AMES, Iowa – Iowa State head men’s basketball coach T.J. Otzelberger has announced the addition of Penn State transfer Izaiah Brockington. Brockington is a 6-4 guard out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who spent the last three seasons at Penn State after playing as a freshman at St. Bonaventure. He has two seasons of eligibility remaining.

Brockington saw action in all 25 games for the Nittany Lions during the 2020-21 season, making 24 starts and finishing second on the team at 12.6 points per game. He led the team shooting 84.1 percent at the free-throw line, pulled down 4.9 rebounds and dished out 1.7 assists per game.

“Izaiah is a downhill playmaking guard who will thrive in the pick-n-roll,” Otzelberger said. “He’s got the ability to make plays at the rim and set up teammates. Izaiah is an elite rebounder from the guard position and will impact us with his leadership and toughness.”

Brockington reached double figures 18 times in last season’s shortened schedule, which included a season-high 24 points against NCAA Tournament qualifier Virginia Tech. In the win against the 15^th-ranked Hokies, the lefty connected on 10-of-14 field goals and also chased down eight rebounds.

As a junior, Brockington scored 15 of his 23 points in the second half to lead Penn State to a win over Iowa in The Palestra in front of a sellout crowd in his hometown.

Brockington provides the Cyclones with experience at the collegiate level, having played in 90 career games in his three seasons. He’s averaged 7.9 points in his career, improving his scoring average by nearly four points each season.

He was an all-state player in high school at Philadelphia’s Archbishop Ryan where he finished his career as the school’s third 1,000-point scorer. He led the team to the PIAA Class 6A semifinals during his senior season.

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University of Iowa women’s basketball freshman Caitlin Clark and Iowa State freshman Lexi Donarski were selected to participate in the 2021 USA Women’s U19 World Cup Team Trials, the USA Basketball Women’s Junior National Team Selection Committee announced Wednesday.

Clark is one of four student-athletes that will represent the Big Ten Conference at the trials on May 14-16 at Metro State University in Denver. Joining her are Purdue’s Madison Layden, Maryland’s Angel Reese, and Rutgers’ Sakima Walker. Twenty-three additional athletes will compete to be a part of the U19 USA team.

The West Des Moines, Iowa, native is the only athlete to return from the 2019 USA U19 team that won gold medals in Japan. She joins Connecticut commit Azzi Fudd, who earned a gold medal as a member of the 2018 USA U17 team, as the only two-time gold medalists. The pair were teammates on the 2017 USA U16 team, earning their first gold medals.

This season with Iowa State, Donarski averaged 13.0 points per game and was ISU’s second-leading scorer. She added 3.3 rebounds and shot 40.5 percent from the field and 41.1 percent from long range. Donarski was named the unanimous Big 12 Freshman of the Year and claimed a league-high five Big 12 Freshman of the Week honors.

Featuring U19 teams from 16 nations, the 2021 FIBA U19 World Cup is scheduled to be held Aug. 7-15 in Debrecen, Hungary. In addition to the USA and host Hungary, teams that will take part in this summer’s U19 World Cup include Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Italy, Japan, Mali, Russia, South Korea and Spain.

FIBA held the draw to determine preliminary round groups for the 2021 FIBA U19 World Cup on April 28, and the USA was drawn into Group A, alongside Australia, Egypt and Italy for the Aug. 7-10 preliminary round. The USA will open play against Italy on Aug. 7, followed by Australia on Aug. 8 and cap preliminary play against Egypt on Aug. 10. Times will be announced by FIBA at a later date.

The Atlantic girls golf team won the Sioux City East Invite at Whispering Creek Golf Course on Wednesday.

1. Atlantic 414
2. Bishop Heelan 428
3. Sioux City East 421
4. Moville 457
5. MVAOCOU 469
6. Sargent Bluff-Luton 474

Medalist: Isabella Boyle, Sioux City East, 90.
Runner-Up: Roni Hook, Atlantic, 93

Other Atlantic Scores:
4th: Abby Smith, Atlantic – 102.
10th: Lexi Noelck, Atlantic – 107.
Abby Muller – 112
Reagan Leonard – 118.

Atlantic Head Coach Kathy Hobson:

The Western Iowa Conference held their boys and girls golf tournaments on Wednesday at Nishna Hills Golf Club in Atlantic. IKM-Manning won the boys tournament and Treynor won the girls title.

Girls Team Scores

1. Treynor 383
2. Logan-Magnolia 428
3. IKM-Manning 433
4. Audubon 436
5. Tri-Center 447
6. AHSTW 477
7. Riverside 483
8. Underwood NTS
9. Missouri Valley NTS

Girls Top 6 Individuals

1. Kylie Powers, IKM-Manning, 80
2. Brooklyn Currin, Treynor, 89
3. Maddie Lewis, Treynor, 89
4. Keely Smith, Treynor 97
5. Sydney Beymer, Audubon, 97
6. Madison Mahoney, Missouri Valley 98

Full Results: 2021 WIC Tourney – Girls

Boys Team Scores

1. IKM-Manning 308
2. Treynor 317
3. Underwood 335
4. Missouri Valley 348
5. Logan-Magnolia 353
6. Tri-Center 355
7. Audubon 356
8. AHSTW 371
9. Riverside 372

Boys Individual Top 6

1. Coby Fink, Underwood, 71
2. Joey Konz, Treynor, 73
3. Tyler Brandt, IKM-Manning, 74
4. Kyler Rasmussen, IKM-Manning, 74
5. Max Nielsen, IKM-Manning, 78
6. Dawson Goss, Treynor, 79

Full Results: 2021 WIC Tourney – Boys

Girls Team Scores

1. Van Meter 177
2. Panorama 150
3. Earlham 86
4. Madrid 77
5. ACGC 71.5
6. Ogden 48
7. DM Christian 32.5
8. Interstate-35 29
9. Pleasantville 28
10. Woodward-Granger 25
11. West Central Valley 17

ACGC got a win from Chloe Largent in the High Jump. Ryle Sloss went 2nd in the 3000M and the Chargers were 2nd in the Shuttle Hurdle Relay.

Boys Team Scores

1. Madrid 142
2. Van Meter 127
3. ACGC 101
4. DM Christian 92
5. Earlham 91
6. Interstate-35 57
7. Pleasantville 36
8. Ogden 35
9. T-8th Woodward-Granger 35
10. West Central Valley 24

The Chargers got second place finishes from Austin Kunkle in the 100M and 200M and Clayton Wardyn in the 110M Hurdles.

Full Results HERE

Girls Team Scores

Essex got wins from Riley Jensen in the High Jump, Cindy Swain in the Long Jump, 4x100M Relay, 4x200M Relay, and 4x800M Relay. Griswold grabbed a win in the Shuttle Hurdle Relay, Paige Luft won the Discus, and Hope Ogg won the 100M Hurdles. Stanton’s Tara Peterson won the 100M, 400M, and 400M Hurdles.

Boys Team Scores

East Mills got wins from Tyler Prokop in the 800M, Ryan Stortenbecker in the 110M Hurdles, 4x100M Relay, 4x200M Relay, 4x800M Relay, and Shuttle Hurdle Relay. Stanton’s Jack Roberts won the 100M, 200M, and 400M. The Vikings also won the Sprint Medley.

Full results HERE.

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Team Scores

1. Bedford 366
2. Wayne 382
3. Martensdale-St. Marys 388
4. Southeast Warren 393
5. Nodaway Valley 411
6. Central Decatur 412
7. East Union 418
8. Southwest Valley 420
9. Mount Ayr 451
10. Lenox 471

Individual Top Ten

1. R.C. Hicks, Wayne, 85
2. Matthew Weber, Nodaway Valley, 90
3. Nash Buckingham, Wayne 94
4. Zack Gebbie, Nodaway Valley 100
5. Caleb Clark, Wayne, 100
6. Konner Nickell, Wayne, 102
7. Zeb Nading, Wayne, 104
8. Landon Klobnak, Nodaway Valley, 105
9. Aiden Eggert, Lenox, 105
10. Aidan Chiperi, Wayne, 109

Full results HERE.

GIRLS
Griswold 227, Missouri Valley 238
Medalist: Jenna Reynolds, Griswold, 46
Runner-Up: Mikala Pelzer, Griswold, 57

BOYS
Missouri Valley 204, Griswold 351
Medalist: Jackson Tennis, Missouri Valley, 43
Runner-Up: Alec Fichter, Missouri Valley 45