Panorama Tournament 

1. SWAT (142 points) — Champions: Bailey Lillard (145), Stella Beattie (170), Ellen Gerlock (190)

3. Creston (104.5 points) — Champions: Alainah Galanakis (120), Zoey Vandevender (130), Evy Marlin (135), Grace Keeler (140)

5. Atlantic (72 points) — Champion: Haley Armstrong (235)

6. Harlan (59 points) — Champion: Ellexis Stephens (125)

8. Mount Ayr (41 points) — Top Finisher/3rd Place: Sayuri Meadors (130), Taryn Dredge (135)

East Sac County 42, ATU 42 **East Sac County wins via tiebreak**

Sioux Central 48, ATU 18

ATU winners: Cecilia Forrester, Trista McMullen, Tiffany McMullen, Charlene Jensen, Claire Mertz, Olivia Bandow, Annabel Baxter (2x), Chloe Junge (2x)

East Union 24, Martensdale-St. Marys 23

East Union 30, Southwest Valley 12

Martensdale-St. Marys 36, Southwest Valley 18

East Union winners: Quynn Foster (2x), Khloe Parker, Tesi Hudson (2x), Alleah Cunningham (2x), Cheyenne Dike (2x)

MSTM winners: Myla Nehring (2x), Gretchen Wearmouth (2x), Mikayla Sleeth, Bailey Trogdon, Lilly Gibbons (2x), Rebecca Olsen (2x)

Southwest Valley winners: Peyton Briggs, Alejandrina Villanueva, Deklyn Mullen, Kenzie Maeder (2x)

Girls Basketball Scores:

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Atlantic 43, Glenwood 38

Harlan 55, Lewis Central 44

Creston 63, Clarinda 58

Denison Schleswig 64, Red Oak 33

Corner Conference

Stanton 60, Griswold 24

Fremont Mills 48, Bedford 37

East Mills 45, Essex 16

Sidney 65, Hamburg 10

Pride of Iowa Conference

Nodaway Valley 65, Southwest Valley 57.

(Izzy Eisbach had 42 points and tied school record with 7 three pointers)

Martensdale St. Mary’s 43, Central Decatur 24

Mount Ayr 55, Lenox 51

Wayne 37, Southeast Warren 32

Rolling Valley Conference

Exira EHK 59, CAM 34

Glidden Ralston 62, Ar-We-Va 26

Coon Rapids Bayard 41, Boyer Valley 19

Paton Churdan 39, Storm Lake St. Mary’s 35

West Central Conference

Des Moines Christian 46, AC/GC 33

Van Meter 76, Ogden 17

Western Iowa Conference

IKM Manning 46, AHSTW 45

Riverside 40, Underwood 35

Treynor 65, Tri Center 29

Logan Magnolia 53,

Boys Basketball Scores:

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Glenwood 77, Atlantic 54

Lewis Central 56, Harlan 44

Creston 70, Clarinda 55

Red Oak 65, Denison Schleswig 60

Corner Conference

Stanton 54, Griswold 25

Bedford 77, Fremont Mills 36

East Mills 82, Essex 42

Sidney 69, Hamburg 21

Pride of Iowa Conference

Southwest Valley 73, Nodaway Valley 33

Martensdale St. Mary’s 45, Central Decatur 37

Mount Ayr 57, Lenox 42

Southeast Warren 75, Wayne 41

Rolling Valley Conference

CAM 58, Exira EHK 36

Ar-We-Va 52, Glidden Ralston 31

Coon Rapids Bayard 63, Boyer Valley 36

Woodbine 78, West Harrison 16

Paton Churdan 66, Storm Lake St. Mary’s  39

West Central Conference

AC/GC 63, Des Moines Christian 50

Van Meter 68, Ogden 38

Earlham 64, Woodward Granger 56

Chariton 62, Interstate 35 60

Western Iowa Conference

Logan Magnolia 60, Audubon 58

AHSTW 66, IKM Manning 55

Underwood 71, Riverside 44

The Atlantic Trojans boys basketball team lost to Glenwood Tuesday night 77-54. Tuesday’s game was closer than the final score appeared as the Trojans kept the first quarter competitive thanks to Shelton Mualia and Kinnick Juhl’s continuous drives toward the paint. At the end of the first quarter, Atlantic found themselves down only three at 16-13. The second quarter is where Glenwood started to create separation with back to back triples from Cole Staudt. Jack Johnson also played his part in creating an 8-0 run in the second to push Glenwood to a 41-31 lead at halftime.

Atlantic continued to battle in the third quarter with Juhl and Sawyer Tarrell hitting threes trying to close the gap, but Glenwood would always respond immediately with a basket off of a slew of Trojan turnovers. The Trojans would shave the Rams lead down to eight, but never got closer in the third as turnovers continued to pile. In the fourth quarter not much changed for either side as Glenwood continued to have shots fall in from Johnson and Ayden Gibson clearing the boards. The game would end with a final score of 77-54.

Looking back on tonight’s game Atlantic head Coach Dalton Franken liked the fight he saw from his team.

Coach Franken also credited the difference and aggressiveness that Hunter Nelson made with his appearance in the starting lineup.

Nelson finished the night with 12 points, Juhl chipped in 9, and Mualia scored 7. Coach Franken explained that even though his team had the right motivation for tonight, there are still tweaks needing to be made heading into Friday’s contest against Kuemper Catholic.

Glenwood was led in scoring by Johnson with 15 and Colin Steele with 11. The victory improves the Rams record to 9-2 as the Trojans fall to 2-7.

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State seniors Jarrod Hufford, Stevo Klotz and Myles Purchase will participate in the Hula Bowl this weekend at UCF FBC Mortgage Stadium in Orlando, Florida. The game will be played Saturday, Jan. 11 at 11 a.m. (CT) and televised on CBS Sports Network.

The trio made an indelible impact on the Cyclone program, playing in a combined 146 games. In 2024, the group helped Iowa State to its first double-digit win season as the Cyclones finished 11-3 and won the Pop-Tarts Bowl.

Hufford, a Newark, Ohio native, started the final 47 games of his Cyclone career. In his career, Hufford made starts at four of the five positions on the offensive line (left tackle, left guard, center, right guard).

As a senior, he moved to center and started every game on one of Iowa State’s most successful teams, paving the way for an offense that rushed for 27 touchdowns, the fourth-most in program history. Hufford was twice recognized as an honorable mention All-Big 12 selection.

Klotz, a native of Chaska, Minnesota, was a vital part of the Cyclone offense while playing in the fullback role. The tight end earned All-Big 12 Second-Team honors in 2023 and 2024 at the fullback position. He played in 39 games, making 19 starts, and finished with 15 career receptions with two touchdowns.

Originally a walk-on, Klotz was put on scholarship prior to the 2023 season.

Purchase played in 51 career games and made 34 career starts in four seasons with the Cyclones. The Denver, Colorado native finished his career with 146 tackles, including 11.5 for a loss. He picked off his first career pass as a senior against Texas Tech.

Purchase had 26 career pass breakups, including seven as a senior.

Iowa State Hula Bowl Invitees
1951 – Jim Doran, Bill Weeks
1960 – Dwight Nichols
1961 – Tom Watkins
1964 – John Berrington, Tom Vaughn
1965 – Dick Kasperek
1973 – George Amundson
1974 – Matt Blair
1975 – Tom Goedjen
1976 – Bob Bos, Coach Earle Bruce
1977 – Dave Greenwood, Tony Hawkins
1978 – Tom Randall
1979 – Dexter Green, Mike Stensrud
1980 – Mike Schwartz
1982 – Dwayne Crutchfield
1983 – Shamus McDonough
1993 – Doug Skartvedt
1994 – Tony Booth
1996 – Pat Augafa, Tim Kohn
1997 – Derrik Clark
2000 – Reggie Hayward (defensive MVP)
2001 – Mike Banks, Kevin DeRonde, Ennis Haywood, Marcel Howard, Lorenzo White
2003 – Lane Danielsen
2005 – Tim Dobbins, Steve Paris
2022 – Colby Reeder

2024 – Jarrod Hufford, Stevo Klotz, Myles Purchase

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Six University of Iowa football student-athletes were named College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District selections, it was announced Tuesday by the association.

The Hawkeye honorees include seniors Luke Lachey (3.74, CLAS non-degree student), Mason Richman (3.74, CLAS non-degree student) and Quinn Schulte (3.73, CLAS non-degree student), juniors Gennings Dunker (3.84, human physiology) and Aaron Graves (4.00, sport & recreation management) and sophomore Zach Lutmer (3.57, exercise science).

It is the third straight year Richman and Schulte have earned the CSC Academic All-District honor. Schulte was also a second-team Academic All-American a season ago.

Dunker, Graves and Schulte are CSC Academic All-America finalists. They will advance to the national ballot to be voted on by CSC members. First-, second- and third-team Academic All-America honorees will be announced on Jan. 28, 2025.

To be eligible, a student-athlete must have a 3.50 grade point average or higher and have one year completed in college. On the field, student-athletes must have played in 90 percent or started 66 percent of the total games played.

IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa student-athletes Kaden Wetjen (football) and Kylie Welker (women’s wrestling) were named December Student-Athletes of the Month, the Iowa Student-Athlete Advisory Committee announced on Tuesday.

Wetjen, a senior from Williamsburg, was named the recipient of the Jet Award, recognizing the top return specialist in college football. In his first career start, Wetjen returned a kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown, tying the longest kickoff return in school history in the Music City Bowl versus No. 19 Missouri. It was the longest return since 2021, and Wetjen is the fifth Hawkeye to achieve the feat. He also tied the Music City Bowl kickoff return record and set a new Iowa bowl game record with three returns for 151 yards, averaging 50.33 yards per return. He finished the game with 180 all-purpose yards.

Welker, a redshirt sophomore from Franksville, Wisconsin, dominated the month of December, going 14-0 and recording three ranked wins. She finished with 11 technical falls and three pins, ranking No. 1 at 180 lbs for the season. Welker captured titles at the NCC Open title, going 6-0 with two ranked wins, and won the Soldier Salute with another 6-0 performance, highlighted by one ranked victory.

The National Hockey League is coming to select Iowa television markets. Bill Pollock reports.

Nebraska coach Fred Hoiberg says defense will be a key tonight when the Huskers visit Iowa in Big Ten play. Nebraska is 12-2 overall and coming off a home win against nationally ranked UCLA.

Hoiberg says a good start will help against and Iowa team he expects to be motivated after an embarrassing loss at Wisconsin.

IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa senior Kaden Wetjen has been named the recipient of the 2024 Jet Award, which honors the most outstanding return specialist in college football. The announcement was made Tuesday by the Jet Award Foundation.

Wetjen’s 1,055 combined kick return yards led the country by a wide margin. He was first in the FBS in kickoff return yards (727) and second in punt return yards (328). The native of Williamsburg, Iowa, native had two returns for scores in 2024, including a 100-yard kickoff return against No. 19 Missouri in the Music City Bowl.

The return is tied for the longest in program history and tied Iowa’s longest bowl game kickoff return (C.J. Jones against USC in the 2003 Orange Bowl) and the Music City Bowl’s longest kickoff return (LSU’s Leonard Fournette in 2014). Wetjen had three returns for 151 yards against the Tigers, averaging 50.33 yards per return, which is an Iowa bowl game record. Wetjen is the fifth Hawkeye all-time to have a 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown.

During the regular season, Wetjen also returned a punt 85 yards for a score against Northwestern, the seventh-longest in school history. He had 100+ kickoff return yards in three straight games (Washington, Michigan State and Northwestern) in 2024, a first by a Hawkeye since at least 1978.

Wetjen becomes the first Hawkeye to win the Jet Award, which is in its 14th year. Iowa has had 15 individual national award winners under head coach Kirk Ferentz. They include Brad Banks (2002 Davey O’Brien, Top Quarterback; 2002 Associated Press National Player of the Year); Dallas Clark (2002 Mackey, Top Tight End); Nate Kaeding (2002 Groza, Top Kicker); Robert Gallery (2003 Outland, Top Lineman); Shonn Greene (2008 Doak Walker, Top Running Back); Brandon Scherff (2014 Outland, Top Lineman), Desmond King (2015 Jim Thorpe), Josey Jewell (2017 Lott IMPACT), T.J. Hockenson (2018, Mackey, Top Tight End), Tyler Linderbaum, (Rimington, Top Center), Jack Campbell (Campbell Trophy, Butkus Award), Tory Taylor (Ray Guy) and Wetjen (Jet).

Wetjen will be presented the award at The Jet Award Gala on April 10 in Omaha.

The award is named in honor of Heisman Trophy winner and College Football Hall of Famer Johnny “The Jet” Rodgers. Wetjen was selected by a panel of voters, including media members from the Football Writers Association of America, former recipients of the Jet Award, and two of the award’s founders, Johnny Rodgers and William Reed.

2024 IOWA POSTSEASON ALL-AMERICA NATIONAL HONORS
LUKE ELKIN: AFCA (first team)
JAY HIGGINS (Consensus): Walter Camp, AFCA, AP, FWAA, Sporting News, CBS, The Athletic (first team)
KALEB JOHNSON (Consensus): FWAA, Sporting News, Walter Camp (first team); AFCA, AP, CBS, The Athletic (second team), Pro Football Focus
KADEN WETJEN: FWAA (first team); Sporting News (second team); Jet Award