GIRLS TENNIS

Kuemper Catholic 9, Atlantic 0
Singles
1. Sophie Rohe 12 (K) def Rio Johnson 12 (A) 8-0
2. Ella Schwarte 10 (K) def Keira Olsen 12 (A) 8-1
3. Sophie Tidgren 10 (K) def Quincy Sorenson 11 (A) 8-5
4. Brooke Rohe 10 (K) def Jade Harter 11 (A) 8-5
5. Kaylie Simons 9 (K) def Genevieve McCalla 11 (A) 8-1
6. Elsa Tiefenthaler 9 (K) def Mary McCurdy 11 (A) 8-1
Doubles
1. SRohe/Schwarte (K) def Johnson/Olsen (A) 8-0
2. Tidgren/BRohe (K) def Sorenson/Harter (A) 8-2
3. Simons/Tiefenthaler (K) def McCalla/McCurdy (A) 8-1

Clarinda 9, Glenwood 0
Lewis Central 7, Red Oak 2
Shenandoah 6, Southwest Valley 3

BOYS TENNIS

Kuemper Catholic 9, Atlantic 0
Singles
1. Josh Langel 11 (K) def Clevi Johnson 12 (A) 11-9
2. Hans Kraus 11 (K) def Nolan Waters 11 (A) 10-2
3. Max Reineke 10 (K) def Kinnick Juhl 10 (A) 10-4
4. Mason Reineke 10 (K) def Nick Bennett 11 (A) 10-3
5. Jake Hausman 11 (K) def Alex Rosenbaum 12 (A) 10-4
6. Braxton Lu 10 (K) def Isaac Henson 12 (A) 10-5
Doubles
1. Langel/Kraus (K) def Johnson/Waters (A) 10-8
2. Mas Reineke/Hausman (K) def Juhl/Bennett (A) 10-2
3. Max Reineke/Lu (K) def Rosenbaum/Henson (A) 10-7

Glenwood 9, Clarinda 0

IOWA CITY, Iowa – The University of Iowa Athletics Department will hold an end-of-season celebration to honor the NCAA runner-up women’s basketball team on Friday, April 14, at 5:30 p.m. (CT) at the Pentacrest on the University of Iowa campus.

Fans will have the opportunity to hear from P. Sue Beckwith, MD, head women’s basketball coach Lisa Bluder and Hawkeye student-athletes, including National Player of the Year Caitlin Clark and seniors Monika Czinano and McKenna Warnock.

The team’s trophies will be on hand at the celebration, along with the Iowa Spirit Squad, Herky and the Iowa Pep Band. There will also be giveaways for those in attendance.

Iowa advanced to the Final Four for the second time in school history and was a national finalist for the first time. The Hawkeyes repeated as Big Ten Tournament champion and finished the 2022-23 season with a school-record 31 victories.

IOWA CITY, Iowa – Former University of Iowa All-American Frank Gilliam passed away on April 2 at the age of 89.  Funeral arrangements are pending.

Gilliam was a three-year letterwinner, playing for the Hawkeyes from 1953-56 as a defensive end, where he was a member of the “Steubenville Trio” with Calvin Jones and Eddie Vincent. All three players hailed from Steubenville, Ohio, before making their way to Iowa City.

Iowa finished the 1953 season with a No. 9 national ranking, finishing the year with six first-place votes.  It was the team’s highest finish since 1939. Gilliam led Iowa in receptions during the 1953 and 1954 seasons.

After missing the 1955 season because of injury, Gilliam helped the Hawkeyes to a 9-1 record, a Big Ten title and their first Rose Bowl appearance in 1956. Iowa won the 1957 Rose Bowl, defeating Oregon State, 35-19.

Gilliam was named second-team All-American and first-team All-Big Ten in 1956.  He was also a second-team All-Big Ten honoree in 1954. Gilliam was selected in the seventh round of the 1957 NFL Draft by the Green Bay Packers.

In 1989, Iowa fans selected Gilliam to the all-time Iowa football team during the 100th-anniversary celebration.  He was voted as a starting defensive end along with Andre Tippett.

Gilliam played his final three seasons for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the Canadian Football League before returning to the University of Iowa as an assistant coach under Jerry Burns from 1966-70.  He then joined the Minnesota Vikings as one of the first Black scouts in the National Football League (NFL) – a position he held for more than 36 years – until retiring in 2007.

In 2022, the Vikings launched the Gilliam-Reichow Personnel Fellowship to teach participants about “player evaluation, scouting, film study, data analysis and intangible elements” that factor into developing an NFL roster while honoring the legacies of Gilliam and Jerry Reichow.

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State’s Tuesday afternoon softball game at Northern Iowa has been canceled due to inclement weather. The game will not be rescheduled.

The Cyclones (12-19, 1-5 Big 12) will be back in action this weekend when they host the Texas Longhorns for their third Big 12 weekend series of the season. First pitch in the series opener is set for 4 p.m.

Admission to the Cyclone Sports Complex is free.

Atlantic alum and current Iowa Central runner Taylor McCreedy announced via social media on Monday that she will continue her academic and athletic pursuits at Northwest Missouri State Univeristy.

🟢⚫️Decision Made🟢⚫️ pic.twitter.com/UqowVIvS6u

— Taylor McCreedy (@MccreedyTaylor) April 3, 2023

McCreedy has been an eight-time Junior College All-American with the Tritons. A 3x All-American in cross country/half marathon, 4x All-American indoors, and 1x outdoors.

This season McCreedy has qualified for the 2023 National Outdoor Meet in the 5K and steeplechase. She was also voted the team’s hardest worker by her teammates.

Foul trouble and hot shooting LSU doomed the Iowa Hawkeye women in the NCAA Championship game, Sunday afternoon. The Tiger’s made 11 of 17 from three point range, including nine of 12 in the decisive opening half in a 102-85 win in Dallas. It spoiled the Hawkeyes’ bid for a first national title. Iowa coach Lisa Bluder.

Iowa sliced a 21-point LSU advantage to seven in the third quarter before a key moment when senior center Monika Czinano was whistled for her fourth foul and junior guard Caitlin Clark was given a technical foul.

Czinano and fellow senior McKenna Warnock both fouled out and the Hawkeyes closed their first title game appearance with a record of 31-7.

It capped an NCAA Tournament that featured record attendance and surging television ratings.

Iowa junior Caitlin Clark finished with 30 points and eight assists but was on the bench in the second quarter with three fouls when LSU raced out to a 59-42 lead at halftime.

It caps a season that saw Clark named the nation’s top player and set a new scoring record for the NCAA Tournament.

With six of the top eight players returning expectations will be high for next season.

Czinano says getting to the championship game was a thrilling way to close her career. She finished with 13 points and six rebounds before fouling out in the fourth quarter.

AMES, Iowa – 3-peat. Ashley Joens did it again, as Iowa State’s women’s basketball star took home the Cheryl Miller Award, presented to women’s college basketball’s top small forward on Saturday. Joens is now owner of half the Miller Award’s in the six-year history of the trophy.

In addition, Iowa State is the home to four-of-six, with Bridget Carleton being the recipient in 2018-19.

Joens finished her Iowa State career with a huge collection of postseason honors. In addition to the Cheryl Miller Award, Joens was named to the WBCA All-America Team, a second Team All-American by the USBWA, a Third Team All-American by the Associated Press, the Big 12 Player of the Year and a unanimous selection to the All-Big 12 First Team (her fourth-straight season as a unanimous choice).

The Iowa State record books were rewritten by Joens, who will leave ISU as the career record holder for points (3,060), rebounds (1,391), games played and started (158), field goals (988), 3-pointers (344), free throws (740), double-doubles (65) and points per game (19.4). Her career points total ranks ninth in NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball history, while games played and started are both Big 12 records.

Her final season in Ames saw Joens lead the Big 12 and rank ninth nationally averaging 21.6 points per game. She scored in double figures in 31 of 32 games for the Cyclones this season, going over 20 on 20 occasions, including each of Iowa State’s final 10 games. She also had 16 double-doubles on the season.

Joens helped lead the Cyclones to the Phillips 66 Big 12 Women’s Basketball Championship title two weeks ago with an all-time legendary weekend, being the unanimous selection as Tournament Most Outstanding Player after averaging 26.7 points and 11.0 rebounds per contest, helping the Cyclones claim a first Big 12 trophy in 22 years.

DALLAS — For the second straight year, University of Iowa junior Caitlin Clark has been named the Nancy Lieberman Point Guard of the Year, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced on Saturday.

The national award, which is presented annually to the best point guard in women’s basketball, is based on floor leadership, playmaking and ball-handling skills.

The consensus National Player of the Year is the sixth player since the inception of the award in 2000 to win the honor multiple times (Sue Bird, Diana Taurasi, Skylar Diggins, Moriah Jefferson and Sabrina Ionescu).

IOWA CITY, Iowa — The University of Iowa Athletics Department will be hosting a free women’s basketball Watch Party Sunday afternoon at Carver-Hawkeye Arena for its national championship game versus LSU.

Doors (north, south, west) to Carver-Hawkeye Arena will open at 1:30 p.m., one hour before the scheduled tipoff of 2:30 p.m. (CT) in Dallas. Clear bag policy will be effect. Fans attending the watch party will be asked to view the game on the jumbotron from the east side of the arena. Due to construction access to floor will not be available for fans.

Fans can park for free in all Carver-Hawkeye Arena surrounding lots, with no reserved parking.

Additional information can be found at hawkeyesports.com/wbbgameday/

Head coach Lisa Bluder and the second-ranked Hawkeyes advanced to the program’s first ever national championship game after knocking off top-ranked and unbeaten South Carolina last night in the national semifinals.

GIRLS SOCCER

CB Thomas Jefferson Tournament

CB Thomas Jefferson 3, South Sioux City 0
Bishop Heelan 5, Glenwood 1
North Scott 2, CB Thomas Jefferson 0
Tri-Center 4, Sioux City West 3
Sioux City West 2, St. Albert 1
Southeast Polk 1, Lewis Central 0
Spencer 5, Treynor 0
St. Albert 7, Western Christian 1
Underwood 2, Spencer 0
Urbandale 2, Glenwood 1
Urbandale 1, Underwood 0 – 2OT/PK’s

Ankeny Tournament

Ankeny Centennial 7, CB Abraham Lincoln 0

BOYS SOCCER

Glenwood 6, Waverly-Shell Rock 0