Iowa guard Caitlin Clark says LSU center Angel Reese should not be criticized for her prolonged taunting in the waning seconds of the Tigers’ 102-85 win over the Hawkeyes in the Sunday’s NCAA Championship game. Clark made her comments on ESPN after being named the winner of the Wooden Award as the nation’s top player.

Clark told ESPN it was a highly charged atmosphere at the end of the game.

By winning the Wooden Award Clark has swept the national player of the year awards.

Iowa baseball coach Rick Heller says he focuses on the process and that doesn’t change with non-conference games. The Hawkeyes are 20-6 on the season and pay a visit to Bradley tonight (Wednesday night).

Heller says the Hawkeyes approach the mid-week games just like a conference series.

Bradley is one of several Missouri Valley teams on Iowa’s mid-week schedule and Heller says they are quality teams, even though they had to spend several weeks down south early in the season.

Heller says he builds their NCAA resume with the early season schedule and the travel mid-week that it would take to boost their RPI is not feasible.

Iowa opened Big Ten play by dropping two of three games to Maryland over the weekend.

Denison Monarch Co-Ed Relays
04/04/2023

Girls Team Scores

1. Denison-Schleswig 145
2. Atlantic 123
3. Underwood 96
4. Harlan 92
5. Woodbine 66
6. Boyer Valley 39
7. IKM-Manning 27

Denison-Schleswig had three individual winners: Kyla Clark 100M, Lola Mendlik 3000M, and Sara Mun High Jump.

Atlantic’s Claire Pellett had a breakout night. She won the 800M (2:30.32) and was a member of the winning 4x400M Relay team (Nicole Middents, Abby Smith, Pellett, Chloe Mullenix 4:22.43) and 4x800M relay team (Ava Rush, Mariah Huffman, Abby Smith, Pellett 10:34.02). Jayci Reed won the 100M Hurdles (16.55) and Morgan Botos won the 400M Hurdles (1:10.53) and Chloe Mullenix was runner-up in 1:12.70. The Trojans also won the Distance Medley (Hailey Huffman, Jersey Phippen, Lila Wiederstein, Ava Rush 4:39.74). Ava Rush was runner-up in the 1500M in 5:19.94.

Harlan’s Lindsey Sonderman won the 1500M and Cameron Springman won the discus (111-08). Harlan also won the 4x200M Relay. Woodbine’s Amanda Newton won the  Shot Putt.

Boys Team Scores

1. Woodbine 140
2. IKM-Manning 130
3. Denison-Schleswig 127
4. Harlan 89
5. Boyer Valley 57
6. Tri-Center 40

Woodbine was led by a win from Landon Bengen in the 3200M and Cameron Cline in the 110M Hurdles. The Tigers also won the Shuttle Hurdle Relay.

IKM-Manning’s Caden Keller won the 800M and Reed Hinners won the 1600M. The Wolves also won the 4x400M Relay and 4x800M Relay.

Denison’s Jake Fink won the 400M Hurdles.

Full results: DenisonCoEd2023

GIRLS GOLF

CB AL Invitational
Sergeant Bluff-Luton 219, Underwood 220, Bishop Heelan (223), Glenwood (226), and Lewis Central 229.
Medalist: Alyssa Schorg, Bishop Heelan, 47

Carroll 210, Kuemper Catholic 215
Medalist: Addy Beiter, Kuemper Catholic 41
Runner-Up: Olivia Boes, Carroll, 50

Clarinda 206, Shenandoah 209
Medalist: Taylor Rasmussen, Clarinda, 44
Runner-Up: Molli Finn, Shenandoah, 50

Missouri Valley NTS, AHSTW NTS
Medalist: Henley Arbaugh, Missouri Valley, 66
Runner-Up: Ava Hilts, Missouri Valley, 66

Sidney 188, Red Oak 240, Griswold NTS
Medalist: Avery Dowling, Sidney, 41
Runner-Up: Joanna Reynolds, Griswold, 44

Treynor 229, Audubon 245
Medalist: Brooklyn Currin, Treynor, 42
Runner-Up: Kali Irlmeier, Audubon, 47

BOYS GOLF

Atlantic 160, Kuemper Catholic 161
Medalist: Roth Den Beste, Atlantic, 36
Runner-Up: Maverick Schwabe, Kuemper Catholic, 37
Atlantic Scores: Tristan Hayes  40, Hudson McLaren 41, Cruz Weaver  43, Sam Brosam  43, Roth Den Beste  36, Trevan Hansen  46

Clarinda 166, Shenandoah 183
Medalist: Brevin Osten, Clarinda, 40
Runner-Up: Jade Spangler, Shenandoah, 41

Harlan 180, Denison-Schleswig 182
Medalist: Jace Gubbels, Harlan, 39
Runner-Up: Jonas Reynolds, Harlan, 42

Missouri Valley 180, AHSTW 200
Medalist: Jackson Tennis, Missouri Valley, 42
Runner-Up: Kaden Jorgensen, AHSTW, 44

Sidney 192, Red Oak 202, Griswold 217
Medalist: Hayden Thompson, Sidney, 41
Runner-Up: Kamron Brownlee, Griswold, 45

Treynor 166, Audubon 187
Medalist: Ethan Konz, Treynor, 37
Runner-Up: Luke Mathews, Treynor and Evan Alt, Audubon 42’s

GIRLS TENNIS 

Clarinda 9, Shenandoah 0
Sioux City East 9, Glenwood 0
St. Albert 5, CB Abraham Lincoln 4

BOYS TENNIS

CB Abraham Lincoln 6, St. Albert 3
Shenandoah 5, Clarinda 1 (Ended after singles due to rain)
Denison-Schleswig 9, Storm Lake 0

GIRLS SOCCER

Atlantic 5, Missouri Valley 3 (A: Jada Jensen 3 goals. Edria Brummer 8 saves.)
Bishop Heelan 1, CB Abraham Lincoln 1 (OT)
Le Mars 3, CB Thomas Jefferson 2
Lewis Central def. Kuemper Catholic
Logan-Magnolia 2, East Sac County 1
Treynor 3, Tri-Center 2 OT

BOYS SOCCER

Bishop Heelan 6, CB Abraham Lincoln 1
East Sac County 9, Logan-Magnolia 0
Le Mars 4, CB Thomas Jefferson 2
Lewis Central 7, Kuemper Catholic 0
Treynor 5, Tri-Center 0

Sergeant Bluff-Luton Warrior Relays
04/04/2023

Girls Team Scores

1. Glenwood 188
2. Hinton 98
3. CB Abraham Lincoln 84
4. Le Mars 78
5. Sergeant Bluff-Luton 57
6. Bishop Heelan 54
7. OABCIG 30

Glenwood got wins from Madelyn Berglund in the 3000M and 1500M, Allison Koontz in the 100M, Carlie Clemmer in the 100M Hurdles, Danika Arnold in the 200M, and Breckyn Petersen in the 400M. Glenwood also picked up wins in the 4x100M Relay, 4x200M Relay, Distance Medley, 4x400M Relay, and Sprint Medley.

CB Abraham Lincoln’s Abby LaSale won the 400M Hurdles.

Boys Team Scores

1. Le Mars 136
2. Sergeant Bluff-Luton 129
3. OABCIG 114
4. Bishop Heelan 92
5. Hinton 87
6. CB Abraham Lincoln 23

Full results here: sbl warrior relays results 040423

The Atlantic girls soccer team brings back ten of it’s eleven starters from last season and they hope that experience can help them reach even higher this season. The Trojans are coming off an 11-7 campaign last year and head coach Dan Vargason said they hope to build on that.

The Trojans have some good strength on both sides of the field with Edria Brummer an All-Conference returner at goalie and Jada Jensen leading the offensive attack as the school’s all-time leading goal scorer. Coach Vargason said the difference for this team achieving their goal of competing for the Hawkeye Ten title will come down to effort.

The team has been able to work back into their formations fairly quickly with their returning experience but Coach Vargason said they just need to start to get some more movement and use their athleticism to their advantage.

The Trojans are off to a 1-1 start to the season and are at it again tonight against Missouri Valley.

The Atlantic tennis teams have some big participation numbers for 2023. Atlantic head coach Mike McDermott said 33 girls are out for the team this season and 20 are out for the boys team. Coach McDermott said it’s great to have that kind of interest but it has been a challenge in practice to get effective work in for everyone. He said they try to start from fundamentals and build up.

The girls team has some good returning experience with Rio Johnson leading the way.

The boys also have a few returning starters from last season to lead the way.

Coach McDermott said early on in the season they try to focus on fundamentals and then as quickly as they can work in strategy since the season is a short one. He said some key things they want to see in competition early is consistency and keeping the ball in play.

The Trojans have just gotten their season rolling and will next up take on Creston Thursday night. Listen to the full interview with Coach McDermott below.

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LOS ANGELES — University of Iowa All-American Caitlin Clark was named the Wooden Award National Player of the Year, which is presented annually to the most outstanding women’s basketball player who achieves tremendous on-court success. The announcement was made on Tuesday by the Los Angeles Athletic Club.

Joining Clark as a finalist for the esteemed award are Aliyah Boston (South Carolina), Cameron Brink (Stanford), Mackenzie Holmes (Indiana) and Maddy Siegrist (Villanova). All five players are invited to Los Angeles for the 47th annual presentation of the Wooden Award.

The Wooden Award Gala will honor the Men’s and Women’s Wooden Award winners and will include the presentation of the Wooden Award All-America teams in Los Angeles on Friday, April 7.

Honorees were certified by their universities as meeting or exceeding the criteria of the Wooden Award.

This marks the first time that an Iowa women’s basketball player has ever won the Wooden Award.

The most dominant player in women’s college basketball, Clark has already been recognized as the 2023 Naismith Trophy, Wade Trophy, Associated Press, Ann Meyers Drysdale, and The Athletic National Player of the Year, as well as being voted a Big Ten Player of the Year for the second consecutive season. A unanimous first team Associated Press and All-Big Ten honoree, Clark also excels in the classroom being voted the 2023 Academic All-American of the Year.

Clark finished the season averaging 27.8 points per game, 8.6 assists per game, and 7.1 rebounds per game. She became the first player in NCAA Division I women’s basketball history to record 1,055 points and 320 assists in a single season. Both of which shattered Big Ten and school single season records.

Clark helped lead the Hawkeyes to their first National Championship appearance in school history in her junior season.