AMES, Iowa – Iowa State (4-8-1, 1-4 Big 12) dropped Monday night’s matchup with No. 6 BYU (10-1-2, 3-0-2 Big 12) by a score of 7-0 in the teams’ first-ever meeting.

BYU showed why it was once ranked as the top team in the land, as the sixth-ranked Cougars jumped out to an early 1-0 lead thanks to a goal in the second minute of play.

The Cougars would convert on two more prime opportunities, taking a 3-0 lead into the break.

Avery Gillahan had five saves in the first half, as BYU outshot the Cyclones 12-6 in the first stanza of play.

BYU kept up the pressure in the second half, converting an early opportunity into a goal in the 50th minute of play. The Cougars would tack on three more goals to secure a 7-0 win over Iowa State.

Haley Woodward saw her first action as a Cyclone in the second half, starting in the place of Gillahan. Woodward fell one save shy of her career best, tallying eight saves.

The sixth-ranked Cougars outshot the Cyclones 30-10 on the day as the Cyclones as a whole recorded 13 saves. A new team best on the season.

Kristin Boos and Leia Khairy each recorded multiple shots for the Cyclones. It was the first match this season that not a single Cyclone played all 90 minutes in a match.

Fannon’s Thoughts 

“We learned plenty tonight. We knew with a three-game week we’d need to keep people fresh. A lot of players were able to get in tonight and show some things. I think there’s plenty to learn and we know that if you lose a game 1-nil or 2-nil, you lose the game. We know we just need to learn and move on from it.”

Goals 

Iowa State: N/A

BYU: Bella Folino (4), Brecken Mozingo (7), Erin Bailey 2(9), Ellie Boren (2), Zoe Jacobs (1), Ellie Walbruch (5)

Assists

Iowa State: N/A

BYU: Kendell Petersen (9), Sierra Pennock (1), Bella Folino (2), Olivia Katoa 2(5), Olivia Smith (5), Jacey Wood (1)

Up Next 

Following its two-game homestand against Houston and BYU, Iowa State will head for Texas to face off with the Baylor Bears this Thursday, October 5, at 7 p.m. Thursday’s match will be streamed live on Big 12 Now on ESPN+. 

The Rolling Valley Conference championship was dominated by the Woodbine cross country team Monday night. Landon Bendgen was the top runner of the day on the boys side taking first place with only one point. Woodbine would win the conference championship with a total time of 1:34:58.69 and an average time of 18:59.74. At just the invitational, Woodbine still took first place, but Missouri Valley came in second for the boys.

Varsity Results + Rolling Valley Conference Results 5000 Run
1 V-Woodbine (22)
Total Time: 1:34:58.69
Average: 18:59.74
2 V-Missouri Valley (37)
Total Time: 1:44:00.24
Average: 20:48.05

For the girls side of the Rolling Valley conference championship and the Woodbine Invitational, the Woodbine girls won. However, they had tough competition with Boyer Valley who came in second, and Extra-EHK in third. Michelle Wilson a freshman runner from Exira-EHK earned the individual title.

Rolling Valley Conference Results 5000 Run
1 V-Woodbine (28)
Total Time: 2:01:16.06
Average: 24:15.22
2 V-Boyer Valley (40)
Total Time: 2:05:56.71
Average: 25:11.35
3 V-Exira-Elk-Horn-Kimballton (58)
Total Time: 2:27:34.90
Average: 29:30.98

Balance will be a key as the Iowa basketball team looks for a fifth straight trip to the NCAA Tournament. The Hawkeyes have a solid nucleus returning from last year’s team that finished 19-14 but for the first time in several years don’t have a go-to scorer after Kris Murray left early for the NBA.

Iowa coach Fran McCaffery. With the star power gone so are the expectations. The Hawkeyes have been picked by many to finish in the lower half of the Big Ten.

Six newcomers are on the roster. including four freshmen who McCaffery expects to play significant minutes.

Iowa opens at home on November seventh against North Dakota.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The University of Iowa men’s golf team wrapped up play at the Fighting Irish Classic on Monday afternoon. Iowa tied for 11^th, finishing 27-over par after 54 holes at Warren Golf Course. 

Fifth-year Mac McClear was the low scorer for the Hawkeyes in the final round of the tournament. McClear shot 1-under par (69) on Monday to move up 20 spots in the standings and tie for Iowa’s best finish for the tournament. McClear led the team in birdies on Monday, finishing with four. McClear ended in a tie for 36^th at 6-over par. 

Freshman Max Tjoa also shot 6-over. Tjoa carded a 72 (+2) in each round to tie with McClear as the low Iowa finisher. 

Tennessee won the tournament at 10-under par. Ethan Tseng of Northwestern was the individual medalist with 202 strokes (-8).  

IOWA SCORECARD 

HAWKEYE NOTABLES 

• Tjoa’s par 5 average of 4.50 (-3) finished tied for 10th in the tournament. 
• Tjoa, McClear, and Callum Macfie each had 35 pars a piece which tied for 16th best in the tournament. 

The Northern Iowa football team will look for its third straight win this week with a visit to Indiana State. The Panthers opened Missouri Valley play with a 44-41 victory over Youngstown State.

That’s UNI coach Mark Farley who says the Panthers won despite several critical mistakes.

Defense remains a concern and Farley says communication breakdowns are leading to big plays.

Indiana State is 0-4 but Farley says the Panthers won’t take the Sycamores lightly.

Indiana State sophomore quarterback Cade Chambers returned from injury last week and passed for 159 yards in a 30-28 loss to Murray State.

ATLANTIC, IA – The Atlantic Trojans will host Former Vice President Mike Pence for the coin toss Friday, October 6th, during the Varsity Football pre-game at the Trojan Bowl. Superintendent Dr. Beth Johnson said “To have a former Vice President choose our district is an honor. We have great community pride and facilities to showcase at the game and I’m sure we will have a few additional visitors and media in attendance.”

Pence will arrive prior to the game to greet attendees and will then be escorted to the field for the coin toss. The game will continue in traditional fashion, and according to the Pence staff, the former Vice President will also be available to meet attendees following the pre-game activities.

During the event the district asks that attendees respect any additional security personnel, media and visitors and allow more time for parking, ticket lines, seating, and concession activity. Students and community members are encouraged to wear the color pink for the Pink Out event in support of the October Breast Cancer Awareness month.

According to school administrators, Activity Director Andy Mitchell was contacted earlier this month by the former Vice President’s staff to arrange the visit. “It’s not every day you get a call to discuss a guest of this caliber and host the former Vice President of our country,” Mitchell said. “We want to present our district and community in the most positive light during their visit here and we are excited to give our students the opportunity to be a part of the experience.”

The latest edition of the IHSAA’s inaugural football rankings are available below. The rankings for Class 2A, Class 1A, Class A, and Eight-Player will be determined throughout the 2022-23 regular season by official rankings committees, as announced in November.

Available for the first time Oct. 2 are weekly Ratings Percentage Index lists for Class 5A, Class 4A, Class 3A. District standings for all classes except 5A are also available below.

The committee rankings for 2A, 1A, A, and 8P will feature a top 10 consensus-built list as compiled by a six-person group: Two former head coaches and one media member, each representing different state regions, and three IHSAA staff members.

The IHSAA will use the rankings as a primary tool for postseason assignments, while maintaining school and geographic considerations. Previously used postseason hosting and district finish criteria are unchanged for 2023.

Rankings and RPI will be released weekly on the following Mondays: Sept. 25, Oct. 2, Oct. 9, and Oct. 16. Ratings from previous weeks can be found at the bottom of this page. The final edition will be following the release of first round playoff matchups.

Records cited in the rankings are as of Monday, Oct. 2 via the IHSAA school and statistics database on Bound.

• Conference action continues this week, with five Big Ten contests highlighted by a trio of divisional matchups. Action kicks off on Friday at 8 p.m. ET when Nebraska travels to Illinois. Indiana, Michigan State and Penn State will enjoy byes this week, with the complete schedule appearing to the right.

• Three Big Ten teams appear in the AP Poll this week. Michigan leads the conference at No. 2, followed by No. 4 Ohio State and No. 6 Penn State. Maryland and Wisconsin are both receiving votes.

• Four Big Ten teams remain undefeated on the season, as Maryland, Michigan and Penn State are all 5-0, while Ohio State is 4-0.

• Maryland and Penn State currently rank among the top 20 nationally in both scoring offense and scoring defense. The Nittany Lions rank No. 3 nationally in scoring defense (9.6 points per game), while ranking 12th in scoring offense (40.6 points per game). The Terrapins rank No. 15 nationally in scoring offense (38.6 points per game), while ranking 16th in scoring defense (13.2 points per game).

• Four additional Big Ten teams rank in the top 25 in terms of scoring defense: Michigan (1st, 6.0 points per game), Ohio State (2nd, 8.5 points per game), Rutgers (12th, 12.8 points per game) and Iowa (21st, 16.8 points per game).

• Maryland quarterback Taulia Tagovailoa accounted for six touchdowns in a 44-17 win over Indiana to move the Terrapins to 5-0 on the season on Saturday. The senior completed 24-of-34 passes for 352 yards and threw five touchdowns, while also rushing for 15 yards and a touchdown on the ground. Tagovailoa also became the first Maryland quarterback ever to eclipse the 9,000 career passing yards mark in the win over the Hoosiers. He currently ranks 13th all-time in Big Ten history with 9,343 career passing yards.

• Michigan extended several streaks with a 45-7 victory against Nebraska last weekend. The Wolverines have won 17 straight games against Big Ten teams, the second-longest streak in school history. The Wolverines are averaging a scoring margin of +28.4 across their five wins this season, the fourth-highest figure in the country, the best in the Big Ten and the best scoring margin to start the season since 1904. They’ve won 25 straight games against unranked teams for the third-longest active win streak nationally. They also didn’t commit a penalty in a game for the first time this century.

• Iowa recorded its’ 19th consecutive game holding opponents under 400 yards, marking the longest active streak in the FBS, with a 26-16 victory against Michigan State last weekend. The Hawkeyes had two interceptions in the game for the first time, improving to a 27-17 advantage in points off turnovers this season. Hawkeye junior Cooper DeJean returned a 70-yard punt which is the 15th longest return in program history. It marked the first punt return of his career and the longest play of the season for Iowa.

• The Penn State defense fueled the 41-13 win against Northwestern on Saturday. The Nittany Lions recorded posted six sacks, an interception, two forced turnovers, 12 tackles for loss and held the Wildcats to 175 total yards. It’s the fifth time in the last two seasons that Penn State held a Big Ten team to fewer than 200 total yards with all five of those coming in their last seven conference games. Penn State joins UCLA as the only FBS teams to allow fewer than four yards per play.

• Twelve Big Ten Conference students are among the 201 semifinalists for the 2023 William V. Campbell Trophy. Now in its 34th year, the Campbell Trophy is presented annually to the nation’s top football scholar-athlete. Representing the Big Ten as this year’s Campbell Trophy semifinalists are Illinois’ Isaiah Williams, Indiana’s Trey Walker, Maryland’s Taulia Tagovailoa, Michigan’s Zak Zinter, Michigan State’s Maverick Hansen, Nebraska’s Brian Buschini, Northwestern’s Bryce Gallagher, Ohio State’s Cody Simon, Penn State’s Olu Fashanu, Purdue’s Gus Hartwig, Rutgers’ Mayan Ahanotu and Wisconsin’s Maema Njongmeta.

• The 2023 campaign will feature 99 All-Big Ten honorees (first-, second-, third-team or honorable mention) selected by either the coaches or the media last season, with Ohio State leading the way with 16 all-conference returnees. The East Division welcomes back 56 all-conference players, while the West returns 43. Illinois is the only West team with double-digit all-conference returnees with 10, while each team has at least one All-Big Ten performer returning.

• Last season, the Big Ten posted the fifth-highest single-season attendance total in conference history with 6,333,196 fans attending home games. Excluding 2020, this marked the ninth consecutive season and 10th time in 11 seasons that more than six million fans have attended Big Ten home football games.

• This season’s Playoff Semifinals will take place Monday, January 1, 2024, at the Allstate Sugar Bowl and the Rose Bowl. Houston will host the College Football Playoff National Championship on Monday, January 8, 2024, at NRG Stadium. The College Football Playoff matches the No. 1 ranked team vs. No. 4, and No. 2 vs. No. 3 in semifinal games that rotate annually among six bowl games – the Goodyear Cotton Bowl, Vrbo Fiesta Bowl, Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, Capital One Orange Bowl, Allstate Sugar Bowl and Rose Bowl Game.

IOWA CITY, Iowa – The University of Iowa rowing team opens up its 2023-24 season on Saturday, Oct. 7, on the Iowa River in a scrimmage against the Drake Bulldogs.

The Hawkeyes will compete in eight and four boats, consisting of 1-kilometer sprints on the Iowa River at 8 a.m. (CT).

The Hawkeyes finished 20th in the CRCA Pocock Final Poll for the first time since 2019 a season ago, and tallied 17 outright victories. Iowa spent four weeks in the top-20 which was also the best since 2021.

The Hawkeyes look to build off of last season’s fifth place finish at the Big Ten Championships for the second consecutive season earning 90 points, 15 more points from the previous year.

The head-to-head races will be on the Iowa River designed to pass by the university’s Iowa Memorial Union building to Park Road. Fans can watch from either Hancher Bridge or along the riverbanks near Hancher Auditorium. Hawkeye fans can also stay up to date on all things Iowa Rowing on hawkeyesports.com.

Quoting Head Coach Jeff Garbutt

“I am excited to have the opportunity to show the Hawkeye fanbase what our sport does. Having a home event on Homecoming is a special opportunity for our athletes to showcase their abilities.”

The top ranked teams remain the same in the latest Radio Iowa High School Football Poll. Todd Kimm reports.