to support the family,” Hughes says. Half of the siding on the model barn at the State Fair is 140 year old red barn boards. “And half covered with new painted barn boards, with new windows and old windows,” Hughes says, “to show people the difference between restored and preserved and how important it might be on their farmstead or their grandpa’s or their great grandpas or whatever.”
Hughes, who lives in Cedar Rapids, says barns were a critical element in all parts of his family’s history. “As a matter of fact, my grandpa grew up in Wales in what was called a long barn,” Hughes says. “Half of it was for animals. Half of it was for family.”
In addition to its first-ever barn raising at the Iowa State Fair, the Iowa Barn Foundation will host its annual barn tour next month. On the weekend of September 16th and 17th, 72 barns will be part of the All-State Barn Tour and open to visitors.
(Greenfield, Iowa) – The Adair County Board of Supervisors met this (Wednesday) morning, and acknowledged the receipt of a Manure Management Plan (MMP) Update from Westlake Swine out of Creston. They approved Homestead and Military Disalllowances as presented, and agreed to change their regular weekly meeting on August 23rd to Aug. 22nd, because of a scheduling conflict.
The Adair County Supervisors also approved Auditor Mandy Berg’s request for an employee classification change.
They also approved her request to begin the hiring process for the positions of Auditor Payroll Clerk and Courthouse Custodian. The Board received Berg’s annual report with regard to the Opiod Settlement Funds and authorized the Chair to sign-off on the report.
They also approved a Longevity raise for 5-year Secondary Roads Department employee Troy Cormeny and a Wage Progression amountingto $1.12/hour for Dave Spieker (Speaker), who has been with the department for 18 months. County Engineer Nick Kauffman presented for the Board to approve and Chair Jerry Walker to sign, the final voucher for the N33 Orient Bridge, and N24 Prussia (township) RCB (Reinforced Concrete Box) Culvert project. The RCB will replace a wooden box culvert currently in-place along 190th Street. The $185,000 cost of the project will come out of the FY 2024 LOST (Local Option Sales Tax) Budget. Kauffman said he doubts he’ll have to amend his budget, since the cost will come out of LOST.
Kauffman updated the Board on the various bridge and road projects underway in Adair County.
He said they will be replacing all the culverts along the Henry Wallace Road – to the Henry A. Wallace Center – since the road is set to be repaved. Nick Kauffman updated the Board also, on equipment and vehicle purchases, and surveillance cameras for the exterior of one of the county fuel depot/shop.
The 65th Annual Tournament of Champions will hit the tee box on Friday at the Atlantic Golf and Country Club and we’ll have full coverage on KJAN. A strong number of golfers have entered this year’s tournament and all of last year’s champions will be back to defend their titles.
Dr. Matt Weresh was the Open Division champion in 2022 with a six under par 201 for the tourney. It was his third victory at the tournament. Zach Christensen and Ross Martens finished five shots back and both return to compete this year as well.
Darby McLaren won his first title in the Senior Division last year, winning a playoff over Bill Matzdorff with 1 over, 208 totals during the weekend. They will both be in the field again.
The Super Senior Division has been controlled by Rick Thompson who has won the title the past three years. He shot a -1, 137 to win the two-day event last year. This division will move back to a three-day run again in 2023.
The first golfers will tee off at 8:00 a.m. on Friday and staggered tee times will continue through 1:36 p.m. We will have full coverage once again on KJAN with reports throughout the day on Friday and Saturday, and swing-by-swing coverage on Sunday. You can also follow along score updates throughout the tournament on KJAN.com
Report times on Friday are: 8:35 a.m., 11:20 a.m., 1:05 p.m., 2;30 p.m., 3:30 p.m., 4:35 p.m. Saturday: 8:35 a.m., 11:15 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m. Sunday: Live coverage will start following morning church services.
(Atlantic, Iowa) – Florida Republican Governor/2024 Presidential candidate Ron DeSantis and Iowa Republican Governor Kim Reynolds will be in Atlantic, Friday morning as part of a “Never back down”meet-and-greet. The pair will speak at the Downtowner Cafe and Catering (222 Chestnut Street). Doors for the event open at 10:15-a.m., with the program beginning at 10:45-a.m.
If you can attend, please see the RSVP link here.
ANN KATHERINE VORTHMANN, 67, of Oakland died Sunday, August 6, 2023 at the Buffet Cancer Center. Family will honor ANN KATHERINE VORTHMANN with a memorial gathering on Sunday, August 20, 2023 from 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm at the Oakland Community Center.
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Family will direct memorials to a bench at the Wabash Trace Nature Trail in Ann’s honor.
ANN KATHERINE VORTHMANN is survived by:
Partner: Steven Hansen
Daughters: Ruby (Bryan) Bauer of Kersey, CO & Amanda (Andrew) Oloff of Persia
Sister: Lynn (Richard) Stortenbecker
2 Granddaughters
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