Iowa visits Minnesota in the Big Ten opener for both. Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz learned quickly about the Battle for Floyd of Rosedale after joining Hayden Fry’s staff in 1981 and always lets the new player know what it means.

Iowa’s defense has given up numerous big plays the past two weeks and Ferentz says it needs to be fixed.

Ferentz says the Gophers provide a tough challenge.

Listen for the pre-game show on KJAN beginning at 4:30-p.m., Saturday. Kick-off from Huntington Bank Stadium in Minneapolis is at 6:30-p.m.

The 20th ranked Iowa State Cyclones host Arkansas State. ISU coach Matt Campbell is concerned about the Red Wolves team speed.

Campbell says Arkansas State has a lot of weapons on offense.

Campbell says communication will be a key for the Cyclone defense against an Arkansas State defense that wants to play hurry up.

Campbell says the first chore is to be lined up at the snap.

Kick-off is at 1-p.m. Saturday (CT)

Northern Iowa is at Hawaii for a late night kickoff, Iowa time. Panther coach Mark Farley on the long wait for kickoff.

Farley says there is a plan to keep the players busy.

Hawaii is 1-2 with the losses to UCLA and Sam Houston.

Farley says Hawaii is also highly skilled on defense.

Kick-off is 11-p.m. CT Saturday.

CORALVILLE, Iowa – University of Iowa volleyball opened the Kwik Star Klassic with a five-set victory over South Dakota on Thursday night at Xtream Arena.

The Hawkeyes are 6-4 on the season and 2-0 in five-set matches.

Freshman Dominique Phills had a career night with 18 kills to lead the Hawkeyes. Phills’ previous personal best was 12. Senior Gracie Gibson was efficient on the attack, converting on 10 of her 19 swings (.474). Seniors Joy Galles and Michelle Urquhart recorded 16 and 13 digs, respectively, for the Hawkeye defense. Sophomore Hannah Whittingstall was strong at the net, matching her career high with seven blocks.

As a team, Iowa assisted on 51-of-55 kills. Freshman Jenna Meitzler set up 42 Hawkeye kills in the tournament opener. Iowa hit .198, while holding South Dakota to .165.

HEAR FROM COACH BARNES
“I’m proud of the way we prepared this week. With our freshman setter (Meitzler) stepping up, we tailored everything to her this week, gave her some confidence and the team has rallied around that. I am also proud of Dominique (Phills). She had a great match and really helped us win that fifth set. When we went up 2-0, we knew there was a lot of game left. Credit to South Dakota for fighting back. We’ll certainly take the win against a very good team like that.”

HAWKEYE TEN CONFERENCE 

Shenandoah 3, St. Albert 0

Clarinda 3, Harlan 0

Lewis Central 3, Glenwood 1

Creston 3, Denison-Schleswig 1

WESTERN IOWA CONFERENCE 

Missouri Valley 3 IKM-Manning 2

Treynor 3, AHSTW 0

Riverside 3, Audubon 0

Tri-Center 3, Underwood 0

ROLLING VALLEY CONFERENCE 

Boyer Valley 3, West Harrison 0

Coon Rapids-Bayard 3, Ar-We-Va 0

CAM 3, Glidden-Ralston 0

Woodbine 3, Paton-Churdan 0

NON-CONFERENCE 

Heartland Christian 2, Whiting 0

Heartland Christian 2, Hamburg 0

Griswold 3, Southwest Valley 0

Mount Ayr 3, Bedford 2

Lenox 2, Nodaway Valley 0

Lenox 2, Earlham 0

Girls Results: 

1. Martensdale-St. Marys (21 points) — 1. Karson Oberender (16:14.50), 2. Maclaine German (16:19.40), 4. Penelope Wearmouth (18:22.80), 7. Ellie Baker (18:42.50), 10. Elizabeth Moore (19:01.20)

2. Central Decatur (45 points) — 3. Taylor Leahy (17:59.60), 9. Addyson Schreck (18:57.50), 11. Aubri Perkins (19:20.20), 13. Makenna Perkins (19:31.40)

3. Fremont-Mills (76 points) — 5. Brookelynn Billingsley (18:27.00)

4. Stanton (88 points)

Maryville — 6. Melodie Babcock (18:31.50)

East Mills — 8. Caitlyn Crouse (18:48.50)

Essex — 12. Ella Sandahl (19:23.20)

Griswold — 14. Josephine Millikan (19:42.20)

Sidney — 15. Alexis Barrett (19:45.40)

Boys Results: 

1. Red Oak (33 points) — 1. Emmanuel Grass (13:29.70), 2. Hayden Heitbrink (14:05.70), 6. Osiel Pedersen (14:52.70)

2. Martensdale-St. Marys (43 points) — 4. Teegan Dorenkamp (14:34.30), 8. Isaiah Wheeldon (15:13.90), 12. Jonathan Moore (15:39.10)

3. Central Decatur (96 points) — 9. Beau Waugh (15:20.00)

4. Fremont-Mills (98 points) — 14. Anderson Carter (15:51.70)

5. East Mills (116 points)

6. Southwest Valley (142 points)

7. Stanton (166 points) — 15. Jayden Snow (15:51.80)

Griswold — 3. Holden Jensen (14:10.40), 7. Cody Dorscher (15:02.50)

Sidney — 5. Carter Buttry (14:37.50), 13. Flynt Bell (15:43.90)

Maryville — 10. Tucker McCollough (15:31.10), 11. Jaren Dombek (15:37.10)

Panorama Meet 

Girls:

Team Standings

1. Van Meter 42
2. Earlham 62
3. ACGC 90
4. Atlantic 139
5. Panorama 146
6. Clarinda 155
7. Kuemper 208
8. Perry 211
9. Ogden 218
10. Exira EHK 277
11. Southeast Valley 284
12. Greene County 298

ACGC:

IOWA CITY, Iowa – The University of Iowa women’s basketball finalized its 2024-25 schedule Thursday when the 18-game Big Ten Conference slate was released live on BTN Today.

2024-25 SCHEDULE NOTES
– The Hawkeyes will play back-to-back road games (at Oregon (1/19) and Washington (1/22); at Minnesota (2/6) and Nebraska (2/10) twice during the regular season.
– Iowa will play on New Year’s Day at Penn State. It is the team’s first game on New Year’s Day since 2023.
– The start and end of Iowa’s conference slate is balanced with two away/home contests.
– The Hawkeyes will host their first three conference games on Sundays (Purdue (12/29), Maryland (1/5) and Indiana (1/12).
– Six of Iowa’s nine Big Ten home games will be played on Sundays.

The Hawkeyes are coming off a season where they won a school-record 34 games, claimed a Big Ten Tournament title and advanced to the NCAA Championship game for a second consecutive season. Iowa returns a pair of starters in 2024-25 under P. Sue Beckwith, MD, Head Women’s Basketball Coach Jan Jensen, who is in her first season as head coach.

Game times and television info will be released in the coming weeks. The Iowa Athletics Department anticipates a season long sellout for women’s basketball. Donors and season ticket deposit holders are currently being contacted.

2024-25 SCHEDULE
Oct. 30 – Missouri Western (Exh.)
Nov. 6 – Northern Illinois
Nov. 10 – vs. Virginia Tech (Charlotte)
Nov. 13 – Toledo
Nov. 17 – at Drake
Nov. 20 – vs. Kansas (Sioux Falls)
Nov. 24 – Washington State
Nov. 28 – vs. Rhode Island (Cancun)
Nov. 29 – BYU (Cancun)
Dec. 7 – vs. Tennessee (Brooklyn)
Dec. 11 – Iowa State
Dec. 15 – at Michigan State
Dec. 20 – Northern Iowa
Dec. 29 – Purdue
Jan. 1 – at Penn State
Jan. 5 – Maryland
Jan. 9 – at Illinois
Jan. 12 – Indiana
Jan. 16 – Nebraska
Jan. 19 – at Oregon
Jan. 22 – at Washington
Jan. 28 – Northwestern
Feb. 2 – USC
Feb. 6 – at Minnesota
Feb. 10 – at Nebraska
Feb. 13 – Rutgers
Feb. 17 – at Ohio State
Feb. 23 – UCLA
Feb. 26 – at Michigan
Mar. 2 – Wisconsin

The 2-1 Winterset Huskies football team are taking on the 4-0 Atlantic Trojans Friday night in Winterset. The Huskies are recently coming off a 28-26 physical win against Carlisle, but also have a 31-6 victory against Creston, and a 31-9 loss to ADM. Those first three games of the year really helped Winterset Head Coach Zach Sweeney understand the strengths of his Huskies squad and pushed them to be better.

A key factor to Winterset’s two victories is the dual threat ability of senior quarterback Hunter Lyon. Lyon has thrown for 522 yards and 3 touchdowns and on the ground, Lyon has scrambled for two scores. His versatility and persistence have credited praise from Coach Sweeney.

Defensively the Huskies have seen great effort from junior Wyatt Swanson and senior Gavin Day who both have collected two interceptions through three games. Winterset’s leading tackler is a hard hitting junior named Jace Bellamy and Bellamy has 23.5 tackles so far into the season. Coach Sweeney likes the consistent tenacity from his defense and labels it as a strength for Winterset this year.

Next up for Winterset is a steadfast Atlantic team that continues to count on its overwhelming run game for success. Senior running back Tyson O’Brien is the leading rusher for Atlantic with 780 yards and five touchdowns through 95 carries. In the backfield with O’Brien is the strong junior fullback Gavin McLaren with his 37 carries, 257 yards, and seven scores. Those two combined with sophomore Ethan McNeal’s 153 yards on the ground have created a run game that most squads struggle with.

Coach Sweeney is keeping it simple for his team heading into Friday as he wants his defense to limit turnovers and focus on stopping the Trojans run game.

KJAN and KJANTV will have the broadcast for Friday’s matchup with the pregame show beginning at 6:30 PM and kickoff is at 7:00 PM.