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2024 THIRD Iowa Girls High School Soccer Rankings

Sports

April 11th, 2024 by Asa Lucas

Class 1A
School
Record
LW
1
Davenport Assumption
4-0
1
2
Gilbert
4-0
3
3
Des Moines Christian
4-1
4
4
Nevada
5-1
5
5
Sioux City Bishop Heelan
4-2
2
6
Underwood
6-0
6
7
Hudson
4-0
8
8
Denver
4-1
9
9
Center Point-Urbana
2-0
10
10
Van Meter
3-2
7
11
Council Bluffs St. Albert
3-0
12
12
Panorama
5-0
13
13
Garner-Hayfield-Ventura
4-0
15
14
Anamosa
2-1
14
15
Treynor
4-1
NR
Dropped Out: Sioux Center (11)

Class 2A
School
Record
LW
1
Dallas Center-Grimes
4-1
1
2
Waverly-Shell Rock
2-0
2
3
Pella
3-1
3
4
North Polk
6-0
5
5
Norwalk
3-2
4
6
Central DeWitt
3-1
15
7
North Scott
2-2
7
8
Independence
4-1
6
9
Lewis Central
4-2
12
10
Cedar Rapids Xavier
0-2
9
11
Iowa City Liberty
2-1
11
12
Spencer
3-2
8
13
Fort Madison
4-0
14
14
ADM
1-4
10
15
Clear Creek-Amana
4-1
13
 
Dropped Out: None
 
 
Class 3A
School
Record
LW
1
Waukee Northwest
6-0
2
2
West Des Moines Valley
3-1
1
3
Pleasant Valley
4-1
4
4
Ankeny
3-1
5
5
Ankeny Centennial
4-1
7
6
Linn-Mar
2-2
8
7
Southeast Polk
5-0
NR
8
Waukee
3-2
3
9
Johnston
2-3
6
10
Dowling Catholic
0-3
10
11
Dubuque Hempstead
4-0
13
12
Bettendorf
3-1
11
13
Iowa City High
2-1
15
14
Iowa City West
3-1
NR
15
Urbandale
2-2
14
 
Dropped Out: Mason City (10), Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln (12)

Iowa State’s Jaylin Noel talks spring drills

Sports

April 11th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

The Iowa State football team has a talented group of wide receivers working to get better in spring drills. Jaylin Noel and Jayden Higgins combined for 119 receptions and 13 touchdowns last season. Noel led the way with 66 catches.

The Cyclones have added another weapon through the transfer portal. Isaiah Alston played at Army before joining the ISU program.

With so many key players on both sides of the ball returning the expectations for the Cyclones will be high next season.

ISU’s spring game is April 20th.

Indianapolis expects to cash in on Iowa star Caitlin Clark

News, Sports

April 11th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – The Hoosier State is now banking on its own Caitlin Clark Effect, as the Indiana Fever is expected to pick the University of Iowa star basketball player during Monday’s W-N-B-A draft. Cathy DuBois, dean of the College of Business at Ball State University in Muncie, says Clark is an absolute national phenomenon and the sky’s the limit for the West Des Moines native, wherever she goes.

A Ball State study predicts Clark’s addition to the Fever roster will bring another 12-hundred fans to each game in the upcoming season, many of whom will be coming from outside the region. That means plenty of dollars spent in hotels, restaurants, and other entertainment venues during their stay.

Clark led the Hawkeyes to two consecutive national championship games, including the match with South Carolina this past Sunday which set a record for television viewers.

Clark’s number, 22, was retired during a celebration on Wednesday night at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on the U-I campus, after a season during which she racked up a long series of awards and national records.

Caitlin Clark signs autographs (UI photo by Tim Schoon)

With the new countrywide focus on women’s basketball, DuBois predicts the entire professional league will benefit as Clark joins its ranks.

Another study done in part at Ball State found more than 162-thousand media stories featured Clark during the N-C-double-A tournament, resulting in 177-billion media impressions valued at more than 2-point-6 billion dollars.

Pott. County man arrested Wed. on Attempted Murder & other charges

News

April 11th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Council Bluffs, Iowa) –  A Pottawattamie County man was arrested Wednesday evening on charges that include Attempted Murder, 1st Degree Burglary, Harassment in the 1st Degree, and Willful Injury resulting in Bodily Injury. The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office reports 23-year-old Spencer Steve Prusia, of Hancock, was being held in the Pott. County Jail, on bond amounting to $57,000.

According to the Sheriff’s Office, deputies were sent to 208 Main Street in Hancock at around 5:30-p.m., following a reported home invasion. When deputies arrived, the male victim told them Prusia rang the doorbell. When the victim answered the door, Prusia started inquiring about an individual.

The victim told Prusia the person he was looking for hadn’t lived there for about 10-years. When Prusia told the man he didn’t believe him, the victim tried to shut the door, but Prusia forced his way into the residence and allegedly placed victim in a choke hold.

Spencer Prusia (Pott. County Jail booking photo)

Prusia also alleged told the man “he wanted to kill him.” After the victim escaped, Prusia fled the home. He was located Prusia at his residence in Hancock and transported him to the Pottawattamie County Jail. The victim was treated by medics at the scene.

Iowa’s Max Llewellyn on spring practice

Sports

April 11th, 2024 by Asa Lucas

Iowa defensive end Max Llewellyn says earning the trust of defensive line coach Kelvin Bell has allowed him to take the next step. The junior from Urbandale appeared in all 14 games last season and had a career high in tackles in a Citrus Bowl loss to Tennessee.

Llewellyn says that trust and the experience he gained has given him more confidence.

The Hawkeyes close out spring drills on April 20th with an open practice.

MISSING PERSON ADVISORY: BENTON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE

News

April 11th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

UPDATE 3:30-P.M, 4/11/24: KEYSTONE, Iowa – The missing person advisory issued for Rhiannon “Rainy” Walter on behalf of the Benton County Sheriff’s Office has been canceled. She has been safely located. Law enforcement thanks the public for their assistance.

Previous message:

(Vinton, Iowa) – The Benton County Sheriff’s Office (in eastern Iowa) is attempting to locate an 11-year-old girl last seen Wednesday evening in Keystone, Iowa. See the Sheriff’s Office press release below:

CLAUDE HAYES, 84, of Decorah, formerly of Corning (Svcs. 4-13-2024)

Obituaries

April 11th, 2024 by Jim Field

CLAUDE WILLIAM HAYES, 84 of Decorah (formerly of Corning), died Sunday, April 7, 2024 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, MN.  Funeral services for CLAUDE HAYES will be held 11-a.m. Saturday, April 13, 2024, at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Decorah.  Helms Funeral Home in Decorah is handling arrangements.

Visitation will be on Saturday from 10:00 a.m. until the time of service at the church.

The family requests remembrances be made in the form of contributions to the Good Shepard Lutheran Church of Decorah, IA; the Decorah Food Bank; or to your favorite charity in Claude’s name.

CLAUDE HAYES is survived by:

His wife  – Harriet, of Decorah.

His sons –  Tim (Kristin), of Decorah; and Dan (Sophia) of Nicosia, Cyprus.

His daughter – Heidi (Rick), of Shingle Springs, CA.

His brothers – Tom (Kathy) Hayes of Atlantic, and Bob (Sandy) Hayes. of Muscatine.

and 6 grandchildren.

LORNA STILES, 93, of Sioux City Formerly of Audubon (Celebration of Life 4/27/24)

Obituaries

April 11th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

LORNA STILES, 93, of Sioux City, formerly of Audubon, died Dec. 18, 2023, at Unity Point Health – St. Luke’s in Sioux City. A Celebration of Life service for LORNA STILES will be held April 27th at 11-a.m., at the Audubon Elementary School Multipurpose Room. You’re asked to please wear Lorna’s colors to the Celebration of Life: blue hues, such as sky, aqua, navy and turquoise. The service will be broadcast on Zoom. For the link and meeting ID, email celebratelorna427@gmail.com.

Cremains will be scattered during a private service on the family farm, the Wild 80, in Guthrie County, Iowa.

Remembrances are suggested to the Audubon Community Schools Scholarship Fund, Audubon Public Library and Our Savior’s Lutheran Church.

LORNA STILES is survived by:

Her daughters – Donna Stiles, of Sequim, WA;  and Jackie Stiles (Jim Eaton) of Sioux City, Iowa.

Her son – Marc Stiles (Matthew Haggerty), of Seattle, WA.

4 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren, in-laws, other relatives, and many friends in Audubon County and beyond.

New entry fees, prize limits created for charity bingo games

News

April 11th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – A bill that’s cleared the Iowa legislature would let churches and non-profit organizations that host bingo games as fundraisers offer a gun worth up to $5000 as a prize. The bill cleared the Senate almost unanimously in Febryary without debate, but there was some push back this week before it passed the House. Representative Eric Gjerde, a Democrat from Cedar Rapids, suggested any prize worth $5000 should be allowed. “So if an organization wants to give a trip away, they can,” Gjerde said. “If an organization wants to give a canoe or a paddleboat away, they can.”

Representative Shannon Lundgren, a Republican from Peosta, said she “100%” agrees, but that expansion would doom the bill if it was returned to the Senate. “We will continue to work on that next year because I, too, would like to see our church organizations and other non-profit organizations, whether they’re youth-oriented or not earn extra money,” Lundren said.

The bill does raise the entry fee limit for bingo fundraisers to $50. The current limit on bingo prizes in Iowa is $250. The bill raises the value limit on prizes to $900, unless it’s a gun.The bill is headed to the governor for review.

Bingo fundraisers for charity are legal in Iowa as long as the games are run by volunteers.

Flags raised to support organ donation

News

April 11th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Wednesday was National Organ Donor Flag Raising Day which is part of the Organ Donation Month activities. The donor flag was raised at Unity Point Health St. Lukes in Sioux City and the Iowa Donor Network’s John Jorgenson spoke. “Donors are superstars. When I think about the donation world and the number of people who are registered, they truly are superstars as they say ‘yes’ to saving a life,” Jorgenson says. “Through organ donation the legacy of their loved one lives on.” He says organ donation can help so many people.

“One organ donor can save up to eight lives, while a tissue donor can help up to 300, with the average being about 75,” he says. “No one is too old, or too young to be a donor, and actually shortly after birth newborns can be donors as long as they are a certain weight. And so there’s no age too young. and actually, our oldest tissue donor was over 105.”

Friday is national wear blue-green day to support organ donation.