IOWA CITY, Iowa — The University of Iowa women’s basketball team was selected No. 1 in the Preseason Big Ten Coaches and Media polls. Junior guard Caitlin Clark was voted Preseason Player of the Year in both polls. Fifth-year post player Monika Czinano and Clark earned All-Big Ten honors in both polls and were both unanimously selected by the coaches, the conference office announced on Wednesday.

The Hawkeyes return plethora of talent from a year ago including all five starters that led the team to the Big Ten Tournament title and a share of the regular season Big Ten Championship. Iowa earned the No. 2 seed the NCAA Tournament in 2022, after another successful campaign under head coach Lisa Bluder.

Clark nabbed both Preseason Player of the Year recognition for the first time in her career. During her sophomore campaign, Clark led the country in points per game (27.0), assists (8.0), final points (863), free throws made (200), triple-doubles (5), and 30-point games (11). The West Des Moines, Iowa, native also was tabbed Big Ten Player of the Year and was a Naismith and Wooden Award finalist in 2021.

Czinano returns to the Hawkeyes after leading the nation in field-goal percentage (.679), ranked sixth in field goals made (277), 11th in total points (656) and 12th in points per contest (21.2). A season ago, she earned All-Big Ten accolades, was named a semifinalist for the Lisa Leslie Center of the Year and was an Associated Press and Women’s Basketball Coaches Association All-America honorable mention. For the second time in her career, she was named to preseason all-conference teams.

2022-23 Preseason All-Big Ten Women’s Basketball Teams and Polls

Coaches Big Ten Preseason Rankings

1. Iowa
2. Ohio State
3. Indiana
4. Maryland
5. Michigan

Coaches Preseason All-Big Ten Team

GRACIE BERGER, Gr., G, Indiana
Mackenzie Holmes, Sr., F, Indiana
CAITLIN CLARK, Jr., G, Iowa
MONIKA CZINANO, 5th-Yr., F/C, Iowa
Diamond Miller, Sr., G, Maryland
Leigha Brown, 5th-Yr., G, Michigan
Alexis Markowski, So., C/F, Nebraska
TAYLOR MIKESELL, Sr., G, Ohio State
JACY SHELDON, Sr., G, Ohio State
Makenna Marisa, Sr., G, Penn State

Coaches Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year

Caitlin Clark, Jr., G, Iowa

Coaches Big Ten Preseason Rankings

1. Iowa
2. Indiana
3. Ohio State
4. Maryland
5. Nebraska

Media Preseason All-Big Ten Team

Gracie Berger, Gr., G, Indiana
Mackenzie Holmes, Sr., F, Indiana
CAITLIN CLARK, Jr., G, Iowa
Monika Czinano, 5th-Yr., F/C, Iowa
Diamond Miller, Sr., G, Maryland
Leigha Brown, 5th-Yr., G, Michigan
Alexis Markowski, So., C/F, Nebraska
Taylor Mikesell, Sr., G, Ohio State
JACY SHELDON, Sr., G, Ohio State
Makenna Marisa, Sr., G, Penn State

Media Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year

Caitlin Clark, Jr., G, Iowa

South Central Calhoun XC Invite
10/04/2022

Girls Team Scores

1. Alta/Aurelia 80
2. Pocahontas Area 90
3. Denison-Schleswig 92
4. Ogden 109
5. Manson NW Webster 121
6. South Central Calhoun 125
7. Sioux Central 136
8. Ridge View 160
9. Greene County 232
10. Newell-Fonda 242
11. OABCIG 266
12. Southeast Valley 306

Girls Individual Top Ten

1 Peterson, Nora 10 Alta/Aurelia 18:52.40 1
2 Richman, Alyssa 10 Manson NW Web 19:38.88 2
3 Mendlik, Lola 10 Denison-Schlswg 20:07.83 3
4 Schupbach, Tyra 09 Wb-Mallard 20:27.69
5 Judisch, Chloe 11 South Cent Cal 20:36.18 4
6 Spencer, Kayden 12 Ogden 21:09.35 5
7 Bloom, Linnea 10 Sioux Ctrl, SR 21:09.65 6
8 Melody, Iris 09 South Cent Cal 21:12.97 7
9 Axman, Kristin 09 Pocahon Area 21:18.12 8
10 Oswald, Preslie 12 Manson NW Web 21:21.08 9

Boys Team Scores

1. Ogden 63
2. Denison-Schleswig 88
3. East Sac County 94
4. Sioux Central 136
5. Greene County 142
6. Southeast Valley 162
7. Manson NW Webster 174
8. Ridge View 194
9. South Central Calhoun 213
10. Alta/Aurelia 215
11. Woodward Academy 224
12. OABCIG 319
13. Newell-Fonda 319

Boys Individual Top Ten

1 Van Sickle, Carson 11 Ogden 17:25.78 1
2 Engel, Parker 11 East Sac County 17:49.11 2
3 Hanson, Oscar 11 Southeast Valley 17:54.67 3
4 Flores, Leonardo 12 Denison-Schlswg 17:57.32 4
5 Sonksen, Braden 12 Alta/Aurelia 17:59.26 5
6 Van Sickle, Payton 12 Ogden 18:06.95 6
7 Nuss, Cooper 12 Southeast Valley 18:11.46 7
8 Aragon, Isaiah 11 East Sac County 18:11.49 8
9 Sporrer, Landon 09 East Sac County 18:24.98 9
10 Perrien, Ethan 12 Denison-Schlswg 18:26.56 10

Full results HERE

Hawkeye Ten Conference

(3-0) Harlan 25-25-26, Glenwood 22-15-24
(3-1) St. Albert 18-25-32-25, Harlan 25-18-30-16
(3-1) Glenwood 25-12-25-25, St. Albert 18-25-21-23
(3-0) Lewis Central 25-25-25, Red Oak 13-14-13
(3-0) Shenandoah 25-25-25, Denison-Schleswig 14-16-11

Western Iowa Conference

(3-0) Audubon 25-26-25, AHSTW 14-24-20
(3-0) Logan-Magnolia 25-25-25, IKM-Manning 13-21-17
(3-0) Missouri Valley 25-25-25, Tri-Center 20-13-22
(3-2) Riverside 25-25-25-22-15, Underwood 27-16-22-25-11

Rolling Valley Conference

(3-0) CAM 25-25-25, Ar-We-Va 22-13-20
(3-2) Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 16-25-25-15-15 Coon Rapids-Bayard 25-22-22-25-8
(3-0) Glidden-Ralston 25-25-25 West Harrison 13-11-20
(3-0) Woodbine 25-25-25 Paton-Churdan 22-12-17

Corner Conference

(3-0) Griswold 25-25-25, Heartland Christian 16-15-10
(3-1) Sidney 25-21-25-25, Fremont-Mills 11-25-19-18
(3-1) Stanton 25-19-25-27, East Mills 20-25-20-25

Pride of Iowa Conference

(3-0) Bedford 25-25-25 Murray 20-15-16
(3-0) Lenox 25-25-25, Nodaway Valley 16-14-11
(3-2) Martensdale-St. Marys 25-18-24-25-15, Wayne 23-25-26-22-8
(3-0) Southeast Warren 25-25-25, East Union 18-11-6
(2-0) Southeast Warren 25-25 Melcher-Dallas 9-14
(2-1) Melcher-Dallas 26-21-15 East Union 24-25-6
(3-1) Southwest Valley 25-23-25-25, Mount Ayr 19-25-22-19

Other Scores

(3-0) CB Abraham Lincoln def Sioux City West
(3-0) Mormon Trail 25-26-25, Diagonal 17-24-23
(3-0) Sioux City North 25-25-25, Thomas Jefferson 10-14-9

Michigan gashed the Iowa defense with the run and the challenge is much the same this week at Illinois. The Illini are 4-1 and averaging nearly 195 yards on the ground.

That’s Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz, who says the Hawkeyes need to do a better job of shedding blocks.

Iowa is now next to last in the country in offense but Ferentz is convinced he saw progress against Michigan.

Ferentz says he saw potential in Illinois coach Bret Bielema when he hired him to be a Hawkeyes assistant.

Ferentz says mid season coaching moves are just a sign of the times. Wisconsin became the second school in the Big Ten west to fire its coach during the season by letting Paul Chryst go on Sunday.

Ferentz says he will never take for granted the support he has gotten during his time at Iowa.

Iowa State coach Matt Campbell says the Cyclones hope for a better ground attack against Kansas State. After managing only 66 yards of rushing in a loss to Baylor the Cyclones had only 26 in a loss at Kansas. Two of the factors are injuries at running back and the Cyclones have spent much of the last two weeks playing from behind.

Jirehl Brock was injured early in the loss at Kansas and Cartevious Norton has also been injured.

Being behind the last two weeks forced ISU to focus more on the pass.

Specials teams continue to flounder but Campbell says it is more about inexperience than schematics.

Campbell says a key for K-State the past couple of weeks hasa been the play of quarterback Adrian Martinez.

He says Martinez is playing like a veteran.

(Radio Iowa) – An Iowa D-N-R deer research specialist says several factors are causing deer to be more active this time of year and motorists should be on the lookout. The first bowhunting season is underway and Jace Elliott says that is one thing that will increase movements. “It certainly will. You know, as more hunters enter the woods, it will slightly disrupt your movements. And yeah, we will see deer maybe change their habits a bit due to hunting pressure,” Elliott says.

He says changes in habitat or food availability — like the acorns falling — are going to move deer into areas with mature oaks. The start of the harvest will also push deer. “That’s going to move deer — you know transition them mostly from agricultural fields into the timber,” he says. Dropping temperatures with chilly mornings can also have an impact. “And we’re certainly going to see a lot more movement during morning and evening time,” Elliott says.

He says you should be on the lookout for deer during the dawn and dusk times of the day to avoid any collisions.

The Iowa Association of Track Coaches has released their latest team cross country rankings. Here is a look a the area ranked teams.

Class 1A Girls

1 Logan-Magnolia
2. Earlham
9. ACGC
17. IKM-Manning
18. Woodbine

Class 1A Boys

2. ACGC
3. Woodbine
6. St. Albert
7. IKM-Manning
14. Riverside

Class 2A Girls

14. Clarinda

Class 2A Boys

20. Clarinda

Class 3A Girls

7. Glenwood
8. Harlan
16. Atlantic

Class 3A Boys

7. Glenwood
11. Lewis Central

Full rankings HERE

(3-1) Diagonal 25-25-23-25 Orient-Macksburg 13-20-25-16
(2-0) Glidden-Ralston 21-21 Ogden 14-5
(2-1) Glidden-Ralston 13-21-15, South Hamilton 21-16-11
(2-0) South Hamilton 23-21, Ogden 21-12
(3-1) Mount Ayr 25-23-25-25 Murray 13-25-23-13
(3-0) Southwest Valley 25-25-25 Martensdale-St. Marys 17-12-15

Girls Team Scores

1. Van Meter 19
2. Woodward Granger 83
3. AHSTW 84
4. Martensdale-St. Marys 111
5. Tri-Center 150
6. Pleasantville 154
7. I-35 158
8. West Central Valley 175

Girls Individual Top Ten

1 Kelly, Clare 12 Van Meter 20:06.57 1
2 Kelly, Mary 12 Van Meter 20:15.39 2
3 Fleshner, Eva 9 Woodward Granger 20:56.98 3
4 McCoy, Emma 10 Van Meter 21:28.67 4
5 Fryar, Brooklyn 11 Van Meter 21:57.67 5
6 Koch, Taitlin 11 West Central Valley 22:01.29 6
7 McCann, Lizzy 9 Van Meter 22:16.13 7
8 Fett, Mary 9 Panorama 22:18.13
9 Knop, Rylie 11 Ahstw 22:27.67 8
10 Oberender, Karson 9 Martensdale 22:33.11 9

NV GIRLS 2022

Boys Team Scores

1. I-35 61
2. Tri-Center 68
3. Martensdale-St. Marys 93
4. Nodaway Valley 120
5. Woodward-Granger 127
6. Van Meter 135
7. Pleasantville 163
8. Diagonal 208
9. West Central Valley 233
10. Bedford 252
11. Southwest Valley 299

Boys Individual Top Ten

1 Berg, Doug 12 Nodaway Valley 18:06.31 1
2 Vander Werf, Austin 11 Interstate 35 18:32.84 2
3 Jimenez, Ronan 12 Southeast Warren 18:38.77
4 Hulse, Luka 10 Van Meter 18:43.52 3
5 McDole, Tyson 12 Lamoni 18:53.98
6 Jimenez, Rylan 12 Southeast Warren 19:02.11
7 Reyes, Ben 12 Interstate 35 19:14.90 4
8 Broers, Malachi 11 Nodaway Valley 19:24.45 5
9 Moore, Aden 11 Martensdale 19:26.46 6
10 McGee, Sean 12 Tri-Center 19:31.95 7

NV BOYS 2022

Woodbine XC Meet
10/03/2022

Girls Team Scores

1. Woodbine 27
2. Boyer Valley 28
3. CAM 75

Girls Individual Top Ten

1 Murdock, Addison 11 Woodbine V 21:30.20 1
2 Irwin, Lilly 11 Underwood V 21:52.20
3 Beisswenger, Stefi 10 Audubon V 22:36.70
4 Malone, Lauren 11 Boyer Valley V 23:09.20 2
5 Adyson, Lapel 10 Woodbine V 23:36.40 3
6 Falkena, Mariah 10 Boyer Valley V 23:51.50 4
7 Sherer, Nicole 11 Woodbine V 24:01.90 5
8 Gorham, Clara 10 Boyer Valley V 24:38.20 6
9 Muff, Lauryn 09 Boyer Valley V 24:38.90 7
10 Olson, Elise 09 Woodbine V 24:43.50 8

woodbine hs girls results

Boys Team Scores

1. Woodbine 15
2. Missouri Valley 63
3. Exira-EHK 65
4. Underwood 95

Boys Individual Top Ten

1 Heffernan, Patrick 12 Boyer Valley V 17:01.89
2 Bendgen, Landon 11 Woodbine V 17:27.80 1
3 Wagner, Gunner 10 Woodbine V 18:57.33 2
4 Vennink, Lane 12 Woodbine V 19:06.19 3
5 Tremel, Thomas 11 Woodbine V 19:39.07 4
6 Barry, Adam 10 Woodbine V 19:39.82 5
7 Hoden, Jacob 11 Missouri Valley V 19:43.97 6
8 Clayton, Gavin 12 Cam V 20:20.71
9 Wilson, Eric 11 V-Exira-Elk- 20:28.66 7
10 Trey, Burgmeyer 11 Woodbine V 20:49.51 8

woodbine hs boys results