The Kuemper Catholic Knights volleyball team looks poised for a deep postseason run after a dominating performance against Atlantic on Wednesday night in the Class 3A Region 2 Quarterfinals. The Knights ran away with a straight set victory 25-2, 25-10, 25-6 over the Trojans.

The Knights started hot with a 7 point run to open up the first set and put together another 7 point run and an 11 point run to take the first. The stars for the Knights shone bright as kill leader Aimee Adams finished with 10 kills and one service ace on the night. Kara Peter was the leader early in the match and finished with 7 kills, 3 blocks, and 4 aces. Anna Niehaus also finished the night with 7 kills to help Kuemper advance.

The top-ranked Knights improved to 40-1 on the year and will host in-town rival Carroll next Tuesday in the Regional Semifinal. The Tigers were able to get there by outlasting OA-BCIG in 5 sets in Ida Grove.

Atlantic’s season ends with an 8-28 record.

Class 3A

Region 2

(3-0) Kuemper Catholic 25-25-25, Atlantic 2-10-6 (ON KJAN)
(3-2) Carroll 21-27-24-25-15, OA-BCIG 25-25-26-14-13
(3-0) Shenandoah25-25-30, Clarinda 15-17-28
(3-0) Red Oak 25-26-25, Creston 12-24-20

Class 4A

Region 1

(3-0) Denison-Schleswig 225-25-25, Storm Lake 9-16-10
(3-0) LeMars 25-25-25, Spencer 12-21-20

Region 2

(3-0) Winterset 25-25-25, ADM 22-21-21
(3-1)  Glenwood 30-22-25-25, Harlan 28-25-18-22

IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa junior quarterback Nate Stanley was named the Davey O’Brien National Quarterback of the Week following his six-touchdown performance in Iowa’s 42-16 win at Indiana on Saturday.

Stanley was selected from the “Great 8” list that featured seven other quarterbacks: Joe Burrow (LSU), Jarrett Guarantano (Tennessee), Tyler Huntley (Utah), Jordan Love (Utah State), James Morgan (FIU), Andre Nunez (Louisiana), and Brock Purdy (Iowa State).

Stanley (6-foot-4, 242-pounds), is a native of Menomonie, Wisconsin (Menomonie High School). He completed 21-of 32 pass attempts against Indiana for 320 yards and six touchdowns. The scoring strikes covered 9, 28, 12, 11, 54, and 4 yards, and included five different receivers.

The six touchdowns tie Chuck Long for the second most in single-game history at Iowa. Long twice threw six touchdowns in a game, while the school record is seven (Chuck Hartlieb versus Northwestern, 1987). Saturday marked Stanley’s 11th career multi-touchdown game, and his fourth straight. He has 14 touchdowns over the last four games, which ties for the most ever over a four-game stretch in school history (Long, 1985).

Stanley has four career 300-yard games, including three in his last four outings. Stanley has 41 career touchdown passes. He moved past Chuck Hartlieb (37) and C.J. Beathard (40) on Saturday to tie for No. 5 on Iowa’s all-time list with Matt Rodgers (41). Stanley has 3,972 career passing yards, 11th all-time. For the season he has completed 108-174 attempts for 1,473 yards and 15 touchdowns, with five interceptions.

Earlier this week, Stanley was named the Walter Camp Football Foundation national Offensive Player of the Week, College Football Performance Awards national Player of the Week and Big Ten Conference Co-Offensive Player of the Week.

The 19th-ranked Hawkeyes (5-1, 2-1) host Maryland (4-2, 2-1) Saturday in the annual Homecoming contest (11 a.m. CT, ESPN2).

IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa tight ends Noah Fant and T.J. Hockenson share the honor as the John Mackey Tight End of the Week for their play in Iowa’s 42-16 win at Indiana last Saturday. The announcement was made Wednesday by the John Mackey Award. It is the first time in the history of the award that teammates have shared the weekly honor.

The 2018 John Mackey recipient will be announced Dec. 5, and presented Dec. 6 live at the Home Depot College Football Award Red Carpet Show on ESPNU. Iowa’s Dallas Clark received the John Mackey Award in 2002, while Tony Moeaki (2009) and Allen Reisner (2010) were both semifinalists.

Fant (6-foot-5, 241-pound) is a junior from Omaha, Nebraska (Omaha South High School), while Hockenson (6-5, 250) is a redshirt sophomore from Chariton, Iowa (Chariton High School). The Hawkeye duo combined for eight receptions for 209 yards and three touchdowns against Indiana.

Fant recorded his sixth touchdown of the season with a 28-yard reception late in the first period.  He later added a season-long 58-yard reception that led to Iowa’s final score of the game. Fant had four catches for 102 yards at Indiana and leads Iowa through six games with 23 receptions (298 yards) and six touchdowns.

Hockenson recorded four receptions for 107 yards and two scores against the Hoosiers. He had a 9-yard catch for Iowa’s first score, and added a 54-yard touchdown in the third quarter. Hockenson leads Iowa with 394 receiving yards (22 receptions) and has three receiving touchdowns and one rushing touchdown.

Fant has 18 career touchdown receptions ranking fourth all-time at Iowa and first among Hawkeye tight ends. He ranks third all-time among Big Ten Conference tight ends. Fant led the nation’s tight ends a year ago in scoring receptions (11) and average per catch (16.5).

Fant and Hockenson are the first two Hawkeyes to surpass 100 receiving yards in the same game since 2011 (Keenan Davis and Marvin McNutt versus Pitt). Hockenson has surpassed 100 receiving yards twice in 2018 (125 versus Wisconsin), while Fant had 116 receiving yards in a 2017 win at Nebraska.

The 19th-ranked Hawkeyes (5-1, 2-1) host Maryland (4-2, 2-1) Saturday in the annual Homecoming contest (11:01 a.m. CT, ESPN2).

IRVING, Texas – Iowa State sophomore guard Lindell Wigginton has been named to the 2018-19 Preseason All-Big 12 Team, as voted on by the league’s head coaches. Wigginton’s fellow sophomore, Cameron Lard, received honorable mention recognition.

Wigginton is the Big 12’s leading returning scorer after averaging 16.7 points per game as a freshman. The Dartmouth, Nova Scotia native shot 40.1 percent behind the arc and hit an ISU freshman record 69 three-pointers. An All-Big 12 honorable mention selection and member of the Big 12 All-Newcomer team last season, Wigginton scored 20 or more points in 13 games, including the final four games of the 2017-18 season.

Lard averaged 12.6 points and 8.1 rebounds during his redshirt freshman campaign. The Natchitoches, Louisiana native was second in the Big 12 in field goal percentage (.601) and third in blocks (2.2) en route to earning All-Big 12 honorable mention accolades for the 2017-18 season. He paced the Big 12 with 3.4 offensive boards per game.

The Cyclones open the 2018-19 season at Hilton Coliseum on Tuesday, Nov. 6 against Alabama State.

2018-19 Big 12 Preseason Awards

Preseason Player of the Year: Dean Wade, Kansas State
Preseason Newcomer of the Year: Dedric Lawson, Kansas
Preseason Freshman of the Year: Quentin Grimes, Kansas

Preseason All-Big 12 Team

Lindell Wigginton, Iowa State
Dedric Lawson, Kansas
Barry Brown, Kansas State
Dean Wade, Kansas State
Sagaba Konate, West Virginia

Honorable Mention: Cameron Lard (ISU), Udoka Azubuike (Kansas), Quentin Grimes (Kansas), Alex Robinson (TCU), Kerwin Roach II (Texas), Jericho Sims (Texas), Jarrett Culver (Texas Tech)