Former Iowa All-American Riley Reiff is preparing for his 12th season and fifth different team in the NFL. After playing for the Lions, Vikings, Bengals and Bears, Reiff is getting ready for his first season with the New England Patriots.

Reiff says there are some advantages to being a veteran player.

Reiff joined a team that includes a former college teammate.

Reiff says his time at Iowa prepared him to play in the NFL.

Omaha has hosted the College World Series since 1950 and eight teams begin play on Friday afternoon. TCU plays Oral Roberts in the opener. TCU coach Kirk Saarloos (sar-lohs).

after starting the season 23-20 the Horned Frogs have won 19 of ther last 21 games.

After winning a regional at Oklahoma State and a super regional at Oregon, Oral Roberts is in the College World Series for the first time since 1978.

That’s coach Ryan Folmer, who has Oral Roberts in the College World Series for the first time in 45 years.

SASSARI, Italy — Three University of Iowa wrestlers – junior Patrick Kennedy and seniors Abe Assad and Real Woods — earned medals at the Sassari City Matteo Pellicone Memorial in Rome, Italy, on June 9-10.

Kennedy won a gold medal, competing at 74 kg, while Assad and Woods both earned silver medals.

Kennedy swept his way through the field of five to earn the gold. He started with back-to-back technical falls before edging Ukraine’s Vadym Kurllenko, 15-9.  In his final match, the Minnesota native captured gold by defeating Venezuela World Team member Anthony Montero by an 11-1 technical fall.

Woods won the silver in a round robin style competition.  He won his first two matches by technical fall, which included a 12-2 technical fall over Ukrainian World team member Yaroslav Hurskyy. Woods dropped a 4-2 decision to Belgium’s Ayub Musaev for the silver medal. Musaev has competed for Belgium at the U20 and U23 world championships.

At 86 kg, the tournament was set up as a round robin before dividing into a bracket.  Assad came away with the silver in a field of seven competitors.  The Illinois was dominant, using a pair of tech falls in his first two matches before pinning Italy’s William Raffi.

Assad clinched the silver medal with a 10-0 technical fall over Muslim Zhaksylyk of Kazakhstan before dropping a 3-2 decision to Alex Moore of Canada.

Sassari City Matteo Pellicone Memorial
Rome, Italy | June 9-10, 2023

65 kg – Real Woods (Hawkeye Wrestling Club), silver medal
WIN Felipe Ferrusola (Spain), tech. fall 10-0
WIN Yaroslav Hurskyy (Ukraine), tech. fall 12-2
LOSS Ayub Musaev (Belgium), 4-2

74 kg – Patrick Kennedy (Hawkeye Wrestling Club), gold medal
WIN Luca Finizio (Italy), tech. fall 10-0
WIN Jasmith Phula (Canada), tech. fall 10-0
WIN Vadym Kurylenko (Ukraine), 15-9
WIN Anthony Montero (Venezuela), tech. fall 11-1

86 kg – Abe Assad (Hawkeye Wrestling Club), silver medal
WIN Edoardo Bigliani (Italy), tech. fall 10-0
WIN Abdourakhman Gaziev (Belgium), tech. fall 10-0
WIN William Raffi (Italy), fall 4:29
WIN Muslim Zhaksylyk (Kazakhstan), tech. fall 10-0
LOSS Alex Moore (Canada), 3-2

Hawkeye Ten Conference:
Clarinda 22 Southwest Valley, 1 (NC)
St. Albert 9 Fremont-Mills, 7  (NC)

Rolling Hills Conference:
Exira-EHK 11 Ar-We-Va, 1
Woodbine 1 CAM, 0
Glidden-Ralston 12 Boyer Valley, 11
Coon Rapids-Bayard 7 Ogden, 4 9 (NC)

Pride of Iowa Conference:
Lenox 16 Sidney, 2 (NC)
Bedford 15 Murray, 5 (NC)
Southeast Warren 9 Pleasantville, 8 (NC)

West Central Activities Conference: 
Des Moines, Christian 11 Central Decatur, 9 (NC)
ACGC 13 Earlham, 11
Earlham 11 ACGC, 1
Van Meter 17 Panorama, 0
Van Meter 12 Panorama, 2

Corner Conference: 
East Mills 8 East Union, 6

Western Iowa Conference:
IKM/Manning 12 Griswold,

Hawkeye Ten Conference: 
Shenandoah 14 Sidney, 7
Creston 7 Kuemper, Catholic, 6
Creston 15 Kuemper, Catholic, 4
St. Albert 6 Fremont-Mills, 2 (NC)
Clarinda 14 Southwest Valley, 2

Rolling Valley Conference:
Exira/EHK 14 Ar-We-Va, 2
Woodbine 13 CAM, 1
Glidden-Ralston 13 Boyer Valley, 1

West Central Activities Conference:
Van Meter 10 Panorama, 3
Van Meter 10 Panorama, 0
West Central Valley 10 Nodaway Valley, 0
Madrid 9 Baxter, 1 (NC)
Ogden 7 Coon Rapids-Bayard, 3 (NC)

Pride of Iowa Conference:
Martensdale, St. Mary’s 13 Lamoni, 0 (NC)
East Union 15 Orient-Macksburg, 5 (NC)
Orient-Macksburg 9 East Union, 3

Western Iowa Conference:
Missouri Valley 10 Treynor, 2

Corner Conference:
Griswold 10 IKM/Manning, 0 (NC)

(Griswold) The Tigers scored ten runs on ten hits leb by McKenna Wiechman, 3-3,  1 RBI.  Makenna Askeland, 2-3 with a double, 2 RBI, and scored a run. Abby Gohlinghorst, 2-3,  a double, 2 RBI, and scored one run.

IOWA CITY, Iowa — The University of Iowa women’s tennis team was selected on Wednesday to compete in the 15th annual ITA Kickoff Weekend on Jan. 27-28, 2024, in Raleigh, North Carolina. Iowa will make its sixth appearance in the event, including earning an invitation for the fourth time in five years.

The Hawkeyes are the No. 2 seed in the four-team pod and will play third-seeded Clemson in the first round at 3 p.m. (CT) in Raleigh on Jan. 27. The other first-round matchup features top-seeded N.C. State against Alabama at 11 a.m. The championship match of the Raleigh site will start at 3 p.m., while the consolation contest will start at 11 a.m.

Iowa posted a 13-10 record in 2023, while Clemson had a 16-12 mark. N.C. State was the 2023 NCAA runner-up amassing 28 victories, while Alabama was 12-12 this past season.

The ITA Kickoff takes place at various facilities across the country. The Hawkeyes beat North Florida in their last ITA Kickoff appearance in 2022 in Athens, Georgia.

AMES, Iowa – After finishing last season ranked No. 8, Iowa State has been selected to host the ITA Kickoff Weekend, Jan. 27-28.

The Cyclones will host Old Dominion, with UCLA and Oklahoma State meeting in the other opening round match. The winners and losers will then face off the following day.

ISU went 4-0 last season against the teams slated for their site. The Cyclones won at ODU, 4-1, while defeating UCLA twice and winning at Oklahoma State in Big 12 play.

ODU finished 19-5 overall and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

The 2022-23 Cyclone team burst onto the scene after beating UCLA and Miami on opening weekend to advance to the ITA National Indoor Championships. At the championships, ISU upended No. 9 Vanderbilt and top-ranked Texas to reach the semifinals.

Former Iowa standout Amani Hooker says he is taking on a leadership role with the Tennesse Titans. Hooker is preparing for his fifth season for the Titans ar safet and is coming off a 2022 season in which he had 46 tackles in one interception in which he was limited to nine games with shoulder and knee injuries.

Hooker says it is important for him to help the younger defensive backs get ready.

Hooker says as a veteran he knows what it takes to prepare for the grind of an NFL season.

Hooker says this is an important time leading into training camp.

The Titans are coming off a disappointing 7-10 season in 2022.

IOWA CITY, Iowa — The University of Iowa 2023 Big Ten schedule was announced Wednesday by the league office.

The 20-match conference slate begins with two home matches against Minnesota on Sept. 20 and Ohio State on Sept. 24 inside Xtream Arena.

Iowa faces Indiana, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio State, Purdue, Rutgers only once this season. The Hawkeyes will compete against Illinois, Maryland, Michigan State, Michigan, Minnesota, Northwestern, Penn State, and Wisconsin in a home-and-home series.

The Hawkeyes will play only two matches on Wednesdays: against Minnesota on Sept. 20 and against Wisconsin on Oct. 4. Three matches will be played on Sunday — against Ohio State on Sept. 24, Northwestern on Nov. 12, and Nebraska on Nov. 19 — with the remaining matches falling on Friday and Saturday.

The nonconference schedule, ticket information, start times, and TV designations will be announced at a later date.

SEASON TICKETS

• Season tickets are on sale now. Season tickets for adults and youth are $55/$35. The Hawkeyes bring back a game day setup at Xtream Arena that sits the fans closer to action with additional seating on the floor at the endline. All tickets will be general admission for both floor and bowl seating.
• Tickets are available over the phone at 800-IA-HAWKS and online at hawkeyesports.com/tickets.

IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa sophomore RHP Brody Brecht was named a third-team All-American it was announced Wednesday by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association.

It is the third straight year a Hawkeye starting pitcher has earned All-American distinction (Adam Mazur and Trenton Wallace). Brecht is the 11th player to earn All-American honors under head coach Rick Heller and the 25th Hawkeye all-time.

Brecht earned third-team honors after going 5-2 with a 3.74 ERA in 16 starts. The right-hander posted four quality starts and fanned 109 batters over 77 innings. The Ankeny, Iowa native leads the nation in hits allowed per nine innings (4.32).

Brecht was named a freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball and Perfect Game a year ago.

The Hawkeyes finished the 2023 season with a 44-16 overall record with the 44 wins tied for most in program history. Iowa finished third in the Big Ten regular season standings, advanced to the Big Ten Tournament finals and the team won two games at the Terre Haute Regional in Iowa’s first NCAA Regional appearance since 2017.