DES MOINES, Iowa – The 2023 Iowa Archery in the Schools Program season culminated with the state tournament March 4-5 at the Iowa State Fairgrounds, where nearly 1,800 archers competed for scholarships and awards in bullseye targets and 780 archers competed for scholarships and awards 3D targets.

Nationals Competition: Male and female archers that placed in the top 10 within their division as individuals, receive a guaranteed spot to participate in one of the national tournaments. Information on nationals qualification can be found at NASPschools.org.

3D All-State Team (Highest League Score Combined with State Tournament Score)

Girls All-State

• Lauren Miller, Independence Schools
• Eastyn Petersen – West Fork Schools
• Remingtyn Petersen – West Fork Schools
• Shayla McDaniel – Prairie Schools
• Erin Helmich – Spencer Schools
• Sydney Nelson – Prairie Schools

Boys All-State

• Trenton Abel- Alburnett Schools
• Timm Chandonia – South Tama County Schools
• Carson Bright – Anamosa Schools
• Oliver Hansen – Spencer Schools
• Grant Petty – Atlantic Schools
• Cade Elsenbast – Spencer Schools

Complete Tournament Results

Bullseye: NASP Tournaments

3D:  NASP Tournaments

The state tournament was sponsored by the Iowa Bowhunters Association, Ducks Unlimited, Whitetails Unlimited, Safari Club International, Pheasants Forever/Quail Forever and the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation.

IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa men’s basketball junior Kris Murray is one of five players voted to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) All-District 7 First Team and United States Basketball Writers Association’s (USBWA) All-District VI squad on Tuesday. The all-district honors are voted on by NCAA Division I coaches and USBWA’s national membership.

Murray, who is a semifinalist for the Wooden, Oscar Robertson and Lute Olson national player of the year awards and a finalist for the Karl Malone Award, was last week recognized as a third team All-American by Sporting News and a first-team All-Big Ten honoree.

Murray is averaging a team-best 20.4 points and 7.9 rebounds per outing. He is the only Division I player to average 20+ points, 7.5+ rebounds, one block, and have made 60+ 3-pointers this season.

The Cedar Rapids, Iowa, native has scored 30+ points four times this season, 25+ points nine times, and 20+ points 15 times.

Murray and the Hawkeyes (19-13) return to action on Thursday in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The game will be televised nationally on TNT and broadcast on the Hawkeye Radio Network.

AMES, Iowa –Iowa State guard Gabe Kalscheur has earned a spot on the NABC All-District 8 Second Team after averaging 12.9 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.6 assists for the Cyclones this year.

Kalscheur, a senior from Edina, Minn., earned a spot on the All-Big 12 Second Team and All-Big 12 Defensive Team last week. Kalscheur has started the last 21 games for the Cyclones, scoring in double figures in 20 of 32 games played this year. He scored a season-high 26 points against West Virginia in his final game at Hilton Coliseum.

Iowa State returns to action on Friday, facing either Pitt or Mississippi State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Tipoff is scheduled for 2:10 p.m. (CT) on truTV in Greensboro, N.C.

NABC All-District 8 First Team
Marcus Carr, Texas
Adam Flagler, Baylor
Keyontae Johnson, Kansas State
Marquis Nowell, Kansas State
Jalen Wilson, Kansas

NABC All-District 8 Second Team
Timmy Allen, Texas
Gradey Dick, Kansas
Keyonte George, Baylor
Gabe Kalscheur, Iowa State
Mike Miles Jr., TCU

Coach of the Year: Jerome Tang, Kansas State

Drake takes late season momentum into Friday’s start of the NCAA Tournament in Albany, New York. Winners of 13 of their last 14 the Bulldogs play 16th ranked Miami Friday evening.

That’s Drake coach Darian DeVries. The Bulldogs have an experienced team that won an NCAA Tournament game two years ago.

The 12th seeded Bulldogs are the underdog but DeVries is confident the Bulldogs will make a good showing.

Drake senior point guard Roman Penn says the Hurricanes will provide a tough challenge.

For Penn it is a return to the city where his college career started. He played his freshman season at Siena College.

The Bulldogs turned it on the second half of the season. Named the preseason Missouri Valley favorites the Bulldogs stumbled out of the game to a 2-3 start to conference play.

Iowa State coach T.J. Otzelberger says this season has been another step in the right direction for the program. Otzelberger took over a program that went winless in the Big 12 in 2021 and led the Cyclones to the Sweet 16 a year ago. They head to Greensboro with a 19-13 record and open the NCAA Tournament Friday against the winner of tonight’s First Four game in Dayton between Pitt and Mississippi State.

The Cyclones reached as high as seventh in the national polls during the season.

One reason for the immediate turnaround was a group of transfers who bought in to what Otzelberger was selling. One of those is senior guard Gabe Kalscheur, who began his career at Minnesota.

Kalscheur says he felt the ISU program was poised to enjoy immediate success under Otzelberger.

Kalscheur says he chose Iowa State because of the winning culture Otzelberger was building.

Former Iowa coach Steve Alford will lead his fifth different school into the NCAA Tournament Wednesday night when Nevada plays Arizona State in the First Four in Dayton. Three Hawkeyes teams played in the tournament during his eight seasons as head coach.

Picked to finish near the bottom of the Mountain West Conference in the preseason the Wolfpack head into the tournament with a 22-10 record.

The 17th ranked Iowa State women open the NCAA Tournament Saturday afternoon in Knoxville, Tennessee against Toledo. Iowa State’s Bill Fennelly coached at Toledo for seven years and led the Rockets to three trips to the NCAA Tournament.

Fennelly posted a 166-53 record at Toledo before taking the Iowa State job in July of 1995.

Toledo is 28-4 and coming off the Mid-American Conference Tournament championship.

Fennelly says Toledo is skilled on offense.

Tennessee and St. Louis meet in the other first round game.

Iowa State will take on Pitt in the NCAA Tournament Friday in Greensboro, North Carolina. The Panthers held off a late rally by Mississippi State for a 60-59 win in Dayton as part of the First Four. Pitt coach Jeff Capel.

Pitt played without standout center Federiko Federiko. He suffered a knee injury during the ACC Tournament.

Tip time for Friday’s game has been set for 2:10pm.

(Radio Iowa) – Sioux City’s Tyson Events Center is in its 24th year of hosting the N-A-I-A Women’s Basketball National Championship Tournament. Steve Salem, one of the volunteer coordinators, says those who donate their time make everything possible, though the event has become a lean-running machine through a series of changes.

Fewer volunteers are needed because Sioux City now has only the final 16 teams come to town in the single-elimination tournament. In previous years, the entire field of 64 teams was in Sioux City. Salem says there is a lot of tournament experience in his group of four-dozen or so volunteers.

Salem says chatting with the fans who come and root for their team is part of the reward for him.

The tournament runs through Saturday when the national championship will be decided.

DES MOINES — The Iowa Print Sports Writers Association (IPSWA) announced the 2023 boys basketball all-state teams on Tuesday. The teams were selected by Iowa print sports writers and basketball coaches during a meeting on Friday, March 10.

Waukee Northwest senior standout Pryce Sandfort was selected as the 2023 Mr. Iowa Basketball.

The 6-foot-7 senior guard finished with 25.2 points per game and 11 rebounds per game while leading his team to a CIML Championship and a Class 4A State Runner-Up finish. The four-star University of Iowa recruit capped his prep career with 1,695 career points.

Here is a look at first team selections in all classes and area honorees.

Class 4A

FIRST TEAM

Pryce Sandfort, Waukee Northwest, sr.
Omaha Billiew, Waukee, sr.
Redek Born, Norwalk, jr.
Kade Kelderman, Waukee Northwest, sr.
Colby Dolphin, Cedar Rapids Kennedy, sr.
Kenzie Reed, Cedar Rapids Kennedy, sr.
Luke Winkel, Ankeny Centennial, jr.
Drew Kingery, Indianola, sr.

Class 3A

FIRST TEAM

Colby Collison, Bondurant-Farrar, sr.
Brayson Laube, Marion, sr.
Chase Henderson, Des Moines Hoover, sr.
Derek Weisskopf, Williamsburg, jr.
Matt Knoll Bishop, Heelan, jr.
Aidan Yamilkoski, Xavier, sr.
Joe Bean, Xavier, jr.
Jaxson Fried, Bondurant-Farrar, sr.

THIRD TEAM

Carson Seuntjens, Denison-Schleswig, sr.

Class 2A

FIRST TEAM

Padraig Gallagher, Beckman Catholic, sr.
Caden Kirkman, Wilton, sr.
Zach Lutmer, Central Lyon, sr.
Owen Larson, Estherville Lincoln Central, jr.
Jacob Hargans, Sioux Central, sr.
Preston Ries, Monticello, jr.
Jonoven Wilkinson, Roland-Story, jr.
Garrett Hempen, Aplington-Parkersburg, sr.

THIRD TEAM

Kyle Sternberg, AHSTW, sr.

Class 1A

FIRST TEAM

Josh Sanderson, Grand View Christian, sr.
Blaise Porter, New London, sr.
Preston Gillespie, Dunkerton, sr.
William Kibrus, Gladbrook-Reinbeck, sr.
Carter Sievers, Newell-Fonda, sr.
Tate Haughenbury, North Linn, sr.
Casey Gardner, Dunkerton, sr.
Sage Evans, West Harrison, sr.

SECOND TEAM

Koleson Evans, West Harrison, sr.

THIRD TEAM

Mason King, West Harrison, sr.

Full list HERE