Iowa has juggled this weekend’s Big Ten baseball series against Illinois. With the forecast calling for cold weather on Friday the teams will play a doubleheader on Saturday and a single game on Sunday.

That’s Iowa coach Rick Heller. The Hawkeyes are 15-10 after Wednesday night’s 9-8 11 inning win at Bradley and opened the conference race by taking two of three games at Michigan.

The Illini are 5-1 in the Big Ten.

Heller says Iowa’s infield defense will need to be solid.

Iowa corner Riley Moss says he is happy he decided to return for an extra season. The native of Ankeny spent the days leading up to a Citrus Bowl loss to Kentucky considering entry into the NFL draft along with safety Jack Koerner. Both decided to return.

Moss says ultimately it was about the memories that could be made with anther college season.

The Hawkeyes close out spring drills April 23rd with an open practice.

• Event Name: NJCAA Rising All-Stars, Council Bluffs
• Event Dates: July 18-21, 2022, and July 2023
• Total Project Budget: $80,000
• Amount Awarded: $26,000

ST. LOUIS, MO., April 7, 2022 – The St. Louis Cardinals will open their 131ST season of play in the National League this afternoon when they host the Pittsburgh Pirates at 3:15 p.m. CDT in the opening game of the 162-game Major League Baseball regular season.  The team’s 28-player active roster includes six first-time Cardinals (Aaron Brooks, Corey Dickerson, Steven Matz, Andre Pallante, Drew VerHagen and Nick Wittgren), one rookie (Andre Pallante) and 17 players that were developed within the Cardinals organization.

The team announced that left-handed pitcher Brandon Waddell has been outrighted to the Memphis (AAA) roster in order to make room for Pallante on the team’s 40-player Major League roster.

The following is the Cardinals 2022 Opening Day active roster and injured list:

PITCHERS (15): Aaron Brooks-RHP, Gėnesis Cabrera-LHP, Giovanny Gallegos-RHP, Ryan Helsley-RHP, Jordan Hicks-RHP,  Dakota Hudson-RHP, Steven Matz-LHP, T.J. McFarland-LHP, Miles Mikolas-RHP, Andre Pallante-RHP, Drew VerHagen-RHP, Adam Wainwright-RHP, Kodi Whitley-RHP, Nick Wittgren-RHP, Jake Woodford-RHP;

CATCHERS (2): Andrew Knizner and Yadier Molina;

INFIELDERS (6): Nolan Arenado, Paul DeJong, Tommy Edman, Paul Goldschmidt, Albert Pujols, and Edmundo Sosa;

OUTFIELDERS (5): Harrison Bader, Dylan Carlson, Corey Dickerson, Lars Nootbaar and Tyler O’Neill;

INJURED LIST (2): Jack Flaherty-RHP (10-Day), Alex Reyes-RHP (60-Day).

Thursday, April 7th

Track Meets
Girls Koos Invitational @ Harlan PPD
Girls @ I-35 Cancelled
Co-Ed @ AHSTW Cancelled
Co-Ed Big Red Relays @ Missouri Valley- Cancelled
Girls @ Red Oak Cancelled

Golf
Atlantic @ Creston G/B PPD to 4/25
Denison-Schleswig @ Harlan Boys Cancelled
Griswold, Sidney @ Red Oak G/B Cancelled
Harlan @ Denison-Schleswig Girls PPD
Kuemper Catholic @ Carroll Girls Cancelled
Southwest Valley @ Bedford G/B PPD to 4/19
Underwood @ Audubon Girls PPD

Tennis
Atlantic @ Creston Girls PPD to 4/15
Creston @ Atlantic Boys PPD to 4/14
Denison-Schleswig @ Harlan Boys PPD
Harlan @ Denison-Schleswig Girls PPD
Kuemper Catholic @ Lewis Central Boys PPD to 5/6
Lewis Central @ Kuemper Catholic Girls PPD to 5/2

Soccer
Atlantic @ Tri-Center Girls PPD
Tri-Center @ Atlantic Boys PPD to 4/11
CB Abraham Lincoln @ Lewis Central Boys PPD to 5/5
CB Thomas Jefferson @ Glenwood Boys PPD
Creston @ NV/WCV Girls PPD
Conestoga, NE @ Treynor Boys PPD
Logan-Magnolia @ Denison-Schleswig Girls Cancelled
Treynor @ Sioux City West Girls PPD to 4/11

PEORIA, Ill. – Senior Brett McCleary’s sacrifice fly in the 11th inning plated the go-ahead run and redshirt junior Duncan Davitt pitched a 1-2-3 bottom half to send the University of Iowa baseball team to a 9-8 extra-inning victory over Bradley on Wednesday night at Dozer Park.

It was the Hawkeyes’ seventh win this season when overcoming a deficit, as the team improved to 15-10 overall.  Iowa, who is 8-3 over its last 10 games, is a season-high five games over .500.

After trading single runs in the ninth and 10th innings, the Hawkeyes loaded the bases in the 11th on an Izaya Fullard walk, Andy Nelson single and Kyle Huckstorf hit by pitch. McCleary put Iowa up 9-8 with a sacrifice fly, but Bradley got out of the inning without any more damage after getting 1-5 double play following a Brendan Sher line out.

Redshirt junior Duncan Davitt shut the door on the Braves in the bottom half with a 1-2-3 inning.  Davitt earned his third win after pitching the final 1 1/3 innings without allowing a hit, while fanning three.

Iowa took a 7-6 lead in the ninth when redshirt sophomore Peyton Williams walked, stole second and scored on a Bradley throwing error with two outs following Nelson’s infield single.

UP NEXT

The Hawkeyes return to action Saturday, hosting Illinois in a doubleheader at Duane Banks Field.  The start time is TBA and will be announced later this week.

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State head football coach Matt Campbell has been selected to the CoSIDA Academic All-America Hall of Fame, announced by CoSIDA today.

Campbell joins three other inductees (Dr. Jen Babik, Gail Koziara Boudreaux, Marty Liquori) in the 2022 Hall of Fame class that will be enshrined into the Academic All-America Hall of Fame at CoSIDA’s annual convention in Las Vegas on June 28.

“I am absolutely thrilled and humbled to be inducted into the CoSIDA Academic All-America Hall of Fame,” Campbell said. “This prestigious Hall of Fame has a list of incredible student-athletes who have achieved in academics, athletics and in their professional lives, and to be mentioned among these incredible people is amazing. This award is special to me because I know the importance of academics. It’s something we stress to our current student-athletes daily. I am incredibly honored to receive this award and I want to thank the voting committee for selecting me in this process.”

The three-time Big 12 Coach of the Year and 2018 Mount Union Athletics Hall of Fame inductee has claimed numerous awards in his career, but today’s announcement will rank as one of his greatest achievements. Created in 1988, the CoSIDA Academic All-America Hall of Fame recognizes Academic All-Americas who have achieved lifetime success in their professional careers and are committed to philanthropic causes in the communities where they reside.

A total of 162 Academic All-Americas have been inducted into the Hall of Fame since its inception. Included members are athletic super stars Rebecca Lobo, Steve Young, John Stockton, Danny Ainge, Bernie Kosar, Bill Walton, John Wooden, Bill Bradley and Drew Brees.

Campbell joins former Cyclone All-American and Big 12 Coach of the Year Fred Hoiberg as athletes with Iowa State ties to make the prestigious Hall of Fame.

AMES, Iowa – The Iowa State football team has altered its spring schedule due to expected low temperatures and high winds Friday.

The open practice scheduled for Friday, April 8 at Gilbert High School is postponed until Friday, April 15 at 5:30 p.m.

Iowa State’s open practice at Des Moines East High School, which was slated for April 15, has been canceled for this spring.

Continuity is credited for Iowa’s success on the defensive side of the football. The Hawkeyes regularly rank near the top of the Big Ten on defense and it has been the key to the program’s success. Phil Parker joined the Iowa staff in 1999 and has been the coordinator since 2012. He also credits his working relationship with linebackers coach Seth Wallace and defensive line coach Kelvin Bell.

Iowa set a program record with 25 interceptions last season and Parker says their style of zone coverage and an effective pass rush were major factors.

Bell says the Hawkeyes have been running the same defense for more than two decades.

Linebackers coach Seth Wallace says it begins with stability.

Wallace says the Hawkeyes are generating turnovers with being forced to gamble.

The Hawkeyes announced the will close out spring drills on April 23rd with an open practice.

Hunter Dekkers is ready to take over as Iowa State’s starting quarterback. The former West Sioux standout appeared in seven games the past two years behind starter Brock Purdy. It is a spot Purdy has manned since October of 2018.

That’s Cyclone offensive coordinator Tom Manning who says Dekkers’ arm strength is obvious but now it is about running the offense.

Dekkers says the goal this spring is to move the offense forward.

Dekkers says the offense received a big lift when top receiver Xavier Hutchinson decided to return for next season.