As summer workouts begin for the Iowa basketball team Matt Gatens begins working for the program he played for in the city he grew up in. Fran McCaffery named Gatens a new assistant coach last week. He replaces the retiring Kirk Speraw.

Gatens spent the past four seasons at Drake where he was part of the turnaround of the Bulldog program under coach Darian DeVries.

Gatens also had stop at Auburn and says he always though about the possibility of one day returning to Iowa.

Gatens will work with a team that has several key players back from last year’s squad that won the Big Ten Tournament, including sophomore forward Payton Sandfort.

Junior forward Kris Murray remembers watching Gatens play.

Former Iowa standout Dane Belton is using this summer to get familiar with the New York Giants’ defense. Belton was drafted by the Giants in the fourth round after registering five interceptions for the Hawkeyes.

Belton says while the style of defense is different to communication is much the same.

Belton played the “cash” position at Iowa, a hybrid safety and linebacker. He says that experience helped make him for versatile.

Anthony Johnson is ready to step into a new role for Iowa State. Johnson has started every game for the Cyclones the past three years at corner but the redshirt senior moved to safety during spring drills. The move should help offset the loss of Greg Eisworth and Craig McDonald.

Johnson admits he was nervous about the move at first.

Despite several key losses on defense Johnson says the Cyclones are motivated to maintain their level of play.

ISU is coming off a 7-6 record and will open September third at home against Southeast Missouri.

SOFTBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Glenwood 8, Underwood 3
Sidney 3, Shenandoah 2
Southwest Valley 7, Clarinda 6
St. Albert 8, Fremont-Mills 2

Western Iowa Conference 

Logan-Magnolia 3, West Monona 1  (8 Innings)
Missouri Valley 6, Tri-Center 1

Rolling Valley Conference 

Boyer Valley 7, Glidden-Ralston 1
Whiting 13, West Harrison 8
West Harrison 14, Whiting 12
Woodbine 3, CAM 1

Corner Conference 

Essex 5, Stanton 4
Sidney 3, Shenandoah 2

Other Scores

Clarke 7, Central Decatur 0
Mount Ayr 10, Earlham 7
Mount Ayr 9, Earlham 6
West Central Valley 7, Nodaway Valley 5

Orient-Macksburg Tournament 

East Union 7, Melcher-Dallas 1
Murray 14, Lenox 5
Orient-Macksburg 11, Mormon Trail 5

BASEBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Atlantic 11, Missouri Valley 9
Clarinda 10, Southwest Valley 0
St. Albert 11, Fremont-Mills 4

Western Iowa Conference 

Audubon 3, AHSTW 2

Rolling Valley Conference 

CAM 17, Woodbine 0
Coon Rapids-Bayard 4, Ogden 0
Glidden-Ralston 21, Boyer Valley 10

Corner Conference 

Stanton 19, Essex 0

Other Scores

Des Moines Christian 10, Central Decatur 8.
Lenox 12, Clarke 4
Nodaway Valley 12, West Central Valley 11

The CAM Cougars baseball team struck early and often on Wednesday night in a 17-0 triumph over Woodbine. The Cougars belted out 14 hits and piled up 13 runs in the second inning to grab the mercy rule win after 3.5 innings.

Colby Rich got the party started in the first with a 2-run homer to left-center that brought Seth Hensley’s lead-off single around. The Cougars would score two more in the opening frame.

The second time to the plate for CAM started much like the first. Chase Spieker reached base to lead-off the second. Then two batters later Lane Spieker sent a shot over the right-center fence to put 2 more on the board. It kept rolling from there as the Cougars racked up 10 hits in that 2nd inning onslaught. After the game Lane Spieker talked about his 2-run blast.

Spieker was also terrific on the mound with 8 strikeouts in the shortened game. The fastball was working well for Lane and he said he felt good after not pitching for a while.

The Cougars get revenge for their lone loss of the season. The Cougars fell 3-1 to Woodbine back on May 26th in a game that was added that day because of some other cancellations. Spieker said it was a much better feeling this time around.

CAM improves to 14-1 on the season. Woodbine falls to 10-3.

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State head football coach Matt Campbell announced today the addition of 6-5, 310-pound El Camino College offensive lineman Oluwafunto “Funto” Akinshilo.

Akinshilo, a Lawndale, California, native, played in 11 games last season for the El Camino Warriors and has four years to play three seasons at Iowa State.

El Camino finished the season 7-4 and averaged 36.6 points and 434 yards of total offense per game. The Warriors rushed for 190 yards per contest, ranking among the top 10 in the California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) in rushing yards and total offense.

The Warriors beat East Los Angeles in the Beach Bowl to finish the season ranked No. 13 in the CCCAA.

Akinshilo attended Leuzinger High School where he was a two-sport star athlete, playing both offensive and defensive line in football, and basketball.

SOFTBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference
Atlantic 11, St. Albert 0
Atlantic 6, St. Albert 5
Creston 6, Glenwood 0
Harlan 9, Denison-Schleswig 8
Lewis Central 7, Kuemper Catholic 6
Shenandoah 9, Red Oak 6

Western Iowa Conference
AHSTW 10, Riverside 0 (A: Ally Meyers no-hitter)
Griswold 6, CAM 0
IKM-Manning 10, Tri-Center 7
Logan-Magnolia 13, Underwood 3

Rolling Valley Conference
Coon Rapids-Bayard 6, Grand View Christian 1
Glidden-Ralston 13, Manson-NW Webster 4

Pride of Iowa Conference
Martensdale-St. Marys 13, Central Decatur 1
Mount Ayr 11, Lenox 1
Nodaway Valley 4, Bedford 2
Southeast Warren 16, Southwest Valley 4

Other Scores
Carroll 13, Storm Lake 1
Orient-Macksburg 4, Moulton-Udell 3
West Central Valley 6, Ogden 3

BASEBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference
St. Albert 9, Atlantic 2
Glenwood 13, Creston 3
Harlan 8, Denison-Schleswig 4
Lewis Central 18, Kuemper Catholic 1
Lewis Central 5, Kuemper Catholic 0
Red Oak 16, Shenandoah 4

Western Iowa Conference
AHSTW 9, Riverside 7
Audubon 8, Treynor 4
Underwood 18, Logan-Magnolia 0

Rolling Valley Conference
Ar-We-Va 17, South Central Calhoun 3
CAM 12, Fremont-Mills 4
Coon Rapids-Bayard 9, Newell-Fonda 6

Pride of Iowa Conference
Bedford 8, Nodaway Valley 6
Wayne 7, East Union 4

Other Scores
Ogden 5, West Central Valley 3
Storm Lake 11, Carroll 1

The Griswold Tigers softball team avenged their lone loss on the season so far with a 6-0 victory over the CAM Cougars in Griswold on Tuesday night.

The Tigers jumped on top early with two runs in the bottom of the first. Lydia Greiman got a base hit. Makenna Askeland delivered a 2-out single to get two runners aboard. Then Karly MIllikan came through with a double to bring both base-runners home.

Griswold would hold that 2-0 lead until the third. The top of the order was due up and the first two batters got out on a strikeout and pop-up catch by CAM pitcher Emma Follmann. Then Brenna Rossell earned a walk to kick off a big 2-out rally from the Tigers. Makenna Askeland reached on an error and Karly Millikan was walked to load the bases. Marissa Askeland reached on an error and a run scored. Then Joey Reynolds blasted a bases-clearing double to left field to make the score 6-0.

Helen Riker came on in relief for CAM and the pitchers dominated the rest of the way. Karly Millikan was strong in the circle for Griswold with 9 strikeouts, 1 walk, and just two hits allowed. After the game Millikan said her teammates help give her confidence.

Millikan felt like she needed to come through when she had the chance at the plate in the first.

Griswold’s lone loss on the season came at the hands of the Cougars ten days ago at the Southwest Valley Tournament 6-1. Millikan said it felt good to get the better of them this time.

The Tigers improved to 12-1 on the season. CAM falls to 8-5. Watch the game replay HERE.

(IHSAA) The Board of Control approved recommendations out of the basketball advisory committee to eliminate the early release of substate and district pods and their associated coach seeding meetings starting in 2023. In their place, IHSAA staff will compile and release brackets for the lead-up rounds and the state tournament.

“We appreciate the advisory committee and leadership from the Iowa Basketball Coaches Association being proactive with this adjustment,” IHSAA assistant director and basketball administrator Todd Tharp said. “Pushing back the release dates will allow us to gather as much information as possible from regular season games and complete improved postseason assignments. We want to be responsive to our advisory committee and head coaches with their concerns regarding assignments and seeding meetings.”

Brackets for Class 2A and Class 1A would be slated for release during Week 32 (Feb. 6, 2023) of the NFHS calendar, and Class 4A and Class 3A during Week 33 (Feb. 13, 2023). Last season, district and substate assignments – prior to seeding meetings and brackets – were released starting Jan. 21.