MAUI, Hawaii –The 2024 Maui Jim Maui Invitational field was announced today and Iowa State will be one of the teams in the 41^st annual tournament. The Cyclones will participate in what is expected to be one of the strongest fields in tournament history. Joining the Cyclones in Maui will be Auburn, Colorado, Dayton, Memphis, Michigan State, North Carolina and 2023 National Champion UConn.

The 2024 appearance marks the third time the Cyclones take the floor in Maui, having appeared in 1990 and 2018. In 2018, ISU dropped the opener to Arizona before defeating Illinois and San Diego State. The 1990 Cyclones went 1-2 under Johnny Orr’s guidance, defeating Chaminade and falling to Syracuse and Santa Clara.

The 2024 Maui Jim Maui Invitational will be played Nov. 25-27 at Maui’s famed Lahaina Civic Center. All 12 Maui games will be telecast by ESPN networks, with the bracket being announced at a later date. The 2024 teams bolster a total of 218 NCAA Tournament appearances, 45 Final Four berths and 13 NCAA Tournament titles. Half of the teams competing rank within the top-40 of the winningest programs of all-time in men’s college basketball.

UCONN has won the NCAA Championship five times in the last 25 years, and also has won the Maui Title twice in that span. This year’s National Championship game in Houston was a prime example of ‘Maui Magic,’ as San Diego State finished fourth in the 2022 Maui Jim Maui Invitational.

All eight teams have been to the Maui Jim Maui Invitational before at least once, with North Carolina holding the most previous trips at eight. Memphis will be making its sixth trip, first since 2011, while Dayton, Michigan State and UCONN will return for their fifth appearances.

Additionally, half of the teams have previously won the Maui Jim Maui Invitational: North Carolina has won four times, UConn twice and Michigan State and Dayton each hold one coveted title apiece.

“The goal of the Maui Jim Maui Invitational is and always has been to bring together the top programs in college basketball in one of the most stunning places in the country. The 2024 field will accomplish that and more,” said Tom Valdiserri, executive vice president of KemperLesnik, the operator of the Maui Jim Maui Invitational. “The field includes a variety of iconic programs and coaches, as well as respected up-and-comers. We are confident when we say that the Maui Jim Maui Invitational does not disappoint, and we think fans back home and on-island will be in for an epic few days of college basketball with this stacked field.”

All-Tournament travel packages and school Booster travel packages for the 2024 Maui Jim Maui Invitational will be available at a later date. For more information on the Tournament, please visit mauiinvitational.com.

IOWA CITY, Iowa – Former University of Iowa team Most Valuable Player and long-time assistant coach Bernie Wyatt passed away on April 1 at the age of 84.

Wyatt lettered for the Hawkeyes from 1959-61, leading the team in interceptions in 1960 and being named the team’s Most Valuable Player in 1961. He was selected in the 1961 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers and the 1962 AFL Draft by Houston.

Wyatt was a member of Iowa’s 1959 Rose Bowl team that defeated California, 38-12.

In 1974, after coaching one high school season in Long Island and a few more at Iowa City Regina, Wyatt joined Bob Commings’ staff at Iowa. Hayden Fry retained Wyatt as the Hawkeyes’ recruiting coordinator in 1979.

The Long Island, New York, native was deeply rooted in recruiting New York and New Jersey. He was instrumental in bringing the likes of Ronnie and Kevin Harmon, Andre Tippett, Owen Gill, Bob Kratch, Devon Mitchell and Leroy Smith to Iowa City.

No funeral services are planned at this time. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Regina Foundation.

Even with the loss of defensive end Lukas Van Ness to the NFL Draft Iowa’s deepest position group remains the defensive line. Senior tackle Noah Shannon had eight and-a-half tackles for loss last season and for a while considered early entry into the NFL Draft.

Shannon says there are areas he can improve in.

Shannon says as a position group the defensive line has great chemistry.

Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz says having Shannon and Joe Evans return for next season were two of the key players coming back.

After tying for the team lead in sacks last season with six and-a-half, junior Deontae Craig is expected to have a big season at defensive end.

Iowa State junior Jaylin Noel says he is ready to become the Cyclones’ primary receiver. Noel had 6o catches and three touchdowns last season and has worked hard in the hopes of replacing All-American receiver Xavier Hutchinson.

Noel says with Hutchinson gone he has become more of a leader this spring.

Noel says he has been working at slot and as an outside receiver.

Noel says he learned a lot from Hutchinson.

Nodaway Valley Co-Ed Inviational
04/03/2023

Girls Team Scores

1. Treynor 120
2. West Central Valley 111
3. Nodaway Valley 95
4. I-35 88
5. Audubon 62
6. Martensdale St. Marys 53
7. Bedford 22
8. East Union 19
9. CAM  11
10. Exira-EHK 8

Treynor was led by wins from Aubree James in the 100M Hurdles and Clara Tiegland in the 400M Hurdles. They also won the Sprint Medley and Shuttle Hurdle Relay.

Nodaway Valley was led by a win in the 400M by Abby Engles in a new record time of 1:05.22. Jorja Holliday won the discus. The Wolverines also won the 4x100M Relay (Maddie Weston, Abby Engles, Emma Lundy, Annika Nelson 53.83).

Audubon’s Madison Steckler won the 200M and Stefi Beisswenger won the 800M

Boys Team Scores

1. Interstate 35 129.
2. CAM  116
3. Bedford 104
4. West Central Valley 80
5. Nodaway Valley 76
6. Martensdale-St. Marys 60
7. Orient-Macksburg 22

CAM was led by Sam Foreman’s win in the 110M Hurdles in 15.40 and Jack Follmann won the 400M Hurdles in 57.77. The Sprint Medley (Kegan Croghan, Sam Foreman, Collin Bower, Cale Maas 1:43.00) and Shuttle Hurdle Relay (Jack Follmann, Cale Maas, Collin Bower, Sam Foreman 1:03.65) teams also won for the Cougars.

Doug Berg of Nodaway Valley won the 3200M. Trenton Warner won the shot put for the Wolverines.

Full results HERE

Treynor Jerome Howe Relays
04/03/2023

Team Scores

1. Clarinda 116
2. Underwood 88.33
3. Treynor 86.33
4. St. Albert 69
5. IKM-Manning 66
6. Shenandoah 64.33
7. Logan-Magnolia 52
8. AHSTW 45
9. Missouri Valley 42
10. Riverside 35
11. Fremont-Mills 26
12. Exira-EHK 19
13. East Mills 17
14. Audubon 15

Clarinda boys picked up a team win at the Jerome Howe Relays in Treynor on Monday. Tadyn Brown won the Long Jump and Treyton Schaapherder won the 3200M run for the Cardinals.

IKM-Manning’s Ross Kusel won the the High Jump and Caden Keller won the 1600M. The Wolves also won the 4x800M Relay.

AHSTW won the Distance Medley.

Full results: JeromeHoweRelays2023

Glenwood Boys Ram Relays
04/03/2023

Team Scores

1. Glenwood 145.5
2. Lewis Central 134
3. Atlantic 107
4. Bishop Heelan 101
5. Harlan 91.50
6. Red Oak 52
7. CB Thomas Jefferson 47
8. Creston 29
9. CB Abraham Lincoln 15

Glenwood got the team win and had a strong number of event wins along the way. Bryant Keller won the 3200M. Anthony Driscoll-Lee took the 110M Hurdles and the Long Jump. Logyn Eckheart won the Discus.

Atlantic won the 4x400M Relay (Colton Rasmussen, Caden Andersen, Bennett Whetstone, Carter Pellett 3:36.76) and Shuttle Hurdle Relay (Jackson McLaren, Colton Rasmussen, Alex Keiser, Easton O’Brien 1:05.77) Jayden Proehl finished 2nd in the high jump and Colton Rasmussen was 3rd, both clearing 5-10. Carter Pellett was 2nd in the 400M in 53.25.

Lewis Central’s Ethan Eichhorn won the 800M and 1600M. Red Oak’s Jack Fling won the 200M and 400M. Harlan won the 4x100M Relay, 4x200M Relay, and Sprint Medley.

Full results: 2023BoysRamRelays

GIRLS GOLF

Boyer Valley 242, Glidden-Ralston 270, CAM 324, Woodbine 340, Exira-EHK 346, Coon Rapids-Bayard 382
Medalist: Addy Boell, Glidden-Ralston, 49
Runner-Up: Shay Burmeister, Exira-EHK, 49

Clarinda 214, Glenwood 241
Medalist: Faith Weber, Glenwood, 51
Runner-Up: Gianna Rock, Clarinda, 51

Denison-Schleswig 214, Lewis Central 219
Medalist: Tanna Petersen, Denison-Schleswig, 50
Runner-Up: Sydney Thien, Lewis Central, 53

Logan-Magnolia 221, Tri-Center 243
Medalist: Lilly Thomas, Tri-Center, 52
Runner-Up: Natalie Ausdemore, Tri-Center, 53

Nodaway Valley 234, Essex NTS, Griswold NTS
Medalist: Ashlynn Gutierrez, Nodaway Valley, 49
Runner-Up: Linsey Keiser, Griswold, 51

Sidney 204, Shenandoah 234
Medalist: Avery Dowling, Sidney, 45
Runner-Up: Ellie Ward, Sidney, 47

Treynor 227, Underwood 249
Medalist: Brooklyn Currin, Treynor, 47
Runner-Up: Mary Stephens, Underwood, 51

BOYS GOLF

CAM 176, Boyer Valley 178, Coon Rapids-Bayard 192, Woodbine 205, Exira-EHK 211, Glidden-Ralston 233
Medalist: Seth Hensley, CAM, 37
Runner-Up: Chase Jahde, CAM, 40 & Ben Nichols, Boyer Valley, 40

Fremont-Mills 178, Logan-Magnolia 183, Tri-Center 199
Medalist: Layne Brenden, Logan-Magnolia, 42
Runner-Up: Caden Blackburn, Fremont-Mills, 42

Glenwood 163, Clarinda 164
Medalist: Braden Sneed, Glenwood, 38
Runner-Up: James McCall, Clarinda, 39

Lewis Central 164, Denison-Schleswig 177
Medalist: Owen Okerbloom, Lewis Central, 39
Runner-Up: Payton Greenwood, Lewis Central, 39

Nodaway Valley 183, Essex 187, Griswold 188
Medalist: Zack Gebbie, Nodaway Valley, 39
Runner-Up: Kamron Brownlee, Griswold, 41

Shenandoah 180, Sidney 189
Medalist: Jade Spangler, Shenandoah, 41
Runner-Up: Ethan Laughlin, Shenandoah, 42

Treynor 179, Underwood 185
Medalist: Ethan Konz, Treynor, 37
Runner-Up: Danny Stein, Underwood, 43

GIRLS SOCCER

Glenwood 6, Atlantic 0
Bondurant-Farrar 10, Carroll 0
Denison-Schleswig 3, Logan-Magnolia 2
Harlan 2, St. Albert 1
Underwood 10, Missouri Valley 0
West Central Valley 2, AHSTW 0

BOYS SOCCER

Glenwood 8, Atlantic 1
Bondurant-Farrar 5, Carroll 0
Harlan 3, St. Albert 2
Sioux City North 10, CB Thomas Jefferson 0
West Central Valley 2, AHSTW 0

GIRLS TENNIS

Kuemper Catholic 9, Atlantic 0
Singles
1. Sophie Rohe 12 (K) def Rio Johnson 12 (A) 8-0
2. Ella Schwarte 10 (K) def Keira Olsen 12 (A) 8-1
3. Sophie Tidgren 10 (K) def Quincy Sorenson 11 (A) 8-5
4. Brooke Rohe 10 (K) def Jade Harter 11 (A) 8-5
5. Kaylie Simons 9 (K) def Genevieve McCalla 11 (A) 8-1
6. Elsa Tiefenthaler 9 (K) def Mary McCurdy 11 (A) 8-1
Doubles
1. SRohe/Schwarte (K) def Johnson/Olsen (A) 8-0
2. Tidgren/BRohe (K) def Sorenson/Harter (A) 8-2
3. Simons/Tiefenthaler (K) def McCalla/McCurdy (A) 8-1

Clarinda 9, Glenwood 0
Lewis Central 7, Red Oak 2
Shenandoah 6, Southwest Valley 3

BOYS TENNIS

Kuemper Catholic 9, Atlantic 0
Singles
1. Josh Langel 11 (K) def Clevi Johnson 12 (A) 11-9
2. Hans Kraus 11 (K) def Nolan Waters 11 (A) 10-2
3. Max Reineke 10 (K) def Kinnick Juhl 10 (A) 10-4
4. Mason Reineke 10 (K) def Nick Bennett 11 (A) 10-3
5. Jake Hausman 11 (K) def Alex Rosenbaum 12 (A) 10-4
6. Braxton Lu 10 (K) def Isaac Henson 12 (A) 10-5
Doubles
1. Langel/Kraus (K) def Johnson/Waters (A) 10-8
2. Mas Reineke/Hausman (K) def Juhl/Bennett (A) 10-2
3. Max Reineke/Lu (K) def Rosenbaum/Henson (A) 10-7

Glenwood 9, Clarinda 0