Treynor 221 Shenandoah 227 

Medalist: Sophi Pedersen, Treynor (48)

Glenwood 222 Clarinda 223 

Medalist: Taylor Rasmussen, Clarinda (47)

Denison-Schleswig 217 Lewis Central 224 

Medalist: Emily Bahnsen, Denison-Schleswig (48)

Logan-Magnolia 231 Underwood 241 Fremont-Mills 284 

Medalist: Kailynn Brecher, Underwood (45)

Sidney 225 Griswold NTS Hamburg NTS 

Medalist: Joey Reynolds, Griswold (48)

IKM-Manning 218 Missouri Valley 248

Medalist: Henley Arbaugh, Missouri Valley (47)

The Iowa Hawkeye women are headed back to the NCAA Championship game. The Hawkeyes erased a 12-point first half deficit to edge UConn 71-69 on Friday night.

Iowa coach Lisa Bluder. Hannah Stuelke led the Hawkeyes with 23 points as they overcame a sluggish opening half.

Caitlin Clark had 21 points, nine rebounds and seven assists. The Hawkeyes play top ranked and unbeaten South Carolina in Sunday’s title game.

It is a rematch of last year’s national semifinal won by Iowa.

Boys Tennis Results

Creston 7, Audubon 2
Clarke 7, Chariton 2
St. Albert 7, Denison-Schleswig 2

Girls Tennis Results

Ballard 6, Clarke 3
Ballard 9, Audubon 0
Sergeant Bluff-Luton 5, Kuemper Catholic 4
Clarinda 9, Glenwood 0
Dallas Center-Grimes 8, Audubon 0

Boys Results

Audubon 

Henry Burr – 44
Ryan Hermansen – 46
Mason Steckler – 47
Evan Alt – 40
Edward Miller – 39
Oliver Deist 40

Team Score – 163

AHSTW

Drew Lee – 43
Kayden Jorgenson – 46
Tyson Osbhar – 55
Nate Jorgenson – 45
Justin Freeman – 51
Zach Nielson – 57

Team Score – 185

Exira-EHK

Josh Nelson – 51
Jameson Kilworth – 59
Cole Brabham – 55
Quintinn White – 54
Alex Hansen – 54
Aiden Flathers – 71

Team Score 214

Girls Results

Audubon

Mari Gleason – 58

Boys Results: Riverside 170, Tri-Center 211

Riverside 

Garrett Hough – 44
Mason McCready – 42
Taven Moore – 41
AC Roller – 43
Nathan Smith – 56
James McCready – 48

Team Gross – 274
Team Net – 170

Tri-Center

Jayden Johnson – 45
Brandt Freeberg – 50
Jayce Waller – 50
Braden Meyer – 66
Rylan Ring – 78
Chaz Leaders – 69

Team Gross – 358
Team Net – 211

Girls Results: Riverside 215, Tri-Center 269

Riverside

Addison Brink – 46
Autumn Bennett – 64
Jadyn Beckman – 62
Akia Turney – 62
Kaycie Perkins – 49
Laney Rice – 58

Team Gross – 341
Team Net – 215

Tri-Center

Natalie Ausdemore – 52
Kendra Calhoun – 70
Addy Rendenbaugh – 73
Kayleigh Crozier – 82
Avery Assmann – 74
Joanna Cook – 74

Team Gross – 425
Team Net – 269

Boys Soccer Scores

Ballard 2, Grand View Christian 0
Bishop Heelan 7, Underwood 0
St. Albert 6, Creston 0
Carroll 4, Logan-Magnolia 0
Treynor 15, Missouri Valley 0
Pella 2, Carlisle 0
Bondurant-Farrar 1, Nevada 0

Girls Soccer Scores

St. Albert 9, Creston 0
Treynor 10, Missouri Valley 1
Tri-Center 4, Sioux City West 0
Nevada 1, Bondurant-Farrar 0

Aaron Houser has accepted an offer to become the new head girls’ basketball coach at Griswold. He was an assistant girl’s coach for the past year under former head coach Ryan Lockwood, who accepted to become the new boys’ basketball coach at Griswold. Houser is a 1993 graduate from Griswold. Houser takes over a Tiger program that went 6-16 overall record and 4-9 record in the Corner Conference.

Coach Houser commented on what his initial reaction was when he was offered the girls head coaching position at Griswold.

Coach Houser talked about what the transition process has been like going from being an assistant to now being the head coach.

Coach Houser elaborated on if he will even change anything within the program.

Coach Houser says his main goals and expectations are to continue to move the program forward.

Coach Houser is really excited for this opportunity to be working with the girls over the offseason and see where he can take the program.

CLEVELAND, Ohio – University of Iowa senior guard, Caitlin Clark, was named the winner of the 2024 Ann Meyers Drysdale Award as the USBWA National Player of the Year for the second straight season. The announcement came today at USBWA’s annual awards luncheon in Cleveland, site of the Women’s Final Four.

The national player of the year leads the nation in several NCAA categories including points per game (32.0), three pointers made and three pointers per game (508/5.22) and triple-doubles (6). She became the first player to finish No. 1 in both categories in back-to-back seasons. Clark owns a career 3,900+ points and she recently became the first Division-I player to record 1,000+ points in back-to-back seasons. She is also the only player in NCAA DI men’s or women’s basketball history to lead her conference in scoring and assists in four consecutive seasons.

This is the third USBWA national award for Clark. In addition to the two Ann Meyers Drysdale Awards, she was the USBWA’s Co-Freshman of the Year in the 2020-21 season sharing the honor with UConn’s Paige Bueckers. Clark earned a spot on the weekly Ann Meyers Drysdale National Players of the Week list eight times this season and has 15 career weekly award nods. Clark is the first Iowa player to earn four USBWA All-America honors as the Hawkeyes’ eighth all-time All-American. She is the USBWA’s fifth four-time All-American, joining Tennessee’s Chamique Holdsclaw (1996-99), Oklahoma’s Courtney Paris (2006-09), UConn’s Maya Moore (2008-11) and South Carolina’s Aliyah Boston (2020-23).

The Ann Meyers Drysdale Award is presented annually to the women’s national player of the year by the USBWA. Named for the legendary UCLA guard, the award was first presented in the 1987-88 season and formally named in Meyers Drysdale’s honor in the 2011-12 season. Ann Meyers Drysdale played at UCLA from 1974-78, which pre-dates the USBWA All-America selections. She was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1993 and the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in 1999.

The USBWA was formed in 1956 at the urging of then-NCAA Executive Director Walter Byers. With some 800 members worldwide, it is one of the most influential organizations in college basketball. It has selected an All-America team since the 1956-57 season. For more information on the USBWA and its award programs, contact executive director Malcolm Moran at malcolm@usbwa.com.

2023-24 AWARDS

• – Ann Meyers Drysdale Award
• – Honda Sport Award
• – Wade Trophy
• – Associated Press National Player of the Year
• – Naismith National Player of the Year
• – USA Today National Player of the Year
• – ESPN.com National Player of the Year
• – The Athletic National Player of the Year
• – Sporting News National Player of the Year
• – AP, USBWA, USA Today First Team All-America
• – Big Ten Player of the Year
• – First Team All-Big Ten
• – Big Ten Player of the Week; Nov. 13, Nov. 27, Dec. 11, Dec. 18, Jan. 2, Jan. 8, Jan. 15, Feb. 5, Feb. 19, Feb. 26, March 4.
• – WBCA National Player of the Week; Nov. 14, Nov. 28, Jan. 3, Jan. 9, Jan. 16, Jan. 31, Feb. 6, Feb. 20.
• – AP National Player of the Week; Nov. 14, Jan. 9, Feb. 20.

UP NEXT

The Hawkeyes will face 3-Seed UConn on Friday, April 5, in Cleveland inside Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse at 8:30 pm (CT). Fans can watch on ESPN.

IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa student-athletes Sydney Affolter (women’s basketball) and Rivaldo Marshall (men’s track and field) were named March’s Student-Athletes of the Month, the Iowa Student-Athlete Advisory Committee announced.

Affolter helped lead Iowa to a perfect 8-0 record during the month of March, including a Big Ten Tournament Championship and Final Four appearance. The junior from Chicago was named to the Big Ten All-Tournament Team and the Albany 2 All-Regional Team. Since Molly Davis’ injury, Affolter is 30-of-53 from the floor, 9-of-15 from three-point range, and 25-of-28 from the free throw line.

Marshall, a native of Kingston, Jamaica, was crowned the indoor NCAA champion in the 800 meters in Boston on March 9, winning the race in 1:46.96. Marshall was named the USTFCCCA Midwest Regional Men’s Athlete of the Year. He was Iowa’s second men’s indoor NCAA champion and first in a running event.

(Radio Iowa) – Iowa’s turkey hunting season opens this weekend and it’s estimated up to 35-thousand hunters will participate this year. Nate Carr, an Iowa D-N-R conservation officer for Hardin and Hamilton counties, says the agency’s surveys are showing a healthy population of wild turkeys. “It’s looking like a fairly promising year,” Carr says. “We’ve had three straight years of good hatches, pretty good spring weather, so that’s led to stronger numbers. I think we’re looking at comparable harvests to last year, hopefully, a little bit of an uptick is always good to see.”

The first turkey season runs today (Friday) through Sunday and is for Iowa youth only. The first of the four regular seasons opens Monday and they’ll run through May 12th. “Some things hunters want to make sure they’ve got in their pocket before they go, there’s of course their hunting license, and habitat fee,” Carr says. “So, hunting license if you’re 16 and older is required, habitat for you if you’re ages 16 to 64, and then a valid tag for the season that you’re hunting.”

Carr reminds you, there is a bag limit. “Each hunter can get up to two tags with at least one being for season four,” Carr says. “Shooting hours for turkey is a half hour before sunrise to sunset, so traditionally, hunters get out there well before sunrise to get in with the turkeys before they start gobbling.”

There was a free-for-all on Iowa turkeys in the early 1900s, and between hunting and drastic reductions in habitat, the big birds eventually disappeared from Iowa’s woodlands and forests. Wild turkeys were reintroduced in 1966 and have since expanded their numbers across the entire state. Learn more at www.iowadnr.gov.