AMES, Iowa – Iowa State sophomore Tyrese Haliburton has been named to the five-man Preseason All-Big 12 team, which was voted on by the league’s head coaches and announced Wednesday.

Haliburton, an Oshkosh, Wisconsin native, ranked among the nation’s top freshmen in a number of categories last season. His all-around game has drawn rave reviews as he averaged 6.8 points, 3.6 assists, 3.4 rebounds and 1.5 steals last season. He became one of just four freshmen in college basketball since 1992-93 to record 125 assists, 50 steals and 30 blocks.

He also ranked second nationally with a 4.46 assist-to-turnover ratio, which included a school-record 17-assist game (Southern) in which he had just one turnover.

Preseason All-Big 12

Tristan Clark, Baylor
Tyrese Haliburton, Iowa State
Udoka Azubuike, Kansas
Devon Dotson, Kansas
Desmond Bane, TCU 

Honorable Mention: Xavier Sneed (Kansas State), Kristian Doolittle (Oklahoma), Yor Anei (Oklahoma State), Matt Coleman (Texas), Chris Clarke (Texas Tech), Davide Moretti (Texas Tech), Jahmi’us Ramsey (Texas Tech), Derek Culver (West Virginia).

Preseason Player of the Year: Udoka Azubuike, Kansas

Preseason Newcomer of the Year: Chris Clarke, Texas Tech

Preseason Freshman of the Year: Oscar Tshiebwe, West Virginia

Class 1A Girls

1. Peyton Pogge, Tri-Center
3. Courtney Sporrer, Logan-Magnolia
11. Taylor Sporrer, Logan-Magnolia
15. Grace Slater, Audubon
18. Kylee Morrison, Logan-Magnolia
20. Lily Dixon, Earlham
28. Ryann Portch, AHSTW
30. Sophia Broers, Nodaway Valley

Class 1A Boys

1. Josh Baudler, Nodaway Valley
4. Bennett Heisterkamp, St. Albert
5. Noah Jorgenson, Sidney
13. Jayden Dickson, Earlham
14. Zach Dixon, Earlham
24. Toby Bower, Nodaway Valley
28. Ben Breheny, Nodaway Valley

Class 2A Girls

3. Kate Crawford, ACGC
5. Ella Waddle, Panorama
13. Tori Castle, Treynor
24. Mayson Hartley, Clarinda
26. Rylee Sloss, ACGC

Class 2A Boys

4. Louden Foster, West Central Valley

Class 3A Girls

20. Braelyn Baker, Creston
25. Lucy Borkowski, Harlan

Class 3A Boys

12. Craig Alan Becker, Atlantic
21. Trey Gross, Harlan

Full rankings HERE.

Class 1A Girls

1 Logan-Magnolia
8. AHSTW
12. Tri-Center
13. Earlham

Class 1A Boys

1 Earlham
2. Nodaway Valley
11. St. Albert
12. Tri-Center

Class 2A Girls

8. Panorama
11. ACGC

Class 3A Girls

4. Harlan
12. Glenwood

Class 3A Boys

12. Atlantic

Full rankings HERE.

The Nodaway Valley Wolverines swept the podium at the Pride of Iowa Cross Country Championships on Tuesday in Corydon. The Nodaway Valley boys scored 27 points to win, led by Josh Baudler’s Individual Championship. The Wolverines girls scored 24 points to win and were led by Sophia Broers Individual Title.

Girls Team Scores

1. Nodaway Valley 24
2. Mount Ayr 80
3. Central Decatur 83
4. Martensdale St. Marys 122
5. Southwest Valley 124
6. East Union 127
7. Wayne 127

Girls Individual Top Ten

1. Sophia Broers, NV 20:56
2. Gabrielle Valencia, East Union 21:41
3. Reagan Weinheimer, NV 22:34
4. MaKayla Jones, Mount Ayr
5. Lily Day, NV
6. Mallory Kuhns, NV
7. McKinna Hogan, Lenox
8. Kaydee Swartz, Central Decatur
9. Maddy Wood, Wayne
10. Hayleigh Vinzant, Bedford

Boys Team Scores

1. Nodaway Valley 27
2. Central Decatur 74
3. Mount Ayr 102
4. Bedford 114
5. Southeast Warren 119
6. Wayne 143
7. Martensdale St. Marys 171
8. East Union 174
9. Southwest Valley 220

Boys Individual Top Ten

1. Josh Baudler, NV 16:37
2. Randy Jimenez, Southeast Warren 17:21
3. William Gillis, Central Decatur
4. Toby Bower, NV
5. Isaac Timmerman, Mount Ayr
6. Tyler Breheny, NV
7. Ben Breheny, NV
8. Tyson Mcdole, Central Decatur
9. Doug Berg, NV
10. RC Hicks, Wayne

Full results HERE.

Hawkeye Ten Conference

(3-1) Red Oak 23-25-25-25, Atlantic 25-9-12-9
(3-0) Red Oak 25-25-25, Shenandoah 20-13-13
(3-2) Shenandoah 25-23-25-25-15, Atlantic 27-25-12-23-11
(3-0) Harlan 25-25-25, Creston 18-22-20
(3-0) Lewis Central 27-25-25, Glenwood 25-12-18
(3-0) St. Albert 25-25-25, Denison-Schleswig 19-19-13

Western Iowa Conference Tournament Semifinals @ Missouri Valley

(3-1) Underwood 25-26-28-25, Treynor 21-24-30-16
(3-0) Logan-Magnolia 25-25-25, Tri-Center 23-8-16
Championship Thursday: Underwood vs. Logan-Magnolia

Pride of Iowa Conference Tournament at East Union

Semifinals
(3-0) Nodaway Valley 25-26-25, East Union 16-24-20
(3-0) Southwest Valley 25-26-25, Lenox 19-24-20

Consolation
(3-1) Lenox 25-14-25-25, East Union 17-25-14-15

Championship
(3-0) Southwest Valley 27-25-25, Nodaway Valley 25-22-14

Corner Conference

(3-0) East Mills 25-25-28, Clarinda 17-20-26
(3-0) Sidney 25-25-25, Griswold 11-15-16
(3-0) Stanton 25-25-25, Essex 22-13-6

Other Scores

(3-0) ACGC 25-25-25, Ogden 14-8-20
(3-2) Carroll 15-25-26-25-15, Winterset 25-20-28-16-11
(3-0) Earlham 25-25-25, Interstate 35 23-11-17
(2-1) Murray 23-25-15, Melcher-Dallas 25-23-10
(2-0) Murray 25-25, Diagonal 9-10
(3-1) OABCIG 25-19-25-25, West Monona 19-25-13-20
(2-0) Orient-Macksburg 25-25, Mormon Trail 10-13
(3-0) Westwood 25-25-25, River Valley 22-21-15

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

WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington is heading to the World Series for the first time in 86 years after the wild-card Nationals used a seven-run first inning and Patrick Corbin’s 12-strikeout performance to hold on and beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-4 for a sweep of the NL Championship Series. The Nationals were just 19-31 in May but now they will face the Houston Astros or New York Yankees in the Fall Classic.

NEW YORK (AP) — A year after suspicions on sign stealing made headlines when a man associated with the Astros was caught pointing a cellphone into opposing dugouts, Houston is giving pitchers pause again, perhaps with nothing more than the naked eye. There’s nothing illegal about noticing a tipped pitch, and manager AJ Hinch delivered a clear message about who is at fault if Houston knows what’s coming. Hinch said before Game 3 of the AL Championship Series that it’s on pitchers to guard against it.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Derek Mason’s solution with Vanderbilt mired in a horrendous start coming off arguably the worst loss of his six seasons is work harder and stick together. Mason is confident in the coaching staff he’s got. The coach says he’s more worried about making sure his Commodores trust their training heading to their next home game against No. 22 Missouri.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Every returning member of the Stanley Cup champion St. Louis Blues went to the White House several months after a couple of 2018 Cup champion Washington Capitals players opted not to visit President Donald Trump. Alternate captain Alex Steen says the Blues do everything as a team on and off the ice and cited it as one reason they captured the first championship in franchise history. Trump also used the occasion to touch on the situation in Turkey and an agriculture deal with China.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs’ use of the run-pass option is a big reason why their offense has been so successful the past season-plus. It has largely kept defenses uncertain where the ball is going, opening up the field for the Kansas City fleet of fast, athletic wide receivers. Only the past two weeks, the RPO has been more like R-P-Oh no!

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — No. 23 Iowa has lost back-to-back games to Michigan and Penn State, scoring just 15 points in all. The Hawkeyes, who scored in every quarter of their first four games, have had just one touchdown and three field goals in their last eight quarters. They also have six turnovers the last two games after just one in the first four. Iowa faces Purdue this weekend.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State’s success over the past two seasons helped it land freshman running back Breece Hall. Iowa State saw last weekend what it is like to have one of its own players take over a game. Hall ran for 132 yards and three touchdowns in a 38-14 victory at West Virginia. The Cyclones visit Texas Tech this weekend.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Stephen Strasburg took his turn silencing the Cardinals’ struggling bats, Nationals postseason star Howie Kendrick doubled three times and drove in three more runs, and Washington moved one win from the city’s first World Series appearance in 86 years by beating St. Louis 8-1 to take a 3-0 lead in the NL Championship Series. Strasburg struck out 12 in 7 innings.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pitching, defense and baserunning abandoned the Cardinals and their hitting never showed up in Game 3 of the NLCS. They got blown out 8-1 by the Washington Nationals to fall into a 3-0 hole and are one loss from being swept out of the series. St. Louis has scored one run through three games.

UNDATED (AP) — The Detroit Lions are the latest victim of questionable calls by officials that have seemingly become a regular part of every game. This time, it was two hands-to-the-face calls that aided Green Bay in its fourth-quarter comeback from a nine-point deficit for a 23-22 win. Both calls were on Lions defensive end Trey Flowers, who appeared to be grabbing his man by the shoulder and not the facemask or throat.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs have struggled for Andy Reid’s entire tenure to stop the run. Now, with a team pegged as Super Bowl contenders, they may be worse than ever. Injuries have mounted on the defensive line, middle linebacker Anthony Hitchens also is hobbled and coordinator Steve Spagnuolo’s switch from a 3-4 system to a 4-3 has failed to produce any noticeable improvement. It’s no wonder the Chiefs’ run defense is making opposing backs look like stars.

UNDATED (AP) — Nebraska will play Illinois in Dublin, Ireland, to open the 2021 season. It’s the second game in a five-game series of college games on the Emerald Isle. Navy and Notre Dame will meet in Dublin next season. The matchup in Dublin will be Nebraska’s first game outside of the United States since the Cornhuskers beat Kansas State in the 1992 Coca-Cola Bowl in Tokyo.

Western Iowa Conference Tournament

(3-1) IKM-Manning 25-15-25-25, Audubon 20-25-17-15 (Pigtail match)
(3-0) Treynor 25-25-25 IKM-Manning 12-12-17
(3-0) Underwood 25-25-25 Riverside 16-22-21
(3-0) Tri-Center 25-25-25 Missouri Valley 15-10-18
(3-2) Logan-Magnolia 22-25-21-25-15 AHSTW 25-21-25-21-12

Semifinals Tuesday @ Missouri Valley
Treynor vs. Underwood
Tri-Center vs. Logan-Magnolia

Pride of Iowa Conference Tournament

(3-0) Mount Ayr 3 Wayne 0
(3-0) Southwest Valley 25-25-25 Mount Ayr 19-15-17
(3-2) Central Decatur 3 Bedford 2
(3-1) East Union 25-18-25-25 Central Decatur 10-25-23-7
(3-1) Lenox 25-23-25-25 Southeast Warren 18-25-21-21
(3-0) Nodaway Valley 25-25-25 Martensdale-St. Marys 19-11-11

Semifinals and Finals Tuesday @ East Union

Bluegrass Conference

(3-1) Mormon Trail 25-17-25-25, Diagonal 16-25-15-8

Other Scores

(2-0) Fremont-Mills 25-25 East Atchison 23-21
(2-0) Fremont-Mills 25-25 Mid-Buchanan 6-4