(From cyclones.com) AMES, Iowa – Nate Scheelhaase, who spent the last three seasons on the football staff at Illinois, has been named the running backs coach at Iowa State, head coach Matt Campbell announced today.

“Nate will be a valuable addition to our staff,” Campbell said. “I feel Nate is a rising star in this profession. He is energetic, has a high football I.Q., and will fit in perfectly with our current staff. We can’t wait for Nate to get started here at Iowa State.”

Scheelhaase was on staff at Illinois from 2015-17, spending his first season as assistant director of football operations and running backs coach on Bill Cubit’s staff. He was retained by current head coach Lovie Smith and worked the last two seasons as an offensive analyst for the Fighting Illini.

A 2012 graduate of Illinois, Scheelhaase finished his career as the Illini’s all-time total offense leader with 10,634 yards, a total that ranks seventh in Big Ten history. In 2013 he had one of the best offensive seasons in Illinois football history, leading the conference in passing yardage (272.7 ypg), total offense (295.2 ypg) and completion percentage (66.7) during his senior campaign, while also breaking the school record for passing efficiency (140.7) to earn All-Big Ten honors.

A four-year starter and two-time team captain, Scheelhaase is the only quarterback in UI history to lead the Illini to bowl victories in back-to-back seasons and is one of just two players in Big Ten history to amass over 8,000 passing yards and 2,000 rushing yards in his career. He finished among the Illinois career leaders in almost every quarterback category, ranking first in starts (48), second in completion percentage (63.0), completions (775) and rushing yards by a QB (2,066), and third in passing yardage (8,568), touchdown passes (55) and passing efficiency (130.2).

Scheelhaase earned the prestigious Big Ten Medal of Honor in 2014, was a four-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree and earned two degrees from the University of Illinois – a bachelor’s degree in communication (2012) and a master’s in sports management (2013).

Scheelhaase and his wife Morgan have a son, Cru.

Coaching Experience
2016-17 Illinois – Offensive Analyst
2015 Illinois – Running Backs

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Clarinda 54, Sidney 41
Lewis Central 61, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 46

Rolling Valley Conference

CAM, Anita 77, West Central Valley, Stuart 63
Coon Rapids-Bayard 65, Paton-Churdan 54

Western Iowa Confernce

A-H-S-T-W, Avoca 72, Riverside, Oakland 32
Logan-Magnolia 53, Tri-Center, Neola 45
Underwood 60, IKM-Manning 45

Pride of Iowa Conference

Bedford 59, Fremont Mills, Tabor 49

Corner Conference

Stanton 82, Southwest Valley 50

Diagonal 81, Moravia 58

Melcher-Dallas 58, Moulton-Udell 56

Ankeny Christian Academy 55, Murray 23

Mormon Trail, Garden Grove 76, Lamoni 46

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Lewis Central 52, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 38

Rolling Valley Conference

CAM, Anita 57, West Central Valley, Stuart 38
Paton-Churdan 47, Coon Rapids-Bayard 32

Western Iowa Conference

IKM-Manning 75, Underwood 47
Logan-Magnolia 58, Tri-Center, Neola 26

Pride of Iowa Conference

Southwest Valley 47, Stanton 30

Whiting 43, Parkview Christian, Neb. 28

OA-BCIG 81, River Valley, Correctionville 26

Kingsley-Pierson 82, MVAO-CO-U 29
West Monona, Onawa 58, Ridge View 47
Westwood, Sloan 60, Lawton-Bronson 45
Woodbury Central, Moville 67, Siouxland Community Christian 37

Wagering on “fantasy” sports teams would become legal in Iowa under legislation that’s cleared one statehouse hurdle, but it would only be legal if the organization hosting the fantasy gaming is licensed by the state to do so. John Cacciatore has been hired by DraftKings and FanDuel to lobby legislators.

“There are hundreds of thousands of Iowans today who play season-long fantasy sports with their friends and neighbors and co-workers, etc.,” he says. “Those same Iowans would like to also play daily fantasy sports which is basically in an online platform but that’s not allowed because, technically, fantasy sports is illegal in Iowa.”

The bill that cleared a five-member House subcommittee Thursday would allow the state’s casinos to take wagers on fantasy sports teams. Businesses like FanDuel and DraftKings would have to apply for a state license, pay state taxes and be subject to oversight from state gambling regulators. Reverend Brian Carter is lobbying against the bill on behalf of the United Methodist Church. He says gambling “fosters greed” and puts faith in chance.

“We would rather support Iowa values of education, hard work and perseverance,” Carter says. “Gambling is a menace to personal character and social morality.”

A lobbyist for the 19 state-licensed casinos says DraftKings and FanDuel ultimately aim to “morph” into online sports betting sites. He points to what happened last weekend as one site allowed “fantasy” teams to be assembled from N-F-L playoff game rosters — and he says the other site plans to offer fantasy sports betting on the Super Bowl.

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IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s Megan Gustafson scored 29 points, winning a shootout with Ohio State’s Kelsey Mitchell on Thursday night, and the Hawkeyes ended a three-game losing streak with a 103-89 win over the No. 12 Buckeyes, who have now lost three straight.

Kathleen Doyle added a career-high 25 points and tied her career best with 11 assists. Makenzie Meyer had 18 points, matching Doyle’s four 3-pointers, and Chase Coley had 12 points and 11 rebounds for the Hawkeyes (16-5, 4-4 Big Ten), who dropped out of the rankings this week.

Mitchell led the Buckeyes (16-5, 5-3) with 27 points but the NCAA 3-point record-holder and second-leading scorer at 24.8 was just 3 of 11 from deep. Linnae Harper had 17 points and 12 rebounds, Stephanie Mavunga had 15 points and 10 boards and Asia Doss 14 points.

Gustafson, fourth in the nation at 24.8 points, had the last nine in a 14-0 run that made it 20-6. Ohio State only got it down to a one-possession game three times after that but Iowa never got the lead to 14 again until the final free throw. The last challenge was late in the third quarter but Gustafson then scored five straight points. Gustafson was kept from a double-double for only the second time this season, getting just five rebounds, more than seven below her average.

Iowa was 9 of 17 from distance, shot 54 percent overall (37 of 68) and made 8 of 10 free throws in the fourth quarter. The Buckeyes were 5 of 23 from deep and shot 41 percent overall (35 of 86).

2018 Regional Basketball Pairings (1A-2A-3A)

Note: Class 4A & 5A regional basketball pairings will be posted Thursday, February 1

Class 1A Regional Pairings

Class 2A Regional Pairings

Class 3A Regional Pairings

2018 Iowa Girls High School Basketball Rankings

Compiled by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union

Thursday, January 25, 2018

Class 1A

Dropped Out: Colo-Nesco (15)

Class 2A

Dropped Out: Mediapolis (15)

Class 3A

Dropped Out: Kuemper Catholic (13), West Marshall (14)

Class 4A

Dropped Out: Pella (14)

Class 5A

Dropped Out: None

The Iowa High School Athletic Association released the high school football districts for the 2018-2019 two year cycle on Thursday morning. As expected Atlantic will now be a Class 2A program and will be in District 9 along with Greene County, Kuemper Catholic, OA-BCIG, Red Oak, and Shenandoah.

The Griswold Tigers will make the move to 8-Player and will be in District 7. The Tigers will join many schools from the Corner Conference that they are joining for all other sports. District 7 also includes Bedford, Clarinda Academy, East Mills, Essex, Fremont-Mills, Sidney, and Stanton.

8-Player District 8 will house other area schools: Audubon, Boyer Valley, CAM, Coon Rapids-Bayard, Exira-EHK, Glidden-Ralston, West Harrison, and Woodbine.

Class A will be home for a number of area schools as well. District 9 will include AHSTW, Earlham, Nodaway Valley, Riverside, Southwest Valley, and St. Albert. District 10 will include Lawton-Bronson, Logan-Magnolia, Tri-Center, West Monona, Westwood, and Woodbury Central.

Class 1A District 8 will include AC/GC, Clarinda, Mount Ayr, Panorama, Van Meter, and West Central Valley. Clarinda makes the drop down to Class 1A from 2A.

Class 3A will welcome back Lewis Central as they drop from 4A. The Titans will be in District 9 with ADM, Creston, Glenwood, Harlan, and Winterset.

Class 4A District 7 will be home to Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln, Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson, Ames, Des Moines North, Urbandale, and West Des Moines Valley.

Check out all of the districts for each class below.

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The AC/GC Chargers announced the hiring of Cody Matthewson as their new Head Football Coach on Tuesday night. Matthewson is a native of Madrid and after starring for the Tigers in high school went on to play Linebacker for Northwest Missouri State from 2009-2014.

Matthewson said he is very excited to get back to small town Iowa and get the area excited about the Chargers football program. He said he hopes he can carry his experience with success at Madrid and Northwest with him to the AC/GC program and get the kids to buy in to a family type mindset.

Matthewson started 14 of 15 games for Northwest Missouri State during their 2013 National Championship season, racking up 46 tackles with 4.5 tackles for loss, a forced fumble and fumble recovery.

His Madrid teams went 40-6 during his four seasons and he was an elite all-state first team selection leading the Tigers to an 11-2 record and state semifinal appearance his senior season in 2008. He rushed for 4,508 yards and 51 touchdowns at Madrid.

Matthewson is currently a strength and conditioning teacher at Pioneer Ridge school and a coach at Truman High School in the Kansas City metro. He will be finishing his duties as a baseball coach in the spring and heading back to Iowa to get settled in late spring.

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Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Bridget Carleton scored a career-high 39 points _ the most by a Big 12 player this season _ including 13 in the fourth quarter when Iowa State rallied to defeat No. 19 Oklahoma State 78-69. The Cyclones (9-11, 3-6 Big 12) made 13 of 18 free throws in the fourth quarter, 12 of the makes coming in the last 1½ minutes.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Marques Townes scored 17 points, Clayton Custer added 14 with eight assists, and Loyola-Chicago used a big second-half run to beat Drake 80-57 for its sixth straight win. Cameron Krutwig scored 12 points and Lucas Williamson added 10 for the Ramblers (17-4, 7-2 Missouri Valley Conference), who shot 56.7 from the field and trailed 31-29 at halftime.

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Isaiah Brown scored 20 points and Bennett Koch scored 11 of his 17 points from the foul line and Northern Iowa beat Illinois State 83-72. Northern Iowa led 15-14 then exploded on a 25-0 run that included six 3-pointers, including three by Brown.

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Isaac Copeland scored 23 points and came up with a clutch rebound in the final minute to lead Nebraska to 60-54 victory over Rutgers. James Palmer Jr. added 18 points and Glynn Watson Jr. made two clutch layups in the final 2:30 as the Cornhuskers (15-8, 6-4 Big Ten) won their second road game of the season.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Royals have signed former Blue Jays infielder Ryan Goins to a minor league contract that includes an invitation to big league spring training. The 29-year-old Goins was non-tendered by the Blue Jays last season.