SHENANDOAH INVITATIONAL 

1. Glenwood (45 points) — 2. Grace Berglund (18:55.10), 3. Breckyn Petersen (19:44.78), 9. Megan Hughes (21:04.85)

2. Lewis Central (45 points) — 4. Ava Bussey (20:00.48), 5. Delayna Reese (20:01.88), 6. Madelyn Hoss (20:28.44), 13. Mallory Bach (21:42.33)

3. Treynor (90 points) — 7. Anne Miller (20:55.83), 10. Madalyn Kerkmann (21:14.04)

4. Maryville (165 points) — 11. Katherine Pohren (21:27.02)

5. Clarinda (170 points) — 14. Riley King (21:45.38)

6. Atlantic (178 points) — 8. Katrina Williams (20:58.34), 31. Hailey White (22:51.47), 45. Elynor Brummer (23:48.21), 57. Hailey Huffman (24:24.52)

7. Abraham Lincoln (202 points)

8. Shenandoah (202 points) — 15. Hailey Egbert (21:53.36)

9. St. Albert (263 points) — 1. Lili Denton (18:17.95)

10. Riverside (276 points)

11. East Atchison (277 points)

12. Fremont-Mills (311 points)

13. Stanton (350 points)

14. Thomas Jefferson (370 points)

Heartland Chrisitian (NTS) — 12. Keira Diehm (21:30.47)

IKM-MANNING INVITATIONAL 

1. Logan-Magnolia (41 points) — 1. Allysen Johnsen (20:46.73), 3. Madison Sporrer (21:10.55), 10. Haedyn Hall (23:13.69), 13. Mykah Robbins (23:52.72)

2. IKM-Manning (61 points) — 5. Raegan Garrison (21:53.68), 7. Emily Albertsen (22:29.17), 11. Taylor Beckendorf (23:24.56)

3. Woodbine (66 points) — 2. Adyson Lapel (21:00.69), 6. Reagan Cogdill (22:01.86), 12. Izabelle Seda (23:48.75)

4. Boyer Valley (82 points) — 4. Hailey Cue (21:37.35), 8. Mariah Falkena (22:53.98)

5. Denison-Schleswig (120 points)

6. Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton (127 points) — 9. Michelle Wilson (23:08.48), 23. Leah Boysen (26:01.04), 34. Ruby Vanderwal (28:31.74), 39. Gracie Bartz (30:44.64)

Ar-We-Va (NTS) — 15. Gabrielle Hundling (24:07.78)

WEST CENTRAL VALLEY INVITATIONAL 

Ankeny Christian Academy (NTS) — 5. Belle Oshirak (21:26.00)

CAM (NTS) — 11. Lyndsey Chaney (23:39.30)

Mount Ayr (NTS) — 15. Ryley Greenwell (24:28.90)

SHENANDOAH INVITATIONAL

1. Lewis Central (26 points) — 1. Kevin Coots (15:49.78), 2. Marshall Arkfeld (16:04.06), 5. Evan Lillie (16:42.60), 7. Jackson Cox (16:58.57), 13. Richard Selken (17:34.97)

2. Red Oak (116 points) — 6. Emmanuel Grass (16:54.79), 12. Hayden Heitbrink (17:34.30)

3. St. Albert (137 points) — 10. Parker Heisterkamp (17:16.06)

4. Abraham Lincoln (139 points)

5. Maryville (162 points) — 4. Bradley Deering (16:09.31)

6. Shenandoah (165 points) — 14. Luke Daoust (18:10.94)

7. Glenwood (166 points)

8. Clarinda (182 points) — 3. Kyle Wagoner (16:06.68)

9. Atlantic (208 points) – 25. Luke Irlmeier (18:37.31), 39.Vincent Meisinger (19:15.26), 52. Devon Fields (19:48.84)

10. Sidney (259 points)

11. Fremont-Mills (274 points)

12. Thomas Jefferson (311 points) — 8. Kaiden Hamilton (17:05.69)

13. East Atchison (323 points)

14. Bedford (358 points)

15. East Mills (381 points)

16. Essex (444 points)

Riverside (NTS) — 9. Dawson Henderson (17:07.58), 11. Brody Henderson (17:22.35)

North Nodaway (NTS) — 15. Owen Martin (18:15.32)

IKM-MANNING INVITATIONAL 

1. Woodbine (23 points) — 1. Gunner Wagner (17:17.93), 2. Aiden Summerfield (18:25.89), 5. Owen Wingert (18:45.81), 7. Evan Estrada (18:53.55), 8. Adam Barry (19:16.06), 9. Brody Cogdill (19:40.37), 12. Xander Johnson (19:56.91)

2. IKM-Manning (59 points) — 6. Isaac Blankman (18:53.22), 11. Nathanael Conner (19:51.44), 13. Kasche Huehn (19:58.83), 15. Abe Polzien (20:10.49)

3. Boyer Valley (84 points) — 3. Dane Gorham (18:32.45), 14. Cameron Flaherty (20:07.16)

4. Denison-Schleswig (101 points)

5. Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton (108 points) — 4. Austin Rasmussen (18:37.54), 26. Carter Wiemann (22:28.03), 32. Ben Baggett (23:31.25), 36. Tim Reinhardt (24:23.40), 38. Josiah King (25:07.69)

AMES, Iowa – Coming off a runner-up finish at the 2024 Big 12 Championships, Iowa State has been picked to finish second in the Big 12 for the 2024-25 season according to the poll of conference coaches. Coaches voted on the awards and poll and were not allowed to vote for their own team.

The Cyclones were picked as a close second behind preseason favorite Kansas State as the Wildcats edged out ISU by two points and one first-place vote. Iowa State and Kansas State are set to meet twice during the regular season with the first matchup to take place on January 30 in Manhattan.

After a stellar freshman campaign, sophomore Audi Crooks was a unanimous selection to the All-Big 12 Preseason team. Crooks averaged 19.2 points and 7.8 rebounds per game while shooting nearly 58 percent from the floor to lead all NCAA Division I freshmen. Her efforts earned her AP All-America honorable mention, WBCA Regional Finalist recognition and a unanimous selection for First-Team All-Big 12 in 2024.

Full results of the preseason poll and list of awards can be found below.

2024-25 Big 12 Women’s Basketball Preseason Poll
Kansas State (7), 211 points
Iowa State (6), 209 points
Baylor (2), 194 points
TCU, 185 points
West Virginia (1), 184 points
Utah, 149 points
Arizona, 136 points
Kansas, 128 points
Colorado, 113 points
Texas Tech, 84 points
Oklahoma State, 80 points
BYU, 59 points
Cincinnati, 56 points
UCF, 54 points
Arizona State, 51 points
Houston, 27 points
(first-place votes)

2024-25 Big 12 Women’s Basketball Preseason All-Big 12 Team
Audi Crooks, Iowa State*
Ayoka Lee, Kansas State*
JJ Quinerly, West Virginia*
Sarah Andrews, Baylor
Aaronette Vonleh, Baylor
Katilin Peterson, UCF
S’Mya Nichols, Kansas
Serena Sundell, Kansas State
Hailey Van Lith, TCU
Gianna Kneepkens, Utah

2024-25 Big 12 Women’s Basketball Preseason Player of the Year
Ayoka Lee, Kansas State

2024-25 Big 12 Women’s Basketball Preseason Co-Newcomers of the Year
Aaronette Vonleh, Baylor
Hailey Van Lith, TCU

2024-25 Big 12 Women’s Basketball Preseason Freshman of the Year
Tabitha Betson, Colorado

The 1-4 Creston Panthers are coming off a hard fought 43-42 victory over the Harlan Cyclones last week and gave little time to celebrate. It has not been an easy road for the Panthers so far into the 2024 season with losses to Winterset, Lewis Central, Ballard, and Carroll. One-year prior Creston made it all the way to the UNI-Dome with a record of 11-1 before falling to Bishop Heelan. Panthers head coach Brian Morrison knows with the number of seniors he graduated last year, that his younger squad would have some growing pains. Still, coach Morrsion credits the way his team has been learning to improve and the heart they’ve shown so far.

One athlete that has stood out for Creston with the way he carries the ball and motivates the offense is senior running back Weston Trapp. Through five games Trapp has 118 carries, 915 yards on the ground, and eight touchdowns. Trapp truly shone against Harlan last week with his 447 rushing yards and six touchdown performance. Coach Morrison acknowledged that Trapp’s tenacity has been crucial for the Panthers offense.

This Panther defense is a younger squad that has seen multiple underclassmen step up. Players like Tom Mikkelsen who has gathered four tackles for a loss and one and a half sacks on the year so far. Creston’s leading tackler is senior Lucas Travis with 41.5 tackles and six and a half tackles for a loss. This duo has created a spark for the Creston defense.

Up next for the Panthers is a tested 5-1 Atlantic squad who have been a run focused squad behind Tyson O’Brien’s 1049 rushing yards and 10 rushing touchdowns from Gavin McLaren. Atlantic is coming off a 56-21 homecoming win against the Knoxville Panthers and coach Morrison knows Atlantic wants to control the line of scrimmage.

Creston’s focus for Friday is to limit turnovers and stay ahead of the sticks. Coach Morrison’s expectations for his team are to play clean football and eliminate unnecessary penalties. Coach Morrison knows this will give his team a better opportunity to keep the offense out on the field longer and control the time of possession.

KJAN and KJANTV will have the coverage for Friday’s contest with the pregame show starting at 6:30pm and kickoff is at 7:00pm.

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State 133-pounder Evan Frost has been selected to compete at the 2024 National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) All-Star Classic on Nov. 16. Frost is matched up against Little Rock’s Nasir Bailey, who placed fourth at the NCAA Championships in March.

The event will begin at 6 p.m. (CT) inside Rec Hall on the campus of Penn State.

The Frost-Bailey matchup pits two of the NCAA’s brightest young talents at 133 pounds against each other. Both Frost and Bailey enter the 2024-25 season ranked in the top five by FloWrestling and both were All-Americans at the 2024 NCAA Championships.

It’s a rematch from last season as Bailey was responsible for one of Frost’s three regular season losses, a 15-0 tech fall in 1:57.

Frost, a sophomore, compiled a 22-7 record, including a 15-3 regular season mark, and placed sixth in the nation as a redshirt freshman a year ago. Bailey, also entering his sophomore season, went 33-6 in 2023-24 and placed fourth as a true freshman.

Frost will be the 50th Cyclone to ever compete at the All-Star Classic and the first since David Carr and Kysen Terukina did so in 2022. Frost is just the fourth Cyclone since 2009 to be selected for the event.

The NWCA All-Star Classic can be viewed only on FloWrestling and will feature 10 highly ranked Division I folkstyle matchups along with 5 cross-divisional women’s freestyle matches.

NWCA All-Star Classic Lineup
125: #3 Jore Volk (WYO) vs. #6 Tanner Jordan (SDSU)

133: #2 Nasir Bailey (LR) vs. #4 Evan Frost (ISU)

141: #2 Jesse Mendez (OHST) vs. #3 Beau Bartlett (PSU)

149: #2 Shayne Van Ness (PSU) vs. #3 Ty Watters (WVU)

157: #4 Tyler Kasak (PSU) vs. #5 Peyton Kellar (OHIO)

165: #3 Hunter Garvin (STAN) vs. #4 Peyton Hall (WVU)

174: #2 Levi Haines (PSU) vs. #3 Rocco Welsh (OHST)

184: #1 Carter Starocci (PSU) vs. #2 Parker Keckeisen (UNI)

197: #5 Stephen Little (LR) vs. #9 Zac Braunagel (ILL)

285: #1 Greg Kerkvliet (PSU) vs. #3 Nick Feldman (OHST)

Iowa State quarterback Rocco Becht says the Cyclones are focused on Baylor as they get ready for Saturday’s prime time contest. With a victory the 16th ranked Cyclones would move to 5-0 for the first time since 1980 and are coming off a 20-0 win at Houston.

The atmosphere for the “white out” in Jack Trice Stadium could be electric.

Becht says Baylor is better than its 2-3 record.

Becht says the play of the ISU defense takes pressure off of the offense.

Iowa’s defense has been susceptible to the big play and that will need to change on Saturday at third ranked Ohio State. The Buckeyes big play offense is averaging nearly 49 points in a 4-0 start.

That’s Iowa linebacker Jay Higgins who says the goal is to make the Buckeyes put together multiple play drives.

Higgins says the game is a challenge for the team and him as an individual.

IOWA CITY, Iowa — The University of Iowa has moved its 2025 football game with Florida Atlantic to 2030 and added the University of Albany. The announcement was made Monday by the UI Athletics Department.

The Hawkeyes will open the 2025 season hosting the University of Albany on Aug. 30, while welcoming Florida Atlantic to Kinnick Stadium on Aug. 31, 2030.

In 2025, Iowa will host Albany (Aug. 30), UMass (Sept. 13), Indiana, Michigan State, Minnesota, Oregon and Penn State, and travel to Iowa State (Sept. 6), Rutgers, USC, Wisconsin and Nebraska. Dates for the 2025 conference schedule will be announced later this fall.

In 2026, Iowa will entertain Northern Illinois (Sept. 5), Iowa State (Sept. 12), Northern Iowa (Sept. 19), Nebraska, Ohio State, Purdue and Wisconsin, and travel to Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Northwestern and Washington.

Other known future nonconference opponents and dates include Ball State (Sept. 4) and at Iowa State (Sept. 11) in 2027; hosting Western Michigan on Sept. 16, 2028; Northern Illinois on Sept. 15, 2029; and Florida Atlantic on Aug. 31, 2030.

2025
Albany (Aug. 30)
at Iowa State (Sept. 6)
UMass (Sept. 13)

2026
Northern Illinois (Sept. 5)
Iowa State (Sept. 12)
UNI (Sept. 19)

2027
Ball State (Sept. 4)
at Iowa State (Sept. 11)

2028
Western Michigan (Sept. 16)

2029
Northern Illinois (Sept. 15)

2030
Florida Atlantic (Aug. 31)

The Exira-EHK Spartans Cross Country teams are feeling very good about their standing heading into the last weeks of the season. Both the boys’ and girls’ teams have multiple runners in the top 10 in the Rolling Valley conference with four meets remaining.

For the boys, they have five of the top 10 best times in the conference. Tim Reinhart, Ben Baggett, Cater Wiemann, and Josiah King have posted the seventh through tenth best times respectively.  Head Coach Kevin Brown is not only pleased with the way they’ve worked but also the way they’ve performed given their youth and inexperience.

Junior Austin Rasmussen has been Exira-EHK’s best runner this season. His best time of 17:43.00 currently ranks second in the conference. In addition to being a leader and helping his team gain five top-10 finishes this year, Brown says Rasmussen has a chance to do special things moving forward.

Unlike the boys, the girls group has been together for quite some time. Most of the girls on the team have been running cross country since middle school.  The Spartans’ girls have two top 10 finishes this year and like the boys have numerous runners with top 15 times. Ruby VanderWal, Gracie Bartz, and Kaitlyn Christensen all rank in the top 15, and Coach Brown knows that their experience has played a key role in their success.

Leading the way for the Exira-EHK girls this season has been the young sophomore Michelle Wilson. She ran her best time of 22:15.33 on September 24th which has her ranked sixth in the conference. Sophomore Leah Boysen isn’t far behind, with her best time of 23:58.71 placing her at seventh. Brown has not only appreciated their work throughout the season but also realized their potential for this season and for years to come.

The Spartans will be in action on Thursday when they compete at IKM-Manning. The meet is scheduled for 4:30 pm.