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2024 High School Tennis Postseason Assignments

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April 25th, 2024 by Asa Lucas

District meets are set for Wednesday, May 8. The IHSAA State Individual Tennis Tournament will be played on May 21-22 in Iowa City (2A) and Waterloo (1A). Team substate meets will take place on Saturday, May 11 and Wednesday, May 15. The IHSAA State Team Tennis Tournament is scheduled for May 30-31 in Waukee (2A) and Iowa City (1A).

2024 DISTRICT ASSIGNMENTS

CLASS 1A

4. DENISON-SCHLESWIG
Audubon
Denison-Schleswig
Des Moines, Hoover
Harlan
Kuemper Catholic, Carroll
North Polk, Alleman
St. Albert, Council Bluffs
Storm Lake

7. RED OAK
Atlantic
Clarinda
Creston
Glenwood
Lewis Central
Red Oak
Shenandoah
Southwest Valley

CLASS 2A

6. NORWALK
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln

7. SIOUX CITY, NORTH
Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson

2024 SUBSTATE BRACKETS

CLASS 1A

SUBSTATE 7
Atlantic
Clarinda
Creston
North Polk, Alleman
Red Oak
Saydel
Shenandoah
Southwest Valley

SUBSTATE 8
Audubon
Boone
Denison-Schleswig
Glenwood
Harlan
Kuemper Catholic, Carroll
Lewis Central
St. Albert, Council Bluffs

CLASS 2A

SUBSTATE 1
Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson

SUBSTATE 8
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln

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Post Season High School Golf Assignments and Sites

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April 25th, 2024 by Asa Lucas

Sectional meets are set for Wednesday, May 8, unless otherwise noted. District meets are set for Monday, May 13, unless otherwise noted. Qualifiers from these meets advance to the 2024 IHSAA State Golf Championships, set for May 20-21 in Ames.

CLASS 1A

2. St. Edmond, Fort Dodge (Lakeside Golf Course, May 8 @ 10 a.m.)
AGWSR
Coon Rapids-Bayard
Exira-EHK
IKM-Manning
Newell-Fonda
St. Edmond
West Fork

Qualifying teams and individuals from Sectionals 1-4 advance to: GEHLEN CATHOLIC, Willow Creek GC, May 13, 10 a.m.

5. West Monona (Onawa Country Club, May 8 @ 10 a.m.)
Alta-Aurelia
Heartland Christian
Logan-Magnolia
MMC-RU
Riverside
St. Albert
West Monona

6. Moravia (The Preserve on Rathbun, May 8 @ 10 a.m.)
Earlham
Madrid
Martensdale-St. Marys
Melcher-Dallas
Moravia
Southeast Warren
Wayne

7. Sidney (Fremont County Golf Course, May 8 @ 10 a.m.)
Audubon
East Mills
Essex
Fremont Mills
Hamburg
Sidney
Woodbine

8. Mount Ayr (Mount Ayr Golf and Country Club, May 8 @ 9 a.m.)
Bedford
CAM
East Union
Griswold
Lamoni
Lenox
Mormon Trail
Mount Ayr

Qualifying teams and individuals from Sectionals 5-8 advance to: CAM, ANITA, Crestwood Hills GC, May 13, 10 a.m.

Class 2A

3. Kuemper Catholic (Carroll Country Club, May 8 @ 10 a.m.)
ACGC
Cherokee
Kuemper Catholic
Manson NW Webster
Pocahontas Area
Ridge View
South Central Calhoun
Southeast Valley

Qualifying teams and individuals from Sectionals 1, 2, & 3 advance to: UNITY CHRISTIAN, Landsmeer GC, May 13, 10 a.m.

5. Interstate-35 (Deer Run, May 8 @ 10 a.m.)
Clarinda
Des Moines Christian
I-35
Ogden
Panorama
Red Oak
Shenandoah
Southwest Valley

6. Tri-Center (Quail Run Golf Course, May 8, 9 a.m.)
AHSTW
Missouri Valley
Nodaway Valley
OABCIG
Treynor
Tri-Center
Underwood
West Central Valley

Qualifying teams and individuals from Sectionals 4, 5, & 6 advance to: PANORAMA, Lake Panorama National GC, May 13, 9:30 a.m.

CLASS 3A

7. Lewis Central (Whispering Woods GC, May 8 @ 10 a.m.)
ADM
Atlantic
Denison-Schleswig
Glenwood
Greene County
Harlan
Lewis Central
Winterset

Qualifying teams and individuals from Sectionals 7 & 8 advance to: ATLANTIC, Atlantic G&CC, May 13, 10 a.m.

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Cyclones Sign St. Mary’s Transfer Joshua Jefferson

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April 25th, 2024 by Asa Lucas

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State men’s basketball coach T.J. Otzelberger has announced the addition of a fourth transfer to the 2024-25 Iowa State roster. St. Mary’s transfer Joshua Jefferson will join the Cyclones this summer.

Jefferson joins a transfer class that already includes Seattle transfer Brandton Chatfield, Northern Iowa transfer Nate Heise and Charlotte transfer Dishon Jackson.

A 6-8 forward out of Las Vegas, Jefferson played for the Gaels the last two seasons. Jefferson comes to Iowa State with two seasons of eligibility remaining.

He started 26 games for St. Mary’s last season before suffering a season-ending injury. He averaged 10.2 points, 6.5 rebounds and 2.3 assists for the Gaels in 25 minutes per game. He earned All-West Coast Conference Honorable Mention honors.

“Joshua is a high IQ basketball player that impacts winning in a variety of ways,” Otzelberger said. “He’s a gifted offensive player that can score at all three levels. He possesses terrific defensive instincts that will help us generate turnovers and end possessions with a rebound.”

Jefferson scored in double figures in 13 of his 26 games, including a career-high 21 points in a victory at San Francisco on Jan. 20. He tallied four double-doubles on the year, including a 16-point, 13-rebound effort in a victory at No. 13 Colorado State Dec. 9. He had six games with four assists or more, including a career-high eight in a victory against Portland Jan. 11.

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2024 Iowa Girls High School Soccer Rankings-Thursday, April 25, 2024

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April 25th, 2024 by Asa Lucas

Class 1A
School
Record
LW
1
Davenport Assumption
10-0
1
2
Gilbert
9-1
2
3
Des Moines Christian
8-1
3
4
Bishop Heelan
8-4
4
5
Nevada
8-3
5
6
Underwood
8-1
6
7
Hudson
10-0
7
8
Denver
10-1
8
9
Center Point-Urbana
5-0
9
10
Panorama
10-0
11
11
Treynor
7-2
12
12
Vinton-Shellsburg
7-1
14
13
Beckman Catholic
7-1
15
14
Council Bluffs St. Albert
10-2
10
15
Van Meter
5-4
13
 
Dropped Out: None
 
Class 2A
School
Record
LW
1
Dallas Center-Grimes
6-1
1
2
Waverly-Shell Rock
6-0
2
3
Pella
6-2
3
4
North Polk
9-0
4
5
Norwalk
6-4
5
6
Independence
8-1
6
7
Lewis Central
8-3
7
8
Iowa City Liberty
5-2
11
9
Spencer
7-2
12
10
Cedar Rapids Xavier
2-3
10
11
ADM
3-6
8
12
Iowa Falls-Alden
7-1
15
13
North Scott
7-4
13
14
Clear Creek-Amana
7-2
14
15
Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson
8-2
NR
 
Dropped Out: Central DeWitt (9)
 
Class 3A
School
Record
LW
1
Waukee Northwest
8-1
1
2
West Des Moines Valley
9-1
2
3
Ankeny
7-2
6
4
Waukee
8-3
8
5
Pleasant Valley
9-2
3
6
Ankeny Centennial
6-2
4
7
Linn-Mar
7-3
5
8
Bettendorf
6-2
13
9
Iowa City High
6-1
9
10
Southeast Polk
7-2
7
11
Iowa City West
5-2
10
12
Urbandale
4-4
11
13
Dubuque Hempstead
6-1
14
14
Johnston
4-6
12
15
Mason City
8-1
NR
 
Dropped Out: Cedar Falls (15)

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March Realtor numbers indicate return to more normal market

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April 25th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – The Iowa Association of Realtors report for March shows buyers had more homes to choose from. The Association’s statewide housing analyst, Les Sulgrove, says that’s important. “Listing inventory is up about 25 percent over the same time a year ago in fact you know the first of April we’ve got over 62-hundred homes on the market across the state,” Sulgrove says. “So that’s really good news for home buyers, because in the past they’ve all been fighting for the same house.”

The number of homes sold in March was down by just under two percent. Sulgrove says that’s an indicator that the market is back to pre-covid conditions. “Sales are slightly down compared to the last couple of years but I think that’s the key right there is that you know we’re no longer in really that COVID market where everything is selling extremely fast,” he says.
Sulgrove says getting back to more of a normal pattern is good for everyone.

“It gives homebuyers that chance to think about our decision besides instead of just making one on the spot, it also encourages homeowners that are sitting on the sidelines waiting to either jump into market as a seller themselves, they have that confidence knowing that you know they’re not going to maybe be out of a home if they sell their so quickly,” Sulgrove says. Interest rates are higher than they were a few years ago, but he says right now the key is those rates have been stable.IAR

“A lot of homebuyers you know don’t want to make a decision when rates are either going up or going down, but as long as they’re kind of in that same stability that gives them the confidence to know what their payments going to be without the fear of you know moving target,” he says. Sulgrove says “As soon as school gets out homeowners have a chance to really focus on selling their home and like you said making that move between now and the beginning of school,” Sulgrove says. “So this is our busiest time of the year and I don’t expect any difference in that moving forward.”

He says there is more optimism now in the housing market then there has been as they move forward this spring.

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Grassley: Pentagon workers spent millions of pandemic dollars on personal expenses

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April 25th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley is firing new criticism at the Pentagon after an audit found tens of thousands of incidents where government workers inappropriately used federal pandemic dollars for personal expenses. Grassley, a Republican, says it’s a “slap in the face to the taxpayer” that millions of dollars in military spending is being so blatantly misspent.

“The Defense Department is the only agency, let me emphasize, the only agency of the gigantic federal bureaucracy that when they get an audit, they never get their audit certified,” Grassley says. “I’ve written so many times that they don’t have a financial control system.”

Grassley is demanding accountability from the Pentagon after an Inspector General’s report found DOD employees used government purchase cards to make more than 110,000 purchases, while more than 43,000 of those were “inappropriately justified as pandemic-related expenses.” Grassley says more than 57,000 of the orders lacked proper documentation, “raising the risk of additional unsupported purchases.” The report stretched from March of 2020 to January of 2022.

“The financial control system didn’t check on pandemic money that was supposed to be used for the pandemic and it ended up being used for personal use,” Grassley says. The senator says the questionable purchases and “irresponsible accounting” featured a range of items, including musical equipment, dental supplies, plumbing services, vehicle repair and even Nordic skiing machines. Grassley says the Pentagon has a long history of misspending.

“Something came up yesterday at one of my county meetings here,” Grassley says. “Somebody said, ‘Do you remember the $2,000 toilet seat?’ Well, it was really a $700 toilet seat, but that’s been 30 years ago.”

Grassley says when it comes to catching fraud, “the DOD’s internal controls are a complete failure.”

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Wife of missing trucker found in farm field suspects foul play in his death

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April 25th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – The body of a missing northwest Iowa trucker has been found a mile and a half from where his truck was found abandoned in November. The wife of 53-year-old David Schultz of Wall Lake says she suspects foul play in his death. Sarah Schultz spoke this (Thursday) morning at a news conference broadcast by KTIV TV.

She said also…

Schultz says she was notified at yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon that a body had been found. Schultz says law enforcement told her she would not recognize the body and she was shown her husband’s boots to make the identification. David Schultz’s disappearance sparked a massive search. Jake Rowley of Louisiana’s United Cajun Navy was involved in the search and joined the trucker’s wife at today’s (Thursday’s) news conference, explaining where Schultz’s body was found.

Rowley says his group did not search the field where Schultz’s body was found, but is familiar with the area. David Schultz’s wallet and cell phone were in his truck when it was found parked on a highway in rural Sac County.

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Work release escape of Roderick Crawford Jr.

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April 25th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

DAVENPORT, Iowa – The Iowa Department of Corrections reports 43-year-old Roderick Alan Crawford Jr., who was convicted of Habitual Offender (Person) in Scott County, failed to report back to the Davenport Residential Corrections Facility as required Wednesday.

Crawford is 5-feet 9-inches tall and weighs 301-pounds. He was admitted to the work release facility on April 1, 2024.

Persons with information on Crawford’s whereabouts should contact local police.

Roderick Alan Crawford Jr.

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Tree Vouchers available in Atlantic beginning April 29th

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April 25th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Atlantic, Iowa) – Officials with Atlantic Trees Forever have announced that spring tree vouchers are available beginning April 29th. The local Trees Forever organization says that with the past year’s weather we’ve experienced, many people are needing trees this spring. They ask that you please limit your request to one voucher per homeowner, so more people can get a start replacing trees that are being removed.

Tree vouchers are a great way to help with the cost of a tree to plant. The vouchers are for $30 off the cost of a tree, and can be obtained at the Atlantic Hy-Vee, 1630 E 7th Street when you purchase a tree.

Dolly Bergmann, with Atlantic Trees Forever said there are a limited number of vouchers available. Those at the Hy-Vee garden center can help you determine what kind of tree would work best in the location you would like to plant a tree.

It is important to water the trees this spring and during the summer.

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Cyclones Host Marquette in Big 12/BIG EAST Battle

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April 25th, 2024 by admin

 

AMES, Iowa – The Iowa State men’s basketball team will host Marquette in the 2024 Big 12/BIG EAST Battle on Wednesday, Dec. 4 at Hilton Coliseum.

Iowa State is 4-0 in the BIG EAST/Big 12 Battle, beating DePaul (99-80) last season, St. John’s (71-60) in 2022, Creighton (64-58) in 2021 and No. 16 Seton Hall (76-66) in 2019 at Hilton Coliseum. The 2020 meeting with DePaul was canceled due to COVID-19 health and safety protocols just hours before tipoff.

The Cyclones and Golden Eagles will be meeting for the ninth time. Iowa State won the last meeting, 77-69, in Hilton Coliseum March 25, 2004. The victory sent the Cyclones to the NIT Final Four. Marquette leads the all-time series 5-3, while Iowa State holds a 3-2 advantage in Ames. The Golden Eagles went 27-10 last season, advancing to the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16. Both the Cyclones and Golden Eagles finished the year in the AP Top 25, with ISU at No. 8 and Marquette at No. 11.

With each conference adding member schools since the start of the original agreement, the Battle increased from 10 to 11 matchups last season and will continue with 11 for this year.

The Battle matchups are jointly determined by the two conferences, with the home team choosing the venue of its game. Broadcast arrangements for the contests will be determined by the national television rights holder of the home team, which is ESPN for the Big 12 and FOX Sports for the BIG EAST.

Game times and television networks will be announced when available.

 2024 BIG EAST-Big 12 Battle Schedule
December 3          Cincinnati at Villanova
December 3          BYU at Providence
December 4          Marquette at Iowa State
December 4          Baylor at Connecticut
December 4          DePaul at Texas Tech
December 4          Kansas at Creighton
December 6          Georgetown at West Virginia
December 6          Xavier at TCU
December 7          Kansas State at St. John’s
December 7          Butler at Houston
December 8          Oklahoma State at Seton Hall

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