At the direction of the University of Iowa medical team, the Iowa Athletics Department announced Monday that the Iowa Wrestling program has returned to limited in-person activities, ending a seven-day pause in response to positive COVID-19 test results within the program. Iowa will continue to follow Big Ten Conference medical protocols and the direction of the UI medical team regarding a full-team return to in-person activities.  

Iowa’s dual with Northwestern scheduled for Friday, Feb. 19, has been postponed out of an abundance of caution surrounding the health and safety of the participants. A determination on the Hawkeyes’ dual scheduled at Wisconsin for Sunday, Feb. 21, will be made later this week.

IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa men’s basketball junior Joe Wieskamp has been named the Big Ten Player of the Week, it was announced Monday by the Big Ten Conference Office.

Wieskamp (6-foot-6, 212 pounds) averaged 23.5 points, 8.5 rebounds, two assists, and one steal in Iowa’s pair of double-digit wins last week over No. 25 Rutgers (79-66) and Michigan State (88-58). The native of Muscatine, Iowa, shot a combined 59 percent from the field (16-of-27), including a blistering 71 percent from 3-point range (10-of-14).

In Iowa’s 13-point triumph over the Scarlet Knights, Wieskamp posted his third double-double of the season and seventh of his career. He led all scorers with 26 points and controlled 10 defensive rebounds. Wieskamp made 64 percent of his total field goal attempts (9-of-14), including 5-of-7 from 3-point territory.

Wieskamp eclipsed 20 points for the second consecutive game in Saturday’s 30-point victory against Michigan State at the Breslin Center, netting a game-best 21 points and grabbing seven defensive rebounds. The 30-point win was Iowa’s largest margin of victory ever in East Lansing and the Spartans’ worst home defeat in 46 years. Once again, Wieskamp was dialed in from distance, sinking five of his seven 3-point attempts.

As a result of Wieskamp’s totals from last week, he is the first junior in program history to amass more than 1,100 points, 500 rebounds, 150 3-pointers, 100 assists, and 75 steals.

No. 11 Iowa (15-6. 9-5) will face No. 21 Wisconsin (15-7, 9-6) on Thursday. Tipoff is slated for 6:01 p.m. (CT) at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wisconsin.

IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa freshman Caitlin Clark was named Big Ten Women’s Basketball Co-Player and Freshman of the Week, the conference announced Monday.

Clark has tallied 16 Big Ten Weekly honors on the season, including 10 freshman honors, four Big Ten Player of the Week honors, and two Player of the Week Honor Roll nods. Clark’s 10 Freshman of the Week honors and four Player of the Week nods tie Big Ten Records. The first Big Ten student-athlete to receive 10 Freshman of the Week awards was Nebraska’s Jessica Shepard during the 2015-16 season. Minnesota’s Amanda Zahui B. is the only other freshman to earn four Player of the Week nods. Her four Big Ten Player of the Week honors as a freshman are believed to be the NCAA record.

Clark recorded her third consecutive and seventh 30-point game of the season against Nebraska. Her seven 30-point games are tied for the most in the NCAA this season. Against the Cornhuskers, Clark’s 39 points earned her a spot in the Nebraska record books, marking the most points scored in Pinnacle Bank Arena — male or female.

Clark is the second freshman since the 2015-16 season to record seven 30-point games – the first was Texas A&M’s Chennedy Carter during the 2017-18 season. Carter played 19 more games than the Hawkeyes have played this season.

The West Des Moines, Iowa, native recorded her sixth double-double of the season with 39 points and 10 rebounds and was three assists shy of a triple double.

Clark now ranks third on Iowa’s all-time freshman scoring list with 451 points on the season. The record holder is Jaime Printy with 501 points during the 2009-10 season. Clark is the first Iowa freshman to record 400-plus points, 100-plus rebounds, and 100-plus assists in a season.

Clark and the Hawkeyes host Penn State on Thursday inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Tip is set for 3 p.m. (CT) on Big Ten Network.

IRVING, Texas (AP) — The Big 12 Conference has altered three men’s basketball games on its schedule this week because of extreme winter weather in the southern Great Plains region that created travel issues. No. 12 Texas will play at No. 9 Oklahoma on Wednesday night after that game was pushed back from its scheduled Tuesday slot. The Longhorns’ game at Iowa State scheduled for Thursday has been postponed.

TCU’s game at No. 15 Texas Tech won’t be played Tuesday night after previously being switched. The Red Raiders and Horned Frogs are still scheduled to play Thursday night in Fort Worth.

It is closing in on two months since Iowa State won a basketball game and the Cyclones look to change that Tuesday with as visit to Oklahoma State. The Cyclones are 0-11 in the Big 12 but coach Steve Prohm felt his team showed progress on defense in Saturday’s 64-50 loss to Kansas.

Prohm says the key now is to sustain that effort each night out.

Prohm says as the Cyclones have returned to full strength they have done a better job of competing.

A good defensive effort was wasted on Saturday because of 23 turnovers.

Senior guard Jalen Coleman-Lands says the Cyclones are focused on what is ahead and not their winless Big 12 record.

Junior guard Rasir Bolton says the Cyclones will keep fighting.

The Cowboys are 6-6 in the Big 12 and dropped out of the top 25 after splitting games against Kansas and Kansas State. It is an early three o’clock tip off in Stillwater.

Boys District Bowling for area teams has been postponed from Monday to Wednesday. Here are the sites that have been changed and the teams involved.

Class 2A District 1 at LeMars, POSTPONED to Wednesday, Feb. 17, 10 a.m.
CB Abraham Lincoln, CB Thomas Jefferson, LeMars, Lewis Central, Sioux City West, West Sioux/MOC-FV/Akron-Westfield

Class 2A District 3 at Fort Dodge, POSTPONED to Wednesday, Feb. 17 at 10 a.m. Denison-Schleswig, Des Moines Hoover, Des Moines North, Fort Dodge, Sioux Central, Urbandale.

Class 1A District 3 at Council Bluffs, POSTPONED to Wednesday, Feb. 17 at 11 a.m. Clarinda, Harlan, Knoxville, Red Oak, Southeast Warren, St. Albert, Tri-Center, West Central Valley.

Class 1A District 4 at Council Bluffs, POSTPONED to Wednesday, Feb. 17 at 3 p.m. Clarke, Creston O-M, Lamoni, Lenox, Mount Ayr, Nodaway Valley, Shenandoah

The Class 1A and 2A Boys District Basketball Tournaments are set to get started with first round play tonight around the state. Here are the area match-ups and times. Some start times and dates have been adjusted due to the weather.

CLASS 1A

District 12
Southeast Warren @ Mount Ayr PPD to Wednesday 6:00 p.m.
Murray @ Wayne 6:00 p.m.
Seymour @ Moravia 7:00 p.m.
Lamoni @ Mormon Trail 6:00 p.m.

District 13
Diagonal @ Martensdale-St. Marys 6:00 p.m.
Southwest Valley @ Lenox 7:00 p.m.
East Union @ Earlham 5:30 p.m.
Bedford @ Nodaway Valley PPD to Wednesday 7:00 p.m.

District 14
Griswold @ Tri-Center 7:00 p.m.
Sidney @ East Mills PPD to Wednesday 7:00 p.m.
Fremont-Mills @ CAM 7:00 p.m. -PPD to Wednesday 7:00 p.m. (No KJAN Coverage, but will be on CAM Cougar Channel)
Stanton @ Riverside 6:00 p.m.

District 15
Glidden-Ralston @ Grand View Christian 6:00 p.m.
Audubon @ Madrid 5:30 p.m.
Coon Rapids-Bayard @ Ankeny Christian 6:00 p.m.
IKM-Manning @ Ogden 6:00 p.m.

District 16
West Monona @ St. Albert 6:00 p.m.
Logan-Magnolia @ Woodbine 6:00 p.m.
Ar-We-Va @ West Harrison 6:00 p.m.
Exira-EHK @ Boyer Valley 6:00 p.m.

CLASS 2A

District 1
Manson NW-Webster @ Kuemper Catholic PPD to Tuesday 5:30 p.m.
Missouri Valley @ Ridge View 6:00 p.m.

District 2
Hinton @ West Sioux 7:00 p.m.
MVAOCOU @ Cherokee, Washington PPD to Tuesday 5:30 p.m.

District 15
I-35 @ Central Decatur PPD to Tuesday at 8:00 p.m.
West Central Valley @ AC/GC 7:00 p.m.

District 16
Underwood @ Clarinda 6:00 p.m.
Shenandoah @ Red Oak 6:00 p.m.

The 2021 State Individual Wrestling Tournament will be contested later this week: Thursday, February 18th through Saturday, February 20th. The IHSAA has released the brackets for all weight classes in each class. Here is the link to those brackets.

STATE TOURNAMENT BRACKETS

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CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Trae Berhow Noah Carter each scored 17 points and Northern Iowa defeated Valparaiso 74-60. Nate Heise added 15 points, Austin Phyfe 12 and Northern Iowa snapped a two-game losing streak. Heise’ 3-pointer with 10:40 remaining ended a 10-0 run which put the Panthers up 58-41. Ben Krikke scored 12 for Valparaiso.