Iowa State guard Jarod Hufford says the offensive line will need a big effort Saturday night against Texas. The Cyclones host the seventh ranked Longhorns in their final home game of the season.
Hufford says the Cyclones are thrilled to be part of the title chase.
And Hufford believes that attitude helps the Cyclones avoid feeling pressure.
Iowa quarterback Deacon Hill hopes last week’s performance against Rutgers is a sign of things to come. The Hawkeyes had their best performance in years with 402 yards of offense in a 22-0 win over Rutgers.
Hill says the Illini have an aggressive defense.
The Hawkeyes will clinch a spot in the Big Ten Championship game if they can get the victory.
The second ranked Iowa Hawkeye women return to action on Thursday night at home against Kansas State. The Wildcats stunned the Hawkeyes last season in Manhattan.
That’s Iowa coach Lisa Bluder. K-State center Ayoka Lee is averaging better than 19 points and 10 rebounds per game.
Junior guard Sydney Affolter leads Iowa in rebounding at better than nine per game.
It will start a two game homestand for the Hawkeyes who will host Drake on Sunday.
Iowa State quarterback Rocco Becht says the Cyclones are only concerned about seventh ranked Texas and not the Big 12 chase. ISU is part of a four-way tie for second place and host the league leading Longhorns under the lights on Saturday.
Becht says it will take a good week of preparation to get ready for a talented Texas defense.
With two games remaining the Cyclones are still in the hunt for a spot in the Big 12 Championship Game.
Iowa’s defense has carried the team this season, but that unit continues to get better as the Hawkeyes get ready to host Illinois. Through 10 games Iowa has allowed only one rushing touchdown.
That’s defensive tackle Logan Lee. Illinois had more than 500 yards of passing last week against Indiana, but Lee says slowing down the Illini begins with the run game.
Lee says a good pass rush begins by stopping the run.
After squandering the west division title last year with a home loss to Nebraska the Hawks get another chance to clinch in Kinnick against the Illini.
That’s defensive end Joe Evans who says the continued improvement of the defense begins in practice.
(Creston, Iowa) – Sheriff’s officials in Union County say no injuries were reported following a collision Monday morning, at the intersection of Three Mile Creek Drive & US Highway 169 & US Hwy 34 east. The collision happened at around 6:14-a.m. The Sheriff’s Office reports a 2014 GMC pickup driven by 65-year-old Ronald Loren Belden, of Dexter, had stopped at a stop sign for the intersection. He looked, but didn’t see an oncoming, westbound 2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee driven by 31-year-old Taylor Christian Hunt, of Osceola.
The pickup was struck by the SUV when Belden pulled out into the intersection. Damage from the crash amounted to $10,000. Both vehicles were a total loss. Belden was cited for Failure to Yield to a vehicle on the right.
First Team All Offense
QB: Cael Turner SR from Creston. RB: Brennan Hayes SR from Creston. RB: Cason Stevenson SR from Nevada. WR/TE: Brandon Briley SR from Creston. WR/TE: Jacob Khounsourath SR from Nevada. WR/TE: Cade Sears SR from Harlan. OL: Quinten Fuller SR from Creston. OL: Steven Fah SR from Harlan. OL: Jagger Luther SR from Creston. OL: Garrett Stinger JR from Nevada. OL: Kobe Thiphasouk JR from Nevada. OL At-Large: Will Arkfeld SR from Harlan. OL At-Large: Colton Rasmussen SR from Atlantic. OL At-Large: Brehden Eggers SR from Harlan. K: Brennan Hayes SR from Creston.
First Team All Defense
DL: Max Chapman SR from Creston. DL: Will Palmer SR from Nevada. DL: Franz Reisz SR from Harlan. DL: Evan Sorensen JR from Atlantic. LB: Austin Evans SR from Creston. LB: Jack Burlage JR from Nevada. LB: Matthew Sorfonden SR from Harlan. DB: Dylan Calvin SR from Creston. DB: McCoy Haines SR from Creston. DB: Kyle Kingsbury SR from Nevada. DB: Kinnick Juhl JR from Atlantic. Def. At-Large: Anthony Eaton JR from Nevada. Kale Kincaid SR from Knoxville. Def At-Large: Colton Becker SR from Atlantic. P: Tyler Gomez JR from Perry.
Second Team All Offense
QB: Connor King JR from Nevada. RB: Dante Hedrington SR from Atlantic. RB: Gavin McLaren SO from Atlantic. WR/TE: Drake Levan SR from Perry. WR/TE: Eric Lagos SR from Perry. WR/TE: Koby Higginbotham JR from Knoxville. OL: Tucker Rohrig SR from Creston. OL: Hayden Soma SR from Harlan. OL: Reid Woodward JR from Atlantic. OL: Jesse Rodriguez SR from Perry. OL: George Gilbert SR from Knoxville. OL At-Large: Noah Keefer SR from Knoxville. OL At-Large: Cohen Bruce SR from Atlantic. OL At-Large: Kain Killmer SR from Perry. K: Roberto Gomez SO from Perry.
Second Team All Defense
DL: Issac Harrington SO from Nevada. DL: David Gorskih JR from Knoxville. DL: Keegan Snyder SR from Perry. DL: Kevin Colin SR from Perry. LB: Jozef Reisz JR from Harlan. LB: Will Bollinger SR from Creston. LB: Austin Waldera SO from Nevada. DB: Dylan Starlin SR from Creston. DB: Quinn Koesters SR from Harlan. DB: Connor Willis SR from Knoxville. DB: Geren Kenney JR from Perry. Def At-Large: Bryce Van Baale JR from Harlan. Def At-Large: Tyson O’Brien JR from Atlantic. Def At-Large: Tyce Huyck SR from Knoxville. P: Mason Herrold SR from Nevada.
Offense Honorable Mention
Josh Schaeffer JR from Creston. Weston Trapp JR from Creston. Noah Schmitz SR from Harlan. Jarrett Hansen JR from Atlantic. Trevan Hansen JR from Atlantic. Zach Shelley JR from Perry
Defense Honorable Mention
Jackson Kerr SR from Creston. Jack Walter JR from Creston. John Nelson SO from Nevada. Issac Williams SO from Nevada. Alex Heithoff JR from Harlan. Nolan Waters SR from Atlantic. Egan Leber SR from Perry.
IOWA CITY, Iowa – 14 players — nine from the Hawkeye State — have signed National Letters of Intent to join the University of Iowa baseball program in the fall of 2023, it was announced Wednesday by head coach Rick Heller. The class is ranked as the 15th-best nationally by Baseball America, the highest ranking in program history.
“This is an outstanding recruiting class and a fantastic group of young men,” said Heller. “The balance between pitching and hitting is excellent. Associate head coach and recruiting coordinator Marty Sutherland continues to do a fantastic job year after year. Pitching coach Sean McGrath hit the ground running and has done a super job helping our recruiting efforts. This new group of Hawkeyes is talented and has a chance to be special. Our current roster has several potential MLB draft picks and the same can be said about this recruiting class. We feel that we are in a great place with our roster heading into the 2024 season, but we will likely need to sign a few more players this spring and summer.”
The class consists of ten position players: Kyle Alivo (UT, Milwaukee, Wis.), Cash Campbell (3B, Lombard, Ill.), Colin Coonradt (SS, Cedar Falls, Iowa), Myles Davis (SS, Marion, Iowa), Karson Grout (UT, Wellman, Iowa), Carter Geffre (C, Ames, Iowa), Tyler Guerin (1B, Shoreview, Minn.), Miles Risley (OF, Johnston, Iowa), Kooper Schulte (SS, New London, Iowa) and Caleb Wulf (C/UT, West Liberty, Iowa).
Iowa also signed four pitchers: Joey Oakie (RHP, Ankeny, Iowa), Nick Heitman (RHP, Mt. Vernon, Iowa), Liam Roche (LHP, Overland Park, Kansas) and Jaron Bleeker (RHP, Sergeant Bluff, Iowa). Newcomers Alivo, Guerin and Geffre will also pitch for the Hawkeyes.
11 recruits are top 500 rated players nationally by Perfect Game and five are inside the top 500 by Prep Baseball Report.
The Hawkeyes bring in the top-rated recruit in the state of Iowa (Oakie) and Minnesota (Guerin), according to Perfect Game. Alivo, Davis, Geffre and Grout are also ranked in the top-10 of their respective states by Perfect Game and Prep Baseball Report.
ALTOONA, Iowa (KCCI) — Three American flags were burned in an Altoona neighborhood Monday morning. Now, police are asking for people’s help in finding a suspect who is believed to be responsible for it. Officials with the Altoona Police and Fire Departments issued a joint statement saying officers were called to the 300 block of 12th Ave SW and 800 block of 12th Avenue NW for three separate reports between 4:30 and 5:30 a.m. on Nov. 13th.
Police say officers discovered the flags destroyed by fire. Due to the nature of the crime, arson investigators were called for a joint investigation. Police say they don’t know for sure if one person is to blame for all three flags. But, they say the three incidents appear to be similar.
Altoona Police say another American flag was burned on Nov. 6. But they don’t believe it’s related to Monday’s incidents. Police said detectives are actively investigating Monday’s incidents.
DES MOINES, Iowa — Des Moines police have made an arrest and identified the victim in a fatal stabbing investigation. Police say they received a report of a stabbing around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Econo Lodge on East 30th Street. Officers say when they arrived, they found 20-year-old Alyssa Anne Maher, of Des Moines, with multiple traumatic injuries. Maher was rushed to the hospital in critical condition, where she died.
DMPD detectives arrested and charged Brantlee Austin Gage Rainey, 24, of Des Moines, with first-degree murder. Police say Rainey was found inside the room where the crime happened and had a knife with apparent blood on it. He also matched a witness’s description of the suspect.
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