Iowa State senior guard Tamin Lipsey is looking forward to becoming the Cyclone’s primary playmaker once again. The native of Ames has started every game he has appeared in but in the last two seasons shared playmaking duties with Keshon  Gilbert and Curtis Jones in ISU’s guard heavy offense.

Lipsey feels he is at his best when he is running the team.

Lipsey is one of five veterans returning for a Cyclone squad that finished 25-10 and was ranked as high as second in the national polls.

A career that began with so much hype has come down to a final season for Iowa safety Xavier (X-zay-vee-ir) Nwankpa (waum-puh). The former five star recruit out of Southeast Polk High School has appeared in every game the past three seasons and is penciled in at free safety for the upcoming season. He is listed as a second team All Big Ten selection in the preseason. Nwankpa is trying not to think about this being his final season.

Nwankpa has dealt with pressure since he arrived on the Iowa campus.

The Hawkeyes open the season at home against the University of Albany on August 30th.

3A Substate 1 First Round 

• Harlan – 7 vs Atlantic – 1
• Glenwood – 5 vs Denison-Schleswig – 2
• Clarke – 6 vs Creston – 1
• Bishop Heelan Catholic – 14 vs Greene County – 1 

3A Substate 2 First Round 

• Sergeant Bluff-Luton – 7 vs Carroll – 0
• MOC-Floyd Valley – 10 vs Le Mars – 0 

4A Substate 1 First Round 

• Lewis Central – 3 vs Dallas Center-Grimes – 1
•  Sioux City East – 19 vs Sioux City West – 0 
• Sioux City North – 11 vs Abraham Lincoln – 2  

 4A Substate 2 First Round 

• Waukee Northwest – 9 vs Thomas Jefferson – 0

1A Regional Semifinals 

Region 3

• Riverside – 6 vs Mount Ayr – 0
• Woodbine – 11 vs Glidden-Ralston – 1 

Region 6

• Stanton – 11 vs Lenox – 2

2A Regional Semifinals 

Region 1

• Exira-EHK-Audubon – 1 vs Earlham – 0 

Region 6

• West Monona – 6 vs Griswold-CAM – 0
• Treynor – 8 vs MVAOCOU – 2 

4A Regional Quarterfinals

• MOC-Floyd Valley – 10 vs Bishop Heelan Catholic – 0

5A Regional Quarterfinals

Region 4

• Sioux City North – 8 vs Abraham Lincoln – 6
• Thomas Jefferson – 11 vs Sioux City West – 7

The Atlantic baseball team’s 2025 season came to an end Friday night in a 7-1 loss to the Harlan Cyclones. Harlan was awarded four free bases to begin the game and score the first run of the game. Junior Jack Muller settled into the game by only giving up one hit in his outing, but three runs allowed. A pair of Trojan defensive miscues gave Harlan a 3-0 lead after three. Junior Jonas Reynolds went six innings on the hill, striking out six and allowing just one run. A big four-run sixth inning for the Cyclones secured the 7-1 victory.

It was a rocky start for the Atlantic ace, as Muller began the game issuing three walks and a hit batsman. The Cyclones scratched two across with the bases loaded no outs opportunity. Muller dialed back with a pair of strikeouts and an infield popup.

Muller settled into the game with a hitless second and third innings. In the fourth, a leadoff Atlantic error to begin the fourth followed up by a 3-1 count ended the evening on the hill for Muller. He was replaced by Junior Hudson McLaren. McLaren, being put in a difficult situation, walked and hit a batter which allowed Landon Kaufman to score.

Heading into the fifth, Atlantic trailed 3-0. A hit batsmen and back-to-back singles gave Atlantic a bases loaded no outs situation. A Gavin McLaren bases-loaded walk would be the only run the Trojans drive in on the night. Later in the inning, confusion on the basepaths on a lineout to right field caused a double play and ended the momentum.

Harlan ahead two going into the bottom of the sixth put up four runs on three hits. The frame was highlighted by a two-run double off the bat of Senior Hayden Soma. After Soma’s at bat Cade Nelson brought in another two runs with a single to right field.

Sophomore Colton Schneider came into pitch in the seventh for Harlan and began the final frame by striking out the first two hitters he faced. Gavin McLaren poked one into right field to keep the game alive for one more batter until a called strike three ended the game.

Head Coach Nathan Block said the team knew the challenge that was in front of them

Jack Muller kept the Trojans in the game

Junior Kale Jensen went 3/3 tonight but had a tremendous year all around.

The team loses one senior in the offseason who left a remarkable impact.

Atlantic ends the season at 9-16 and winning three of their final six games.

IOWA CITY, Iowa – The University of Iowa women’s golf team will host the Diane Thomason Invitational at Finkbine Golf Course for a second straight fall, it was announced by head coach Megan Menzel.  The Hawkeyes released the complete 2025-26 slate on Thursday.

SCHEDULE HIGHLIGHTS | COMPLETE SCHEDULE

• The Hawkeyes will open the fall season at the Boilermaker Invitational on Sept. 1-2.
• Iowa will host the Diane Thomason Invitational on Sept. 29-30 at Finkbine Golf Course. The Hawkeyes are the defending team tournament champions.
• Iowa begins the spring season in Puerto Rico on Feb. 1-3, competing in the Puerto Rico Classic (hosted by Purdue).
• The Hawkeyes will return to three tournaments for a second straight season – Briars Creek Invitational (March 16-17), Mountain View Collegiate (March 20-22) and Veritex Bank Collegiate (April 6-7).
• The Big Ten Championships will be held April 24-26 in Glendale, Calif.

The Hawkeyes return seven letterwinners, including four players — senior Riley Lewis, juniors Ximena Benites and Maura Peters and sophomore Lily Huether — who competed in the 2025 Big Ten Championships.  The team also welcomes a pair of freshmen to the nine-player roster.

LIMA, Peru – Two University of Iowa women’s wrestlers had first-place finishes at the 2025 U20 Pan-American Championships on Friday in Peru. Sophomore Cadence Diduch (65 kg) and incoming freshman Bella Willams (59 kg) went undefeated on their way to gold. Junior Lilly Luft took second-place at 62 kg.

At 59 kg, Williams went 4-0 in a round robin format with two falls and two technical falls. She defeated Talita Caballero Orozco of Peru via fall, 0:43, to start her day. Williams then dominated Allison Valdez Obando of Guatemala, 11-0. Williams closed out her day with victories over Ella Finding of Canada and Cecilia Barranco Solano of Mexico to secure gold.

Diduch was dominant at 65 kg starting the day winning both her matches by tech. fall, 10-0 to advance to the semifinals. In the semis, she pinned Valeria Perez Pacheco of Mexico in 2:46 to secure her spot in the gold medal match. In the finals, Diduch had her third tech. fall of the tournament defeating Mackenzie Cayer of Canada, 10-0.

At 62 kg, Luft punched her ticket to the gold medal match with a semifinal pin over Diana Estarita Martinez of Colombia in 4:32. Luft fell in the finals, 2-1, to Annika Fines from Canada.

Iowa defensive back Zach Lutmer is not sure where he will end up in the secondary next season. The sophomore from Central Lyon/George-Little Rock has been spending time at several different positions during summer workouts.

Lutmer played in all 13 games last season and his most likely spots are strong safety or the “cash” position, a hybrid defensive back/linebacker position in the Hawkeyes defense.

The Hawkeyes open August 30th at home against the University of Albany.

The Atlantic Trojans advanced to the regional semi-final Thursday night with a 10-2 win over the Harlan Cyclones. Although the runs didn’t come early, they did come often. After Harlan tied the game in the fourth, the Trojan bats came around. A combination of four hits and a few errors, Atlantic scored six to take control of the ball game. In addition to seven strikeouts, on the mound, Payton McLaren went 3-for-3 with three RBIs. Eighth-grader Reese Ball reached base three times, with a pair of RBIs. Zoey Kirchhoff held the Cyclones in the fifth, while a trio of hits and a pair of walks brought home the winning run.

McLaren was excellent in the opening stages. Throwing 4.0 innings, all seven of her strikeouts came in the first three, while allowing just a single hit. At the dish, the Trojans were able to push across a run in each of the first two innings. However, Cyclone pitcher Lauren Schmitz was able to keep the deficit slim before tossing a perfect third.

Using the momentum gained from Schmitz’s third, Harlan’s bats came alive in the fourth. Three consecutive hits, including RBI singles from Suzy Kenkel and Carleigh Goshorn, tied the game at two. However, it wouldn’t stay tied for long. Kickstarted by a Dylin Ball single and aided by a few Harlan errors, Atlantic scored six runs in the inning. McLaren, Reese Ball, McKenna Sonntag, and Lila Wiederstein all drove in runs as the Trojans batted around the order and took control of the game.

Kirchhoff would get through the fifth with relative ease, setting up the Trojans to put away the game. Claire Schroeder led off the inning with a double and was driven in immediately by a McLaren single. Following another single from Jillian Saathoff, back-to-back walks to Reese Ball and Makenna Schroeder brought home the winning run. Head coach Terry Hinzmann was pleased with how McLaren and how she used her stuff.

With the game tied his message was simple.

The win pushed Atlantic to 27-13 on the year and secured a spot in the regional semi-final against Centerville. The Big Reds beat Clarinda on the road 13-9 on Thursday to advance in the Region Eight bracket. Hinzman says the Trojans are stepping a bit into the unknown.

Atlantic will host the matchup scheduled for 7 p.m. on Saturday.

After a 1-10 start to the regular season for Atlantic Baseball, they have ended the season on a high note winning four of their last seven. They are set to take on Hawkeye Ten Rival, Harlan Friday in the first round of the Class 3A Substate Tournament. The Cyclones swept the Trojans in a doubleheader on June 2nd. Despite dropping both games, Head Coach Nathan Block believed his team were capable of winning both.

A third time around and the Trojans know what to expect.

Atlantic’s bats have been coming alive as of late. The Trojan offense has put up at least seven runs in five of their last seven games. The Trojan hitters are led by Junior Kale Jensen who is swinging a .444 batting average with a .571 on-base percentage and a team-leading four home runs. On the mound, the Trojans will look to a few different arms in the postseason.

The Trojans look for revenge in a rivalry Harlan leads 30-6 since 2009. First pitch is scheduled for 7 P.M. and will be available to stream on KJANTV.