A unique outdoor wrestling event called Bout at the Ballpark was announced on Tuesday. The event will feature a doubleheader with the Iowa Hawkeyes meeting the Oklahoma State Cowboys and the United States senior national team facing Iran at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas on Saturday, February 12, 2022.

The collegiate meet and the US-Iran exhibition will take place simultaneously beginning at 6:30 p.m. that evening with bouts from the two competitions alternating throughout the event on two mats.

Oklahoma State and Iowa have a decorated rivalry with the Cowboys holding the all-time edge 29-23-2. The two programs have combined for 58 National Team Titles. The Hawkeyes are the defending National Champions from 2021 and OSU finished 3rd.

This will be the first time Iran has competed in the United States since the 2016 World Cup in Los Angeles.

The two mats will be located between the pitcher’s mound and second base on elevated stages. Floor seating will be added to bring expected capacity at Globe Life Field to 27,000.

Tickets for the event will go on sale Thursday, October 14th at 10:00 a.m. Central at texasrangers.com/wrestling. The event will be hosted and operated by REV Entertainment. The event will also be streamed live by FloSports at FloWrestling.org

AMES, Iowa — Following the recent U.S. Supreme Court Alston vs. NCAA decision and approval from the Big 12 Conference Board of Directors, the Iowa State Athletics Department will unveil the Cyclone Student-Athlete Academic Achievement Program for the 2022-23 academic year, Director of Athletics Jamie Pollard announced today.

The Alston verdict, coupled with a recent change in NCAA legislation, now allows student-athletes the opportunity to receive up to $5,980 per academic year as financial awards related to classroom success. The Big 12 Board of Directors approved its members to provide these incentives to student-athletes in all sports who are receiving athletically related aid.

“The Cyclone Student-Athlete Academic Achievement Program will afford the opportunity for Iowa State student-athletes to accrue incentives, based upon their performance in the classroom each semester, that will be paid to them upon graduation from Iowa State University,” Pollard said. “We believe that the intent of the academic incentives should be tied directly to our department’s core mission of educating and graduating our student-athletes.

“By providing these incentives at the time of graduation, we believe it will allow our student-athletes to get off to a great start when they move beyond Iowa State and into the next phase of their life,” he added. “Studies have shown that the value of a college degree can add another $2 million in compensation over one’s lifetime, and it is our desire to reward those Cyclone student-athletes who are investing in themselves by successfully completing their degrees.”

While details of the ISU plan are still being finalized, Cyclone scholarship student-athletes potentially could each receive up to $23,920 upon graduation, provided they also maintain good standing on campus and within the community.

In the most-recent NCAA graduation metrics, Iowa State’s institutional Graduation Success Rate score of 92 percent ranked second in the Big 12 Conference, and nine programs recorded perfect marks of 100 percent.

OA-BCIG Bob Saunders XC Classic
10/11/2021

Girls Team Scores

1. Pocahontas Area 100
2. Manson NW Webster 103
3. Woodbine 104
4. Lawton-Bronson 150
5. Alta-Aurelia 175
6. MVAOCOU 181
7. Woodbury Central 194
8. South Central Calhoun 200
9. Boyer Valley 200
10. Sioux Central 213
11. Sioux City North 309
12. East Sac County 311
13. Ridge View 320
14. Exira-EHK 353
15. Westwood 356
16. OABCIG 371
17. Southeast Valley 383

Girls Individual Top Ten

1. Nora Pererson, Alta-Aurelia 19:16.32
2. Jolee Mesz, Lawton-Bronson
3. Erika Kuntz, Woodbury Central
4. Mariah Falkena, Boyer Valley
5. Paige Condon, Manson NW Webster
6. Addison Murdock, Woodbine
7. Jaycie Vohs, Ridge View
8. Kaitlynn Schuler, Pocahontas
9. Linnea Bloom, Sioux Central
10. Preslie Oswald, Manson NW Webster

Boys Team Scores

1. Sioux City North 91
2. Woodbine 114
3. Sioux Central 117
4. Southeast Valley 118
5. Pocahontas Area 135
6. West Monona 153
7. MVAOCOU 162
8. Manson NW Webster 191
9. Siouxland Christian 210
10. Woodbury Central 212
11. Alta-Aurelia 285
12. Boyer Valley 295
13. South Central Calhoun 300
14. Ridge View 329
15. OABCIG 402

Boys Individual Top Ten

1. Patrick Heffernan, Boyer Valley 17:31.15
2. Tristen Jessen, Woodbury Central
3. Gunner Wagner, Woodbine
4. Lane Moline, Manson NW Webster
5. Oscar Hanson, SE Valley
6. Jayce Runyon, West Monona
7. Theo Moseman, Lawton-Bronson
8. Braden Sonksen, Alta-Aurelia
9. Abubekar Kumbi, Sioux City North JV
10. Kael Hamann, MVAOCOU

Full results HERE.

Western Iowa Conference XC Meet
10/11/2021
Manning and Manilla Golf Course

Girls Team Scores

1. Logan-Magnolia 27
2. Tri-Center 47
3. Audubon 73
4. AHSTW 74

Girls Individual Top Ten

1. Courtney Sporrer, Logan-Magnolia 19:20
2. Madison Sporrer, Logan-Magnolia 19:21
3. Quincey Schneckloth, Tri-Center
4. Emily Albertsen, IKM-Manning
5. Stefi Beisswenger, Audubon
6. Greylan Hornbeck, Logan-Magnolia
7. Kyla Corrin, Tri-Center
8. Rylie Knop, AHSTW
9. Jaden Franke, Tri-Center
10. Mariah Nolting, Logan-Magnolia

Boys Team Scores

1. Missouri Valley 46
2. IKM-Manning 69
3. Tri-Center 79
4. Treynor 98
5. Underwood 101
6. Riverside 113
7. Logan-Magnolia 158

Boys Individual Top Ten

1. Bryce Patten, Underwood 17:09
2. Caden Keller, IKM-Manning
3. Cody Gilpin, Missouri Valley
4. Mason Yochum, Treynor
5. Brek Boruff, Missouri Valley
6. Mason McCready, Riverside
7. Will Gutzmer, Missouri Valley
8. Sean McGee, Tri-Center
9. John Ross Biederman, Treynor
10. Lane Sams, IKM-Manning

Full results HERE.

Western Iowa Conference Tournament

Pigtail Match
(3-0) Audubon 25-25-25, IKM-Manning 8-21-9

Quarterfinals
(3-0) Treynor 25-25-25, Audubon 8-8-12
(3-0) Underwood 25-25-25, AHSTW 23-19-19
(3-0) Missouri Valley 25-25-25, Logan-Magnolia 19-7-17
(3-0) Tri-Center 26-25-25, Riverside 24-18-4 (R: Ayla Richardson 17 assists, 5 digs, 2 kills. Veronica Andrusyshyn 11 kills, 10 digs)

Tuesday’s Semifinals @ Treynor
Missouri Valley vs. Tri-Center 5:30 p.m.
Treynor vs. Underwood (after first match)

Rolling Valley Conference

(3-2) Exira-EHK 25-25-24-26-15, Coon Rapids-Bayard 19-22-26-28-4

Pride of Iowa Conference Tournament

(3-0) Bedford 25-25-25, Central Decatur 16-15-20
(3-0) Southeast Warren 25-25-25, Bedford 18-13-15
(3-1) Nodaway Valley 25-23-25-25, Martensdale-St. Marys 11-25-20-21
(3-0) Mount Ayr 25-25-25, East Union 21-23-17
(3-0) Southwest Valley 25-25-25, Lenox 20-14-15
Lenox def. Wayne

Semifinals and Finals Tuesday in Mount Ayr

(Atlantic, Iowa) – Members of the Atlantic School Board are expected to act, Wednesday evening, on approving the renaming of the Annual Trojans Track & Field Invitational. During a previous Board meeting, it was proposed the event be named after Coach Bruce Henderson, who has one of the best records of achievement in Girls Track and Field in Iowa. If approved, the 2022 event – dubbed the Bruce Henderson Invitational – would be the first varsity track meet Atlantic hosts on the new track and facility upgrade.

Athletes would receive medals with a portrait of Coach Henderson, a hall-of-famer who believed in all of his athletes, and how they could contribute to the team and make themselves better. The Board’s meeting takes place 6-p.m. Wednesday, in the Schuler Elementary School Media Center.

(The meeting will be streamed live at https://youtu.be/knKnKUEqzh0)

(Radio Iowa) – Sports gambling set a one-month record with some 210 million wagered in September. Racing and Gaming Administrator Brian Ohrilko, says that seems like a big number — but not when you look at the bigger gambling picture. “It’s important to note that sports wagering, and the revenue that is generated from sports wagering is really a very small portion of the overall revenue in the casino industry,” he says.

Ohorilko says the September sports revenue netted around six million dollars for the casinos and sports wagering companies. “When you look at casino numbers and casino numbers for this month — which was 139 million in overall net receipts. And so, it really is just a small portion of the profits and revenue that casinos make,” Ohorilko says. He says they knew from the start that sports betting was going to be a small portion of casino profits and state tax collections from gambling — but he says it gives casinos another product. “Sports wagering is something that people are interested in — and we are seeing success in that market — and we are seeing it conducted in a way that Iowans can feel safe that they are making bets in a regulated environment,” according to Ohorilko.

He says sports gambling had some economic impact as well with the money spent in advertising as it started. “When we were going through a period when in-person registration had sunset — and then also leading up to football this year — we were seeing levels of advertising beyond anything we were seeing in the casino environment before. And so, there truly is an impact there,” Ohorilko says.

He says the advertising for sports betting has eased some as people learned they could sign up without going to a casino.

Class 5A
1. Cedar Rapids Kennedy (7-0), LW #1 vs Johnston
2. Southeast Polk (6-1), LW #2 @ Ankeny Centennial
3. WDM Valley (6-1), LW #4 vs #8 Dowling Catholic
4. Urbandale (6-1), LW #5 vs Waukee
5. Ankeny (5-2), LW #7 @ Waukee Northwest
6. Cedar Rapids Prairie (5-2), LW #6 vs Iowa City West
7. Iowa City High (6-1), LW #3 vs Davenport West
8. Dowling Catholic (4-3), LW #8 vs #3 WDM Valley
9. Dubuque Senior (5-2), LW #9 vs Pleasant Valley
10. Linn-Mar (6-1), LW #10 @ Davenport Central

Class 4A
1. North Scott (7-0), LW #1 vs Fort Madison
2. Cedar Rapids Xavier (6-1), LW #2 @ Newton
3. Bondurant-Farrar (7-0), LW #3 @ #6 Indianola
4. Lewis Central (5-2), LW #4 vs Dallas Center-Grimes
5. Norwalk (6-1), LW #5 vs Carlisle
6. Indianola (6-1), LW #6 vs #3 Bondurant-Farrar
7. Waverly-Shell Rock (6-1), LW #7 @ Western Dubuque
8. Winterset (6-1), LW #10 vs DSM Hoover
9. Webster City (5-2), LW (X) @ Storm Lake
10.Decorah (5-2), LW (X) vs Waterloo East

Class 3A
1. Harlan (7-0), LW #1 vs Creston
2. West Delaware (6-1), LW #2 @ #7 Independence
3. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley (7-0), LW #3 vs MOC/Floyd Valley
4. Solon (7-0), LW #4 @ #10 Grinnell
5. Humboldt (7-0), LW #5 vs #6 Nevada
6. Nevada (7-0), LW #6 @ #5 Humboldt
7. Independence (7-0), LW #7 vs #2 West Delaware
8. Benton (6-1), LW (X) @ Maquoketa
9. Sergeant Bluff-Luton (5-2), LW #8 @ Sioux City Heelan
10. Grinnell (5-2), LW (X) vs #4 Solon

Class 2A
1. Southeast Valley (7-0), LW #1 vs @ #9 Spirit Lake
2. Waukon (6-1) LW #2 vs Union
3. West Marshall (6-1), LW #3 @ Albia
4. OABCIG (6-1), LW #4 @ Clarion-Goldfield-Dows
5. West Lyon (5-2), LW #6 @ Cherokee
6. Greene County (6-1), LW #7 @ Clarke
7. North Fayette Valley (6-1), LW #8 vs Oelwein
8. Estherville Lincoln Central (4-3), LW #5 vs Pocahontas Area
9. Spirit Lake (5-2), LW #9 vs #1 Southeast Valley
10. Central Lyon/GLR (4-3), KW (X) vs Okoboji

Class 1A
1. Van Meter (7-0), LW #1 vs #9 AC/GC
2. Iowa City Regina (7-0), LW #2 vs Durant
3. Underwood (7-0), LW #3 vs Carroll Kuemper
4. Dike-New Hartford (7-0), LW #4 @ Central Springs
5. Sigourney-Keota (7-0), LW #5 vs Van Buren
6. West Sioux (6-1), LW #6 @ Sioux Central
7. Pella Christian (6-1), LW #7 vs Central Decatur
8. Dyersville Beckman (7-0), LW #8 vs MFL Mar Mac
9. AC/GC (7-0), LW #9 @ #1 Van Meter
10. South Central Calhoun (6-1), LW (X) vs Belmond-Klemme

Class A
1. West Hancock (7-0), LW #1 vs #4 North Butler
2. Grundy Center (6-1), LW #2 vs North Tama
3. North Linn (7-0), LW #4 vs Maquoketa Valley
4. North Butler (7-0), LW #5 @ #1 West Hancock
5. Woodbury Central (6-1), LW #2 @ Missouri Valley
6. Logan-Magnolia (6-1), LW #6 vs Lawton-Bronson
7. Lisbon (6-1), LW #8 @ Starmont
8. East Buchanan (6-1), LW #9 vs South Winneshiek
9. Belle Plaine (6-1), LW #10 vs Lynnville-Sully
10. Mount Ayr (5-2), LW (X), @ Southwest Valley

8-Player
1. Montezuma (8-0), LW #1 vs Woodward Academy
2. CAM (Anita) (7-0), LW #2 @ Boyer Valley
3. Easton Valley (7-0), LW #3 @ #9 Kee
4. Remsen St. Mary’s (7-0), LW #4 vs Glidden-Ralston
5. WACO (8-0), LW #5 Idle
6. Turkey Valley (7-0), LW #7 @ West Central
7. Lenox (7-0), LW (X) @ Fremont-Mills
8. Audubon (6-1), LW #9 @ Woodbine
9. Kee High (7-0), LW #10 vs #3 Easton Valley
10. Newell-Fonda vs LW (X) vs AR-WE-VA

AP Top 25
10/10/2021

Others receiving votes: Auburn 106; Clemson 63; Baylor 62; UTSA 22; Mississippi State 7; Kansas State 3; Air Force 2; Appalachian State 2; Pitt 1.

IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa senior defensive back Matt Hankins has been named Big Ten Co-Defensive Player of the Week following No. 3 Iowa’s 23-20 win over No. 4 Penn State. The announcement was made Monday by the Big Ten Conference office.

Hankins was credited with five tackles in Iowa’s win over Penn State, including three solo stops and two assists, along with Iowa’s fourth and final interception of the day. Hankins was credited with a solo tackle on a Penn State fourth-and-three attempt with 3:39 remaining, stopping a PSU drive that reached the Iowa 45-yardline.

Hankins (6-foot-0, 185-pounds) then stopped Penn State’s next possession with an interception on fourth down, his third of the season. Hankins had two interceptions earlier this season in Iowa’s 27-17 win at No. 9 Iowa State.

A native of Lewisville, Texas, Hankins has started 22 consecutive games and has 33 career starts. He returned in 2021 for a fifth season. He has totaled 188 career tackles and six career thefts. He is part of an Iowa defense that has a nation-leading 16 interceptions through six games.

The weekly honor is the first for Hankins, who becomes the fourth Hawkeye to earn conference accolades this season. Defensive back Riley Moss was named Defensive Player of the Week following Iowa’s 34-6 season-opening win over No. 17 Indiana. Punter Tory Taylor shared the Special Teams Player of the Week honor following his performance in Iowa’s 27-17 win at No. 9 Iowa State. Linebacker Jack Campbell earned the weekly defensive award for his performance in Iowa’s win over Colorado State.

Iowa celebrates Homecoming Saturday, Oct. 16, hosting Purdue (2:30 p.m. CT, ABC). The contest is sold out.