IOWA CITY, Iowa — The University of Iowa football team will hold an open practice presented by US Cellular on Saturday, April 20, in Kinnick Stadium. The open practice will conclude Iowa’s spring drills and is free to attend.

Gates to Kinnick Stadium will open at 9:45 a.m. (CT) with practice scheduled to begin at 10:45 a.m. Fans will be able to enter select gates, including Gates A (south end zone) B (southwest) and H (northwest). Regular season game-day search procedures will be in place and fans will be allowed to sit in the south and west stands.

Free parking will be available on hard surface lots, while normal ramp fees will be charged. Tailgating will not be allowed. Concession stands will be open at select locations on the concourse with limited menu items available. Additional information is available at hawkeyesports.com/footballgameday.

The Hawkeyes open the 2024 season with three straight home contests, hosting Illinois State in the season opener on Aug. 31, Iowa State in the annual Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series game on Sept. 7, and Troy on Sept. 14.

In Big Ten Conference play, the Hawkeyes host Washington (Oct. 12), Northwestern (Oct. 26), Wisconsin (Nov. 2) and Nebraska (Nov. 29) on Black Friday. Road games include traveling to Minnesota (Sept. 21), Ohio State (Oct. 5), Michigan State (Oct. 19), UCLA (Nov. 9) and Maryland (Nov. 23).

Questions concerning the purchase of 2024 football tickets, including general public, UI faculty/staff and UI student season tickets by current UI students, should be directed to the UI Athletics Ticket Office. The office telephone number is 1-800-IA-HAWKS and ticket information is available at hawkeyesports.com/footballtickets.

Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz hopes an experienced offensive line will help the Hawkeyes’ worst in the nation offense make progress next season. Iowa has seven players returning with starting experience up front.

It is a position group that has struggled in recent years.

Ferentz believes the offensive line has the potential to be better.

Iowa announced the Hawkeyes will close spring drills with an open practice on April 20th.

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The Riverside Bulldog boys soccer team has been preparing for their first match of the season. The Bulldogs are being coached this year by Rick Ryun.

Coach Ryun mentioned what his squad has been working on in practice.

Coach Ryun commented on who is going to be his standout athletes for the year.

Coach Ryun talked about what his goals are for the squad this season.

The Bulldogs first match of the season will be Friday April 5th, as they will be at Gale Wickersham Athletic Complex to take on Council Bluffs Jefferson in a non-conference matchup. That matchup will get underway at 5:00 p.m.

Since the 2020-2021 season, the Riverside Bulldog girls didn’t have a soccer program due low number of participants. So now in the 2023-2024 season they have started up the Bulldog girls soccer program again under first year head coach Kayla Harris. The Bulldogs have 23 participants out this season.

Before the season, the Bulldogs were looking for a coach for the year. Coach Harris commented on how she was encouraged to be the Bulldogs soccer coach this season.

Even though the Bulldogs already have played in one match this season in a 10-0 loss to Council Bluffs Jefferson this past Monday. Coach Harris had this say after the conclusion of the game.

Coach Harris said her squad worked pretty hard in practice and even put in extra work after practice for the last month to prepare them for the season.

Coach Harris talked about what the team goals for the team this season.

The Bulldogs next match will be Tuesday April 9th as they will be taking on Denison-Schleswig in a non-conference matchup. That match will start at 5:00 p.m.

Shenandoah 9 Clarinda 0 

Shenandoah singles winners — Andrew Lawrence, Lucas Sun, Seth Zwickel, Teagan Brunk, Luke Daoust, Ryan Lawrence

Shenandoah doubles winners — A. Lawrence/Brunk, Sun/Zwickel, Daoust/R. Lawrence

Red Oak 6 Creston 3 

Red Oak singles winners — Max DeVries, Joshua LeRette, Emmanuel Grass

Red Oak doubles winners — DeVries/LeRette, Grass/Landon Gigstad, Ethan Strunk/Griffin Eubank

Creston singles winners: Damion Meyer, Carson Cooper, Ben Hill

Kuemper Catholic 8 Lewis Central 1 

Kuemper Catholic singles winners — Josh Langel, Hans Kraus, Max Reincke, Jake Hausman, Braxton Lucas

Kuemper Catholic doubles winners — Langel/Kraus, Mason Reicks/Landon Pottebaum, Colby Pudenz/Hausman

Lewis Central singles winners — Christian Jensen

Abraham Lincoln 5 St. Albert 4

Abraham Lincoln singles winners — Chris Wailes, Andy Brace, Cooper Schaa, Hunter Albertus

Abraham Lincoln doubles winners — Schaa/Albertus

St. Albert singles winners — Cole Pekny, McCoy Daley

St. Albert doubles winners — Noah Narmi/Pekny, McCoy Daley/Mack Daley

Missouri Valley 247 Tri-Center 252 

Medalist: Henley Arbaugh, Missouri Valley (49)

Treynor 215 Underwood 243 

Medalist: Kailynn Brecher, Underwood (50)

Clarinda 8 Shenandoah 1 

Clarinda singles winners — Riley Nothwehr, Emma Stogdill, Hanna Higgins, Ellie Cole, Alivia Higgins

Clarinda doubles winners — Taylin Walter/Cole, Nothwehr/Stogdill, H. Higgins/Ellison Lovett

Shenandoah singles winner — Gabi Jacobs

Sioux City East 9 Glenwood 0 

Sioux City East singles winners — Gracie Bruening, Taryn Dobbs, Faith Kranz, Payton East, Mia Corella, Mattie Wineland

Sioux City East doubles winners — Bruening/Dobbs, Kranz/East, Colella/Wineland

Kuemper Catholic 6 Lewis Central 3

Kuemper Catholic singles winners — Kaylie Simons, Sophie Tidgren, Charlotte Schwabe, Julia Craig

Kuemper Catholic doubles winners — Brooke Rohe/Tidgren, Simons/Schwabe

Lewis Central singles winners — Mallory Kjeldgaard, Reese Meaike

Lewis Central doubles winner — McKenzie McMorris/Riah Koenck

St. Albert 9 Abraham Lincoln 0 

St. Albert singles winners — Georgie Bohnet, Mari Valdivia, Lily Barnes, Ella Narmi, Ellie O’Donovan, Grace Manz

St. Albert doubles winners — Bohnet/Valdivia, Barnes/Narmi, O’Donovan/Manz

Girls Scores

Missouri Valley 7, Atlantic 0
St. Albert 4, Harlan Community 0
Des Moines Christian 9, Winterset 0

Boys Scores

Atlantic 5, Missouri Valley 4
Carlisle 4, Winterset 2
Lewis Central 10, Kuemper Catholic 0

1. Glenwood (108 points) — Winners: Danika Arnold, 100 meters (12.85) & 400 meters (1:04.30)|Jaylynn Floyd, high jump (5-00.00)|4×800 meter relay: Breckyn Petersen, Grace Berglund, Maya Schau, Lauren Hughes (10:52.73)

2. LeMars (58 points) — Winners: Sprint medley relay: Aubree Leusink, Stella Hector, Madi Huls, Sienna Kass (1:58.11)|Shuttle hurdle relay: Liberty Larson, Leusink, Aduk Dut, Claire Susemihl (1:13.03)|4×200 meter relay: Leusink, Hector, Huls, Kass (1:55.01)

3. Bishop Heelan Catholic (53 points) — Winners: Addison Bertrand, 3000 meter run (11:33.67)|Shannon Cleary, long jump (16-05.00)|Distance medley relay: Cleary, Maddy Schermerhorn, Maddie Demke, Scarlett Walsh (4:45.27)

5. Abraham Lincoln (45.5 points) — Winners: Lexie Pearce, high jump (4-02.00)

6. Sergeant Bluff-Luton (29.5 points)