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A Cyclone rally fell short in Boston
John Walters on the Cyclone Network. Iowa State sliced a 10-point Illinois halftime lead to two but could not get over the hump in a 72-69 loss in the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament.
That’s ISU coach T.J. Otzelberger. A slow start was costly as the Cyclones trailed by as many as 13 points in the opening half and never led.
A Cyclone team that was picked to finish seventh in the Big-12 preseason poll finishes with a record of 29-8 and a Big-12 Tournament title.
Illinois won its seventh straight game to reach the Elite Eight for the first time since 2005.[
That’s Illinois coach Brad Underwood. The Illini held off Iowa State in the waning minutes and will play top ranked and defending champion UCONN in the East Regional final on Saturday.
Terrance Shannon led The Illini with 29 points. Curtis Jones paced the Cyclones with 26.
Tri-Center Trojan girls golf team has started out very well. The Trojan’s have been preparing for their first golf meet of the season. Tri-Center has nine high schoolers out and are coached by Brad Huseman.
Coach Huseman reflected on how well the team played last year.
Coach Huseman talked about what the squad has been working on in practice.
Coach Huseman mentioned three returning athletes who are back.
Coach Huseman said he hopes his team will be in the mix in the Western Iowa Conference title by the end of the season.
The Trojans first golf meet of the season will be a Western Iowa Conference matchup, as they will be at Missouri Valley on Tuesday April 2nd. That match will get underway at 4:00 p.m.
The AHSTW Vikings boy’s golf season is officially underway. The Vikings have 12 participants out and are coached by Aaron Allspach
Coach Allspach talked about how practicing has been going the first few weeks.
The team will look to rely on the senior’s leadership this season.
This will be coach Allspach’s first year coaching in the Western Iowa conference and he gave his thoughts on the Conference for the year.
Coach Allspach said his big expectation’s are to improve every time the team goes out and to get dialed in.
The Vikings first golf meet of the season will be Monday April 1st in a Western Iowa Conference regular season matchup, as they will take on the Underwood Eagles. That meet will start at 4:00 p.m
Boys:
Underwood 7 Creston, 0
Treynor 3 Harlan, 0
Glenwood 2 Sergeant Bluff-Luton, 0
Sioux City, East 3 Denison-Schleswig, 2
Lewis Central 2 Indianola, 1
Girls
Harlan 9 Carroll, 0
Underwood 1 Glenwood, 0
North Polk 4 ADM, 2
IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa women’s wrestlers Marylnne Deede and Kylie Welker have been named finalist for the USA Wrestling Women’s College Wrestler of the Year award, the organization announced on Thursday afternoon.
2024 will be the second year that this award is presented, and it is the top award in women’s collegiate wrestling.
Deede, a senior finished the 2023-24 season as the NCWWC National Champion at 155 lbs. The Springville, Utah, native had a 14-0 record in her first season with the Hawkeyes including six pins and five technical falls. Deede finished her collegiate career with an 86-19 record and is a five-time all-American and a two time national champion.
Welker, a sophomore had a 23-1 record in the inaugural season for the Hawkeyes. She is the 2024 NCWWC National Champion at 170 lbs. The Franksville, Wisconsin, native had 16 tech. falls and six pins in the 2023-24 season.
Both Deede and Welker were a key part of the Hawkeyes’ National Dual and NCWWC National Championship team titles. Both will represent Iowa in the 2024 Olympic team trials at Penn State in April.
The award will be selected by a vote from three major constituent groups: wrestling journalists, women’s college head coaches and the fans. Each of these groups will account for one-third of the vote. Fan voting opens today and runs through 9 a.m. CT on Wednesday, April 3, at https://usawrestlingevents.
Iowa star Caitlin Clark says she is focused on the present and not what lies ahead. USA Basketball announced Clark has been added to the roster of the U-S Women’s team that will take part in training camp next week leading up to the Summer Olympics in Paris. She is also expected to be the top pick in next month’s WNBA Draft. Clark and her second ranked Hawkeyes prepare to face Colorado on Saturday in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament in Albany, New York, after edging West Virginia in her final game in Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
West Virginia bottled up Iowa’s high scoring offense with pressure defense and Clark says the Hawkeyes can expect more of the same going forward.
Iowa coach Lisa Bluder says Clark continues to thrive in the glare of the national spotlight.
Bluder says Clark has remained focused on the team despite a hectic schedule.
USA Basketball says Clark’s attendance at the camp will depend upon Iowa’s status in the NCAA Tournament.
Darian DeVries was introduced as the new coach at West Virginia. DeVries moved on after leading Drake to six-straight seasons of 20 win or more and three NCAA Tournament appearances in the last four years.
DeVries led the Bulldogs to back-to-back Missouri Valley Tournament titles.
DeVries announed his son, Tucker, will be joining him at Western Virginia. Tucker DeVries is a two-time Missouri Valley Player of the Year. He takes over a tradition rich West Virginia program that suffered through 9-23 record this past season.
Iowa baseball coach Rick Heller says the pitching staff needs to cut back on free bases as they get set to open a Big Ten series Friday at home against Minnesota. In 197-and-a-third innings Hawkeye pitchers have walked or hit 190 batters. It is a major factor in a 13-10 start for a team that was ranked as high as 18th at the start of the season.
Heller says while the bullpen has made strides the past couple of weeks the starting staff has not. Iowa’s three main starting pitchers have walked or hit 90 batters in 80 innings of work.
While the pitching as struggled the defense and offense has shined. The Hawkeyes are hitting .319 as a team and averaging more than nine runs per game.
Heller says Iowa will honor retiring Minnesota coach John Anderson this weekend. Anderson has been the Gopher coach since prior to the 1982 season and led the program to 21 Big Ten regular season and tournament titles.
Iowa opened Big Ten play last week by winning two of three games at Purdue.
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State head coach Kevin Dresser announced the addition of Iowa prep standout Tucker Stangel to the program. Stangel is the latest addition to the 2024 Cyclone recruiting class which is set to arrive on campus this fall.
“Tucker is a great addition to our program,” Dresser said. “He’s a proven winner and has had a lot of success at the high school level. He will elevate the level of competition and we’re excited to get him into the room.
Stangel was a two-time Iowa High School state champion and four-time placewinner at Osage. He was named the 2024 Dan Gable Class 2A Mr. Wrestler of the Year after a 54-0 senior season which ended with his second state title.
Projected as a 157-pounder, Stangel posted a 184-9 high school record and finished with back back-to-back undefeated state titles (54-0 as a senior and 40-0 as a junior).
Stangel also placed fourth at the state tournament as a freshman and third as a sophomore.
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