One defending champ is top ranked in the first Radio Iowa high school football poll. Todd Kimm reports.

Class 5A
1. WDM Valley, vs #3 Dowling Catholic
2. Southeast Polk, vs Ankeny Centennial
3. Dowling Catholic, @ #1 Valley
4. Waukee Northwest, @ #6 Ankeny
5. Iowa City Liberty, vs #8 Cedar Falls
6. Ankeny, vs #4 Waukee NW
7. Waukee, @ Johnston
8. Cedar Falls, @ #5 Iowa City Liberty
9. Pleasant Valley, vs Bettendorf
10.Sioux City East, vs Sioux City North (Thurs)

Class 4A
1. Cedar Rapids Xavier, @ North Scott
2. Pella, vs Ballard
3. Sergeant Bluff-Luton, @ 3A #1 Heelan
4. Fort Dodge, vs Mason City
5. Newton, vs Carlisle
6. Lewis Central, vs North Scott
7. ADM (Adel), @ Winterset
8. Decorah, @ Waukon
9. Le Mars, @ Council Bluffs Abe Lincoln
10.Western Dubuque, vs 3A #10 Wahlert

Class 3A
1. Bishop Heelan, vs 4A #3 Sergeant Bluff-Luton
2. Mount Vernon, @ Monticello
3. Humboldt, vs Spencer
4. Clear Lake, vs Forest City
5. Algona, @ Spirit Lake
6. Harlan, @ 1A #8 Underwood (Thurs)
7. Solon, vs Assumption
8. MOC/Floyd Valley, @ 2A #2 Central Lyon/GLR
9. Nevada, @ Grinnell
10.Wahlert Catholic, @ 4A #10 Western Dubuque

Class 2A
1. Kuemper Catholic, vs #7 Cherokee
2. Central Lyon/George-Little Rock, vs 3A #8 MOC/Floyd Valley
3. Van Meter, @ DSM Christian
4. OABCIG, @ Ridge View
5. PCM (Monroe), vs Sigourney-Keota
6. Roland-Story, @ Pella Christian
7. Cherokee, @ #1 Kuemper
8. Mid-Prairie (Wellman), vs Washington
9. Osage, vs Hampton-Dumont-CAL
10.Alburnett, @ Center Point-Urbana

Class 1A
1. Grundy Center, vs Aplington-Parkersburg
2. West Lyon, @ Western Christian
3. Regina Catholic, @ Wilton
4. South Hardin, vs West Marshall
5. Tri-Center (Neola), vs St. Albert
6. Pleasantville, @ Lynnville-Sully
7. Treynor, @ A #4 Riverside
8. Underwood, vs 3A #6 Harlan (Thurs)
9. Emmetsburg, vs Estherville Lincoln Central
10.Hinton @ Gehlen Catholic

Class A
1. West Hancock, vs Garner Hayfield Ventura
2. Saint Ansgar, @ South Hamilton
3. MMCRU, vs Akron-Westfield
4. Riverside (Oakland), vs 1A #7 Treynor
5. Madrid, @ Woodward-Granger
6. Maquoketa Valley, @ Starmont
7. Woodbury Central, @ Lawton-Bronson
8. AC/GC vs Panorama (Thurs)
9. North Linn, @ Hudson
10.Sioux Central, vs Pocahontas Area

8-Player
1. Bishop Garrigan, vs Kingsley-Pierson
2. Iowa Valley (1-0), vs #6 Don Bosco
3. Gladbrook-Reinbeck, vs Janesville
4. Montezuma, @ Springville
5. Fremont-Mills, @ CAM
6. Don Bosco, @ #2 Iowa Valley
7. Clarksville, @ Edgewood-Colesburg
8. Lenox, vs #9 Woodbine
9. Woodbine, @ #8 Lenox
10.Easton Valley, vs Winfield-Mount Union (Thurs)

Today, we continue our 18-team Big Ten Preview with a scouting report on Wisconsin. Mike Grimm takes a look the 2025 Badgers:

Tomorrow, we put Iowa under the spotlight.

IOWA CITY, Iowa – The University of Iowa women’s soccer team posted its first shutout of the season, defeating Western Michigan, 2-0, on Sunday afternoon at the Iowa Soccer Complex. The Hawkeyes move to 2-1-0 on the season.

Freshman Josie Jones got the scoring started for Iowa, finding the goal in the 25^th minute to give the Hawkeyes a, 1-0, advantage. Graduate student Price Loposer was credited for the assist. The goal marks the first of Jones’ collegiate career while the assist was Lopoer’s first of her Hawkeye career.

At the break, Iowa led Western Michigan, 1-0.

After 45 minutes Iowa had 10 shots including six on goal. The Hawkeye defense didn’t allow a single shot in the first half. Iowa had five corner kicks in the first half while the Broncos had zero.

Senior Shae Doherty gave Iowa a, 2-0, advantage in the 72^nd minute. Freshman Elle Wildman was credited for the assist, The goal marked Dohrerty’s first of the season and third of her career. It was her first goal since 2023. The assist was Wildman’s first of her career.

Iowa would blank Western Michigan the rest of the game, defeating the Broncos, 2-0.

HEAR FROM HEAD COACH DAVE DIIANNI
“Our mentality and our ability to compete for 90 minutes was really great to see. Josie Jones had an excellent goal off a set piece in the first half. The quality of play in the first half, Liana Tarasco, Kenzie Roling, Josie Jones, some of the players who played their best soccer. Early in the season but we needed that. Western Michigan is going to win a lot of games in the MAC and they are going to be a top 50 RPI game.

That was important, and a bit of a trap game. I thought our mentality was great. I thought they followed the scout that we won a lot of balls in the midfield which we did not win against TCU. Even when Western Michigan pushed back in the second half, for 15 minutes, we took that. Then we got the second goal that made life a bit easier for us.

MATCH NOTES

• The shutout marks the first of Iowa’s season and graduate student Taylor Kane’s Hawkeye career. Her last shutout came in 2021 when she was at Pomona-Pitzer.
• Iowa outshot Western Michigan, 21-5. The last time Iowa recorded 20+ shots came against Missouri State in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament on Nov. 15^th, 2024.
• 10 different Hawkeyes fired a shot. Of the 10 players, four players had at least three shots.
• Iowa had 12 shots on goal while Western Michigan just had one. Seven different Hawkeyes put a shot on goal. The last time Iowa had 10+ shots on goal came against Missouri State in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament on Nov, 15^th, 2024.
• 2 For The Money: Iowa’s record is 57-3-3 in its last 63 games when scoring two goals or more, which dates back to October of 2017.
• 90 Tracker: Josie Jones and Millie Greer were the two Hawkeye position players to register 90 minutes.
  

UP NEXT
The Hawkeyes travel to Loyola-Chicago on Thursday, Aug, 28^th where they are set to kick off at 7 p.m. (CT). Iowa then returns home to host No. 23 Saint Louis for the team’s senior day. The match is set to kick off at 1 p.m. (CT) and will be streamed live on B1G+ (subscription required).

The Tri-Center Boys Cross Country have high hopes for 2025 after a team appearance at the state meet last year. Head Coach Lexi Cochran says the summer running program has been mainly student-athlete led.

Cochran says she sees more determination from the group than years past.

The roster is filled with several under and upperclassmen, giving the Trojans that senior leadership with younger talent as well.

Cochran says her team has a championship mindset heading into the fall slate.

The Trojans believe the whole team has the potential to compete at the state meet.

Tri-Center begins their fall schedule Tuesday, August 26th in Shenendoah.

It is game week at Iowa where the Hawkeyes get ready to host the University of Albany. The Hawkeyes have high hopes after finishing 8-5 a year ago.

That’s Iowa center Logan Jones. A demanding schedule that includes three home games against teams that appeared in the college football playoffs awaits.

It begins the fourth and final season for Hawkeye safety Xavier Nwankpa.

After a long trip back from Ireland the Iowa State Cyclones prepare for Saturday’s home opener against South Dakota. The 22nd ranked Cyclones converted a late fourth and three to ice a 24-21 victory over 17th ranked Kansas State.

That’s ISU coach Matt Campbell who says the Cyclones need to shift their attention in a hurry.

It completed a trip to Dublin that was announced 16 months ago.

It continues a trend for the Cyclones that started last year in which they find a way to win close games. Cyclone quarterback Rocco Becht.

Becht says the Cyclones are confident in close games.

The Audubon Volleyball team has begun official practice in preparation for the 2025 season, and the Wheelers are looking to complete their second winning season in the past three years. Head Coach Molly Lange says the summer was very productive which included team competition.

Hitting the conditioning has been a major emphasis in the early stages of practice as well.

The Wheelers return First Team All-Conference member Harlow Miller who led the team with 350 kills last year and ranked 13th in Class 1A with 936 attacks. Lange will look for her to lead by example and verbally.

Lange believes her team can compete with anyone in the Western Iowa Conference.

The Wheelers begin the 2025 season in a triangular with Panorama and Coon-Rapids Bayard on Thursday, August 21st.

The Griswold Tigers Football team gets an early start as they are set to host the East Mills Wolverines on Friday Night to kick off the Football season. The Tigers will look to improve upon a 3-6 record from a year ago and will do so with a bit of a new look after graduating 11 seniors. However, with fall camp in the review mirror, head coach Seth Lembke believes the week 0 contest will help the team continue to grow.

The early start, combined with the newcomers, necessitated a slightly different feel in camp, but sometimes less is more.

One of the new faces in new places in the Griswold lineup is senior quarterback Wyatt Silk. Although not new to varsity football, it will be his first year at quarterback after playing behind four-year starter Bode Wyman.  Lembke says his progression through camp has been strong and that he has benefited from his time on the field in other areas as well as from playing behind Wyman.

Arguably, the area most affected by graduation is the receiving corps. The Tigers lost their top six receivers from a year ago, including Connor Bowers and Auden Wilson, who each notched over 500 yards. Although it might take some time to completely develop the pass game, there have been some standouts in camp.

On defense the Tigers will look to senior RJ Dishong to be a leader. Dishong finished sixth on the team in total tackles a year ago with 31.5 adding 5 tackles for loss.

Early season games always come in with a bit of unknowns, but this game could see that exemplified with both squads looking to fill in certain spots. However, similar to the opposition, Lembke expects East Mills to be prepared.

This game could come down to the ability to limit mistakes, and for Lembke the keys to a victory are the basics.

Kickoff is scheduled for 7 pm in Griswold and join KJAN for pregame coverage at 6:30 pm.