IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa senior Bennett Stirtz has been named a Sporting News Third-Team Midseason All-American, it was announced Wednesday by the publication.

The Liberty, Missouri, native has also been named to the Wooden Award Midseason Top 25 and he was an honorable mention midseason All-American by Jon Rothstein.

Stirtz has been in double figures in 14 games with a team-high seven 20-point contests this season. He scored 20+ points in three straight games against UMass Lowell, UCLA and Minnesota.

On the year, Stirtz is averaging 17.6 points, 5.1 assists, 2.4 rebounds and 1.6 steals in leading the Hawkeyes to a 12-4 start. He ranks in the top seven in the Big Ten in points, assists and steals.

Stirtz is the only player in the Big Ten Conference this season to have 280+ points and 80+ assists this season and he is one of two players nationally with 280+ points, 80+ assists, 35+ 3s, 35+ rebounds and 25+ steals.

The Iowa Hawkeyes look for that elusive first road victory on Saturday with a visit to Indiana. The Hawkeyes have dropped three straight and are 2-4 in conference play. The Hoosiers are 3-3.

That’s Iowa coach Ben McCollum. A challenge for the Hawkeyes will be slowing down Hoosier senior guard Lamar Wilkerson. He averages better than 20 points per game and is shooting better than 42 percent from three point range.

It will be the first time the two former Drake coaches have matched up. McCollum replaced Darian DeVries with the Bulldogs after DeVries left to become the coach at West Virginia.

The John J. Harris Wrestling Tournament will be held at Southwest Valley High School Campus located in Corning, Iowa on January 23rd and 24th.  The tournament began in 1955 making this year’s event the 71st year.  Twenty-seven teams will travel to Corning for the event.  

According to the most recent rankings this year’s competition will feature 35 ranked grapplers.  Fourteen of the fourteen weight classes will have a ranked wrestler, with multiple weights featuring two or more ranked wrestlers.  

Nodaway Valley is ranked 5th in Class 1A as well as Riverside ranked 7th, Earlham ranked 13th and Wayne ranked 14th.  Look for class 2A perennial power Creston to vie for one of the top spots as well as Atlantic, Winterset, Nodaway Valley, Riverside, Shenandoah and Earlham.  Southwest Valley, as the host school, plans to be very competitive and looks to compete in the team race! Overall it will be an extremely competitive and close team race! 

The link for the live stream for FRIDAY is: https://fan.hudl.com/usa/ia/corning/organization/19003/southwest-valley-high-school

The link for the live stream for SATURDAY is: https://fan.hudl.com/usa/ia/corning/organization/19003/southwest-valley-high-school

Admission Prices – Good All Day

Friday – Adults and Students – $10.00

Saturday – Adults and Students – $10.00

IHSAA/IGHSAU Administrator Passes will be the only passes accepted

QUAD AT WOODBINE

Riverside – 66 vs Woodbine – 9

Riverside – 83 vs Tri-Center – 0

Riverside – 48 vs ACGC – 30

ACGC – 60 vs Tri-Center – 6

AGCG – 51 vs Woodbine – 18

Woodbine – 46 vs Tri-Center – 24

Individual

Riverside – Maximus Applegate (3), Kingston Carrigan (3), Drew Anderson (3), Jack Branan (3), Mason Houser (3), Jaxon Gordon (3), Max Shanno (3), Jackson Allen (3), Ezariah Singleton (2), Rex Shanno (2), Wyatt Bell (2), Lucas Manzer (2), Kyzer Mandeville, Marshall Forristall, Maxx Danker

ACGC – Chase Slaybaugh (3), Gavin Pederson (3), Blake Ganzer (3), Carter Richter (3), Jack Sheeder (3), Ty Ganzer (2), Charlie Christensen (2), Ryder Cline (2), Brandon Carlson (2), Lane Stringer

Tri-Center – Tucker Olsen, Christopher Rock, Owen Good, Evan Good, Scottie Vorthmann

QUAD AT LEWIS CENTRAL

Denison-Schleswig – 40 vs Clarinda – 34

Lewis Central – 62 vs Denison-Schleswig – 14

Logan-Magnolia – 61 vs Denison-Schleswig – 15

Logan-Magnolia – 75 vs Clarinda – 6

Lewis Central – 75 vs Clarinda – 6

Lewis Central – 51 vs Logan-Magnolia – 14

BOYS

Hawkeye Ten Conference 

Lewis Central – 56 vs Creston – 42

Non-Conference 

CAM – 57 vs Logan-Magnolia – 55

AHSTW – 69 vs Fremont-Mills – 44

Tri-Center – 78 vs Boyer Valley – 47

Heartland Christian – 61 vs Griswold – 37

Panorama – 64 vs Nodaway Valley – 59

Shenandoah – 59 vs Stanton –  23

Maryville – 63 vs Bedford – 51

East Mills – 58 vs East Union –  50

Treynor – 66 vs Coon Rapids-Bayard –  55

GIRLS

Hawkeye Ten Conference 

Creston  – 57 vs Lewis Central – 56

Non-Conference 

CAM – 53 vs Logan-Magnolia – 34

AHSTW – 58 vs Fremont-Mills –  42

Griswold – 48 vs Heartland Christian – 35

Nodaway Valley – 61 vs Panorama – 43

Missouri Valley – 65 vs Denison-Schleswig – 49

Shenandoah – 69 vs Stanton – 37

East Mills – 51 vs East Union – 26

Treynor – 52 vs Coon Rapids-Bayard – 39

The 11th ranked Iowa Hawkeye women are now 6-0 in the Big Ten. The Hawks outscored Oregon 24-13 in the third quarter in a 74-66 win Thursday night, in Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Iowa led by as many as 19 points in the final quarter.

That’s Iowa coach Jan Jensen. Hannah Stuelke had 18 points and freshman Addie Deal came off the bench with 18, including four-of-four from three point range.

College wrestling’s current dynasty will collide with a former one Friday night when top ranked Penn State and fourth ranked Iowa dual in Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Penn State has won eight of the last nine NCAA titles. Iowa has won 24 national titles, but only one since 2010.

That’s Iowa coach Tom Brands. The Nittany Lions have won six of the last seven duals in the series and the Hawkeyes will be massive underdogs in this one.

The second ranked Iowa State men will look to bounce back from their first loss of the season on Saturday when they visit Cincinnati. The Cyclones are 16-1 after an 84-63 loss at Kansas on Tuesday night.

That’s ISU coach T.J. Otzelberger. Cincinnati is 1-3 in the Big 12 after Wednesday night’s 77-68 win over Colorado.

The Cyclones have been an outstanding second half team but slow starts have been an issue. Otzelberger says they are working to change that.

Senior forward Joshua Jefferson says the Cyclones remain a confident team.

ISU has shown the ability to pick up the defensive intensity at the start of the second half. Jefferson says they need that type of effort at the start of games.

Jefferson says it has been difficult to diagnose the exact cause of slow starts.

IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa tight end DJ Vonnahme has been named to the Football Writers Association of America Freshman All-America team, it was announced Wednesday by the FWAA.

Vonnahme is the fifth Hawkeye to earn FWAA Freshman All-America distinction over the last six years, joining punter Rhys Dakin in 2024, offensive lineman Connor Colby and defensive lineman Lukas Van Ness in 2021 and punter Tory Taylor in 2020.

Vonnahme had 19 of his team-high 29 receptions over the team’s final five games and he finished the season with team-bests in receptions (29), receiving yards (434) and receiving touchdowns (3). He had six 20+ yard receptions in the final two games.

The Breda, Iowa, native became the first FBS freshman tight end to lead his team in both receptions and receiving yards in a season since Georgia’s Brock Bowers in 2021. The only other Big Ten freshman tight end to accomplish the feat since 2000 was Minnesota’s Maxx Williams in 2013.

Vonnahme sparked the Hawkeye offense in the ReliaQuest Bowl victory over No. 14 Vanderbilt as he finished with a career-high seven receptions for 146 yards and one touchdown. His performance earned him a spot on The Associated Press All-Bowl team.

His 146 yards receiving are the second most by a tight end in program history (159 by Marv Cook in 1987) and he was the first Hawkeye tight end to have 100 receiving yards since Sam LaPorta (7-122, 1 TD) against Kentucky in the 2022 Citrus Bowl.

The Hawkeyes finished the 2025 season with nine victories, including a 34-27 ReliaQuest Bowl victory over the Commodores.

Not enough stops at crunch time sunk Iowa’s upset bid at fifth ranked Purdue. The Boilermakers connected on nine of their last 10 shots in a 79-72 win. The Hawkeyes led by as many as nine points in the second half, before suffering their third straight loss.

Iowa coach Ben McCollum. Purdue also converted at the line down the stretch and finished by making 19-of-22 free throws.

Iowa falls to 2-4 in the Big Ten and is still searching for its first road win.

Bennett Stirtz led Iowa with 19 points. Kael Combs had 16 points, including four-of-five from three point range.

They will get another chance on Saturday with a visit to Indiana.