The Iowa State football team succeeded despite a rash of injuries at linebacker last season. The bright side is now that position group is deep with experienced players. Cael Brezina was forced into action early in his freshman season and made seven starts while battling injuries of his own.

Brezina stepped in after Caleb Bacon was injured in the season opener against North Dakota and Brezina credits Bacon for preparing him to step into the lineup.

Coming off a school record 11 wins confidence is high but Brezina says the Cyclones lost a lot of leadership from last season.

Iowa State opens August 23rd in Dublin, Ireland against Kansas State.

4A

3A

2A

1A

Class 4A
1. Pleasant Valley (18-3), LW #2
2. Cedar Rapids Prairie (22-3), LW #1
3. Iowa City High (18-5), LW #3
4. Sioux City East (26-3), LW #4
5. Johnston (15-6), LW #5
6. Waukee Northwest (18-6), LW #6
7. Waukee (17-6), LW #7
8. Iowa City Liberty (18-6), LW (X)
9. Ankeny Centennial (13-7), LW #8
10.Cedar Rapids Kennedy (19-8), LW #9

Class 3A
1. Dubuque Wahlert (21-5), LW #1
2. Pella (17-5), LW #2
3. Marion (16-4), LW #3
4. Sioux City Heelan (18-5), LW #4
5. Ballard (17-3), LW #5
6. Algona (16-3), LW #6
7. MOC/Floyd Valley (15-2), LW #7
8. Saydel (17-4), LW #10
9. Sergeant Bluff-Luton (19-8), LW #8
10.Benton (17-5), LW #9

Class 2A
1. Underwood (16-0), LW #1
2. Pleasantville (20-0), LW #2
3. Van Meter (17-5), LW #3
4. West Lyon (13-1), LW #4
5. Chariton (16-2), LW #5
6. Mediapolis (18-1), LW #6
7. Unity Christian (16-8), LW #8
8. Grundy Center (14-2), LW #9
9. Iowa City Regina (15-4) LW #7
10.Dyersville Beckman (11-9), LW #10

Class 1A
1. Remsen St. Mary’s (15-1), LW #1
2. Sigourney (16-1), LW #2
3. Lynnville-Sully (15-2), LW #3
4. Coon Rapids-Bayard (16-3), LW #4
5. Saint Ansgar (13-3), LW #5
6. Martensdale-St. Mary’s (20-3), LW #6
7. North Linn (17-2), LW #7
8. Lansing Kee (22-6), LW #8
9. Mason City Newman (18-5), LW #9
10.Don Bosco (13-5), LW #10

LSU knocked previously unbeaten Coastal Carolina ace Jacob Morrison out of the game with a four-run fourth inning and the Tigers won their second national title in three years Sunday with a 5-3 victory in the College World Series finals.

The Tigers (53-15) completed a two-game sweep of the Chanticleers (56-13), who entered the finals on a 26-game win streak and on Sunday saw coach Kevin Schnall and first base coach Matt Schilling ejected in the bottom of the first inning.

LSU gave the Southeastern Conference its sixth straight national title in baseball and 11th in 16 years. It was LSU’s eighth, all since 1991 and second most all-time behind Southern California’s 12.

LSU coach Jay Johnson became the first Division I coach to win two titles in his first four years at a school. No other coach had accomplished that feat in fewer than eight seasons.

Former Iowa State star Tyrese Haliburton suffered a apparent Achilles injury early in the game as the Indiana Pacers fell to the Oklahoma City Thunder 103-91 in Game 7 of the NBA Finals. Haliburton had been dealing with a strained calf suffered in game five of the series.

That’s Pacers coach Rick Carlisle. Haliburton averaged better than 17 points and eight assists during the playoffs.

Fort Dodge Invitational 

Atlantic – 3 vs Mid-Prairie – 2

Atlantic – 13 vs Charles City – 3

Des Moines Roosevelt – 16 vs Martensdale-St. Marys – 8

Martensdale-St. Marys – 10 vs Clarksville – 8

Griswold-Cam Tournament

Shenandoah – 11 vs Exira/EHK-Audubon – 2

Griswold-CAM – 5 vs Shenandoah – 2

Exira/EHK-Audubon – 9 vs Griswold-CAM – 5

Oskaloosa Tournament

Creston – 9 vs Wayne – 2

Creston – 12 vs Oskaloosa – 5

Van Meter – 8 vs Fairfield – 2

Van Meter – 8 vs Ottumwa – 0

Wayne – 7 vs Norwalk – 2

Denison-Schleswig Tournament 

Sergeant Bluff-Luton – 10 vs Denison-Schleswig – 1

Sergeant Bluff-Luton – 24 vs Underwood – 3

Pocahontas Area – 8 vs Denison-Schleswig – 4

Greene County – 12 vs Glenwood – 4

Pocahontas Area – 13 vs Glenwood – 5

Greene County – 7 vs Underwood – 5

Non-Conference

Clarinda – 10 vs East Mills – 0

Cedar Falls – 4 vs Lewis Central – 1

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Denison-Schleswig – 4 vs Clarinda – 2

West Central Activities Conference

Pleasantville – 8 vs Des Moines Christian – 6

Non-Conference

Bedford – 6 vs Creston – 5 in 10 innings

Sioux City East – 16 vs Lewis Central – 7

Martensdale-St. Marys –  7 vs Van Buren County – 6 (Moravia Tournament)

Moravia – 6 vs Albia – 5 (Moravia Tournament)

Dowling Catholic – 11 vs Abraham Lincoln – 3

Dowling Catholic – 10 vs Abraham Lincoln – 9

MOC-Floyd Valley – 14 vs Sergeant Bluff-Luton – 3

Waukee Northwest – 12 vs Sergeant Bluff-Luton – 2

Sioux City East – 11 vs MOC-Floyd Valley – 0

Waukee Northwest – 17 vs Bishop Heelan Catholic – 5

Van Meter – 18 vs Grand View Christian – 3 (Saydel Tournament)

Iowa guard Brendan Hausen has bought in to the challenge of getting the Hawkeye program back to the NCAA Tournament. Hausen transferred to Iowa after spending last season at Kansas State, where he averaged just under 11 points per game and shot nearly 39 percent from three point range.

Hausen says Hawkeye coach Ben McCollum told him the truth while making his pitch.

Iowa is Hausen’s third stop. He spent his first two years playing at Villanova.

Hausen on the biggest adjustment to the Iowa program.

Non-Conference

North Polk – 8 vs Atlantic – 1 (Fort Dodge Tournament)

Clarksville – 5 vs Atlantic – 4 (Fort Dodge Tournament)

Abraham Lincoln – 8 vs Glenwood – 5

MVAOCOU – 9 vs Denison-Schleswig – 2

Winterset – 11 vs Martensdale-St. Marys – 3 (Fort Dodge Tournament)

Martensdale-St. Marys – 7 vs Charles City – 5 (Fort Dodge Tournament)

Des Moines Lincoln – 14 vs Lamoni – 6

Corner Conference

Stanton – 16 vs East Mills – 13

Fremont-Mills – 21 vs Sidney – 0

Bedford – 12 vs Essex – 2

Western Iowa Conference 

IKM-Manning – 5 vs AHSTW – 1 in 9 innings

Treynor – 15 vs Exira/EHK-Audubon – 2

Missouri Valley – 11 vs Tri-Center – 0

Logan-Magnolia – 5 vs Underwood – 3

Pride of Iowa Conference 

Lenox – 21 vs Nodaway Valley – 3

Mount Ayr – 9 vs Central Decatur – 6

Southeast Warren – 17 vs East Union – 1

Southeast Warren – 15 vs East Union – 0

Rolling Valley Conference

Woodbine – 13 vs Ar-We-Va – 0

Hawkeye Ten Conference 

Kuemper Catholic – 3 vs Atlantic – 0

Corner Conference 

Griswold – 16 vs Hamburg – 1

Fremont-Mills – 4 vs Sidney – 0

Stanton – 15 vs East Mills – 5

Bedford – 25 vs Essex – 1

Western Iowa Conference

Treynor – 5 vs Audubon – 2

IKM-Manning – 3 vs AHSTW – 1

Tri-Center – 11 vs Missouri Valley – 1

Underwood – 3 vs Logan-Magnolia – 2

Pride of Iowa Conference 

Southwest Valley – 16 vs Wayne – 9

Lenox – 13 vs Nodaway Valley – 8

Mount Ayr – 26 vs Central Decatur – 0

Rolling Valley Conference 

Boyer Valley – 15 vs Exira/EHK – 5

CAM – 18 vs Glidden-Ralston – 11

Woodbine – 11 vs Ar-We-Va 8 in 9 innings

NON-CONFERENCE 

Clear Lake – 13 vs Red Oak – 8

Carlisle – 4 vs Harlan – 3 in 8 innings

Kuemper Catholic – 13 vs Coon Rapids-Bayard – 8

Denison-Schleswig – 13 vs Sioux City West – 3