IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa director of track and field Joey Woody and Hawkeye senior Laulauga Tausaga have been named Midwest Region Men’s Coach of the Year and Midwest Region Women’s Field Athlete of the Year. The announcement was made Friday by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.

The USTFCCCA honor is the fifth of Woody’s career and second this season. He earned head coach honors following the 2021 indoor and 2019 outdoor seasons, and was named Midwest Region Assistant Coach of the Year in 2013 and 2011.

The USTFCCCA honor is the fourth of Tausaga’s career and only the fifth in program history. She was recognized following the 2019 indoor and outdoor seasons, and again after the 2020 indoor season. Kineke Alexander is the only other Hawkeye in school history to earn USTFCCCA regional honors (2007).

Woody led Iowa to the 2021 Big Ten Outdoor Championship on May 16. The Hawkeyes scored a school-record 127.5 points, 33 points in front of second-place Michigan. The outdoor title was the second straight for Iowa, who won the 2019 championship in Iowa City, and completed in the 2021 indoor-outdoor Big Ten championship sweep. The Hawkeyes had 15 medalists and crowned two Big Ten champions. Jaylan McConico won the 110-meter hurdles and Jamal Britt won the 400-meter hurdles.

Iowa has 10 entries on the men’s side at the 2021 NCAA Outdoor Championships, including eight individual events and two relays. The men’s 400-meter relay is making its eighth straight trip to the NCAA Championships. The Hawkeye men are ranked 15th in the national rating’s index and first in the Midwest Region.

Tausaga won the Big Ten title in discus for the fourth straight year. She became the first Hawkeye in program history to win four Big Ten gold medals is the same event. Tausaga placed first in the shot put at the NCAA West Regional and was runner-up in discus. She qualified for the 2021 NCAA Championships in both events. Tausaga is a four-time outdoor All-American and the defending national champion in discus. She is the No. 2 seed in both shot put and discus.

Woody and Tausaga lead the Hawkeyes to the 2021 NCAA Outdoor Championships on June 9-12 in Eugene, Oregon. The meet is streamed live at Watch ESPN. Links to live results and video are available at hawkeyesports.com/tracklive.

The 2021 Girls State Team Tennis Tournaments will be contested on Saturday. The Class 1A Tournament is being played at the Prairie Ridge Sports Complex in Ankeny with coaches meeting at 8:00 a.m. and play beginning at 8:30 a.m. The Class 2A Tournament is being contested at Johnston High School Tennis Complex with the same time schedule. The tournaments are a final four format with winners of first round matches meeting in the final and first round losers playing for third.

CLASS 1A BRACKET

Cedar Rapids, Xavier vs. Spirit Lake/Okoboji
Fairfield vs. Columbus Catholic

CLASS 2A BRACKET

Dowling Catholic vs. WDM Valley
Cedar Falls vs. Iowa City West

The 2021 Boys State Soccer Finals will be contested today at the Cownie Soccer Complex in Des Moines. All championship games will be played on Field 9 at the complex. Here is a look at the schedule with the first game starting at noon.

Class 1A

12:00—Notre Dame/West Burlington vs. Western Christian, Hull

Class 2A

2:30—Xavier, Cedar Rapids vs. Bondurant-Farrar

Class 3A

5:00—Iowa City, West vs. Pleasant Valley

The Hawkeye-10 released the Boys All-Conference Soccer teams on Friday and Lewis Central had five players on the first team.  Kyle Gappa, Will DeVine, Colton Costello, Easton Adams and Jonah Churchill were all first team picks. Denison-Schleswig’s had three on the first-team including, Yahir Zavala, Edin Barrios and Jeffery Menendez.

Ashton Lyon of Harlan was also a first team selection.

Atlantic had 3 honorable mention picks in Ethan Williams, Keagan Garcia and Beau Dickerson.

The full list is at this link:  2021 Boys H-10 Soccer.

Western Iowa Conference 

• AHSTW 12, Missouri Valley 0
• Logan-Magnolia 11, Audubon 0
• Treynor 13, IKM-Manning 5

Rolling Valley Conference 

• CAM 8, Ar-We-Va 3
• Woodbine 11, Glidden-Ralston 4
• Coon Rapids-Bayard 11, Whiting 1

Corner Conference 

• Griswold 17, Sidney 1
• Stanton 9, Fremont-Mills 8

Pride of Iowa Conference

• Wayne 12, Southwest Valley 0
• Southeast Warren 10, Lenox 1
• Central Decatur 11, Bedford 1

Murray Tournament 

• Nodaway Valley 10, Seymour 1
• Orient-Macksburg 12, Murray 8
• East Union 13, Lamoni 0
• Melcher-Dallas 11, Moravia 3

Western Iowa Conference 

• AHSTW 6, Missouri Valley 5
• Logan-Magnolia 16, Audubon 0
• Underwood 13, Riverside 2
• IKM-Manning 8, Treynor 5

Corner Conference 

• Sidney 16, Griswold 1
• Stanton 7, Fremont-Mills 2

Rolling Valley Conference 

• CAM 11, Ar-We-Va 1
• Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 5, Boyer Valley 1
• Woodbine 11, Glidden-Ralston 0
• Coon Rapids-Bayard 16, Whiting 1
• Coon Rapids-Bayard 20, Whiting 1

Pride of Iowa Conference 

• Southwest Valley 6, Wayne 3
• Southeast Warren 11, Lenox 2
• Central Decatur 16, Bedford 1

Non-Conference 

• St. Albert 18, Thomas Jefferson 2
• Lewis Central 16, Abraham Lincoln 4
• Southeast Polk 15, Creston 1

Class 1-A

Region 1:  Bishop Heelan Catholic 3, Tri-Center 0

Region 2:  Treynor 7, St. Albert 1

Region 3:  Gilbert 5, Van Meter 1

Class 2-A

Region 1:  Spencer 11, Carroll 0

Region 2:  Lewis Central 4, Glenwood 1

Region 3:  Norwalk 1, Winterset 0

Class 3-A

Region 1:  CB Abraham Lincoln 5, CB Thomas Jefferson 0

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Hawkeye Ten Conference 

• Harlan 11, Denison-Schleswig 3
• Shenandoah 4, Red Oak 2
• Creston 9, Glenwood 2

Western Iowa Conference 

• Audubon 6, Missouri Valley 3
• Treynor 6, Riverside 5 (8 inn)
• Underwood 10, Tri-Center 0
• Logan-Magnolia 15, IKM-Manning 2

Pride of Iowa Conference 

• Martensdale-St. Marys 9, Nodaway Valley 1

Missouri River Conference 

• Bishop Heelan Catholic 10, Thomas Jefferson 0
• Bishop Heelan Catholic 15, Thomas Jefferson 1
• Sergeant Bluff-Luton 11, Abraham Lincoln 10
• Sergeant Bluff-Luton 10, Abraham Lincoln 5

Bluegrass Conference 

• Orient-Macksburg 10, Diagonal 9

Non-Conference 

• Atlantic 5, Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 1
• CAM 13, Stanton 3
• Griswold 5, Boyer Valley 4 (8 inn)
• AHSTW 11, Clarinda 4
• Southwest Valley 16, East Mills 2
• Sidney 10, Bedford 4
• MVAOCOU 13, Glidden-Ralston 2
• Westwood 5, Woodbine 3
• West Monona 16, West Harrison 6

Hawkeye Ten Conference 

• Atlantic 13, St. Albert 2
• Denison-Schleswig 8, Harlan 5
• Shenandoah 11, Red Oak 9
• Creston 19, Glenwood 8

Western Iowa Conference 

• Audubon 9, Missouri Valley 8
• Underwood 8, Tri-Center 7
• Treynor 15, Riverside 0
• Logan-Magnolia 5, IKM-Manning 1

Pride of Iowa Conference 

• Martensdale-St. Marys 4, Nodaway Valley 0

Missouri River Conference 

• Sergeant Bluff-Luton 5, Abraham Lincoln 2
• Sergeant Bluff-Luton 12, Abraham Lincoln 1

Bluegrass Conference 

• Ankeny Christian 15, Orient-Macksburg 5

Non-Conference 

• CAM 23, Stanton 2
• West Harrison 16, Griswold 1
• Southwest Valley 23, East Mills 9
• Bedford 8, Sidney 7
• Colfax-Mingo 11, Central Decatur 5
• Pocahontas Area 4, Coon Rapids-Bayard 0