The 2022 Boys State Tennis Tournament wrapped up on Wednesday with play moving indoors due to the poor weather conditions. 1A athletes played at Black Hawk Tennis Club in Waterloo.

In 1A Singles play Carter white of St. Albert won his second round consolation match over Jack Freiburger of Dubuque Wahlert. In the consolation semifinals White fell to Roan Martineau of Wahlert 6-3, 6-2. That put White into the 7th place match where he fell to Nathan Brown of Clarinda 6-1, 6-1.

Brown won his second round consolation match over Calvin Johnson of Grinnell 6-3, 7-6 (7-3). He then lost in the consolation semifinals to Alejo Marcon of Pella Christian 6-4, 6-2 before defeating White in the 7th place match.

In 1A Doubles play Colin Reis and Harrison Dahm of Denison-Schleswig lost in the semifinals to a duo from Xavier 6-7 (7-9), 6-4, 6-4. Then in the 3rd place match Reis and Dahm defeated Overland & Zimmerman of Boone 6-0, 6-3 to grab the 3rd place medal.

Iowa wide receiver and return specialist Charlie Jones has entered the transfer portal.

Jones was the Big Ten’s Returner of the Year in 2021. Jones was the only player nationally to average more than 7 yards on at least 30 punt returns and was one of only three players that had more than 25 yards on 25 returns. Jones also had 21 catches for 323 yards and three touchdowns last season.

This will be Jones’ 6th season with a program after spending 2 years at Buffalo before 2 years at Iowa.

The St. Louis Cardinals fell to the Toronto Blue Jays 8-1 on Tuesday night at Busch Stadium. The two teams split their two-game set with the Cards winning 7-3 on Monday night.

George Springer had a hit, 2 walks, 1 RBI, and scored 2 runs. Vladimir Guerrero Jr, Bo Bichette, Alejandro Kirk and Danny Jansen each had two hits to lead Toronto.

The Cardinals fall to 24-19 on the season. The Redbirds are off Wednesday and will start a four-game homeset against the Brewers on Thursday. Pregame on Thursday will be at 5:50 p.m. on KJAN.

CLASS 1A

Substate 8 Final: West Central Valley/Nodaway Valley @ Treynor 6:30 p.m.

Class 2A

Substate 8 Final: Glenwood @ Lewis Central 6:30 p.m.

IOWA CITY, Iowa – Three University of Iowa baseball student-athletes swept the Big Ten weekly honors on Tuesday, it was announced by the league office.  Redshirt sophomore Kyle Huckstorf was the Big Ten Co-Player of the Week, redshirt senior Dylan Nedved was the Big Ten Pitcher of the Week and Keaton Anthony was the Big Ten Freshman of the Week.

The accolades are the 11th, 12th and 13th weekly honors for the Hawkeyes this season, extending a program record.  Anthony’s extends his Big ten record to six this season.

Huckstorf earned his first career honor after slashing .538/1.231/.600 with a 1.831 OPS in the three-game sweep of Indiana. The outfielder had three home runs, 12 RBIs and five runs scored during the week and made a defensive play that saw him land on SportsCenter’s Top 10 plays for the second time this season.

The Waterford, Wisconsin, native had a game for the ages in the series opener, going 6-for-7 with three home runs, 12 RBIs and four runs scored in a 30-16 victory.  Huckstorf hit two three-run home runs in the fourth inning in consecutive at-bats and added a grand slam in the fourth as Iowa rallied from a 13-2 deficit.  His eighth inning two-run single to right center field was record-breaking.

Huckstorf set the Big Ten and Iowa single game RBIs record, set an Iowa hits record and tied a Big Ten hits record, the most since 2010. Iowa’s 30 runs are the program’s most ever in a Big Ten game and the second most all-time.

Huckstorf was also named a Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week on Monday.

Nedved earned his first career accolade after tossing six shutout innings in a series-clinching victory in game two.  The right-hander from Shawnee, Kansas, had a no-hitter through 5 1/3 innings before being lifted following the sixth because of a pitch count. He allowed one hit over six innings and fanned six to notch his sixth victory of the season.

Anthony earned his Big Ten record sixth Freshman of the Week honors after slashing .357/1.000/.438 with a 1.438 OPS against the Hoosiers.  The outfielder homered in three straight games for the first time in his career and finished with five runs and five RBIs on the weekend.

The Hoschton, Georgia, native hit a two-run fourth-inning homer and finished 3-for-5 with three runs and three RBIs in Iowa’s 30-16 win in game one.  He hit a solo homer in games two and three.  The game three blast was pivotal as it gave Iowa a 1-0 lead in the first — a game where the Hawkeyes won 2-1 to finish in a tie for second place in the Big Ten standings.

The trio’s performance helped Iowa sweep Indiana for the first time since 2015.  The Hawkeyes finished with 17 league wins and tied for second in Big Ten play.  The 17 victories are the most for the program in a non-COVID year since 2015 (19 wins).

Seven different Hawkeyes – Adam Mazur (2), Connor Schultz, Peyton Williams, Ty Langenberg, Nedved, Huckstorf and Anthony (6) — have earned a total of 13 Big Ten weekly honors this season.

CLASS 1A

Region 2

Underwood 5, St. Albert 0
Treynor @ Tri-Center 5:00 p.m. (PPD to Wednesday)

Region 3

Des Moines Christian 10, Panorama 0
Garner-Hayvield-Ventura 5, Hampton-Dumont 0

CLASS 2A

Region 1

Spencer 10, Spirit Lake 0
LeMars 2, Denison-Schleswig 1

Region 2

Lewis Central 6, Atlantic 0
ADM 2, Glenwood 1

CLASS 3A

Region 1

CB Abraham Lincoln 10, Sioux City East 0
Sioux City West 3, CB Thomas Jefferson 2

Sitting on the NCAA Tournament bubble the Iowa Hawkeyes open the Big Ten baseball tournament tomorrow morning in Omaha against Penn State. The third seeded Hawkeyes are 33-17 and coach Rick Heller believes they still could get into an NCAA regional without winning the tournament.

Heller says the Hawkeyes control their own fate.

The Hawkeyes have boosted their RPI in recent weeks and right now sit in the mid-50s.

Sixth seeded Penn State finished the regular season 25-27 after suffering a three game sweep at the hands of Illinois.

The winner advances to play Thursday at five against the winner of the game between second seeded Purdue and Rutgers.

Class 1A State Tournament
Ames Golf & Country Club

Bennett Berger of Lake Mills was the Individual Champion at +8 for the two days. Jake Malcom led Fremont-Mills with a +25, 167 for the tourney. Woodbine’s Cory Bantam tied for 16th with a +36, 178. Ryan Stiles of Earlham finished 34th at +49.

Class 2A State Tournament
Coldwater Golf Links

OABCIG’s Axton Miller was the Individual Champion at +3, 145 for the two days. Maverick Schwabe of Kuemper Catholic tied for 7th at +8, 150. Jackson Tennis of Missouri Valley was tied for 37th at +26.

Class 3A State Tournament
Veenker Memorial Golf Course

Hogan Hansen of Waverly-Shell Rock was the Individual Champion at -5, 139 for the two days. He was the only player under par. Jordan Greenwood of Lewis Central finished tied for 10th at +17, 161.

Atlantic’s Ethan Sturm competed in the Class 1A State Singles Tennis Tournament today at Blackhawk Tennis Center in Waterloo. Sturm got knocked out of the tournament in two competitive matches.

In his first match Sturm fell to Daniel Skrade of Decorah 7-5, 6-4. Moving into the Consolation First Round, Sturm fell to Calvin Jaworski of Grinnell 6-3, 7-5.

Sturm caps off a great career for the Trojans with a singles record this year of 11-6 and a 7-5 mark in doubles action. For his three year career Sturm was 23-9 in singles play and 33-13 in doubles. Sturm also qualified for State Doubles last season with his brother Grant.

In other 1A Singles play Clarinda’s Nathan Brown defeated Josh Steffen of Storm Lake 6-0, 6-0. He then lost in the quarterfinals to Caden Branum of Decorah 6-2. 6-3 to fall into the second round consolations.

Carter White of St. Albert fell in the first round to Alejo Marcon of Pella Christian 6-2, 6-4. Then in first round consolation play White defeated Quincey Johnson of Xavier 6-4, 6-3 to advance to second round consolations.

Shenandoah’s Andrew Lawrence lost in the first round to Joseph Li of St. Edmond 6-0, 6-3 and then in consolation first round play lost to Joshua Roozeboom of Pella 6-3, 6-4.

In 1A doubles play Denison-Schleswig’s Colin Reis and Harrison Dahm defeated Jake Ross & Jayden Cattell of Ballard 6-3, 6-4. They then also won in the quarterfinals 6-4, 6-4 over Ramker & Becker of Waverly-Shell Rock to move to the Semifinals.

Denison-Schleswig’s Carson Seuntjens and Wyatt Johnson fell to Caleb Briggs and Jack Briggs of Pella 6-1, 6-1. Then in consolation first round play they fell to Martineau and Curtiss of Dubuque Wahlert.

In Class 2A Ty James and Chris Wailes of CB Abraham Lincoln fell in the first round to Croatt & Nelson of Waukee Northwest 6-1, 6-2. Then in first round consolations they lost to McCrea & Schulte of Cedar Rapids Prairie 6-0, 6-3.

(Radio Iowa) – The legislature has sent the governor a bill that would set up a new January hunting season for deer in counties where some of the state licenses for harvesting antlerless deer were not sold. Senator Ken Rozenboom says the bill would let deer hunters use semi-automatic rifles during that period. “The purpose of this season is not to hunt for sport, but rather to manage the size of the herd,” Rozenboom says, “which is why more efficient and effective firearms are being authorized.”

The bill cleared the Senate unanimously in April and the House approved it today (Tuesday) on a 56 to 34 vote. Representative Todd Prichard, a Democrat from Charles City, says it’s a dangerous idea to use A-R 15’s to hunt for deer. “The range that I’m familiar with this type of weapon and round is 3400-3600 meters,” Prichard says. “It’s about two and a half miles…five miles in diameter.” Prichard, who is a major in the U.S. Army Reserve, says an experienced person using an A-R-15 can hit a target that’s about six football fields away, but the bullets can fly a lot farther.

“I think I had something like 200 hours of basic rifle marksmanship to learn how to handle a similar weapon to qualify and to be combat certified,” Prichard says. “Are we going to require that for deer hunters now? I doubt it.” Senator Rozenboom’s bill also calls on the Iowa Insurance Division, the Iowa D-O-T, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and Iowa State University to complete a study of the state’s deer herd by the fall of 2023.

“To get a thorough look at the overall deer population and it’s impact on crops, on trees (and) property loss, medical costs and fatalities due vehicle accidents with deer,” Rosenboom says. Rozenboom, who is from Oskaloosa, says this won’t be the last bill he sponsors on the subject. “I have become convinced that the deer population in parts of the state, including in my senate district, that those populations are sometimes out of control,” Rozenboom said, “or out of balance anyway.”

The bill also reduces the civil fine for hunters caught illegally shooting an antlerless deer. The Iowa Farm Bureau supports the legislation, arguing deer are damaging and eating crops. Pheasants Forever, the Iowa Bow Hunters Association, the Iowa Conservation Alliance and the State Police Officers Council are opposed to the bill.