Class 1A Regional Finals

Region 5
St. Albert @ Underwood 7:00 p.m.

Class 2A Regional Finals

Region 7
Glenwood @ ADM 7:00 p.m.

Region 8
Denison-Schleswig @ Spencer 7:00 p.m.

Class 3A Regional Finals

Region 2
CB Abraham Lincoln @ WDM Valley 5:00 p.m.

The 2023 boys state individual and doubles tennis tournaments finished up on Wednesday. Here is a look at how area athletes that were still competing fared.

In Class 1A singles play Lewis Central’s Christian Jensen lost in the consolation semifinals 6-1, 6-1 to Ryan Schmit of Cedar Rapids Xavier. Shenandoah’s Tyler Lawrence also lost in the consolation semis 6-4, 7-5 to Boone’s Cody Overland. Jensen then defeated Lawrence in the 7th place match 6-1, 6-1.

In Class 1A doubles play Glenwood’s Kayden Anderson and Tyler Harger lost in the consolation semifinals 6-3, 6-1 to Garrett Nurre and Jacob Schmit of Cedar Rapids Xavier. They then fell in the 7th place match 7-6 (4), 1-6, 10-4 to Michael Meis and Evan Pratt of LeMars, finishing with an 8th place medal.

Check out the full results HERE

(Des Moines, Iowa) — The Iowa Hawkeyes men’s and women’s basketball teams will have a full crowd this December in Des Moines. The event will be Dec. 16 at Wells Fargo Arena. Tickets went on sale Wednesday morning for a much-anticipated doubleheader. The games will feature West Des Moines native Caitlin Clark with the Iowa women’s basketball team and the Iowa men’s basketball team.

The tickets available sold out within 90 minutes after going on sale at 10 a.m. Wednesday.

There are some tickets left that could become available, but there is high demand and a limited number of them. Iowa Event Center officials suggests checking second-hand ticketing sites is the best bet at getting tickets.

This is the first time the Iowa women’s team will play at Wells Fargo Arena. The men last played there in 2018. This unique game comes after the high success both teams had last season.

BASEBALL

CB Abraham Lincoln 9, St. Albert 5
Coon Rapids-Bayard 9, ACGC 3
Exira-EHK 15, Ar-We-Va 0
Glidden-Ralston 13, Boyer Valley 5
Moravia 5, Southeast Warren 0
Shenandoah 11, Missouri Valley 2
Sioux City East 10, Harlan 6
Tri-Center 22, Kuemper Catholic 19
Van Meter 12, Creston 11
West Harrison 21, Whiting 3
Woodbine 11, CAM 1

SOFTBALL

Missouri Valley 12, Atlantic 0 (3 innings)
AHSTW 4, Harlan 1
Denison-Schleswig 7, Abraham Lincoln 3
Essex 12, Red Oak 1
Exira-EHK 15, Ar-We-Va 1
Glenwood 15, Underwood 3
Glidden-Ralston 6, Boyer Valley 2 (8 inn)
Griswold 8, Tri-Center 0  (6 inn)
Kuemper Catholic 14, IKM-Manning 1
Martensdale-St. Marys 4, Twin Cedars 0
Southeast Warren 16, Woodward-Granger 4
Southwest Valley 13, East Mills 1
West Monona 10, Riverside 4
Woodbine 3, CAM 1

More than two-thousand athletes will march through Iowa State University’s Hilton Coliseum in Ames for tonight’s (Thursday) opening ceremonies of the Iowa Special Olympics Summer Games. Games director Seann Demaris says the event returned last year after being called off in 2020 due to COVID-19, while a scaled-back edition was held in 2021. Demaris says they’re now back to pre-pandemic levels.

He says tonight’s opening ceremonies are always a beautiful, unifying way to open the friendly competition.

The summer games will be held through Saturday for children and adults with intellectual disabilities in sports including: swimming, soccer, tennis, track and field, bocce and cycling. This July will mark 55 years for the Special Olympics, founded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver.

Iowa baseball coach Rick Heller will send sophomore Brody Brecht to the mound this (Thursday) afternoon when the third seeded Hawkeyes play second seeded Indiana in the Big Ten Tournament in Omaha. Brecht is 5-2 and gave up two hits in seven innings of work in Iowa’s 7-1 win over the Hoosiers in early April. Indiana will counter with Luke Sinnard. He blanked the Hawkeyes for six innings and struck out 12 in a 2-0 Hoosier victory as they claimed two of three games in the series.

That’s Iowa coach Rick Heller. Sinnard will be a challenge for Iowa’s explosive offense.

The Hawkeyes erupted for 12 runs in the final four innings in a 13-3 victory over Michigan in Tuesday’s opening round.

Indiana opened with a 4-3 win over Illinois. The Hoosiers are 41-16.

IOWA CITY, Iowa — The Big Ten and BIG EAST conferences jointly announced on Wednesday the pairings and dates for the 2023 Gavitt Tipoff Games, which include Iowa traveling to Omaha to face Creighton on Nov. 14.

The Gavitt Tipoff Games, featuring eight games between the two historic conferences the first full week of the college basketball season, is a unique early-season series named in honor of Dave Gavitt, founder of the BIG EAST and basketball visionary.

This will be Iowa’s fifth appearance in the Gavitt Games, previously playing at Marquette (2015) and Seton Hall (2022), and hosting Seton Hall (2016) and DePaul (2019).

The Hawkeyes and Bluejays most recently met in 2011 in Des Moines. Iowa’s last visit to Omaha came in 1999. The Hawkeyes lead the all-time series, 14-11.

Iowa is one of 10 teams in the country to compete in the last four NCAA Tournaments. The Hawkeyes return four players with starting experience, including seniors Patrick McCaffery and Tony Perkins. Perkins was an honorable mention all-conference honoree after averaging 12.3 points, 4.1 rebounds and 2.8 assists. McCaffery was tabbed the team’s Big Ten Sportsmanship Award honoree after averaging 9.8 points, 3.5 rebounds and one assist.

Creighton posted a 24-13 overall record and placed third in the BIG EAST last season, advancing to the Elite Eight in the NCAA Tournament. The Bluejays return three starters for head coach Greg McDermott, who is a native of Cascade, Iowa. Prior to Creighton, McDermott coached five seasons at UNI (2002-06) and four years at Iowa State (2007-10).

The 2023 Gavitt Games are a make-up from 2020, which were canceled due to COVID-19. Tip times and television information will be released at a later date. Games will be televised on either FS1 or BTN.

Exira-EHK recently announced that Tony Santisteban will take over as head boys basketball coach from Doug Newton. Santisteban has been an assistant coach under Newton for the past 10 years and now gets to take over for the school he played for. He said it’s a bit of dream come true.

Newton has led the Spartans program for over 20 years and has been in the district for 31 years. Newton leaves with a record of 335-194 during his tenure. He led the Spartans to a state tournament appearance in 2011, a team that Santisteban was a senior on. Santisteban played under Newton,  graduating in 2011. He led the Spartans with 12 points and 3.2 rebounds per game during that state tournament season. Santisteban said he knows he has some big shoes to fill.

He hopes that his experience as a coach and player will help him be successful but he knows it’s going to take a strong team atmosphere to take the program to the heights he hopes to.

He said the support he has already received from many people in the district has been overwhelming. The Spartans are coming off a 19-5 season in 2022-23 that ended with a loss to West Harrison in the substate semifinals. Santisteban said he’s looking forward to summer league, camps, and just getting to work with the team.

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IOWA CITY, Iowa — Former Hawkeye, Tania Davis, joins the University of Iowa women’s basketball staff as Director of Player Development, the P. Sue Beckwith, MD Head Women’s Basketball Coach Lisa Bluder announced on Wednesday.

Davis was an assistant coach for Omaha women’s basketball from 2021 to 2023. During her time with the Mavericks, the program won 22 games and advanced to the Summit League Championship in 2022-23.

Davis had a two-year stint as a women’s basketball graduate assistant at Clemson. While with the Tigers, she oversaw the team managers, while assisting with individual workout plans, recruit visits and film breakdown.

Prior to her assistantship, Davis played at Iowa. She was tabbed an All-Big Ten Honorable Mention in 2019 and named to the 2016 Big Ten All-Freshman Team.

As a senior, Davis became the 36th Hawkeye to reach 1,000 career points. She ended her career with 1,007 points and scored double figures in 18 games. During the year, Davis notched new career single-season highs in points, rebounds, assists, field goals made, and 3-point field goals made. Davis finished the year with 162 assists, which ranked second on the team. Davis also helped lead the Hawkeyes to a Sweet Sixteen appearance in her senior campaign.

In 2017-18, Davis made 12 starts and recorded double figures in seven of those games. As a junior, Davis averaged 9.7 points, 5.2 assists and 3.2 rebounds per game. She shot over 41 percent from 3-point range finishing the season with 21 triples.

Davis started 23 contests before tearing her ACL as a sophomore in 2016-17. She scored double-digits in 14 of those games. Davis led the team in free throw shooting percentage.

In her debut season, Davis logged minutes in every game and made 16 starts. She led the Hawkeyes with 111 assists, which ranks second in the program for a freshman.

In addition to her collegiate success, Davis excelled on the high school court. She was named Michigan Miss Basketball by the Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan and the Detroit Free Press in 2015.

Davis was a 2019 graduate of the University of Iowa and received her bachelor’s degree in health and human psychology. She is a recent graduate of Clemson where she finished her master’s in athletic leadership.