J.T. Poston is hoping for another strong finish to this season. Poston has three top 10 finishes on the PGA Tour this season and returns to the Quad Cities next month to defend his title in the John Deere Classic. He posted the first wire-to-wire victory in 30 years in 2022.

The win at the John Deere Classic was the second of his career and first since claiming the Wyndham Championship in 2019.

Poston had a history of struggling at the John Deere Classic before winning last year.

The John Deere Classic is July 6th through the 9th.

AUSTIN, Texas – University of Iowa track and field concluded its men’s outdoor season with finals performances from the 4×100 relay quartet and James Carter Jr. in the triple jump.

The first finals event on the track was the men’s 4×100 relay, where the Hawkeyes were represented by Kalen Walker, Austin Kresley, Gratt Reed and Damoy Allen. Despite a strong start from lane one, the Hawkeyes failed an exchange and did not finish. The quartet had qualified for the finals on Wednesday night, zipping to a new school record 38.64.

Senior James Carter Jr. returned to the NCAA Championships, competing in the triple jump and leaping 15.69 meters (51’ 5.75”). Carter improved on his honorable mention performance from a year ago, earning second team honors with a 13th-place finish.

Junior Tionna Tobias finished day one of the heptathlon in 14th place with 3,438 points. The Big Ten Champion started strong with a second-place finish in the 100-meter hurdles, cruising in 13.23. After gaining 1,090 points in the first event, Tobias followed up with a 1.66-meter (5’ 5.25”) mark in the high jump, before turning in a 10.30-meter (33’ 9.50”) effort in the shot put. Her night came to a close with the 200-meter race, where Tobias sped to a season-best 23.87.

The Hawkeyes wrap up competition at the 2023 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Saturday with Tobias’ final three events in the heptathlon, beginning at 4 p.m. (CT).

HAWKEYE RESULTS

Heptathlon
14. Tionna Tobias – 3,438 points

2. 100-meter hurdles – 13.23 (1090)
   17. High Jump – 1.66 meters (5’ 5.25”) (806)
   23. Shot Put – 10.30 meters (33’ 9.50”) (549)
   7. 200-meters – 23.87, SB, (993)

4×100 relay
DNF – Walker, Kresley, Reed, Allen

Triple Jump
13. James Carter Jr. 15.69 meters (51’ 5.75”)

SOFTBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Clarke 6, Atlantic 2
Bondurant-Farrar 5, Atlantic 1
AHSTW 11, St. Albert 3
Ankeny 10, Clarinda 0
Creston 11, Mount Ayr 0
Denison-Schleswig 10, OABCIG 3
Denison-Schleswig 11, Roland-Story 10
Kuemper Catholic 12, Glidden-Ralsotn 1
Kuemper Catholic 7, Glidden-Ralston 2

Western Iowa Conference

Riverside 6, East Mills 3
Riverside 13, Sidney 0
Stanton 8, Tri-Center 5
Treynor 1, St. Edmond 1
Van Meter 13, Treynor 1

Other Scores

Bondurant-Farrar 9, Lenox 2
Carroll 1, Collins-Maxwell 0
Carroll 11, Newell-Fonda 5

BASEBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Sidney 13, Shenandoah 1
Lewis Central 6, MOC Floyd Valley 3

Other Scores

Pleasantville 8, West Central Valley 6

Baseball Scores

Red Oak 5 Kuemper, 3
Kuemper 13 Red Oak, 3
Creston 7 Treynor, 4 (NC)

East Mills 13 Griswold, 1
Fremont-Mills 6 Sidney, 3

Exira/EHK 9 CAM, 3
Ar-We-Va 9 Boyer Valley, 1
Woodbine 10 Glidden-Ralston, 6

Central Decatur 12 Bedford, 2
Lenox 11 Southwest Valley, 1
Mount Ayr 12 Nodaway Valley, 3
East Union 3 Martensdale, St. Mary’s, 2
Southeast Warren 5  Wayne ,4

Audubon 4 AHSTW, 3
Underwood 4 IKM/Manning, 3
Missouri Valley 4 Riverside, 1
Tri-Center 13 Logan-Magnolia, 3

Softball Scores

Kuemper, Catholic, 10 Red Oak, 0
Red Oak 4 Kuemper, Catholic, 3
Lewis Central 11 Woodward-Granger 2 (NC)
Lewis Central 11 Ogden 6 (NC)

Stanton 8 Essex, 6
Griswold 14 East Mills, 5

Collins-Maxwell, 4 Denison-Schleswig, 0
Carroll 4 Roland-Story, 3

Earlham 14 Atlantic, 1
Ankeny 11 Atlantic, 0
Creston 11 Bondurant-Farrar, 2
Ankeny 9 Creston, 2

Exira/EHK 9 CAM, 1
Woodbine 6 Glidden-Ralston, 3
Ar-We-Va 14 Boyer Valley, 9

Missouri Valley 2 Riverside, 0
Logan-Magnolia 4 Tri-Center, 2
Underwood 6 IKM/Manning, 5
Audubon 4 AHSTW, 3

Martensdale, St. Mary’s 20 East Union, 2
Southeast Warren 10 Wayne, 0
Southwest Valley 3 Lenox, 2
Mount Ayr 12 Nodaway Valley, 2
Bedford 5 Central Decatur, 4

IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa sophomore Brody Brecht has been invited to the 2023 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Training Camp in Cary, North Carolina.

Brecht earned first-team All-Big Ten honors after going 5-2 with a 3.74 ERA in 16 starts. The right-hander posted four quality starts and fanned 109 batters over 77 innings. The Ankeny, Iowa native leads the nation in hits allowed per nine innings (4.32).

The USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Training Camp will feature 56 of the premier non-draft eligible college players for a four-game Stars vs. Stripes intrasquad series in North Carolina from June 25-28. USA Baseball will name a final, 26-man Collegiate National Team roster after Training Camp that will represent the United States in friendship series against Chinese Taipei and Japan from June 30-July 12.

All four Training Camp games will be played at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, North Carolina. The series begins on June 25 at 2 p.m. (CT), with three games following over the next three days. Game two will be on June 26 at 5 p.m., game three on June 27 at 6 p.m., and game four on June 28 at 5 p.m.

Tyler Chapa has been named the interim football coach at Waldorf. He becomes the third different head coach for the program since the end of last season. Chapa replaces Chad Paramore, who resigned to become an assistant coach at a Division II school in Pennsylvania. Paramore was named head coach in January after one season as offensive coordinator.

That’s Waldorf athletic director Chad Gassman. Chapa has been on the Waldorf staff since 2019. The Warriors finished 7-4 last season and have posted four straight winning seasons.

AUSTIN, Texas – University of Iowa track and field wrapped up day two of the NCAA Championships on Thursday night with a third-place finish and bronze medal from Austin West in the decathlon.

The junior decathlete entered the day in fourth place with 4,266 points. He began with the 110-meter hurdles, clocking a time of 14.45. A lengthy weather delay pushed events back by nearly two hours, but West returned to set a career best in discus, finishing eighth with a 44.55-meter (146’ 2”) toss. Following the pole vault, West turned in a stellar javelin performance, firing a personal record 64.85-meter (212’ 9”) mark and finishing second. The throw jumped West up to fifth all-time in Iowa history and catapulted him to third overall with one event remaining. A 4:39.75 finish in the 1,500-meter race clinched bronze for West and earned the men’s team six points.

“I thought he had a good start to the day, his discus throws really got the ball rolling with all three throws going over his PR,” Iowa Director of Track and Field Joey Woody said of West. “He had a monster throw in the javelin to put himself in position to be top three. To get third in this meet where the competition breaks the collegiate record and you have the previous collegiate record holder, that’s pretty impressive. I am really proud of him for battling through the two-day competition, conditions, heat and delay. He earned it.”

Senior Amanda Howe capped her Hawkeye career with a season-best performance in the hammer throw. Howe’s mark of 63.79 meters (209’ 3”) was good for 12th overall, earning her second team All-America honors.

“Amanda has come a long way in the last two years,” Iowa throws and assistant coach Ray Robinson said. “She was the last one to get out of regionals and finished 12th here today. This was the first time in all of outdoor season where she looked like herself and wasn’t trying to force things. She has really stepped up and helped shepherd some of the younger athletes. That is going to be part of her legacy, too,” Robinson added. “She gave it her all every day at practice, in the weight room, supporting her teammates and in competition. I am really proud of her.”

Despite the weather delay, the running events started on schedule with juniors Paige Magee and Myreanna Bebe starring in the 100-meter hurdles. Competing in the same heat, Magee finished in 13.08, with Bebe close behind in 13.41. Magee joined Howe as a second team All-American, while Bebe earned honorable mention. The 400-meter hurdles saw two Hawkeyes earn honorable mention. Junior Mariel Bruxvoort ran a 57.84 in the semifinals, while Magee ended her junior campaign with a time of 59.00.

“Paige really competed well to get top three in her heat, but unfortunately just wasn’t enough to punch her ticket into the finals of the 100 hurdles,” Woody said. “I’m really proud of Paige and Mariel for getting to this meet in the 400 hurdles.”

The 4×400 relay quartet of junior Aliyanna Dorn, freshman Audrey Biermann, sophomore Chloe Larsen and Magee wrapped up the night with an honorable mention time of 3:37.08.

“This is the first time we’ve been to this meet with the 4×4 in a long time, so that’s a step in the right direction,” Woody said. “We just have to expect more and do more when we get here. That is the next step.”

Competition resumes Friday with the start of the heptathlon for Tionna Tobias at 2:45 p.m. (CT). The men’s finals begin on Friday with the 4×100 relay squad at 8:02 p.m. and James Carter Jr. in the triple jump at 8:10 p.m.

HAWKEYE RESULTS

Women’s Hammer
12. Amanda Howe – 63.79 meters (209’ 3”), SB, 2nd team All-American

Women’s 100-meter hurdles
13. Paige Magee – 13.08, 2nd team All-American
19. Myreanna Bebe – 13.41, honorable mention

Women’s 400-meter hurdles
19. Mariel Bruxvoort – 57.84, honorable mention
22. Paige Magee – 59.00, honorable mention

Women’s 4×400
21. Dorn, Biermann, Larsen, Magee – 3:37.08, honorable mention

Decathlon
3. West – 8,054 points, season best, All-American

9. 110-meter hurdles – 14.45 (917)
8. Discus – 44.55 meters (146’ 2”), PR, (758)
21. Pole Vault – 4.01 meters (13’ 1.75”) (620)
2. Javelin – 64.85 meters (212’ 9”), PR, (811)
7. 1,500-meters – 4:39.75 (682)

IOWA CITY, Iowa — The University of Iowa’s Big Ten Conference football opponents for 2024 and 2025 were announced Thursday by the Big Ten Conference. The two newest members of the Big Ten in 2024, UCLA and USC, both appear on the Hawkeyes’ schedules. Dates for league games have not been released.

In 2024, Iowa will host conference opponents Maryland, Nebraska, UCLA and Wisconsin. The Hawkeyes travel coast to coast, playing at Illinois, Minnesota, Ohio State, Rutgers and USC. In nonconference play Iowa hosts Illinois State, Iowa State in the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series and Troy. The Hawkeyes are one of three teams to face both UCLA and USC in 2024.

In 2025, Iowa’s five league home games include Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern and Penn State. The Hawkeyes travel to Indiana, Nebraska, Purdue and Wisconsin. Nonconference contests include Florida Atlantic and Massachusetts visiting Kinnick Stadium and the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series game at Iowa State.

The 2024 football season will debut the Flex Protect Plus model, which features a combination of protected opponents. In each of the two seasons the Hawkeyes maintain rivalry games with Minnesota, Nebraska and Wisconsin. Iowa is the only Big Ten team to maintain contests with three protected rivals.

Beginning with the 2024 season, the annual Big Ten Championship Game will feature the top two teams in the overall standings at the end of the regular season.

USC holds a 7-3 advantage over Iowa, while UCLA has defeated the Hawkeyes in six of nine meetings. Iowa last met USC in the 2019 Holiday Bowl in San Diego, earning a 49-24 win. Iowa has not played at USC since 1976. The Hawkeyes last played UCLA in the 1986 Rose Bowl, a 45-28 Bruin win.

Fans can request football season tickets by visiting hawkeyesports.com/footballtickets. Season ticket holders can currently confirm their 2023 order. Fight for Iowa mobile passes and mini plan ticket packages are currently on sale. Group tickets and Hawkeye Village ticket sales begin July 5, while single game tickets go on sale for donors on July 17 and to the general public on July 20.

University of Iowa faculty/staff should contact the University of Iowa Athletics Ticket Office for season tickets. The UI Athletics Ticket Office is open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The office telephone number is 1-800-IA-HAWKS.

For gameday parking information, visit hawkeyesports.com/footballparking.

State Treasurer Roby Smith is having what appears to be a rare Michael Jordan rookie card appraised before including it in an auction. The trading card was in an unclaimed safety deposit box turned over to the state treasurer’s office years ago. Smith says the card is being sent to a California company that determines if sports memorabilia is legit and how much it might be worth.

“It might take a couple of months, then we’ll try to continue to get the owner or will probably put it up for auction,” Smith says. “We’ll see.” A company called Fleer released a set of N-B-A trading cards in 1986 that included a rookie card for future hall of famer Michael Jordan. The state treasurer says experts from the Professional Sports Authenticator company will consider the Jordan card’s condition and come up with a grade.

“If it’s a 10, it’s worth $150,000,” Smith says. “It could be fake, so we want to make sure it’s worth that.” Smith’s office hired a national firm that handles auctions for state and local governments to sell valuables from some of the safety deposit boxes that have been declared unclaimed property and turned over to the state. An online auction currently underway through next Wednesday initially included the Michael Jordan card, but Axios Des Moines was first to report it had been pulled for an appraisal. The proceeds from these auctions will be available just in case someone discovers their name or a relative’s listed on the Great Iowa Treasure Hunt website or comes forward to claim a long-abandoned deposit box.

“We have the right to be able to auction it off after a year, but some of this stuff is over 10 years so we’ve kept it an extra long period of time auction to make sure we can return it to the owners,” Smith says. “When we do sell it, the money still goes back to the owners of the box and there’s no time limit. They can wait 10 more years, 20 more years. They will still get the money.” The state currently has three THOUSAND unclaimed safety deposit boxes and is running out of secure storage. Smith was given a tour shortly after he took over as state treasurer in January and got to see the contents of one of the boxes.

“The one they opened up, it was just a random one. I think it had some bicentennial quarters in there. It had some old credit cards,” Smith says. “…It’s kind of like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re going to get when you open it up, but there’s always a story behind it.”
Last year, someone paid over a million dollars for a rookie Michael Jordan trading card, but it had been signed by Jordan. The value of Jordan trading cards went up in 2020 after the release of a documentary about Jordan’s career and the Chicago Bulls’ last championship season.

THIRD Iowa High School Softball Rankings
Compiled by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union
Thursday, June 8, 2023

Class 1A
School Record LW
1 North Linn 13-1 4
2 Martensdale-St. Marys 9-1 8
3 Southeast Warren 12-3 1
4 Newell-Fonda 11-3 2
5 Sigourney 9-1 5
6 Fort Dodge St. Edmond 11-2 10
7 Wayne 9-3 7
8 Remsen St. Mary’s 9-1 3
9 Mason City Newman Catholic 12-2 9
10 Clarksville 12-0 12
11 Collins-Maxwell 9-2 6
12 Logan-Magnolia 7-2 11
13 Earlham 11-4 NR
14 Exira-EHK 9-1 13
15 Twin Cedars 6-2 15
Dropped Out: Woodbine (14)

Class 2A
School Record LW
1 Iowa City Regina 8-3 1
2 Central Springs 11-1 2
3 Lisbon 8-2 3
4 Van Meter 12-3 5
5 Wilton 12-4 4
6 West Monona 12-3 10
7 North Union 10-3 6
8 Cascade 8-6 8
9 Northeast 6-6 9
10 Interstate 35 7-7 14
11 Missouri Valley 15-1 NR
12 Alburnett 11-3 12
13 South Hardin 12-4 7
14 Osage 11-3 11
15 Waterloo Columbus Catholic 13-3 NR
Dropped Out: Louisa-Muscatine (13), Ridge View (15)

Class 3A
School Record LW
1 Williamsburg 13-0 1
2 Davenport Assumption 11-2 2
3 Davis County 11-0 5
4 Dubuque Wahlert 11-2 4
5 Estherville Lincoln Central 15-0 6
6 Mount Vernon 10-2 7
7 Saydel 7-1 3
8 Solon 10-3 8
9 West Lyon 11-0 12
10 Center Point-Urbana 9-3 10
11 Albia 8-3 9
12 Sumner-Fredericksburg 12-2 11
13 Sioux Center 9-3 13
14 Chariton 9-1 14
15 Grinnell 9-3 NR
Dropped Out: Benton (15)

Class 4A
School Record LW
1 Indianola 12-2 5
2 Norwalk 7-2 3
3 Dallas Center-Grimes 9-3 1
4 Fort Dodge 9-3 2
5 Carlisle 10-1 6
6 North Scott 8-4 7
7 North Polk 10-2 8
8 Winterset 10-4 13
9 Burlington 8-1 9
10 Western Dubuque 11-2 10
11 Cedar Rapids Xavier 8-5 4
12 Clear Creek-Amana 9-3 11
13 Sergeant Bluff-Luton 13-2 15
14 Storm Lake 11-0 NR
15 Knoxville 7-2 NR
Dropped Out; Creston (12), ADM (14)

Class 5A
School Record LW
1 Ankeny Centennial 10-1 7
2 West Des Moines Valley 8-3 1
3 Waukee Northwest 11-2 2
4 Ankeny 9-4 6
5 Linn-Mar 10-3 4
6 Southeast Polk 10-6 3
7 Muscatine 10-1 8
8 Pleasant Valley 7-3 5
9 Johnston 7-6 9
10 Bettendorf 6-4 10
11 Cedar Rapids Kennedy 10-3 13
12 Des Moines Lincoln 11-4 11
13 Ottumwa 7-5 NR
14 Dubuque Hempstead 10-5 NR
15 Dubuque Senior 9-3 NR
Dropped Out: Urbandale (12) Ames (14), Sioux City East (15)