Atlantic senior Gannon O’Hara signed on Tuesday to continue his track career at Hawkeye Community College in Waterloo. O’Hara signed surrounded by family and a number of coaches that have helped guide him along the way. A number of other Atlantic athletes are currently at Hawkeye CC and O’Hara said that was part of what drew him there.

O’Hara will be competing at the State Track Meet later this week as part of Atlantic’s 4x400M Relay team. He said one of his favorite memories was starting his career with a chance to run at State.

O’Hara was a member of the Sprint Medley team for the Trojans in 2019 and was on the Distance Medley team that competed at State last season as well. He said he knew from the beginning of high school that he wanted to try to continue his track career at the next level and one of his coaches Matt Mullenix joked that they had to convince him to join the track team to begin with because he also played soccer at the time. He talked about the study pathway he will follow at Hawkeye as well.

O’Hara will run in the 4x400M relay at State on Friday at around 7:45 p.m.

Atlantic baseball and boys soccer have been affected by the rainy weather on Tuesday afternoon. The Atlantic baseball game that was scheduled at home against Nodaway Valley has been postponed.

Atlantic boys soccer is set to play Tri-Center at the Neola City Park for a pigtail game in the 1A Substate 8 bracket. Start time was originally set for 5:00 p.m. but they have delayed the start to 5:45 p.m. at the earliest, with hopes to at least start by 6:00 p.m.

Atlantic boys soccer opens up the postseason tonight with a trip to Neola to face Tri-Center. The game is a pigtail game in the 1A Substate 8 bracket with the winner advancing to face top-seeded Treynor in the Substate Quarterfinals on Thursday.

This game is the only pigtail game being played with all other substate’s have an even eight teams involved. Substate Quarterfinals in all classes will take place on Thursday.

Atlantic and Tri-Center meet at 5:00 p.m. at Neola City Park.

Girls regional team tennis continues on Tuesday. Class 1A will be contesting Regional Finals and Class 2A will be playing Regional Semifinals and Finals. Winners advance to First Round State Matches on Saturday.

Class 1A

Region 2: Kuemper Catholic vs. Clarke (@ Saydel) 1:00 p.m.
Region 3: Clarinda vs. Lewis Central (@ Shenandoah) 1:00 p.m.

Class 2A

Region 1 @ Johnston
CB Thomas Jefferson at Johnston 9:00 a.m.
CB Abraham Lincoln vs. Ankeny Centennial 9:00 a.m.
Winners meet in Regional Final at 1:00 p.m.

Former Iowa State quarterback Brock Purdy says he leaned on a former Cyclone and NFL signal caller as he got ready for rookie mini camp. Purdy was taken by the San Francisco 49ers with the final pick in the NFL Draft.

Rosenfels spent 11 years in the NFL. Purdy says the first chore has been to learn the 49ers offense.

Purdy on learning a new offense

Purdy says consistency will be a key but believes his mobility is a strength.

Purdy was a four year starter for the Cyclones

IOWA CITY, Iowa – The head coaches for the University of Iowa and UIC have mutually agreed to cancel Tuesday’s game that was scheduled to be played at Granderson Field in Chicago.

The game will not be made up this year but will be played during the 2023 season as part of a home-and-home agreement.

The Hawkeyes will close out the regular season with a three-game series against Indiana from Thursday through Saturday at Duane Banks Field.  Thursday’s series opener is set for 6:05 p.m. (CT).

BASEBALL SCORES

Atlantic 18, Riverside 6 (A: Lane Nelson 2-2 with a double and 2 RBI, Wyatt Redinbaugh 2-4 with a single, triple, and 3 RBI.)
Audubon 10, Glidden-Ralston 5
CAM 10, Bedford 0 (4 innings)
Carlisle 6, Creston 3
Denison-Schleswig 14, Greene County 2
Des Moines Christian 15, Kuemper Catholic 7
Dowling Catholic 3, Lewis Central 2
Harlan 19, Sioux City North 1 (Game 1)
Harlan 14, Sioux City North 9 (Game 2)
Southeast Warren 14, Mormon Trail 2
Woodward-Granger 7, ACGC 1

GIRLS SOCCER

Atlantic 1, Carroll 0 (A: Dayna Dreager goal)

1A Region 3: Nodaway Valley/West Central Valley 3, Greene County 1

BOYS SOCCER

Kuemper Catholic 4, Atlantic 3
Glenwood 2, Denison-Schleswig 1
Greene County 8, Panorama 1
Harlan 1, Creston 0
Lewis Central 5, St. Albert 0
Underwood 4, Carroll 1
West Central Valley/Nodaway Valley 6, PCM 0

At Harlan Country Club, par 36

Atlantic 214, Harlan 214
Tiebreaker to Atlantic
Medalist: Macy Mueller, Harlan – 52
Runner-up: Timber Svendsen, Harlan – 52

Atlantic scores: Belle Berg – 53. Abby Smith – 53. Lexi Noelck – 54. Reagan Leonard – 54. Abby Muller – 57. Nissa Molgaard – 79.

Atlantic Head Coach Kathy Hobson: “This was the most interesting scoring I can remember in a meet. Between the two teams, there were two 52’s, two 53’s, two 54’s and two 55’s in the top four golfers. Was hoping we’d score better with our next meet being regionals.”