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NASCAR veteran Austin Dillon says Friday’s practice session will be crucial leading into Sunday night’s Iowa Corn 350. After crashing out early in last week’s Toyota/Save Mart 350 in Sonoma, California, Dillon’s car will be the first one to make a qualifying run Saturday afternoon at the Iowa Speedway.
Cup Series cars will have 50 minutes of practice time on Friday afternoon and based on that will set the car up for a qualifying run.
The 2018 Daytona 500 champ has had a lot of success at the Iowa Speedway over the years. He won a truck race in 2010 and finished second a year later. He also has three top five finishes in six Xfinity Series starts.
Dillon says he was excited to see the Iowa Speedway added to the Cup Series schedule.
It will be the first Cup Series race at the Iowa Speedway but Dillon is one of 19 drivers expected to be in the field who have won a race at the track.
The first of three days of action on Friday is capped off by an ARCA/Menard Series race.
Former Iowa State All-American Breece Hall hopes to become one of the top running backs in the NFL as he prepares for his third season in the NFL with the New York Jets. Hall suffered a season ending ACL injury as a rookie in 2022 and last season finished with nearly 16-hundred yards of rushing and receiving. He averaged 119 yards or rushing and scored four touchdowns in the final three games of the season.
With quarterback Aaron Rodgers coming back from injury and an upgraded offensive line Hall feels the offense has the weapons needed for him to become one of the top running backs in the league.
Hall had 76 receptions last season but feels he can be even a bigger receiving threat out of the backfield.
Rodgers was a no-show at Jet’s mini-camp this week.
(Iowa DNR News) – Athletes from 120 teams across Iowa converged on the Iowa State Trapshooting Homegrounds, north of Cedar Falls, June 3-9 for the 2024 Scholastic Clay Target Program State Trap Shooting Championship. During the event, two young women from Underwood, Lacey Gangwish and Quincy O’Donnell, were named to the Ladies Singles Trap – All State Team. They were also named to the Ladies High-All-Around Trap Team.
More than 3,000 athletes ranging from 4th grade through high school shot nearly 780,000 clay targets for the week. Athletes competed in three different competitions; singles trap, doubles trap, and handicap trap. The Ankeny Centennial Jaguars were the top Varsity squad in Singles and Handicap, while the Pleasant Valley Trap Team were Varsity Squad Champions in Doubles Trap. Individual honors are also awarded by age group for each discipline.
State Trap Shoot
A complete list of the results can be found online at: https://bit.ly/2024TrapResults.
The All-State team for singles trap is determined by the combination of the athlete’s league score and the Championship Event Score.
All-State Teams
Ladies Singles Trap – All State Team
Men’s Singles Trap – All State Team
The High-All-Around Trap team is determined by the combination of the athlete’s Trap Singles, Doubles, and Handicap Championship Events Scores.
High-All-Around Trap Teams
Ladies Trap High-All-Around
Men’s Trap High-All-Around
The Scholastic Clay Target Program is the largest, fastest growing, and most exciting youth clay target program in the U.S. Student athletes from elementary through high school and college have the opportunity to compete in sports such as trap, skeet, and sporting clays, as well as Olympic disciplines like bunker trap and international skeet.
The Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) and Scholastic Action Shooting Program (SASP) are youth development programs that promote shooting sports and competitive shooting. The program’s goal is to instill personal values and character traits, such as fair play, compassionate understanding, individual responsibility, sportsmanship, self-discipline, and personal commitment in young people.
Hawkeye Ten Conference
Rolling Valley Conference
Western Iowa Conference
West Central Activities Conference
Pride of Iowa Conference
Missouri River Conference
Non-Conference Games
Hawkeye Ten Conference
Western Iowa Conference
Pride of Iowa Conference
West Central Activities Conference
Missour River Conference
Non-Conference Games
(Radio Iowa) – The champion of last year’s NASCAR Cup Series will be in Iowa for Sunday’s race at the Iowa Speedway, but also to raise money for the Iowa chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association on Saturday night. Ryan Blaney (BLAY-nee), who drives the number-12 Mustang, will host “Dinner with the Champions” at the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum in Knoxville. Association spokeswoman Lauren Livingston says Blaney is bringing his dad and his uncle, both of whom were top drivers as well.
Established in 2018, the Ryan Blaney Family Foundation is a non-profit dedicated to supporting brain health causes, with a focus on Alzheimer’s disease and concussion — so she says donations for the event are tax deductible.
The Blaney Family has many ties to not only dirt racing, but to Knoxville and Iowa. Ryan Blaney’s mother, Lisa, is a Chariton native, and Ryan’s father, Dave, won the Knoxville Nationals in 1997. Ryan’s uncle, Dale, competed in the Knoxville Nationals several times, and his grandfather, Lou, finished 4th in the Knoxville Nationals in 1974. Speaking of Lou, Livingston says the Blaney family has a personal connection to Alzheimer’s.
Those resources include the Alzheimer’s Association’s free 24/7 Helpline at 800-272-3900. Some seven-million Americans have Alzheimer’s dementia, including more than 62-thousand Iowans, while nearly 100-thousand Iowans provide unpaid care to loved ones living with the disease.
On the web:
Tickets: iowa.cbo.io
Alzheimer’s Association: alz.org
The AHSTW Lady Vikes softball team had a well-earned 7-4 victory against the Riverside Bulldogs on Tuesday night. Tuesday’s matchup started as a stalemate as neither team was able to get past second through 2 innings of softball. Then in the top of the third Riverside had 3 straight hits and a 2 RBI Double from Kayden Schnack who went 1-4 on the night to take a 3-0 lead. Madison Kelley would tack on one more run with an RBI grounder towards third base to make the game 4-0. AHSTW would respond in the bottom of the third with an RBI triple from Bella Lamp chipping into the lead at 4-1.
The bottom of the fourth is when things turned around for the Lady Vikes thanks to an Addison Carroll sacrifice fly making the game 4-2 and a go ahead 3 RBI homer off of Kendra Hansen’s bat with AHSTW taking the lead at 5-4. Hansen would go 1-3 on the night with 4 RBI’s. The Bulldogs would manage to load the bases up in the top of the sixth with only out to try their turn at a comeback, but the Lady Vikes Etta Partlow stayed calm and retired the next two batters leaving three runners stranded. AHSTW scored two more runs in the bottom of the 6th making the game 7-4 and Riverside had no answer in the top of the 7th. Etta Parlow secured the win pitching 7 innings, having 3 earned runs, 8 hits, 7 strikeouts, and 4 walks.
Lady Vikes Head Coach Kathleen Pace message to her players after the win was to carry this positive energy into the rest of the week.
The sharp pitching from Partlow caught coach Pace’s eye and she gave credit to her starting pitcher.
The win improves AHSTW to 7-7 on the year as they head to Treynor on Thursday. Coach Pace would like to see continual improvement throughout the year.
The Riverside Bulldogs now sit at 8-8 with the loss and will host Tri-Center on Thursday at home.
IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa fifth-year linebacker Jay Higgins has been named Phil Steele’s Preseason Defensive Player of the Year, it was announced Tuesday by the college football publication. The Hawkeyes had three players garner preseason All-America honors and 12 earn preseason All-Big Ten laurels.
Higgins was also tabbed as a preseason first-team All-American, senior center Logan Jones was named to the third team, and graduate linebacker Nick Jackson was a fourth-team All-American. Each of the three players were also named preseason first-team All-Big Ten.
Iowa also had two preseason second-team All-Big Ten honorees in senior offensive tackle Mason Richman and graduate safety Sebastian Castro.
Four players – graduate Nick DeJong (guard), senior Yahya Black (defensive tackle), senior Deontae Craig (defensive end) and junior Drew Stevens (placekicker) – were named preseason third-team All-Big Ten, while senior Luke Lachey (tight end), senior Connor Colby (guard) and senior Luke Elkin (long snapper) were named to the fourth team.
Higgins earned the top defensive honor after having a breakout senior season. He finished the year with 171 tackles, tying the Iowa record, while leading the Big Ten and ranking third nationally. The Indianapolis native was a first-team All-American by FWAA, Phil Steele and Sports Illustrated and second-team accolades by AFCA, CBS, Walter Camp, Associated Press and Sporting News.
Jones started 13 games at center for the 2023 Hawkeyes and he earned third-team All-Big Ten honors by the league coaches and Phil Steele. He was one of six juniors named to the Iowa Player Council.
Jackson finished second on the team with 110 tackles, a mark that ranked fourth in the Big Ten. The Atlanta native earned third-team All-Big Ten honors by the league media and honorable mention by the league coaches. Jackson enters his final collegiate season with 464 tackles – the most among active players nationally.
Richman garnered honorable mention All-Big Ten honors by the coaches and media in 2023 after starting all 14 games for a 10-win team. Castro earned Pro Football Focus first-team All-America and Associated Press third-team honors after finishing with 67 tackles, three interceptions and eight pass breakups.
DeJong was a third-team All-Big Ten selection by the coaches after being a super utility on Iowa’s offensive line in 2023. He played in 11 games, starting games at three different positions. Black started 14 games in his first season as a starter, accumulating 51 tackles and five tackles for loss, while Craig was honorable mention All-Big Ten after making 54 tackles, including five tackles for loss, three sacks and seven quarterback hurries. Stevens earned third-team All-Big Ten honors and was a Lou Groza Award semifinalist after making 18 field goals and leading the team with 73 points.
Lachey missed all but three games in 2023 because of injury. He finished with 10 receptions for 131 yards before sustaining a season-ending injury in Week 3. Colby started all 13 games at right guard a season ago en route to third-team All-Big Ten recognition, while Elkin was the long snapper for the Hawkeye special teams – one of the top units in the nation.
The Hawkeyes open the 2024 season Aug. 31, hosting Illinois State at 11 a.m. (CT) inside Kinnick Stadium.
Phil Steele Preseason Defensive Player of the Year
Jay Higgins
Phil Steele Preseason All-America Teams
Jay Higgins, first team
Logan Jones, third team
Nick Jackson, fourth team
Phil Steele Preseason All-Big Ten Teams
First Team: Logan Jones (center), Jay Higgins (LB), Nick Jackson (LB)
Second Team: Mason Richman (OT), Sebastian Castro (S),
Third Team: Nick DeJong (OG), Yahya Black (DT), Deontae Craig (DE), Drew Stevens (PK)
Fourth Team: Luke Lachey (TE), Connor Colby (OG), Luke Elkin (LS)
IOWA CITY, Iowa – Junior Brody Brecht and redshirt junior Raider Tello earned American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings All-Midwest Region honors, it was announced Tuesday by the organization.
Brecht earned first team recognition, moving him into consideration for ABCA/Rawlings All-America honors that will be announced Friday. Tello was a second-team all-region selection.
It is the fourth straight year the Hawkeyes have had multiple all-region honorees and the sixth time under head coach Rick Heller that Iowa has had two or more players recognized.
Brecht earned first-team All-Region honors after going 4-3 with a 3.33 ERA in 15 starts. The right-hander posted five quality starts and fanned 128 batters over 78.1 innings. The Ankeny, Iowa native ranked fourth in the nation in strikeouts per nine innings (14.71) and seventh in total strikeouts.
Tello earned second-team honors after hitting .357 with 60 RBIs, 51 runs scored and tallying 30 extra base hits (19 doubles, seven home runs and four triples) during the regular season. The El Monte, California, native led the team in hits, runs, doubles, triples, and RBIs.
After winning back-to-back years at the Iowa Speedway in the NASCAR Xfinity Series Christopher Bell hopes to win the first Cup Series race at the track in Sunday night’s Iowa Corn 350. Bell won at the Iowa Speedway in 2018 and 2019.
Bell was happy when the Iowa Speedway was added to the Cup schedule.
Bell says a quick sell out of Saturday and Sunday is proof Iowa Speedway was ready for a Cup race.
Bell has two wins this season and is currently ninth in Cup Series points.
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