DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The longtime head of the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union has died at age 90. The organization announced that E. Wayne Cooley died Saturday. Cooley became executive secretary of the athletic union in 1954. Over the next 48 years, he led an expansion of interscholastic activities from the single sport of basketball to include track and field, cross country, softball, golf, swimming, tennis, volleyball and soccer.

Much of the expansion came before federal Title IX rules were implemented, expanding opportunities for female athletes. Cooley was born Sept. 16, 1922, in Mercer, Mo. He married Gertrude “Gerry” Konkol in 1944 and they had two children. After his wife’s death, he married Wendy Wykoff in 1987. He graduated from Buena Vista University and was a naval officer during World War II.

Results from Glenwood:

First Round:

Glenwood 5, Harlan 0

Atlantic 5, St. Albert 3

Atlantic results:

Singles:

#1 Joni Thomas 12 (SA) over Leah Tjepkes 11 (A) 6-3 7-6(1)
#2 Lexi Allen 11 (A) over Julienne Johnson 12 (SA) 6-3 6-3
#3 Lisa Gearheart 11 (A) over Maddy Punteney 12 (SA) 6-1 6-3
#4 Ava Pavlik 9 (SA) over Hope Bowker 12 (A) 4-6 6-4 1-0(6)
#5 Libby Gifford 12 (A) over Victoria Kragscow 10 (SA) 6-1 6-2
#6 Mollee Welter 10 (A) over Tess Puntney 10 (SA) 6-0 6-0

Doubles:

#1 Thomas/Johnson (SA) over Tjepkes/Allen 4-6 6-4 1-0(8)
#2 (play suspended due to dual being decided — Punteney/Pavlik won first set 6-4)
#3 Bowker/Gifford (A) over Kragscow/Puntney 6-1 6-1

2nd Round:

Glenwood 5, Atlantic 0

Singles:

#1 Ons Souissi 12 over Leah Tjepkes 6-2 6-0
#2 Rachel Tucker 12 over Lexi Allen 6-3 6-0
#3 Grace Newman 12 over Lisa Gearheart 6-1 6-2
#4 Montana Crow 12 over Hope Bowker 6-0 6-1
#5 Jana King 10 over Libby Gifford 6-1 6-1
#6 (play suspended due to dual being decided — Maggie Fineran 10 was leading Mollee Welter 6-2 4-1)

Glenwood advances to Third Round May 18

Coach Shawn Petersen comments:

Tough day conditions-wise for the girls today — chilly and steady brisk wind out of the north — but I thought our girls for the most part handled it well; It was nice getting a win today — the first of the year for us; I was very happy for the team — the girls have worked awfully hard and have played all of the best teams around — even though I know they’ve shown improvement, it’s tough to keep grinding when the losses are piling up. We played Glenwood earlier in the year and got blown off the courts — even though the scores look lopsided against a very talented Rams team, our girls really played well and competed very hard — I was proud of their efforts today. Atlantic travels to Carroll for the H10 Conference Tournament Monday, before competing in Individual Regional competition on Thursday at Shenandoah.