(Radio Iowa) – The Iowa Hawkeye baseball team completed a weekend sweep at Michigan State with an 11-3 victory but it may be too little too late when the NCAA pairings are announced on Monday (today). The Hawkeyes finished 26-18 in what coach Rick Heller calls a loaded Big Ten race. They finished ted in fourth with Indiana but the Hoosiers own the tie breaker.

A Big Ten only schedule may hurt the league when it comes to NCAA bids and it appears doubtful the conference will get five teams in.

Heller says the Big Ten continues to make progress in baseball and Michigan’s runner-up finish at the last College World Series is proof of that.

(Radio Iowa) – The top Republican in the Iowa Senate says the debate over whether college athletes should be able to hire agents and be paid for the use of their name, image and likeness is complex, but Senate Majority Leader Jack Whitver says it’s an issue lawmakers will examine this summer and fall.  “I think if you ask the average person out there: ‘Should athletes be compensated for the use of their likeness?’ I think most people would say they should,” Whitver says. “The question is: Who should be doing that? Should we be writing a law? Should the NCAA be doing it? Should the federal government do it? How do you do it? When do you do it?”

Whitver says a Supreme Court ruling is expected this summer that may answer several of those questions. “This really isn’t a legislative issue. It shouldn’t be, but because of the failure to act of the NCAA and the federal government, it’s become a legislative issue,” Whitver says. “My preference would be the Supreme Court comes out, they kind of give their ruling, the NCAA or the federal government say: ‘OK, this is what we’ve got to do,’ and they do it.”

A landmark 2018 U.S. Supreme Court ruling effectively ended a ban on sports betting, prompting Iowa and many other states to legalize sports wagering. Whitver says a Supreme Court ruling on whether college athletes can have greater control — and be compensated — for the use of the names and images could do the same, prompting states like Iowa to take action if the N-C-A-A or congress don’t. “Hopefully they can find a solution that just evens the playing field and makes it fair for the athletes to be compensated for their name, image and likeness,” Whitver says.

This could affect recruiting if the system isn’t nationwide and have certain boundaries. “Say an athlete in Florida takes a bunch of money from a booster or from some corporation or someone giving endorsement money. What’s the NCAA going to do? Is he going to eligible or ineligible? And so until we know that, I don’t that it’s affecting recruiting yet, but at some point it will,” Whitever says. “I think we also want to be careful of getting into a situation where it’s really athletes going to the highest bidder of boosters that can give the most money. Kids in high school that have never proven themselves at a college level getting the most money from boosters out there because Iowa and Iowa State specifically, we can’t compete with Texas, Ohio State, Penn State for booster money. We just can’t.”

Whitver is a former Division I college football player, a walk-on who became a starter at wide receiver for the Iowa State Cyclones about two decades ago. Whitver, by the way, was in one of the “N-C-A-A Football” video games from Electronic Arts — but it was just his likeness. His name wasn’t used and he wasn’t paid because of N-C-A-A rules.

With Ric Hanson.

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CLASS 2A

Region 1
Sibley-Ocheyedan 2, Spirit Lake 0
Carroll 3, Storm Lake 2

Region 2
Harlan 2, Denison-Schleswig 1
Panorama 7, Atlantic 0

CLASS 3A

Region 1
Sioux City West 1, Sioux City North 0

The Atlantic boys tennis doubles team of Grant and Ethan Sturm ended their solid season at the 1A State Tournament on Friday at Coe College.

They dropped their opening match to Luke Hicks/Carter Soppe of Kuemper Catholic 6-3, 6-3. That dropped them into the consolation bracket where they were then knocked out by AJ Wilkins/Calvin Jaworski of Grinnell 6-4, 6-2.

Hicks and Soppe of Kuemper Catholic would fall in their second round match to Anderson/Branum of Decorah 6-2, 6-2. They then fell in second round consolation play to McPartland/Zehr of Boone 6-2, 7-6.

Denison-Schleswig’s duo of Harrison Dahm and Colin Reis advanced on to the second day of play Saturday. They won their opener over Reed Finnegan/Josh Schuster of Shenandoah  6-0, 6-0. Then fell in the second round to Fair/Freiburger of Dubuque Wahlert 4-6, 6-4, 6-2. In second round consolation play they beat Blackford/Shindelar of Marion 6-4, 6-0 to reach the consolation semifinal. They will face Wilkins/Jaworski from Ginnell in that match.

Finnegan/Schuster of Shenandoah were knocked out in consolation first round play with a 6-0, 6-1 loss to Coe/Courter of Cedar Rapids Xavier.

In Class 1A Singles play Jeff Miller of St. Albert advanced to the Semifinals with two nice wins. He beat Caleb Briggs of Pella 6-2, 6-2 and then downed Roan Matineau of Dubuque Wahlert 6-4, 6-1. He will face Cameron Luhring of Aplington-Parkersburg in the Semifinals Saturday.

Shenandoah’s Andrew Lawrence won his first round match over Sam Timp of Wahlert 7-5, 3-6, 6-4. Then he fell in the second round to Ben Craven of Boone 6-0, 6-1. In consolation play he fell to Trenton Link of Cedar Rapids Xavier 6-0, 6-0.

Clarinda’s Nathan Brown fell in two matches. He lost the opener to Roan Martineau of Wahlert 6-0, 6-4. Then fell in consolation play to Caleb Briggs of Pella 6-4, 6-2.

In Class 2A Singles play Dalton Pregon of Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln lost his first match to Daniel Lu of Dowling Catholic 6-1, 6-0. He then won a first round consolation match over Steven Danna of Waukee 7-5, 6-2. He then got knocked out in second round consolation play by Eli Young of Iowa City West 6-2, 6-0.

SOFTBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Ballard 12, Atlantic 2
CB Abraham Lincoln 13, St. Albert 5
Glenwood 12, CB Thomas Jefferson 1
Western Christian 10, Sioux City West 1

Western Iowa Conference

AHSTW 6, Treynor 5
Missouri Valley 13, IKM-Manning 0
Tri-Center 5, Riversdie 4
Underwood 15, Audubon 5

Rolling Valley Conference

Boyer Valley 10, Glidden-Ralston 9
CAM 14, West Harrison 2
Exira-EHK 7, Coon Rapids-Bayard 4
Woodbine 16, Whiting 1

Pride of Iowa Conference

Lenox 10, Southwest Valley 0
Marternsdale-St. Marys 17, Central Decatur 5
Mount Ayr 12, Bedford 0
Wayne 7, East Union 0

Corner Conference

Griswold 16, East Mills 4
Sidney 11, Fremont-Mills 1

Other Scores

Lamoni 15, Mormon Trail 3
Moulton-Udell 4, Diagonal 1
Moravia 12, Melcher-Dallas 2
Twin Cedars 12, Orient-Macksburg 0

BASEBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Bishop Heelan 5, Harlan 1
Creston 11, Nodaway Valley 3
Denison-Schleswig 13, OABCIG 4
Sergeant Bluff-Luton 9, St. Albert 5

Western Iowa Conference

Missouri Valley 3, IKM-Manning 2
Treynor 10, AHSTW 7
Tri-Center 14, Riverside 2
Underwood 11, Audubon 1

Rolling Valley Conference

Boyer Valley 25, Glidden-Ralston 3
CAM 6, West Harrison 5
Coon Rapids-Bayard 14, Exira-EHK 2
Woodbine 15, Whiting 0

Pride of Iowa Conference 

Bedford 16, Mount Ayr 1
East Union 12, Wayne 2
I-35 7, Southeast Warren 3
Lenox 12, Southwest Valley 2
Martensdale-St. Marys 14, Central Decatur 1
Mount Ayr 16, Bedford 1

Other Scores

Ankeny Christian 15, Moulton-Udell 0
Carroll 4, Woodward-Granger 3
Lamoni 12, Mormon Trail 2
Moravia 11, Melcher-Dallas 1
Twin Cedars 10, Orient-Macksburg 0

Class 1A @ Westwood Golf Course in Newton

Team Scores

Individual Top Ten

Class 2A @ Lakeside Golf Course in Fort Dodge

Team Scores

Individual Scores

Class 3A @ Elmwood Country Club in Marshalltown

Team Scores

Individual Scores

COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Cailie Logue joined Iowa State’s contingent of NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships qualifiers with her eighth-place finish Thursday night in the women’s 10,000-meter run at the NCAA West Preliminaries.

Logue clinched her trip to Hayward Field, and her first Outdoor Championships appearance with a 33:46.05 at E.B. Cushing Stadium. Already with NCAA Indoor and Cross Country All-America honors to her name, she will get to add to that on June 7 in Eugene, Oregon.

The Cyclone junior was always among the lead-pack throughout the race, keeping herself within contention for one of the 12 spots in Eugene. The field whittled down to about 20 6,000 meters in and when Rice’s Grace Forbes and Oregon’s Carmela Cardama Baez with 2,000 to go, Logue was in a group of seven that had gotten away from the race for 12th.

She was able to bring it home from there, crossing in eighth in 33:46.05 and becoming the first member of the Cyclone women’s squad to secure a spot in Eugene.

Up Next

The Iowa State men return to competition tomorrow. Field events begin at 1:30 p.m., with running events starting at 5:30 p.m

COLLEGE STATION, Texas—The University of Iowa track and field team punched two tickets to Eugene, Oregon, and set a school record on Day 2 of the NCAA West Regionals.

Laulauga Tausaga brought home the gold medal in the shot put with a throw of 17.97 meters and Kat Moody finished 12th with a career-best 16.65 meters. Tausaga and Moody punched their tickets to Eugene to compete at the NCAA Championships final site.

Myreanna Bebe broke the school record in the 100 hurdles with a career best of 13.12. Bebe placed 15th and qualified for the quarterfinals on Saturday. Jenny Kimbro and Paige Magee finished 40th and 44th with times of 13.57 and 13.68, respectively.

Mallory King placed second in her heat with a time of 2:07.64 to punch her ticket to Saturday’s 800-meter quarterfinal.

Cortney Strohman placed 34th in the 400 meters with a time of 54.28. Mariel Bruxvoort placed 30th in the 400 hurdles with a time of 60.03.

LaSarah Hargrove closed the night for the Hawkeyes with a 27^th-place finish in the 200 meters with a time of 23.66.

Amanda Howe and Allison Wahrman competed in the women’s hammer, but technical difficulties prevented the field from completing the event. Nia Britt will get three hammer attempts Friday morning at 11 a.m. (CT).

With Chris Parks.

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