The Hawkeye Ten Conference has officially announced invitations to Carroll and Treynor with a deadline of September 1st to indicate interest or not.

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State head football coach Matt Campbell was one of 26 coaches named to the 2025 Dodd Trophy preseason watch list Monday afternoon. The annual award honors the FBS head football coach whose program represents the highest ideals on and off the field.

Campbell, the winningest coach in Iowa State history, led the Cyclones to an 11-3 record, Big 12 title game appearance and a Pop-Tarts Bowl victory over No. 15 Miami in 2024. ISU’s 11 wins were the most in the 133-year history of the program.

Now entering his 10^th season at Iowa State, Campbell is the third-longest tenured coach in program history and has tallied 64 victories during his time in Ames. He owns 50.6 percent of ISU’s all-time Big 12 wins (45-of-89) and has led the Cyclones to more bowl appearances than any other Big 12 school (7).

This year’s Dodd Trophy preseason watch list includes 26 of the nation’s top college football coaches representing all Power Four conferences, as well as the AAC, Mountain West and an independent.

Iowa State opens the 2025 season August 23 in Dublin, Ireland against Kansas State in the Aer Lingus College Football Classic.

Season tickets are on sale, here.

2025 Dodd Preseason Watch List
Bret Bielema, Illinois

Jeff Brohm, Louisville

Curt Cignetti, Indiana

Mario Cristobal, Miami (FL)

Matt Campbell, Iowa State

Spencer Danielson, Boise State

Ryan Day, Ohio State

Kalen DeBoer, Alabama

Kenny Dillingham, Arizona State

Eliah Drinkwitz, Mizzou

Mike Elko, Texas A&M

James Franklin, Penn State

Marcus Freeman, Notre Dame

Josh Heupel, Tennessee

Brian Kelly, LSU

Brent Key, Georgia Tech

Chris Klieman, Kansas State

Dan Lanning, Oregon

Joey McGuire, Texas Tech

Jeff Monken, Army

Steve Sarkisian, Texas

Ryan Silverfield, Memphis

Kalani Sitake, BYU

Kirby Smart, Georgia

Dabo Swinney, Clemson

Brent Venables, Oklahoma

The top ranked teams are the same in the latest Radio Iowa/Baseball Coaches Association High School Poll. Todd Kimm reports.

Class 4A (Final)
1. Pleasant Valley (27-6), LW #1
2. Sioux City East (34-5), LW #2
3. Johnston (20-10), LW #5
4. Iowa City High (26-8), LW #6
5. Waukee Northwest (25-9), LW #3
6. Iowa City Liberty (26-9), LW #4
7. Indianola (28-5), LW #10
8. West Des Moines Valley (20-12), LW (X)
9. Ankeny Centennial (21-11), LW #9
10.Waukee (21-11), LW #8

Class 3A (Final)
1. Dubuque Wahlert (30-6), LW #1
2. Pella (21-6), LW #2
3. Marion (23-6), LW #3
4. Ballard (25-7), LW #4
5. Benton (25-6), LW #6
6. Sioux City Heelan (25-9), LW #5
7. Davenport Assumption (24-10), LW (X)
8. Saydel (23-6), LW #8
9. Carlisle (19-10), LW #7
10.MOC/Floyd Valley (24-4), LW #9

A playoff was needed to decide the winner at the John Deere Classic in the Quad Cities. George McNeilly reports.

Campbell first played the John Deere Classic on a sponsor exemption as an amateur back in 2016.

The former University of Illinois standout had a lot of support in the gallery.

An errant tee shot in the playoff proved costly for challenger Emiliano Grillo.

The fifth inning was the difference Saturday in a tight well-played ballgame as the Stanton Vikings defeated the Griswold Tigers 4-0 in the opening round of the 1A substate 7 tournament. Stanton’s Gavin Ford was phenomenal, while Griswold missed key opportunities to score. Although Calden Turner was just as good on the mound for the Tigers, the Viking bats picked up in the fifth and combined with a pair of errors, managed four runs in the frame. This was all the offense they would need as Ford would shut the door and secure the victory for Stanton.

Despite only coming into the ball game with 14.0 innings pitched, Turner was excellent for Griswold. Through four innings, he held Stanton scoreless, struck out six, and didn’t allow a hit until the fourth. However, Ford was just as good, while the Tigers were unable to cash in on their opportunities to score. Griswold left three baserunners in scoring position and was caught being overly aggressive as Wyman was thrown out trying to stretch a double into a triple.

Scoreless through four, the Stanton bats started to come alive in the fifth. After Cooper Dryer singled to lead off the inning, Jayden Burke walked, which ended the great start for Turner. Kolbe Klindt came in to try and hold the tie, but after a wild pitch, moved both runners into scoring position. Jacob Martin would break the tie. Martin put down a great bunt that scored Dryer, but the ensuing throw from Klindt sailed on him. The error allowed Burke to score from second. Another errant throw would allow Martin to advance to third, and he would be driven in by an Owen Marsh single. Nollan Case would put a bow on the inning with an RBI double to give Stanton the 4-0 lead.

Although Griswold would get one runner into scoring position in the fifth, they would not threaten the rest of the game. Ford continued to hurl late in the game, picking up four of his eleven strikeouts in the final two frames while retiring the last seven batters he saw to shut the door on the Tigers. Head coach Ryan Lockwood was pleased with Turner’s performance and spoke about what went into his decision.

Despite all that happened Lockwood was still proud of his team for the way they played.

He also had high praise for his three seniors in Wyman, Alex Nelson, and Zane Johnson.

Replacing seniors is always difficult but the Tigers are confident in their young players.

Locking back on it all, Lockwood thought the season was a successful one.

Stanton advances to play a Martensdale-St. Marys team with 27 wins on Tuesday. While the Tigers’ season comes to an end finishing with a 8-15 record.

Iowa guard Bennett Stirtz considered entering the NBA Draft before deciding to follow Ben McCollum to Iowa. Stirtz was the Missouri Valley Conference Player-of-the-Year after leading Drake to a school record 31 wins and a second round appearance in the NCAA Tournament in the lone season with McCollum as head coach.

Stirtz says there was actually a point where he thought he would enter the draft.

His focus now is helping the Iowa program get back to the NCAA Tournament.

Stirtz is expected to be the leader of a team that has only one scholarship player returning and he is working on become more of a vocal leader.

Iowa coach Ben McCollum believes Stirtz has a future in the NBA.

McColllum believes Stirtz has a game that translates to the next level.

McCollum calls Stirtz a late bloomer. He began his college career at Northwest Missouri State before following McCollum to Drake.

Glidden-Ralston defeated Audubon Saturday night 6-4 to advance in the Class 1A Substate 8 Tournament behind a four-run sixth inning. Wildcat ace, Senior Colby Wallace threw all seven innings for Glidden-Ralston striking out eight. Despite, losing the game Audubon had the lead for a majority of the battle.

The Wheelers attacked early with the first two runners reaching on an error and an infield single. With a few runners on, Mason Steckler rolled a groundball to second scoring Brody Schultes to hand Audubon a 2-0 lead after an inning. Senior Adam Obrecht also went all seven innings on the mound for Audubon. Head Coach Eric Borkowski said it was a heck of an outing for the senior.

Later on in the third, Glidden-Ralston threw a punch and tied the game at two. Leadoff hitter Collin Sturm reached on an infield error and driven in by Blayce Nelson’s single. Eventually, Nelson was able to score on a second Audubon infield error.

In the bottom half of the third, Senior Gabe Jenson led the inning off with a single through the left side. After advancing on a wild pitch and a passed ball, Steckler drove in his second run of the game on another fielder’s choice groundout.

Both Wallace and Obrecht peaked in the middle innings as the score remained 3-2 through the fourth and fifth innings.

Junior Carson Peters led the sixth off with a double off the wall and then scored on an error to tie the game. Later in the inning, four consecutive hits including a two-RBI double put Glidden-Ralston ahead 6-3 behind an energetic Wildcat fanbase in the stands.

Audubon down three with six outs to work with led off the bottom half with a single by Brody Weber. Leadoff hitter Jack Stanerson made it a two-run ballgame with an RBI single to left field.

In the seventh, Wallace finished the job throwing 100+ pitches and securing a 6-4 win and another playoff game for the Wildcats.

Borkowski says the Wheelers didn’t make quite enough plays to come out on top.

Glidden-Ralston advances to play Coon-Rapids Bayard Monday, while Audubon ends their season at 6-16.

Class 1A District 13 First Round 

Stanton – 4 vs Griswold – 0

East Union – 7 vs Murray – 6

Earlham – 12 vs Southwest Valley – 1

Class 1A District 15 First Round 

Glidden-Ralston – 6 vs Audubon – 4

CAM – 7 vs Ar-We-Va – 0

Newell-Fonda – 6 vs IKM-Manning – 5

Class 1A District 10 First Round 

Moravia – 3 vs Danville – 1 

Class 1A District 12 First Round 

Madrid at Southeast Warren (suspended top 5th, Southeast Warren up 3-0)

Ankeny Christian – 9 vs Melcher-Dallas – 2

Class 1A District 14 First Round 

Lenox – 23 vs Essex – 1 

East Mills – 5 vs Fremont-Mills – 4

Bedford – 5 vs Riverside – 4 

Mount Ayr – 13 vs Sidney – 0

Class 2A District 15 First Round 

Clarinda – 5 vs Shenandoah – 0

Treynor – 15 vs Missouri Valley – 1

Class 2A District 10 First Round 

Albia – 14 vs Central Decatur – 4 

Non-Conference 

Bishop Heelan Catholic – 3 vs Lewis Central – 2 

Ankeny Centennial – 8 vs Sioux City North – 4

Ankeny Centennial – 13 vs Sioux City North – 3 

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Atlantic – 7 vs Red Oak – 5

Clarinda – 8 vs Creston – 3

Harlan – 18 vs St. Albert – 3

Harlan – 18 vs St. Albert – 9

Kuemper Catholic – 10 vs Denison-Schleswig – 9 in 8 innings

Shenandoah – 8 vs Glenwood – 7 

Corner Conference

East Mills – 15 vs Essex – 0

Western Iowa Conference

Tri-Center – 12 vs IKM-Manning – 1

Pride of Iowa Conference

Mount Ayr – 12 vs Lenox – 8 

Southwest Valley – 6 vs Nodaway Valley – 4 

Missouri River Conference 

Abraham Lincoln – 16 vs Le Mars – 1 

Abraham Lincoln – 9 vs Le Mars – 8

Thomas Jefferson – 4 vs Sioux City West – 2

Sioux City West – 6 vs Thomas Jefferson – 3 

Non-Conference 

Logan-Magnolia – 11 vs Stanton – 1

Hawkeye Ten Conference 

Atlantic – 4 vs St. Albert – 1

Atlantic – 8 vs St. Albert – 0

Glenwood – 6 vs Shenandoah – 0

Creston – 6 vs Clarinda – 5

Creston – 5 vs Clarinda – 0 

Denison-Schleswig – 9 vs Kuemper Catholic – 1

Kuemper Catholic – 8 vs Denison-Schleswig – 6 

St. Albert – 8 vs Harlan – 0 

Non-Conference 

Griswold-CAM – 5 vs Madrid – 4 in 9 innings

Lewis Central – 8 vs Missouri Valley – 1

Missouri Valley – 1 vs Lewis Central – 0

IKM-Manning – 6 vs Ar-We-Va – 3

Wayne – 7 vs Davis County – 1

Interstate 35 – 13 vs Southeast Warren – 10

Panorama – 8 vs Glidden-Ralston – 3

Van Meter  – 18 vs Saydel – 3

Ogden – 8 vs Greene County – 7

West Central Activities Conference 

West Central Valley – 8 vs ACGC – 0

Corner Conference

East Mills – 14 vs Essex – 2

Western Iowa Conference 

Treynor – 11 vs Underwood – 0

Pride of Iowa Conference

Nodaway Valley – 14 vs East Union – 1

Mount Ayr – 7 vs Lenox – 6

Missouri River Conference

Le Mars – 6 vs Abraham Lincoln – 1 

Le Mars – 11 vs Abraham Lincoln – 3 

Sioux City West – 8 vs Thomas Jefferson – 3

Sioux City West – 14 vs Thomas Jefferson – 3