AMES, Iowa – Iowa State head tennis coach Jaron Maestas has announced the signing of Spaniard Julia Camblor.

 “Julia is going to be a great addition to this year’s class,” Maestas said. “She’ll bring energy and a smile to the program that will have an immediate impact.”

 Camblor, who hails from Gijon in the Asturias province, brings a 9.11 universal tennis rating (UTR). She’s had a WTA high of 1,299 and ITF women’s high of 458. Camblor will be a freshman in the fall.

 “I’m very excited about becoming a new member of this family and starting my studies at Iowa State,” Camblor said. “I can’t wait to be there and thank the coaches for the opportunity.”

 Camblor joins a newcomer class that includes Suzanie Pretorius (Potchefstroom, South Africa), Cristina Ramos Sierra (Madrid, Spain) and Mari Paz Alberto Vilar (Alcala De Henares, Spain).

Iowa baseball coach Rick Heller says Cade Obermueller (oh-burr-mtoll-ir) is expected to return to the mound Friday night when the Hawkeyes open a Big Ten series at league leading Illinois. Obermueller missed his last two starts with a sore back.

That’s Iowa coach Rick Heller. The Hawkeyes are 13-8 and currently fifth in the Big Ten. This will be their final conference series and they will be forced to wait a week to see if they qualify for the eight-team Big Ten Tournament.

The Hawkeyes close the regular season next weekend with a nonconference series against Florida International in Des Moines.

Illinois is the top hitting team in the Big Ten and has slammed 31 homers in posting a 13-5 record.

Heller says Hawkeye pitchers must limit walks against the Illini.

The series runs through Sunday.

The Iowa football team picked up another quarterback Wednesday as Northwestern transfer Brendan Sullivan announced he will join the Hawkeyes.

Iowa was down to only two scholarship quarterbacks on the roster after Deacon Hill entered the transfer portal following spring practice. Cade McNamara and Marco Lainez remain.

McNamara is the No. 1 quarterback heading into training camp. Lainez played in the January 1st Citrus Bowl against Tennessee but was behind Hill this spring. The Hawkeyes signed Jacksonville QB James Resar in their 2024 recruiting class.

Sullivan lost the starting quarterback competition at Northwestern to Ben Bryant before last season. When Bryant was injured in late September, Sullivan started four games. The Wildcats went 2-2, one of the losses coming against Iowa at Wrigley Field.  He joins the program with two years of eligibility remaining.

Sullivan completed 64 percent of his passes for 714 yards and six touchdowns against two interceptions. He rushed for 160 yards and a pair of scores.

CLASS 1A SECTIONAL 2 AT ST. EDMOND

District qualifiers: 1. West Fork 325, 2. Coon Rapids-Bayard 337.

Other area team scores: 6. IKM-Manning 381, 7. Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 404.

Area individual district qualifiers: 3. Max Shirbroun, Coon Rapids-Bayard (79).

Other Coon Rapids-Bayard scores: Logan Kenyon 82, Gavin Heiderscheit & Cole Cretsinger 88, Toby Benninger 91, Landon Cook 92.

IKM-Manning scores: Josh Walker 91, Miles Nuzback 92, Ashton Ahrenholtz 97, Karsyn Lorenzen 101, Kasche Huehn 104, Zander Richards 113.

Exira/EHK scores: Jameson Kilworth 98, Josh Nelson 99, Alex Hansen 103, Jackson Radcliff 104, Cole Brabham & Chase Schwab 105.

CLASS 1A SECTIONAL 5 AT WEST MONONA

District qualifiers: 1. Alta-Aurelia 330, 2. MMCRU 334

Area team scores: 3. Riverside 348, 5. St. Albert 368, 6. Logan-Magnolia 397.

Area individual district qualifiers: 1. Ben Krohn, St. Albert (74), 4. James McCready, Riverside (79).

Other Riverside scores: Taven Moore 88, AC Roller 89, Garrett Hough 92, Nathan Smith 97, Peyton Amdor 98.

Other St. Albert scores: Max Goltl 91, Joey Mazzella 100, Jonah Zuehlke 103, Mack Daley 108, Joe Hughes 123.

Logan-Magnolia scores: Gavin Kiger 95, Jack Straight 98, Skyler Stolley 101, Jace Straight 103, Calvin Collins 104, Crosby Yoder 110.

CLASS 1A SECTIONAL 8 AT MOUNT AYR 

District qualifiers: 1. Mount Ayr 341, 2. CAM 347, 3. East Union 354

Other area team scores: 4. Bedford 401, 5. Lenox 412, 6. Griswold 419

Area individual district qualifiers: 1. Chase Jahde, CAM (75), 2. Zayne Eslinger, East Union (77), 3. Jaxson Greene, Mount Ayr (80), 4. Tanner Streit, Mount Ayr (80), 5. Dylan Graham, Mount Ayr (85), 6. Micah Johnson, Bedford (87), 7. Bradyn Bohnsack, CAM (88), 8. Hogan Hook, Griswold (88).

Other Mount Ayr scores: Louden Main 96, Trevin Victor & Avery Wolfe 98

Other CAM scores: Coby Venteicher 90, Braxton Dennis 94, Austin Eblen & Madden Cary 98.

Other East Union scores: Brock Jones 89, Austin Lack & Josh Lopez 94, Kyson Kessler 97, Ty Tallmon 105.

Other Bedford scores: Braydon Hensley 100, Bryson Ewart 103, Klemit Olney 111, Lane Mason 156.

Lenox scores: Laramie Stoaks 98, Cash Brammer 100, Dayton Tull 102, Kolben Robinson & Dausen Gregg 112, Patton Adams 121.

Other Griswold scores: Alex Nelson 108, Colten Taylor 109, Callan Keiser 114, Brayden Lockwood 117.

Mormon Trail scores: Coy Stripe 105, Bryce Arnold 158.

CLASS 2A SECTIONAL 3 AT KUEMPER CATHOLIC 

District qualifiers: 1. Kuemper Catholic 299, 2. Cherokee 335, 3. Ridge View 342

Area individual district qualifiers: 1. Maverick Schwabe, Kuemper Catholic (69); 2. Braxton Vonnahme, Kuemper Catholic (71); 5. Jack Lenz, Kuemper Catholic (79), 6. Carter Putney, Kuemper Catholic (80)

Other Kuemper scores: Kayden Schon 82, Dawson Billmeier 88

CLASS 2A SECTIONAL 5 AT INDIANOLA (HOST: INTERSTATE 35)

District qualifiers: 1. Panorama 313, 2. Des Moines Christian 331

Area team scores: 3. Shenandoah 336, 4. Clarinda 342, 6. Red Oak 365

Area individual district qualifiers — 4. Jade Spangler, Shenandoah & JJ Martin, Shenandoah (79).

Other Shenandoah scores: Ethan Laughlin 88, Levi Green 90, Logan Twyman 96, Clay Foutch 102.

Clarinda scores: Justus Fine 84, Kort Neal 85, Carson Turner 86, Sam Kline 87, Caden Butt 89, Jack Kline 91.

Red Oak scores: Weston Couse 89, Carson Roeder 90, Tyler Beeson 92, Cyrus Mensen 94, Hunter Jarrett 104.

Southwest Valley scores: Isaac Currin 90, Ethan Bruce 97, Gage Sesker 98.

CLASS 2A SECTIONAL 6 AT TRI-CENTER 

District qualifiers: 1. Treynor 306, 2. OABCIG 317

Other area team scores: 3. Missouri Valley 321, 4. AHSTW 358, 5. Nodaway Valley 358, 6. Tri-Center 379, 7. Underwood 381

Area individual district qualifiers: 2. Ethan Konz, Treynor, 3. Zack Gebbie, Nodaway Valley, 4. Evan White, Missouri Valley.

Other Treynor scores: Bradley Stock 76, Luke Mathews 77, Brock Poland 82, Aaron Ehmke 89, Jace Tams 95.

Other Missouri Valley scores: Jackson Tennis 77, Brody Lager 81, Layton Maasen 87, Daylen Kocour 88, Daxton Myler 89.

AHSTW scores: Kaden Jorgensen 82, Drew Lee 87, Nate Jorgensen 94, Zach Nielsen 95, Tyson Osbahr 96, Cash Freeman 97.

Other Nodaway Valley scores: Xander Hogan 89, Landon Klobnak & Jack Jensen 98, Bradley Gebbie 101, Ty Rardin 111.

Underwood scores: Danny Stein 87, Owen Larsen 92, Jack Vanfossan 100, Will Tiarks 101, Luke Seidler 102, Nick Hackett 105.

Tri-Center scores: Jayden Johnson 91, Zach Murley 93, Brant Freeberg 97, Christian Dahir 98, Brooks Anderson 99, Kai Sonderland 110.

CLASS 3A SECTIONAL 7 AT LEWIS CENTRAL 

District qualifiers: 1. ADM 303, 2. Atlantic 313

Other area team scores: 5. Lewis Central 331, 6. Denison-Schleswig 339, 7. Harlan 342, 8. Glenwood 363

Atlantic scores: Gage Gross 75, Hudson McLaren 78, Tristan Hayes & Roth DenBeste 80, Sam Brosam 81, Brady Wood 89.

Lewis Central scores: Jack Larsen 79, Nate Baetke 83, Ely Wilbur 84, Ethan Peterson 85, Joe Miller 94, Kamdyn Cross 103.

Denison-Schleswig scores: Easton Emery 79, Cody Schulte 83, Kole Towne 86, Landon Wulf 91, Michael Collins 92, Nash Langenfeld 94.

Harlan scores: Owen Neve 84, Jonas Reynolds 85, Braydon Ernst 86, Kiron Leinen 87, Brock Loudy 97, Kamden Kimmen 109.

Glenwood scores: Brody Sneed 76, Briten Maxwell & Wyatt Madison 93, Grant Schroeder 101, Jace Woodward 108, Mason Camden 111.

Abraham Lincoln Tournament

1. Glenwood 213,

2. Shenandoah 214,

3. Abraham Lincoln 221,

4. St. Albert 240,

5. Heartland Christian 283,

NTS. Thomas Jefferson 

Medalist: Sarah Pickens, Shenandoah (43)

Runner-up: Avery Joyce, Glenwood (48) & Ella Narmi, St. Albert (48)

Other Glenwood — Katy Plambeck 49, Emily Walters 56, Alyssa Liddick 60, Kelsey Sutton 67, Charli Sorenson 71 

Other Shenandoah — Rachel Jones 55, Ashlee Dinges 55, Taylor Henderson 61

Other St. Albert — Eva Jones 63, Grace Christensen 64, Clare Christensen 65, Lexi Narmi 66

Abraham Lincoln — Samantha Richard 50, Suri Quigley 51, Joanna Kern 59, Kylie Gardner 61, Lily Knau 66, Claire Schoening 67 

Heartland Christian — Kayci Brennan 65, Kaylee Johnson 72, Jules Thomas 72, Emma Brown 74, Holly Lehmer 75 

Thomas Jefferson — Ashleigh Rank 70, Jackie Garcia 71 

CLASS 1A DISTRICT 4 SINGLES & DOUBLES AT DENISON-SCHLESWIG

Singles state qualifiers — Landon Murch, North Polk (Champion) & Mason Reicks, Kuemper Catholic (Runner-up)

Doubles state qualifiers — Ethan Moon/Easton Moon, North Polk (Champion) & Noah Narmi & Cole Pekny, St. Albert (Runner-up)

CLASS 1A DISTRICT 7 SINGLES & DOUBLES AT RED OAK

Singles state qualifiers — Andrew Lawrence, Shenandoah (Champion) & Christian Jensen, Lewis Central (Runner-up)

Doubles state qualifiers — Kayden Anderson/Brody Taylor, Glenwood (Champion) & Nolan Waters/Kinnick Juhl, Atlantic (Runner-up)

The Atlantic Trojans boy’s soccer team is coming off a 4-1 non-conference loss to Thomas Jefferson last Thursday. The Trojans lost 4-1 Kuemper Catholic in a Hawkeye Ten Conference on Tuesday after having a few weather delays.

The Atlantic boys are currently 3-10 overall and 0-5 in the Hawkeye Ten with only two regular season matches remaining.

The Trojans took a 1-0 lead against Thomas Jefferson but ended up surrendering four unanswered goals last week

Trojans Coach Mark Anderson was impressed by the way his team played against Kuemper Catholic despite a few weather delays.

The Trojans found out recently they will host a first round Class 3A-Region 5 Substate match against Winterset next Tuesday.

Coach Anderson talked about their upcoming Hawkeye Ten Conference regular season matchup against Harlan.

The Trojans next soccer match will be (Tonight) May 9th when they take on Harlan in a Hawkeye Ten Conference regular season matchup in Harlan. That match will get underway at 6:30 p.m.

The Griswold Tigers girls track team has been having a great season. The Tigers finished 2nd place in the Corner Conference with 112 points and finished in 4th place in their recent meet at the Southwest Valley CO-ED, where they finished with 75 points.

The Griswold girls have been breaking some personal records this season according to coach Rachel Larson.

Coach Larson commented on how well the team did at the Corner Conference meet.

The Tigers broke more personal records at the Southwest Valley May CO-ED Meet as they are heading into their district meet.

The Griswold girls have been preparing for their state qualifying meet.

The Tigers next track meet will be Thursday May 9th in the Class 1A-State Qualifying Meet in Tabor. That meet will start at 4:00 p.m.

Iowa linebacker Jay Higgins is looking for a big final season after deciding not to enter the NFL Draft. The native of Indianapolis led the country with 171 tackles last season but was not named the winner of the Butkus Award as the nation’s top linebacker.

Higgins wants to be even more of a leader next season and help bring along some of the younger linebackers.

One of the younger linebackers who shined during spring drills was junior Karson Sharar (shire). The Iowa Falls native appeared in all 14 games last season.

The Hawkeyes open next season at home on August 31st against Illinois State.