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IRVING, Texas – Four Iowa State defensive players – JaQuan Bailey (DE), Ray Lima (DL), Greg Eisworth (S) and Marcel Spears Jr. (LB) – made the 2019 Preseason All-Big 12 Football Team, announced today by the Big 12 Conference.
The team was chosen by media representatives who cover the league.
Iowa State’s four representatives on the team ties for second behind Oklahoma’s five.
Bailey is one of the greatest defensive ends in school history. The two-time All-Big 12 selection, including a second-teamer in 2018, is currently tied with Shawn Moorehead for the most career sacks in Iowa State history (18.5). His 18.5 career sacks ranks third among active NCAA FBS players.
A native of Jacksonville, Fla., Bailey has started the last 33 games in his Cyclone career. His 31.5 career TFL ranks fifth in school history and is 2.5 shy from the school record.
In 2018, Bailey led the team and ranked fourth in the Big 12 in sacks (8.0), the third-best season total in school history. He also led the team in TFL, registering the ninth-best season total in the Cyclone record book at 14.5.
Lima has been one of the key cogs in Iowa State’s resurgence on defense the past two seasons as one of the best run-stoppers in the nation.
The Los Angeles, Calif., native is a two-time All-Big 12 selection and was a first-team all-league choice by ESPN in 2018.
The 2018 co-captain has started 21 games and recorded 59 tackles and 8.0 TFL in his career.
Eisworth, a native of Grand Prairie, Texas, had and outstanding debut season for the Cyclones in 2018, earning Big 12 Defensive Newcomer of the year accolades and First-Team All-Big 12 recognition.
Eisworth started 12 games and led the Cyclones in tackles per game (7.2) to rank eighth in the Big 12.
He led the team in tackles in five of 12 games played and registered 4.0 TFL, an interception and two forced fumbles.
Spears has started every game of the last two seasons, earning Honorable Mention All-Big 12 accolades in 2017 and 2018.
A native of Olathe, Kan., Spears enters his senior season with 180 tackles, 16.5 TFL, 3.5 sacks and four interceptions in his career. Three times in his career he’s been named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week.
Spears is one of three active FBS linebackers with two pick-sixes in his career. He also has four career double-digit tackle games and two of his interceptions have sealed victories for the Cyclones in the fourth quarter.
Full team here: Big 12 Preseason Team
CLEVELAND (AP) _ Make it seven straight wins for the American League in the All-Star Game.
Joey Gallo’s solo homer in the seventh inning gave the AL a 4-1 lead before the junior circuit hung on for a 4-3 win over the National League in Cleveland.
The story for the American League was on the mound as nine hurlers each threw one inning and combined to allow just five hits while striking out 16. Indians hurler and game MVP Shane Bieber gave the local fans a thrill by striking out the side in the fifth. Liam Hendriks and Aroldis Chapman also fanned three in their one inning of work.
Former Indian Michael Brantley opened the scoring with an RBI double off loser Clayton Kershaw, scoring Astros teammate Alex Bregman. Gary Sanchez began the junior circuit’s second rally by leading off the fifth with a double before scoring on Jorge Polanco’s single.
Charlie Blackmon put the NL on the board with a two-out homer in the sixth, but the AL regained control on a run-scoring double-play grounder and a solo homer by Joey Gallo. The insurance runs came in handy once Home Run Derby winner Pete Alonso delivered a two-run single in the eighth.
Masahiro Tanaka (mah-sah-HEE’-roh tah-NAH’-kah) worked a scoreless second to get the win.
The American League leads the overall series, 45-43-2.
Indians right-hander Carlos Carrasco was saluted in the fifth inning of the All-Star Game during Major League Baseball’s “Stand Up to Cancer” campaign after being recently diagnosed with a form of leukemia. Carrasco had been feeling fatigued in May, and was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia following an exam at the Cleveland Clinic.
He has been cleared to resume conditioning and throwing activities to the extent he can tolerate them.
Regional Softball play will continue tonight for Class 1A and 2A and get underway for Class 3A tonight. Here’s a look at the schedule for area match-ups.
CLASS 1A
Region 2
Woodbine @ Newell-Fonda 7:00pm
Exira-EHK @ Riverside 7:00pm
Ar-We-Va @ West Harrison 7:00pm
CAM @ Ridge View 7:00pm
Region 3
East Union @ Collins-Maxwell 7:00pm
Stanton vs. Murray (@ Lenox) 5:30pm
Fremont-Mills @ Lenox 7:30pm
Bedford @ Grand View Christian 5:00pm
CLASS 2A
Region 1
Nodaway Valley @ Colfax-Mingo 7:00pm
Region 2
Pella Christian @ Pleasantville 7:00pm
I-35 @ Ogden 7:00pm
ACGC @ Van Meter 7:00pm
Martensdale-St. Marys @ Earlham 7:00pm
Region 3
IKM-Manning @ West Monona 7:00pm
Missouri Valley @ AHSTW 7:00pm
Logan-Magnolia @ Mount Ayr 7:00pm
Underwood @ Sidney 7:00pm
CLASS 3A
Region 7
OA-BCIG @ Treynor 7:00pm
MOC-Floyd Valley @ Sioux Center 7:00pm
Kuemper Catholic @ Atlantic 7:00pm – ON KJAN
Carroll @ Southeast Valley 7:00pm
Region 8
Saydel @ Albia 7:00pm
Clarke @ Creston 7:00pm
Des Moines Christian @ North Polk 7:00pm
Red Oak @ Shenandoah 7:00pm
BASEBALL
Hawkeye Ten Conference
Carroll 5, Atlantic 4
Dallas Center-Grimes 7, Harlan 5
Denison-Schleswig 16, Northeast, Goose Lake 7
Glenwood 11, Le Mars 1
Red Oak 11, Sidney 1
Shenandoah 13, Lenox 3
Western Iowa Conference
South Central Calhoun 5, Audubon 4
Ogden 3, Treynor 2
Rolling Valley Conference
Coon Rapids-Bayard 4, Webster City 0
Exira-EHK 9, IKM-Manning 3
Underwood 10, CAM 1
Corner Conference
Stanton 11, Essex/South Page 0
Pride of Iowa Conference
Central Decatur 11, Bedford 6
Mount Ayr 6, Southwest Valley 3
Nodaway Valley 12, Fremont-Mills 4
Martensdale-St. Marys 3, Des Moines Christian 1
Pleasantville 11, Southeast Warren 7
Missouri River Conference
Sioux City West 8, CB Abraham Lincoln 2 (Game 1)
Abraham Lincoln 8, CB Sioux City West 2 (Game 2)
Bluegrass Conference
Lamoni 7, Murray 2
Murray 16, Melcher-Dallas 6
Mount Ayr 12, Orient-Macksburg 0
SOFTBALL
CB Thomas Jefferson 9, Sioux City West 7
IOWA CITY, Iowa – Ugo Nwaigwe has been named the director of women’s basketball operations, head coach Lisa Bluder announced Tuesday.
Nwaigwe joins the Hawkeyes after spending the last year as an assistant women’s basketball coach at Graceland University. There she helped the Jackets to a 13-17 overall record, marking the most wins for the program since the 2011-12 season. The Jackets opened the season with a 9-1 record – the best start to a season in program history.
While at Graceland, Nwaigwe assisted in all aspects of the women’s basketball program, including recruiting, skill development, scouting, student-athlete development, and travel coordination.
Prior to her coaching stint at Graceland, Nwaigwe played professionally overseas in Nigeria, Spain, Angola, Portugal, and Argentina. She played for the Nigerian National team in 2016 and 2017.
She was a 2018 AfroCup Bronze Medalist with the First Bank Club of Nigeria, a 2017 African National Champion with the Nigerian Women’s Senior National Team, and a member of the 2016 Nigerian Women’s Senior National Team.
Nwaigwe is a 2016 Temple University master’s graduate with a degree in globalization and development communications; as well as a 2015 Wagner College graduate with a degree in sociology, government and politics. She played basketball at both institutions.
In college, she helped guide her team to the WNIT Elite Eight (2016) and the American Athletic Conference semifinals (2016). In 2014, she was named to the Northeast Conference Defensive Player of the Year. In high school, Nwaigwe was a McDonald All-American nominee.
IOWA CITY, Iowa — The University of Iowa volleyball team announced the addition of Bobby Hughes to the coaching staff. Hughes will lead Iowa’s defensive efforts.
Hughes, the owner and director of Skyline Volleyball Club, joins the Hawkeye staff with 12 years of high school volleyball coaching experience, winning three Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Regional volleyball championships at Regina Dominican High School.
In 2017, Hughes was awarded the USA Volleyball Robert Lindsay Meritorious Award for his outstanding volleyball service in and around his community.
From 2015-18, Hughes coached the boys freshman volleyball team at Loyola Academy and prior to that, Hughes led the coaching efforts for Notre Dame College Prep’s boys freshman team (2009-13).
Hughes graduated from Texas Christian University in 2003. He was a four-year member of the TCU men’s club volleyball team, including team captain in 2003.
Softball
ADM 2, Ballard 1
Carlisle 10, Carroll 0
Carlisle 11, Carroll 0
Denison-Schleswig 7, Harlan 6
Harlan 7, Denison-Schleswig 3
Shenandoah 8, Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln 5
Sioux City East 12, Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson 0
Winterset 10, Perry 2
Baseball
Atlantic 5, Tri-Center 2
AHSTW 17, Griswold 3 (5 innings)
CAM 3, East Union 2 (9 innings )
Gilbert 6, Kuemper Catholic 5 (9 innings)
Harlan 12, Denison-Schleswig 1 (5 innings)
Harlan 14, Denison-Schleswig 0
Kuemper Catholic 7, Carroll 3
MVAOCOU 4, Boyer Valley 0
Pleasantville 7, Martensdale-St. Marys 6 (9 innings )
Sidney 7, Lenox 3
Stanton 6, Southwest Valley 3
Van Meter 8, Treynor 1
Winterset 10, Creston 5
The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union released the final rankings for Class 1A, 2A, and 3A Softball on Monday. The final Class 4A and 5A Rankings will be released on Wednesday.
Class 1A
Class 2A
Class 3A
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