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Aaron Donald, Travis Kelce unanimous AP All-Pro Team choices

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January 8th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

Dynamic defensive star Aaron Donald and unstoppable tight end Travis Kelce are unanimous choices for The Associated Press NFL All-Pro Team. Donald and Kelce swept the votes from a nationwide panel of 50 media members who regularly cover the league.

FILE – In this Nov. 8, 2020, file photo, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce makes a move during the second half of the team’s NFL football game against the Carolina Panthers in Kansas City, Mo. Kelce was a unanimous choice Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, for The Associated Press NFL All-Pro Team. (AP Photo/Reed Hoffmann, File)

It is the sixth All-Pro selection for Donald, who has helped the Los Angeles Rams to the top-ranked defense in the NFL, and the third for Kansas City’s record-setting Kelce. Seattle linebacker Bobby Wagner matches Donald with six selections. Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers is on his fourth All-Pro Team.

(By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer)

 

More spectators will be allowed for Atlantic’s Rollin Dyer Wrestling Tournament Saturday

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January 8th, 2021 by admin

A change in spectator allowance has been made for this Saturday’s Rollin Dyer Wrestling Tournament in Atlantic. Due to the Governor’s change in spectator restrictions Atlantic Athletic Director Andy Mitchell said they have decided to allow two spectators per wrestler for the tournament. This will allow for more spectators for the event but still provide for enough space to maintain social distancing with the large number of teams participating.

Breece Hall becomes ISU’s first unanimous All-American

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January 8th, 2021 by admin

AMES, Iowa – For the first time in Iowa State football history, the Cyclones have an unanimous All-American.

This incredible accomplishment was achieved today when running back Breece Hall, the nation’s leading rusher with 1,572 yards, made First Team All-American by the Walter Camp Foundation.

To be considered an unanimous All-American a player must receive first team All-America status from all five of the major news services or outlets. The top-five consists of the following: AP, FWAA, AFCA, Sporting News and Walter Camp.

Iowa State legend Troy Davis, who finished second in the 1996 Heisman Trophy balloting, was a first team selection in four of the five outlets, but was a second-teamer by the AFCA.

The sophomore, who finished sixth in the Heisman Trophy balloting, recorded one of the greatest individual seasons in school history in 2020.

The Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year and finalist for the Doak Walker Award, Hall made a swift rise to one of the nation’s elite running backs in 2020 by leading the nation in rushing yards (1,572) and 100-yard rushing games (9).

With 75+ rushing yards and at least one rush TD in all 12 games season, Hall has been the most consistent running back in the nation. His 12-game streak with a rushing TD is the longest active streak in the nation and the best string in the history of Cyclone football.

The versatile back is among the nation’s leaders in rushing TDs (21- 2nd nationally), overall TDs (23- 2nd nationally) and scoring (138- 2nd nationally).

Hall broke school single-season school marks in total touchdowns (23) and scoring (138), and equaled Davis’ school rushing TD mark in a season with 21.

Hall, who averaged 131.0 rushing yards per game, caught 23 passes for 180 yards and two TDs to help him average 146.0 yards from scrimmage per game.

Hall also proved to be one of the most elusive and explosive backs nationally. He leads the nation in yards after contact (950), first down rushes (79), and is third nationally in 20-yard rushes (14).

He has lost just one fumble in 511 career touches.

Statistics alone makes Hall’s season incredible, but perhaps his biggest accomplishment on the year is his impact on winning. The Cyclones, ranked 10th nationally in the final CFP poll, claimed first place in the Big 12 regular-season standings, tied a school record for wins in a season (9) and earned a spot in the Big 12 Championship Game for the first time in school history.

Hall rushed for 136 yards and had two TDs in Iowa State’s 34-17 victory over No. 25 Oregon in the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl, the school’s first-ever appearance in a New Year’s Six Bowl.

Daviyon Nixon unanimous All-American

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January 8th, 2021 by admin

IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa junior defensive tackle Daviyon Nixon was named a first-team selection and redshirt sophomore center Tyler Linderbaum was named a second-team selection on the Walter Camp All-America Team on Thursday night.

Nixon, who declared for the 2021 NFL Draft and will forego his senior season, has now earned first-team All-America recognition on all five All-America teams to become the ninth unanimous consensus All-America selection in school history. Linebacker Josey Jewell was Iowa’s most recent unanimous All-American selection in 2017.

Nixon, a Kenosha, Wisconsin, native, is Iowa’s sixth consensus All-American in the last seven years and 27th player in school history to be named a consensus All-American and 29th overall (Calvin Jones (1954, ’55 and Larry Station (1984, ’85) were honored twice).

Nixon is Iowa’s first consensus defensive lineman since Adrian Clayborn in 2010 and first consensus defensive tackle since Jared DeVries in 1998. Nixon is the sixth defensive lineman in school history to garner consensus All-American status.

Nixon, the Nagurski-Woodson Defensive Player of the Year and the Smith-Brown Defensive Lineman of the Year in the Big Ten, led the conference in tackles for loss (33), tied for the conference lead in sacks (5.5), and had the most tackles by a Big Ten defensive lineman (41).

Linderbaum, a Solon, Iowa native, earned second-team All-America recognition on three teams (Walter Camp, FWAA, and AP) and was a first-team All-America selection by The Athletic and Pro Football Focus.

Linderbaum started every game at center for the second straight year. He anchored an offensive line that helped the Iowa offense rank second in the Big Ten in fewest sacks allowed, first downs, fourth down conversions, and scoring offense, and third in red zone offense.

IGHSAU High School Basketball Rankings 01/07/2021

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January 8th, 2021 by admin

2020-21 SIXTH Iowa Girls High School High School Basketball Rankings
Compiled by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union
Thursday, January 7, 2021

Class 1A
School Record LW
1 Bishop Garrigan 11-0 1
2 Newell-Fonda 8-1 2
3 St. Ansgar 8-0 3
4 Kingsley-Pierson 10-0 4
5 MMCRU 7-1 5
6 Springville 11-0 6
7 Exira-EHK 9-0 7
8 Collins-Maxwell 10-0 8
9 Montezuma 11-1 9
10 CAM 8-1 10
11 Winfield-Mount Union 10-0 11
12 Logan-Magnolia 7-1 12
13 Burlington Notre Dame 5-1 13
14 North Mahaska 6-1 14
15 AGWSR 5-2 15
Dropped Out: None

Class 2A
1 Maquoketa Valley 9-0 1
2 Dike-New Hartford 7-0 3
3 West Branch 8-1 4
4 North Linn 7-1 2
5 Nodaway Valley 8-0 5
6 West Hancock 9-0 6
7 Denver 7-2 7
8 Treynor 9-1 8
9 Grundy Center 5-1 9
10 South Central Calhoun 9-1 10
11 Central Lyon 9-1 11
12 Jesup 8-1 12
13 Bellevue 9-1 13
14 Underwood 9-1 14
15 MFL-Mar-Mac 8-2 NR
Dropped Out: Rock Valley (15)

Class 3A
1 Cherokee 9-0 1
2 Des Moines Christian 11-1 2
3 Unity Christian 6-1 4
4 Center Point-Urbana 8-2 5
5 Clear Lake 8-1 4
6 Osage 7-1 7
7 West Burlington 9-0 9
8 West Lyon 7-1 10
9 West Liberty 5-3 6
10 Panorama 6-2 12
11 Roland-Story 4-3 8
12 Clarion-Goldfield-Dows 6-1 13
13 Solon 7-2 14
14 Estherville-Lincoln Central 8-1 15
15 Vinton-Shellsburg 9-1 NR
Dropped Out: Davenport Assumption (11)

Class 4A
1 Glenwood 7-0 1
2 Ballard 9-0 2
3 Gilbert 9-1 3
4 Central DeWitt 7-0 4
5 Dallas Center-Grimes 8-2 6
6 Waverly-Shell Rock 8-1 7
7 North Scott 5-1 5
8 Denison-Schleswig 7-1 8
9 Bondurant-Farrar 4-2 9
10 Dubuque Wahlert 5-2 11
11 Harlan 7-2 13
12 Creston 7-3 14
13 Grinnell 5-4 10
14 Xavier 3-3 NR
15 Benton 6-2 NR
Dropped Out: Clear Creek-Amana (13), Spencer (15)

Class 5A
1 Waukee 3-0 1
2 Johnston 1-0 2
3 Waterloo West 5-1 4
4 Ankeny Centennial 5-0 5
5 Southeast Polk 5-1 6
6 Cedar Falls 7-1 7
7 Iowa City West 2-2 3
8 Iowa City High 3-1 8
9 Davenport North 2-0 9
10 Des Moines Roosevelt 0-0 10
11 Cedar Rapids Washington 6-0 11
12 Dowling Catholic 3-2 12
13 West Des Moines Valley 1-1 13
14 Indianola 8-1 14
15 Dubuque Senior 5-1 15
Dropped Out: None

High School Wrestling Scoreboard Thursday 01/07/2021

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January 8th, 2021 by admin

@ ATLANTIC-CAM

Atlantic-CAM 72, Denison-Schleswig 9

Atlantic-CAM Winners: Ethan Follman, Joe Weaver, Jaxson Bell, Dante Hedrington, Brian South, Tanner O’Brien, Jarrett Armstrong, Kadin Stutzman, Devin McKay, Tristan Dorscher, Clevi Johnson, Cruz Weaver
Denison-Schleswig Winners: Leo Araujo, Jaxson Hildebrand

Atlantic-CAM 53, Harlan 24 

Atlantic CAM Winners: Joe Weaver, Jaxson Bell, Dante Hedrington, Brian South, Tanner O’Brien, Jarrett Armstrong, Kadin Stutzman, Devin McKay, Clevi Johnson, Ethan Follman
Harlan Winners: Luke Freund, Jesse Schwery, Matt Schwery, Austin Schumacher

Harlan 58, Denison-Schleswig 6

Harlan Winners: Luke Freund, Tytan Frohlich, Sam Schmitz, Dalton McKinley, Bret VanBaale, Sam Bladt, Zane Bendorf, Matt Schwery, Jesse Schwery, Jeremiah Davis, Austin Schumacher
Denison-Schleswig Winners; Jesse Pena

@ ACGC

AHSTW 41, ACGC 32
AHSTW 58, East Union 14
AHSTW 72, Griswold 3
East Union 60, Griswold 12
ACGC 48, East Union 18
ACGC 54, Griswold 9

@ BEDFORD/LENOX

Bedford/Lenox 42, Central Decatur 28
Bedford/Lenox 50, Southwest Valley 21
Central Decatur 30, Southwest Valley 30

@ KUEMPER CATHOLIC

Creston/O-M 69, St. Albert 9
Creston/O-M 39, Clarinda 24
Creston/O-M 60, Kuemper Catholic 13
Clarinda 44, Kuemper Catholic 33
Kuemper Catholic 48, St. Albert 24

@ RED OAK

Glenwood 63, Lewis Central 18
Glenwood 65, Red Oak 10
Glenwood 77, Shenandoah 6
Lewis Central 63, Red Oak 15
Red Oak 42, Shenandoah 24

@ SOUTHEAST VALLEY

Greene County 60, Audubon 12
Southeast Valley 57, Audubon 12

@ TREYNOR

Treynor 54, Conestoga 27

@ UNDERWOOD

Logan-Magnolia 72, Underwood 9
Logan-Magnolia 83, West Central Valley 0
Logan-Magnolia 76, Tri-Center 6
Underwood 39, Tri-Center 18
Underwood 38, West Central Valley 36
West Central Valley 48, Tri-Center 21

@ ALBANY

Mount Ayr 51, Albany 12
Mount Ayr 48, North Andrew 6
Mount Ayr 45, South Harrison 36

@ BISHOP HEELAN

Bishop Heelan 66, CB Thomas Jefferson 6
Sioux City West 48, CB Thomas Jefferson 24
Bishop Heelan Catholic 57, Sioux City West 12

@ CENTERVILLE

Centerville 36, Wayne 34
Clarke 60, Wayne 12

@ SIOUX CITY EAST

Sioux City East 46, CB Abraham Lincoln 22
CB Abraham Lincoln 39, Sioux City North 31

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Depth a key in Drake’s 13-0 start

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January 8th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Drake coach Darian DeVries says depth has been a major factor in Drake’s 13-0 start to the season. No Bulldog is averaging 25 minutes or more per game and nine are averaging at least 12 minutes on the court. It is even more critical this season with the Missouri Valley format of back-to-back games.

Drake is off to a 4-0 start in the Valley.

That depth also allows Drake to extend their defense and pressure opponents.

The Bulldogs open a two game Valley series at home against Loyola on Sunday.

Limit on crowd size at sporting events lifted

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January 8th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Starting today (Friday), Iowa high schools do not have to limit the number of spectators at basketball games, wrestling meets and other sporting events. Governor Reynolds updated her public health emergency proclamation as of midnight. She lifted the restriction that only people who lived in a participant’s household could attend games or extracurricular events. While that limit is gone, fans at indoor games or meets must still wear masks and maintain their distance from others who don’t live in their household.

School districts and athletic conferences do have the authority to enforce stricter limits or ban fans altogether. The governor’s updated proclamation has extended the mask mandate for many indoor public spaces until February 6th.

**Most area school districts still have spectator restrictions in place, please check on information for each event before you attend. It is possible these guidelines may change for different school districts and conferences in the future.**

Iowa State looks to knock off No. 18 Texas Tech

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January 8th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

No. 18 Texas Tech looks to give Iowa State its 12th straight loss to ranked opponents, Saturday, in Ames. The game at H. Hilton Coliseum, begins 3-p.m. CST. Iowa State’s last win vs a ranked opponent came against the then-No. 16 Seton Hall Pirates 76-66 on Dec. 8, 2019. Texas Tech got past Kansas State by 11 at home in its last outing.

Iowa State’s Jalen Coleman-Lands, Solomon Young and Javan Johnson have collectively scored 53 percent of the team’s points this season, including 53 percent of all Cyclones scoring over the last five games. Rasir Bolton has either made or assisted on 40 percent of all Iowa State field goals over the last five games. Bolton has 26 field goals and 25 assists in those games. Iowa State is 0-6 this year when it allows 70 points or more and 2-0 when holding opponents to fewer than 70.

The Red Raiders have recently converted buckets via assists more often than the Cyclones. Iowa State has 27 assists on 76 field goals (35.5 percent) across its previous three outings while Texas Tech has assists on 37 of 75 field goals (49.3 percent) during its past three games.

The Texas Tech defense has forced opponents into turnovers on an impressive 27.2 percent of all possessions, which ranks the Red Raiders sixth among Division I teams. Iowa State has turned the ball over on 22.8 percent of its possessions (ranking the Cyclones 300th, nationally).