The Big 12 has announced its 2022-23 men’s basketball preseason awards and team as voted by the league’s head coaches. Mike Miles Jr. is TCU’s first selection as Preseason Player of the Year. Grant Sherfield picked up Oklahoma’s seventh Preseason Newcomer of the Year, and first since 2012-13. Keyonte George is the second consecutive Baylor player named Preseason Freshman of the Year.

Miles was joined on the Preseason All-Big 12 Team by Baylor’s Adam Flagler, Kansas’ Jalen Wilson, Oklahoma State’s Avery Anderson III and the Texas duo of Timmy Allen and Marcus Carr. Flagler, Wilson and Miles were unanimous selections. A tie in the voting created an extra position. All six were named to All-Big 12 Teams last season as Flagler, Miles and Allen were second team selections while Wilson, Anderson and Carr were on the third team.

While starting all 31 games he played in, Miles was the only player in the Big 12 to finish the 2021-22 season in the top six in points (15.2) and assists (3.8), ranking fifth and sixth, respectively. He led TCU in scoring in 18 of the 31 games, scored in double figures in 16 games and recorded 20 or more points eight times. The junior guard was named to the 2022 All-Big 12 Tournament Team, the first Horned Frog in 25 seasons to be named to a conference all-tournament team. In addition to his All-Big 12 Second Team accolade, Miles was named to the NABC All-District 8 Second Team and to the USBWA All-Region VII Team. He won a gold medal while representing the USA at the 2021 FIBA U19 World Cup, playing under his college coach, Jamie Dixon.

Sherfield spent the past two seasons at Nevada where he was a two-time USBWA All-District VIII Team selection and reached the 1,000 career points milestone. Last season he led the Wolfpack in points (19.1) and assists (6.39) while also pulling down 4.2 rebounds a game. His 6.39 assists led the Mountain West and was fourth nationally. The senior guard was named to the All-Mountain West First Team as a sophomore and the third team as a junior.

A five-star guard out of IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, George was the No. 3-ranked player in the 2022 class by ESPN, making him the highest-ranked recruit in Baylor program history. He is the Bears’ fifth McDonalds All-American and averaged 17.8 points last season while shooting .410 from 3-point range. George was named MVP of the 2021 3×3 U18 World Cup while playing for USA Basketball. This past summer he averaged 22.8 points to lead Baylor to the GLOBL JAM championship game.

The Big 12 Preseason Poll will be announced Thursday.

Preseason Player of the Year
Mike Miles Jr., TCU, G, 6-2, Jr., Highland Hills, Texas/Lancaster

Preseason Newcomer of the Year
Grant Sherfield, Oklahoma, G, 6-2, Sr., Fort Worth, Texas/Sunrise Christian Academy (Kan.)/
Wichita State/Nevada

Preseason Freshman of the Year
Keyonte George, Baylor, G, 6-4, Lewisville, Texas/IMG Academy
Preseason All-Big 12 Team

A tie resulted in an extra position on the team.

Honorable Mention (listed alphabetically by school):
LJ Cryer (Baylor), Keyonte George (Baylor), Kevin McCullar (Kansas), Tanner Groves (Oklahoma), Moussa Cisse (Oklahoma State), Emanuel Miller (TCU),Tyrese Hunter (Texas), Fardaws Aimaq (Texas Tech), Kevin Obanor (Texas Tech).

The Iowa High School Athletic Association and Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union have released assignments for state cross country qualifying meets that will be contested next Thursday. Here is a look at where area teams will be.

CLASS 1A

ACGC, AHSTW, Ankeny Christian, Audubon, Boyer Valley, CAM, Coon Rapids-Bayard, Earlham, Exira-EHK, IKM-Manning, Iowa School of the Deaf, Nodaway Valley, Orient-Macksburg, Panorama, South Hamilton, West Harrison, West Monona, Woodward-Granger, Woodward Academy

@ Central Decatur, Leon

Bedford, Central Decatur, Lamoni, Melcher-Dallas, Moravia, Moulton-Udell, Southeast Warren, Twin Cedars, Wayne

@ Ridge View 

Riverside, Westood

@ Southwest Valley 

Diagonal, East Mills, East Union, Essex, Fremont-Mills, Griswold, Heartland Christian, Lenox, Logan-Magnolia, Missouri Valley, Mount Ayr, Martensdale-St. Marys, Sidney, Southwest Valley, St. Albert, Stanton, Tri-Center, Woodbine

CLASS 2A 

@ Shenandoah 

Clarinda, Red Oak, East Sac County, Greene County, MVAOCOU, Shenandoah, Treynor, Underwood, West Central Valley

CLASS 3A

@ Glenwood 

ADM, Atlantic, Clarke, Creston, Denison-Schleswig, Glenwood, Harlan, Kuemper Catholic, Lewis Central, Perry, Saydel, Sergeant Bluff-Luton

CLASS 4A 

@CB Abraham Lincoln 

CB Abraham Lincoln, CB Thomas Jefferson

CLASS 4A

CLASS 3A

CLASS 2A

CLASS 1A

Pride of Iowa Conference XC Meet
10/11/2022 @ Afton

Girls Team Scores

1. Martensdale-St. Marys 39
2. Central Decatur 42
3. Mount Ayr 53
4. Wayne 88

Girls Individual Top Ten

1 Oberender, Karson 9 Martensdale 22:10.87 1
2 Harvey, Kaleigh 10 Southeast Warren 22:46.42
3 German, Maclaine 9 Martensdale 23:07.32 2
4 Christensen, Jazz 10 Nodaway Valley 23:17.96
5 Schreck, Addyson 10 Central Decatur 23:38.81 3
6 Bevan, Harrisen 12 Central Decatur 23:52.09 4
7 Newton, Anne 11 Mount Ayr 23:58.48 5
8 Elbert, Autumn 10 Martensdale 24:09.01 6
9 Jones, Makenna 12 Mount Ayr 24:28.81 7
10 Goben, Ava 12 Wayne 24:32.22 8

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Boys Team Scores

1. Central Decatur 50
2. Nodaway Valley 65
3. Martensdale-St. Marys 66
4. Wayne 87
5. Southeast Warren 91
6. Southwest Valley 157

Boys Individual Top Ten

1 Berg, Doug 12 Nodaway Valley 17:52.91 1
2 Jimenez, Ronan 12 Southeast Warren 18:30.68 2
3 Carcamo, Vincent 12 Central Decatur 18:31.60 3
4 Jimenez, Rylan 12 Southeast Warren 18:58.13 4
5 Sheetz, Joe 11 Central Decatur 19:07.47 5
6 Broers, Malachi 11 Nodaway Valley 19:07.71 6
7 Smith, Gunnar 12 Central Decatur 19:52.66 7
8 Moore, Aden 11 Martensdale 19:53.68 8
9 Driskill, Jacob 11 East Union 20:06.03
10 Cooper, Tyler 11 Nodaway Valley 20:14.83 9

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Hawkeye Ten Conference

(3-1) Clarinda 24-25-25-25, Shenandoah 26-16-8-15
(3-0) Kuemper Catholic 25-25-25, Harlan 12-15-13
(3-0) Lewis Central 25-25-25, St. Albert 11-13-18
(3-0) Red Oak 25-25-25, Denison-Schleswig 8-11-12

Western Iowa Conference Tournament
Semifinals
(3-2) Riverside 25-25-19-17-15, Missouri Valley 21-22-25-25-8 (R: Sophia Taylor 10 kills. Ayla Richardson 39 assists. Veronica Andrusyshyn 22 kills, 9 digs, 4 aces, 4 blocks.)
(3-0) Treynor 25-25-25, Underwood 19-18-20

Rolling Valley Conference

(3-0) Boyer Valley 25-25-25, Exira-EHK 12-21-22
(3-1) Coon Rapids-Bayard 25-27-20-25 Ar-We-Va 20-25-25-18
(3-2) Glidden-Ralston 25-23-21-25-15 CAM 16-25-25-22-13
(3-0) Paton-Churdan def West Harrison

Corner Conference

(3-0) Sidney 25-25-25, Griswold 19-21-22
(3-0) Stanton 25-25-25, Essex 7-8-18

Pride of Iowa Conference Tournament

Semifinal: (3-1) Southeast Warren 25-25-12-25, Lenox 21-23-25-10
Semifinal: (3-0) Southwest Valley 25-25-25, Nodaway Valley 20-11-21
3rd Place: (3-0) Lenox 25-25-32, Nodaway Valley 21-14-30
Championship: (3-1) Southeast Warren 21-25-25-25, Southwest Valley 25-16-22-21

Other Scores

(3-1) Sioux City North 17-25-25-25, Abraham Lincoln 25-16-23-20