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Prat’s Brace Pushes ISU Past K-State, 2-1

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October 15th, 2023 by Asa Lucas

MANHATTAN, Kan. – Iowa State (6-10-1, 3-6 Big 12) downed Kansas State (3-11-3, 1-7-1 Big 12) by a score of 2-1 on Sunday afternoon, as Salomé Prat notched her second brace in the past four matches.

The win vaults Iowa State into eleventh place in the Big 12 standings, just one point behind Cincinnati for tenth as they enter the final game of conference play.

Iowa State’s six wins are the most under head coach Matt Fannon in a single season and are the most by any ISU team since 2016, when the team earned 12 wins. The Cyclones’ three conference wins are also the most since 2016, when the team tallied three.

With both teams entering the match needing to secure points for a potential conference tournament berth, the match started with an early statement from the Wildcats, who scored in the seventh minute. K-State’s Jo Sees used a Riley Baker assist to give Kansas State a 1-0 lead.

The Wildcats kept up the pressure the majority of the half, outshooting the Cyclones 6-3 before Prat converted off a perfect Mira Emma feed in the 35th minute, which she would bury in the middle left of the net to tie the match at one apiece.

K-State tried to regain momentum heading into the break, but a Gillahan save and two off-target shots from the Wildcats kept the score knotted at the half.

In total, K-State outshot ISU 9-4 in the first stanza, but Gillahan’s four saves kept ISU in business.

Not even 15 minutes into the second half, Prat gave the Cyclones the advantage, recording her second score, notching her second brace of the season, off a free kick that was played to her by both Chloe Broughton and Lauren Hernandez.

Prat’s pair of scores pushes her into the team lead for points on the year with 15, just surpassing Emma, who has 14. Prat’s seven goals have her on the brink of cracking the top ten goal-scorers in program history. Prat now has two game-winning goals on the season, tying Emma for the team lead.

Iowa State’s defense would buckle down from there, not conceding anything as Gillahan finished the match with six saves. Iowa State went on to win its second straight match, sweeping the Sunflower State schools.

Prat led the team with four shots while Emma was the lone other Cyclone to have more than one on the afternoon. Broughton, Hernandez, Hanna Reid, Olivia Edwards, Abigail Miller and Gillahan all played the entire 90 today.

No. 6 Hawkeyes Top No. 5 Louisville

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October 15th, 2023 by Asa Lucas

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky  The sixth-ranked University of Iowa field hockey team downed No. 5 Louisville, 2-1, on Sunday afternoon at Trager Stadium.

Iowa improves to 12-2 on the season. Sophomore Mia Magnotta recorded seven saves to Louisville’s four.
“Today was a fantastic win against a very good Louisville team,” said head coach Lisa Cellucci. “The Hawks were dialed in from start to finish. Mia Magnotta had some world class saves down the stretch. We will enjoy this and get prepared for another important road trip.”
Freshman Dionne van Aalsum gave the Hawkeyes the lead in the 7th minute of the game, unassisted.
In the games’ 56th minute van Aalsum found the back of the goal off a penalty corner assisted by junior Annika Herbine, giving Iowa an insurance goal.
Louisville’s Rylie Wollerton scored the Cardinals lone goal of the game with ten seconds left to play.
OF NOTE…
– The Hawkeyes recorded their fifth win against a ranked opponent this season.
– Van Aalsum has scored in 11 out of 14 games this season. The nation’s leader in goals now has 25 goals in the 14 games.
– The Hawkeyes have allowed nine goals in 14 games.
– Magnotta has 43 saves on the season.
UP NEXT

No. 6 Iowa travels to Maryland on Friday for a conference matchup at 4 p.m.

Iowa’s Hayashida Advances to Quarterfinals at ITA Midwest Regionals

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October 15th, 2023 by Asa Lucas

LAWRENCE, Kan. – University of Iowa sophomore Daianne Hayashida advanced to the quarterfinals on Saturday on the third day of ITA Midwest Regionals at the Jayhawk Tennis Center.  Hayashida notched her first win of the day against Anet Koskel of Arkansas, 6-0, 6-0, before following with a three-set win, 6-3, 1-6, 7-5, over fifth-seeded Mae Canete of Missouri in the Round of 16.

Hayashida is the first Hawkeye to advance to the regional quarterfinals since current assistant coach Elise van Heuvelen in 2019.

Barbora Pokorna had her tournament run end, losing in straight sets to Oklahoma’s Ava Catanzarite, 6-4, 6-3

In doubles play, Hayashida and Jessica Matthews finished their tournament run falling to Oklahoma’s Guzman/Shcherbinia, 8-1.

Hayashida will play her quarterfinals match tomorrow starting at 1 p.m.

HEAR FROM HEAD COACH SASHA SCHMID 

“I am really proud of Dai, I think it was a tremendous day for her to move forward and begin the quarterfinals at regionals. She played two great singles matches today and had a hard-fought win tonight over a good player at Mizzou. I am happy for her, she’s worked hard and she deserves this opportunity. We’ll be excited to see her compete tomorrow.”

Cyclones to Face K-State in Final Big 12 Road Match

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October 15th, 2023 by Asa Lucas

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State is set to face Kansas State in its final road game of the regular season on Sunday in the penultimate Big 12 action of the season. Sunday’s game is scheduled to kick off at 1 p.m. and the action will be streamed live on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.

ISU (5-10-1, 2-6 Big 12) enters the competition coming off its second conference win of the season over Kansas. Kansas State (3-10-3, 1-6-1 Big 12) has dropped six of its last seven and is one spot behind the Cyclones in the Bog 12 soccer points standings.

Iowa State has matched its highest win total under Coach Fannon as well as its highest Big 12 win total with two matches remaining on the year.

The Matchup: Iowa State (5-10-1, 2-6 Big 12) at Kansas State (3-10-3, 1-6-1 Big 12)

Where: Buser Family Park // Manhattan, Kan.

When: October 15 – 1 p.m.

Watch: Big 12 Now on ESPN+

Live Stats: cyclones.com

Woodbine Boys and AHSTW Girls win the Missouri Valley High School Cross Country Invitational

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October 15th, 2023 by Asa Lucas

The AHSTW girl’s cross country team won the Missouri Valley High School Cross-Country Invitational by a score of 47 points. Adyson Lapel from Woodbine won first place. AHSTW had the eighth, ninth, and tenth-placed finishers in the invitational. Ava Paulsen was the eighth-place finisher Bella Lamp ninth, and Rylie Knop in tenth. Riverside finished in second, Woodbine finished in third, and Heartland Christian finished fourth.

Girls Team Results

1 – AHSTW: 47 points
2 – Riverside: 51 points
3 – Woodbine: 52 points
4 – Heartland Christian: 70 points

The Woodbine boy’s cross country team won the Missouri Valley High School Cross-Country Invitational on Saturday with a total of 32 points. Woodbine had four top-ten runners in the meet. Landon Bendgen took the individual title with a time of 15:35.70, finishing over one minute faster than Gunner Wagner as he earned second place in the meet for Woodbine. Missouri Valley would come in at second place. Riverside finished in third place with the third, fourth, and fifth-place runners. Mason McCready finished with third, Brody Henderson fourth, and Dawson Henderson in fifth. Griswold finished in fourth and had the 17th-place finisher Holden Jensen and Brayden Lockwood at 22nd.

Boys Team Results

1 – Woodbine: 32 points
2 – Missouri Valley: 47 points
3 – Riverside: 63 points
4 – Griswold: 102 points
5 – IKM-Manning: 117 points

Saturday Volleyball Scores

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October 15th, 2023 by Asa Lucas

Corner Conference:

Council Bluffs Lincoln 2-Sidney 0 (21-16, 21-14)
Lewis Central 2-Sidney 0 (21-12, 21-18)
Lewis Central 2-Stanton 0 (21-10, 21-17)

Hawkeye Ten Conference:

Lewis Central 2-Council Bluffs Lincoln 0 (21-16, 21-14)
Lewis Central 2-Logan-Magnolia 0 (21-8, 21-5)
Lewis Central 2-Sidney 0 (21-12, 21-18)
Lewis Central 2-Stanton 0 (21-10, 21-17)
Norwalk 2-Red Oak 1 (18-21, 24-22, 15-7)
Red Oak 2-Gilbert 0 (21-16, 21-10)
Red Oak 2-Greene County 0 (21-14, 21-16)
Red Oak 2-Webster City 0 (21-18, 21-18)
Red Oak 2-Winterset 0 (21-9, 21-10)

Pride of Iowa Conference:

ADM 2-Southeast Warren 0 (21-12, 21-14)
Pella Christian 2-Southeast Warren 0 (21-16, 21-14)
Seymour 2-Central Decatur 0 (21-15, 21-10)

Racoon River Conference:

ADM 2-Pella Christian 0 (21-15, 21-18)
ADM 2-Southeast Warren 0 (21-12, 21-14)
Boone 2-ACGC 0 (21-14, 21-15)
Gilbert 2-Chariton 0 (21-16, 22-20)
Gilbert 2-South Central Calhoun 1 (17-21, 22-20, 15-7)
Norwalk 2-Gilbert 0 (21-17, 21-12)
Norwalk 2-Winterset 1 (21-11, 16-21, 15-12)
Red Oak 2-Gilbert 0 (21-16, 21-10)
Red Oak 2-Winterset 0 (21-9, 21-10)
Roland-Story 2-Boone 0 (21-19, 28-26)
Union Community 2-ADM 0 (21-18, 21-17)
Winterset 2-Greene County 1 (21-13, 16-21, 15-13)
Winterset 2-Webster City 0 (21-15, 22-20)

Rolling Valley Conference

Ar-We-Va 2-Paton-Churdan 0 (21-19, 21-11)
Boyer Valley 2-Ar-We-Va 0 (21-13, 21-9)
Boyer Valley 2-Woodbine 0 (21-14, 21-15)
CAM 2-Boyer Valley 0 (25-20, 25-20)
CAM 2-Coon Rapids-Bayard 0 (21-12, 21-11)
CAM 2-West Harrison 0 (21-15, 21-15)
Coon Rapids-Bayard 2-Glidden-Ralston 1 (9-21, 21-17, 15-11)
Exira-EHK 2-Ar-We-Va 0 (21-12, 21-12)
Glidden-Ralston 2-Exira-EHK 0 (21-15, 21-16)
Glidden-Ralston 2-West Harrison 0 (21-9, 21-18)
West Harrison 2-Paton-Churdan 0 (21-8, 21-8)
Woodbine 2-Coon Rapids-Bayard 0 (21-17, 21-16)
Woodbine 2-Exira-EHK 1 (21-19, 18-21, 15-12)

West Central Conference

ACGC 2-Panorama 0 (21-13, 21-9)
ACGC 2-West Central Valley 0 (21-10, 21-13)
Boone 2-ACGC 0 (21-14, 21-15)
Roland-Story 2-ACGC 0 (21-18, 21-13)
Roland-Story 2-Panorama 0 (21-11, 21-10)
Roland-Story 2-West Central Valley 0 (21-13, 21-5)
Roland-Story 2-Woodward-Granger 0 (21-15, 21-15)

Western Iowa Conference:

Council Bluffs Lincoln 2-Treynor 1 (21-11, 15-21, 15-10)
Lewis Central 2-Logan-Magnolia 0 (21-8, 21-5)

Incident at the Red Oak Airport Sunday morning: No injuries reported

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October 15th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Red Oak, Iowa) – The Montgomery County Emergency Management Agency reports shortly before 10-a.m. today (Sunday), an aircraft traveling from Omaha, NE to St. Louis, MO experienced an in-flight emergency and was forced to make an emergency landing at the Red Oak Municipal Airport.
The aircraft landed on Runway 5, which was currently closed for runway maintenance and upgrades at the time of the incident. After touching down, the aircraft made contact with a portable barricade and the left wing made contact with a Bobcat skid loader that was parked off the runway causing significant damage to the aircraft’s wing. The aircraft was safely able to exit the closed runway to a nearby taxi way where it came to rest.

Photos from the Mont. Co EMA Facebook page

The aircraft involved is a Cirrus SR22T single engine plane, owned and operated by a subject from St. Louis, MO. No injuries were reported to the pilot or passenger of the aircraft. Damage to the contractor equipment on site is reported as minimal.

Red Oak Fire Department and Montgomery County EMA were assisted at the scene by Red Oak Municipal Airport staff.
The incident is under investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).

Weekend arrests in Creston

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October 15th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Creston, Iowa) – Creston Police, this (Sunday) morning, report three arrests had taken place so far this weekend. At around 3:20 this (Sunday) morning, 26-year-old Kagiso Terence Lebelo, of Clearfield, was arrested near the Creston radio station on Highway 34. Lebelo was charged with OWI 1st Offense, and was taken to the Union County Jail where he was being held on a $1,000 cash or surety bond.

Saturday night, 35-year-old David Junior Richman, of Creston, was arrested at 301 W Adams. Richman was charged with Contempt-Violation of No Contact/Protective Order. He was being held without bond in the Union County Jail, until seen by a magistrate.

And, at around 1:45-a.m., Saturday, Creston Police arrested 35-year-old Kortney Lyn Beck, of Creston. She was taken into custody at her home on an Adams County warrant for Violation of a Court Order, for failure to comply with a sentencing order on an original charge of OWI. Beck was taken to the Adams County Jail where she must serve 2 days without bond.

Red Oak woman arrested Sunday morning for OWI

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October 15th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Red Oak, Iowa) – Police in Red Oak arrested a woman early this (Sunday) morning. Officers arrested 32-year-old Randi Lynn Vanleuven, of Red Oak, for OWI/1st offense. She was taken into custody at around 2:18-a.m. in the 100 block of W. Park Avenue, in Red Oak. Vanleuven was transported to the Montgomery County Jail and held on a $1,000 bond.

Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the Nishna Valley: Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023

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October 15th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

Today: Isolated showers before 7am, then scattered sprinkles between 7am and 9am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 53. North wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 10%.

Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 35. North northwest wind around 10 mph.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 59. North northwest wind 8 to 10 mph.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 64.

Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of showers before 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 67. Windy.

Saturday’s High in Atlantic was 50. Our low was 45. We received .02″ rain. Last year on this date, the high in Atlantic was 70 and the low was 29. The record high for Oct. 15th in Atlantic was 89 in 1892. The record low was 17 in 1952. Sunrise is at 7:319. Sunset is at 6:39.