Iowa State pulled away late to beat Cincinnati today (Wednesday), at the Big 12 Tournament in Kansas City.

John Walters on the Cyclone Network. The 12th ranked Cyclones never trailed in a 76-56 victory. ISU closed the game on an 11-0 run.

That’s Cyclone coach T.J. Otzelberger. ISU dominated the paint. Joshua Jefferson scored Jefferson scored 19 points and Dishon Jackson had 10 points and 15 rebounds.

There are a couple of injury concerns. Keshon Gilbert did not play in the second half as he tries to return from a muscle strain. He played 11 minutes in the opening half.

Junior guard Tamin Lipsey finished with 16 points but went to the locker room late with an injury.

The Cyclones play fourth seeded BYU in Thursday’s opening game. The 17th ranked Cougars beat ISU in double overtime in Ames.

The UNI women open the Missouri Valley Tournament in Evansville on Thursday night when the sixth seeded Panthers play the 11 seed Indiana State. The Panthers finished the regular season with a record of 16-15.

That’s UNI coach Tanya Warren. The Panthers will need four wins in four days to claim the tournament title.

Warren says Indiana State causes concern at the defensive end.

The winner advances to play third seeded Belmont in the late game Thursday night.

Iowa school boards could decide to let eighth graders play high school sports *during the school year* under a bill that’s passed the House. Representative Skyler Wheeler of Hull is the bill’s sponsor.

Wheeler, who is a high school baseball coach, says a couple of high schools in his area didn’t have enough players to field girls basketball teams this past season.

The bill passed the House on an 89 to two vote and goes to the senate for consideration. Groups representing rural schools, urban schools and Catholic schools have registered as undecided on the bill, while the Iowa Association of Christian Schools is in favor of it.

The Iowa High School Girls Athletic Union and the Iowa High School Athletic Association, which governs boys sports, have not weighed in on the proposal. Thirteen states currently allow eighth graders to compete at the varsity level during the school year.

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State 133-pounder Evan Frost and heavyweight Daniel Herrera have received at-large bids to the 2025 NCAA Wrestling Championships March 20-22 in Philadelphia, Pa.

Iowa State now has eight NCAA Qualifiers with the addition of Frost and Herrera to the tournament field. It is the seventh-consecutive season under head coach Kevin Dresser that eight or more Cyclones have qualified for the national tournament.

Frost, ranked No. 6 nationally by InterMat, had a stellar regular season before dropping a pair of matches at the Big 12 Championship and finishing in seventh place, one spot shy of automatic qualification. The sophomore is 19-4 and had won 12-consecutive matches entering the conference tournament. He is 7-3 against ranked foes this season and owns 12 bonus-point victories.

Herrera, ranked No. 27 nationally by InterMat, placed fifth at the Big 12 Championship, one spot shy of automatic qualification. The freshman posted a 24-13 season record, including 16 bonus-point wins.

Official brackets and seeds for the 2025 NCAA Championships will be announced on NCAA.com at 7 p.m. (CT) on Wednesday, March 12.

Iowa State NCAA Qualifiers
133 – Evan Frost
141 – Jacob Frost
149 – Paniro Johnson
157 – Cody Chittum
165 – Aiden Riggins
174 – MJ Gaitan
184 – Evan Bockman
285 – Daniel Herrera

IOWA CITY, Iowa – The University of Iowa baseball team defeated Augustana, 16-1, on Tuesday evening at Duane Banks Field.

10 Iowa pitchers saw the mound on Tuesday in a scheduled bullpen game. Freshman Tyler Guerin made his first collegiate start for the Hawkeyes. He gave up one hit and struck out two over one inning.

The Vikings threatened in the fourth, but Justin Hackett came in to pitch with two outs and battled out of a bases loaded jam to keep the game knotted at one. They threatened again in the fifth and sixth innings, but both Chas Wheatley and Will Pearson came in clutch to strand the Vikings on the bases.

The Iowa pitching staff combined for 10 strikeouts while walking four Viking hitters. After a slow start, the Iowa offense totaled 17 hits and notched 14 RBIs.

The Hawkeyes got on the board first in the second inning after Tyler Guerin recorded his first collegiate hit and then Daniel Rogers knocked him in with a double. Iowa took a 2-1 lead in the fifth after singles from Rogers and Mitch Wood and an RBI fielder’s choice by Ben Swails. Iowa added one more in the sixth on an RBI SAC fly from Reese Moore.

The Hawkeyes blew the game wide open in the seventh inning, scolring eight runs off of six hits, a wild pitch and an RBI groundout. They added five more in the eighth

Rogers finished the game 3-for-4 with a double, two RBIs and two runs scored.

UP NEXT

The Hawkeyes welcome Michigan State to Duane Banks Field for a three-game series on March 14-17. The series will be streamed on B1G+ (subscription) and broadcast on Hawkeye Radio Network.

First Team
Nora Konz (Treynor)
Grace Herman (Missouri Valley)
Anna Stangl (IKM – Manning)
Ainsley Roberts (Undewood)
Quincey Schneckloth (Tri – Center)
Sydney Somers (Riverside)
Addison Mauer (Treynor)

Second Team
Hayden Thomas (Tri – Center)
Keagan Eischeid (IKM – Manning)
Kayden Schnack (Riverside)
Ava Worley (Loma)
Claire Schrage (Treynor)
Bella Lamp (AHSTW)
Brooklyn Lally (Loma)

Honorable Mention
Carly Nelson (Underwood)
Taylor Beckendorf (IKM – Manning)
Ella Thornton (Treynor)
Sophia Taylor (Riverside)
Clara Pace (AHSTW)
Kaiya Knauss (Loma)
Ty Stirtz (Missouri Valley)
Sophia Fenner (Riverside)
Devon Koyle (Missouri Valley)
Macie Schneckloth (Tri – Center)

Unanimous Selections
Grace Herman (Missouri Valley)

Player of the Year
Nora Konz (Treynor)

First Team
Alec Lovely (Treynor)
Ben Ramsey (IKM – Manning)
Garrett Luett (Underwood)
Wes Vana (Loma)
AJ Harder (Tri – Center)
Luke Sternberg (AHSTW)
Tyler Baatz (Tri – Center)

Second Team
Collin Harder (AHSTW)
Corbin Thien (Treynor)
Peyton Amdor (Riverside)
Ethan Hill (Treynor)
Nolan Baker (Underwood)
Layton Maasen (Missouri Valley)
Brody Schultes (Audubon)

Honorable Mention
Oliver Deist (Audubon)
Brodie Davis (Loma)
Kjergaard (Audubon)
Ryder O’Dowd (Missouri Valley)
Peter Young (Treynor)
Cole Jeppesen (Riverside)
Camden Soukup (AHSTW)
Lincoln Thomas (Tri – Center)
Wyatt Danner (IKM – Manning)
Unanimous Selections
Alec Lovely (Treynor)
Ben Ramsey (IKM – Manning)
Wes Vana (Loma)

Player of the Year
Alec Lovely (Treynor)

The CAM Girls Basketball team’s season has come to an end finishing with a 13-11 record. The Cougars reached the Class 1A-Region 1 Semifinal game but lost to Riverside 50-31.

CAM dropped four of their first five games of the season but quickly kicked into gear winning five of their next six including a three-game winning streak. A roster filled with just three seniors had plenty of underclassmen stardom on the floor throughout the course of the season. The Cougars had an up and down season but came out with a winning record. The 13-11 CAM Cougars were streaky at times but carried the winning momentum to back-to-back postseason wins against Griswold and Woodbine.

The Cougars do lose three seniors in the offseason but return six of their top seven scorers from this season and leading rebounder Ada Hansen, who is only a sophomore.

Leading scorer, Maddie Richter is not completely replaceable but the returners will have to step up do their best to fill those big shoes.

Despite the 1-4 start for CAM, the improvement was present and very noticeable.

Head Coach Joe Wollum says he is excited for all of the talent that will be back for another season.

The CAM Cougars will look to gain experience, strength, and excitement as they anticipate for next season to begin.

Class 3A:

Xavier – 52, Knoxville – 37

MOC-Floyd Valley – 55, Ballard – 51

Class 2A:

Western Christian – 69, Jesup – 38

Grand View Christian – 61 , Treynor – 46

West Lyon – 81,  Union Community – 50

Unity Christian – 48,  Grundy Center – 46

IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa sophomore Joey Cruz has been awarded an at-large berth to the 2025 NCAA Wrestling Championships in Philadelphia. The NCAA announced the 330-person tournament field Tuesday.

Cruz is one of four 125-pound wrestlers to earn an at-large berth. His selection means Iowa will send a 9-man roster to the national tournament. The Hawkeyes have sent at least nine wrestlers for 13 straight years and 17 times since 2007, Tom Brands’ first year as head coach.

This will be Cruz’ first appearance at the NCAA Championships. He is 16-12 this season with three wins against automatic qualifiers. Cruz finished in 10th one spot below automatic qualifier placement at the Big Ten Championships, which was Iowa’s national qualifier.

Brackets and seeding for the 2025 NCAA Championships will be revealed during a selection show on Wednesday, March 12 at 7 p.m. (CT) on NCAA.com.

The 2025 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championship are March 20-22 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A complete list of qualifiers is available at NCAA.com