AMES, Iowa – Iowa State has completed its football strength and conditioning staff, which will be under the guidance of director of football strength and conditioning Reid Kagy.

Trever Ryen, who played at Iowa State from 2014-17 and has been on staff the previous three seasons, has been retained.

Former Boise State staffers Jalyn Baker, Brandon Pietrzyk and Lucas White will follow Kagy to Ames to complete the football strength and conditioning department.

As members of the Boise State staff, the trio helped Kagy in leading the Broncos to a pair of bowl games. BSU went 10-4 and won the Frisco Bowl in 2022, while also earning a spot in the Mountain West Championship game. The Broncos outgained their opponents by more than 1,200 yards (102.2 ypg) and dominated the line of scrimmage with 27 sacks and just 14 allowed.

Baker spent the last two seasons at Boise State after a stint at Jackson State, where he served as assistant coordinator for the Walter Peyton Center, working with student-athletes in all JSU programs. He also interned at Houston and Prairie View A&M, where he was a student-athlete and earned a degree in kinesiology/physical therapy in 2018.

Pietrzyk was most recently the associate director of sport performance at Boise State the previous two seasons after a season at Oregon in 2020. Prior to his time with the Ducks, he worked four years as the athletic director at Glenview College Prep in Phoenix, Arizona, where he also coached boys basketball, football and softball. He is a 2011 graduate of Buena Vista (Iowa), earning his bachelor’s degree in exercise science – human performance.

White was at Boise State for the 2021 and 2022 seasons after spending nine months as an assistant athletic performance coach at San Jose State. He began his collegiate career as a strength and conditioning intern with Mississippi State football in 2016. He also spent time at New Mexico State and Indiana State. White earned his bachelor’s degree in kinesiology from Southern Indiana in 2013.

IOWA CITY, Iowa — The men’s basketball game between Iowa and Northwestern that was scheduled for Wednesday in Iowa City will not be played due to COVID-19 health and safety protocols within the Northwestern program.

The two schools will work with the Big Ten on rescheduling options.

All distributed tickets for the Northwestern-Iowa contest will be valid for the new date and time, if the game is able to be rescheduled.

Iowa (12-6, 4-3) returns to action on Saturday at Ohio State. Tipoff is slated for 1:01 p.m. (CT) at Value City Arena in Columbus, Ohio.

The Iowa Wrestling Coaches and Officials Association has released their latest dual team rankings. Here is a look at the area teams that are ranked.

CLASS 1A

6. Logan-Magnolia

18. Missouri Valley

21. Nodaway Valley

22. Underwood

Recieving Votes: AHSTW, Kuemper Catholic

CLASS 2A

5. Creston

14. Glenwood

17. Atlantic

Full rankings can be viewed HERE

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Clarinda 40, Riverside 24 (C: Addy Wagoner 11pts)
Kuemper Catholic 69, Harlan 61 (KC: Cate Mayhall 18 points)
Shenandoah 46, Tri-Center 32 (TC: Lynnae Green 22pts, 16reb)
St. Albert 52, AHSTW 34 (SA: Missy Evezic 20pts, 10reb)

Western Iowa Conference

Logan-Magnolia 53, West Monona 42 (LM: Macanna Guritz 19pts, 10reb)
Underwood 67, Missouri Valley 24 (U: Alizabeth Jacobsen 17pts)

Rolling Valley Conference

CAM 41, ACGC 37 (C: Eva Steffensen 20pts)
Glidden-Ralston 57, Ogden 37 (GR: Paige Klocke 29pts)

Corner Conference Tournament

Sidney 60, Griswold 14 (S: Aunika Hayes 15pts)
East Mills 61, Essex 31 (EM: Emily Williams 15pts)

Other Scores

Mount Ayr 48 Murray 38
Orient-Macksburg 52 East Union 43
Wayne 60 Mormon Trail 57 (OT)

BOYS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Harlan 74, Kuemper Catholic 56 (H: Franz Reisz 15pts, 8reb)

Western Iowa Conference

AHSTW 65, Earlham 27 (A: Brayden Lund 19pts, 8reb)
Tri-Center 70, Shenandoah 40 (TC: Michael Turner 18pts)
Underwood 82, Missouri Valley 37

Other Scores

ACGC 63, CAM 46
Mormon Trail 67, Wayne 58
Mount Ayr 58, Murray 40
Ogden 56, Glidden-Ralston 29
Southeast Warren 78, Interstate 35 69

Titan Starcade at Lewis Central

SWAT came in 2nd at the Titan Starcade tournament at Lewis Central on Monday with 148 points. Lewis Central was the team champion with 193 points.

SWAT got a championship from Grace Britten in the 170 Gold bracket. Adyson Lundquist (115 Gold), Evy Marlin (130 Gold), and Haley Armstrong (235 Gold) all took 2nd place finishes. Ellen Gerlock (190 Gold) and Jazz Christensen (100 Gold) were third place finishers.

Lewis Central had five champions on the day: Ava McNeal (100 Gold), Maya Humlicek (105 Gold), Sophie Barnes (125 Gold), Mahri Manz (140 Gold) and Espie Almazan (145 Gold).

Riverside’s Molly Allen (115 Gold) and Khloie Corum (190 Silver) were winners. Missouri Valley’s Henley Arbaugh (145 Bronze), Nocole Olson (155 Gold), and Jocelyn Buffum (235 Gold) all won their brackets.

Full results HERE

Panorama Scramble

A number of area teams competed in the Panorama Scramble on Monday night. Some of the highlights included a win at 105 for Julia Kanne of Carroll. Layla Greene of Panorama was a winner at 145B. Southeast Warren/Melcher-Dallas got titles from Glorious Fridley at 170A and Sturgis Fridley at 170B.

Full results HERE

Iowa State climbs two spots to 12th on the latest AP College Basketball Poll. The Cyclones are 4-1 in the Big 12 after a 62-60 loss at second ranked Kansas and will host seventh ranked Texas tonight (Tuesday night).

That’s Iowa State coach T.J. Otzelberger. The Cyclones and Longhorns are two of the three teams tied for second early in the league race.

Freshman guard Tamin Lipsey says it took awhile for the Cyclones to adjust to the atmosphere in Lawrence.

Senior guard Caleb Grill says the Cyclones need a better start against Texas.

Two of the contenders in the Big 12 Conference collide tonight (Tuesday night) in Hilton Coliseum when 12th ranked Iowa State hosts number seven Texas. Both teams are 4-1 in the league race and this will mark the return of Longhorn guard Tyrese Hunter. He was the Big 12 Freshman of the Year for the Cyclones last season before transferring to Texas.

That’s Iowa State coach T.J. Otzelberger who is not sure how the crowd will react to Hunter’s return.

It is a game between two of the teams that expect to be in the title chase.

Otzelberger says defense will be a key against Texas.

The Cyclones will be out to protect the home court.

That’s senior guard Caleb Grill who says the Longhorns will be tough to guard.

Grill says they are focused on Texas and not Tyrese Hunter.

The Atlantic basketball teams are hosting their annual Coaches vs Cancer basketball doubleheader on Tuesday night vs. Red Oak. Local survivor Tony Miller will be speaking at the game about his battle and how events like this helped him directly in his recovery.

Come out with your pink on and support the teams and a great cause. Donations will be accepted at the game and online as well HERE

IHSAA Boys Basketball Rankings
Third Edition
01/16/2023