Class 5A Semifinals
11:00 a.m. – Kruger Field
Ankeny Centennial (34-5) vs. Southeast Polk (31-9)

1:00 p.m. – Kruger Field 
Muscatine (33-6) vs. Pleasant Valley (31-9)

Class 4A Semifinals
11:30 a.m. – Iowa Central Field
Winterset (26-12) vs. Fort Dodge (25-12)

1:30 p.m. – Iowa Central Field
North Scott (27-11) vs. Norwalk (32-9)

Class 3A Consolations
11:00 a.m. – Dodger Field
Saydel (23-7) vs. Benton Community (28-15)

Class 3A Semifinals
3:00 p.m. – Kruger Field
Williamsburg (34-9) vs. Estherville Lincoln Central (32-3)

5:00 p.m. – Kruger Field
Davenport Assumption (33-6) vs. Dubuque Wahlert (32-8)

Class 2A Consolations
11:30 a.m. – Veterans’ Field
Northeast (22-12) vs. Lisbon (22-12)

1:00 p.m. –  Dodger Field
Missouri Valley (29-4) vs. West Monona (29-7)

Class 2A Semifinals
3:30 p.m. – Iowa Central Field
Iowa City Regina (28-8) vs. Interstate 35 (26-12)

5:30 p.m. – Iowa Central Field
Van Meter (35-5) vs. Central Springs (26-5)

Class 1A Consolations
1:30 p.m. – Veterans’ Field
Fort Dodge St. Edmond (23-12) vs. Remsen St. Mary’s (25-2)

3:00 p.m. – Dodger Field
Sigourney (26-5) vs. Southeast Warren (25-7)

Class 1A Semifinals
7:00 p.m. – Kruger Seeds Field
Martensdale-St. Marys (26-6) vs. Wayne (22-8)

7:30 p.m. – Iowa Central Field
North Linn (37-6) vs. Clarksville (29-1)

Class 1A Quarterfinals
Martensville-St. Mary’s 1, Fort Dodge St. Edmond 0
Wayne 8,  Remsen St. Mary’s 2
North Linn 1,  Sigourney 0
Clarksville 7,  Southeast Warren 1

Class 2A Quarterfinals
Iowa City Regina Catholic 4,  Northeast 3
Interstate 35  9,  Lisbon 5
Van Meter 6,  Missouri Valley 1
Central Springs 8,  West Monona 2

Class 3A Quarterfinals
Davenport Assumption 5,  Saydel 0
Wahlert Catholic 10,  Benton Community 0

Class 3A Consolations

Davis County 5, Albia 4

Class 4A Consolations

Carlisle 7, ADM 5
North Polk 8, Western Dubuque 2

Class 5A Consolations

Bettendorf 8, WDM Valley 3
Waukee Northwest 6, Ankeny 4

Class 2A Quarterfinals
Beckman Catholic 5,  Pella Christian 4
West Lyon 6,  Van Buren County 3
Cascade 7, Woodward-Granger 6
Underwood 7,  Williamsburg 2

Class 4A Quarterfinals
 Johnston 9,  Iowa City, Liberty 3
Dowling Catholic 4,  Dallas Center-Grimes 3
Cedar Falls 11, Southeast Polk 1
Ames 9, City High  7

Seventh ranked Clarksville used a five-run fifth inning en route to a 7-1 win over #3 Southeast Warren in a 1A quarterfinal Tuesday night at state softball . Clarksville coach Katie Burman says her team found their rhythm at the plate and overcame an elite defense.

Pitcher Cailyn Hardy recorded three strikeouts while giving up four hits and batting in three runs. Emmalee Manwarren had three hits to lead the Indians offensively.

Clarksville will face second ranked North Linn in tonight’’s semifinal. Burman expects her team to play loose against an unfamiliar opponent.

Seventh ranked Cascade erased an early 4-0 deficit to edge Woodward-Granger 7-6, Tuesday, at the 2A state baseball tournament in Carroll. Cade Rausch went the distance on the mound for Cascade after yielding four early runs.

Cascade coach Roman Hummel. It was one of several close games in the 2A quarterfinals.

Fifth ranked Underwood did all of its scoring in the first two innings and beat Williamsburg 7-2 at the 2A baseball tournament in Carroll. Garrett Luett went five innings to get the win on the mound and also had a pair of hits for the Eagles.

Underwood will play seventh ranked Cascade in the 2A semifinals on Thursday.

Muscatine is enjoying the role of underdog as the seventh ranked Muskies take on conference rival and sixth ranked Pleasant Valley Wednesday afternoon in the 5A semifinals at the state softball tournament in Fort Dodge. Senior pitcher Maura Chalupa tossed a two-hitter in a 3-0 victory over second ranked Ankeny in Monday’s opening round.

Muscatine is looking to take the next step after falling to eventual state champ Waukee Northwest in last year’s semifinal round.

Top ranked Ankeny Centennial will play fourth rated Southeast Polk in the other 5A semifinal round game.

Iowa State basketball coach T.J. Otzelberger says 7-1 center JT Rock will not be with the Cyclones during next month’s trip to the Bahamas. Rock announced last week he was reclassifying and joining the incoming recruiting class after a junior season at Sioux Falls Lincoln High School in which he was named the South Dakota AA player-of-the-year.

Otzelberger says Rock had been considering his options for next season.

Otzelberger says Rock had been considering prep school for next year.

The Cyclones will play three games on a trip that runs August fourth through the 10th.

Austin Phyfe may return next season for the Northern Iowa men’s basketball team. The 6-9 All Missouri Valley standout saw limited action two years ago while battling long-term COVID and sat out all of last season while being treated for blood clots.

That’s UNI coach Ben Jacobson. As he said Phyfe has been granted an added year by the NCAA but needs to come off of the blood thinners he is still on to return to action.

Jacobson says Phyfe is as healthy as he has been in a couple of years.

Jacobson says Phyfe will not be with the Panthers next week when they travel to Brazil to play four games.

Phyfe’s return would be a welcomed addition for a Panther squad looking to bounce back from a 14-18 record.

AMES, Iowa – For the second-straight year, Iowa State women’s basketball’s Ashley Joens has been named Iowa State Athletics’ 2022-23 Celia Barquin Arozamena Iowa State Female Athlete of the Year. Joens becomes the sixth Iowa State female athlete to earn the award multiple times and just the fourth to win in consecutive years.

Joens finished her Cyclone career as the program’s all-time leading scorer with 3,060 points and was just the 14^th player in NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball history to reach 3,000 points. She is the ninth all-time among NCAA Division I women’s basketball players. In her final season, Joens averaged 21.6 points per game and 9.7 rebounds per game.

She was named the Big 12 Player of the Year and was a four-time unanimous All-Big 12 First Team selection, a three-time recipient of the Cheryl Miller Award, and a two-time WBCA All-American. Last week, Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark announced Joens as the inaugural female recipient of the Bob Bowlsby award, the Conference’s most prestigious honor established by the Big 12 Board of Directors and voted on by member athletics directors.

In 2022-23, Joens led the Cyclones to a Big 12 Tournament Championship, their first since 2001, and an automatic berth to the 2023 NCAA Tournament. She was also named the Most Outstanding Player of the Championship after averaging 26.7 points and 11.0 rebounds in leading the Cyclones to the tournament title. She scored 30 points against Baylor, 22 against No. 14 Oklahoma, and 28 in the championship game against No. 15 Texas.

In April, Joens was drafted 19^th overall in the WNBA Draft to the Dallas Wings, the fourth highest draft pick in school history.

Celia Barquin Arozamena Iowa State Female Athlete of the Year Winners
1980 – Mary Seybold – Track & Field
1981 – Debbie Vetter – Track & Field
1982 – Annette Ackerson – Swimming
1983 – Tanya Roach – Swimming
1984 – Diane Doles – Volleyball
1985 – Tonya Burns – Basketball
1986 – Jane Lobenstein – Basketball
1987 – Nawal El Moutawakel – Track & Field
1988 – Linda Evans – Volleyball
1989 – Carmen Jaspers – Basketball
1990 – Jennie Condon – Softball
1991 – Jennifer Adams-Keitges – Swimming
1992 – Edith Nakiyingi – Track & Field
1993 – Karen Glerum – Track & Field
1994 – Melanie Young – Basketball
1995 – Kary Law – Volleyball
1996 – Beth Bader – Golf
1997 – Kim Mazza – Gymnastics
1998 – Stacy Frese – Basketball
1999 – Stacy Frese – Basketball
2000 – Stacy Frese – Basketball
2001 – Megan Taylor – Basketball
2002 – Angie Welle – Basketball
Gina Curtis-Rickert – Track & Field
2003 – Gina Curtis-Rickert – Track & Field
2004 – Janet Anson – Gymnastics
2005 – Anne O’Neil – Basketball
2006 – Janet Anson – Gymnastics
2007 – Lyndsey Medders – Basketball
2008 – Lisa Koll – Track/Cross Country
2009 – Kaylee Manns – Volleyball
2010 – Lisa Koll – Track/Cross Country
2011 – Kelsey Bolte – Basketball
2012 – Betsy Saina – Track/Cross Country
2013 – Betsy Saina – Track/Cross Country
2014 – Christina Hillman – Track & Field
2015 – Chonlada Chayanun – Golf
2016 – Caitlin Nolan – Volleyball

2017 – Jhoanmy Luque – Track & Field

2018 – Celia Barquin Arozamena – Golf

2019 – Bridget Carleton – Basketball

2020 – Callie Logue – Track/Cross Country

2021 – Sami Williams – Softball

2022 – Ashley Joens – Basketball

2023 – Ashley Joens – Basketball