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Top ranked Ankeny Centennial scored three runs in the bottom of the fifth and pulled away to a 7-1 victory over Bettendorf in the Class 5A opener at the state softball tournament. Mady Ott had two hits for the Jaguars and her RBI single in the third gave Centennial a 2-1 lead.
Ott had singles in her first two at bats.
Centennial takes a 34-5 record into the 5A semifinals.
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State head soccer coach Matt Fannon has announced the addition of Olivia Seddon as the new Soccer Development Coordinator and Jermima Job as the program’s new Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach.
Seddon comes to Ames after spending one year as the Volunteer Assistant Coach with the Kansas State Wildcats, while Job spent the past two seasons as a Sports Performance Graduate Assistant with SEMO.
For the Cyclones, Seddon will cover individual student-athlete development plans and statistical analysis while also helping out with film and recruiting. At Kansas State, Seddon was responsible for both video analysis/scouting and on-field instruction.
“She is passionate and really eager to learn and grow,” says Fannon. “She also brings an infectious personality that will connect with our women immediately and give her the opportunity to affect their development right away. Her experience working in the Big 12 will give us a boost and give her the platform to become really successful here.”
Before she arrived in Manhattan, Seddon was a five-year letter winner on the Northern Colorado soccer team. A midfielder from Chino Hills, California, Seddon was a 2021 United Soccer Coaches All-Region Third Team selection and a 2021 All-Big Sky First Team honoree. In 2020, Seddon collected All-Big Sky Second Team honors and was a 2019 All-Big Sky Second Team honoree.
During her time in Greeley, Seddon received her bachelor’s degree in sports and exercise science with an emphasis in sports coaching in 2020 and completed her graduate degree with a Master of Arts in sports coaching in 2022. For her work in the classroom, Seddon is a two-time United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-West Region selection and a three-time Academic All-Big Sky honoree.
At Iowa State, Job will handle strength and conditioning training responsibilities with both the soccer and tennis programs for the 2023-24 calendar season.
“We are excited to add Jermima to the Olympic Strength and Conditioning staff to plan, design, and implement the training plans for our soccer and tennis programs, says Director of Olympic Sports Strength & Conditioning Tim Dombroski. “Jermima comes with a wealth of knowledge both as a soccer player and a graduate assistant strength and conditioning coach at Southeast Missouri State University. She received high recommendations from members of the SEMO athletic department on her ability to relate to the needs of the individual by creating a positive training environment and building relationships with the student-athletes.”
Job is a former collegiate midfielder, having competed in her final two seasons at SEMO. Job’s collegiate playing career began at Owens Community College in Perrysburg, Ohio. In her rookie campaign, Job netted 18 goals with five assists as she tallied a trio of hat tricks.
After a breakout freshman year, Job took her talents to Darton State, where she helped guide the school to a 16-2 regular season record and a berth in the NJCAA national tournament. Job scored 14 goals in her sophomore season. After a year at Darton, Job found a home with the Redhawks in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
After graduating from SEMO in 2020, Job had internships with both Lindenwood and SIUE before arriving back at SEMO to complete her graduate assistantship.
“Jermima is a really exciting young coach who is already making her mark with our team,” says Coach Fannon. “To have a soccer-specific strength & conditioning coach is a real luxury, and her intimate knowledge of what it takes to perform on the field will be a huge benefit to our women.”
The Iowa State soccer program will kick off regular season action in a month, with opening day arriving on August 17 in a matchup with Arizona. The 2023 regular season opener will be at the Cyclones Soccer Complex and is set to begin at 6 p.m. Admission to the Cyclone Soccer Complex is free.
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Individual game tickets for seven University of Iowa 2023 home football games go on sale this week.
Also, “Kids’ Day at Kinnick” is set for Saturday, Aug. 12. The start time and information for the free-admission event will be announced in the coming weeks.
Single game tickets will be available for donors beginning Monday, July 17 and to the general public on Thursday, July 20. Fans can purchase tickets at hawkeyesports.com/
UI student football season tickets are sold out. Individual game tickets located in the public (non-student section) areas of the stadium will be offered for select games at a student rate (limit one student rate ticket per student).
Fans are encouraged to bookmark and visit hawkeyesports.com/
Iowa posted an 8-5 overall record, winning four of its final five games, including the Music City Bowl a year ago. Kirk Ferentz enters his 25th season as Iowa’s Moon Family head football coach.
Fourth ranked Lynnville-Sully battles number-10 LeMars Gehlen in a 1A quarterfinal. Lynville-Sully senior Caleb Rae says he is ready.
Rae says the Hawks will need a spirited effort
Gehlen is in the tournament for the first time in nine years.
That’s Gehlen coach Loi Kraft who says the key will be limiting mistakes.
Kraft says it is about playing well and not what an opponent does.
Top ranked Williamsburg opens the 3A state softball quarterfinals on Monday night against Albia. Williamsburg is 30-9 and making its fourth straight appearance at the tournament. Senior first baseman Elle Ridgeway.
Ridgeway says several young players have stepped up to provide depth.
Ridgeway says the Raiders are confident heading into the tournament.
Iowa quarterback Cade McNamara likes the potential of the Hawkeyes for next season. McNamara transferred from Michigan and takes the helm of an offense that was one of the worst in the country last season.
McNamara has been impressed with the culture of the Iowa program.
The Hawkeyes open at home on September second against Utah State.
The following are statements from University of Iowa Head Men’s Basketball Coach Fran McCaffery and P. Sue Beckwith, MD, Head Women’s Basketball Coach Lisa Bluder on the passing of Randy Larson.
Larson was the founder and director of the summer Prime Time and Game Time leagues in Eastern Iowa and was a longtime supporter of both basketball programs.
Head Men’s Basketball Coach Fran McCaffery
“Randy was a great friend of our program and to me from the day I arrived in Iowa City. He was incredibly kind and supportive of our student-athletes, including devoting his heart and soul into the Prime Time League. He was an Iowa City legend and will be dearly missed.”
Sue Beckwith, MD, Head Women’s Basketball Coach Lisa Bluder
“Randy was a tremendous supporter of women’s basketball. He included us in the summer league as soon as we arrived on campus. Randy was a fixture at our games and loved supporting our team.”
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State head coach T.J. Otzelberger announced Friday the signing of JT Rock. Originally a member of the 2024 recruiting class, Rock has reclassified and will join the Cyclones this fall as a member of the 2023 recruiting class.
“We are thrilled that JT decided to join our 2023 recruiting class,” Otzelberger said. “He’s a high character young man that prides himself on doing the right thing. The offensive skill set that he possesses is truly unique for someone north of 7-feet tall. He will be someone Cyclone fans love watching for years to come.”
Rock joins a 2023 recruiting class that was ranked No. 10 by Rivals and No. 11 by 247Sports and ESPN. In the 2024 recruiting rankings, Rock was ranked No. 68 by ESPN, No. 79 by Rivals and No. 99 by 247Sports. He was a four-star recruit by all three services.
At 7-1, Rock will be the eighth seven-footer in Cyclone men’s basketball history. This summer, Rock has participated in the National Basketball Players Association Top 100 camp and the Under Armour Future 60 camp. Rock led his Sioux Falls Lincoln squad to a fourth-place finish at the 2023 South Dakota AA State Tournament. Rock was the South Dakota AA Player of the Year, averaging 18 points, 10 rebounds and 4.5 blocked shots per game.
Rock will join four Cyclones that signed in November 2022 in the 2023 recruiting class. The Cyclones signed Omaha Biliew (6-8 | Forward | Waukee, Iowa | Waukee HS), Kayden Fish (6-6 | Forward | Kansas City, Mo. | Staley HS), Jelani Hamilton (6-5 | Guard | Marietta, Ga. | Wheeler HS) and Milan Momcilovic (6-8 | Forward | Pewaukee, Wis. | Pewaukee HS).
IOWA CITY, Iowa – Five University of Iowa student-athletes are set to travel to Selma, Alabama, as part of the Big Ten Equality Coalition. The conference announced that for the second consecutive year a group comprised of 100 student-athletes, coaches, administrators, conference staff, and other key stakeholders from across the conference will participate in the Big Life Series: Selma to Montgomery, July 14-16. The trip is a journey to Selma and Montgomery, Alabama, for an immersive and educational experience at a key center of the civil rights movement.
The five Hawkeye student-athletes attending are Harper Dunne (field hockey), Alli Bookin-Nosbisch (track & field), MJ McNary (field hockey), Myah Lugar (rowing) and Leif Schroder (wrestling).
The group, which will also feature participants from a handful of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU), including Florida A&M University, Howard University and North Carolina A&T University will participate in a variety of activities, including marching across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, site of the 1965 Bloody Sunday attack.
The trip begins on Friday, July 14, with visits to several local civil rights museums, including the Rosa Parks Museum, Freedom Riders Museum and Montgomery Interpretive Center, located on the campus of Alabama State University.
Friday evening will include keynote speaker and civil rights activist Sheyann Webb-Christburg, known as the “smallest freedom fighter.” The evening will conclude with an empowering and educational panel featuring young civil rights leaders representing the Southern Poverty Law Center and the ACLU.
The event continues Saturday, July 15 with a bus trip to Selma and a community service project. Attendees will pack back-to-school backpacks with school supplies and balls provided by Wilson Sporting Goods to promote a healthy and active lifestyle.
This will be followed with a visit to the First Baptist Church, the site where the Dallas County Voters League mobilized hundreds of students to begin their landmark civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery in 1965. Attendees will hear from several local speakers including Mayor James Perkins Jr., Lynda Blackmon Lowery and Warren Billy Young.
Participants in this year’s “Big Life Series” will then make their own walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge before the group returns to Montgomery. Community activist Doris Dozier Crenshaw will address the group at the Alabama Department of Archives and History. The final event on Saturday will be a visit to the award-winning Legacy Museum, which provides an immersive experience from enslavement to mass incarceration.
The Big Ten Equality Coalition features student-athletes, coaches, athletic directors, chancellors, presidents, and other members of the Big Ten Conference family from all 14 member institutions. It has a stated goal of seeking tangible ways to combat racism and hate around the world, while also empowering student-athletes to express their rights to free speech and peaceful protest actively and constructively. Following the death of Minneapolis resident George Floyd, then-Big Ten Conference Commissioner Kevin Warren wrote an open letter on June 1, 2020, officially announcing the formation of the Equality Coalition and the United States Library of Congress included the letter in its historic collection. An early product of the Equality Coalition was the creation of the Big Ten Voter Registration Initiative. The nonpartisan, conference-wide collaboration encourages student-athletes to take part in the electoral process and is led by a Voter Registration Committee that includes representatives from all 14 Big Ten Conference member institutions. The Big Life Series is one of the signature examples of the Big Ten Equality Coalition in action.
INDIANAPOLIS, IN (July 14, 2023) – Tom Keating, executive director of the Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA), is the new president of the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) for 2023-24. Keating, the 64th president of the NFHS, began his one-year term July 2 following the NFHS Summer Meeting, which was held this year in Seattle, Washington.
Bob Lombardi, executive director of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA), was elected by the NFHS Board of Directors to the position of president-elect for the upcoming year.
The following individuals were approved by the NFHS National Council for four-year terms on the NFHS Board of Directors: Jeff Collins, executive director, New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association (NHIAA), Section 1; Lance Taylor, executive director, Arkansas Activities Association (AAA), Section 6; and Michael Sye, director of athletics, Baltimore (Maryland) County Public Schools System, at large, Sections 2 and 6.
Tom Keating joined the IHSAA staff as executive director July 1, 2019, after 15 years at Xavier High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He was president of Xavier High during the 2018-19 school year after 14 years as the school’s principal. He served 24 years at Wahlert Catholic High School in Dubuque, Iowa, prior to arriving at Xavier in 2004.
A native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Keating began his career as a teacher and coach at Maxwell High School in 1977 before starting an award-winning run as a teacher, coach and activities director at Wahlert in 1980. Keating led Wahlert to 11 state volleyball championships, and he was named NFHS National Coach of the Year for volleyball in 2003.
Keating served on the IHSAA’s Board of Control from 2008 to 2018 and was chairperson in 2014-15. In 2010, he was named the National Catholic Educational Association’s Educator of the Year. He was a 2003 inductee in the National High School Athletic Coaches Association’s Hall of Fame, and he has been an adjunct instructor and authored five graduate-level courses for Drake University.
Nationally, Keating joined the NFHS Board of Directors as the Section 4 representative at the start of the 2020-21 school year.
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