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Olivia Engler of Luther College was named the American Rivers Conference Pitcher of the Week.
The Junior from Atlantic High School helped the Norse to a 1-1 week at the Rochester Dome Games. Luther first picked up a win over Grinnell in eight innings 2-1. Engler completed seven innings of work only allowing one hit and no runs. She recorded five strikeouts on 23 batters faced while giving up four walks. This win is going down as her first win in the circle in 2024.
In game two, the Norse fell to Macalester College, 3-2. Engler came in the final two innings, allowing three hits. She had one strikeout and again gave up no earned runs during her time on the mound.
Luther is now 1-3 on the season as they prepare to head south for The Spring Games March 16 through March 23 in Clearmont, Florida.
Engler picked up her first career Pitcher of the Week recognition.
The Iowa Print Sports Writers Association (IPSWA) announced the 2024 girls basketball all-state teams on Tuesday.
Solon’s Callie Levin was selected as Miss Iowa Basketball.
Among the area players named:
Class 4-A
Second Team
Class 3A
Second Team
Class 2A
First Team
Third Team
Class 1A
Second Team
Third Team
BOYS
1st Team All RVC — Boys
Name Grade School
Carter Gruver* Jr Woodbine
Cal Heydon* So Coon Rapids-Bayard
Cade Beherns* Sr Coon Rapids-Bayard
Mason McIntosh* Sr West Harrison
Cash Emgarten* Sr Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton
Johnathon Bergmeier Jr Glidden-Ralston
Aiden Flathers Sr Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton
Ryan Bower Sr CAM
*UNANIMOUS SELECTION
2nd Team All RVC — RVC
Name Grade School
Wyatt Raegaller So ArWeVa
Emmet Neumann Sr ArWeVa
Blayne Smith Jr ArWeVa
Collin Bower So CAM
Chase Jahde Jr CAM
Josh Nelson Jr Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton
Jackson Radcliff Sr Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton
Landon Blum Fr Woodbine
GIRLS
1st Team All RVC GBB
Player School Grade
Breeley Clayburg* Coon Rapids-Bayard Sr.
Eva Steffensen* CAM Sr.
Taryn Petersen* Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton Fr.
Jaelynn Petersen* Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton So.
Charlie Pryor* Woodbine Jr.
Malia Clayburg Coon Rapids-Bayard So.
Kiera Nichols CAM Sr.
Nicole Hoefer Woodbine Sr.
* Indicates Unanimous Selection
2nd Team All RVC GBB
Player School Grade
Anna Hart Coon Rapids-Bayard So.
Meredith Rich CAM Sr.
Delaney Schurke ArWeVa Sr.
DJ Steinkuehler Woodbine Jr.
Amanda Newton Woodbine Sr.
Sylvia Sullivan Boyer Valley So.
Maclayn Houston West Harrison Sr.
Tiela Janssen Glidden-Ralston Sr.
Second Team
Brynnly German – Martensdale St. Marys (Senior)
Eva Steffensen – CAM (Senior)
Majesta Vos – Lynnville-Sully (Senior)
Third Team
Charlie Pryor – Woodbine (Junior)
First Team
Lindsey Davis – Nodaway Valley (Senior)
Jaidyn Sellers – Panorama (Senior)
Second Team
Tyme Boettcher – Panorama (Senior)
Third Team
Lynnae Green – Shenandoah (Junior)
Second Team
Abby Hall – Des Moines Christian (Senior)
Aubrey Schwieso – Harlan (Junior)
Third Team
Paytn Harter – Atlantic (Junior)
First Team
Abby Tuttle – North Polk (Junior)
Bailey Birmingham – Norwalk (Junior)
Macy Comito – Carlisle (Sophomore)
Second Team
Alliyah Thompson – Ballard (Senior)
Lucy Scott – Lewis Central (Senior)
Third Team
Raegan Loewe – Ballard (Junior)
Brooke Larsen – Lewis Central (Junior)
Class 1A: Brian Wheatley – North Linn
Class 2A: Bruce Dall – Dike-New Hartford
Class 3A: Jamie Smith – Solon
Class 4A: PJ Sweeney – Clear Creek Amana
Class 5A: Chad Jilek – Johnston
The AHSTW Lady Vikes girls basketball team ended their season with a 52-34 loss to the Exira-EHK Spartans in the first round of the Class 2A-Region 3 Bracket. The Vikes were led in scoring by senior Delaney Goshorn who had 12 points in the game. The Lady Vikes ended up going 10-4 in the Western Iowa Conference and with a 12-9 overall record on the season.
The Lady Vikes were led in scoring this year by senior Dalaney Goshorn who had 282 points and averaged 13 points per game.
Lady Vikes will be graduating 5 seniors this season: Rylie Knop, Saydi Paulsen, Ella Langer, Delaney Goshorn and Graycen Partlow.
Lady Vikes Coach Jason McCall said he really had a good team but was pleased how his team bought into the program this season.
Coach McCall says it sure was tough to say goodbye at the of the basketball season.
Coach McCall commented about playing in a prestigious Western Iowa Conference.
Coach McCall talked about what his team will do in the summer.
The Drake and Northern Iowa men prepare for this week’s Missouri Valley Tournament in St. Louis. The Bulldogs are 25-6 and will be the two seed in tournament. The Bulldogs won it last year as the two seed and the regular season Valley champ has won the tournament only three times in the last nine years.
That’s Drake coach Darian DeVries. The Bulldogs play Friday night against the winner of Thursday’s game between Illinois State and Evansville.
UNI is 19-13 and the fourth seed in the tournament. The Panthers closed the regular season on a three game win streak.
That’s Panther coach Ben Jacobson who says his team is playing with a lot of confidence.
UNI opens Friday afternoon against the winner of Thursday’s game between Valparaiso and Belmont.
The Iowa State men are ranked sixth in the AP Poll heading into the final week of the regular season. The Cyclones are 12-4 and a game behind top ranked and Big-12 leader Houston heading into Wednesday night’s game at home against BYU. With a win the Cyclones would finish the season unbeaten in Hilton Coliseum.
That’s coach T.J. Otzelberger. ISU has won three straight games but in the last two The Cyclones have made only eight of 38 from three point range.
Otzelberger is confident the Cyclones will find their range from beyond the arc.
The Big Ten Conference has announced the full bracket for the 2024 TIAA Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament, which will take place March 6-10 at the Target Center in Minneapolis.
All-session tickets are sold out for the 2024 TIAA Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament, marking the first sellout in the history of the 31-year event. More than 109,000 fans are expected to attend over the five days of competition. For more information on events surrounding the tournament, visit the Big Ten Tournament Central (bigten.org/WBBT) and follow Big Ten Women’s Basketball on X (formerly Twitter) (@B1GWBBall) throughout the 2023-24 season.
All 13 games of this year’s Big Ten Tournament will be broadcast live to a national audience, with the opening round being streamed for the first time ever on Peacock. The Big Ten Network (and the FOX Sports App) will broadcast the second round through semifinal games from Thursday to Saturday. The championship game on Sunday, March 10 will tip off at 11 a.m. CT/Noon ET on CBS, the first time the network will carry the title game.
Ohio State (25-4, 16-2 Big Ten) is the No. 1 seed for this year’s tournament after clinching its conference-best 16th regular season crown, its first outright title since the 2009-10 season. The Buckeyes have been ranked No. 2 in both national polls for the past three weeks and earned the No. 2 national seed in the final NCAA Committee top-16 reveal on Thursday. Ohio State has won five Big Ten Tournament championships and was the runner-up at last year’s tournament.
Ohio State will open Big Ten Tournament play on Friday with a quarterfinal outing at 11:30 a.m. CT live on the Big Ten Network against the winner of the second-round game between No. 8 seed Maryland and No. 9 seed Illinois.
Defending Big Ten Tournament champion Iowa (26-4, 15-3 Big Ten) earned the No. 2 seed in dramatic fashion on Sunday by defeating Ohio State, 93-83, in front of a sellout crowd at Carver-Hawkeye Arena and a national television audience on FOX. The victory broke the tie between the Hawkeyes and Indiana for second place in the Big Ten standings, with Iowa earning the edge based on a better winning percentage against the highest team in the standings (Ohio State – Iowa was 1-1 against the Buckeyes, Indiana was 0-1).
Iowa has won five Big Ten Tournament titles, including the last two in 2022 and 2023. The Hawkeyes are ranked No. 6 in both major national polls, while garnering the No. 7 national seed in the NCAA Committee’s reveal. Iowa will open its postseason slate at 5:30 p.m. CT Friday with a quarterfinal game on the Big Ten Network against the winner of the second-round matchup between No. 7 seed Penn State and 10th-seeded Wisconsin.
The 2024 TIAA Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament schedule is as follows:
Wednesday, March 6 – First Round
Game 1 | #12 Purdue vs. #13 Northwestern | 5:30 p.m. CT | Peacock
Game 2 | #11 Minnesota vs. #14 Rutgers | 25 minutes following Game 1 | Peacock
Thursday, March 7 – Second Round
Game 3 | #8 Maryland vs. #9 Illinois | 11:30 a.m. CT | BTN
Game 4 | #5 Nebraska vs. G1 Winner | 25 minutes following Game 3 | BTN
Game 5 | #7 Penn State vs. #10 Wisconsin | 5:30 p.m. CT | BTN
Game 6 | #6 Michigan vs. G2 Winner | 25 minutes following Game 5 | BTN
Friday, March 8 – Quarterfinals
Game 7 | #1 Ohio State vs. G3 Winner | 11:30 a.m. CT | BTN
Game 8 | #4 Michigan State vs. G4 Winner | 25 minutes following Game 7 | BTN
Game 9 | #2 Iowa vs. G5 Winner | 5:30 p.m. CT | BTN
Game 10 | #3 Indiana vs. G6 Winner | 25 minutes following Game 9 | BTN
Saturday, March 9 – Semifinals
Game 11 | G7 Winner vs. G8 Winner | 1 p.m. CT | BTN
Game 12 | G9 Winner vs. G10 Winner | 25 minutes following Game 11 | BTN
Sunday, March 10 – Championship
Game 13 | G11 Winner vs. G12 Winner | 11 a.m. CT | CBS
The Atlantic Archery team had an efficient weekend at the State Archery Tournament in Des Moines. Multiple Trojans earned medals including Grant Petty, Rylan Martin, and Wyatt Hoover. Petty finished fifth in the boy’s division of the 3D portion of the Tournament with a score of (289). Petty also set a school record for being named to the All-State Team in both Bullseye and 3D. Petty shot his personal best scores of 297 in 3D and Bullseye during the regular season. Another Trojan who stuck out was Wyatt Hoover who finished in fourth place in the Middle School Bullseye competition (290). Rylan Martin then earned 10th in the girl’s division of the Bullseye state tournament. Martin achieved her personal best score of 278. The Atlantic High School team finished the competitive tournament with a fourth-place finish in 3D. The top six scores are counted towards the team’s final tally. Petty had the top score for Atlantic with (289). Hunter Quist and Hank Roberts finished strong with (279), Lily Johnson (278), Kyler Edie (273), and Connor Johnson (272). The Middle School squad finished twelve overall in Bullseye and ninth in the 3D Tournament.
Bullseye Top Twelve for Atlantic High School:
Madeline Blake (286)
Lily Johnson (284)
Hank Roberts (282)
Kyler Edie (281)
Elynor Brummer (281)
Grant Petty (279)
Connor Johnson (272)
Eian Sorensen (272)
Delaney Hinman (271)
Michael Hocamp (269)
Miraylie Stuart (268)
Hunter Quist (267)
Bullseye Top Ten for Atlantic Middle School:
Wyatt Hoover (290)
Rylan Martin (278)
Gabrielle Engler (274)
Drayven Wheeler (271)
Grady Roberts (262)
Zane Welch (260)
Colin O’Donnell (260)
Lucy Northwich (259)
Callen Klever (257)
Talia Hoover (256)
Thomas Engler (256)
Garrett Stetzel (256)
Top Four Atlantic Middle School 3D Shooters:
Wyatt Hoover (273)
Jacoby Wood (272)
Zane Welch (271)
Rylan Martin (267)
Class 4A
#1 Clear Creek Amana 43, #2 Waverly Shell Rock 25
Class 2A
#1 Dike-New Hartford 48, #2 Panorama 46
Class 1A
#1 North Linn 67, #2 Newell-Fonda 51
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