Listen Monday – Saturday for KJAN Sports at 7:18 am, 8:15 am, 12:20 pm, 1:20 pm, 2:20 pm and 5:20 pm!
Catch St. Louis Cardinal Baseball on KJAN — Check out the schedule!
Listen to the Kansas City Chiefs on KJAN — See the schedule!
Iowa Hawkeye Football & Basketball is on KJAN — View More Information!
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Sune Agbuke had a career-high 23 points and Baylor advanced to the NCAA Tournament’s Elite Eight for the fifth time in six years with an 81-66 win over Iowa on Friday night. Nina Davis added 20 points and Niya Johnson had 16 assists for the Number 2-seed Lady Bears (33-3), who will face the Stanford-Notre Dame winner on Sunday.
Agbuke finished with 12 rebounds for Baylor, which outrebounded the Hawkeyes 45-35. The 6-foot-4 senior topped her previous career best of 16 points, set last season against Kansas State. Kristy Wallace hit her first seven shots and finished with 17 points for Baylor. Samantha Logic had a triple-double to lead third-seeded Iowa (26-8), finishing with 13 points, 10 rebounds and 14 assists. The Hawkeyes were making their first Sweet 16 appearance since 1996.
JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Starters John Lackey and Matt Harvey both pitched well Friday as the split-squad St. Louis Cardinals beat the New York Mets 5-4 Friday. Lackey gave up one run and six hits in seven innings, walking none and striking out one. He needed only 84 pitches in the longest outing by a St. Louis pitcher this spring.
Pitching on his 26th birthday, Harvey allowed one run and three hits in 4 1-3 innings, striking out five and walking none. Harvey missed all of last season after having Tommy John surgery. The All-Star threw 58 of his 80 pitches for strikes.
Rafael Ortega hit his first two home runs this spring, a solo shot in the sixth and a three-run drive in the eighth. He had been sent to the minor league camp earlier this week.
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State’s Georges Niang and Monté Morris have earned all-district 8 honors from the National Association of Basketball Coaches.
Niang, a junior forward from Methuen, Massachusetts, was a first-team selection after averaging a team-high 15.3 points and a career-high 5.4 rebounds. Niang scored in double figures in 28 of 34 games, scoring 20 or more points eight times. He was named the Big 12 Championship’s Most Outstanding Player after helping the Cyclones win the conference tournament for the second consecutive season. Niang also earned First-Team All-Big 12 honors.
Morris, a sophomore point guard from Flint, Michigan, earned a spot on the second team. Morris bumped his scoring average up to 11.9 points after posting 6.8 points as a freshman. He led the Big 12 with 5.2 assists and is on pace to lead the nation for the second season in a row with a 4.63 assist-to-turnover ratio. Morris scored in double figures 24 times, including a career-high 24 points and the game-winner at the buzzer against Texas in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament. He earned all-tournament honors at the Big 12 Championship and was a Second-Team All-Big 12 pick.
All-District 8
First Team
Second Team
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Led by Hall of Fame coach Kim Mulkey, Baylor enters its matchup in the women’s NCAA Tournament against Iowa as confident as ever. The No. 2 seed Lady Bears (32-3) reached their seventh straight Sweet 16 with wins over Northwestern State and Arkansas last weekend.
Baylor will next face the third-seeded Hawkeyes (26-7) in Oklahoma City tonight (Friday night), with the Lady Bears trying to reach the Elite Eight for the fifth time in six seasons. Big 12 Conference Player of the Year Nina Davis leads Baylor, while Iowa — making its first Sweet 16 appearance since 1996 — is led by senior point guard Samantha Logic.
You can hear the game on KJAN, beginning at 6:15.
JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — St. Louis Cardinals ace Adam Wainwright gave up four runs, including a solo homer by Giancarlo Stanton, in 3 2-3 innings Thursday before a rain delay ended his outing in a 5-3 loss to the Miami Marlins. Wainwright gave up six hits in his second spring start and struggled with his fastball.
After rain held up play for 55 minutes, Wainwright went to the indoor batting cages for more work. Pitching coach Derek Lilliquist noticed a flaw in Wainwright’s mechanics and the correction produced positive results.
Jason Heyward hit his first home run with St. Louis. Marlins starter Henderson Alvarez allowed two runs and four hits in three innings.
As part of its officials recruiting and education program, the Iowa High School Athletic Association will be hosting FREE baseball umpire clinics around the state in April. Five clinics have been scheduled through the assistance of host member schools.
Dates and sites follow.
Wednesday, April 1, 2015 (6:15-9:00 PM) ……………………………………. Algona High School
Wednesday, April 8, 2015 (6:15-9:00 PM) …………………………… West Delaware, Manchester HS
Wednesday, April 15, 2015 (6:15-9:00 PM) …………………………………….. Ames High School
Wednesday, April 22, 2015 (6:15-9:00 PM) …………………………… Iowa City, West High School
Wednesday, April 29, 2015 (6:15-9:00 PM) ……………….. Denison (Denison-Schleswig) High School
Equipment needed for the clinics is: an umpire mask and umpire cap. Other items for new officials as well as veterans will be available for purchase at each site. The Clinic will cover positioning for calling balls and strikes, base coverage, new rules and overall baseball umpiring mechanics.
Anyone interested in getting involved in umpiring at any level is welcome free of charge. Those desiring to umpire at the high school level, must register with the Iowa High School Athletic Association. Information can be obtained at www.iahsaa.org click on officials at the top of the page, click on online registration, fill out the paper work and use a debit or credit card to pay your dues. You will receive a password for your account.
From April 27-May 5 umpires will be able to take the online open book exam, which must be passed and view the online rules meeting. Those having questions can call Roger Barr, Director of Officials at 515-432-2011.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz says quarterback Jake Rudock, a two-year starter for the Hawkeyes, will likely use his final year of eligibility at another school. Ferentz says he signed a release for Rudock to transfer to another school with “no strings attached.”
The move ends the competition between Rudock and C.J. Beathard, who was named the starter in January. Redshirt freshman Tyler Wiegers is now the backup ahead of true freshmen Ryan Boyle and Drew Cook.
Rudock wasn’t listed on a new spring practice depth chart released Wednesday.
Facebook
Twitter
YouTube
RSS