(Radio Iowa) – Northern Iowa football coach Mark Farley says bouncing back from having a game canceled is tougher than rebounding from a loss. The Panthers had last Friday’s game at South Dakota canceled and will close out their spring season at home on Saturday against second ranked North Dakota State.

Farley says it is frustrating for everyone involved.

Farley says that is just part of what has been a series of difficult things to deal with.

With so many games being made up Farley says there are no options to make up a game next week.

UNI is 3-3.

With Jim Field.

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Audubon got wins from Hannah Thygesen (800M), Grace Slater (3000M), Kodie Sporrer (400M Hurdles), and 4x400M Relay, Sprint Medley, and Distance Medley. Maddax DeVault of Nodaway Valley won the 200M and 400M. The Wolverines also got a win from Maddie Fry in the Long Jump and they won the 4x100M Relay. CAM’s Jade Jackson won the 100M Hurdles and the High Jump. Molly Ventiecher picked up a title in the Shot Put as well for the Cougars.

Full results HERE.

Team Scores

1. Glenwood 171
2. Clarinda 132
3. Atlantic 118
4. Red Oak 70
5. CB Thomas Jefferson 38
6. CB Abraham Lincoln 31
7. Creston 26

Silas Bales won the 100M and 200M to get Glenwood started hot and the Rams coasted their way to the team title. Atlantic got a win from Craig Alan Becker in the 800M, Colin Mullenix won the 400M Hurdles and Drew Engler won the 3,200M Run.

Full results HERE.

BOYS TENNIS

Glenwood 5, Clarinda 4

GIRLS GOLF

Boyer Valley 212, Coon Rapids-Bayard 215, CAM 227, Woodbine 249, Glidden-Ralston 297. Medalist: Alexia Miller, Boyer Valley (48)

Griswold NTS, Nodaway Valley NTS. Medalist: Jenna Reynolds, Griswold (54)

Logan-Magolia 232, Tri-Center 242. Medalist: Kali Collins, Logan-Magnolia (52)

BOYS GOLF

ACGC 180, Pleasantville 193, Madrid 232, West Central Valley 276. Medalist: Grant Caltrider, WCV (39), Runner-Up: Gunnar Larsen, ACGC (39).

Boyer Valley 175, Exira-EHK 197, Coon Rapids-Bayard 198, CAM 206, Woodbine 212, Glidden-Ralston 230. Medalist: Tyler Petersen, Exira-EHK (41)

Clarinda 176, Glenwood 183. Medalist: Xander Pullen, Clarinda (40)

Nodaway Valley 227, Griswold 233. Medalist: Caleb Oakleaf, Griswold (48)

Tri-Center 193, Fremont-Mills 196, Logan-Magnolia 196. Medalist: Jacob Fetter, Logan-Magnolia (43)

GIRLS SOCCER

Atlantic 4, Kuemper Catholic 1. (Jada Jensen 2 goals for Atlantic.)
Bondurant-Farrar 10, Carroll 0
Glenwood 3, Sioux City West 2 (OT)
Lewis Central 10, Denison-Schleswig 0
St. Albert 8, Creston 1
Treynor 7, Tri-Center 3
Underwood 4, Missouri Valley 1

BOYS SOCCER

Bondurant-Farrar 9, Carroll 0
St. Albert 5, Creston 2
Treynor 7, Tri-Center 0
Underwood 5, Missouri Valley 1

ATLANTIC—Officials with the Atlantic Golf and Country Club (AGCC) report, Sheryl Dusenberry, AGCC General Manager, was recently recognized by the Iowa Golf Association as the 2020 Club Manager of the Year. Bill Eby, IGA President, presented the award at the IGA annual banquet in Des Moines on March 26th. Lucas Mosier, 2020 AGCC President, said “We are so pleased for Sheryl to be honored with this award. She does an outstanding job every day keeping AGCC running smoothly, and we all truly appreciate her dedication!”

Sheryl Dusenberry, AGCC Manager

Dusenberry was nominated for the award by AGCC members. In their announcement of her selection, IGA shared some of the comments that brought her nomination to the top. Dusenberry has been praised by the members and AGCC for her attention to detail, selfless service, and her people skills. This past spring, she stepped up to find innovative ways to safely serve their members during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dusenberry coordinated with the kitchen staff to provide takeout dining services to members, many times delivering the meals herself. Additionally, she coordinated with all other club personnel to implement safety protocols and make sure all club functions were in accordance with public health proclamations to ensure the safety of their members and guests.

Annually, AGCC hosts the Tournament of Champions, an event where golfers flock to Atlantic from across the state. IGA veteran Ron Peterson spoke highly of the way Dusenberry represents the club while hosting the event. “You can tell she takes great pride in presenting and representing the Atlantic Golf & Country Club in the best way possible,” Peterson said. “She works tirelessly before and after the event to ensure the participants have the best experience possible.”

One member noted that Dusenberry exemplifies the attributes of an excellent manager. “If a golf course were to hire a new manager, I would recommend they spend a week or two with Sheryl to see how a course should be run,” said member Allan Hjelle.

Bottom row left to right- Letty McSorely, Carson, IA, Colton Krueger, Carson, IA, Cody Swank, Harlan, IA, Colton Anderson, Atlantic, Braxton Hass, Atlantic, Hunter Quist, Atlantic, Adien Smith, Elliott, Brentyn Hoover, Anita, IA, Jake Wailes, Wiota, IA, Grant Petty, Atlantic, Holden DeVore, Atlantic, Hade DeVore, Atlantic, Garret Stezel, Atlantic, Gavin Doughtery, Lewis. Top row left to right Conner Britten, Red Oak, Braden Smith, Atlantic, Drey Newell, Atlantic, Dylan Comes, Atlantic, Cooper Jipsen, Atlantic, Owen Hoover, Anita, Korben Brunt, Anita, Vicente Butcher, Corning, Joaquin Wailes, Wiota, Joey Oathoudt, Corning, Colton Rudy, Atlantic, Colin Rudy, Atlantic, Jake Oathoudt, Corning, Dakota Breaud, Corning, Mason McCready, Macedonia, IA, Caden Foristall, Carson.

Atlantic, IA. – The duo of Vicente Butcher of Corning, Iowa and Conner Britten from Red Oak took home the top spot in the Powerade High School Series at the Olsen BP SAF SWIFT tournament at Prairie Rose Lake on Saturday. The teams total of 5 bass weighing 11 pounds, 11 ounces, gave them a mere 2-ounce-margin victory over the second-place team of Drey Newell of Atlantic and Braden Smith of Atlantic who brought 5 bass to the stage weighing 11-09. Third went to Dylan Comes and Cooper Jipsen both from Atlantic with 5 bass, 11-2.

Hunter Quist of Atlantic and Adien Smith from Elliott scored the win in the Fairlire Yup Junior Series with 5 bass weighing 11-7. Quist/Smith had to overcome some early adversity when their boat would not start once it was backed into the water. The only way they could maneuver their boat was by using the remote on the trolling motor, but kept fishing and with a little divine intervention perhaps they were still able to weigh-in the biggest 5 bags of fish. Second place went to Cody Swank of Harlan and Braxton Hass of Atlantic hauled in 4 bass at 6-15, rounding out the field in third place was the team of Jake Wailes of Wiota, IA and Brentyn Hoolver of Anita, IA. their total was 3 bass 5-12.

It was a perfect sunny spring day with temperature in the low 70’s and extraordinarily little wind for thirty student anglers and their boat captains who launched from the docks at 7:30am on the hunt to put a 5 bass limit in the boat. The teams navigated across 173-acre Prairie Rose Lake for seven in half hours making history for the first SAF High School and Junior Fishing tournament to be held in the state of Iowa. At the official weigh-in there were a total of 46 were caught with a combined weight of 99lbs 8oz., all bass were safely returned to the lake. Seven teams caught a 5 bass full bad limit and the average bass weighed one pound seven once.

Jake Wailes a 6th grader from Atlantic earned the AM Cohron & Sons Big Fish of the tournament with his bass weighing in at three pounds.

Powerade High School Boat Series results from the Olsen BP SAF SWIFT tournament at Prairie Rose Lake on Saturday.

1st: Vicente Butcher, Corning, IA., and Conner Britten, Red Oak, IA., 5 bass, 11.11
2nd: Drey Newell, Atlantic, IA and Braden Smith, Atlantic, IA, 5 bass, 11.09
3rd: Cooper Jipsen, Atlantic, IA and Braden Smith, Atlantic, IA, 5 bass, 11.02
4th: Mason McCready, Macedonia, IA and Caden Forristall, Carson, IA, 5 bass, 11.01
5th: Korben Brunt, Anita, IA and Owen Hoover, Anita, IA, 5 bass, 10.6
6th: Colton Rudy, Atlantic, IA and Colin Rudy, Atlantic, IA, 5 bass, 9.9
7th: Joey Oathoudt, Corning, IA and Joaquin Wailes, Wiota, IA, 2 bass, 4.1
8th: Jake Oathoudt, Corning, IA and Dakota Breaud, Corning, IA, 1 bass, 2.11

Fairlire Yup Junior Boat Series results from the Olsen BP SAF SWIFT tournament at Prairie Rose Lake on Saturday.

1st: Hunter Quist, Atlantic, IA., and Adien Smith, Elliot, IA., 5 bass, 11.7
2nd: Cody Swank, Harlan, IA and Braxton Hass, Atlantic, IA, 4 bass, 6.15
3rd: Jake Wailes, Wiota, IA and Brentyn Hoover, Anita, IA, 3 bass, 5.12
4th: Gavin Dougherty, Lewis, IA and Garrett Stetzel, Atlantic, IA, 1 bass, 2.3
5th: Hade DeVore, Atlantic, IA and Holden DeVore Atlantic, IA, 0 bass, 0
6th: Letty McSorely, Carson, IA and Colton Krueger, Carson, IA, 0 bass, 0
7th: Grant Petty, Atlantic, IA and Colton Anderson, Atlantic, IA, 0 bass, 0

The next event for SWIFT will be a Lake Anita on April 17th.
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AMES, Iowa – Iowa State University President Wendy Wintersteen has extended the contract of Athletics Director Jamie Pollard to 2026.

Pollard, who will be the nation’s fourth-longest serving Football Bowl Subdivision AD this fall (behind Oklahoma’s Joe Castiglione, Kentucky’s Mitch Barnhart and Ohio State’s Gene Smith), has led Cyclone Athletics since 2005.

“In light of his consistently steady and successful leadership over many years, especially during a worldwide pandemic that brought unprecedented challenges, I am delighted to announce that Jamie will remain at Iowa State executing our shared vision for athletics,” President Wintersteen said. “True to his servant leadership style, which has always been focused on others, Jamie accepted our extension enthusiastically, and has agreed to do so without an increase in compensation.”

Pollard’s tenure has been punctuated with record-setting performance in nearly every metric. A couple highlights from the 2020-21 season were the football team’s PlayStation Fiesta Bowl Championship and safely playing games and hosting fans (albeit smaller crowds) during COVID-19. Iowa State has had the fewest positive COVID tests of any school in the Big 12.

“I am grateful to Dr. Wintersteen for the opportunity to continue pursuing our ambitious goals for the athletics department,” Pollard said. “The administration’s support, led by President Wintersteen, has been instrumental to our program’s success.”

The athletics department has ranked near the top of the Big 12 in both athletics performance and academic achievement for a number of years consecutively. Later this spring, the department will be opening the doors to its newly constructed, $90 million Sports Performance Center. That is the latest addition to the nearly quarter of a billion dollars that ISU Athletics has devoted to facilities during Pollard’s tenure.

National observers have noticed the resurgence at Iowa State and Pollard was recognized as 2019 Athletics Director of the Year by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA). He was also a finalist for the 2019 Sports Business Journal AD of the Year.

Pollard is currently in Indianapolis serving the second year of his five-year term on the NCAA Men’s Basketball Committee. He is also a member of the Executive Committee of NACDA and was that organization’s first vice-president in 2020.

“I feel so blessed to have had the opportunity to lead our athletics program for the past 16 years and look forward to leading the program for many more,” Pollard said. “We have created an incredible culture among our coaches and staff which makes coming to work every day so enjoyable. Lastly, our children grew up in Ames and our family is proud to call Iowa home.”

INDIANAPOLIS — University of Iowa senior Luka Garza is the recipient of the 2021 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Award. The announcement was made by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Saturday.

Named after Hall of Famer and three-time NCAA Champion Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the annual honor in its seventh year recognizes the top center in Division I men’s college basketball. Garza is the first student-athlete to win the award multiple times.

“To win this award two years in a row is a surreal feeling,” said Garza. “Kareem Abdul-Jabbar represented what it was to be an amazing person and basketball player and was a role model to many, including myself. I would not have been able to accomplish this without my teammates, coaches, and my family. I am forever grateful for the University of Iowa. Go Hawks!”

No player was more dominant in the paint for a second consecutive year than Garza. Yesterday, the 6-foot-11 center was the recipient of the Pete Newell Big Man of the Year Award.

Garza has been named national player of the year by all of the major organizations and publications to date, including the Naismith, Associated Press, National Association of Basketball Coaches, United States Basketball Writers Association (Oscar Robertson Trophy), Sporting News, and Basketball Times. Iowa’s first two-time unanimous consensus first-team All-American is also a finalist for the John R. Wooden Award, which will be announced on Tuesday.

Garza led the nationally-ranked Hawkeyes to 22 victories and a third place Big Ten finish in 2021. The Washington, D.C., native led the nation in total points (747), player efficiency rating (35.84), 30-point games (8), field goals made (281), and 20-point games (22). Garza ranked second nationally in points per game (24.1), fifth in free throw attempts (199), 10th in free throw makes (141), and 11th in double-doubles (13). His 747 points extended the single-season school record he set last season (740).

In his final game as a Hawkeye, Garza poured in 36 points and cleared nine rebounds. The 36 points are the most points scored by any Division I player in the 2021 NCAA Tournament and ties Bill Logan’s school record set against Temple 65 years ago on March 22, 1956.

The two-time Big Ten Player of the Year broke Iowa’s 32-year old scoring record held by Roy Marble on Feb. 21, 2021. He finished his Hawkeye career with 2,306 points, which ranks seventh-best in Big Ten history. In addition to ranking first in career scoring, Garza is tops at Iowa in 30-point games (13), conference scoring (1,399), field goals made (870), field goal attempts (1,594), and 40-point games (2); second in rebounds (931); fourth in double-doubles (34); fifth in blocked shots (154); sixth in free throw makes (446) and attempts (636); and 16th in 3-pointers made (120). He is the only men’s basketball player in Big Ten history to accumulate 2,250 points and 900 rebounds

INDIANAPOLIS — University of Iowa senior Luka Garza is the recipient of the 2021 Naismith Trophy, the most prestigious individual basketball honor presented annually to college basketball’s most outstanding player. The announcement was made Saturday afternoon on CBS Sports Network by Barry Goheen, Atlanta Tipoff Club chairman.   

“Winning an award in Naismith’s name is an honor my family and I will always treasure,” Garza said. “Naismith changed my life, and so many others by creating the game that so many love. In 2015, when my dad and I watched Frank Kaminsky accept the Naismith Trophy in Indianapolis, I never thought I would be in this position six years later. I am forever thankful to the University of Iowa, Coach McCaffery, the rest of the coaching staff, my teammates, my family, and the countless other people and coaches who have helped me along the way. This is not an individual honor, but a team award and I am so proud to be able to bring this award home to Iowa City. Thank you to the Atlanta Tipoff Club for this prestigious award and thank you to Naismith for changing my life and so many others with the game of basketball.”

Iowa is one of just six institutions to have both a men’s and women’s Naismith Trophy honoree, joining Duke, LSU, Notre Dame, Texas, and Virginia. Megan Gustafson was the recipient of the 2019 Naismith Trophy following her senior season.

Garza will be presented the iconic Naismith Trophy, originally sculpted in 1982 by Atlanta’s Marty C. Dawe, on the University of Iowa campus this spring. A replica trophy will be donated by Herff Jones to the University of Iowa.

The most dominant player in men’s college basketball, Garza has been named national player of the year by all of the major organizations and publications, including the Associated Press, National Association of Basketball Coaches, United States Basketball Writers Association (Oscar Robertson Trophy), Sporting News, Basketball Times, and The Athletic. Iowa’s first two-time unanimous consensus first-team All-American is also a finalist for the John R. Wooden Award, which will be announced on Tuesday.

 Garza led the nationally-ranked Hawkeyes to 22 victories and a third place Big Ten finish in 2021. The Washington, D.C., native led the nation in total points (747), player efficiency rating (35.84), 30-point games (8), field goals made (281), and 20-point games (22). Garza ranked second nationally in points per game (24.1), fifth in free throw attempts (199), 10th in free throw makes (141), and 11th in double-doubles (13). His 747 points extended the single-season school record he set last season (740).

“Luka just concluded a remarkable college career and had tremendous expectations to live up to all season long. He displayed complete dominance on the court throughout the course of an incredibly challenging basketball season,” said Eric Oberman, executive director of the Atlanta Tipoff Club. 

The two-time Big Ten Player of the Year broke Iowa’s 32-year old scoring record held by Roy Marble on Feb. 21, 2021. He finished his Hawkeye career with 2,306 points, which ranks seventh-best in Big Ten history. In addition to ranking first in career scoring, Garza is tops at Iowa in 30-point games (13), conference scoring (1,399), field goals made (870), field goal attempts (1,594), and 40-point games (2); second in rebounds (931); fourth in double-doubles (34); fifth in blocked shots (154); sixth in free throw makes (446) and attempts (636); and 16th in 3-pointers made (120). He is the only men’s basketball player in Big Ten history to accumulate 2,250 points and 900 rebounds.

Garza was chosen by the Atlanta Tipoff Club’s national voting academy, comprised of leading media members from around the country, current and former head coaches, former award winners and conference commissioners, all of whom based their selections on outstanding on-court performances during the 2020-21 college basketball season. Additionally, fans had the opportunity to cast a ballot. The Naismith fan vote accounted for five percent of the overall vote. The vote was tabulated and certified by Aprio, a premier, CPA-led business advisory firm, headquartered in Atlanta.

For more information about the Naismith Awards, visit naismithtrophy.com.