The postseason is upon us for the winter sports season. Wrestlers in Classes 1A and 2A will be competing in Sectional meets around the state on Saturday.  Boys swimming teams will also be in action Saturday with District meets that will determine state qualifiers.

Wrestling sectional assignments can be found here:

Class 2A Sites & Assignments

Class 1A Sites & Assignments

The 1st and 2nd place winners in each weight class will advance to district meets on Saturday, February 13th. The Atlantic/CAM wrestlers will be competing in Winterset in Class 2A, Sectional 4 along with Central Decatur, Clarke, Creston O-M, Van Meter, and Winterset. Atlantic will be the host site for the district 2.  The other sectional competing to get to Atlantic is Sectional 3 in Glenwood that features Bedford/Lenox, Clarinda, Glenwood, Harlan, Red Oak, and Shenandoah.

Boys swimming teams will be competing Saturday at 6 district meets around the states.  Time will be compiled electronically in Des Moines from all of the meet sites and the top 24 times will qualify for the state meet on Saturday, February 13th.

The Atlantic Boys Swimming team will be competing in Indianola at 12:30pm.  Included in the district at Indianola are: Atlantic, Des Moines Lincoln, Des Moine Roosevelt, Dowling Catholic, Indianola, Lewis Central, Oskaloosa, and Southeast Polk.

Listen in to our Saturday Morning Coaches Show at 8:30am to hear a preview from Atlantic Head Wrestling Coach Tim Duff and Atlantic Head Swimming Coach Dean Junker.

The Predicament released their third dual team rankings of the season on Thursday.  Regional Dual Team Meets begin with Class 1A and 2A on Tuesday, February 9th and Wednesday, February 10th for Class 3A.

The Predicament’s Dual Team Rankings No. 3
Class 3A
1 Southeast Polk
2 Valley, WDM
3 Fort Dodge
4 Dubuque Hempstead
5 Prairie, Cedar Rapids
6 Johnston
7 Cedar Rapids Jefferson
8 Epworth,Western Dubuque
9 Cedar Rapids Kennedy
10 Waverly-Shell Rock

Class 2A
1 New Hampton
2 Creston O/M
3 Assumption, Davenport
4 Clarion-Goldfield-Dows
5 Sgt Bluff-Luton
6 Albia
7 Mediapolis
8 Independence
9 Washington
10 Webster City

Class 1A
1 Don Bosco, Gilbertville
2 Lisbon
3 Alburnett
4 Logan Magnolia
5 Sumner-Fredricksburg
6 Dike-New Hartford
7 Sibley-Ocheyedan
8 Westwood-Sloan
9 Lake Mills
10 Sigourney-Keota

The Predicament released their Class 1A and 2A State team rankings and individual rankings late Thursday.

CLASS 1A

1 Alburnett (6)
2 Lisbon (6)
3 Sibley-Ocheyedan (5)
4 Highland Riverside (2)
5 Wapsie Valley (4)
6 Underwood (3)
7 Don Bosco (5)
8 Wilton (3)
9 West Marshall (4)
10 SE Warren (3)

The Predicament’s Class 1A Final Individual Rankings
106
1 Will Portis (Jr.) Rockford
2 Gable Fox (So.) Don Bosco
3 Donny Schmit (So.) Wapsie Valley
4 Jaymus Wilson (Fr.) Alburnett
5 Samuel Loyd (So.) New London
6 Marshall Rasmussen (Sr.) Underwood
7 Kurtis Krager (So.) BCIG-OA
8 Koby Hanson (So.) Manson NW Webster
9 Hunter Phantz (So.) West Marshall
10 Jacob Sigler (Jr.) Dike-New Hartford
113
1 Brock Henderson (Jr.) North Linn
2 Joshua Tibbits (Fr.) Martensdale-St Marys
3 Jeremiah Colon (Sr.) Newman Catholic
4 Blake Bauer (Jr.) SE Warren
5 Tatem Bluml (Jr.) Oakland Riverside
6 Kody Kleve (Sr.) Starmont
7 Remington Meeker (Jr.) Logan Magnolia
8 Dylan Loomer (Jr.) Jesup
9 Logan Lutgen (So.) Don Bosco
10 Javis Krieger (So.) New London
120
1 Bryce West (Jr.) Highland Riverside
2 Brady Kyner (Jr.) SE Warren
3 Chance Throndson (So.) Riceville
4 Cooper Siebrecht (So.) Lisbon
5 Kody Berg (Jr.) Westwood Sloan
6 Ben Moyer (Jr.) Alburnett
7 Cole Allison (Jr.) Ft Dodge St Edmond
8 Kaleb Krall (Fr.) Wapsie Valley
9 Skylar Richter (Sr.) Hinton
10 Dakota Henry (So.) Belle Plaine
126
1 Alex Thomsen (So.) Underwood
2 Drew West (Jr.) Highland Riverside
3 Wally Zernich (Jr.) Lisbon
4 Colin Schrader (So.) Wapsie Valley
5 Kody Kugel (Sr.) Dike-New Hartford
6 Jake Wulf (Sr.) BCIG-OA
7 Tanner Lundgren (Jr.) Emmetsburg
8 Zach Andrews (Sr.) Belmond Klemme
9 Jeremy Schmitz (Jr.) Don Bosco
10 Ben Freese (Sr.) Nodaway Valley
132
1 Cole Needham (Sr.) West Marshall
2 Briar Cochran (Sr.) Moravia
3 Drake Halblom (Sr.) Alburnett
4 Jacob Hansen (Jr.) West Fork
5 Kolton Roth (So.) Graettinger-Terril
6 Chase McLaughlin (Jr.) Lisbon
7 Austin Leopard (Jr.) Louisa Muscatine
8 Nick Mangrich (Sr.) Don Bosco
9 Kyle Decker (Jr.) East Buchanan
10 Kory VanOrt (Fr.) West Sioux
138
1 Nick Williams (Sr.) Lisbon
2 Jacob Krakow (Jr.) Iowa Valley
3 Skylar Solko (Jr.) Alta-Aurelia
4 Bryce Ackerman (Sr.) Wapsie Valley
5 Payton Sitzmann (Sr.) Ft Dodge St Edmond
6 Austin Pontier (Sr.) I35, Truro
7 Tom Jennings (Sr.) Underwood
8 Logan Schuereman (Jr.) Guthrie Center
9 Reno Chiri (Jr.) New London
10 Cooper White (Jr.) West Marshall
145
1 Carter Happel (Sr.) Lisbon
2 Trent Johnson (Jr.) Dike-New Hartford
3 Trey Brisker (So.) Wilton
4 Lane Boender (Sr.) Sigourney-Keota
5 Dylan Schuck (Jr.) Sibley Ocheyedan
6 Zach Sommerfelt (Sr.) Clarksville
7 Dylan Mueller (Sr.) Central Springs
8 Austin Malloy (Sr.) EHK-Exira
9 Jake Mulford (Sr.) Audubon
10 James Kime (Sr.) Sumner-Fredericksburg
152
1 Zach Axmear (Jr.) English Valleys
2 Conner Shulista (Sr.) Alburnett
3 Karsen Seehase (Jr.) Sumner-Fredericksburg
4 Josh Hopkins (Sr.) East Mills
5 Tanner Greenwald (Sr.) Wilton
6 Dalton Nelson (Jr.) North Butler
7 Chris Paulsen (Sr.) Don Bosco
8 Drew Anderson (Jr.) Westwood Sloan
9 Brady Wilson (Jr.) Logan Magnolia
10 Hunter Robinson (Sr.) Lisbon
160
1 Bryce Paul (Sr.) Alburnett
2 Taylan Entriken (Jr.) Hudson
3 Sal Arzani (Sr.) Truro, I35
4 Garrett Saylor (Jr.) Sibley Ocheyedan
5 Luke Peters (Jr.) South Hamilton
6 Jarel Arbegast (Jr.) West Fork
7 Dustin Engel (Sr.) AHSTW
8 Nathan Haynes (So.) Missouri Valley
9 TJ Dierking (So.) SE Warren
10 Rogan Pforts (Jr.) Wapello
170
1 Tanner Sloan (So.) Alburnett
2 Logan Schumacher (So.) Martensdale-St Marys
3 Noah Huber (Sr.) Hudson
4 Joey Schwenn (Jr.) Belle Plaine
5 Trent Kruger (Jr.) Sibley Ocheyedan
6 Timmy Barr (Sr.) AHSTW
7 Jared Johnson (Sr.) West Marshall
8 Riley Wohlers (Sr.) Logan-Magnolia
9 Zach Ryg (Fr.) Central Springs
10 Noah Bouse (Sr.) Okoboji
182
1 Daniel Bishop (Jr.) Hinton
2 Austin Lentz (Sr.) Ogden
3 Alec McDowell (Jr.) Maquoketa Valley
4 Bryce Oveson (Jr.) Wilton
5 Steven Gregory (Sr.) Treynor
6 Hunter Dejong (So.) Sibley Ocheyedan
7 Colton Massengale (Sr.) BGM Brooklyn
8 Hunter Hagen (So.) West Hancock
9 Jason Fisher (Sr.) Nashua Plainfield
10 Nathan Krueger (Sr.) Manson NW Webster
195
1 Landers Kuboushek (Sr.) South Winneshiek
2 Slade Sifuentes (Jr.) Lake Mills
3 Ty Riley (Jr.) South Central Calhoun
4 Nick Ross (Sr.) Ogden
5 Drake Johnsen (Jr.) Logan-Magnolia
6 Noah Boender (Jr.) Sigourney-Keota
7 Jordan Challis (Sr.) Tipton
8 Mike Ward (Sr.) East Union
9 Skylar Bonestroo (Jr.) Western Christian
10 Colton Francis (So.) West Hancock
220
1 Rylan Richardson (Sr.) South Central Calhoun
2 Colton Hansen (Sr.) Newman Catholic
3 Matt Naig (Jr.) Sibley Ocheyedan
4 Caleb Meinders (Jr.) AGWSR
5 Tom Reif (So.) Missouri Valley
6 Drew Finnegan (Sr.) West Branch
7 Nick Perkins (Sr.) East Mills
8 Dustin Brown (Sr.) West Lyon
9 Ryan Even (Sr.) Jesup
10 Anthony Emanuel (Sr.) South Winneshiek
285
1 Jared Brinkman (Jr.) Iowa City Regina
2 Luke Worden (Sr.) Belmond Klemme
3 Tim Butcher (Sr.) Manson NW Webster
4 Kyler Schott (Jr.) North Linn
5 Sawyer Hulshizer (Sr.) Saint Ansgar
6 Cole Jensen (Sr.) MVAO
7 Brian Sadler (So.) Jesup
8 Michael Young (Sr.) AGWSR
9 Anthony Ossman (Sr.) East Mills
10 Beau Kellenberger (Sr.) West Lyon

CLASS 2A

1 Albia (4)
2 Creston-OM (5)
3 New Hampton (7)
4 Webster City (4)
5 Clarion-Goldfield-Dows(4)
6 Glenwood (4)
7 Crestwood (5)
8 Davenport Assumption (6)
9 Charles City (5)
10 Clear Lake (3)

The Predicament’s Final Class 2A Individual Rankings
106
1 Aden Reeves (Fr.) Albia
2 Eric Faught (Fr.) Clear Lake
3 Shea Ruffridge (So.) Pocahontas Area
4 Matt Randone (Sr.) Davenport Assumption
5 Chase Luensman (Fr.) Monticello
6 Kaden Anderlik (Fr.) Crestwood
7 Dylan Robinson (Jr.) New Hampton
8 Kole Hansen (So.) Atlantic
9 Phillip Ihde (So.) Decorah
10 Grayson Kesterson (So.) Williamsburg
113
1 Drake Doolittle (Fr.) Webster City
2 Justin Portillo (Sr.) Clarion-Goldfield-Dows
3 Josh Keller (Sr.) Columbus Jct
4 Riley Wright (Fr.) Denver-Tripoli
5 Noah Fye (So.) New Hampton
6 Duncan McCain (Jr.) Mid Prairie
7 Carter Cox (Jr.) Atlantic
8 Gabe Ruepke (So.) Chariton
9 Caleb Fuessley (Fr.) Center Point Urbana
10 Brady Fritz (So.) South Tama
120
1 Josh Portillo (Sr.) Clarion-Goldfield-Dows
2 Connor Cleveland (Sr.) New Hampton
3 Michael Millage (So.) Crestwood
4 Rhyker Sims (So.) Sgt Bluff Luton
5 Jared Hensley (Jr.) Bedford-Lenox
6 Jacob Fenske (Sr.) Davenport Assumption
7 Dante Tacchia (Jr.) Iowa Falls
8 John Hellman (Sr.) Union
9 Nick Meling (Jr.) East Marshall
10 Chase McLaren (Fr.) Atlantic
126
1 Brock Rathbun (Sr.) Center Point Urbana
2 Brayden Curry (Jr.) Sgt Bluff Luton
3 Derek Holschlag (Jr.) Union
4 Ryan Steffen (So.) Crestwood
5 Nate Lasher (Jr.) Charles City
6 Nathan Thoms (Jr.) Camanche
7 Tanner Probasco (So.) South Tama
8 Tyler Shatek (Sr.) New Hampton
9 Tate Battani (So.) Ballard
10 Gisaveri Niyibizi (Sr.) Perry
132
1 Keaton Geerts (Jr.) New Hampton
2 Brice Everson (Sr.) Camanche
3 Shea Swafford (Sr.) Mediapolis
4 Chase Lienhard (Sr.) Crestwood
5 Austin Rozeboom (So.) BHRV
6 Austin Gutknecht (So.) Clarinda
7 Brennan Ryan (Sr.) Oelwein
8 Kade VanKirk (Sr.) Perry
9 Kyle Anderson (Jr.) Washington
10 Tony Garcia (Jr.) Mount Vernon
138
1 Ryan Leisure (Jr.) Clear Lake
2 Wyatt Thompson (Jr.) Creston-OM
3 Austin Staudt (Sr.) Charles City
4 Tanner Abbas (So.) Clarion-Goldfield-Dows
5 Kirk Mommsen (Sr.) Davenport Assumption
6 Brennan Swafford (So.) Mediapolis
7 Connor Ascherl (Jr.) MOC Floyd Valley
8 Carter Barkema (Sr.) Hampton-Dumont
9 Keegan Tenge (Jr.) New Hampton
10 Kyler Reick (Fr.) Spirit Lake Park
145
1 Bryce Leshen (Sr.) Albia
2 Max Forsyth (Sr.) Charles City
3 Nick Hyland (Sr.) Vinton-Shellsburg
4 Trae Pecinovsky (Jr.) Crestwood
5 Brady Brott (Sr.) Clarion-Goldfield-Dows
6 Mason Buster (Sr.) Mediapolis
7 Cole Fritz (Sr.) Solon
8 Pierce Gelhaus (Sr.) Forest City
9 John Tuttle (Jr.) Spirit Lake Park
10 Patrick Schwartzhoff (Sr.) Davenport Assumption
152
1 Matt Malcolm (Sr.) Glenwood
2 Tommy Bradshaw (Sr.) Greene County
3 Brock Jennings (Jr.) Osage
4 Blake Lawless (Sr.) Albia
5 Isaac Judge (So.) South Tama
6 Preston Dunn (So.) Sgt Bluff Luton
7 Luke Hageman (So.) Dyersville Beckman
8 Joe Kelly (So.) West Liberty
9 Ryan Faught (Sr.) Clear Lake
10 Wes Cummings (Fr.) Prairie City Monroe
160
1 Tristan Johnson (Sr.) Osage
2 Zach Johnston (Sr.) ADM Adel
3 Jake Juhl (Sr.) Independence
4 Trevor Nelson (Jr.) Solon
5 Josh Strohman (Sr.) Algona
6 Joe Argo (Sr.) Davenport Assumption
7 Cameron Leith (Sr.) Creston-OM
8 Cole Denner (Sr.) New Hampton
9 Isaiah Vaughan (Jr.) Union
10 Ryan Ferarri (Sr.) Webster City
170
1 Chase Shiltz (Jr.) Creston-OM
2 Anthony Sherry (So.) Glenwood
3 Tucker Morrison (Jr.) Columbus Jct
4 Nick Holt (Sr.) Independence
5 Conner Shaw (Jr.) Garner-Hayfield-Ventura
6 Will Reiter (Sr.) Union
7 Bailey Chyma (Sr.) South Tama
8 Trevor Rommann (Sr.) Center Point Urbana
9 Michael Kent (Jr.) Iowa Falls
10 Jacob Kloft (Sr.) Maquoketa
182
1 Nick Baumler (Sr.) North Fayette Valley
2 JJ Clark (Sr.) Clarinda
3 Daniel Sommerlot (Sr.) Pocahontas Area
4 Vic Malloy (Sr.) Williamsburg
5 Cole Bennett (Jr.) ADM Adel
6 Cade Baker (Sr.) Garner-Hayfield-Ventura
7 Luke Erickson (Sr.) Mediapolis
8 Zac Stork (Jr.) Atlantic
9 Logan Chipp (Sr.) Hampton-Dumont
10 Sam Mathis (Sr.) Roland Story
195
1 Izaak Shedenhelm (Sr.) Denver-Tripoli
2 Bryce Esmoil (So.) West Liberty
3 Seth Maitlen (Sr.) Creston-OM
4 Shane Poppins (Sr.) Aplington-Parkersburg
5 Matt McMillan (Sr.) Independence
6 Zach Haggstrom (Jr.) Glenwood
7 Visouth Peterschmidt (Jr.) Mid Prairie
8 Ethan Timmerman (Sr.) Mediapolis
9 Nick Jacobs (Sr.) Charles City
10 Michael Fritz (Jr.) Fairfield
220
1 Gavin Dinsdale (Sr.) Webster City
2 Alex Paulson (Sr.) Forest City
3 Kadon Hulett (Jr.) Creston-OM
4 Noah Broderson (Jr.) Davenport Assumption
5 Travis McMillan (Sr.) Oelwein
6 Levi Duwa (Jr.) Mid Prairie
7 Jordan Baumler (So.) North Fayette Valley
8 Travis Poffenbarger (Sr.) Knoxville
9 Caleb Ring (Jr.) Osage
10 Ko Kieft (Sr.) Sioux Center
285
1 Carter Isley (Sr.) Albia
2 Cooper Lawson (So.) Webster City
3 Nathan Heath (Sr.) ADM Adel
4 Brock Caviness (Sr.) Knoxville
5 Tristan Wirfs (Jr.) Mount Vernon
6 Zach Timm (Sr.) Monticello
7 Michael Ahrendsen (Jr.) Union
8 Caleb Sanders (So.) Glenwood
9 Elijah Van’t Hof (Jr.) Sioux Center
10 Brody Tupy (Sr.) Charles City

The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union released their latest rankings on Thursday.

Class 1A

Dropped Out: Algona Bishop Garrigan (15)

Class 2A

 Dropped Out: None

Class 3A

Dropped Out: Clear Lake (13), Mount Vernon (14), Mid-Prairie (15)

Class 4A

 Dropped Out: Spencer (14)

Class 5A

Dropped Out: None

The Iowa Hawkeye women squandered a 17 point second half lead in a 79-74 loss Thursday at Indiana, as the Hawkeyes drop to 5-6 in the Big Ten. Whitney Jennings led the Hawkeyes with 22 points and they return home on Sunday to host Michigan State.

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BOYS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Harlan 79, Atlantic 68
Shenandoah 78, Red Oak 75, OT
St. Albert, Council Bluffs 60, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 37

Western Iowa Conference

Audubon 61, Missouri Valley 54
IKM-Manning 66, A-H-S-T-W, Avoca 62
Logan-Magnolia 67, Tri-Center, Neola 57
Treynor 71, Griswold 40
Underwood 88, Riverside, Oakland 59

Rolling Valley Conference

Boyer Valley, Dunlap 50, CAM, Anita 48
Glidden-Ralston 60, West Harrison, Mondamin 47

Corner Conference

Lenox 76, Clarinda Academy 64
Nishnabotna 49, Tarkio, Mo. 37
Sidney 55, Essex 51
Whiting 69, Heartland Christian 43

Pride of Iowa Conference

Bedford 68, Southwest Valley 50
Lenox 76, Clarinda Academy 64
Nodaway Valley 81, Mount Ayr 55

Other Scores
ADM, Adel 74, Perry 68
Ballard 66, Carroll 46
Mormon Trail, Garden Grove 70, Orient-Macksburg 42
Woodward Academy 66, West Central Valley, Stuart 45

Western Valley Conference Tourney
Consolation
Kingsley-Pierson 64, West Monona, Onawa 54
OA-BCIG 82, River Valley, Correctionville 32
Siouxland Community Christian 59, Westwood, Sloan 30

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Creston 61, Clarinda 18
Shenandoah 66, Red Oak 46
St. Albert, Council Bluffs 45, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 43

Western Iowa Conference

Audubon 49, Missouri Valley 32
IKM-Manning 74, A-H-S-T-W, Avoca 35
Logan-Magnolia 61, Tri-Center, Neola 52, OT
Treynor 58, Griswold 31
Underwood 71, Riverside, Oakland 26

Rolling Valley Conference

Glidden-Ralston 63, West Harrison 20
Guthrie Center 55, Coon Rapids-Bayard 49, OT

Corner Conference

Essex 49, Sidney 48
Nishnabotna 50, Tarkio, Mo. 21

Pride of Iowa Conference

Bedford 55, Southwest Valley 39
Nodaway Valley 66, Mount Ayr 53

Other Scores

ADM, Adel 55, Perry 34
Ballard 76, Carroll 28

Western Valley Conference Tourney
Consolation
Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 64, Woodbury Central, Moville 58
OA-BCIG 57, River Valley, Correctionville 55
Ridge View 47, Westwood, Sloan 38
West Monona, Onawa 52, Siouxland Community Christian 44

The Atlantic Boys Basketball team is set to square off against the Harlan Cyclones tonight in Harlan.  The game was originally scheduled for Tuesday but was pushed back due to the winter weather conditions.

Atlantic is excited to get another crack at the Cyclones after Harlan won the first meeting 57-50 at the Atlantic High School gym back on January 5th.  Caleb Rasmussen had 16 points in the first meeting while Ethan Knudson chipped in 14.  Ryan Hawkins had 23 points in the loss.

Atlantic Junior Garrett Franken talked about the opportunity after a win at Red Oak Friday. “We definitely want to go in there and get a win in there gym.  They beat us in our home gym, so it’d be nice to go in there and return the favor.”

Atlantic Coach Alan Jenkins says his team will be ready, “Everybody knows how tough Harlan is in their gym.  We feel like we have a lot to prove.  We got beat up there last year in double overtime in a game we really felt like we could of/should of won. Harlan is not in our substate so for a lot of our guys we don’t know if we are going to get to play them again.  This is who we want to play, we want to play the best teams.   We’ll be ready. We are going to have to hit open shots and keep the ball moving.  There is nothing to lose, we are going to be well prepared and we are going to fly around the court and have fun.”

The Trojans and Cyclones are set for a 7:30pm tip-off at Harlan Community High School. We will have coverage for you here on KJAN AM 1220 and FM 101.1.  You can also listen online or on the KJAN mobile app and live video can be found on our TV page at kjan.com.

The Board of Directors of the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union have selected Winterset native Jean Berger as the organization’s fifth executive director.  Berger succeeds Mike Dick, who is retiring on August 31.

Berger currently serves as the Interim Director of Athletics at the University of Northern Iowa, succeeding former IGHSAU Executive Director Troy Dannen.

Berger has been at Northern Iowa since 2008.  She is the direct supervisor for five Panther sports: women’s basketball, softball, tennis, soccer and volleyball. She oversees academic services and athletic training while monitoring Northern Iowa’s gender equity plans.

Prior to coming to Northern Iowa, Berger spent 17 years at Drake University. She was named Drake’s senior women’s administrator in 1994 and was assistant athletic director for internal affairs.  In 2005, she was promoted to associate athletic director. Berger supervised 11 programs at Drake.

Nationally, Berger was the Missouri Valley Conference representative to the the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Issue Committee and served on the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Committee. She began a term on the NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Committee in 2012.

Prior to beginning her administrative career, Berger was an assistant in the Drake sports information office. She served in a similar capacity at Wichita State and was the sports information director at Wayne State from 1985-to-1990.

Berger is a graduate of the University of Iowa, earning a bachelor’s degree in journalism with a master’s degree in physical education and sports studies. Berger has two daughters, Jessica (27) and Jenna (21).

The Iowa State Cyclones welcomed in 36 newcomers to their football program during a signing day event at Jack Trice Stadium’s Sukup End Zone Club on Wednesday.

New Head Coach Matt Campbell and staff put together one of the Cyclones highest rated classes ever in just a short 2-month time span since coming to Ames.

The Cyclone signed 11 players on Offense including consensus 4-star Offensive Tackle Sean Foster from Mundelein, Ill.  The Cyclones also beat out Michigan for TE Chase Allen from Nixa, MO.  Allen is the son of former ISU assistant and UNI Head Coach Terry Allen.  Quarterback signee Jacob Park is expected to compete for time and add depth to the position.  Park is a former 4-star recruit who spent time at Georgia and NE Oklahoma A&M and will come in as a Sophomore in class standing.

On the defensive side the Cyclones signed 12 players including an emphasis on the line with 3 Defensive Ends and 2 Defensive Tackles.  The Cyclones got a nice surprise with the signing of Twin Brothers JaQuan and Joshua Bailey from Jacksonville, Florida whom are both three star prospects on the defensive line and were swayed by the chance to play together.

The Cyclones also signed one specialist in Long Snapper Steve Wirtel of Orland Park, Illinois.  Iowa State also welcomed in 5 mid-year signees and 6 players signed financial aid agreements as preferred walk-ons.

Iowa State will host their Spring Game on April 16th at 1:00pm at Jack Trice Stadium.