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IOWA CITY, Iowa — Seven start times for the 2021 University of Iowa football team were announced on Thursday by the Big Ten Conference in conjunction with BTN, ESPN, ABC, and FOX television networks. Four of the seven announced start times will be mid-afternoon kickoffs.
Iowa will host Indiana at 2:30 p.m. (CT) on Saturday, Sept. 4, with the game airing on BTN. This year marks the first time in 41 years that Iowa opens its season against a Big Ten opponent; the Hawkeyes faced the Hoosiers on Sept. 13, 1980, in Bloomington, Indiana, in the 1980 opener. The home opener is presented by the Eastern Iowa Airport and will honor First Responders.
FryFest is also part of opening weekend. Slated for Friday, Sept. 3, FryFest is held at the Iowa River Landing and celebrates everything Hawkeye. The National Iowa Varsity Club will celebrate the Hall of Fame class throughout the weekend.
Following the opening contest, the Hawkeyes travel to in-state rival Iowa State at 2:30 p.m. The annual Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series game will be televised on ABC.
Iowa welcomes Kent State to Kinnick Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 18, in the Gold Game. That contest is also slated to kickoff at 2:30 p.m. and will be broadcast on BTN. Fans are encouraged to wear gold.
The Homecoming contest versus Purdue, presented by GreenState Credit Union, is on Saturday, Oct. 16. That game is scheduled for a 2:30 p.m. start. The Hawkeyes are the Homecoming opponent at Wisconsin on Oct. 30, with that game designated to begin at 11 a.m.
Iowa’s regular season finale at Nebraska on Black Friday (Nov. 26) will kickoff at 12:30 p.m. and air on BTN.
The Hawkeyes have an open date on Oct. 23. Kickoff times for the remaining five games will be announced no later than 12 days prior to the game, per the media rights agreements between the Big Ten Conference and its television partners.
Fans can purchase football season tickets by visiting hawkeyesports.com/tickets. Fight for Iowa mobile passes and UI student tickets are currently on sale. Mini plan ticket packages will go on sale to the general public on June 10 at 9 a.m. Select single game tickets will go on sale in July. University of Iowa faculty/staff should contact the University of Iowa Athletics Ticket Office for season tickets. The UI Athletics Ticket Office is open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The office telephone number is 1-800-IA-HAWKS.
All tickets in 2021 will be mobile. Fans may access tickets via the Hawkeye Sports App, a link via email, or account login at hawkeyesports.com/myaccount. These tickets are optimized for display on your smartphone device and should not be printed. Fans can review additional information on mobile tickets by visiting hawkeyesports.com/
Iowa’s 2021 football schedule (all listed times are CT):
AMES, Iowa – The Big 12 Conference today announced kickoff times and television broadcast assignments for Iowa State football non-conference games, as well as a date change for the Iowa State-TCU game.
Iowa State’s season-opener vs. UNI (Sept. 4) at Jack Trice Stadium will be a 2:30 p.m. CT kickoff on Big 12 Now on ESPN+. The following week (Sept. 11) will also be a 2:30 p.m. CT start, as Iowa State plays host to Iowa in the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series on ABC.
Iowa State travels to UNLV on Sept. 18 to face the Rebels at Allegiant Stadium. The game will kickoff at 9:30 p.m. CT on the CBS Sports Network.
The Iowa State-TCU game originally scheduled for Nov. 27 at Jack Trice Stadium is now slated for the Friday after Thanksgiving (Nov. 26). Kickoff time will be either 3 or 3:30 p.m. CT on Fox or FS1.
Iowa State returns 19 starters and 10 players who have earned first or second team All-Big 12 recognition a total of 18 times from last year’s team that tied a school record for overall wins (9), broke the school mark for conference victories (8) and won the school’s first-ever New Year’s Six Bowl (Oregon, 34-17).
Among Iowa State’s top returners are the reigning Big 12 Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year from 2020 in running back Breece Hall and linebacker Mike Rose.
Iowa State’s 24 Big 12 wins since 2017 is the second-most in the league during that span.
2021 Iowa State Football Schedule
Sept. 4 UNI (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) – 2:30 p.m.
Sept. 11 %IOWA (ABC) – 2:30 p.m.
Sept. 18 at UNLV (CBS Sports Network) – 9:30 p.m.
Sept. 25 *at Baylor – TBA
Oct. 2 *KANSAS – TBA
Oct. 16 *at Kansas State – TBA
Oct. 23 *OKLAHOMA STATE – TBA
Oct. 30 *at West Virginia – TBA
Nov. 6 *TEXAS – TBA
Nov. 13 *at Texas Tech – TBA
Nov. 20 *at Oklahoma – TBA
Nov. 26 *TCU (Fox or FS1) – 3 or 3:30 p.m.
Dec. 4 &at Big 12 Championship
*Big 12 Conference game
%Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series
&Arlington, Texas
The Boys State Golf tournaments for Class 1A, 2A, and 3A start today and finish on Friday.
The Class 1A Tournament is being played at Westwood Golf Course in Newton and tees off at 10:30 a.m. St. Albert and Fremont-Mills are in the team field and Kyle Beam of Sidney will be among the individual field.
The Class 2A Tournament is being contested at Lakeside Golf Course in Fort Dodge. Kuemper Catholic is participating in the team race. Grant Caltrider of West Central Valley and Tyler Brandt of IKM-Manning will compete individually. Play begins at 10:00 a.m.
The Class 3A Tournament is being played at Elmwood Country Club in Marshalltown. ADM and Winterset are among the teams competing and Parker Bekkers of Denison-Schleswig is an individual qualifier. Play begins at 10:00 a.m.
The Boys State Soccer Tournament field has been set with play taking place June 1st – June 5th at Cownie Soccer Park in Des Moines. Here are the brackets.
CLASS 3A
#1 Iowa City West (18-1) vs. #8 Sioux City West (15-2)
#4 WDM Valley (16-4) vs. #5 Ankeny Centennial (14-4)
#3 Cedar Rapids Prairie (15-2) vs. #6 Pleasant Valley (17-3)
#2 Johnston (15-3) vs. #7 Cedar Falls (19-3)
CLASS 2A
#1 Cedar Rapids Xavier (12-5) vs. #8 Marion (12-6)
#4 Pella (15-4) vs. #5 ADM (14-4)
#3 Bondurant-Farrar vs. #6 Sergeant Bluff-Luton (16-3)
#2 Dallas Center-Grimes vs. #7 Waverly-Shell Rock (13-6)
CLASS 1A
#1 Burlington Notre Dame (20-1) vs. #8 Columbus Catholic (12-8)
#2 Regina Catholic (11-7) vs. #5 Greene County (14-6)
#3 West Liberty (15-3) vs. #6 St. Albert (14-6)
#2 Western Christian (14-1) vs. #7 North Fayette Valley (14-4)
Boys soccer teams punched their ticket to the State Tournament Wednesday in Substate Finals. Here’s a look at area results.
CLASS 1A
Substate 7 @ Des Moines Christian
Greene County 2, West Central Valley/Nodaway Valley 1
Substate 8 @ St. Albert
St. Albert 3, Treynor 2
CLASS 2A
Substate 8 @ Adel
ADM 2, Creston 0
CLASS 3A
Substate 1 @ Sioux City
Sioux City West 4, Lewis Central 3
Class 1A Girls Soccer Quarterfinals. Winners advance to Regional Semifinals next Tuesday.
Region 1
Tri-Center 7, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 0
Western Christian 1, Sioux Center 0
Bishop Heelan 10, MOC-Floyd Valley 0
Unity Christian 2, West Sioux 0
Region 2
Treynor 11, AHSTW 0
Missouri Valley 4, Logan-Magnolia 1
East Sac County 10, Boyden Hull/Rock Valley 0
St. Albert 2, Underwood 1
Region 3
Van Meter 10, Creston 0
Centerville 3, Chariton 0
Gilbert 10, Greene County 0
Nodaway Valley/West Central Valley 1, Kuemper Catholic 0
(Radio Iowa) – Registration is now open for the Field To Fork Deer Hunting Program which takes Iowans with zero hunting skills and teaches them to use a compound bow to hunt and kill white-tailed deer. Jamie Cook, the program’s coordinator with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, says students will also learn how to field dress the animal and cook venison. Cook notes, it takes a commitment. “The program does go on about six months,” Cook says. “What we’ve learned over time is, with hunting, being a pretty serious life skill, it takes a while to develop and in order to really get to the point where you enjoy it and you’re willing to build confidence, it does take that amount of time.”
For Iowans who want to tackle the challenge of bow hunting as a means of sourcing their own protein or red meat, Cook says the program provides the opportunity to learn what it takes to do it all yourself. “Beginning this summer, our participants will start shooting at a local archery range,” Cook says. “They’ll get some help from professional and hobby archers that can give them tips to increase their proficiency. During the summer we’ll also be sending them some books to read, some chapters, some weekly homework assignments.”
There will also be a series of videos to watch that focus on bow hunting skills and hunting deer in particular. As summer progresses, students will learn basic strategies for hunting deer including the proper equipment, where to hunt, safe shooting practices and tree stand placement. “As we get close to deer season in the fall, we’ll have a couple of workshop days or field days where they’ll come out and learn to do a blood trail, they’ll learn to shoot from a tree stand,” Cook says. “We’ll make sure their proficiency is good, and by that point we’ll also have a mentor available for them, and from there, they get to hunt on their own schedules.”
The course will be hosted in Adel, Altoona and Council Bluffs and is geared for participants 21 and older. The cost is $238.50 which includes tags, licenses, books and archery loaner equipment. The program is part of a national effort to recruit, retain and reactivate hunters due to the overall decline in hunting and outdoor recreation.
To register: https://forms.gle/ACJQwij96BdGnw4g8
SOFTBALL
Hawkeye Ten Conference
Atlantic 13, Missouri Valley 2 (5 inn.)
Denison-Schleswig 10, CB Abraham Lincoln 3
Harlan 2, AHSTW 0
Kuemper Catholic 8, Ogden 5
Underwood 6, Glenwood 5
Rolling Valley Conference
Ar-We-Va 12, Glidden-Ralston 0
Coon Rapids-Bayard 7, Boyer Valley 2
Exira-EHK 3, West Harrison 1
Corner Conference
Griswold 13, Tri-Center 1
Pride of Iowa Conference
East Union 12, Des Moines North 0
Central Decatur 15, Seymour 0
Nodaway Valley 13, Stanton 6
Lenox 4, Mount Ayr 1
Twin Cedars 4, Martensdale-St. Marys 1 (Game 1)
Martensdale-St. Marys 4, Twin Cedars 2 (Game 2)
Southeast Warren 18, Woodward-Granger 0
Other Scores
Melcher-Dallas 16, Murray 0
BASEBALL
Hawkeye Ten Conference
Lewis Central 3, Sioux City East 2
Shenandoah 5, Missouri Valley 4
St. Albert 11, CB Abraham Lincoln 8
Underwood 22, Glenwood 20
Van Meter 11, Creston 1
Western Iowa Conference
Tri-Center 15, Woodbine 0
Rolling Valley Conference
Ar-We-Va 14, Glidden-Ralston 0
West Harrison 9, Exira-EHK 6
Pride of Iowa Conference
Mounty Ayr 5, Lenox 3
Nodaway Valley 13, Stanton 12
Other Scores
Melcher-Dallas 11, Murray 7
IOWA CITY, Iowa – Former University of Iowa quarterback Jason Manson has been named Director of Player Development for the Iowa football program. The announcement was made Tuesday by head football coach Kirk Ferentz.
“I am happy to bring Jason Manson back to our program in this capacity,” said Ferentz. “Jason was a valued team member and leader during his Iowa career. His perspective and experience since graduation will be a great benefit to our players in his new role.”
The Director of Player Development serves as a guide for student-athletes as they transition from high school to college, supporting their academic and football successes while creating a positive and memorable college experience. Former Hawkeye Sam Brincks has been the interim director for the role over last 10 months.
“I appreciate the contributions Sam made for our program as the interim director,” said Ferentz. “I am thankful that he stepped right in and provided positive feedback and leadership for our current players.”
Manson has been involved in high school administration and coaching since the end of his Hawkeye playing career. He has held the position of assistant Dean of Students and head football coach at St. Thomas More School the last two years. In 2018-19 he served as student management assistant at Greater Hartford (Conn.) Academy of the Arts and head football coach at Capital Prep.
Manson, a native of Bloomfield, Conn., was the head football coach at Capital Preparatory Magnet School from 2014-18, while also serving as director of college and career readiness. He also served as a position coach at Central Connecticut State University from 2010-14, instructor and offensive coordinator at Milford Academy in 2008-09, wide receivers coach at Becker College in 2007 and Western Connecticut State.
As a player at Iowa, Manson lettered in 2005 and 2006, playing both quarterback and wide receiver. His career totals include completing 42-85 pass attempts for 442 yards and one touchdown. He had 22 career rushing attempts for 93 yards and three pass receptions for 22 yards. Manson led Iowa to a double-overtime win at Syracuse in 2006 in his only start at quarterback.
Manson earned his bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies in December, 2006. He was a member of the team Leadership Council for four years and was Iowa’s recipient of the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award in 2006. Manson was a three-year member of the Iowa Student Athlete Advisory Committee (ISAAC) and was awarded the Student Leadership Award by the UI Athletics Department as a senior.
Manson and his wife, Tamika, have three children, Julian (13), Jace (9), and Jaxon (5).
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