Woodbine 49, AHSTW 47

Riverside 50, Essex 13

Norwalk 71, ADM 32

Kingsley-Pierson 66, Gehlen Catholic 36

Southeast Polk 71, Iowa City Liberty 43

Ogden 50, Grand View Christian 38

The Iowa State women raced out to a 22-point halftime lead and beat Southern 78-60. Freshman Addy Brown led the Cyclones with 18 points on seven of eight shooting.

The Cyclones used several different lineup combinations in the second half.

Motivation should not be a problem for Nebraska heading into a Black Friday game against Iowa. Not only will the Huskers be looking for their second straight win in the series but a victory sends them to a bowl game in Matt Rhule’s first season as head coach.

Rhule says the Hawkeyes have mastered the game of field position.

Rhule on an Iowa defense that gives up less than 12 and-a-half points in conference play.

AMES, Iowa – The Iowa State tennis program has signed four athletes to letters of intent, head coach Jaron Maestas announced Wednesday.

“I am super excited to have this group signed with ISU,” Maestas said. “When I took the job in July it was a blank slate and as this has started to come together, I am excited for the kids that we have signed. There is a storm building and the future of Cyclone Tennis is ready to keep moving forward.”

Maestas and his assistant Yair Banuelos have worked vigorously to put together a roster for the 2023-24 season and two of the signees, Ashlee Narker and Valeska San Martin Ramirez, will complete the roster by joining the Cyclones in January.

Narker, a Saint Ives, Australia, native, currently holds a WTA ranking of 1,144, while her Universal Tennis rating is 9.54. She climbed to as high as 303 in the Junior ITF rankings.

“Ash is an awesome kid,” Maestas said. “She is the first deaf women’s tennis player to obtain a WTA ranking. Her passion for the sport will bring excitement to the team this spring.”

San Martin Ramirez, a Machala, Ecuador, native, will also join the Cyclones in January. She owns a career-high WTA ranking of 1,280. San Martin Ramirez’s UTR is 9.10, while also having a Junior ITF ranking of 157.

“Valeska is a lefty we will add for the spring,” Maestas said. “Cyclone fans will love the energy and passion she brings to the court.”

Mari Paz Alberto Vilar will join the Cyclones from Alcala De Henares, Spain. She is ranked as the No. 42 player in Spain and owns a UTR of 9.62.

“I am really excited to have Mari as the first commitment for the Fall of 2024,” Maestas said. “She is going to be a player that brings the passion and energy we love in our players. She will be a big part of the future of Cyclone Tennis.”

Cristina Ramos Sierra is the second Spain native joining the Cyclones. Ramos Sierra hails from Madrid and joins the Cyclones with a UTR of 9.20. Her world tennis number is 18.2.

“Cristina was everything we are looking at in building our team culture around,” Maestas said. “She strives to be the best at what she does and wants to be a part of the Cyclone family. We are really excited to have her join us next fall.”

The AHSTW Vikings Girls Basketball team started their 2023-24 campaign on the road vs a tough and physical Woodbine Tigers team who went 23-3 a season ago and made it to the Class 1A Quarterfinal in the State tournament. But the Vikings would not be intimidated as they came out from the start playing lots of energy and effort starting on the defensive end. Delaney Gashorn the senior leader for the Vikings got off to a great start with two baskets and a assist in the first quarter to give the Vikings a 12-10 lead after one.

The Tigers turned it up defensively in the second quarter as the Tigers forced the Vikings to 5 turnovers in the quarter and allowed the Tigers to pick up the speed of the game and get uncontested layups in transition. The Vikings had a disaster of a quarter as to go with the turnovers the Vikings struggled to score from the field as the team shot just 1-12 in the quarter and Woodbine outscored AHSTW 18-6 in the quarter to take a 26-18 lead into the break.

The two teams would play an even fourth quarter as the Tigers maintained the 8 point lead taking it into the fourth where the momentum and energy shifted early into the quarter as Ella Langer was everywhere for the Vikings creating more opportunities as Langer had 5 rebounds and 2 steals in the quarter to give the Vikings a lead before the Tigers tied it up taking the game into overtime. Head Coach of the Vikings Jason McCall was happy with Langer on defense and said they had talked about her being better defensively heading into the new season.

In the extra time frame the teams would go back and forth as Danyelle Steinkuehler knocked in one out of two free throws in back to back possessions to give the Tigers a two point lead with 21 seconds remaining. The Vikings with plenty of time got two great looks to tie as Rylie Knop missed a 10 footer and Graycen Partlow had a 12 footer just go off the back of the rim as time expired giving the Tigers a tough 49-47 win in OT to start the season 1-0. Head Coach Jason McCall knows his team left it all on the floor and was happy with how his team responded to adversity.

Coach McCall knows his team will battle and find a way to compete and give themselves a chance to win the game late and that’s exactly what they did tonight.

The Vikings have a quick turnaround as the Vikings will be back on the road tomorrow night as they travel to Cam to take on the Cougars for a 7:30 tipoff.