A change in spectator allowance has been made for this Saturday’s Rollin Dyer Wrestling Tournament in Atlantic. Due to the Governor’s change in spectator restrictions Atlantic Athletic Director Andy Mitchell said they have decided to allow two spectators per wrestler for the tournament. This will allow for more spectators for the event but still provide for enough space to maintain social distancing with the large number of teams participating.
AMES, Iowa – For the first time in Iowa State football history, the Cyclones have an unanimous All-American.
This incredible accomplishment was achieved today when running back Breece Hall, the nation’s leading rusher with 1,572 yards, made First Team All-American by the Walter Camp Foundation.
To be considered an unanimous All-American a player must receive first team All-America status from all five of the major news services or outlets. The top-five consists of the following: AP, FWAA, AFCA, Sporting News and Walter Camp.
Iowa State legend Troy Davis, who finished second in the 1996 Heisman Trophy balloting, was a first team selection in four of the five outlets, but was a second-teamer by the AFCA.
The sophomore, who finished sixth in the Heisman Trophy balloting, recorded one of the greatest individual seasons in school history in 2020.
The Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year and finalist for the Doak Walker Award, Hall made a swift rise to one of the nation’s elite running backs in 2020 by leading the nation in rushing yards (1,572) and 100-yard rushing games (9).
With 75+ rushing yards and at least one rush TD in all 12 games season, Hall has been the most consistent running back in the nation. His 12-game streak with a rushing TD is the longest active streak in the nation and the best string in the history of Cyclone football.
The versatile back is among the nation’s leaders in rushing TDs (21- 2nd nationally), overall TDs (23- 2nd nationally) and scoring (138- 2nd nationally).
Hall broke school single-season school marks in total touchdowns (23) and scoring (138), and equaled Davis’ school rushing TD mark in a season with 21.
Hall, who averaged 131.0 rushing yards per game, caught 23 passes for 180 yards and two TDs to help him average 146.0 yards from scrimmage per game.
Hall also proved to be one of the most elusive and explosive backs nationally. He leads the nation in yards after contact (950), first down rushes (79), and is third nationally in 20-yard rushes (14).
He has lost just one fumble in 511 career touches.
Statistics alone makes Hall’s season incredible, but perhaps his biggest accomplishment on the year is his impact on winning. The Cyclones, ranked 10th nationally in the final CFP poll, claimed first place in the Big 12 regular-season standings, tied a school record for wins in a season (9) and earned a spot in the Big 12 Championship Game for the first time in school history.
Hall rushed for 136 yards and had two TDs in Iowa State’s 34-17 victory over No. 25 Oregon in the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl, the school’s first-ever appearance in a New Year’s Six Bowl.
IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa junior defensive tackle Daviyon Nixon was named a first-team selection and redshirt sophomore center Tyler Linderbaum was named a second-team selection on the Walter Camp All-America Team on Thursday night.
Nixon, who declared for the 2021 NFL Draft and will forego his senior season, has now earned first-team All-America recognition on all five All-America teams to become the ninth unanimous consensus All-America selection in school history. Linebacker Josey Jewell was Iowa’s most recent unanimous All-American selection in 2017.
Nixon, a Kenosha, Wisconsin, native, is Iowa’s sixth consensus All-American in the last seven years and 27th player in school history to be named a consensus All-American and 29th overall (Calvin Jones (1954, ’55 and Larry Station (1984, ’85) were honored twice).
Nixon is Iowa’s first consensus defensive lineman since Adrian Clayborn in 2010 and first consensus defensive tackle since Jared DeVries in 1998. Nixon is the sixth defensive lineman in school history to garner consensus All-American status.
Nixon, the Nagurski-Woodson Defensive Player of the Year and the Smith-Brown Defensive Lineman of the Year in the Big Ten, led the conference in tackles for loss (33), tied for the conference lead in sacks (5.5), and had the most tackles by a Big Ten defensive lineman (41).
Linderbaum, a Solon, Iowa native, earned second-team All-America recognition on three teams (Walter Camp, FWAA, and AP) and was a first-team All-America selection by The Athletic and Pro Football Focus.
Linderbaum started every game at center for the second straight year. He anchored an offensive line that helped the Iowa offense rank second in the Big Ten in fewest sacks allowed, first downs, fourth down conversions, and scoring offense, and third in red zone offense.
2020-21 SIXTH Iowa Girls High School High School Basketball Rankings
Compiled by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union
Thursday, January 7, 2021
Class 1A
School Record LW
1 Bishop Garrigan 11-0 1
2 Newell-Fonda 8-1 2
3 St. Ansgar 8-0 3
4 Kingsley-Pierson 10-0 4
5 MMCRU 7-1 5
6 Springville 11-0 6
7 Exira-EHK 9-0 7
8 Collins-Maxwell 10-0 8
9 Montezuma 11-1 9
10 CAM 8-1 10
11 Winfield-Mount Union 10-0 11
12 Logan-Magnolia 7-1 12
13 Burlington Notre Dame 5-1 13
14 North Mahaska 6-1 14
15 AGWSR 5-2 15
Dropped Out: None
Class 2A
1 Maquoketa Valley 9-0 1
2 Dike-New Hartford 7-0 3
3 West Branch 8-1 4
4 North Linn 7-1 2
5 Nodaway Valley 8-0 5
6 West Hancock 9-0 6
7 Denver 7-2 7
8 Treynor 9-1 8
9 Grundy Center 5-1 9
10 South Central Calhoun 9-1 10
11 Central Lyon 9-1 11
12 Jesup 8-1 12
13 Bellevue 9-1 13
14 Underwood 9-1 14
15 MFL-Mar-Mac 8-2 NR
Dropped Out: Rock Valley (15)
Class 3A
1 Cherokee 9-0 1
2 Des Moines Christian 11-1 2
3 Unity Christian 6-1 4
4 Center Point-Urbana 8-2 5
5 Clear Lake 8-1 4
6 Osage 7-1 7
7 West Burlington 9-0 9
8 West Lyon 7-1 10
9 West Liberty 5-3 6
10 Panorama 6-2 12
11 Roland-Story 4-3 8
12 Clarion-Goldfield-Dows 6-1 13
13 Solon 7-2 14
14 Estherville-Lincoln Central 8-1 15
15 Vinton-Shellsburg 9-1 NR
Dropped Out: Davenport Assumption (11)
Class 4A
1 Glenwood 7-0 1
2 Ballard 9-0 2
3 Gilbert 9-1 3
4 Central DeWitt 7-0 4
5 Dallas Center-Grimes 8-2 6
6 Waverly-Shell Rock 8-1 7
7 North Scott 5-1 5
8 Denison-Schleswig 7-1 8
9 Bondurant-Farrar 4-2 9
10 Dubuque Wahlert 5-2 11
11 Harlan 7-2 13
12 Creston 7-3 14
13 Grinnell 5-4 10
14 Xavier 3-3 NR
15 Benton 6-2 NR
Dropped Out: Clear Creek-Amana (13), Spencer (15)
Class 5A
1 Waukee 3-0 1
2 Johnston 1-0 2
3 Waterloo West 5-1 4
4 Ankeny Centennial 5-0 5
5 Southeast Polk 5-1 6
6 Cedar Falls 7-1 7
7 Iowa City West 2-2 3
8 Iowa City High 3-1 8
9 Davenport North 2-0 9
10 Des Moines Roosevelt 0-0 10
11 Cedar Rapids Washington 6-0 11
12 Dowling Catholic 3-2 12
13 West Des Moines Valley 1-1 13
14 Indianola 8-1 14
15 Dubuque Senior 5-1 15
Dropped Out: None
@ ATLANTIC-CAM
Atlantic-CAM 72, Denison-Schleswig 9
Atlantic-CAM Winners: Ethan Follman, Joe Weaver, Jaxson Bell, Dante Hedrington, Brian South, Tanner O’Brien, Jarrett Armstrong, Kadin Stutzman, Devin McKay, Tristan Dorscher, Clevi Johnson, Cruz Weaver
Denison-Schleswig Winners: Leo Araujo, Jaxson Hildebrand
Atlantic-CAM 53, Harlan 24
Atlantic CAM Winners: Joe Weaver, Jaxson Bell, Dante Hedrington, Brian South, Tanner O’Brien, Jarrett Armstrong, Kadin Stutzman, Devin McKay, Clevi Johnson, Ethan Follman
Harlan Winners: Luke Freund, Jesse Schwery, Matt Schwery, Austin Schumacher
Harlan 58, Denison-Schleswig 6
Harlan Winners: Luke Freund, Tytan Frohlich, Sam Schmitz, Dalton McKinley, Bret VanBaale, Sam Bladt, Zane Bendorf, Matt Schwery, Jesse Schwery, Jeremiah Davis, Austin Schumacher
Denison-Schleswig Winners; Jesse Pena
@ ACGC
AHSTW 41, ACGC 32
AHSTW 58, East Union 14
AHSTW 72, Griswold 3
East Union 60, Griswold 12
ACGC 48, East Union 18
ACGC 54, Griswold 9
@ BEDFORD/LENOX
Bedford/Lenox 42, Central Decatur 28
Bedford/Lenox 50, Southwest Valley 21
Central Decatur 30, Southwest Valley 30
@ KUEMPER CATHOLIC
Creston/O-M 69, St. Albert 9
Creston/O-M 39, Clarinda 24
Creston/O-M 60, Kuemper Catholic 13
Clarinda 44, Kuemper Catholic 33
Kuemper Catholic 48, St. Albert 24
@ RED OAK
Glenwood 63, Lewis Central 18
Glenwood 65, Red Oak 10
Glenwood 77, Shenandoah 6
Lewis Central 63, Red Oak 15
Red Oak 42, Shenandoah 24
@ SOUTHEAST VALLEY
Greene County 60, Audubon 12
Southeast Valley 57, Audubon 12
@ TREYNOR
Treynor 54, Conestoga 27
@ UNDERWOOD
Logan-Magnolia 72, Underwood 9
Logan-Magnolia 83, West Central Valley 0
Logan-Magnolia 76, Tri-Center 6
Underwood 39, Tri-Center 18
Underwood 38, West Central Valley 36
West Central Valley 48, Tri-Center 21
@ ALBANY
Mount Ayr 51, Albany 12
Mount Ayr 48, North Andrew 6
Mount Ayr 45, South Harrison 36
@ BISHOP HEELAN
Bishop Heelan 66, CB Thomas Jefferson 6
Sioux City West 48, CB Thomas Jefferson 24
Bishop Heelan Catholic 57, Sioux City West 12
@ CENTERVILLE
Centerville 36, Wayne 34
Clarke 60, Wayne 12
@ SIOUX CITY EAST
Sioux City East 46, CB Abraham Lincoln 22
CB Abraham Lincoln 39, Sioux City North 31
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(Radio Iowa) – The Native American operation, Ho-Chunk Incorporated, has launched a new division to manage and operate the expansion of casino gaming at three existing horse racing tracks in Nebraska. Ho-Chunk C-E-O Lance Morgan says each of those facilities will be in the 200 million dollar cost range and compete with Iowa casinos in nearby Council Bluffs. “The competition in Council Bluffs is a little weak, you know, they’ve been there for 25 years and they haven’t done much to change them. And so, we are going to come out with the best product possible,” Morgan says.
They’ve created WarHorse Gaming in partnership with the Nebraska Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association to develop casino gaming at the licensed horse racing tracks in Omaha, Lincoln, and South Sioux City. He says there’s a lot of planning and preparation to take place before those casinos become a reality as gambling just became legal in Nebraska on January 1st.”And they have to get the regulatory system in place. And we’ve got to raise four or five hundred million dollars to get them all built — so we’ve got a little bit of an issue to work through to get them all built,” according to Morgan. “With any luck, we should be starting construction and breaking ground here in the spring when the weather breaks. And it could take a year or more to finish them.”
Morgan says some of the money generated by their “Keep the Money in Nebraska” effort approved in last November’s election will be used for property tax relief. He funded a study that shows millions of dollars will come from the Iowa casinos. He says that’s about 80 million dollars each year that will stay in Nebraska and not go to Iowa casinos. A smaller-scale project is planned for South Sioux City’s Atokad Park, which will include a new horse racing track: He says they need a little more land and then he says they will expand the track and build a casino with 400 or 500 machines that be an investment of 50 to 60 million dollars.
That facility would compete directly with Sioux City’s Hard Rock Casino and Hotel. Morgan was part of a group who bid to place a land-based casino in Sioux City’s Warrior Hotel property after the riverboat casino left town. His group lost out to the Hard Rock’s bid.
The Iowa Department of Public Health today reports (as of 10-a.m., Friday), there have been 2,058 new, confirmed cases of COVID-19 in test results received since 10-a.m. Thursday, for a pandemic total to-date, of 293,452, and 59 additional deaths associated with COVID-19, for a total to-date, of 4,124. In our area, there is one additional death in Adair County, four more in Montgomery County, and two additional deaths in Pottawattamie County. Of Iowa’s pandemic-related deaths, COVID-19 is reported as the underlying cause for 3,777 deaths, and a contributing factor to 347 deaths.
The Iowa DPH says there are currently 84 COVID-19 outbreaks at long-term care facilities in the state (4 less than previously reported). Those outbreaks account for 1,894 of Iowa’s current positive cases. COVID-19 outbreaks at long-term care facilities account for 1,677 of the state’s total deaths. Health officials say 944 LTC patients/staff have recovered from the virus.
Hospitalizations across the state are down. There were 613 hospitalized as of Thursday, and 579, today (Friday). IDPH says there are: 108 patients in an ICU (8 less than Thursday); 89 were admitted to hospitals (compared to 97 yesterday), and 51 patients are on ventilators. The numbers are slightly higher though, in western/southwest Iowa (RMCC Region 4), where there are: 41 hospitalized (compared to 39 Thursday); 17 are in an ICU (4 more than yesterday); 5 people were admitted to a hospital, and 9 people are on a ventilator.
According to the state’s website, 1,386,187 Iowans have been tested for COVID-19, to-date. Iowa’s average reported positivity rate for the last 14-days increased from 14.5% Thursday, to 14.7%, today. The health department says 253,488 Iowans have recovered from COVID-19.
In the KJAN listening area, here are the current number positive cases by County; The # of new cases since yesterday {+} – if any; and the total number of deaths in each county to date:
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