DETROIT — University of Iowa senior Jacob Warner dropped a 3-2 decision to Penn State’s top-seeded Max Dean in the 197-pound finals of the 2022 NCAA Championships on Saturday night at Little Caesars Arena. 

Warner and Dean traded escapes in the second and third periods before Dean countered a Warner shot and finished the deciding takedown with 36 second in the third. Warner added an escape in the final seconds for the final 3-2 score.

“I took a shot. He scored a go-behind. I have to follow through. I have to face him. I have to turn,” Warner said. “I still thought I was going to win that match. I thought I was going to get an escape to a takedown. I was going to go score to score. That is the mindset I need to have. It didn’t happen but I didn’t falter.

Warner advanced to his first NCAA finals and finished the tournament a four-time All-American. He placed seventh in 2019, fourth in 2021 and was a first-team All-American in 2020.

“I have what it takes. That is what this weekend proved to me. I can be on the top of that podium. I won a lot of hard matches this weekend and I just didn’t win the last one.

“I want to be on the top of that stand bad. I have gone up on the podium every year, seventh, fourth, second. There is only one spot left.”

Warner was one of five Hawkeyes to reach the medal stand. He advanced to the championship match by outscoring his four previous opponents 19-5. His appearance in the championship round extended Iowa’s streak of NCAA finalists to 32 consecutive tournaments.

Iowa placed third in the team race with 74.0 points and won a team trophy for the 13th time in the last 14 NCAA Championships.

Warner will return to the Iowa lineup in 2022-23 with three-time All-American Tony Cassioppi, three-time NCAA champion Spencer Lee, 2020 All-American Abe Assad, and former NCAA qualifiers Drake Ayala, Max Murin and Nelson Brands.

University of Iowa wrestlers Austin DeSanto, Alex Marinelli, Michael Kemerer and Tony Cassioppi finished their respective 2022 NCAA tournaments with All-America honors Saturday afternoon at Little Caesars Arena. 

DeSanto placed third at 133. Kemerer placed fourth at 174. Marinelli placed fifth at 165 and Cassioppi placed seventh at 285. The quartet went 5-2 in the medal round to move Iowa into third place in the team race.

DeSanto won a pair of matches in the medal round to place third for the second straight year. He recorded four takedowns in a 10-6 win in the consolation semis and used two first-period takedowns to win, 7-4, in the consolation finals.

“Wrestling at Iowa has changed my life in the best way possible,” DeSanto said. “I couldn’t imagine being anywhere else on the planet. Iowa is the place to be. Tom and Terry would do anything for me. They have made me a better person. Not just in wrestling but in life.”

Kemerer split a pair of matches to place fourth and finished the tournament with his fifth All-America honor. He is the only wrestler in program history with five All-America honors. His 6-4 win in the consolation semis was the 100th of his career. He fell to fourth place following a 12-4 loss in the consolation finals.

“I’m a competitor and I hate losing, and it’s tough to put that aside but at the same time the other voice inside me is trying to tell me how much I have to be thankful for and how good my college career has been,” Kemerer said. “All of the good things I’d tell someone else I am trying to tell myself. It’s a little battle there.”

Marinelli won by medical forfeit in the fifth-place match. He finished his career a four-time Big Ten Conference champion and four-time All-American.

“My goal and my word that I like to describe myself is a champion,” Marinelli said. “If I don’t get what I want I can still be a champion off the mat. I can still be a champion the way I carry myself. I will be a champion for Christ. I will be a champion for my wife, my teammates, my friends, my family. In the future I’d love to coach. I’d love to lead someone to a victory, and I’ll be a champion for them.”

Cassioppi finished his tournament a three-time All-American with a 2-0 win in the seventh-place match. He won his final match with a second-period rideout and third-period escape.

“I didn’t necessarily have the results I had last year,” Cassioppi said. “I took third last year and seventh this year, but I am a lot better wrestler than I was last year. I have improved a lot and I need to keep that going on the mat. I need to keep movement on the mat.”

DETROIT – All three Iowa State wrestling All-Americans won their medal matches Saturday, as the Cyclones closed out the NCAA Championships at Little Caesars Arena.

David Carr (157) finished third, Marcus Coleman (184) finished seventh and Yonger Bastida (197) finished fifth, as Iowa State crowned its most NCAA All-Americans under head coach Kevin Dresser.

In the consolation semifinals, Carr beat No. 8 Will Lewan of Michigan 6-3. Carr led 2-1 after the first period with a takedown and escaped in the second to take a 3-1 lead. After Lewan escaped to start the third, Carr sealed the match with a takedown with :16 left. In the third-place match, Carr beat Nebraska’s No. 10 Peyton Robb 7-2 for the second time this season. Carr notched a takedown with :22 left in the first period to lead 2-0, while Robb’s escape to start the second was the only points of the period. Carr started the third on bottom, as he reversed Robb and put him on his back to seal his sixth-straight victory in the consolation round.

Coleman beat No. 11 Jonathan Loew of Cornell 8-3 in the seventh-place match. Coleman led 2-1 after the first period and extended the lead to 4-2 after two periods with a takedown with :47 left in the second period. Coleman started the third on bottom and escaped with 1:47 to go. He added a takedown with :51 left that locked up the victory.

For the third time this season, Bastida met No. 2 Stephen Buchanan of Wyoming in the consolation semifinals. Buchanan used a late takedown in the first period to take a 3-2 lead and held on for the 4-3 victory. In the fifth-place match, Bastida used a takedown with 1:26 left against No. 21 Gavin Hoffman of Ohio State to put Hoffman on his back. Bastida recorded the fall in 2:29 for his first career fall against an NCAA Division I opponent.

The Iowa State women raced out to a 23-7 lead at the end of one and clobbered Georgia 67-44 to earn a spot in the Sweet 16.

That’s ISU coach Bill Fennelly. It is ISU’s first appearance in the Sweet 16 since 2010. The Cyclones held the Bulldogs to 31 percent shooting and won the battle on the glass 49-38.

Fennelly says the Cyclones were locked in from the beginning.

Lexi Donarski led the Cyclones with 20 points and during a timeout early in the game the end of the men’s game in Milwaukee was shown on the video board.

An ugly game but a sweet finish for Iowa State as the Cyclones are headed to the Sweet 16. ISU’s defense smothered Wisconsin in a 54-49 win in Milwaukee.

That’s ISU coach T.J. Otzelberger. A year after posting a 2-22 record the Cyclones head back to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2016.

The Badgers shot less than 30 percent and made only two of 22 from three point range.

Gabe Kalscheur led the Cyclones with 22 points.

Kalscheur played against the Badgers while at Minnesota.

Izaiah Brockington added 10 points as the Cyclones improve to 22-12 on the season.

The Iowa women faltered late in an NCAA upset loss at home.

Rob Brooks with the call on the Hawkeye Network. Creighton closed the game on an 8-2 run to stun the eighth ranked Hawkeyes 64-62 in Iowa City. Iowa transfer Lauren Jensen led Creighton with 19 points and her late three pointer was the game winner.

Jensen’s heroics lead Creighton to a first-ever trip to the Sweet-16.

In front of a record setting crowd the Hawkeyes came up short in a bid for a third straight trip to the Sweet-16.

That’s Iowa coach Lisa Bluder. A season that included a Big Ten regular season and tournament title ends with a record of 24-8.

Iowa shot less than 36 percent and made only five of 22 from three point range.

That’s Iowa sophomore Caitlin Clark who was limited to 15 points on four of 19 shooting.

Team Standings
1. Lawson, 89
2. St. Albert, 74
3. Mount Ayr, 64
4. Harlan, 60
5. Maryville, 54
6. Atlantic, 45
7. Brookfield, 39
8. Savannah, 36
9. Princeton, 31
10. Brunswick, 12
11. Plattsburg, 11
12. Creston, 8

60 Meters
1. Brooklyn Holtman, Maryville, 8.16
2. Affy Reynolds, Mt. Ayr, 8.24
3. Vivian Barton, Savannah, 8.38
4. Lia Graham, Plattsburg, 8.40
5. Lauren Williams, St. Albert, 8.50
6. Carly McKeever, St. Albert, 8.54
7. Jillian Bagley, Maryville, 8.60
8. Dani Smith, Harlan, 8.63

60 Meter Hurdles
1. Ella Schulte, Maryville, 10.07
2. Lauren Williams, St. Albert, 10.12
3. Pearl Reisz, St. Albert, 10.62
4. Chloe Mullenix, Atlantic, 10.98
5. Ally Curren, Harlan, 11.16
6. Gracie Thogmartin, Princeton,  11.31
7. Jaci Broeckelman, Harlan, 11.42
8. Maddie Huddleson, Atlantic, 11.62

200 Meters
1. Brooklyn Holtman, Maryville, 26.20
2. Addy Reynolds, Mount Ayr, 26.81
3. Vivian Barton, Savannah, 27.86
4. Payten Lambert, Mount Ayr, 28.06
5. Lauren Krohn, Princeton, 28.30
6. Kami Stork, Harlan, 30.10
7. Jillian Bagley, Maryville, 30.19
8. Rylan Head, Brookfield, 30.40

400 Meters
1. Addy Reynolds, Mt. Ayr, 1:00.94
2. Lauren Krohn, Princeton, 1:02.99
3. Carly McKeever, St. Albert, 1:04.81
4. Olivia Stiles, Savannah, 1:04.81
5. Payten Lambert, Mount Ayr, 1:05.25
6. Ellie Monahan, St. Albert, 1:05.90
7. Reagan Bauer, Savannah, 1:06.64
8. Darcy Izard, Brookfield, 1:08.62

800 Meters
1. Kia Bieker, Harlan, 2:22.52
2. Ava Rush, Atlantic, 2:25.82
3. Alex Sharp, Brookfield, 2:29.28
4. Claire Pellett, Atlantic, 2:35.22
5. Olivia Graham, Lawson, 2:35.51
6. Landen Wilson, Lawson, 2:38.57
7. Presley Zeigler, Lawson, 2:41.40
8. Kylynn King, Brookfield, 2:41.49

1600 Meters
1. Alex Sharp, Brookfield, 5:46.37
2. Reese Duncan, St. Albert, 6:22.99
3. Kendra Zeilstra, Brunswick, 6:26.49
4. Lily Ripley, Lawson, 6:28.77
5. Brianna McAtee, Lawson, 6:29.68
6. Addison DeArment, Atlantic, 6:32.37
7. Caroline Pohren, Maryville, 6:45.88
8. Brenna Smith, St. Albert, 6:47.23

3200 Meters
1. Landen Wilson, Lawson,  13.00.87
2. Jocelyn Calvert, Lawson, 13.46.51
3. Kendra Zeilstra, Brunswick, 13.55.34
4. Brenna Smith, St. Albert, 15:01.76

4rx200 Meters Relay
1. Harlan, 1:53.56
2. St. Albert, 1:55.56
3. Brookfield, 1:56.71
4. Princeton, 1:56.78
5. Atlantic, 1:57.02
6. Maryville, 1:57.54
7. Plattsburg, 1:58.36 “B.”
8. Lawson, 1:58.76

4×400 Meter Relay
1. Harlan, A, 4:21.02
2. Atlantic, A, 4:24.64
3. Harlan, B, 4:27.78
4. Brookfield, 4:29.09
5. Atlantic, B, 4:33.61
6. Lawson, A 4:34.83
7. St. Albert, A 4:39, 74
8. Mount Ayr, A 4:40.53

Distance Medley Relay
1. Harlan, 14:09.67
2. Lawson, 14:38.84
3. St. Albert, 15:14.11
4. Atlantic, 15:27.31
5. Creston, 15:43.06
6. Mount Ayr, 15:51.28
7. Harlan, B, 16:36.26

High Jump
1. Danica Rodriguez, Savannah, 1.47 Meters
2. Anna Harrold, Lawson, 1:42 Meters
3. Morgan Botos, Atlantic, 1:42 Meters
4. Kira Phipps, Lawson, 1:42 Meters
5. Pearl Reisz, St. Albert, 1:37 Meters
6. Lauren McLaughlin, Harlan, 1:37.Meters
7. Breya Nickle, Mount Ary, 1.37 Meters
8. Audrey Trout, Lawson, 1.37 Meters

Long Jump
1. Brooklyn Holtman, Maryville, 4.96 M
2. Mya Sackrey, Brookfield, 4.63 M
3. Olivia Stites, Savannah, 4.48 M
4. Payten Lambert, Mount Ayr, 4.47 M
5. Lauren McLaughlin, Harlan, 4.38 M
6. Kallie Gaarder, Maryville, 4.37 M
7. Haley Bladt, Harlan, 4.28 M
8. Katelyn Hazlett, Lawson, 4.26 M

Shot Put
1. Zoey Larsen, Mount Ayr, 9.38 M
2. Mia Allmon, St. Albert, 9.27 M
3. Jill Kniep, Mount Ayr, 9.07 M
4. Marley Sands, Lawson, 9.04 M
5. Brianna Fields, Creston, 8.97 M
6. Alexis Meyer, Plattsburg, 8.49 M
7. Madison Flett, Plattsburg, 8.49 M
8. Cameron Springman, Harlan, 8.37 M

Team Scores
1. Lawson, 102
2. Maryville, 94
3. Lewis Central, 91
4. St. Albert, 69
5. Atlantic, 61
6. Princeton, 44
7. Mount Ayr, 37
8. Plattsburg, 14.5
9. Creston, 14
10. Savannah, 7
11. Brookfield, 6.5
12. Brunswick, 2

60 Meters
1. Brendan Monahan, St. Albert, 7.02
2. Jonathan Humpal, Lewis Central, 7.19
3. Lucciano Fidone, Lewis Central, 7.21
4. Daniel Slater, Lawson, 7.46
5. Dareon Buckner, Brookfield, 7.60
5. Carson Stockdale, Plattsburg, 7.60
7. Luke Halsey, Plattsburg, 7.61
8. Trystan Brightman, Lawson, 7.65

60 Meter Hurdles
1. Cooper Slominski, Lawson, 8.88
2. Lual Maker, Lewis Central, 9.42
3. Colton Rasmussen, Atlantic,  9.42
4. Haven Bonde, Maryville, 9.71
5. Jaiden Martinez, Savannah, 10.21
6. Blaize Vaughn, Lawson, 10.29
7. Thatcher Aubrey, Lawson, 10.41
8. Jackson McLaren, Atlantic, 10.45

200 Meters
1. Brendan Monahan, St. Albert, 22.80
2. Jonathan Humpal, Lewis Central, 23.08
3. Lucciano Fidone, Lewis Central, 23.55
4. Colin Phipps, Lawson, 24.23
5. Jesus Flores-Hernan, Maryville, 24.54
6.Mason Wibbenmeyer, Lawson, 25.06
7. Wyatt Sharp, Lawson, 25.06
8. Devon Fields, Atlantic, 25.10

400 Meters
1. Jesus Flores-Hernan, Maryville, 52.84
2. Josson Vaughn, Lawson, 53.27
3. Keaton Barnes, St. Albert, 54.50
4. Austin Cole, Mount Ayr, 54.57
5. Carson Stockdale, Plattsburg, 54.75
6. Carter Pellett, Atlantic, 55.02
7. Wyatt Sharp, Lawson, 55.10
8. Will Newton, Mount Ayr, 56.44

800 Meters
1. Adler Shay, Mount Ayr, 2:04.42
2. Ryce Reynolds, Mount Ayr, 2:04.55
3. Caden Andersen, Atlantic, 2:05.14
4. Connor Blackford, Maryville, 2:07.61
5. Luke Woltman, Lewis Central, 2:07.96
6. Jag Galapin, Maryville, 2:08.85
7. Jayden Proehl, Atlantic, 2:11.67
8. Adam Denny, St. Albert, 2:12.79

1600 Meters
1. Colin Lille, St. Albert, 4:48.59
2. Cale Sterling, Maryville, 4:51.49
3. Dylan Masters, Maryville, 5:10.95
4. Kade Dierks, Lewis Central, 5:12.42
5. Haydn Piskorski, St. Albert
6. Adan Trujillo, Mount Ayr, 5:19.91
7. Ty Morrison, Creston, 5:23.85
8. Logan Tarrell, Atlantic, 5:24.26

3200 Meters
1. Ethan Eichhorn, Lewis Central, 10:03.25
2. Colin Lillie, St. Albert, 10:10.02
3. Drew Engler, Atlantic, 10:40.75
4. Haydn Piskorski, St. Albert, 11:10.45
5. Zane Berg, Atlantic, 11:26.57
6. Marshall Arkfeld, 11:34.18
7. Bradley Deering, Maryville, 11:34.22
8. Joseph Mayne, Lawson, 11:55.77

4×200 Meter Relay
1. Lawson, A, 1:36.31
2. Princeton, A, 1:38.68
3. Maryville, A, 1:41.08
4. Plattsburg, A, 1:41.12
5. Atlantic, 1:41.51
6. Brookfield, 1:42.07
7. Creston, B, 1:42.41
8. Creston, A, 1:43.52

4×400 Meter Relay
1. Mount Ayr, A, 3:35.00
2. Lewis Central, A, 3:36.65
3. Atlantic, 4:42.66
4. Lawson, A, 3:46.00
5. Princeton, A, 3:47.36
6. Creston, A, 3:51.25
7. St. Albert, A, 3:54.75
8. Atlantic, B, 3:56.38

Distance Medley Relay
1. Maryville, 11:21.89
2. Atlantic, 11:33.25
3. Creston, 11:55.22
4. Lewis Central, 12:06.89
5. Atlantic, 12:12.11
6. Lawson, A, 12:18.03
7. Creston, B, 12:44.66
8. Princeton, A, 13:06.79

High Jump
1. Jesus Flores-Hernan, Maryville, 1.87 M
2. Colton Rasmussen, Atlantic, 1.82 M
3. Cooper Slominski, Lawson, 1.82
4. Talan Holt, Princeton, 1.77 M
5. Jaden Finney, Princeton, 1.77 M
6. Jayden Proehl, Atlantic, 1.72 M
7. Garron Blair, Lawson, 1.72
8. Blaize Vaughn, Lawson, 1.62 M

Long Jump
1. Jonathan Humpal, Lewis Central, 6.11 M
2. Cooper Slominski, Lawson, 6.1 M
3. Keaton Stone, Maryville, 6.11 M
4. Talan Holt, Princeton, 5.85 M
5. Trystan Brightman, Lawson, 5.69 M
6. Andrew Burns, Maryville, 5.66 M
7. Colby Jenkins, Brunswick, 5.60 M
8. Aiden Bergman, Lewis Central, 5.47 M

Shot Put
1. Brandon McCall, St. Albert, 12.95 M
2. Jack Doolittle, Lewis Central, 12.89 M
3. Garron Blair, Lawson, 12.01 M
4. Carson Sterling, Maryville, 11.66 M
5. Mason Wibbenmeyer, Lawson, 11.49 M
6. Jayden Beckal, St. Albert, 11.07 M
7. Alex Keiser, Atlantic, 10.88 M
8. Quinten Fuller, Creston, 10.80 M

The UNI men’s basketball team had their postseason run come to a close on Saturday night in Provo, Utah. The Panthers fell 90-71 to BYU in the second round of the NIT. The Cougars led by 5 at half and outscored the Panthers 43-29 in the second half.

BYU was led by 27 points and 6 rebounds from Gideon George. The Cougars improved to 24-10 and move on to the quarterfinals.

UNI got 24 points and 5 boards from Noah Carter. AJ Green added 16 points and 5 assists. The Panthers end the season with a record of 20-12.

The Drake men’s basketball team defeated Purdue-Fort Wayne 87-65 in the opening round of the CBI on Saturday at the Knapp Center.

Okay Djamgouz scored a team-high 20 points off the bench, dropping in 6 three pointers in the game. Tucker DeVries added 14 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists.

The Bulldogs improved to 25-10 on the season and advance to the quarterfinal round of the tournament. The Bulldogs will play at noon on Monday against the winner of VMI vs. UNC Wilmington that is being played Sunday.

The Creighton Bluejays gave the Kansas Jayhawks all they could handle on Saturday afternoon but ultimately came up short 79-72 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

It was a back and forth game for much of the contest and Kansas led by 1 at half 39-38. The Jayhawks went on a run to start the second half Creighton quickly climbed back in but Kansas made some key plays in the last couple of minutes. Creighton was within 1 with just over a minute left when Trey Alexander turned the ball over and Ochai Agbaji was right there for Kansas to grab the steal and throw down a dunk on the other end. Crieghton wouldn’t scored after that and KU hit four free throws to seal the win.

Arthur Kaluma led Creighton with 24 points and 12 rebounds. Alex O’Connell had 16 and Trey Alexander had 14 points and 9 assists. In his final college basketball game Ryan Hawkins scored 14 points, grabbed 6 rebounds, and had 2 assists. The Jays end the season at 23-12.

Remy Martin came off the bench to score 20 points and grab 7 rebounds to lead Kansas. Agbaji added 15 points and 8 boards. The Jayhawks improved to 30-6 and advance to face to face Providence in the Sweet 16.

Hawkins finished his lone season at Creighton with 482 points, 272 rebounds, 53 assists, 32 steals, and 13 blocks. Hawkins finishes his college basketball career with 2,580 points, 1,220 rebounds, 257 steals, 229 assists, and 82 blocks.