IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa true freshman running back Kaleb Johnson has been named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week and Freshman of the Week following his performance in the Hawkeyes’ 24-3 win at Purdue on Nov. 5. The announcement was made Monday by the Big Ten Conference office.

The dual Big Ten honors are the first for Johnson after he led Iowa’s ground game against the Boilermakers. Johnson rushed 22 times for 200 yards and one touchdown. His touchdown covered 75 yards and came on the second play of the third quarter as the Hawkeyes increased their margin to the eventual final score.

Johnson (6-foot-0, 212-pounds) had career bests in rushing attempts and yards, along with a career best with two receptions for 17 yards. The 200 rushing yards are the 18th-most in a single game in program history, the second-most by a Hawkeye freshman all-time (Marcus Coker, 219 vs. Missouri, Insight Bowl) and the first by an Iowa player since 2015.

Johnson is the first Hawkeye freshman since Coker in 2010 to have two 100-yard rushing games, as he rushed seven times for 103 yards and two touchdowns in Iowa’s win over Nevada. The 75-yard score is Iowa’s longest rush from scrimmage since Tyler Goodson’s 80-yard touchdown run against Wisconsin in 2020.

Johnson, a native of Hamilton, Ohio (Hamilton High School) is Iowa’s leading rusher on the season with 96 attempts for 553 yards and four touchdowns. He is second on the team with 24 points and is averaging 24.6 yards on 11 kickoff returns.

Johnson is the fourth Hawkeye to be honored this season. Punter Tory Taylor earned special team honors on two occasions (South Dakota State, Rutgers) and defensive back Kaevon Merriweather earned defensive honors for his play at Rutgers. Kicker Drew Stevens earned Freshman of the Week honors for his play in the win over Northwestern.

Iowa (5-4, 3-3) hosts Wisconsin (3-5, 2-4) in a battle for the Heartland Trophy on Saturday (2:30 p.m. CT, FS1) at Kinnick Stadium.

ST. LOUIS, MO., November 6, 2022 – The St. Louis Cardinals announced their 2023 Major League coaching staff today with five newly-filled positions announced, along with six returning coaches, and Oliver Marmol, who will be entering his second season as the Redbirds manager.

New to their positions on the 2023 staff will be Cardinals Hall of Famer and former outfielder Matt Holliday as Bench Coach, Dusty Blake as Pitching Coach, and Turner Ward as Hitting Coach.

In addition, Brandon Allen, a member of the Cardinals Minor League coaching staff, has been named Assistant Hitting Coach, and Julio Rangel, most recently a member of the Boston Red Sox staff, has been named Assistant Pitching Coach/Bullpen.

Returning coaching staff members include Patrick Elkins (Run Production), Stubby Clapp (1st Base), Ron “Pop” Warner (3rd Base), Willie McGee (Coach), Jamie Pogue (Bullpen Catcher) and Kleininger Teran (Bullpen Catcher).

Holliday, 42, who has recently been coaching at Oklahoma State University, will be entering his first coaching stint at the Major League level after a 15-year playing career that included seven All-Star selections and a World Series title with the Cardinals in 2011.

Ward, 57, has previously held the Hitting Coach position with Cincinnati (2019), Los Angeles Dodgers (2016-18) and Arizona (2014-15).  He joined the Cardinals Major League coaching staff this past season as Assistant Hitting Coach.

Blake, 40, joined the Cardinals organization in 2021 as Pitching Strategist.  He served as the Pitching Coach for Duke University from 2018-20 and pitched collegiately for Appalachian State University.

Allen, 36, spent four seasons (2009-12) in the majors playing outfield for Arizona, Oakland and Tampa Bay.  He has been a member of the Cardinals minor league coaching staff since 2017, including the past three seasons as the Hitting Coach at Memphis (AAA).

Rangel, 47, has extensive coaching experience dating back to 2016 after a seven-year playing career in the New York Yankees minor league system from 1994-2000.  The Panama native served as the Red Sox Pitching Coordinator the last two seasons, and held the Major League Pitching Coach position for the Texas Rangers from 2019-20.

Iowa opens the season at home tonight against Bethune-Cookman. The game begins at 6-p.m. Former NBA star Reggie Theus coaches a Wildcat team that was 9-21 a year ago. Hawkeye coach Fran McCaffery says it is a team with a mix of veterans and newcomers.

McCaffery says the Hawkeyes are excited for a new season.

The men’s game is the first of a doubleheader with the Hawkeye women.

The fourth ranked Iowa women open at home tonight against Southern. The tip-off from Carver-Hawkeye Area is at 8:30. Center Monika Czinano says the Hawkeyes are motivated by last season’s early exit from the NCAA Tournament.

Czinano decided early last season she was going to return for a fifth year.

Czinano is part of a starting five that begins its third season together and says a talented freshmen class will provide depth.

It is a new season and new challenge at Iowa State where the Cyclones host IUPUI tonight. The action gets underway from Hilton Coliseum at 7-p.m.

ISU has a handful of players returning from last year’s team that made a run to the Sweet-16 in T.J. Otzelberger’s first season at the helm.

And he says it is a different type of team.

Several freshmen and transfers will be counted on to play significant minutes.

The UNI Panthers gave top-ranked South Dakota State a scare but the Jackrabbits ultimately prevailed 31-28 on Saturday at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls.

SDSU led 28-14 early in the third quarter but the Panthers came charging back. Theo Day scored on a 2-yard run with 4:41 to play to tie the game. The two teams whiffed on their next possessions and SDSU got the ball back late and drove to the Panther 17 with :02 left. Jackrabbits kicker Hunter Dustman missed the 34-yard attempt left but UNI was called for an illegal leap on the play. That gave Dustman another shot from 26-yards and he converted to get the win for SDSU.

UNI fell to 5-5 on the season and now have a bye week before closing the regular season at South Dakota on November 19th.

Hunter Dekkers threw for two touchdowns, one to senior Xavier Hutchinson and Iowa State halted their 5 game losing skid with a 31-14 win over West Virginia in Ames on Saturday.

Hutchinson hauled in 10 passes for 123 yards to go along with that score as the Cyclones kept their hopes for a sixth straight bowl alive.

Dekkers finished 24 of 36 for 219 yards and the Cyclones put the clamps down in the fourth quarter, outscoring the Mountaineers 21-7 in the period.

Iowa State improves to 4-5 on the season and will next up head to Oklahoma State.

Kaleb Johnson broke out for 200 yards rushing and a touchdown to help lead Iowa to a road win over Purdue 24-3 on Saturday. It was the first time Iowa has had a 200-yard rusher since Akrum Wadley had 204 in 2015.

Spencer Petras went 13 of 23 passing for 192 yards and 2 touchdowns to help the Hawkeye effort. On the other side Aiden O’Connell struggled for the Boilermakers going 20 of 43 for 168 yards and threw two interceptions.

Iowa improves to 5-4 and Purdue falls to 5-4. Next up for Iowa is a home game against Wisconsin.

The Lynnville-Sully Hawks ground their way through the rain to grab a 20-0 win over AHSTW in the Class A Quarterfinals on Friday. Hawks tailback Corder Noun-Harder opened the scoring with a 69-yard punt return touchdown and ran for another score in the second half to lead the Hawks to the semis.

A driving rainfall was the story of the game, making it difficult for either team to hang on to the ball and put together much on offense. The Hawks were able to tilt the game in their favor by winning the field position battle early. A Viking fumble gave the Hawks a short field in the first quarter and they eventually got the punt return by Noun-Harder with 2:48 left in the first quarter to grab the lead.   The Vikings best starting field position of the first half came on the next possession because the Hawks sent the kickoff out of bounds but the Vikings went three and out. Late in the half the Vikings had a punt from their own end zone tipped and it went out of bounds at the 23 to give the Hawks a very short field. 5 plays later Kyle Squiers punched it in on a 3-yard run to make it 14-0 at half.

The ground game took over for Lynnville-Sully in the second half. Using a tight wing formation and direct snaps to Noun-Harder the Hawks melted away the clock. They had a 12-play drive and 9-play drive on their first two possessions of the second half. The second possession ended with a 1 yard plunge from Noun-Harder to make the score 20-0 with 1:20 left in the third quarter.

Ball security plagued both teams due to the rain but the Vikings seemed to struggle much more than the Hawks. The Vikings had three drives end in fumbles and a large number of snaps and handoffs hit the ground throughout the game.

Lynville-Sully improved to 11-0 on the season and advance to the Class A Semifinals next Thursday against West Hancock at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls.

AHSTW sees their phenomenal season end with a record of 10-1.