(Radio Iowa) – The T.J. Otzelberger era begins at Iowa State tonight (Tuesday night), when the Cyclones host Kennesaw State. ISU will be out to improve on last year’s disastrous 2-22 record.

Otzelberger says progress begins with defense.

Otzelberger has been focusing on effort in practice.

Health will be a major factor this season. The Cyclones only have 10 scholarship players.

The Audubon School District is inviting the public to come out Tuesday afternoon to send the Wheeler football team off to the UNI-Dome in style.

The team is set to leave the school grounds at 2:50 p.m. and travel down Stadium Drive and then north on East Division Street and Leroy Street, and finally down Broadway leaving town.

Come support the Wheelers as they head out for the state semifinals.

IRVING, Texas – A pair of Cyclone football players were honored by the Big Conference today for their performances against Texas. Defensive end Will McDonald IV was named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week and placekicker Andrew Mevis received Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week accolades, announced today by the league office.

Both players earned their respective awards for the second time this season.

McDonald IV posted another dominating effort in Iowa State’s 30-7 victory over Texas on Saturday, registering career highs in tackles (six) and sacks (2.5). He also had a forced fumble and a pass breakup.

A native of Pewaukee, Wis., McDonald IV was a key player in ISU’s second-half surge on Saturday, as the Cyclones outscored (27-0) and outgained (296-81) the Longhorns after intermission.

It was the third time this season McDonald IV had two or more sacks in a game. He’s currently second in the Big 12 and fifth nationally in sacks at 10.0.

McDonald IV became ISU’s all-time career sack leader (27.5) in the victory and his 20.5 sacks since 2020 is the most in the nation. His 27.5 sacks is seventh all-time in Big 12 history.

Mevis was perfect again against Texas, making all three field goals and all three PATs. He drilled a 51-yarder in the fourth quarter, his second-longest kick of the season. It marks the first time since 2012 a Cyclone kicker has made two 50+ yard field goals in a season.

A native of Warsaw, Ind., Mevis has made 88.2 pct. of his field goals (15-of-17), on pace to be the second-best season clip in ISU history and is 9-of-11 on kicks from 40 yards or longer. His nine made field goals of 40+ yards are the most by a Cyclone in a season and ranks second nationally among FBS kickers.

Mevis is currently riding a streak of 11-straight field goals made, tying for the second-best string in school history and the fourth-best active streak nationally.

Atlantic’s Lexi Reynolds earned a spot in the 200 Yard Freestyle race at the upcoming State Swimming and Diving Championships. Reynolds finished 5th in the race at the Waukee Regional Meet on Saturday with a time of 2:00.48. That comes in as the 25th best time in the state, earning Reynolds a spot amongst the top 32 at the state meet this weekend.

Also on Saturday Reynolds placed 7th in the 500 Yard Freestyle with a time of 5:30.12. Atlantic’s Ava Bruckner went 13th in two regional races. She swam 27.25 in the 50 Yard Freestyle and went 59.52 in the 100 Yard Freestyle.

The State Swimming and Diving Meet will be held this upcoming Friday and Saturday at the Marshalltown YMCA/YWCA with the following schedule.

Friday, November 12
11:00 a.m. – State Diving Competition
5:00 p.m. – State Swimming Preliminary Meet
Saturday, November 13
12:00 p.m. – State Swimming Finals

Tickets for the meet can be purchased through varsity bound and are $10 plus fees for each session of the meet.

Regional Meet Results

Ankeny Results
Clinton Results
Dubuque Results
Fort Dodge Results
Johnston Results
Waukee Results

2021 State Qualifiers

Kickoff times have been set for multiple Iowa and Iowa State football games down the stretch run of the regular season. Iowa’s home game this weekend against Minnesota has been set for a 2:30 p.m. We’ll have coverage on the Hawkeye Radio Network starting at 12:30 p.m. that day.

The following weekend on November 20th Iowa’s final home game against Illinois has been set for a 1:00 p.m. kickoff. Our radio coverage that day will start  at 11:00 a.m. The Hawkeyes final regular season game at Nebraska was already known to be a 12:30 p.m. kickoff.

Iowa State travels this upcoming Saturday to Lubbock, TX to face the Texas Tech Red Raiders. That game has been set for a 2:30 p.m. kickoff and will be televised on ESPN2. The following week on November 20th the Cyclones road game against the Oklahoma Sooners has been set for an 11:00 a.m. kickoff and will be televised on FOX in their highlight Big Noon Kickoff game of the week. ISU’s final regular season game at home against TCU on November 26th will be a 3:30 p.m. kickoff on FS1.

ST. LOUIS, Mo., November 7, 2021 – This evening, first baseman Paul Goldschmidt, second baseman Tommy Edman, third baseman Nolan Arenado, left fielder Tyler O’Neill and center fielder Harrison Bader were named National League recipients of the 2021 Rawlings Gold Glove Award for defensive excellence.  It is the first instance any MLB team has had five individual award winners in a single season and the most by any team since the Cardinals and Seattle Mariners had four each in 2003.

The St. Louis Cardinals have had 96 Rawlings Gold Glove selections since the award originated in 1957—most among all Major League teams.  It is the 31st time the Cardinals have had multiple Gold Glove winners in the same season and the fourth time the franchise has had at least four winners in one year (1963, 2002, 2003,  2021).

Arenado, 30, won his ninth consecutive career Gold Glove Award, having won in each of his first nine seasons since debuting in 2013.  He is the first MLB player to win nine consecutive Gold Glove Awards since outfielders Ichiro Suzuki and Torii Hunter won their ninth straight following the 2009 season, and the second player in MLB history to win the coveted trophy in each of his first nine seasons (Suzuki, 10, 2001-2010).  This year, Arenado ranked first among NL third basemen with 125 putouts and 38 double plays turned.  He also ranked 2nd among NL 3B in Defensive Runs Saved (6) and Outs Above Average (10).  Arenado is the 18th player in MLB history to win nine consecutive Gold Gloves at any position, the third to do so as a third baseman (joining Hall of Famers Brooks Robinson-16 and Mike Schmidt-9), and the first infielder to win at least nine consecutive since Omar Vizquel from 1993-2001.  He is the 10th infielder (23rd player) in MLB history to win at least nine career Gold Gloves and surpasses Cardinals Hall of Famer Scott Rolen for third-most all time among MLB third baseman.  Arenado joins Rolen (2002-04, 2006), Terry Pendleton (1987, 1989), Ken Reitz (1975) and Ken Boyer (1958-61, 1963) as third basemen to win a Gold Glove with St. Louis.

Goldschmidt, 34, won his fourth career Gold Glove Award and first since 2017 with Arizona.  He led all MLB first basemen with 10 Defensive Runs Saved and a 3.5 Ultimate Zone Rating (nearly double the next closest first baseman).  His two errors (1313.0 innings) were the fewest among all first basemen with at least 920.0 innings played. Goldschmidt is now tied for the most Gold Gloves among active first basemen with Anthony Rizzo and Eric Hosmer.  He is the first Cardinals first baseman to earn the award since Albert Pujols in 2010.

O’Neill, 26, won his second consecutive Gold Glove Award after winning his first in 2020.  For the second straight year, O’Neill led all MLB left fielders in Defensive Runs Saved (12) and Ultimate Zone Rating (6.7).  His seven outfield assists ranked T1st among National League left fielders.  O’Neill is the first Cardinals outfielder to win consecutive Gold Glove Awards since Jim Edmonds took home six straight from 2000-05.

Edman, 26, won his first career Gold Glove Award playing primarily at second base (115 starts) while also starting 35 games in the outfield.  He led all MLB second basemen with 13 Outs Above Average and ranked T2nd among NL 2B in Defensive Runs Saved (6).  His five errors were tied for the fewest among all second basemen with at least 1000.0 innings played.  Edman joins Kolten Wong (2019-20) and Fernando Viña (2001-02) as the only second basemen to win the award in franchise history.  The Cardinals have won three straight Gold Glove Awards at second base, with Kolten Wong taking home the honor the previous two seasons.

Bader, 27, won his first career Gold Glove after being named a finalist for the award in 2019.  Bader led all NL outfielders with 15 Defensive Runs Saved and 14 Outs Above Average.  His 11 “four and five star catches”, defined as catches with probabilities of less than 50% of being made, ranked 4th among all MLB outfielders.  Bader is the first Cardinals centerfielder to win a Gold Glove since Jim Edmonds in 2005 and joins Curt Flood (1963-69), Willie McGee (1983, 1985-86), Jason Heyward (2015) and Tyler O’Neill (2020-21) as Cardinals outfielders to win a Gold Glove.  This marks the first time in franchise history that two Cardinals outfielders have won Gold Gloves in the same season.

According to FanGraphs, the Cardinals led all Major League teams in Defensive Runs Saved in 2021 with 86, eight more than the next closest team.  Nine-time award winner Yadier Molina was announced as a 2021 Rawlings Gold Glove finalist on October 28, finishing in the top-three among NL catchers.

The Rawlings Gold Glove Award winners are selected by the managers of all 30 MLB teams and up to six of their respective coaches.  Each manager and coach vote from a pool of qualified players in their League, but cannot vote for players from their own team.  In 2013, Rawlings added a sabermetric component to the Gold Glove Awards selection process, as part of its collaboration with the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR).  The SABR Defensive Index (SDI) has previously comprised of approximately 25% of the overall selection total, with the managers and coaches’ vote carrying the majority.

Starting Sunday, fans can now vote Arenado, Goldschmidt, O’Neill, Bader or Edman to be named the Rawlings Platinum Glove Award winner at Rawlings.com.  A combination of the national fan vote and the SDI will determine who takes that honor.  Voting will remain open through Thursday, November 11 at 10:59 PM CT and the winners will be unveiled on Friday, November 12 on the MLB Network.

AP Top 25

Others receiving votes: Purdue 174; Arkansas 139; San Diego State 84; Utah 32; Iowa State 26; Kentucky 22; App State 20; SMU 4; Mississippi State 1.

(Radio Iowa) – Iowa State outscored Texas 21-0 in the third quarter and rolled to a 30-7 win over the Longhorns in Ames. The Cyclones had trailed 7-3 at halftime.

That’s ISU coach Matt Campbell. The Cyclones grabbed momentum early in the third quarter.

(Radio Iowa) – Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz has a decision to make at quarterback as the Hawkeyes get set to host Minnesota. Sophomore Alex Padilla replaced Spencer Petras on the fourth drive of a 17-12 win at Northwestern and led the Hawkeyes to a pair of first half touchdown drives. Ferentz says Petras was nursing an injury suffered at Wisconsin.

Ferentz was not ready to name a starter after Saturday’s game.

The Hawkeyes are 7-2 and remained 19th in the latest AP Poll.

The Kansas Chiefs scored 13 points in the opening half and used lots of pressure on Packer’s quarterback Jordan Love to earn their fifth win of the season Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium. The Packers got a fourth quarter touchdown on a sideline pass to Allen Lazard but the Chiefs hit on a couple of big plays to run out the rest of the clock. Patrick Mahomes hit Tyreek Hill for a first down on a third and ten near midfield to seal the game.

The Packers struggled to get the offense moving with Jordan Love under center due to the absence of Aaron Rodgers due to COVID protocols. Green Bay finally put together a drive early in the fourth quarter but it ended when Chiefs cornerback L’Jarius Sneed picked off a pass intended for Davante Adams near the goal line. The Packers scored on the next drive but it was too little, too late.

Patrick Mahomes threw for 166 yards and one score to Travis Kelce in the first quarter. Harrison Butker connected on both of his field goal attempts in the game, including a 55 yarder right before half.

Jordan Love finished 19 of 34 passing for 190 yards with one TD and one interception in his first career start. The Packers fell to 7-2 on the year.

The Chiefs improved to 5-4 on the season and will now prep for a Sunday Night Football game at the Las Vegas Raiders next Sunday.