Junior guard Caitlin Clark could be the second Iowa player in four years to be named the Naismith (nay-smith) Women’s College Player of the Year when the winner is announced in Dallas this(Wednesday) afternoon. Clark averages better than 27 points and eight and-a-half assists for a Hawkeye team that is 30-6 and plays top ranked South Carolina in the Final Four Friday night. Clark plays with emotion and can be fiery but says it all stems from the joy the game brings her.

Clark says basketball is more than wins and awards.

Iowa coach Lisa Bluder says Clark’s stardom comes at the right time. Television ratings are surging and next week’s national title game will be carried by ABC.

Bluder says Clark enjoys performing on the biggest stage.

Bluder says Clark is excelling in the spotlight.

Iowa center Megan Gustafson was named the Naismith Award winner in 2019.

Northern Iowa football coach Mark Farley believes the Panthers have enough depth to close out spring drills with an intrasquad game. UNI is scheduled to close out drills the night of April 21st in the UNI-Dome.

Farley says they hope to make it as game-like as they can.

Farley says the depth for the Panthers is the best it has been since before the pandemic.

UNI was 6-5 last season.

Bedford Bulldog Relays
03/28/2023

Girls Team Scores

1. Fremont-Mills 170
2. Nodaway Valley 102
3. Wayne 100
4. Griswold 52
5. Lenox 42
6. Southwest Valley 41
7. Bedford 36
8. East Union 30
9. CAM 6
10. Orient-Macksburg 5

Fremont-Mills scored relay wins in the Shuttle Hurdles, 4x400M, and 4x800M. Hannah Nelson won the 800M, 1500M, and 3000M for the Knights. Teagan Ewalt won the 400M and Izzy Weldon won the 100M Hurdles.

Nodaway Valley won the 4x100M Relay in 53.23. Annika Nelson won the 100M in 13.34 and Jorja Holliday won the Discus 96-02.

Boys Team Scores

1. Bedford 97
2. Lenox 88
3. CAM 82
4. Fremont-Mills 66
5. Wayne 63
6. Nodaway Valley 53
7. Southwest Valley 51
8. Griswold 34
9. East Union 31
10. Orient-Macksburg 24

Bedford picked up wins in the 4x100M Relay, 4x200M Relay, 4x800M Relay, Garrison Motsinger in the 200M, and Kasen Churchill in the 800M.

CAM picked up wins in the Shuttle Hurdle Relay (Jack Follmann, Collin Bower, Sam Foreman, Cale Mass 1:02.61) and 4x100M Relay (Follmann, Foreman, Bower, Maas 3:44.52) Maas also won the 400M in 53.80 and Corbin Peach won the Discus 118-05.

Nodaway Valley’s Doug Berg won the 3200M and 1600M. Trenton Warner won the Shot Put for the Wolverines.

Peyton Cook of Griswold won the 100M in 12.17.

Full results HERE

The Audubon Boys Early Bird Track Meet was held on Tuesday. IKM-Manning led the way with four event winners and Treynor had three.

IKM-Manning’s Caden Keller won the 1600M and 3200M. The Wolves also won the Distance Medley and the 4x800M Relay.

Treynor got a win from Karson Elwood in the 400M Hurdles and the Cards won the 4x200M Relay and 4x100M Relay.

Kuemper Catholic got a win from Benjamin Gerken in the High Jump and Evan Adams in the Discus.

Exira-EHK’s Cash Emgarten won the 200M in 23.57. Audubon’s Zeke Konkler won the 800M in 2:10.34.

Check out the full results here: AudubonBoysEarlyBird2023

The Atlantic girls track and field team competed at the Earlham Cardinal Early Bird Relays on Tuesday. The Trojans came away with a couple of event winners.

Jayci Reed won the 100M Hurdles in.a time of 17.70. The Trojans also won the Distance Medley in a time of 4:37.21. That relay team was comprised of Morgan Botos, Claire Wiederstein, Abby Smith, and Claire Pellett. The Trojans also took 2nd in the 4x400M Relay with Nicole Middents, Mariah Huffman, Chloe Mullenix, and Ava Rush running 4:21.89.

One of the other highlighted girl winners were Jaidyn Sellers of Panorama winning the 100M in 12.32.

On the boys side of the meet ACGC’s Lance Bunde won the High Jump clearing 6-00.00. West Central Valley’s Braiden Beane won the 400M in 52.31.

See full results from the meet HERE

The Hawkeye Ten South Track and Field Meet was held in Glenwood on Tuesday with Glenwood, Red Oak, Shenandoah, Creston, and Clarinda competing. There were no team scores and unlimited entries allowed for each event.

On the girls side Clarinda’s Mason Hartley won the 3000M, 1500M, and was part of the Cards winning Distance Medley team. Jerzee Knight was a winner in the High Jump, Long Jump, and 200M for the Cardinals.  Glenwood’s Zoie Carda won the 100M and the Rams won the 4x200M. Abi Hiller won the Discus for the Rams. Shenandoah’s Lynnae Green won the Shot Put.

On the boys side Shenandoah’s Tyler Laughlin won the Shot Put and Discus. The Mustangs also got a win in the 400M Hurdles from Brody Cullin. Clarinda’s Tadyn Brown won the 100M. Glenwood’s Anthony Driscoll-Lee won the 110M Hurdles. Red Oak got a win from Jack Kling in the 400M.

Full results here: Hawkeye10South2023

Boys Golf

CAM 174, AHSTW 214, Exira-EHK NTS
Medalist: Chase Jahde, CAM, 38
Runner-Up: Seth Hensley, CAM, 40

Girls Tennis

Lewis Central 9, Kuemper Catholic 0
St. Albert 9, CB Thomas Jefferson 0

Boys Tennis

Denison-Schleswig 8, Cherokee 1
Lewis Central 7, Kuemper Catholic 2

Girls Soccer

CB Abraham Lincoln 5, St. Albert 0
Harlan 10, Creston 0
Tri-Center 3, Denison-Schleswig 1

Boys Soccer

Riverside 3, Atlantic 1 (R: Aiden Bell scored 2 goals, Dawson Henderson 1. A: Kyler Edie tallied the lone Trojan goal)
Indianola 1, Lewis Central 0
Sioux City East 4, Denison-Schleswig 1
West Marshall 7, Creston 0

Iowa Hawkeyes forward Kris Murray (24) during a photo shoot at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, IA on Monday, September 13, 2021. (Stephen Mally/hawkeyesports.com)

IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa men’s basketball junior Kris Murray is a consensus third team All-American, as a result of being voted to the third team on three of the four outlets used by the NCAA to determine its consensus All-America teams.

Murray was voted third team All-America by Sporting News, United States Basketball Writers Association, and the Associated Press.

Iowa has had a consensus All-American four of the last eight seasons, including four straight years. Jarrod Uthoff was a consensus second-team All-America in 2016; Luka Garza earned first-team distinction in 2020 and 2021, while Keegan Murray was recognized on the first team in 2022.

The 6-foot-8 forward was also a Naismith, Wooden and Lute Olson Award semifinalist, and is a finalist for the Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year.

Murray averaged a team-best 20.2 points and 7.9 rebounds per outing this season. He was the only Division I player to average 20+ points, 7+ rebounds, one block, and have made 65+ 3-pointers this season.

The Cedar Rapids, Iowa, native scored 30+ points four times this season, 25+ points nine times, and 20+ points 15 times.

Murray and the Hawkeyes finished the 2022-23 season 19-14 overall and tied for fifth place in the Big Ten standings with an 11-9 league record.