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Atlantic’s Hawkins switches commitment to Northwest Missouri State

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August 8th, 2016 by admin

Atlantic standout basketball player Ryan Hawkins switched his college commitment last week to Northwest Missouri State.  Hawkins signed a letter of intent last Wednesday to play for the Bearcats.  The 6-7 Forward had originally committed to play at Wayne State College but changed his mind after a coaching change for the Wildcats.

Hawkins joins a Bearcats squad that went 27-6 overall last season and earned a trip to the Elite Eight of the Division II NCAA Tournament.  The Bearcats also went 19-3 in the MIAA Conference.

Hawkins finished his senior season at Atlantic averaging 22.2 points per game on 54.6% shooting from the field.  He also had 89 steals and 43 blocked shots for the Trojans.  He now will start with preseason workouts until practice with Northwest officially begins on October 16th.

(Podcast) KJAN Morning Sports report, 8/8/2016

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August 8th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

The 7:17-a.m. Sportscast w/Jim Field.

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Beathard wants to improve his play to improve the Iowa offense

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August 8th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Iowa quarterback C.J. Beathard enters his senior season with a lot of pre-season attention after leading the Hawkeyes to a 12-2 mark in his first season as the starter. He says for the offense to improve, he will have to improve his play in every area. “More touchdown passes, less turnovers, smarter play getting the ball down, making decisions quicker. I have been working on all that this offseason and in the camp here and back to spring ball just trying to improve my game any way I can,” Beathard says. He played much of last season hurt and says he is in the best health he has been in since first getting hurt. That should add to his efforts to improve the offense.

“I am able to do some stuff with me feet, run the ball more, and get out of the pocket better. It helps me move in the pocket, so I think it will improve our offense as a whole in every way really,” according to Beathard. Beathard’s improved mobility won’t mean anything if he doesn’t have receivers to throw to, and he says that’s another part of the equation. He says they lost to key senior receivers in Jacob Hillyer and Tevaun Smith and they will need young receivers without a lot playing time to step up and pick up some of the load.

Beathard says he needs to work a lot with those receiver to bring them along. He is on all of the major watch lists heading into the season and says he doesn’t mind being in the spotlight. “You know my dad always told me to be thankful for it right now because some day they won’t care to know who you are,” Beathard says. “So, you’ve got to embrace it when you have it.” The Hawkeyes were both praised and criticized as they went through the perfect regular season and into the conference championship game. Beathard says that will help them deal with whatever attention they get as this season moves ahead.

“I think it does, I mean we did a good job at ignoring the noise — whether it be negative noise or positive noise — there was a lot of that going on early in the season and then later on in the season. I think we did a good job of tuning out when there were a lot of outlets we could have listened to, and people talking about how good you are,” Beathard says. “When you start listening to that stuff that’s when you start going downhill you start thinking that you’ve made it, that you’ve arrived, and once you think that, that’s bad.”

The Franklin, Tennessee native will lead the Hawkeyes when they open the season on September 3rd at home against Miami of Ohio.

(Radio Iowa)

Hawkeyes open fall practice hoping to continue last year’s success

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August 8th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

The Iowa Hawkeye football team has opened fall camp with the hope of repeating the record-setting success of last season, while putting a blowout loss in the Rose Bowl behind them. Coach Kirk Ferentz talked with the media Saturday about the work ahead. “Last year was a really historic year in a lot of ways, more importantly a memorable year and a very rewarding year, and I think probably the important thing for us as a football team is to try to learn some lessons from it and hopefully we’ve done that as we approach moving forward,” Ferentz said.

The Hawks are ranked 15th in the preseason poll, after garnering little attention at the start of last year. Ferentz said his research shows how little the early polls mean. “Of the 25 teams that were in the preseason last year, eight of them didn’t make the cut at the end, and so obviously eight teams did make it, entered in,” Ferentz said. “Probably most noteworthy I think would be Houston won 13 games, we won 12, neither us were mentioned a year ago at this point. So the thing I think our players need to understand is that door swings both ways. It opens and it closes.”

Senior quarterback C.J. Beathard is one of the reasons Iowa is expected to make another run at the Big 10 West title. Ferentz says Beathard is a lot like former Hawkeye great Brad Banks when it comes to leadership. ” I don’t know if I can articulate what it was about him, but I know this, it was really powerful, and as he went, our team really went with him. C.J. has kind of got that same characteristic. There’s just something about him,” according to Ferentz. “And the commonality there is they’re both genuine people. They’re just really genuine guys. They’ve got all the right motives and agendas. They’re just out there to help the team win, and they care about their teammates, all those things you hope a quarterback can do. And then different skill sets but yet very effective players in their own right.”

Ferentz said the practices heading up to the first game will be key in determining if this season ends up as successful as last year. “You know as mundane as this sounds, the most important thing we can do is just try to capitalize on every day in front of us. If you just look back last year…I think our team really grew in August really on lot of levels, not just as football players, our leadership base group. It was just a result of doing things right, little things right, paying attention. That’s really the challenge that’s ahead of us right now,” Ferentz explained.

Escaping all the hype and positive things said about the team in the media and online is not easy. Ferentz said his players will read and hear things, but the coaches remind them it doesn’t mean anything at this point. “Just like last year, nobody picked us to do anything, we ended up having a really good year. And so it’s about our actions, it’s not about what people are saying negatively or positively. That’s what we try to educate our players to and then show them the illustrations that back that up,” Ferentz said.

Iowa opens the season September 3rd at home against Miami of Ohio.

(Radio Iowa)

Foltynewicz leads way, Braves top Cardinals

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August 7th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

ST. LOUIS (AP) – Mike Foltynewicz worked six strong innings, Nick Markakis and Erick Aybar had two RBIs apiece and the Atlanta Braves kept the St. Louis Cardinals down at home with a 6-3 victory on Sunday. Matt Kemp added two hits and an RBI to help the Braves take two of three, outscoring the Cardinals 19-8 the last two games. Atlanta has the worst record in the majors at 41-70, but has won seven of its last 11 overall.

Adam Wainwright (9-6) had a rare off-day against Atlanta, surrendering three runs in the first and second. He entered 8-2 with a 2.95 ERA against the Braves, who drafted him in the first round in 2000 and traded him to St. Louis in 2003 in a deal for J.D. Drew.

The Cardinals are just 26-32 at home after going 55-26 last season, but have been good on the road at 32-21. Foltynewicz (5-5) gave up a run and six hits. Jim Johnson earned his eighth save in 11 chances. Next up for the Cardinals is the Cincinnati Reds. Listen for the action Monday evening beginning at 6:20, with the 1st pitch at 7:15, here on KJAN.

Freeman, Garcia shots boost Braves past Cardinals

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August 7th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Freddie Freeman and Adonis Garcia had three-run home runs and the Atlanta Braves got enough from Roberto Hernandez in his first start this season for a 13-5 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday night. The 35-year-old Hernandez (1-0), who previously pitched under the name Fausto Carmona, was the 14th starting pitcher used by the Braves this season, one off the franchise record in 1975. He allowed three runs in five-plus innings in his first start since July 19, 2015 with the Astros.

Carlos Martinez (10-7) surrendered a season-worst seven runs, and his six earned runs matched his season worst. He entered with a 2.99 ERA and had won six of his previous seven decisions. Ender Inciarte and Matt Kemp each had two-run homers during a six-run ninth. Inciarte had three hits to extend his hitting streak to 17 games.

Today’s (Sunday’s) game at Busch Stadium begins with a pre-game show at 12:20-p.m. on KJAN, followed by the 1st pitch at 1:15.

Pacific Coast League Baseball (regional) Scores/Schedules

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August 7th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Saturday’s Game scores
Memphis 6, Omaha 5

Iowa 6, New Orleans 1

Today’s (Sunday’s) Games
Oklahoma City at Iowa, 4 p.m.

Colorado Springs at Omaha, 5 p.m.

(Podcast) KJAN Morning Sports report, 8/6/2016

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August 6th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

The 7:18-a.m. Sportscast w/Ric Hanson

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Rain forces Chiefs’ practice to indoors Friday

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August 6th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — Fans will have to wait at least a day to see the Kansas City Chiefs’ new presumptive backup quarterback. Rain forced the team into the indoor facility on the campus of Missouri Western State University for practice Friday, which took place hours after Nick Foles signed a one-year contract with an option for a second year. The move reunites him with coach Andy Reid, who drafted him out of Arizona in 2012 while with the Philadelphia Eagles.

Pacific Coast League Baseball: Scores (8/5) & Schedule (8/6-7)

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August 6th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Friday’s Games

Memphis 11, Omaha 5

New Orleans 3, Iowa 0

Saturday’s Games
Omaha at Memphis, 6-p.m. (CDT)

New Orleans at Iowa, 7-p.m. (CDT)

Sunday’s Games
Oklahoma City at Iowa, 4-p.m. (CDT)

Colorado Springs at Omaha, 5-p.m. (CDT)