Iowa State had four players named to the 2022 Preseason All-Big 12 Football Team, announced Wednesday by the Big 12 Conference. Senior tight end Jared Rus, wide receiver Xavier Hutchinson and offensive lineman Trevor Downing earned a spot on the offensive side of the ball, while defensive end Will McDonald IV was also named to the team.

2022 Preseason All-Big 12 Football Team
Offensive Player of the Year: Bijan Robinson, Texas, RB
Defensive Player of the Year: Felix Anudike-Uzomah, K-State, DL
Newcomer of the Year: Dillon Gabriel, Oklahoma, QB

Offense
QB – Spencer Sanders, Oklahoma State
RB – Deuce Vaughn, K-State
RB – Bijan Robinson, Texas
FB – Jared Rus, Iowa State
WR – Xavier Hutchinson, Iowa State
WR – Quentin Johnson, TCU
WR – Xavier Worthy, Texas
TE – Ben Sims, Baylor
OL – Connor Galvin, Baylor
OL – Jacob Gall, Baylor
OL – Trevor Downing, Iowa State
OL – Cooper Beebe, K-State
OL – Zach Frazier, West Virginia
PK – Casey Legg, West Virginia
KR/PR – Malik Knowles, K-State

Defense
DL – Siaki Ika, Baylor
DL – Will McDonald IV, Iowa State
DL – Felix Anudike-Uzomah, K-State
DL – Collin Oliver, Oklahoma State
DL – Dante Stills, West Virginia
LB – Dillon Doyle, Baylor
LB – Daniel Green, K-State
LB – DeMarvion Overshown, Texas
DB – Kenny Logan Jr., Kansas
DB – Julius Brents, K-State
DB – Jason Taylor II, Oklahoma State
DB – Tre-Vius Hodges-Tomlinson, TCU
DB – Charles Woods, West Virginia
P – Michael Turk, Oklahoma

CLASS 1A Playoffs

District 2
West Harrison 9, St. Albert 8

District 13
Ogden 6, Earlham 0

District 14
CAM 7, Lenox 4 (C: Lane Spieker 2 HR, 12 K’s)
Lamoni 13, Mount Ayr 7

District 15
Tri-Center 7, Exira-EHK 3
Coon Rapids-Bayard 2, Stanton 0

District 16
Kingsley-Pierson 11, IKM-Manning 1
Woodbury Central 8, Newell-Fonda 2

CLASS 2A Playoffs

District 4
Van Meter 7, Greene County 0

District 14
DM Christian 6, PCM 5

District 15
Clarinda 10, Red Oak 0

District 16
OABCIG 3, Cherokee, Washington 2
Kuemper Catholic 6, West Monona 2

Regular Season

Bondurant-Farrar 9, Atlantic 2
Harlan 2, CB Abraham Lincoln 1

CLASS 1A

Region 2
Newell-Fonda 12, Storm Lake St. Mary’s 0
GTRA 7, Bishop Garrigan 5
Woodbine 2, Audubon 0
Boyer Valley 11, Coon Rapids-Bayard 1

Region 3
Southeast Warren 12, Orient-Macksburg 0
Griswold 4, Tri-Center 0
Exira-EHK 11, Sidney 1
Fremont-Mills 7, CAM 6

Region 5
Martensdale-St. Marys 13, Grand View Christian 7
East Union 13, Lenox 3
Wayne 10, Moulten-Udell 0
Moravia @ Lamoni

Class 2A

Region 3
Logan-Magnolia 12, Lawton-Bronson 0
Treynor 6, AHSTW 3
West Monona 13, Underwood 1
MVAOCOU 7, East Sac County 5

Region 4
Interstate-35 22, Panorama 0
Mount Ayr 13, Southwest Valley 1
West Central Valley 3, Central Decatur 1
Kuemper Catholic 3, Earlham 2

Class 3A

Region 2
Saydel 7, Pocahontas Area 0
Greene County 3, Southeast Valley 1
Sergeant Bluff-Luton 10, Cherokee, Washington 0
Harlan 11, OABCIG 1

Region 4
Williamsburg 10, Clarke 0
Chariton 13, Mid-Prairie 1
Atlantic 6, Shenandoah 4 -ON KJAN
Clarinda 8, Red Oak 2

The Atlantic softball team will get to play another home game after defeating Shenandoah 6-4 on Wednesday night in a Class 3A Region 4 Quarterfinal contest. The Trojans shook off a slow start when a couple of early walks and two RBI singles gave the Fillies a 2-0 lead in the first. Atlantic got a run in the bottom of the first and then took control of the lead in the second with a 3-run effort to go up 4-2. The Fillies climbed back within 1 with a run in the 3rd but the Trojans added a run in each of the 5th and 6th to build a nice cushion. Shenandoah did grab a run on an error in the 7th but that’s all they could muster.

Zoey Kirchoff was pretty solid in the circle for Atlantic with 9 strikeouts but she did give up 6 walks. Atlantic Head Coach Terry Hinzmann was pleased with her overall effort.

The Trojans did a great job with some small ball at the plate. The Trojans executed a number of great bunts that turned into base runners. Kirchoff laid down a bunt in the third that was picked up and errantly thrown over the head of the first baseman. That costly error gave Atlantic two runs that inning. Coach Hinzmann was proud of that part of their game.

Ava Rush used that small ball route to get on base a couple of times early and she said that is part of what she does well.

Atlantic improved to 22-14 on the season and will now play Clarinda in a Class 3A Region 4 Semifinal on Saturday. The Cardinals advanced with an 8-2 Quarterfinal win over Red Oak. Shenandoah ends their season with a record of 13-18. We’ll have coverage of Atlantic and Clarinda on Saturday on KJAN with pregame at 6:50 p.m.