Norwalk 35, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 7

Pella 45, West Delaware, Manchester 26

Don Bosco, Gilbertville 30, Newell-Fonda 7

Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn 35, Glidden-Ralston 21

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — No. 8 Iowa insists it isn’t worried about the Big Ten West title, a league championship or its current standing in the playoff chase. Starting 10-0 for the first time is all the Hawkeyes (9-0, 5-0 Big Ten, No. 5 CFP) care about these days.

Iowa can knock off the first of what it hopes will be many milestones on Saturday when it hosts Minnesota (4-5, 1-4). The Hawkeyes have never won 10 in a row to start a season — not even when they finished in the top 10 three years in a row earlier last decade.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Four years ago, Iowa State dashed Oklahoma State’s national title hopes on a chilly night in November. An equally poor performance on Saturday in Ames would probably doom the Cowboys again; even with Baylor and Oklahoma still left on their schedule.

No. 5 Oklahoma State (9-0, 6-0 Big 12) could have a clear path to a playoff spot — despite being ranked just eighth by the committee — after trouncing previously-unbeaten TCU 49-29 last week. But with so much competition for the top four slots, the Cowboys can’t afford to look past Iowa State.

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(At the US Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids)

Class 5A Semifinals

(3-0) Ankeny Centennial over Dubuque Hempstead 25-20, 25-19, 25-23

(3-2) Bettendorf over Cedar Falls 25-22, 25-19, 24-26, 21-25, 15-9

Class 4A Semifinals

(3-0) West Delaware over Lewis Central 25-17, 25-8, 25-22

(3-1) Harlan over Bishop Heelan 24-26, 25-19, 25-17, 25-22

Class 3A Semifinals

(3-0) West Liberty over Mount Vernon 24-22, 25-20, 25-13

(3-0) Nevada over Kuemper Catholic 25-20, 25-15, 26-24

Class 2A Semifinals

(3-1) Western Christian over West Branch, 25-20 25-15 19-25 25-23

(3-2) Sumner-Fredericksburg over Dike-New Hartford, 25-22 25-13 22-25 12-25 17-15

Class 1A Semifinals

(3-0) Sidney over Central Lyon, 26-24 25-20 25-21

(3-0) Janesville over Tripoli, 25-23 25-15 25-14

(Championship Games in all Classes take place Friday)

Thursday (11/12/2015)

8-MAN:
Don Bosco, Gilbertville 30, Newell-Fonda 7
Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn 35, Glidden-Ralston 21

CLASS 3A:
Norwalk vs Sergeant Bluff-Luton at UNI-Dome @ 5:36 PM
Pella vs West Delaware, Manchester at UNI-Dome @ 8:21 PM

The Iowa Association of Track Coaches recently announced their track & field and cross country Coaches of the Year honors ahead of their Hall of Fame Banquet on December 5th in Ames.  An overall State Coach of the Year is named in each class for boys and girls along with five other coaches being recognized. Honorees are listed below.

IATC 2015 COACHES OF THE YEAR

GIRLS TRACK & FIELD
CLASS 1A
State Coach of the Year – Keith Harms – Hudson
At-Large Theresa Penick BCLUW
At-Large Bob Mudd North Linn
At-Large Josh Roudabush Pekin
At-Large Kendall Rachuy Sioux Central
At-Large Brett Welsch Nodaway Valley
CLASS 2A
State Coach of the Year – Angie Cook – Clayton Ridge
At-Large Pat Healy Northeast Gooselake
At-Large Tom Muller Osage
At-Large Kadrian Hardersen Sioux Center
At-Large Maggie Willems Mount Vernon
At-Large Phil Baldus Saint Ansgar
CLASS 3A
State Coach of the Year – Tim O’Neill, Davenport Assumption
At-Large Dave Hutchcroft Mount Pleasant
At-Large Dana Hogan Decorah
At-Large Scott Kiesel Boone
At-Large Brad Rasmussen Glenwood
At-Large Dak Rasmussen Pella
CLASS 4A
State Co-Coach of the Year – Jane Wheeler, Pleasant Valley
State Co-Coach of the Year, Kenny Wheeler, Pleasant Valley
At-Large Nathan Hopp Linn-Mar
At-Large Bill Calloway Cedar Rapids Jefferson
At-Large Randy Hutchison Urbandale
At-Large Mike Parker Iowa City West
At-Large Jesse Hunt Waukee
BOYS TRACK & FIELD
The Phil Hummel CLASS 1A
State Coach of the Year – Casey Baxa – Lisbon
At-Large Brad Elliott Mount Ayr
At-Large Chase Moseman Lawton Bronson
At-Large Gabe Bakker Pleasantville
At-Large Davis Eidahl Pekin
At-Large Wendell Larson Alta-Aurelia
CLASS 2A
State Coach of the Year – Corey Lamm – West Burlington Notre
Dame
At-Large Brock Lehman Sioux Center
At-Large Greg Williams Monticello
At-Large Mike Wehde Tipton
At-Large Ryan Whitman Mount Vernon
At-Large Jarrod Schott/Karl Bahrke Kingsley Pierson-
Woodbury Central
CLASS 3A
State Coach of the Year – Amy Marshall – Center Point-Urbana
At-Large Mitch Anderson Mount Pleasant
At-Large Gregg Wellman Algona
At-Large Jared Fletcher Carlisle
At-Large Brent Van Hauen Pella
At-Large Mark Sovers Solon
CLASS 4A
State Coach of the Year – Brent Heitland, Waukee
At-Large Ben Duea Ames
At-Large Brian Martz Iowa City West
At-Large Dirk Homewood Cedar Falls
At-Large Tim TeBrink Urbandale
At-Large Norm Anderson Dubuque Hempstead
GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY
CLASS 1A
State Coach of the Year – Mark Bauder – Central Elkader
At-Large Mark Twedt West Fork
At-Large Davis Eidahl Pekin
At-Large Dan Schleisman Treynor
At-Large Mike Schutt Newman Catholic, Mason City
At-Large Mike Szalat Fort Dodge Saint Edmond
CLASS 2A
State Coach of the Year – Bob Davidshofer – Cascade
At-Large Dan Sauser Monticello
At-Large Brent Jennings Osage
At-Large Liz Skillern Shenandoah
At-Large Nick Nordheim Williamsburg
At-Large Kevin Kearney/Scott Conway South Winnishiek
CLASS 3A
State Coach of the Year – Alex Flores – Davenport Assumption
At-Large Cynthia Wagner Dubuque Wahlert
At-Large Bryant Rasmussen Denison-Schleswig
At-Large Dean Clasen Humboldt
At-Large Douglas Cutler Pella
At-Large Justin Droppert Dallas Center-Grimes
CLASS 4A
State Coach of the Year – Dan Davis – Urbandale
At-Large Jane Wheeler Pleasant Valley
At-Large Pat Hennes Johnston
At-Large Mike Parker Iowa City West
At-Large Erin Flynn Bettendorf
At-Large Tom Mittman Iowa City High
BOYS CROSS COUNTRY
CLASS 1A
State Coach of the Year – Darrell Burmeister – Nodaway Valley
At-Large Chad Swope Iowa City Regina
At-Large Sandy Sabelka Denver
At-Large Sherri Selenke Hudson
At-Large Scott Jess Bellevue
At-Large Davis Eidahl Pekin
CLASS 2A
State Coach of the Year – Jeff Short
Garner Hayfield-Ventura
At-Large Josh Husted Davis County
At-Large Karl Kaemingk Unity Christian
At-Large Steve Leach North Polk
At-Large Mark Hostetler Mid-Prairie
At-Large Ben Demuth Eagle Grove
CLASS 3A
State Coach of the Year – Kory Swart – Mount Vernon-Lisbon
At-Large Mitch Anderson Mount Pleasant
At-Large Douglas Cutler Pella
At-Large Matt Pries Dallas Center-Grimes
At-Large Marty Mitchell Carlisle
At-Large Trent Edsen Grinnell
CLASS 4A
State Coach of the Year – Tim Ives – Dowling West Des Moines
At-Large Tom Trygstad Valley, West Des Moines
At-Large Troy Becker Cedar Falls
At-Large Bill Schwarz Cedar Rapids Prairie
At-Large Kevin Barnes Indianola
At-Large Erik Belby Pleasant Valley

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Atlantic Senior Ryan Hawkins signed a National Letter of Intent Wednesday to continue his basketball career at Wayne State University.   The Wildcats are an NCAA Division II program playing in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.  Hawkins signed on Wednesday at the Atlantic high school surrounded by the Atlantic coaching staff and his Mother Rhonda.

Pictured: Ryan Hawkins, Rhonda Hawkins, Head Coach Alan Jenkins, Activities Director Matt Alexander

Ryan said he felt that Wayne State was a great fit for him because the coaching staff really wanted him to get to know the players and made him feel welcome.

Hawkins said he first knew he would have the possibility of playing at the collegiate level when he was a Sophomore and the team really worked hard to come together and motivated him to work toward that goal.

He said he worked hard to improve and felt he had a great summer in AAU competition.  He stated that he looked at a few other schools in the area but felt Wayne State was where he belonged and likes the fact that he won’t be too far from home.

Atlantic Head Coach Alan Jenkins said it is a great honor for a player to achieve a scholarship to play basketball at the next level.

Jenkins gave all the credit to Hawkins saying that he didn’t get attention from colleges by luck or accident but by hard work.  He also touched on Hawkins’ leadership in the program.

Coach Jenkins also talked about what he tries to do as a coach to blend improving the team along with helping a player individually to help them get to the next level.

Hawkins will now focus on his Senior season with the Trojan squad and is looking forward to seeing what they can achieve.