(Radio Iowa) – State parks and lakes have been busy in the first holidays since things reopened after the pandemic and that is expected to continue once again for the Fourth of July. D-N-R boating law administrator, Susan Stocker, says some people will already take off today (Thursday) — and things will be crowded. She says the campgrounds, parks and waterways will be full as everyone wants to get out and celebrate. Stocker says you should do a thorough check of your boat before heading out — including a count to be sure there is a life jacket for everyone. “A lot of people like to use the logic that they can swim. Wearing a life jacket is the only thing that’s gonna save your life,” according to Stocker. “Unfortunately, approximately 86 percent of all drownings are people who are not wearing a life jacket.”

Stocker says an accident can happen quickly and you can be thrown from a boat. “You’re not going to be able have a life jacket on, and another thing about water.. the life jacket goes in one direction and the boat goes in the other direction and you are not going to be able to find it. So the only way to protect yourself is to be able to wear it before anything happens,” she says. Stocker says one thing you don’t need if you are driving a boat is alcohol. Operating a boat and alcohol don’t mix. People don’t realize and understand that the stressors of the wind, the sun, the glare off the water — all enhance the effects of alcohol. So, the alcohol needs to stay home and make sure everybody is safe,” Stocker says.

Using fireworks is governed by local jurisdictions — but Stocker says one rule is to keep them off the boat. “You certainly do not ever want to light fireworks on a boat at all. Wait until onshore, maybe at the campsite…to make sure it is safe because you do have the gas and vapors and fumes,” Stocker says.  She says those gas vapors and fumes can catch the boat on fire or cause an explosion if the fireworks are lit. Stocker says state conservation officers will be out looking for violations and helping keep everyone safer during the holiday.

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A high school quarterback from Oklahoma has committed to the Iowa Hawkeyes.  Carson May announced his decision this week on social media.

May, the #82 ranked quarterback by 247Sports in the 2022 class, threw for 3,007 yards with 26 touchdowns in his junior campaign.  He also rushed for 650 yards and 14 TD’s.

The 6′-5″, 215 pounder also reportedly had offers from Western Michigan and Old Dominion, and had received interest from several schools, including Iowa State, Colorado and Baylor.

The College World Series Championship Series will go the distance after Mississippi State exploded offensively in a 13-2 win over Vanderbilt Tuesday night in Omaha.

Lane Forsythe had three hits and a pair of RBI, Luke Hancock reached base five times, including 3 walks and drove in two while Scotty Dubrule had a pair of hits and knocked in four runs in the rout.  The Bulldogs scored 4 runs in the third and five more in the 7th inning to assure a rubber game.

Game 3 will decide the championship Wednesday night at 6:00 in Omaha.  Vanderbilt is trying to repeat as CWS champions.

Hawkeye Ten Conference

• Clarinda 7, Creston 0

Western Iowa Conference Tournament

• Treynor 8, Audubon 6 (A.J. Schiltz homered among his two hits to lead the Cardinals)

Pride of Iowa Conference

• Lenox 5, Southwest Valley 4
• Mount Ayr 14, Bedford 2

Also:

• Atlantic 8, CAM 1 (Gunner Kirchhoff belted a home run and knocked in 3 runs while Lane Nelson pitched a 5-hit complete game with 9 K’s to lead the Trojans)
• Harlan 5, Carroll 0 (Teagen Kasperbauer tossed a complete game 5-hit shutout for the Cyclones)
• Denison-Schleswig 6, South O’Brien 0
• Storm Lake 6, St. Albert 3
• Gilbert 7, Kuemper Catholic 2
• West Harrison 14, East Mills 0
• Winterset 13, Nodaway Valley 10
• Coon Rapids-Bayard 7, Alta-Aurelia 3

Hawkeye Ten Conference

• Creston 13, Clarinda 2

Western Iowa Conference Tournament

• Audubon 11, Riverside 8 (5 players homered for Audubon, including Jordan Porsch and Kali Irlmeier, who each had 3 hits for the Wheelers.  Kenna Ford belted a HR and was 3 for 4 for Riverside)
• AHSTW 7, Treynor 0 (Darian Hansen had a bases-clearing triple, Grace Porter had 3 hits and Kailey Jones tossed 6 shut out innings to lead the Lady Vikes)
• Tri-Center 4, IKM-Manning 3
• Underwood 13, Tri-Center 2
• Logan-Magnolia 1, Missouri Valley 0

Pride of Iowa Conference

• Lenox 5, Southwest Valley 1
• Mount Ayr 15, Bedford 0

Also:

• Griswold 6, Shenandoah 1 (Anna Kelley drove in 4 runs on 3 hits including a triple to lead the Tigers)
• CAM 11, Orient-Macksburg 1
• Harlan 11, Sioux City East 1
• Kuemper Catholic 12, Glidden-Ralston 0
• Sergeant Bluff-Luton 8, Glenwood 6
• West Harrison 9, Sidney 0
• Earlham 15, Coon Rapids-Bayard 0
• South Central Calhoun 8, Ar-We-Va 6

IOWA CITY, Iowa — The University of Iowa men’s basketball team will play at Virginia on Monday, Nov. 29, as part of the 2021 Big Ten/ACC Men’s Basketball Challenge.

Game times and television information will be announced at a later date. ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPNU will combine to televise all 14 games of the three-day event matching top college basketball programs playing for conference supremacy and the Commissioners Cup. The Big Ten won last season’s Challenge, 7-5.

The Hawkeyes have won six of their last eight Challenge games, dating back to 2013. Iowa has won its last three Challenge contests, beating North Carolina (93-80) in 2020 and Pitt (69-68) in 2018 in Iowa City and winning at Syracuse (68-54) in 2019.

This will be the fourth overall meeting between the two programs and first time Iowa will play Virginia in the 23 years of the event. The Hawkeyes won the first two meetings against the Cavaliers: 73-60 in the 1997 NCAA Tournament First Round in Salt Lake City and 75-64 in the 2013 NIT Quarterfinals in Charlottesville, Virginia. The Cavaliers topped Iowa in the last meeting at the 2016 Emerald Coast Classic in Niceville, Florida.

Iowa registered a 22-9 overall record and finished third in the Big Ten Conference with a 14-6 mark a year ago. The Hawkeyes, who advanced to the second round of the 2021 NCAA Tournament, led the NCAA in assists per game (19.2) and assist-to-turnover ratio (2.02), and ranked fifth in scoring offense (83.7). Its assist-to-turnover ratio established a new NCAA single-season record, while its scoring average was the program’s highest in 32 years. The Hawkeyes return multiple upperclassmen and a number of players with starting experience.

Head Coach Tony Bennett guided Virginia to an 18-7 overall record and its 10th Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season title with a 13-4 league mark. The Cavaliers advanced to the ACC Tournament Semifinals and earned its seventh consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance, falling to Ohio University in the first round as a No. 4 seed. The Cavaliers lose the top three scorers from a year ago in redshirt seniors Sam Hauser (16.0) and Jay Huff (13.0) and Trey Murphy III (11.3), who decided to forgo his remaining eligibility and enter the 2021 NBA Draft. Starting guards Kihei Clark and Reece Beekman averaged 9.5 points and 4.7 points, respectively, last season.

In addition to Virginia, the Hawkeyes are scheduled to face Utah State on Dec. 18, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Iowa’s remaining 2021-22 schedule will be announced at a later date.

The 2021 Challenge schedule is listed below:

Monday, Nov. 29
Iowa at Virginia
Notre Dame at Illinois

Tuesday, Nov. 30
Indiana at Syracuse
Minnesota at Pitt
Northwestern at Wake Forest
Duke at Ohio State
Florida State at Purdue
Clemson at Rutgers

Wednesday, Dec. 1
Wisconsin at Georgia Tech
Nebraska at N.C. State
Miami at Penn State
Louisville at Michigan State
Virginia Tech at Maryland
Michigan at North Carolina

(Hawkeyesports.com)

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Hawkeye Ten Conference

• Harlan 12, Shenandoah 1 (Game 1)
• Harlan 13, Shenandoah 0 (Game 2)
• Denison-Schleswig 10, Red Oak 0 (Game 1)
• Denison-Schleswig 7, Red Oak 1 (Game 2)
• Kuemper Catholic 8, Clarinda 1 (Game 1)
• Kuemper Catholic 11, Clarinda 1 (Game 2)
• Glenwood 6, St. Albert 0 (Game 1)
• Glenwood 10, St. Albert 0 (Game 2)
• Creston 11, Lewis Central 1 (Game 1)
• Creston 10, Lewis Central 0 (Game 2)

Western Iowa Conference

• Treynor 11, Missouri Valley 7

Rolling Valley Conference

• CAM 9, Boyer Valley 2
• West Harrison 9, Coon Rapids-Bayard 2
• Woodbine 3, Ar-We-Va 0
• Whiting 16, Glidden-Ralston 3

Corner Conference

• Griswold 12, Fremont-Mills 2
• Stanton 13, East Mills 6
• Sidney 17, Essex 7

Pride of Iowa Conference

• Mount Ayr 13, Nodaway Valley 0
• Wayne 11, Bedford 1

Bluegrass Conference

• Melcher-Dallas 12, Orient-Macksburg 2

Also:

• Lenox 7, Lamoni 0

Hawkeye Ten Conference

• Harlan 11, Shenandoah 1 (Game 1)
• Harlan 8, Shenandoah 3 (Game 2)
• Denison-Schleswig 14, Red Oak 6 (Game 1)
• Red Oak 9, Denison-Schleswig 6 (Game 2)
• Kuemper Catholic 13, Clarinda 3 (Game 1)
• Kuemper Catholic 4, Clarinda 0 (Game 2)
• St. Albert 12, Glenwood 2 (Game 1)
• St. Albert 12, Glenwood 1 (Game 2)
• Lewis Central 15, Creston 6 (Game 1)
• Lewis Central 11, Creston 0 (Game 2)

Western Iowa Conference Tournament

• IKM-Manning 3, Riverside 1
• Underwood 9, AHSTW 0
• Tri-Center 10, IKM-Manning 0
• Missouri Valley 8, Logan-Magnolia 1
• Audubon @ Treynor (postponed to Tuesday)

Rolling Valley Conference

• CAM 11, Boyer Valley 0
• West Harrison 3, Coon Rapids-Bayard 2
• Woodbine 9, Ar-We-Va 2
• Glidden-Ralston 12, Whiting 2

Corner Conference

• Fremont-Mills 11, Griswold 0
• Stanton 2, East Mills 1
• Sidney 15, Essex 0

Pride of Iowa Conference

• Mount Ayr 1, Nodaway Valley 0
• Bedford 4, Wayne 1

Bluegrass Conference

• Melcher-Dallas 11, Orient-Macksburg 5

Also:

• Clarke 11, Southwest Valley 1
• Lamoni 12, Lenox 0