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Two of the three teams tied at the top of the Missouri Valley women’s standings meet in Des Moines Friday night as Drake hosts Belmont. Both teams are 5-0 in the Valley. It matches a drake team that averages nearly 80 points per game against a Belmont team that gives up a shade over 51 points.
That’s Bulldog coach Allison Pohlman who wants her team to take better care of the basketball. Drake is shooting better than 51 percent but is averaging 22 turnovers per game.
Murray State is also 5-0 in the Valley and will visit Northern Iowa Friday night.
Iowa has named Beth Goetz permanent athletic director. Goetz had been interim AD since Gary Barta retired this past August. Iowa men’s basketball coach Fran McCaffery praised the decision.
McCaffery says Goetz has been a great fit.
McCaffery is looking forward to working with Goetz and says she has a great vision for the program.
Goetz becomes the first women to lead the entire athletic department.
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State senior outfielder Milaysia Ochoa has been named to the 2024 Big 12 Softball Preseason Team as voted on by league coaches.
Ochoa, a Chino, California, native, was the lone Cyclone to start in and play all 55 games last season, landing herself on the All-Big 12 Second Team.
She led the team in almost every offensive category in 2023, including batting average (.319), runs scored (44), hits (53), doubles (13), home runs (12), RBI (33), total bases (102), slugging percentage (.614), HBP (9), and at-bats (166).
Players were picked regardless of position and coaches could not vote for their own student-athletes.
Iowa State was picked to finish ninth in the preseason conference poll and the Cyclones will kick off their 2024 campaign on February 8 against Utah Valley in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
Full 2024 Big 12 Softball Preseason Team
Shaylon Govan, INF, Jr.*
Huntyr Ava, BYU, 1B, Sr.
Sarah Willis, UCF, P/OF, Sr.
Turiya Coleman, UH, INF/C, Jr.
Milaysia Ochoa, ISU, OF, Sr.
Rylie Boone, OU, OF, Sr.
Alyssa Brito, OU, UTL, Sr.
Jayda Coleman, OU, OF, Sr.
Kinzie Hansen, OU, C, Sr.
Tiare Jennings, OU, INF, Sr.*
Kelly Maxwell, OU, P, R-Sr.
Nicole May, OU, P, Sr.
Lexi Kilfoyl, OSU, P, Sr.
Citlaly Gutierrez, UT, P, So.
Ashton Maloney, UT, OF, R-So.
Viviana Martinez, UT, SS/2B, So.
Mac Morgan, UT, P, Jr.
Mia Scott, UT, INF, Jr.*
Kailey Wyckoff, TTU, C/OF, So.
* = unanimous
A tie resulted in 19 members
Iowa State coach T.J. Otzelberger says sophomore guard Tamin Lipsey is day-to-day as the 24th ranked Cyclones get ready for Saturday’s game at 19th ranked TCU. Lipsey injured a shoulder in Tuesday night’s loss at 20th ranked BYU.
Otzelberger they are preparing like Lipsey won’t be available.
The Cyclones have dropped their first two road games in Big 12 play and Saturday’s will be another challenge.
TCU is also 2-2 in the Big 12 and Otzelberger says the Cyclones will need a good effort on defense.
TCU’s losses in conference play were at Kansas and at Cincinnati.
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No.
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School
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Record
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LW
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1
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North Linn
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12-1
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1
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2
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Newell-Fonda
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11-1
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2
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3
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Martensdale-St. Marys
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9-3
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3
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4
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Remsen St, Mary’s
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11-0
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4
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5
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Riceville
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15-0
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5
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6
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Council Bluffs St. Albert
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10-1
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6
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7
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Algona Bishop Garrigan
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13-1
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7
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8
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Calamus-Wheatland
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12-1
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8
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9
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CAM
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10-1
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9
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10
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Woodbine
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8-2
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10
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11
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Lynnville-Sully
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11-2
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11
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12
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Coon Rapids-Bayard
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8-2
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12
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13
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Montezuma
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9-2
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13
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14
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George-Little Rock
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9-1
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14
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15
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Fremont-Mills
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13-0
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15
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No.
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School
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Record
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LW
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1
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Dike-New Hartford
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10-1
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1
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2
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Panorama
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13-0
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2
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3
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Westwood
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12-0
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3
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4
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Iowa City Regina
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11-2
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4
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5
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Sioux Central
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11-1
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5
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6
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Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont
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10-1
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6
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7
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Central Lyon
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11-1
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7
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8
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Nodaway Valley
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10-2
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8
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9
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North Mahaska
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11-1
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9
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10
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Cascade
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8-2
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10
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11
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Grundy Center
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12-1
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11
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12
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Treynor
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8-3
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12
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13
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Aplington-Parkersburg
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11-2
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13
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14
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Hinton
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11-2
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14
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15
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Jesup
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9-2
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NR
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No.
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School
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Record
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LW
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1
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Mount Vernon
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11-1
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2
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2
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Solon
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11-2
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1
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3
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Des Moines Christian
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11-1
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3
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4
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Estherville-Lincoln Central
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11-2
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4
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5
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Roland-Story
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12-0
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5
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6
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Dubuque Wahlert
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10-2
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6
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7
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Harlan
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9-2
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7
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8
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Benton Community
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8-4
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8
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9
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Monticello
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10-2
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9
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10
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Algona
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9-3
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11
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11
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Spirit Lake
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8-3
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12
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12
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Cherokee
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10-3
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13
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13
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Forest City
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11-2
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10
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14
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Chariton
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10-1
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14
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15
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Williamsburg
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6-4
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15
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No.
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School
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Record
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LW
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1
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Dallas Center-Grimes
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10-2
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1
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2
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Clear Creek-Amana
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11-0
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2
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3
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North Polk
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12-2
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3
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4
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Waverly-Shell Rock
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13-0
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4
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5
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Sioux City Bishop Heelan
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10-0
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5
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6
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Mason City
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10-2
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6
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7
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Le Mars
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11-2
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7
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8
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Norwalk
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10-2
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8
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9
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Lewis Central
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9-3
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9
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10
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Marion
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11-2
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10
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11
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Maquoketa
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10-2
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11
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12
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Pella
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9-2
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13
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13
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Central DeWitt
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9-3
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14
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14
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Carlisle
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8-4
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12
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15
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Keokuk
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11-1
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NR
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No.
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School
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Record
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LW
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1
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Johnston
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13-0
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1
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2
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Davenport North
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12-2
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2
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3
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Dowling Catholic
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10-3
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3
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4
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Waukee
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10-3
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4
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5
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Ankeny Centennial
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8-5
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5
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6
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Pleasant Valley
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10-3
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6
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7
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Ankeny
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9-5
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7
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8
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Cedar Falls
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11-1
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8
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9
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Cedar Rapids Prairie
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9-1
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10
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10
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Waukee Northwest
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7-6
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13
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11
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West Des Moines Valley
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7-6
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9
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12
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Southeast Polk
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6-7
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11
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13
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Sioux City East
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9-4
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12
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14
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Iowa City West
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6-4
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14
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15
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Sioux City West
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5-5
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15
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Iowa interim athletic director Beth Goetz now has the full-time job. Todd Kimm reports.
The University made it official this morning, tabbing Goetz as the first women to oversee the entire department. She joined the athletic department as deputy AD in September of 2022 and was named interim AD this past August after Gary Barta retired following 17 years on the job. Goetz previously served as athletic director at Ball State and was also an interim AD at Minnesota.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., January 18, 2024 –The St. Louis Cardinals have announced that 2024 Opening Day tickets against the Miami Marlins on Thursday, April 4, will go on sale to the general public tomorrow,Friday, January 19, at 10AM CT, with tickets starting as low as $49.
Opening Day tickets will be available for purchase online at cardinals.com/openingday, via phone at 314.345.9000 and at the Busch Stadium Box Office on 8th Street. Tickets are limited to eight per person and are available until inventory lasts.
The on-sale marks the first time the club has scheduled a standalone date specifically for Opening Day tickets, which is traditionally the highest demand game of the regular season.
The Cardinals home opener features a pregame ceremony with a motorcade that introduces the 2024 roster and honors the club’s Hall of Famers along with other festivities that celebrates the unofficial holiday of Opening Day in St. Louis.
Single-game tickets for the remaining 2024 regular season games at Busch Stadium will go on sale to the public on Friday, January 26 at 10AM CT.
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Beth Goetz has been named the University of Iowa’s next Henry B. and Patricia B. Tippie Director of Athletics Chair after serving in the role as interim since Aug. 2.
She will begin immediately.
“Beth is a talented and dynamic leader and the national search we conducted has substantiated that she is the best athletics director for the University of Iowa,” says UI President Barbara Wilson. “She has done a remarkable job as interim, and I am confident she will lead our athletics department and student-athletes to new levels of achievement both on the field of play and in the classroom.”
Goetz becomes UI’s 13th athletics director, and first female to oversee the entire department (Dr. Christine Grant served as the women’s athletics director from 1973-2000).
The university launched a national search at the end of November 2023. The search committee was chaired by Nicole Grosland, associate dean for academic programs in the College of Engineering and professor of biomedical engineering, as chair of the search committee.
“The search produced an impressive group of candidates,” says Grosland. “The committee had an opportunity to interview multiple sitting athletic directors from across the country. Beth emerged as a finalist with a strong vision to lead the department at this crucial time.”
Goetz, who becomes UI’s 13th athletics director, joined the Iowa athletics staff in September 2022 as deputy director of athletics and chief operating officer. When former director Gary Barta retired on Aug. 1 after 17 years at the university, Goetz was named interim director.
Before coming to Iowa, Goetz served as director of athletics at Ball State University for four years. At Ball State, she supervised 19 Division I sports teams, all head coaches, and senior staff. Before that, she served as the chief operating officer/senior woman administrator in the University of Connecticut athletics department from 2016-18. She previously served as the University of Minnesota’s deputy athletics director from 2013-15 and interim athletics director during the 2015-16 season.
Goetz was named to the NCAA Competition Oversight Committee in 2018 and served as vice chair of the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Committee in 2021-22. She was named by Women Leaders in College Sports as the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS Nike Executive of the Year and recognized by the Indianapolis Business Journal as one of the publication’s 2021 Women of Influence.
A former soccer student-athlete and college coach, she received a Bachelor of Arts from Clemson University in 1996 and a master’s degree from the University of Missouri-St. Louis in 2000.
“I am truly honored and humbled to lead Iowa’s storied athletics program, and I am grateful to President Wilson and the search committee for their confidence in my leadership,” says Goetz. “The University of Iowa is a world-class institution with a demonstrated commitment to athletics excellence, and I look forward to continuing to partner with our coaches and staff in support of all our student-athletes. It is a privilege to serve our campus and our passionate Hawkeye supporters.”
Goetz’s appointment must be approved by the Iowa Board of Regents.
Drake raced out to a 16-point halftime lead and rolled to a 77-56 victory at Illinois State. The Redbirds got no closer than 10 in the second half as the Bulldogs improve to 6-1 in the Missouri Valley Conference and 15-3 overall.
That’s Drake coach Darian DeVries. It was the Bulldogs’ third straight win and their second straight blowout victory on the road.
Tucker DeVries scored 25 points. Center Darnell Brodie had 11 points and 12 rebounds. Drake shot 56 percent for the game.
The unbeaten start to Big 12 play for the Iowa State women ended last night at Texas Tech. The Lady Raiders connected on 13 three pointers and beat the 24th ranked Cyclones 71-63. Tech led by as many as 14 in the final quarter. The Cyclones shot only 39 percent, including six-of-27 from three-point range.
That’s Cyclone coach Bill Fennelly who says Texas Tech played well.
The loss dropped ISU to 5-1 in the Big 12. They will move to 6-1 after it was announced Saturday’s game at home against TCU has been cancelled due to a lack of players for the Horned Frogs. Big 12 rules mandate TCU forfeit the game. It means the Cyclones will have a week off.
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