AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State has hired former Louisiana Tech assistant Stan Eggen as its defensive ends coach. Eggen, who spent the past five seasons working with the Bulldogs defensive line, fills a vacancy left when Cyclones assistant Curtis Bray died last month. Eggen and Cyclones head coach Paul Rhoads have known each other for 25 years. Rhoads says Eggen is an “exceptional” teacher who should help Iowa State recruit in metro Dallas-Fort Worth.

Eggen was the defensive line coach at Texas A&M prior to his stint at Louisiana Tech. Eggen has also worked at Alabama, TCU and New Mexico among other schools in a career spanning over 30 years. Eggen grew up in Minnesota and graduated with a master’s degree from North Dakota in 1981.

Jim Field and Chris Parks have the call of the games played at Tri-Center High School near Neola.

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Over six hundred youth including students from Atlantic, will be competing in the archery competition of the 2014 Winter Iowa Games powered by the Iowa Food & Family Project. Partnering with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, the event will take place Saturday, Feb. 8th, at Johnston High School. Archers will begin their first flight at 9:00 a.m. and continue shooting throughout the day. Students will compete both on the individual and team level. Teams from Atlantic, Central Decatur, Mount Ayr, Spencer and central Iowa will be participating.

The National Archery in the Schools Program in Iowa is coordinated through the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Currently there are nearly 200 Iowa schools participating in the program. The Iowa Games added the archery competition to the docket of sports in 2011 and the event continues to grow. In 2011, the event was held in Central City and had 67 participants. This year with a total of 617 archers from 21 schools, the event will break the previous record set in 2013 by more than 150 participants.

Among the schools competing at the event is the Atlantic High School/Middle School, Diagonal, Fremont Elementary, and Mount Ayr Community School.  The 2014 Games will look to set a new participation record with over 4,300 athletes to compete in the annual winter sports festival. The 2014 Games kicked off in late January and will continue through February. Over the course of four weekends, the Winter Iowa Games will hold competitions for 23 sports in 15 different communities.

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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Samanta Logic had her second first triple-double of the season to lead Iowa to a 73-70 victory on Thursday night. Logic had 14 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists for Iowa (18-6, 6-4 Big Ten), which has won six of its last eight conference games. Ally Disterhoft had 24 points for the Hawkeyes who lost 87-71 to Penn State on Jan. 5.

Maggie Lucas had 21 points and Ariel Edwards added 16 for Penn State (17-5, 8-2), which had won 12 of 13. The Lady Lions tied the game at 68 but managed just two points in the final 2 minutes.

Theairra Taylor’s free throw put the Hawkeyes up by one but Edwards hit a short jumper for a 70-69 lead. Bethany Doolittle, who was held to eight points, hit a jumper to put Iowa ahead. Edwards, Kaliyah Mitchell and Lucas all missed jumpers and Logic pulled down the deciding rebound.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye 10:

• Harlan 74, Atlantic 45
• St. Albert 47, Thomas Jefferson 45

Western Iowa:

• Tri-Center 49, Griswold 42
• IKM-Manning 58, Audubon 29
• Treynor 66, A-H-S-T 42
• Missouri Valley 50, Logan-Magnolia 30
• Underwood 78, Riverside 46

Rolling Valley:

• Ar-We-Va 52, Coon Rapids-Bayard 42
• Boyer Valley 69, Woodbine 43
• West Harrison 78, Charter Oak-Ute 45

Others:

• Bedford 57, Wayne, Corydon 49
• East Mills 61, Nishnabotna 27
• Fremont Mills 70, South Page 31
• Lenox 54, Southwest Valley 38
• Nodaway Valley 93, Mount Ayr 49

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye 10:

• Harlan 83, Atlantic 30
• St. Albert 53, Thomas Jefferson 24

Western Iowa:

• Tri-Center 57, Griswold 43
• IKM-Manning 84, Audubon 43
• Missouri Valley 61, Logan-Magnolia 26
• Treynor 60, A-H-S-T 39
• Underwood 55, Riverside 41

Rolling Valley:

• Coon Rapids-Bayard 42, Ar-We-Va 33
• Charter Oak-Ute 56, West Harrison 49

Others:

• East Mills 44, Nishnabotna 32
• Fremont Mills 72, South Page 28
• Nodaway Valley 49, Mount Ayr 46
• Southwest Valley 59, Lenox 37

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Officials with the Drake Relays have announced plans to hold an exhibition high jump inside of a supermarket. Meet officials say they’ve already lined up eight high jumpers for a competition to be held on April 21 at a Hy-Vee store in nearby Waukee, Iowa.

The women’s event will feature recent Olympic silver medalist Brigetta Barrett, 2013 meet champion Ruth Beitia of Spain and American record-holder Chaunte Howard-Lowe. Canadian Derek Drouin and American Erik Kynard will headline the men’s field.

Hy-Vee is the presenting sponsor of the meet, which will run from April 24-26.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs hired former NFL running back Brock Olivo as their assistant special teams coach Thursday after he served the past two years on the staff at Coastal Carolina. Olivo replaces Kevin O’Dea, who was hired as special teams coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Olivo was a star at Missouri before spending four seasons with the Detroit Lions. After his playing career, he spent time coaching football in Italy and with the United Football League. At Coastal Carolina, he was the running backs coach and also helped with special teams.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – Iowa says that St. Louis-area running back Markel Smith has finally signed his letter of intent.  Smith was ranked as a four-star back by recruiting publication Scout.com and is considered one of the best prospects in Iowa’s latest class. But Smith got snowed in during a retreat and wasn’t able to officially join the Hawkeyes until Thursday.  Smith was a first-team all-state selection in each of the last two seasons for St. John Vianney High.

Smith’s 7,144 career rushing yards ranks second-best in Missouri history. He also set the single-game mark with 541 yards.  Smith is the 19th recruit and second running back to join the Hawkeyes for the upcoming season.