Justin Busch says his experience as a former player at Loras College convinced him to apply for a job as head coach. After spending this past season as an assistant coach for the men’s basketball team Busch was named the new head coach of the Duhawks’ womens basketball program.

Busch says he is not concerned about the transition to women’s basketball.

Busch takes over for Justin Heinzen, who stepped away from coaching after last season. The cupboard is not bare. The Duhawks were 24-5 last season and made it to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

2023 IHSBCA Baseball
Pre-Season Rankings
05/15/2023

4A

1. West Des Moines Dowling (27-15)
2. Ankeny Centennial (25-14)
3. Johnston (36-4)
4. Cedar Rapids Prairie (31-9)
5. Waukee Northwest (27-13)
6. Pleasant Valley (24-12)
7. Cedar Rapids Kennedy (25-15)
8. West Des Moines Valley (20-15)
9. Iowa City High (32-9)
10. Indianola (26-13)

Others Mentioned (alphabetical order): Ankeny (23-14), Cedar Falls (26-13), Sioux City East (24-15), Southeast Polk (22-19), and Waukee (27-12)

3A

1. Western Dubuque (32-11)
2. Marion (25-11)
3. Xavier, Cedar Rapids (28-12)
4. Assumption, Davenport (32-7)
5. Lewis Central (31-4)
6. Wahlert, Dubuque (25-13)
7. North Polk (17-9)
8. Independence (30-12)
9. MOC-Floyd Valley (26-14)
10. Pella (23-15)

Others Mentioned (alphabetical order): ADM (19-9); Ballard (19-11); Heelan, Sioux City (27-14); Sergeant Bluff-Luton (31-12); Waverly-Shell Rock (25-11)

2A

1. Van Meter (39-0)
2. Mid-Prairie (19-11)
3. Kuemper, Carroll (20-17)
4. Beckman, Dyersville (25-14)
5. Dike-New Hartford (26-4)
6. Williamsburg (22-14)
7. Estherville-Lincoln Central (33-3)
8. Underwood (20-4)
9. Cascade (20-6)
10. Osage (20-5)

Others Mentioned (alphabetical order): Central Lyon (15-9); Clarinda (22-8); Des Moines Christian (24-11); New Hampton (18-15); West Marshall (28-9)

1A

1. Remsen-St. Mary’s (35-1)
2. Newman Catholic, Mason City (33-4)
3. North Linn (31-3)
4. Lisbon (24-6)
5. Kingsley-Pierson (27-5)
6. Lynnville-Sully (24-3)
7. Don Bosco (23-6)
8. Gehlen Catholic (21-10)
9. Saint Ansgar (19-12)
10. West Harrison (17-7)

Others Mentioned (alphabetical order): Coon Rapids-Bayard (23-8); Moravia (21-7); St. Albert, Council Bluffs (17-16); Wapsie Valley (19-12); Woodbury Central (19-6)

GIRLS SOCCER

Class 1A Region 5

AHSTW @ Missouri Valley 7:00 p.m.

BOYS SOCCER

Class 1A Substate 1

Kuemper Catholic @ East Sac County 5:30 p.m. (@ Wall Lake)
West Sioux @ Logan-Magnolia 6:00 p.m.

Class 1A Substate 7

PCM @ Grand View Christian (5:00 p.m.) (Cownie Soccer Park)

Class 1A Substate 8

St. Albert vs. AHSTW 7:30 p.m. (@ Treynor)
Riverside vs. Tri-Center 5:30 p.m. (@ Treynor)

Class 2A Substate 7

Panorama @ Ballard 7:00 p.m.
Creston @ Clarke 7:00 p.m.

Class 2A Substate 8

Sergeant Bluff-Luton @ Sergeant Bluff-Luton 7:00 p.m.
Atlantic @ Harlan 7:00 p.m.

Boys District Golf is on the schedule Monday. The top two teams from each site will advance to the state tournament. If one of those teams is a host school, then the third place team also gets in. The top two individuals outside of qualifying teams will also advance to state. Here’s a look at area sites today.

Class 1A @ Crestwood Hills (CAM)

Teams: Montezuma, South Hamilton, Keota, North Mahaska, HLV, CAM, Fremont-Mills, Earlham, Mount Ayr, Bedford.

Individuals: Klayton Van Dyke, Lynnville-Sully. Lucas Sieck, Lynnville-Sully. Nash Buckingham, Wayne. Logan Smith, Moravia. Keith Thompson, Hamburg. Hayden Thompson. Sidney.Kamron Brownlee, Griswold. Hogan Hook, Griswold.

Class 1A @ Willow Creek (Gehlen Catholic)

Teams: Gehlen Catholic, Kingsley-Pierson, St. Edmond, Newell-Fonda, GTRA, Akron-Westfield, Remsen St. Mary’s, Audubon, Westwood.

Individuals: Alex DeBoer, Trinity Christian. Spencer Sprock, George-Little Rock. Logan Kenyon, Coon Rapids-Bayard.
Jacob Estrada, Coon Rapids-Bayard. Chase Copeland, Woodbury Central. Jack Jamison, West Monona. Drew Kluender, Woodbury Central. Evan TenEyck,Boyer Valley. Trey Petersen, Exira-EHK.

Class 2A @ Carroll Country Club (Kuemper Catholic)

Teams: Kuemper Catholic, South Central Calhoun, PCM, Des Moines Christian, Van Meter, Treynor.

Individuals: Kellen Claus, Ridge View. Gavin Vohs, Ridge View. Evan Powell, Panorama. Parker Carey, Panorama. Jade Spangler, Shenandoah. Caden Butt, Clarinda. Kort Neal, Clarinda.

Class 3A @ Atlantic Golf & Country Club

Teams: Winterset, Clarke, ADM, Ballard

Individuals: Ben Imhoff, Carlisle. Jason Colpitts, Glenwood. Jacob Egan, North Polk. Hudson McIntosh, Bondurant-Farrar.

Former Iowa State All-American Will McDonald says he wants to make progress every day as he prepares for his rookie season in the NFL. ISU’s all-time leader in sacks was taken by the New York Jets in the first round of last month’s NFL draft and completed rookie mini-camp last week.

McDonald says he will need to improve every facet of his game as he goes up against NFL tackles.

McDonald’s most effective attack in college was a spin move.

CLASS 1A

Region 1

@ Atlantic
Clarinda 5, Atlantic 0

1. Taylor Cole 12 (Cl) def Rio Johnson 12 (A)          6-0,6-0
2. Mayson Hartley 12 (Cl) def Keira Olsen 12 (A)    6-0,6-0
3. Avery Walter 12 (Cl) def Quincy Sorenson 11 (A)6-0,6-1
4. Riley Nothwehr 10 (Cl) def Jade Harter 11 (A)     6-0,6-0
5. Brooke Brown 11 (Cl) def Josephine Sorenson 12 (A)
6. Emma Stogdill 11 (Cl) def Geneieve McCalla 11 (A)6-0,6-1

Shenandoah 5. Southwest Valley 1

Clarinda 5, Shenandoah 0

@ Lewis Central
Lewis Central 5, Glenwood 0
Red Oak 5, Creston 0

Lewis Central 5, Red Oak 1

Region 2

@ Kuemper Catholic (First and Second Round)
St. Albert 5, Harlan 0
Kuemper Catholic 5, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 0

St. Albert 5, Kuemper Catholic 4

@ Bishop Heelan (First and Second Round)
Bishop Heelan 5, Audubon 0
Spencer 5, Denison-Schleswig 1

Bishop Heelan 5, Spencer 4

CLASS 2A

Region 4

CB Abraham Lincoln 5 CB Thomas Jefferson 2

GIRLS SOCCER

Atlantic 3, Denison-Schleswig 1
Tri-Center 5, Missouri Valley 0

BOYS SOCCER

Denison-Schleswig 10, Atlantic 0
CB Abraham Lincoln 2, Glenwood 1
Treynor 9, St. Albert 0

Top two teams advance to Regional Final. If host school is one of top two teams, then the third place team advances as well. Top 6 individuals (including ties) at each site advance to Regional Finals.

Class 1A Region 1A @ Alta-Aurelia

1. Alta-Aurelia 397 (Qualifier)
2. Kingsley-Pierson 404 (Qualifier)
3. West Monona 417 (Qualifier)
4. Boyer Valley 452
5. Westwood 464
6. Glidden-Ralston 472
7. River Valley 487

Individual Qualifiers

1. Addy Boell, Glidden-Ralston 88
2. Maggie Bloom, Alta-Aurelia, 94
3. Jordyn Sitzmann, Kingsley-Pierson, 95
4. Chloe Elston, Alta-Aurelia, 96
5. Kylie Kepford, Boyer Valley, 96
6. Sage Minnihan, West Monona, 96

Class 1A Region 1B @ Manning-Manilla GC

1. IKM-Manning 400
2. Logan-Magnolia 444
3. Riverside 446
4. St. Albert 488
5. Tri-Center 498
6. CAM NTS
7. Audubon NTS
8. Exira-EHK NTS

Individual Qualifiers

1. Addison Brink, Riverside 87
2. Kylie Powers, IKM-Manning 88
3. Kali Irlmeier, Audubon 94
4. Reese Snyder, CAM 97;
5. Cara Ohl, Logan-Magnolia 100
6. Alexis Narmi, St. Albert 101

Class 1A Region 1C @ Fremont County GC (Sidney)

1. Sidney 401
2. Southwest Valley 443
3. Essex-Stanton 466
4. Hamburg 491
5. Bedford NTS
6. East Mills NTS
7. Griswold NTS
8. Lenox NTS

Individual Qualifiers

1. Avery Dowling, Sidney 83
2. Joanna Reynolds, Griswold 96
3. Mallory Lang, East Mills 99
4. Linsey Keiser, Griswold 102
5. Ellie Ward, Sidney 102
6. Emersyn Burdic, East Mills 103

Class 1A Region B @ Woodward-Granger

1. Woodward-Granger 408 (Qualifier)
2. Pleasantville 429 (Qualifier)
3. Martensdale-St. Marys 443
4. Ogden 460
5. Earlham 471
6. Panorama 492

Medalist: Savannah Charlet Earlham 96
Runner-Up: Ameilia Schroeder, Ogden, 98
3. Lindsay Mescher, Woodward-Granger 100
4. McKenna Carroll, Woodward-Granger 101
5. DeLaney Harvey, Pleaseantville, 101
6. Molly Cue, Woodward-Granger 102

Class 1A Region 3C

1. Nodaway Valley 433 (Qualifier)
2. Mount Ayr 438 (Qualifier)
3. East Union 466 (Qualifier)
4. Wayne 481
5. Lamonia, NTS
6. Melcher Dalllis NTS
7. Southeast Warren NTS

Individual Qualifiers

1. Sara Collins, East Union 99
2. Mallory Weehler, Mount Ayr 103
3. Emma Shields, Lamoni 104
4. Lindsey Davis, Nodaway Valley 105,
5. Peyton Rhoades, Wayne 105
6. Ashlyn Gutierrez, Nodaway Valley 107

CLASS 2A

Region 2A at Red Oak

1. Kuemper Catholic 402 (Qualifier)
2. Red Oak  411 (Qualifier)
3. Clarinda 411  (Qualifier)
4. Underwood 425
5. Treynor 440
6. Shenandoah 447

Individual Qualifiers

1. Addy Beiter, Kuemper Catholic 85
2. Mary Stephens, Underwood 91
3. Addey Lydon, Red Oak 92
4. Taylor Rasmussen, Clarinda 92
5. Brynn Knaus, Red Oak 92
6. lsa Tiefenthaler, Kuemper Catholic 94

CLASS 1A

Subtate 7 @ North Polk
First Round
North Polk 5, Creston 0
Atlantic 5, Southwest Valley 1

Second Round
North Polk 5, Atlantic 1
1S (NP): Ethan Moon def. Clevi Johnson (6-0, 6-0)
2S (NP): Easton Moon def. Nolan Waters (6-0, 6-0)
3S (NP): Landon Murch def. Easton O’Brien (6-0, 6-1)
4S (A): Kinnick Juhl def. Derrick Rhoads (6-4, 6-3)
5S (NP): Vance Rupp def. Isaac Henson (6-1, 6-4)
6S (NP): Elijah Dickinson def. Michael Hotze (7-5, 6-3)

Substate 7 @ Ballard
First Round
Ballard 5, Des Moines Hoover 0
Keumper Catholic 5, Clarke 0

Second Round
Ballard 5, Kuemper Catholic 4

Substate 8 @ Glenwood
Preliminary
Audubon 5, Harlan 1

First Round
Glenwood 5, Audubon 0
Shenandoah 5, Red Oak 1
Lewis Central 5, Clarinda 0
Denison-Schleswig 5, St. Albert 1

Second Round
Glenwood 5, Shenandoah 0
Lewis Central 5, Denison-Schleswig 2

CLASS 2A

Substate 1 @ Sioux City
First Round
CB Abraham Lincoln 5, Sioux City North 4
Second Round
Sioux City East 5, CB AL 1

Substate 2 @ Waukee Northwest
First Round
CB Thomas Jefferson 5, Des Moines North 1
Second Round
Waukee Northwest 5, CB Thomas Jefferson 0