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8 Big Ten weekend home games highlight Iowa’s 2018-19 men’s basketball schedule

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August 21st, 2018 by admin

IOWA CITY, Iowa — The University of Iowa, in conjunction with the Big Ten Conference, announced its men’s basketball Big Ten schedule for the 2018-19 season Tuesday.

For the first time in league history, the Big Ten schedule consists of 20 games. Of Iowa’s 10 home conference games, eight will be played on a Friday, Saturday, or Sunday on Mediacom Court at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

Iowa’s two early Big Ten games are home versus Wisconsin on Friday, Nov. 30, and at Michigan State on Monday, Dec. 3. It will mark the seventh time in nine years that the Hawkeyes will open league play at home under head coach Fran McCaffery.

Iowa’s eight weekend home games, include three on Friday evenings (Wisconsin on Nov. 30; Michigan on Feb. 1; Indiana on Feb. 22), three on Sundays (Nebraska on Jan. 6; Illinois on Jan. 20; Northwestern on Feb. 10), and two on Saturdays (Ohio State on Jan. 12; Rutgers on March 2). The Hawkeyes will play their final two Big Ten games away from home (Wisconsin on March 7; Nebraska on March 10), marking just the second time in nine seasons that Iowa’s regular season finale is on the road.

Iowa will play seven teams twice and six teams once. The Hawkeyes will compete against Indiana, Michigan State, Nebraska, Northwestern, Ohio State, Rutgers, and Wisconsin twice. Iowa will host Illinois, Maryland, and Michigan, and travel to Minnesota, Penn State, and Purdue.

Iowa’s two conference “byes” come between games played Sunday, Jan. 27 and Friday, Feb. 1 and Sunday, Feb. 10 and Saturday, Feb. 16.

Overall, Iowa will play 19 home games in 2018-19, which includes an exhibition game Nov. 4 versus Guilford College, before the regular season tips off Nov. 8, against UMKC.

Iowa returns 12 players, including all five starters, from last year’s squad. The Hawkeyes will be led by juniors Tyler Cook and Jordan Bohannon. Cook led Iowa in both scoring (15.3) and rebounding (6.8), while Bohannon led the team in assists (178) and 3-pointers (96) and was second in scoring (13.5).

Game times and television information for each game will be announced at a later date.

Iowa has ranked in the top 30 in national attendance each of the past six seasons, including placing in the top 25 five of the last six years.

Fans can request season tickets for the upcoming basketball season at the UI Athletics Ticket Office at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, over the phone at 1-800-IA-HAWKS, or online at hawkeyesports.com/tickets.

Radio Iowa High School Football Poll 8-20-18

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August 21st, 2018 by admin

The Preseason poll for high school football was released late Monday by Radio Iowa. Here is a look at the full top-ten rankings with local teams in bold.

August 20, 2018 By Todd Kimm

Class 4-A
1. Dowling Catholic @ #9 Waukee
2. Bettendorf vs #10 Pleasant Valley
3. Johnston @ Urbandale
4. Cedar Falls @ Ames
5. WDM Valley vs S.E. Polk
6. Cedar Rapids Prairie @ C.R. Washington
7. Ankeny Centennial @ Ankeny
8. Iowa City West vs 3A-#3 North Scott
9. Waukee vs #1 Dowling Catholic
10.Pleasant Valley @ #2 Bettendorf

Class 3-A
1. Lewis Central vs #5 Sergeant Bluff-Luton
2. Cedar Rapids Xavier @ 1A-#1 Iowa City Regina
3. North Scott @ 4A-#8 Iowa City West
4. West Delaware vs Dubuque Wahlert
5. Sergeant Bluff-Luton @ #1 Lewis Central
6. Solon vs 2A-#6 Mount Vernon
7. Pella @ #10 Dallas Center-Grimes
8. Harlan vs Denison-Schleswig
9. Webster City @ Gilbert
10.Dallas Center-Grimes vs #7 Pella

Class 2-A
1. Williamsburg vs West Marshall
2. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley vs 1A-#5 West Sioux
3. Union (LaPorte City) vs Dyersville Beckman
4. Clear Lake @ Osage
5. PCM (Monroe) @ Newton
6. Mount Vernon @ 1A-#6 Solon
7. Waukon @ Decorah
8. Spirit Lake @ Spencer
9. New Hampton vs 1A-#2 Aplington-Parkersburg
10.Carroll Kuemper @ A-#7 St. Albert

Class 1-A
1. Iowa City Regina vs 3A-#2 Xavier
2. Aplington-Parkersburg @ 2A-#9 New Hampton
3. Pella Christian vs Oskaloosa
4. Cascade vs Monticello
5. West Sioux @ 2A #2 Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley
6. Wilton @ Durant
7. Dike-New Hartford @ Denver
8. West Branch vs West Liberty
9. Van Meter @ Earlham
10.Western Christian @ MOC-Floyd Valley

Class A
1. Hudson @ Jesup
2. Algona Garrigan @ Emmetsburg
3. Saint Ansgar @ West Fork
4. West Hancock vs Garner-Hayfield-Ventura
5. IKM/Manning @ ACGC
6. Lynnville-Sully @ Pleasantville
7. Council Bluffs St. Albert vs 2A-#10 Carroll Kuemper
8. Westwood (Sloan) @ Akron-Westfield
9. AHSTW (Avoca) @ Underwood
10.Wapsie Valley @ Clayton Ridge

Eight-man
1. Don Bosco vs #6 Gladbrook-Reinbeck
2. Fremont-Mills @ Exira-EHK
3. HLV (Victor) (1-0) @ New London
4. Newell-Fonda @Collins-Maxwell
5. Midland (Wyoming) (1-0) vs Meskwaki Settlement
6. Gladbrook-Reinbeck @ #1 Don Bosco
7. Turkey Valley vs AGWSR
8. Remsen St. Mary’s @ #9 Audubon
9. Audubon vs #8 Remsen St. Mary’s
10.WACO (Wayland) (1-0) @ Iowa Valley

(Podcast) KJAN Morning Sports report, 8/21/18

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August 21st, 2018 by Ric Hanson

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Midwest Sports Headlines: 8/21/18

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August 21st, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen allowed ninth-inning homers to Jedd Gyorko and Matt Carpenter in his return from the disabled list, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat Los Angeles 5-3 on. Gyorko pinch hit and sent a 1-1 pitch into center field leading off. Carpenter followed with his NL-leading 34th homer, also to center, stunning the small crowd that remained through the four-plus-hour game.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Ryan Yarbrough helped extend Tampa Bay’s shutout streak to 23 innings, and the Rays got their only run via video replay in a 1-0 win over the Kansas City Royals. Yarbrough pitched 5 1/3 innings in relief of Rays opener Hunter Wood. The rookie left-hander gave up two hits and a walk while striking out six, earning his major league-leading 10th relief win. Yarbrough and three others combined for Tampa Bay’s second straight shutout.

OSKALOOSA, Iowa (AP) — Racers and others have been answering the call from an 11-year-old Iowa boy who wants auto racing stickers to cover his casket after he dies from leukemia. Caleb Hammond’s uncle, Chris Playle, told The Des Moines Register that his family brought him home to Oskaloosa after determining that the painful hospital treatments he’d been undergoing weren’t working and other options offered little hope. He says the stickers pouring in from social media appeals have helped keep everyone’s spirits up.

SAN ANGELO, Texas (AP) — Former Cleveland Indians manager Doc Edwards has died at 81 in San Angelo, Texas. Edwards a major league catcher who went on to manage the Indians for three seasons in the 1980s. Edwards spent more than a half century in baseball. He succeeded Pat Corrales as manager of Cleveland, where in 1962 he began his major league career as a player.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — All-Star closer Kenley Jansen has been activated off the disabled list for the Los Angeles Dodgers earlier than expected after being cleared by a cardiologist. Manager Dave Roberts says Jansen is available for the series opener against St. Louis.

Alabama tops preseason AP College Football Top 25

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August 20th, 2018 by admin

The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press preseason college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and 2017 final ranking:

Record Pts Pv
1. Alabama (42) 13-1 1505 1
2. Clemson (18) 12-2 1476 4
3. Georgia 13-2 1350 2
4. Wisconsin (1) 13-1 1271 7
5. Ohio St. 12-2 1256 5
6. Washington 10-3 1215 16
7. Oklahoma 12-2 1173 3
8. Miami 10-3 1027 13
9. Auburn 10-4 1013 10
10. Penn St. 11-2 1012 8
11. Michigan St. 10-3 877 15
12. Notre Dame 10-3 804 11
13. Stanford 9-5 778 20
14. Michigan 8-5 773 NR
15. Southern Cal 11-3 543 12
16. TCU 11-3 533 9
17. West Virginia 7-6 511 NR
18. Mississippi St. 9-4 450 19
19. Florida St. 7-6 384 NR
20. Virginia Tech 9-4 351 24
21. UCF 13-0 312 6
22. Boise St. 11-3 292 22
23. Texas 7-6 216 NR
24. Oregon 7-6 148 NR
25. LSU 9-4 106 18

Others receiving votes: South Carolina 96, Florida 68, Utah 60, Oklahoma St. 51, FAU 38, Arizona 28, NC State 22, Texas A&M 21, Boston College 18, Northwestern 13, Kansas St. 10, Iowa St. 8, Houston 6, Memphis 3, Troy 2, Iowa 2, Kentucky 1, Arkansas St. 1, Fresno St. 1.

Racing stickers pouring in for Iowa boy’s casket

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August 20th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

OSKALOOSA, Iowa (AP) — Race drivers and others have been answering the call from an 11-year-old Iowa boy who wants racing stickers to cover his casket after he dies from leukemia. Caleb Hammond’s uncle, Chris Playle, told The Des Moines Register that his family returned him to Oskaloosa after determining the painful treatments he’d been undergoing at a Des Moines hospital weren’t working and other options offered little hope. Playle says Caleb’s been home for about three weeks, doing normal 11-year-old things, but tires easily.

He says he and his nephew became racing buddies as Caleb visited Playle’s home near Southern Iowa Speedway. Playle says the stickers pouring in from social media appeals have helped keep spirits up and says the family is “just trying to do as much as we can with him while he’s here.”

(Podcast) KJAN Morning Sports report, 8/20/18

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August 20th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

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Iowa volleyball in final week of preparation for season

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August 20th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

(Learfield Sports) — The University of Iowa volleyball team is in its final week of preparation for the upcoming season. Boyd Shamansky is in his fifth year leading the team. “There’s two things that I know at the start of every season. One is that we are going to be better than the year before, and two is that we have a lot of different parts. It’s been an enjoyable preseason for us and now we are at T-minus in getting our team ready to go out there and compete,” Shamansky says.

He says finding out how all the parts fit together is key before they get to the Big Ten season. “It’s the strongest conference in the country, but this year more than ever it’s very different,”Shamansky says. “You have teams that were toward the top last year that graduated a lot of starters. Probably a case in point — Michigan State graduated their entire starting lineup. That’s pretty rare when that happens.”

Shamansky says his team should be able to take advantage of the changes to improve their standing. He says when he first took over they were constantly at the bottom of the league and the last few years have been holding in the eight or nine spot. “Now we need to make another step forward.”  He expects them to take some momentum from their success that last two years. “Back-to-back winning seasons seep into the way that players think of themselves. How they carry themselves, how they train, the discipline that they have, but also just the belief when they go out there and expect to win when they play,” Shamansky says. “It takes a while to convince them that that is what they are capable of. And my belief is not nearly as important as theirs. And when they believe in themselves and each other they tend to get things done,” Shamansky says.

Iowa opens the season August 25th against S-M-U in Nashville, Tennessee.

Ryder Cup Tournament at Nishna Hills Cancelled for today (8/20)

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August 20th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Officials with Southwest Iowa Golf report the Ryder Tournament in Atlantic for today (8/20) at Nishna Hills Golf Course in Atlantic, has been cancelled due to the weather.

Midwest Sports Headlines: 8/20/18

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August 20th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Mike Moustakas hit a two-run double, Jhoulys Chacin beat St. Louis for the first time in his career and the Milwaukee Brewers edged the Cardinals 2-1. Milwaukee (69-57) snapped a three-game losing streak and moved back ahead of St. Louis (68-57) for the second National League wild card.

UNDATED (AP) — A brief surge through the first couple weeks of August was all the St. Louis Cardinals needed to move into clear contention for a postseason spot. St. Louis is 14-4 this month. Matt Carpenter has hit 14 home runs since the All-Star break and leads the National League with 33.

CHICAGO (AP) — Omar Narvaez homered and drove in the go-ahead run with a single, Chicago relievers tossed seven scoreless innings and the White Sox rallied from a six-run deficit for a 7-6 victory over the Kansas City Royals. Avisail Garcia and Tim Anderson also homered for Chicago. The White Sox have won four of five.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs have signed veteran cornerback Orlando Scandrick to a contract for this season that could be worth up to $1.5 million. The move fills an area of need after an offseason overhaul of their secondary. The longtime Cowboys cornerback signed a $10 million, two-year deal with the Redskins in March. Scandrick was released Tuesday and visited the Chiefs this past week.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Third-year Iowa State coach Matt Campbell has a program that suffered through a century of mediocrity in position to win big in the Big 12 and beyond. Campbell has elevated the once-woebegone Cyclones with a roster of overlooked recruits he lovingly refers to as “the island of misfit toys,” according to quarterback Kyle Kempt. The Cyclones went 8-5 and beat Memphis in the Liberty Bowl last December. Iowa State opens the season on Sept. 1 at home against South Dakota State.