The Clarinda doubles team of Mayson Hartley and Taylor Cole advanced on to the second day of play at the Class 1A Girls State Singles and Doubles Tennis Tournament. They were the only area players to move their way into the medal round on Friday at Byrnes Park in Waterloo.

In 1A singles play Lanee Olsen of Lewis Central lost in the first round to Ali Schuchmann of Cedar Rapids Xavier 5-7, 4-6. She then lost to Ishita Mukadam of Maharishi 4-6, 1-6 in. the consolation bracket.

Also in singles play Landry Miller of St. Albert lost in the first round to Avery Link of Cedar Rapids Xavier 2-6, 2-6. She then was knocked out in consolation play 5-7, 4-6 to Kaitlyn Zugay of Ballard.

In doubles play Taylor Cole/Masyon Hartley of Clarinda defeated Paige Owens/Isabelle Pierce of Central DeWitt 1-6, 7-5, 6-4. They then lost in the second round to Presley Blommers/Lucy Roach of Oaskaloosa 4-6, 3-6. In second round consolations Cole/Hartley advanced with a 6-1, 7-5 win over their teammates Brooke Brown and Avery Walter.

Brown and Walter reached that second round consolation match after falling in the first round 0-6, 1-6 to Avery Hogan/Kate Holton of Columbus Catholic. They then won their first round consolation 6-3, 6-3 over Alloree Else/Lily VanDusseldorp of Pella.

Check out all the state tennis results HERE

The Sioux City Musketeers of the USHL have hired a new General Manager from within the organization. Sean Clark has been with the Musketeers since 2018 and most recently served as Director of Scouting.

During the last five years nine Musketeers have been taken in the NHL Draft, including three in the second round.
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Clark also had a big say in this year’s draft thanks to former G.M. Troy Ward.
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Ward resigned after being named the associate head coach at Minnesota State in Mankato.

Iowa baseball coach Rick Heller was mulling over his pitching options as the Hawkeyes get ready for Saturday morning’s semifinal round of the Big Ten Tournament in Omaha. Iowa plays Indiana of Michigan beginning at 9-a.m.,  and with a victory would advance to Sunday’s title game. A loss this morning would force a second semifinal game Saturday night.

Marcus Morgan started Tuesday’s win over Michigan and Brody Brecht started Thursday’s win over Indiana. Third starter Ty Langenberg is ready to go.

Heller says they are discussing options.

Heller says one option would be to save Langenberg for the fourth game and use the bullpen Saturday morning.

The 2023 girls state golf tournaments finished up on Friday. In Class 1A Riverside’s Addison Brink finished with a 5th place medal with a +33, 177 for the two day event at Cedar Pointe Golf Course in Boone. Brink shot a 90 on day one and followed with an 87 on Friday.

IKM-Manning’s Kylie Powers also finished in the medals with a 7th place finish of +35, 179 for the tourney. She followed an 89 on Thursday with a round of 90 on Friday.

Sidney’s Avery Dowling finished 9th with a +37, 181. The Cowgirls were in the team field as well and they ended up in 7th place with a team total of +225, 801 for the tourney. Grundy Center won it with a +130, 706. The individual champion was Abbie Lindeman of Grundy Center with a +15, 159.

In Class 2A at American Legion Golf Course in Marshalltown Kuemper Catholic’s Addy Beiter finished 25th with a +43, 185. She had rounds of 88 and 97. The 2A individual champion was Chloe Bolte of Sumner-Fredericksburg with a +1-, 152. Roland-Story won the 2A team title with a +155, 722.

In Class 3A at Pheasant Ridge Golf Course in Cedar Falls, Gilbert won the team title with a +77, 653 and they were led by the individual champino Eden Lohrbach with a -1, 143 to win by 5 shots.

The Class 4A team champion at Otter Creek Golf Course in Ankeny was Pleasant Valley with a +73, 641. Morgan Rupp of Linn-Mar was the individual winner with a -2, 140.

The Atlantic baseball team is off to a 4-0 start to the young season as they head into a meeting with a tough Red Oak team on Friday night. Gaylord Schelling is back at the helm of the program and he said he big strength for the team so far has been their pitching.

It’s a pretty good mix of experience and youth for the Trojans this season and coach Schelling says the older guys have been doing a great job of leading the team.

He said they are just focusing on goals of the game like putting the ball in play and throwing strikes on the hill. He said the coaching staff has done a great job of working with everyone with a lot of kids in the program this season.

The Trojans will hit the road to Clarinda for a doubleheader next Tuesday and follow that up with a Thursday night trip to St. Albert.

The Atlantic softball team is off to a 1-1 start to the season and opened up the year ranked 12th in Class 3A. A few seniors are there to lead the way but there is a lot of youth on the field this season for head coach Terry Hinzmann. He said they have had a few growing pains to start the year.

The Trojans have just 3 seniors on the roster after one of their top returnees, Jada Jensen, suffered a knee injury during the soccer season. Coach Hinzmann said the players that return with some experience have done a good job so far of leading.

The Trojans have enjoyed a good run of success recently. Last season was their first in 6 seasons that ended with a double-digit number in the loss column and even then still reached the regional finals. Coach Hinzmann said it will be fun to see how the team responds to some early season miscues and pushes toward their goals.

(UPDATED) – Iowa baseball coach Rick Heller says he was caught off guard by sudden retirement of Hawkeye Athletic Director Gary Barta. The school announced Barta will retire on August first after serving 17 years as A-D.

Barta has been criticized after four discrimination suits in the past nine years that cost the U-I more than 11-million dollars. There has also been more than 380 million dollars of facility upgrades and a high level of success in numerous sports.

Heller says Barta deserves much of the credit for the level of success the athletic department in enjoying in numerous sports.

Heller says the athletic department has tremendous momentum right now.

Iowa will announce an interim athletic director next week. The Hawkeye baseball team is 41-13 and returns to action tomorrow in the semifinal round of the Big Ten Tournament in Omaha. Iowa plays the winner of this afternoon’s between Michigan and Indiana and will need one win on Saturday to advance to Sunday’s championship game.

Girls State Soccer Tournaments
May 31st – June 3rd @ Cownie Soccer Park in Des Moines
Quarterfinals May 31st, Semifinals June 2nd, Championships June 3rd

Class 1A

#1 Des Moines Christian (14-2) vs. #8 Hudson (13-2) 10:00 a.m.
#4 Gilbert (12-5) vs. #5 Underwood (11-2) 10:15 a.m.
#2 Nevada (14-3) vs. #7 Bishop Heelan (15-3) 10:30 a.m.
#3 Davenport Assumption (13-4) vs. #6 Van Meter (12-3) 10:45 a.m.

Class 2A

#1 Waverly-Shell Rock (16-1) vs. #8 North Polk (12-6) 12:30 p.m.
#4 Pella (14-2) vs. #5 ADM (12-4) 12:45 p.m.
#2 Dallas Center-Grimes (15-3) vs. #7 Marion (12-2) 1:00 p.m.
#3 North Scott (13-3) vs. #6 Spencer (15-3) 1:15 p.m.

Class 3A

#1 Waukee Northwest (16-1) vs. #8 Ankeny Centennial (10-6) 3:00 p.m.
#4 West Des Moines Valley (14-3) vs. #5 Pleasant Valley (16-3) 3:15 p.m.
#2 Ankeny (12-3) vs. #7 Dowling Catholic (10-6) 3:30 p.m.
#3 Johnston (13-4) vs. #6 Linn-Mar (16-3) 3:45 p.m.

The 2023 girls state individual and doubles tennis tournaments get started today and finish on Saturday. Class 1A is playing at Byrnes Park in Waterloo and Class 2A is playing at the University of Iowa Tennis Center in Iowa City. Here’s a look at area athletes that will be competing.

Class 1A Singles: Lanee Olsen, Lewis Central. Landry Miller, St. Albert.

Class 1A Doubles: Mayson Hartley and Taylor Cole, Clarinda. Avery Walter and Brooke Brown, Clarinda.

Class 1A State Singles Bracket & Scores
Class 1A State Doubles Bracket & Scores

Class 1A Regional Finals

Region 5
Underwood 1, St. Albert 0

Class 2A Regional Finals

Region 7
ADM 3, Glenwood 1

Region 8
Spencer 10, Denison-Schleswig 0

Class 3A Regional Finals

Region 2
WDM Valley 4, CB Abraham Lincoln 1