Megan Franklin was introduced as the new director of athletics at Northern Iowa. Franklin had been the senior associate AD at Drake for the past 12 years and also had a nine-year stint at Virginia Tech. She was impressed with the family atmosphere at UNI.

Franklin says UNI ranks at the top of the Missouri Valley Conference in several categories.

Franklin says in this era of the transfer portal and N-I-L increased fundraising becomes even more important.

Franklin says her job is to help the coaches and athletes succeed.

The Atlantic Trojans boys soccer team lost 11-1 in the first round of the Class 3A-Substate 5 playoffs on Tuesday night. Winterset scored the first nine goals of the game until Atlantic’s senior Taye Jordan got the Trojans on the scoreboard with less than 15 minutes left to play in the first half.

The second half was a defensive battle until Winterset tacked on two more goals to secure the win for the Huskies.

Trojans coach Mark Andersen talked about trying their best to battle back in the match despite allowing up to nine goals in the first half.

The Trojans made adjustments in the second half according to coach Andersen.

Atlantic senior Trahyger Carey gave his thoughts on his final match as a Trojan.

This loss for the Trojans will end their season. The Trojans ended the season with a 3-13 overall record and went 0-7 in the Hawkeye Ten Conference

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Bishop Heelan Catholic 5, Cherokee 3 

The CAM Cougars baseball team will be playing their next game right around the corner. The Cougars are coming off a 9-13 overall and 6-8 Rolling Valley Conference record from last season.

CAM will be heading the road for their first two games, when they travel to Southwest Valley and East Mills to start the season. The Cougars first home game of the season won’t be until May 28th, when they host Logan Magnolia.

The season has been fast approaching according to coach Drew Ticknor

Coach Ticknor comments on what it was like in their rebuilding year last season.

The Cougars will be bringing back the same roster as they didn’t lose anyone to graduation from last year.

Coach Tickner talked about his teams main goals for this season.

The Cougars next baseball game will be Tuesday May 21st, when they will travel to Southwest Valley in a non-conference matchup. First pitch of that game will be at 7:30 p.m.

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State and head coach Matt Fannon announced the 2024 soccer schedule Tuesday afternoon. The 2024 slate is highlighted by a program-high 12 home games – plus a home exhibition game – to go along with seven road contests.

The Cyclones will play eight non-conference games this year, with six coming at the Cyclone Soccer Complex, as part of the 19-game schedule. The schedule includes a lone exhibition match and is capped with 11 league games. ISU will meet up with seven teams that qualified for the 2023 College Cup in 2024 – four in the non-conference and three in Big 12 play – with BYU having made it to the semifinals last season.

The 2024 season unofficially begins on Aug. 7, when the Cyclone welcome Minnesota to Ames for an exhibition contest, making it the third straight season the two teams have met for preseason play. The season officially gets underway on Thursday, Aug. 15, with Western Illinois coming to town. ISU and WIU will meet for the fourth time and the first time since 2013, when the Cyclones won 2-0.

Following the season lid-lifter, Iowa State will remain at the CSC for a game with the Creighton Bluejays on Aug. 18 before hitting the road for its first away contest of the season. ISU’s first road trip will be a short one, as the team is set to head to Des Moines on Aug. 22 for a date with Drake in the state’s capital. A week later, on Aug. 29, the Cyclones will be visited by Saint Louis, the first of seven 2023 College Cup participants on the schedule.

The Cyclones will continue to play 2023 postseason qualifiers, as their next two games – at Memphis (9/1) and vs. Michigan (9/5) – will also be against teams that made last season’s College Cup. Iowa State concludes its non-conference slate in mid-September, with a pair of home games sandwiched around the Big 12 opener on the road.

ISU and Northern Colorado will meet on Sept. 8 before the Cyclones embark on their third road trip of the season, the conference opener at Kansas (9/12). Following a one-off game in Lawrence, ISU returns to the Cyclone Sports Complex to cap the non-conference slate against in-state foe Iowa on Sept. 15 as part of the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series.

The Cyclones will then host UCF in the home conference opener (9/19). The Cyclones will remain in Ames to face off with old Big 12 foe Colorado on 9/22 in the teams’ first meeting since 2018, when they played as part of a non-conference schedule.

ISU is back in action the following Thursday as it heads to Salt Lake City for the first-ever meeting with the Utah Utes (9/26). The Cyclones wrap their two-game road trip in Provo, taking on the BYU Cougars to close out September (9/30). The Cyclones open October play on the sixth, welcoming Kansas State to town. The team will remain in Ames as Cincinnati makes its first-ever appearance in Ames on 10/10.

In its final road trip of the season, Iowa State heads south to face off with defending league champs Texas Tech (10/13) and Oklahoma State (10/17). The conference schedule concludes at the Cyclone Sports Complex with TCU (10/20) and Baylor (10/25) rounding out home competition.

ISU will not match up with Arizona, Arizona State, Houston or West Virginia this season.

Complete 2024 Iowa State Soccer Schedule

Aug. 7 – MINNESOTA (exh.)

Aug. 15 – WESTERN ILLINOIS

Aug. 18 – CREIGHTON

Aug. 22 – at Drake

Aug. 29 – SAINT LOUIS

Sept. 1 – at Memphis

Sept. 5 – MICHIGAN

Sept. 8 – NORTHERN COLORADO

Sept. 12 – at Kansas *

Sept. 15 – IOWA

Sept. 19 – UCF *

Sept. 22 – COLORADO *

Sept. 26 – at Utah *

Sept. 30 – at BYU *

Oct. 6 – KANSAS STATE *

Oct. 10 – CINCINNATI *

Oct. 13 – at Texas Tech *

Oct. 17 – at Oklahoma State *

Oct. 20 – TCU *

Oct. 25 – BAYLOR *

HOME games in all caps | * = Big 12 Conference