Iowa assistant basketball coach Luke Barnwell says his connection to head coach Ben McCollum is why he decided to join the Hawkeye staff. Barnwell spent the past two years on the staff at Texas Tech.

Prior to his time at Texas Tech, Barnwell was the head coach at Sunrise Christian Academy in Kansas.

Barnwell says summer workouts are a time to build chemistry and start to carve out roles.

The Audobon baseball team has reached its halfway point in the season and are beginning to stack wins together. The Wheelers have won four of their last six games and are competing at a higher level as the season progresses. Head Coach Eric Borkowski says improvement has been extremely visible.

The Wheelers have three everyday starters hitting over .300 in Juniors Brody Schultes and Senior Adam Obrecht. Schultes is the team leader in walks and triples. Borkowski says the junior’s plate presence is special.

On the mound, Obrecht has thrown as many innings as anyone on the Audubon roster and has struck out 29 hitters while only walking eight.

As the season begins to wire down, Borkowski says their best baseball and highest potential has not been reached yet.

The Iowa State football team succeeded despite a rash of injuries at linebacker last season. The bright side is now that position group is deep with experienced players. Cael Brezina was forced into action early in his freshman season and made seven starts while battling injuries of his own.

Brezina stepped in after Caleb Bacon was injured in the season opener against North Dakota and Brezina credits Bacon for preparing him to step into the lineup.

Coming off a school record 11 wins confidence is high but Brezina says the Cyclones lost a lot of leadership from last season.

Iowa State opens August 23rd in Dublin, Ireland against Kansas State.

4A

3A

2A

1A

Class 4A
1. Pleasant Valley (18-3), LW #2
2. Cedar Rapids Prairie (22-3), LW #1
3. Iowa City High (18-5), LW #3
4. Sioux City East (26-3), LW #4
5. Johnston (15-6), LW #5
6. Waukee Northwest (18-6), LW #6
7. Waukee (17-6), LW #7
8. Iowa City Liberty (18-6), LW (X)
9. Ankeny Centennial (13-7), LW #8
10.Cedar Rapids Kennedy (19-8), LW #9

Class 3A
1. Dubuque Wahlert (21-5), LW #1
2. Pella (17-5), LW #2
3. Marion (16-4), LW #3
4. Sioux City Heelan (18-5), LW #4
5. Ballard (17-3), LW #5
6. Algona (16-3), LW #6
7. MOC/Floyd Valley (15-2), LW #7
8. Saydel (17-4), LW #10
9. Sergeant Bluff-Luton (19-8), LW #8
10.Benton (17-5), LW #9

Class 2A
1. Underwood (16-0), LW #1
2. Pleasantville (20-0), LW #2
3. Van Meter (17-5), LW #3
4. West Lyon (13-1), LW #4
5. Chariton (16-2), LW #5
6. Mediapolis (18-1), LW #6
7. Unity Christian (16-8), LW #8
8. Grundy Center (14-2), LW #9
9. Iowa City Regina (15-4) LW #7
10.Dyersville Beckman (11-9), LW #10

Class 1A
1. Remsen St. Mary’s (15-1), LW #1
2. Sigourney (16-1), LW #2
3. Lynnville-Sully (15-2), LW #3
4. Coon Rapids-Bayard (16-3), LW #4
5. Saint Ansgar (13-3), LW #5
6. Martensdale-St. Mary’s (20-3), LW #6
7. North Linn (17-2), LW #7
8. Lansing Kee (22-6), LW #8
9. Mason City Newman (18-5), LW #9
10.Don Bosco (13-5), LW #10

LSU knocked previously unbeaten Coastal Carolina ace Jacob Morrison out of the game with a four-run fourth inning and the Tigers won their second national title in three years Sunday with a 5-3 victory in the College World Series finals.

The Tigers (53-15) completed a two-game sweep of the Chanticleers (56-13), who entered the finals on a 26-game win streak and on Sunday saw coach Kevin Schnall and first base coach Matt Schilling ejected in the bottom of the first inning.

LSU gave the Southeastern Conference its sixth straight national title in baseball and 11th in 16 years. It was LSU’s eighth, all since 1991 and second most all-time behind Southern California’s 12.

LSU coach Jay Johnson became the first Division I coach to win two titles in his first four years at a school. No other coach had accomplished that feat in fewer than eight seasons.

Former Iowa State star Tyrese Haliburton suffered a apparent Achilles injury early in the game as the Indiana Pacers fell to the Oklahoma City Thunder 103-91 in Game 7 of the NBA Finals. Haliburton had been dealing with a strained calf suffered in game five of the series.

That’s Pacers coach Rick Carlisle. Haliburton averaged better than 17 points and eight assists during the playoffs.

Fort Dodge Invitational 

Atlantic – 3 vs Mid-Prairie – 2

Atlantic – 13 vs Charles City – 3

Des Moines Roosevelt – 16 vs Martensdale-St. Marys – 8

Martensdale-St. Marys – 10 vs Clarksville – 8

Griswold-Cam Tournament

Shenandoah – 11 vs Exira/EHK-Audubon – 2

Griswold-CAM – 5 vs Shenandoah – 2

Exira/EHK-Audubon – 9 vs Griswold-CAM – 5

Oskaloosa Tournament

Creston – 9 vs Wayne – 2

Creston – 12 vs Oskaloosa – 5

Van Meter – 8 vs Fairfield – 2

Van Meter – 8 vs Ottumwa – 0

Wayne – 7 vs Norwalk – 2

Denison-Schleswig Tournament 

Sergeant Bluff-Luton – 10 vs Denison-Schleswig – 1

Sergeant Bluff-Luton – 24 vs Underwood – 3

Pocahontas Area – 8 vs Denison-Schleswig – 4

Greene County – 12 vs Glenwood – 4

Pocahontas Area – 13 vs Glenwood – 5

Greene County – 7 vs Underwood – 5

Non-Conference

Clarinda – 10 vs East Mills – 0

Cedar Falls – 4 vs Lewis Central – 1

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Denison-Schleswig – 4 vs Clarinda – 2

West Central Activities Conference

Pleasantville – 8 vs Des Moines Christian – 6

Non-Conference

Bedford – 6 vs Creston – 5 in 10 innings

Sioux City East – 16 vs Lewis Central – 7

Martensdale-St. Marys –  7 vs Van Buren County – 6 (Moravia Tournament)

Moravia – 6 vs Albia – 5 (Moravia Tournament)

Dowling Catholic – 11 vs Abraham Lincoln – 3

Dowling Catholic – 10 vs Abraham Lincoln – 9

MOC-Floyd Valley – 14 vs Sergeant Bluff-Luton – 3

Waukee Northwest – 12 vs Sergeant Bluff-Luton – 2

Sioux City East – 11 vs MOC-Floyd Valley – 0

Waukee Northwest – 17 vs Bishop Heelan Catholic – 5

Van Meter – 18 vs Grand View Christian – 3 (Saydel Tournament)