Iowa star Caitlin Clark says time management has been the key as she mixes in basketball workouts with public appearances. The national player of the year was in Los Angeles this week to accept the Honda Award as the nation’s top female college athlete and next week will be in the Quad Cities to play golf in the Pro-Am leading up to the John Deere Classic. Clark says she enjoys being busy even with the demands on her time.
Clark says she is trying to soak it all in.
Clark says her family has been very supportive.
Clark was named the Big Ten Female Athlete of the Year on Thursday.
The Trojan Baseball team lost 5-4 at home tonight against the Red Oak Tigers. In the top of the first Red Oak scored 3 runs from an RBI single thanks to Dawson Bond and a 2RBI double from Braden Woods. The game was 3-0 then. The Trojans responded in the second with a sacrifice fly from Clevi Johnson making it 3-1. The batting action fizzled out and eyes were turned to the pitchers.
Jayden Proehl pitched a full 7 innings, had 4 earned runs, 8 hits, and 5 strikeouts. Proehl retired 12 straight batters heading into the sixth. The next two innings had Red Oak scoring 2 runs and they led 5-1 as the bottom of the seventh started.
There with bases loaded and 2 outs Easton O’Brien crushed a deep double having all three baserunners come home. The game suddenly turned 5-4 and the Trojans had a chance at coming back. It would end with the next batter hitting a line fly towards center and the ball being caught by Landon Cowse. The Tigers left Atlantic with a win.
After the game Coach Schilling discussed the changes that needed to be made and the effective staff that Red Oak has.
The next game for the Trojans is senior night and Coach Schilling is proud of this year seniors.
Red Oak is now (14-12) with a win and their next game is on Wednesday July 5th against either Missouri Valley or Treynor. The Trojans sit at (10-14) and will play Council Bluffs Jefferson on Monday July 3rd at home.
(Radio Iowa) – Air quality due to smoke across Iowa’s eastern half remains in the “very unhealthy” category today (Thursday) and comparisons are being drawn about the equivalent of how many cigarettes you’d be smoking just by being outside. Des Moines oncologist Dr. Richard Deming says it’s unclear if the environmental conditions are raising our risk of developing lung cancer, but it’s certainly not good.
Inhaling smoke of any kind is detrimental to health, Dr. Deming says, adding it’s “theoretically possible” that inhaling Canadian forest fire smoke for a few weeks increases the risk of lung cancer. The Iowa D-N-R is extending its air quality advisory for the state’s eastern half through midnight tonight, and even healthy adults are urged to limit outdoor activities. Lung cancer is the most common cancer killer in Iowa, accounting for one out of every four cancer deaths.
(Radio Iowa) – Iowa Lottery sales have already hit records for the fiscal year with the June numbers still to be added to the total. Lottery C-E-O, Matt Strawn, told to the Lottery Board today (Thursday) it will be the strongest year of lottery performance in the 38-year history of the organization. Sales that will approach 480 million dollars once June numbers are in and Strawn says says proceeds returned to the state top 100 million dollars for the first time in the first 11 months of a fiscal year. The fiscal year ends June 30th and a record for sales is assured.
(Creston, Iowa) – A collision Wednesday afternoon in Creston caused $3,000 damage, but no one was injured and no citations were issued. According to Creston Police, vehicles driven by 18-year-old Gabriel R. Lovell, of Creston, and 35-year-old Jamie Anne Horton, of Lenox, were both traveling southbound on Sumner Avenue at around 12:19-p.m., and approaching the stop lights at Russell Street.
Both drivers said that traffic came to an abrupt stop, causing the right front bumper of the 2003 Mercury Grand Marquis driven by Horton, to strike the rear bumper of the 2003 Ford Focus, driven by Lovell.
Deontae Craig could be the next break-out star on Iowa’s defensive line. The junior steps in at the defensive end spot vacated By Green Bay Packer rookie Lukas Van Ness. In 13 games last season Craig tied for the team lead with six and-a-half sacks. He has the potential to be Iowa’s best playmaker on the defensive front.
Craig also had 10 tackles for a loss and forced three fumbles. He feels that experience will help him this season.
The Hawkeyes open September second at home against Utah State.
(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Mayor of Atlantic, Grace Garrett, Thursday afternoon, called for an Emergency/Special City Council meeting. The session takes place this evening (Thursday), at 6-p.m., and is expected to be a closed session, “To discuss strategy with counsel in matters that are presently in litigation or where litigation is imminent where its disclosure would likely to prejudice or disadvantage the position of the governmental body in that litigation,” as allowed by the Code of Iowa.
The agenda did not indicate if action would be taken on the undisclosed matter.
(Radio Iowa) – U-S Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says small and mid-sized farms are part of the country’s muscular core and specialized farming is how they’re likely to flourish. “The notion of getting big or getting out runs counter, I think, to the heritage of this state and to the heritage of American agriculture,” Vilsack says. Vilsack spoke to a crowd in Des Moines this (Thursday) morning. He pointed to 2022, which was a record year for farm income, with just seven-and-a-half percent of U-S farms got 89 percent of that income.
“Are we comfortable with a situation where income continues to be concentrated, with the understanding that folks who are large scale production agriculture have enormous risk financially and do an enormous service to the country and the world,” Vilsack asked, “or are we big enough and smart enough and innovative enough to basically create another alternative option so that folks can have a choice?”
Vilsack argues production of local foods or the use of farming practices that businesses and consumers are willing to pay a premium for as the way for small operators to find success.
(Griswold, Iowa) – One person was injured during a semi tractor-trailer rollover accident late this (Thursday) morning, near Griswold. According to dispatch reports, the accident happened at around 11:46-a.m. on 600th Street, just north of Tucson Road. The driver was initially said to be unconscious, but then was alert before passing out again. Griswold Fire and Rescue was dispatched to the scene. Cass County Sheriff’s Deputies also were on the scene.
Authorities says an air ambulance (helicopter) would not be needed. Additional information was not immediately available.
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