OMAHA, Neb. – The University of Iowa baseball team will face sixth-seeded Penn State in the opening game of the 2022 Big Ten Tournament on Thursday at 9:00 a.m. at Charles Schwab Field Omaha.  The game will be televised on BTN.

The Tournament was washed out by rain on Wednesday and has now been condensed down and will have a rolling schedule. Approximately 40 minutes in between games will be in place. Some adjustments are set into the bracket as well to make sure teams don’t play the first and last games of the day and there are a few different scenarios for the championship day schedule depending on records at that point.

The girls state golf tournaments tee up on Thursday and will finish on Friday. The opening round of play will have a shotgun start at either 9:00 a.m. or 10:00 a.m., with Friday having tee times beginning at 8:30 a.m.

Class 1A at American Legion Golf Course in Marshalltown
Moved to 10:00 a.m. shotgun start to allow for more course prep due to the rain.

Teams: Newell-Fonda, Central Lyon, Akron-Westfield, St. Albert, Sigourney, BCLUW, New London, West Branch, Bishop Garrigan, Grundy Center.

Other Area Individuals: Kylie Powers, IKM-Manning; Addy Boell, Glidden-Ralston; Avery Dowling, Sidney; Addison Brink, Riverside; MaKenzie Dumbaugh, Boyer Valley.

Class 2A at Pheasant Ridge Golf Course in Cedar Falls
9:00 a.m. Shotgun Start

Teams: New Hampton, Garner-Hayfield-Ventura, Sumner-Fredricksburg, Dike-New Hartford, Roland-Story, Treynor, Williamsburg, Van Meter, Anamosa, Mid-Prairie.

Other Area Individuals: Cadence Koenigs, MVAOCOU; Rylee Krayenhagen, OABCIG.

Class 3A at River Valley Golf Course in Adel
9:00 a.m. Shotgun Start

Teams: Humboldt, Sioux Center, Gilbert, ADM, Washington, Lisbon, Clear Lake, West Delaware, Wahlert Catholic, Solon.

Other Area Individuals: Jaya West, Winterset.

Class 4A at Otter Creek Golf Course in Ankeny
9:00 a.m. Shotgun Start

Teams: Ankeny Centennial, Waukee Northwest, Valley, Southeast Polk, Marshalltown, Linn-Mar, Western Dubuque, Cedar Falls, Pleasant Valley, Bettendorf.

A new date means some new faces will be at next month’s John Deere Classic. For the first time the tournament will be two weeks prior to the British Open and tournament director Clair Peterson says more PGA Tour veterans will be in the field.

Peterson says a problem is that the John Deere Classic is part of a grueling seven-week schedule of events.

Peterson expects more familiar names will join the field in the next month because the John Deere Classic will have additional qualifying spots into the British Open.

The John Deere Classic is June 30th through July third in the Quad Cities.

Regional Semifinal Scores from May 25th

Treynor 3, Tri-Center 1

Regional Final Schedule for May 26th

CLASS 1A

Region 2: Treynor @ Underwood 6:00 p.m.
Region 3: Garner Hayfield Ventura @ Des Moines Christian 6:00 p.m.

CLASS 2A

Region 2: ADM @ Lewis Central 6:00 p.m.

CLASS 3A

Region 1: Sioux City West @ CB Abraham Lincoln 6:00 p.m.

CLASS 1A

Substate 8 Final: West Central Valley/Nodaway Valley 1, Treynor 0

West Central Valley/Nodaway Valley draws the 7-seed for the State Tournament and will play 2-seeded Beckman Catholic on June 1st at 12:00 p.m. in the Quarterfinals.

1A State Tournament Bracket

CLASS 2A

Substate 8 Final: Lewis Central 2, Glenwood 0

Lewis Central draws the 3-seed and will play 6th seeded Humboldt on June 1st at 2:30 p.m. in the Quarterfinals.

2A State Tournament Bracket

3A State Tournament Bracket

The 2022 Boys State Tennis Tournament wrapped up on Wednesday with play moving indoors due to the poor weather conditions. 1A athletes played at Black Hawk Tennis Club in Waterloo.

In 1A Singles play Carter white of St. Albert won his second round consolation match over Jack Freiburger of Dubuque Wahlert. In the consolation semifinals White fell to Roan Martineau of Wahlert 6-3, 6-2. That put White into the 7th place match where he fell to Nathan Brown of Clarinda 6-1, 6-1.

Brown won his second round consolation match over Calvin Johnson of Grinnell 6-3, 7-6 (7-3). He then lost in the consolation semifinals to Alejo Marcon of Pella Christian 6-4, 6-2 before defeating White in the 7th place match.

In 1A Doubles play Colin Reis and Harrison Dahm of Denison-Schleswig lost in the semifinals to a duo from Xavier 6-7 (7-9), 6-4, 6-4. Then in the 3rd place match Reis and Dahm defeated Overland & Zimmerman of Boone 6-0, 6-3 to grab the 3rd place medal.

Iowa wide receiver and return specialist Charlie Jones has entered the transfer portal.

Jones was the Big Ten’s Returner of the Year in 2021. Jones was the only player nationally to average more than 7 yards on at least 30 punt returns and was one of only three players that had more than 25 yards on 25 returns. Jones also had 21 catches for 323 yards and three touchdowns last season.

This will be Jones’ 6th season with a program after spending 2 years at Buffalo before 2 years at Iowa.

The St. Louis Cardinals fell to the Toronto Blue Jays 8-1 on Tuesday night at Busch Stadium. The two teams split their two-game set with the Cards winning 7-3 on Monday night.

George Springer had a hit, 2 walks, 1 RBI, and scored 2 runs. Vladimir Guerrero Jr, Bo Bichette, Alejandro Kirk and Danny Jansen each had two hits to lead Toronto.

The Cardinals fall to 24-19 on the season. The Redbirds are off Wednesday and will start a four-game homeset against the Brewers on Thursday. Pregame on Thursday will be at 5:50 p.m. on KJAN.

CLASS 1A

Substate 8 Final: West Central Valley/Nodaway Valley @ Treynor 6:30 p.m.

Class 2A

Substate 8 Final: Glenwood @ Lewis Central 6:30 p.m.

IOWA CITY, Iowa – Three University of Iowa baseball student-athletes swept the Big Ten weekly honors on Tuesday, it was announced by the league office.  Redshirt sophomore Kyle Huckstorf was the Big Ten Co-Player of the Week, redshirt senior Dylan Nedved was the Big Ten Pitcher of the Week and Keaton Anthony was the Big Ten Freshman of the Week.

The accolades are the 11th, 12th and 13th weekly honors for the Hawkeyes this season, extending a program record.  Anthony’s extends his Big ten record to six this season.

Huckstorf earned his first career honor after slashing .538/1.231/.600 with a 1.831 OPS in the three-game sweep of Indiana. The outfielder had three home runs, 12 RBIs and five runs scored during the week and made a defensive play that saw him land on SportsCenter’s Top 10 plays for the second time this season.

The Waterford, Wisconsin, native had a game for the ages in the series opener, going 6-for-7 with three home runs, 12 RBIs and four runs scored in a 30-16 victory.  Huckstorf hit two three-run home runs in the fourth inning in consecutive at-bats and added a grand slam in the fourth as Iowa rallied from a 13-2 deficit.  His eighth inning two-run single to right center field was record-breaking.

Huckstorf set the Big Ten and Iowa single game RBIs record, set an Iowa hits record and tied a Big Ten hits record, the most since 2010. Iowa’s 30 runs are the program’s most ever in a Big Ten game and the second most all-time.

Huckstorf was also named a Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week on Monday.

Nedved earned his first career accolade after tossing six shutout innings in a series-clinching victory in game two.  The right-hander from Shawnee, Kansas, had a no-hitter through 5 1/3 innings before being lifted following the sixth because of a pitch count. He allowed one hit over six innings and fanned six to notch his sixth victory of the season.

Anthony earned his Big Ten record sixth Freshman of the Week honors after slashing .357/1.000/.438 with a 1.438 OPS against the Hoosiers.  The outfielder homered in three straight games for the first time in his career and finished with five runs and five RBIs on the weekend.

The Hoschton, Georgia, native hit a two-run fourth-inning homer and finished 3-for-5 with three runs and three RBIs in Iowa’s 30-16 win in game one.  He hit a solo homer in games two and three.  The game three blast was pivotal as it gave Iowa a 1-0 lead in the first — a game where the Hawkeyes won 2-1 to finish in a tie for second place in the Big Ten standings.

The trio’s performance helped Iowa sweep Indiana for the first time since 2015.  The Hawkeyes finished with 17 league wins and tied for second in Big Ten play.  The 17 victories are the most for the program in a non-COVID year since 2015 (19 wins).

Seven different Hawkeyes – Adam Mazur (2), Connor Schultz, Peyton Williams, Ty Langenberg, Nedved, Huckstorf and Anthony (6) — have earned a total of 13 Big Ten weekly honors this season.