The Riverside Bulldogs softball team had a 10-0 victory over the Shenandoah Fillies on Thursday night in Oakland. The major factor for the Bulldogs success against the Fillies was the excellent pitching from 8th grader Peyton Schafer inside the circle. Schafer had little difficult controlling the Shenandoah batters leaving two runners stranded multiple times throughout the evening. Schafer pitched 6 innings, had 9 strikeouts, 4 hits, 1 walk, and no runs.

When it came to batting Riverside stayed consistent scoring at least 1 run in five of six innings and having 10 hits. Schafer hit well at the plate going 2-3 with an RBI and a homerun.  Kaycie Perkins also had a triple with 2 RBI’s and 2 walks. The Bulldogs were up 4-0 heading into the bottom of the sixth where they poured in six runs to achieve the run rule at 10-0.

Riverside Head Coach Lacie Patterson was impressed with the way her team managed to correct their mistakes throughout the ball game.

Coach Patterson also gave credit to the way Schafer shined on the night.

The win bumps Riverside’s record to 13-9 on the year. The Bulldogs next game will be at home on Friday against Logan Magnolia. Coach Patterson wants to see her team’s passion carry over into their contest against the Panthers.

Shenandoah’s loss marks them at 9-12 for the season and their next matchup will be in Fremont Mills on Saturday.

Baseball substate brackets for the 2024 postseason are now available for Class 2A and Class 1A.

The first round of postseason games in 2A and 1A are scheduled for Saturday, July 6, then second round district games on Wednesday, July 10. Winners will advance to the Saturday, July 13 district final, followed by substate final games set for Tuesday, July 16. In 2A and 1A, district finalists will meet in the substate final, matching Substate 1 District 1 with Substate 1 District 2, Substate 2 District 3 with Substate 2 District 4, etc.

Class 4A and Class 3A brackets will be released Thursday, June 27.

Eight teams from each classification will advance to the 2024 IHSAA State Baseball Tournament, currently scheduled for July 22-26 in Carroll (2A, 1A) and Cedar Rapids (4A, 3A).

Below are links to the Class 1A and 2A Brackets:

Baseball-Brackets-1A-6.20.24

Baseball-Brackets-2A-6.20.24-Update

Not many high school students have or will follow the athletic success that Jaidyn Sellers has achieved within her time at Panorama Community High School. She led her high school basketball team to the state championship and scored twenty points in the final game. Sellers became the state’s quickest sprinter by winning state titles in the 100, 200, and 400.  Throughout her high school career, she’s won 3 Drake Relay Titles and a total of 10 state titles. To top things off, Sellers will be dawning the black and gold as she plays for the Iowa softball program in the fall.

Her accolades are numerous, and she credits the internal drive to achieve from her family.

That competitive drive led to many happy memories for Sellers as she continued to improve each year. Still, one moment inside the Blue Oval will always remain at the top for Sellers high school highlights.

When asked about her favorite sport, Sellers has a strong zeal towards softball. It’s a sport she grew up absorbing from watching her family play throughout her childhood.

Sellers future sprinting endeavors will be on the softball field and off the track. Sellers last fall signed her national letter of intent to play for the University of Iowa. The decision was a comfortable one as the proximity to home was a major benefit.

While reflecting on her time in high school, Sellers did have one piece of advice to share with athletes who are looking to be at the top of their respective sports.

Move in day for Sellers and other Hawkeye athletes will be in late August.

•U.S. Olympic Trials—Eugene, Oregon, June 21-June 30

The 2024 Olympic Trials begin on Friday and will run through June 30,  with a 2-day break on Tuesday and Wednesday (June 25-26).

—Thirty five athletes with Iowa ties will be competing. See entire list below.

—52 Drake Relays alumni competing

—18 Drake Relays officials working the meet including public address announcer Mike Jay

https://www.usatf.org/events/2024/2024-u-s-olympic-team-trials-—-track-field

The top 3 finishers in each event, provided they’ve met the Olympic qualifying standard (performance or ranking) will qualify to represent the U.S. at the Paris Olympics. You can check the status of an athlete by going to the World Athletics “Road to Paris” site:

https://worldathletics.org/stats-zone/road-to/7153115

Schedule: https://www.usatf.org/events/2024/2024-u-s-olympic-team-trials-%E2%80%94-track-field/schedule

Entries: https://www.usatf.org/events/2024/2024-u-s-olympic-team-trials-—-track-field/status-of-entries

Startlists/Results: https://results.usatf.org/2024Trials/

IOWANS COMPETING IN U.S. OLYMPIC TRACK & FIELD TRIALS

Men – 20

Isaac Basten, Drake —1500

*Kenny Bednarek, former Indiana Hills CC — 100 & 200

#Hillary Bor, former Iowa State – 3000 steeple

Jamal Britt, former Iowa – 110 hurdles

Brandon Carnes, former UNI — 100 & 200

James Carter, former Iowa — triple jump

Nik Curtiss, former Iowa — shot put

Ryan Ford, former Iowa State — 10,000

Cam Jones, Iowa State, Cedar Rapids Kennedy HS —shot put

Darius Kipyego, Iowa State — 800

Courtney Lindsey, former Iowa Central CC — 100 & 200

Michael Millslagle, Graceland — high jump

Gratt Reed, Iowa, Atlantic HS — 110 hurdles

Will Reemstsma, St. Ambrose, Davenport Central HS — 400 hurdles

Gable Sieperda, Iowa State, GLR/CL HS — 3000 steeple

Mike Stein, Iowa, Spirit Lake HS — javelin

TJ Tomlyanovich, Cedar Falls HS — 400

Reno Tuufull, former Iowa — discus

Kalen Walker, Iowa, Indian Hills CC —100

Austin West, Iowa, Iowa City West HS — decathlon

Women – 15

Alex Gochenour-Brondyke, Logan Magnolia HS —  heptathlon & 100 hurdles

Brittany Brown, former Iowa  — 200

Makayla Clark, Iowa State — 800

Erin Dowd, former Iowa —  400 hurdles

Laulauga Tausaga-Collins, former Iowa — discus

$Lolo Jones, Des Moines Roosevelt — 100 hurdles

Rachel Joseph, Iowa State — 400

Paige Magee, Iowa — 100 hurdles

Kat Moody, Iowa, Waukee HS  — discus

Janette Schraft, Iowa State, Glenwood HS — 3000 steeple

*Karissa Schweizer, Dowling Catholic —5,000 & 10,000

Maria Shavers, former UNI, Hawkeye CC, Waterloo West HS — hammer throw

Tionna Tobias, Iowa – long jump

Alexina Teubel, former UNI, Mt.Vernon-Lisbon HS — 1,500

Sydney Willits, Iowa State — long jump

Key
*2021 Olympian
#2016 Olympian
$2008 & 2012 Olympian

FRIDAY SCHEDULE INVOLVING IOWANS  (all times central)

2 p.m.  Decathlon – Austin West, Iowa

7:30 p.m. Men’s Javelin, 1st Round — First Flight: Mike Stein, Iowa, Spirit Lake HS

7:48 p.m. Women’s 400 – Heat Five: Lane 4- Rachel Joseph, Iowa State

8:17 p.m. Women’s 800 —Heat Two: Hip #8 Makayla Clark, Iowa State 

8:49 p.m. Men’s 3000 Steeplechase –  Heat One: Hip #6 Hillary Bor, former Iowa State, 2016 Olympian; Heat Two: Hip #6 Gabe Sieperda, Iowa State

9:22 p.m. Men’s 1500 1st round – Heat three: Hip #13 Isaac Basten, Drake

10:15 pm Men’s Shot put 1st round – Flight one: Cam Jones, Iowa State, CR Kennedy; Nick Curtiss, former Iowa

10:22 pm Women’s  5,000 -1st round — (Heat one) – Hip #2 Karissa Schweizer, former Dowling Catholic

The expectations have never been higher for the Iowa State men’s basketball team. With their four top scorers returning from a team that won the Big-12 Tournament and made to the Sweet-16 of the NCAA Tournament the Cyclones are a likely top five team in the preseason polls and a serious contender to win the national title. Summer workouts are underway in Ames.

That’s ISU coach T.J. Otzelberger who says the Cyclones are not focused on what other people think of them.

Otzelbeger does not spend time on social media so he is not familiar with all the talk surrounding next season.

Four transfers have joined the Cyclone program, including former UNI guard Nate Heise. The native of Minnesota spent the past four years with the Panthers and led them in scoring last season at 13 and-a-half points per game.

Sophomore forward Milan Momcilovic says Heise has performed well in workouts.

Momcilovic averaged nearly 11 points per game last season in being named to the Big-12 All Freshman team. He is embracing the expectations.

Momcilovic says being a more experienced team will help the Cyclones next season.

Senior guard Keshon Gilbert led the Cyclones in scoring at just over 13 and-a-half points per game last season and says the Cyclones are not focused on where they might be ranked next season.

Hawkeye Ten 

Denison-Schleswig 11, St. Albert 7

Western Iowa Conference

AHSTW 7, Missouri Valley 3

Rolling Valley Conference 

Exira-EHK 2, Ar-We-Va 0
Coon Rapids-Bayard 16, Glidden-Ralston 0
Woodbine 6, CAM 0

Pride of Iowa Conference 

Martensdale-St Marys 19, Nodaway Valley 3

West Central Activities Conference 

Durant 4, ACGC 2
Durant 10, ACGC 8

Hawkeye Ten 

Council Bluffs Lincoln 4, Harlan 2
Atlantic 11, Kuemper Catholic 1
Western Iowa Conference

AHSTW 3, #8 Missouri Valley 2
Council Bluffs Jefferson 13, Tri-Center 1

Raccoon River Conference

#7 Carlisle 8, #15 Gilbert 3

Pride of Iowa Conference 

#1 Martensdale-St Marys 17, Nodaway Valley 0

West Central Activities Conference 

#7 Southeast Warren 10, Pleasantville 5

The Atlantic Trojan Softball team consistently hit away to have an 11-1 win at home against Kuemper Catholic on Wednesday night. The Trojans relied on sharp pitching from Riley Wood inside the circle and she delivered. Wood pitched 6 innings, had 1 earned run, 7 hits, 3 strikeouts, and only one walk. Head Coach Terry Hinzmann was impressed with the way her pitch variety shook up the Knights batters.

As a team Atlantic had some solid approaches to the plate with 10 hits. The Trojans best performers in the box were Riley Wood who went 2-4 with two triples and two RBI’s and Lila Wiederstein who went 2-4 with a single and triple and two RBI’s. Coach Hinzmann wanted this team to clean up their hitting and improve on staying patient at the plate.

The win improves Atlantic’s record to 19-12 on the season. Next stop for the Trojans is a road trip to Harlan on Thursday night and coach Hinzmann hopes to see continued focus from his team.

The loss drops Kuemper Catholic to 11-8 for the year and they head back home to face Greene County on Thursday evening.

(big12sports.com) Each institution nominated one male and one female athlete of any classification that competed for their institution during the 2023-24 school year. Student-athletes were required to be in good academic standing and had to be from a league-sponsored sport.

The 14 schools that competed during the 2023-24 academic year are eligible.

The winners will be announced Wednesday, June 26. Stay tuned to Big12Sports.com and the league’s social media platforms to see the rest of the candidates.

This afternoon’s featured candidates are Iowa State’s David Carr and Sydney Willits.

Iowa State Male Athlete of the Year Candidate
David Carr, Wrestling
Sr., Canton, Ohio
Accomplishments

• 2024 NCAA Championship at 165 pounds (his second career national title).
• He scored 22.5 team points at the NCAA Championships, leading ISU to its best finish (fourth) and highest-point total (68.5) since 2010.
• Compiled a 27-2 record, including 14-0 in duals and a 10-2 mark against top-10 opponents.
• Graduated in May with his master’s in higher education with a 3.81 GPA and was named a 2024 National Wrestling Coaches Association Scholar All-American along with making the Fall 2023 Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

Iowa State Female Athlete of the Year Candidate
Sydney Willits, Track and Field
Jr., Glenview, Illinois
Accomplishments

• The long jump NCAA Indoor National Champion after improving her record by a full foot and the school record by six inches (22-1 ½, 6.74m).
• She was named the USTFCCCA Midwest Region Field Athlete of the Year.
• Earned Honorable Mention All-America honors after finishing 18^th in the long jump at the NCAA Outdoor National Championship.
• Holds a leadership position in the SAAC Event Subcommittee at Iowa State while working towards her degree in kinesiology and health.

2023-24 Big 12 Athletes of the Year Nominees
Baylor – Johnny Keefer and Alexis Brown
BYU – Kenneth Rooks and Brecken Mozingo
UCF – RJ Harvey and Rayniah Jones
Cincinnati – Ty Gingerich and Juliette Laracuente-Huebner
Houston – Jamal Shead and Kelly-Ann Beckford
Iowa State – David Carr and Sydney Willits