Iowa forward Cooper Koch hopes his health issues are behind him as he gets ready for a new season. Koch saw action in 10 games last season as a true freshman and averaged nearly 14 minutes per game before missing the rest of the season after suffering a collapsed lung. He was granted a medical redshirt.

Koch is the only scholarship player returning from last season and he is looking to carve out a role in new Hawkeye coach Ben McCollum’s system.

Koch says under McCollum the emphasis has been on defense during summer workouts.

The top ranked teams remain the same in the latest Radio Iowa/Baseball Coaches Association High School Poll. Todd Kimm reports.

Class 4A
1. Pleasant Valley (23-4), LW #1
2. Sioux City East (31-4), LW #4
3. Waukee Northwest (23-7), LW #6
4. Iowa City Liberty (24-6), LW #8
5. Johnston (17-9), LW #5
6. Iowa City High (21-7), LW #3
7. Cedar Rapids Prairie (24-7), LW #2
8. Waukee (20-8), LW #7
9. Ankeny Centennial (18-9), LW #9
10.Indianola (25-4), LW (X)

Class 3A
1. Dubuque Wahlert (26-5), LW #1
2. Pella (19-5), LW #2
3. Marion (18-5), LW #3
4. Ballard (20-6), LW #4
5. Sioux City Heelan (22-7), LW #4
6. Benton (20-5), LW #10
7. Carlisle (17-7), LW (X)
8. Saydel (20-6), LW #8
9. MOC/Floyd Valley (20-4), LW #7
10.Sergeant Bluff-Luton (22-11), LW #9

Class 2A (Final)
1. Underwood (19-1), LW #1
2. Pleasantville (23-1), LW #2
3. Van Meter (18-7), LW #3
4. Unity Christian (19-9), LW #7
5. Mediapolis (22-1), LW #6
6. Chariton (19-5), LW #5
7. West Lyon (14-4), LW #4
8. Iowa City Regina (19-4), LW #9
9. Grundy Center (17-3), LW #8
10.Sumner-Fredericksburg (15-3), LW (X)

Class 1A (Final)
1. Remsen St. Mary’s (17-1), LW #1
2. Sigourney (19-1), LW #2
3. Lynnville-Sully (19-2), LW #3
4. Coon Rapids-Bayard (21-3), LW #4
5. North Linn (21-2), LW #7
6. Saint Ansgar (15-5), LW #5
7. Martensdale-St. Mary’s (23-5), LW #6
8. Don Bosco (20-5), LW #10
9. Lansing Kee (24-10), LW #8
10.Mason City Newman (18-7), LW #9

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. – University of Iowa freshman Lily Huether has been named to the Women’s Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar Team for the 2024-25 season, it was announced Monday by the WGCA.

The criteria for selection to the All-American Scholar Team are some of the most stringent in all of college athletics.  To be selected, a student-athlete must have an overall cumulative grade point average of 3.50 or higher, be an amateur and on the team’s roster through the conclusion of the team’s season and have played in 50 percent of the college’s regular scheduled competitive rounds during the year through the team’s conference championship.

The WGCA recognized 1,499 women’s collegiate golfers from 403 programs.

During her first season in Iowa City, Huether competed in eight tournaments, posting a 78.05 scoring average over 20 rounds.  She posted the best finish of the season at the Nashville Invitational, where she tied for 20th place with a 226 (77-76-73) in helping the Hawkeyes to the team tournament title.

4A

3A

2A

1A

Hawkeye Ten Conference

• Harlan – 10 vs Kuemper Catholic – 0 

West Central Activities Conference 

• West Central Valley – 7 vs ACGC – 4
• Ogden – 12 vs West Central Valley – 2

Missouri River Activities Conference

• Sioux City North – 4 vs Sioux City West – 0
• Sioux City North – 11 vs Sioux City West – 3 

Non-Conference 

• Alta-Aurelia – 13 vs Riverside – 4
• West Marshall – 15 vs Riverside – 0
• Lawton-Bronson – 8 vs Treynor – 7
• Sioux City East – 25 vs Glenwood – 4 
• Glenwood – 7 vs Abraham Lincoln – 6
• Coon Rapids-Bayard – 5 vs West Lyon – 4 
• Coon Rapids-Bayard – 4 vs Kee – 3 
• Lewis Central – 9 vs Thomas Jefferson – 2
• Lewis Central – 11 vs St. Albert – 1 
• St. Albert – 17 vs Thomas Jefferson – 4 
• Saydel – 11 vs Martensdale-St. Marys – 1 
• Martensdale-St. Marys – 14 vs Woodbury Central – 2 
• WDM Valley – 10 vs Abraham Lincoln – 0
• Sioux City East – 4 vs WDM Valley – 3 
• Ballard – 11 vs Bishop Heelan – 1 
• Bishop Heelan Catholic – 9 vs Boone – 5
• Ankeny Christian – 9 vs Alta-Aurelia – 1
• Madrid – 10 vs West Sioux – 6 
• Estherville Lincoln Central – 8 vs Madrid – 5 
• Hinton – 9 vs Sioux City West – 3

EARLHAM TOURNAMENT

• Riverside – 5 vs Clarinda – 2
• Clarinda – 6 vs Earlham – 0
• Clarinda – 11 vs Panorama – 0
• Riverside – 10 vs Earlham – 0
• Riverside – 8 vs Panorama – 6
• Earlham – 5 vs Panorama – 0

KNIGHT TOURNAMENT

• Treynor – 14 vs Kuemper Catholic – 6
• Treynor 11 Carroll – 1
• Harlan – 17 vs Carroll – 4
• Kuemper Catholic – 15 vs Harlan – 0

Red Oak Tournament 

• Red Oak – 13 vs Essex – 8
• Boyer Valley – 9 vs East Mills – 7 
• Tri-Center – 3 vs Stanton – 2
• Stanton – 9 vs Red Oak – 5 
• Boyer Valley – 12 vs Essex – 1
• Tri-Center – 8 vs East Mills – 6

Cedar Rapids Jefferson Tournament 

• Creston – 7 vs Louisa-Muscatine – 3
• Dubuque Hempstead – 8 vs Creston – 4 

Roland-Story Classic 

• Webster City – 4 vs Glenwood – 1
• Roland-Story – 12 vs Glenwood – 4 

Woodbine Tournament 

• Woodbine – 7 vs IKM-Manning – 2
• Woodbury Central – 11 vs IKM-Manning – 1 
• Woodbury Central – 6 vs Woodbine – 5

Council Bluffs Classic

• Lewis Central – 20 vs Thomas Jefferson – 7
• Thomas Jefferson – 9 vs St. Albert – 2
• Lewis Central – 13 vs Abraham Lincoln – 2
• Abraham Lincoln – 8 vs St. Albert – 3

Iowa State basketball coach T.J. Otzelberger credits the returning players for setting the tone during summer workouts. The Cyclones return three of their top five scorers from a that finished 25-10 and was ranked as high as number-two last season in the AP Poll.

Otzelberger says the veterans help with the transition of the incoming players.

Senior guard Tamin Lipsey on the role of the returning players.

One of the newcomers is senior guard Dominick Nelson. He was the WAC player of the year last season at Utah Valley.

The PGA Tour returns to the Quad Cities this week with Thursday’s start of the John Deere Classic. In 2022, the tournament moved back a week and is now two weeks before the British Open. While the change has helped attract more big names to the field it also means the tournament will consistently be held the week of the Fourth of July holiday.

That’s tournament director Andrew Lehman (lay-min) who says the date change as well as the PGA Tour cutting the number of players who qualify for the FedEx Cup playoffs from 125 to 70 has helped their field.

Davis Thompson will be back to defend his title this week.

Hawkeye Ten Conference 

• Creston – 8 vs Shenandoah-  0
• Creston – 5 vs Clarinda – 2 
• Glenwood – 11 vs Red Oak-  10 
• Lewis Central – 7 vs Kuemper Catholic – 0

Corner Conference Tournament Final 

• Bedford – 10 vs East Mills – 0 

Western Iowa Conference

• Underwood – 9 vs AHSTW – 3 
• Missouri Valley – 13 vs Audubon – 2

Rolling Valley Conference

• CAM – 11 vs Exira-EHK – 1
• Woodbine – 11 vs Boyer Valley – 1

Pride of Iowa Conference

• Southwest Valley – 19 vs Central Decatur – 15
• Nodaway Valley – 8 vs Wayne – 7 (11 innings)
• Lenox – 13 vs East Union – 2 
• Mount Ayr – 5 vs Martensdale-St. Marys – 2 

West Central Activities Conference

• Pleasantville 15 Earlham 0
• Pleasantville 8 Earlham 1

Missouri River Conference

• Bishop Heelan Catholic – 3 vs Sioux City West-  1
• Bishop Heelan Catholic – 17 vs Sioux City West – 1

Non-Conference 

• Tri-Center – 13 vs Westwood – 2
• Thomas Jefferson – 8 vs Harlan  -4 
• St. Albert – 7 vs Treynor – 6 (8 innings)
• Coon Rapids-Bayard – 9 vs IKM-Manning – 0
• Sergeant Bluff-Luton – 7 vs North Polk – 5
• Ankeny Centennial – 3 vs Van Meter – 2
• Waverly-Shell Rock – 4 vs Van Meter – 2
• Urbandale – 5 vs Sergeant Bluff-Luton –  1 

Non-Conference 

• Dowling Catholic – 4 vs Atlantic – 0
• Tri-Center – 7 vs Westwood – 6
• PCM – 6 vs Glenwood – 1
• Ogden – 10 vs Glidden-Ralston – 5
• Sergeant Bluff-Luton – 7 vs MVAOCOU – 3
• Le Mars – 13 vs Spencer – 1
• Le Mars – 11 vs Sioux Center – 8
• Bishop Heelan Catholic – 4 vs Kingsley-Pierson – 1
• Van Meter – 8 vs Ballard – 1

Hawkeye Ten Conference 

• Harlan – 8 vs Shenandoah – 6
• Denison-Schleswig – 8 vs St. Albert – 3
• Creston – 2 vs Shenandoah – 0
• Lewis Central – 13 vs Kuemper Catholic – 0

Corner Conference Tournament Final

•  Griswold-CAM – 11 vs Fremont-Mills – 3

Western Iowa Conference

• AHSTW – 8 vs Underwood – 4 (9 inn)
• Exira/EHK-Audubon – 6 vs Missouri Valley – 5

Rolling Valley Conference

• Woodbine – 10 vs Boyer Valley – 0
• Ar-We-Va – 12 vs Coon Rapids-Bayard – 3

West Central Activities Conference 

• Pleasantville – 5 vs Earlham – 3
• Earlham – 3 vs Pleasantville – 1

Pride of Iowa Conference

• Wayne – 8 vs Nodaway Valley – 0
• Lenox – 18 vs East Union – 13
• Martensdale-St. Marys – 10 vs Mount Ayr – 0