The Iowa State softball program continues to set new marks under coach Jamie Pinkerton. After suffering key losses off last years team that made it to an NCAA regional Championship round at Missouri the Cyclones take a 27-26 record into Thursday’s start of the Big-12 Tournament in Oklahoma City. ISU is seeded fourth, the highest seed the program has ever had in the tournament.

It has been a difficult spring weather wise and most of their practices have been in the football facility.

Pinkerton feels the inability to practice outside may have kept the Cyclones from peaking earlier.

Pinkerton says they have only had about a dozen practices in their stadium this season.

Iowa State opens Thursday at Noon against Baylor. The Cyclones took two of three from the Bears two weeks ago in Waco.

(Radio Iowa) – Dubuque County Supervisors have approved spending five million dollars in federal funding on a permanent stadium next to the “Field of Dreams” movie site near Dyersville — and a new non-profit plans to seek other grants and private donations for the 50 million dollar project. Major League Baseball set up the playing field at the site for a nationally televised game last August, with another game scheduled there this summer. Travel Dubuque president Keith Ray says the ball diamond, fencing and lights are permanent at the site, so the new “This is Iowa Ballpark” non-profit plans to build a permanent club house, concession stands, restrooms and seating for spectators.

“We’ve had significant interest across the board, across the nation, across the world from individuals, teams that want to play at that site,” Ray says. “…We are trying to get the funds together to build a permanent, world-class, multi-purpose facility there.” Dubuque County Supervisors agreed to use five million dollars of the county’s American Rescue Plan funding on this project. Dyersville officials have approved one million dollars. Ray says the plan is for the stadium to host events mainly from April through November.

“To just showcase what Dubuque County, what rural, what Dyersville, what the State of Iowa is to millions of people,” Ray says. Ray discussed the non-profit’s plans at the Dubuque County Board of Supervisors meeting yesterday (Monday). Ray says it’s important to build on the momentum from the Major League games and the movie that inspired it all.

“Since 1989 when the first couple drove down the driveway from New York, came to Don Lansing’s farm and just wanted to go out on the ball diamond and play catch, it has become an iconic spot not only for the United States, but throughout the entire world.” This project to build a permanent Field of Dreams stadium is separate from the plan from private developers who intend to build a hotel, youth baseball and softball fields and dorms near the movie site.

The IGHSAU has set regional team tennis pairings. First round play and regional semifinals will be played on May 14th, regional finals May 17th, and First Round State on May 21st.

Atlantic will be a host site in 1A Region 2. They will host Harlan in the first round with Creston taking on Kuemper in the other dual.

Class 1A Regional Team Tennis Pairings

Class 2A Regional Team Tennis Pairings

Class 1A Regional Soccer Pairings

Class 2A Regional Soccer Pairings

Class 3A Regional Soccer Pairings

Tri-Center Trojan Relays
05/09/2022

Team Scores

Nodaway Valley got wins from Maddax DeVault (100M Hurdles, 400M Hurdles), Jorja Holliday (Discus), 4x200M Relay, 4x400M Relay, and Sprint Medley.

Riverside picked up wins from Veronica Andrusyshyn (100M), Lydia Erickson (200M), 4x100M Relay, 4x800M Relay.

Audubon’s Stefi Beisswenger won the 1500M.

CAM’s Mallory Behnken won the Shot Put.

Central Decatur Co-Ed Meet
05/09/2022

Girls Team Scores

1. Wayne 116
2. Central Decatur 77
3. Clarke 60
4. Mount Ayr 52
5. Lenox 51
6. Creston 39
7. Centerville 39
8. Southeast Warren 20
9. Chariton 20
10. East Union 20

Boys Team Scores

1. Central Decatur 106
2. Lenox 100
3. Clarke 95
4. Chariton 52
5. Creston 44
6. Mount Ayr 42
7. Southeast Warren 20
8. East Union 19
9. Wayne 14
10. Centerville 3

Full results: 2022 Central Decatur Co Ed Meet

Fremont-Mill Last Chance Meet
05/09/2022

Girls Team Scores

1. Shenandoah 110
2. Fremont-Mills 97
3. Woodbine 95.5
4. Southwest Valley 63
5. East Mills 62.50
6. Stanton 61
7. Sidney 44
8. Essex 28
9. Heartland Christian 18

Shenandoah’s Sara Morales won the Shot Put and Discus.

Boys Team Scores

1. Woodbine 140
2. Shenandoah 84
3. Fremont-Mills 70
4. East Mills 68
5. Stanton 66
6. Sidney 61
7. Southwest Valley 33
8. Heartland Christian 28
9. Essex 25
10. Iowa School for the Deaf 5

Woodbine won 5 total events: Andrew Thoreson (Long Jump), Landon Bendgen (3200M), 4x100M Relay, 4x800M Relay, and Shuttle Hurdle Relay.

Full results: 2022 FM Last Chance Meet

Boyer Valley Co-Ed Meet
05/09/2022

Girls Team Scores

1. IKM-Manning 186
2. West Monona 174
3. Boyer Valley 108
4. West Harrison 36
5. Whiting 4

IKM-Manning got wins from Sofia Fernandez (200M), Morgan Hanson (3000M), Jessica Christensen (High Jump), Amber Halbur (Long Jump), 4x200M, and Shuttle Hurdle Relay.

Boys Team Scores

1. West Monona 129
2. Riverside 87
3. Logan-Magnolia 86
4. Missouri Valley 81
5. Boyer Valley 65
6. IKM-Manning 62
7. West Harrison 39
8. Tri-Center 29
9. West Monona JV 10

Riverside got event wins from Hayden Hensley (400M Hurdles), Sprint Medley, 4x100M Relay, 4x200M Relay, 4x400M Relay, 4x800M Relay.

IKM-Manning won the Distance Medley.

Full results HERE

Nodaway Valley Boys Invitational
05/09/2022

1. I-35 169
2. Nodaway Valley 97
3. Pleasantville 92
4. Ogden 81
5. Martensdale-St. Marys 60
6. Bedford 47

Nodaway Valley’s Trenton Warner won the Shot Put.

Full results HERE

Underwood was led by wins from Thomas Huneke in the Shot Put, Mason Boothby (Long Jump), and Shuttle Hurdle Relay.

CAM’s Cade Ticknor won the Discus (128-03) and was on the Cougars’ winning Distance Medley team alongside Austin Williams, Ethan Follmann and Gavin Clayton (3:56.18).

Full results HERE