Daniel Abreu scored 30 points and Bennett Stirtz added 18 as Drake beat York College of Nebraska 93-41 Ben McCollum posted a victory in his debut as Bulldog coach.
The Bulldogs took control early and led 50-23 at halftime.
Drake made 13 three pointers and shot better than 52 percent for the game.
BARBARA INEZ (DeKAY) ESHELMAN, 93, of Grand Rapids, MI (a native of Griswold), died Oct. 20, 2024, in Grand Rapids. Funeral services for BARBARA ESHELMAN will be held 11-a.m. Saturday, November 9, 2024, at the Griswold United Methodist Church. Rieken-Duhn Funeral Home in Griswold has the arrangements.
An open visitation will be held at the funeral home on Friday, November 8th, from 6-until 8-p.m.
Memorial donations can be made to: Epworth UMC in Council Bluffs, Iowa or Meals on Wheels of Council Bluffs.
BARBARA ESHELMAN is survived by:
Her daughters – Cheryl (Rick) Tousley, of Lewiston, ID; Marilyn (John) Lang, of Seattle, WA; and Jodie (Herb) Boelens, of Grand Rapids, MI.
Her sisters – Ruth Ireland; Mary Neary; Jane (Dennis) Pelzer.
Her brother – David (Shirley) DeKay.
7 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, her in-laws, and other relatives.
The 38-3 Riverside Bulldogs are back at the State Volleyball tournament for the first time since the 2022 season. This year’s Riverside team has seen a tremendous success with a strong rotation of upperclassmen and a sharp offensive attack with over 1200 kills.
One unique feature for the 2024 Bulldogs are the pair of Kelley sisters. Junior Madison Kelley and freshman Ashley Kelley have been major contributors for their squad. Madison Kelley has created 121 kills and 70 block assists. Ashley Kelley has boosted Riverside with her 443 assists and 33 service aces.
Madison Kelley credits her team’s focus as one of the reasons why they’ve been able to make it to state.
Ashley Kelley noted that a large part of Riverside’s success has been the positive culture of their program.
When asked about playing with her sibling, Ashley Kelley commented that it’s been a constructive adventure.
Madison Kelley also explained that playing for head coach Brooke Flathers has been a tremendous experience, and she makes each and every athlete better.
Looking back on their childhood, Ashley explained that Madison did a great job of pushing her to be better.
Riverside begins the state tournament Tuesday night against the fifth seeded North Tama Redhawks. Madison Kelley is focused on bringing energy and intensity for her team.
KJAN has the coverage for Tuesday’s match with the pregame show beginning at 7:45 p.m.
IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa senior Jay Higgins has been named a 2024 Dick Butkus Award semifinalist, it was announced Monday by the Butkus Foundation. It marks the second straight season Higgins is a semifinalist for the prestigious award.
Higgins is one of 15 semifinalists for the 2024 Butkus Award, presented to the nation’s most outstanding linebacker. He is also a quarterfinalist for the Lott IMPACT Trophy.
Higgins was named a midseason All-American last month by the Associated Press, Sporting News, CBS and The Athletic.
Higgins is leading the Big Ten in tackles (sixth nationally), making 94 tackles (10.4 per game). He has led the team in tackles in all nine games, including a season-high 14 tackles against Ohio State, Washington and Michigan State. He also has three interceptions (18th nationally and tied for the most by a Power 4 linebacker) and forced two fumbles. Higgins, who has 311 career tackles in 54 games, has five double-digit tackle games this season and 16 in his career.
The Indianapolis native has 69 tackles in six Big Ten games, averaging 11.4 tackles per contest. Higgins is six tackles shy of reaching 100 for the season. The last Hawkeye to record back-to-back 100-tackle seasons was Jack Campbell in 2021 and 2022.
Campbell won the award in 2022 and was a semifinalist in 2021, while Josey Jewell was a finalist for the Butkus Award in 2016 and a semifinalist in 2017.
Iowa (6-3, 4-2) returns to action Friday at UCLA (3-5, 2-4). Kickoff for that contest is scheduled for 8:05 p.m. (CT) in Pasadena, California. The game will be televised on FOX and broadcast on the Hawkeye Radio Network.
Jay Higgins | 2024 Honors
Dick Butkus Award Semifinalist
Lott IMPACT Trophy Quarterfinalist
AP, CBS Sports, Sporting News, The Athletic Midseason All-America
Chuck Bednarik Award midseason Watch List
Preseason National Defensive Player of the Year by Phil Steele
Preseason first-team Walter Camp All-American
Preseason first-team All-America by AP, ESPN, CBS Sports
Preseason first-team All-America by Phil Steele, Athlon Sports
Preseason first-team All-Big Ten by Phil Steele, Athlon Sports
Preseason Big Ten Honors List
Bronko Nagurski Trophy preseason Watch List
Lombardi Award midseason Watch List
Wuerffel Trophy preseason Watch List
Senior Bowl preseason Watch List
The UNI women open the basketball season at home on Tuesday night against Wisconsin-LaCrosse. Panther coach Tanya Warren wants to see better defense than last week’s exhibition game win over Quincy University.
Warren on the aspects of defense they have worked on.
The Panthers have an experienced starting lineup but Warren will be experimenting with the rotation.
The eighth ranked Iowa State women raced out to a 29-0 lead and cruised to a 96-56 win over Chicago State this (Monday) afternoon in Ames.Sophomore forward Addy Brown led the Cyclones with 20 points and nine rebounds.
The game was played in front of several thousand elementary school kids.
After falling at top ranked North Dakota State the Northern Iowa football team will bid for its first Missouri Valley Conference victory at home this week against 17th ranked Illinois State. The Redbirds sit fifth in the Valley standings and the Panthers have already played the top four teams in the league race in an 0-5 start.
That’s UNI coach Mark Farley.Illinois State is 3-2 in the Valley and 6-3 overall.
Farley on some of the keys to getting things turned around.
Because of injuries on the defensive line the Panthers switched to a three man front prior to Saturday’s 42-19 loss at North Dakota State.
Farley continues to be impressed with the play of sophomore quarterback Matthew Schecklman. He has passed for 540 yards and five touchdowns in his last two games.
(Radio Iowa) – Iowans may need another cup of coffee before heading home this evening, after Daylight Saving Time ended over the weekend. While we set the clocks back an hour, our bodies need a week or so to properly adjust to the shift.
AAA-Iowa spokeswoman Brynna Knapp says sunset is at five minutes after five o’clock tonight, so many Iowans will be driving home in the dark. “You can’t always tell that you’re too tired to drive, right?” Knapp says. “Really, the only safe bet is to make sure you’re getting enough sleep, and if you don’t, you’re likely to engage in drowsy driving.”
Before you get behind the wheel at any time of the day, it’s important to get a good night’s sleep, and Knapp suggests we could all benefit from a review of our driving habits. “We’ll all be adjusting and likely driving in the dark daily for the foreseeable future here in the winter,” she says, “and it really can have a negative impact on energy levels.”
Knapp says this is a good time of year to get an eye exam for the six-out-of-ten drivers who wear glasses or contacts.
(Radio Iowa) – Iowa State University is “restructuring” a campus L-G-B-T-Q center to comply with a state law that will go into effect next summer that prohibits state universities from funding Diversity Equity and Inclusion offices and programs. A report released last week detailing D-E-I university changes says the center will be open to all students as a general reservation space and study center. Erin O’Brien is a part of I-S-U Students Against S-F-24-35 and says the change is redundant.
“It’s always been available to all students,” O’Brien says. “In Senate File 2435, it specifically defines a diversity equity and inclusion effort as something that shows preferential treatment to certain groups, but it’s really not preferential. Anybody can show up at any time.” Other changes include changing the job description of two staff members. The center also cannot host its own events anymore and student groups can reserve the space for events. O’Brien, a junior at I-S-U, says the changes show that the L-G-B-T-Q community in Ames is “expendable.”
“It is an area I can go to and be absolutely certain that I will be fine, which helped a lot, especially in my freshman year, when I was way less confident in myself,” O’Brien says. “It’s led to me meeting some of my best friends, and now that chance is sort of being taken away.”
The facility’s full name is the Center for LGBTQIA+ for Student Success at Iowa State University. It’s not clear when the changes will go into effect, but the report says all D-E-I changes should be done by the end of the year. Republicans in the legislature say the offices pursued what they consider a woke agenda and were designed to indoctrinate students into a partisan ideology.
(Radio Iowa) – Voters in a dozen Iowa counties are deciding whether to raise local taxes to support emergency medical services. Page County’s referendum would raise property taxes to support the six ambulance services in the county. One of them is in Shenandoah, where Ty Davison is Emergency Medical Services director.
“A long time ago legislation came down and deemed law enforcement and fire protection an essential service,” he says. “…EMS has been excluded from that and therefore we receive zero tax funding or assistance in order to operate and respond to calls and emergencies every day.” That state law was adjusted three years ago, so county-wide referendums may be held to establish a property tax levy that supports emergency medical services. Davison says Shenandoah’s ambulance service assists small volunteer departments in the county.
“EMS is not a profitable money maker service,” he says. “…We do bill insurance agencies, however on average we are only reimbursed at a 35% rate.” Since 2022, state records indicate voters in 11 counties and parts of Worth County have passed E-M-S referendums. State law requires 60 percent approval to raise local property taxes and E-M-S referendums have failed in a few counties.
In November of 2022 voters Jones, Kossuth, Osceola, Pocahontas, and Winnebago Counties passed EMS referendums. In November of 2023, voters in Cedar, Benton, Ida, and Shelby Counties approved EMS property taxes. In March of THIS year, Louisa County voters approved an EMS measure and in September, voters in Henry and parts of Worth County did so as well. The following counties have referendums on this year’s General Election ballot: Appanoose, Buchanan, Butler, Cass, Floyd, Guthrie, Hamilton, Jefferson, Page, Sac, Tama, Taylor.
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