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The annual PGA Tournament in the Quad Cities is earlier this year and so is the start of its fundraising campaign. The John Deere Classic’s Birdies for Charity kicked off this week and director Micaela Booth says because of the pandemic, pledge forms will continue to be available online, instead of pre-printed.
Birdies for Charity raised nearly 12.6 million dollars for 470 charities within 125 miles of the Quad Cities. Booth says another change is Birdies for Charity is allowing nonprofits to sign up for the first time since before the pandemic.
The annual Birdies for Charity contest is to guess the number of birdies scored during the John Deere Classic. The prize is a two-year lease for a new Lexus. So, the deadline to submit for contest entries is June 10th. Final pledges will be due on July 1st, the third day tournament.
(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Atlantic City Council, Wednesday evening recognized the remarkable achievements of the Atlantic High School and Middle School Archery Teams, and their Coach, Clint Roland. Both teams are sending archers to Sandy, Utah April 28-30th, for the Western Nationals. The Coach said Atlantic is sending the entire High School Squad to the competition, and 21 Middle School students. Their trip is coming on the heels of their performance at the National Archery in the Schools’ (NASP) Iowa State Archery Tournament.
He said they’ve always qualified at the Middle School level but never finished in the top 10, until now.
Atlantic Middle School archers
He said some people he spoke with doubted the High School archers would do as well as he predicted, but again, those people were proven wrong.
AHS Archers
Coach Roland said they held a fundraiser to help the students afford the trip to Utah this past weekend. That includes the chance to people to try and hit a few targets.
The Council recognized Coach Roland, also for his achievement. Mayor Grace Garrett…
Coach Clint Roland
The Harlan girls Koos Invitational track meet that was scheduled for Thursday, April 7th has been postponed to a date to be determined.
Harlan also announced that girls and boys tennis and golf on Thursday have also been postponed.
IOWA CITY, Iowa – Due to Friday’s projected weather forecast, the series opener between the University of Iowa baseball team and Illinois at Duane Banks Field has been postponed.
Instead, the two teams will play a Saturday doubleheader at a time to be announced, again based on the weather. It will be determined later this week.
Sunday’s series finale is unchanged. It will begin at 1:05 p.m. (CT).
IOWA CITY, Iowa – The University of Iowa Athletics Department has announced a spring practice date that is open to the public.
The Hawkeyes will conduct open public practice in Kinnick Stadium on Saturday, April 23, beginning at 9:45 a.m. (CT). The open event will be the final practice of the spring and is presented by Scheels. Additional information will be released prior to the event.
The 2022 season will kick off Sept. 3 against South Dakota State in the first of three straight home games. Opening weekend will feature the celebration of 50 Years of UI Women’s Athletics, presented by the Eastern Iowa Airport.
The annual FryFest will be held Friday, Sept. 2, at the Iowa River Landing, celebrating everything Hawkeye, including special celebration of UI Women’s Athletics. The National Iowa Letterwinner Club will celebrate the 2022 Hall of Fame class throughout the weekend.
IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa men’s basketball shooting guard Austin Ash has entered the transfer portal. The redshirt senior, and Iowa graduate, will take advantage of the bonus COVID year of eligibility that is available to student-athletes who were on rosters during the 2019-20 season.
“I couldn’t be more grateful for my time at the University of Iowa,” said Ash. “I can’t thank Coach (Fran) McCaffery and the other coaches enough for believing in me and giving me the opportunity to be Hawkeye. Raising the Big Ten trophy in Indianapolis with my teammates is a memory that I will never forget.”
Ash (6-foot-3, 180 pounds) was a walk-on his first four seasons, including redshirting as a true freshman in 2017-18, before earning a scholarship prior to the 2021-22 season. The native of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was an integral part of four NCAA Tournament teams (2020 tournament was canceled due to COVID). He saw action in 44 combined games over the past four seasons. Ash posted season bests in points (52), assists (11), rebounds (10), 3-pointers (8), and free throws made (10), and missed only four free-throw attempts last year.
“Austin was a valuable teammate on and off the floor the last five years,” said McCaffery. “He is a Division I player who didn’t see the minutes he deserved because we were loaded at the guard position. Austin will be a great asset wherever he goes because he is a great shooter, doesn’t make mistakes and has tremendous character. We wish him nothing but the best.”
Longtime Iowa State assistant coach Daniyal Robinson has been hired by Cleveland State to be their next head coach.
Robinson has spent a total of seven seasons with the Cyclones during two different stints. Robinson worked under Greg McDermott for a period and then again under Steve Prohm and TJ Otzelberger.
Robinson will take over for Dennis Gates at Cleveland State after Gates accepted the head job at Missouri.
Cleveland State has won the last two Horizon League regular-season titles.
Panorama Kip Janvrin Co-Ed Meet
Girls Team Scores
Panorama got wins from Jaidyn Sellers in the 100M, 200M, and 400M. Jazmyn Sellers won the discus.
ACGC picked up event wins with Ava Campbell in the 800M and Chloe Largent in the High Jump.
Boys Team Scores
ACGC picked up event wins from Austin Kunkle in the 100M and 200M. Trevin Suhr (1600M), Justin Reinhart (3200M), Cael Hoing (Discus), 4x100M Relay, and Distance Medley.
Full results: 2022 Kipp Janvrin Co-Ed Invitational
Iowa’s Joe Evans is working this spring to become an every down defensive end. The Ames native began his career as a walk on and last season appeared in all 14 games and had seven sacks for the Hawkeyes.
With Zach VanValkenburg gone from last year’s team Evans says a new set of leaders are stepping up.
The defensive line has been a strength of the program and Evans says they want that to continue.
When a college baseball teams wants to be in the NCAA Tournament discussion the midweek games carry added importance and the Iowa Hawkeyes will be in Peoria tonight (Wednesday night), to play Bradley. It will be one of several non conference road trips for Rick Heller’s team.
Injuries have forced Heller to juggle his lineups but the Hawks opened Big Ten play by claiming two of three games at Michigan.
Pre-game coverage on KJAN begins at 5:30.
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