Author: Nathan Bloechl

Fairfield — The Burlington Greyhounds are Southeast Conference boys’ golf champions following their strong performance yesterday at the Fairfield Golf and Country Club.

Tomas Rascon led the Greyhounds with a 74 to finish second overall, while Nate Spear carded a 75 to finish in third.

Mount Pleasant placed fifth overall.

The Panthers had 383 strokes, 76 off first place Burlington who won with 307.

Nick Matheney and Reece Coffman led Mount Pleasant with 88’s respectively. Nate Dismang shot a 97.

Washington’s Roman Roth was meet medalist burning the course with a 71.

Fairfield finished in second in the team race with Washington placing third.

Dubuque — University of Dubuque president Jeffrey Bullock says a Name-Image-Likeness program created by the athletic department is designed to provide athletes compliance and opportunity.

The Spartans have paired with a company called INFCLR (influencer) to become the first Division III school in the country to offer an N-I-L exchange.

Bullock says it will provide opportunities for athletes that are normally available for more high profile division one athletes.

The NIL era has become a Wild West of sorts, without much regulation from the NCAA.

Some college players have received seven figure NIL deals to leave their school and transfer to a different program.

Ames — Iowa State head men’s basketball coach T.J. Otzelberger has announced the addition of St. Bonaventure transfer Jaren Holmes. Holmes is a 6-4 guard out of Romulus, Michigan.

Holmes started all 33 games for the Bonnies during the 2021-22 season. He was second on the team with 13.5 points as he helped lead the Bonnies to the NIT Semifinals.

Holmes will try to bridge the gap left behind by Tyrese Hunter, who was the Big 12 Freshman of the Year.

Hunter, who announced his transfer in early April, is picking between Tennessee, Kansas, Louisville, Gonzaga, Texas and Purdue.

KILJ — It will be another busy Thursday night in the region, with several teams back in action.

Perhaps the biggest event tonight will be the the Southeast Conference track meet, which will be held at Mapleleaf Athletic Complex.

Field events will begin at 4:30 p.m. with running events getting underway at 5:00 p.m.

The Panther soccer teams are back on the pitch tonight, albeit on the road, when they take on Fairfield.

The boys’ will start tonight at 5:00 p.m., with the girls to follow at 6:45 p.m.

Both fixtures are being played at Fairfield High School.

It’s also conference night in the Super Conference, when powers collide at WACO High School.

Action in Wayland will get underway at 4:00 p.m.

KILJ — Team sites and assignments for the 2022 IHSAA and IGHSAU state qualifying meets for all four classes of track and field are now available.

All state qualifying meets are co-ed and set to begin at 4 p.m. on Thursday, May 12.

Qualifiers will advance to the 2022 Iowa High School State Track & Field Championships, currently scheduled for May 19-21 at Drake Stadium in Des Moines. There will be no more than 24 qualifiers for any event.

Area teams in Class 1A will travel to Sigourney.

Programs there include:

• Danville
• New London
• WACO
• Wapello
• Winfield-Mount Union

In Class 2A, area teams will compete at Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont.

Featured there will be:

• Central Lee
• Mediapolis
• Van Buren County

Mount Pleasant will be a host on that day, with the Panthers welcoming in Davenport Assumption, Clear Creek-Amana, Fairfield, Fort Madison, Keokuk, Washington and West Burlington-Notre Dame.

Burlington — The University of Victoria (British Columbia) men’s golf team turned in a dominant performance to capture the 2022 Continental Athletic Conference Men’s Golf Championship yesterday at the Burlington (Iowa) Golf Club.

The Vikings led wire-to-wire over the 54-hole event to finish the championship with a two-under-par 862 team score – 112 strokes over second-place Iowa Wesleyan.

Iowa Wesleyan University finished second on its home course while Crowley’s Ridge College (Arkansas) was third with a 1,020-stroke score. Haskell Indian Nations University (Kansas) and Bacone College (Oklahoma) rounded out the top-five team field.

Individually, Victoria’s John Morrow earned medalist honors with a 213 score, which was three under par for the tournament.

Teammate Robin Conlan carded a one-under-par 71 score Tuesday to finish one stroke behind Morrow.

The Tigers were led by Trace White in sixth place (237) while Brevin Wilson placed eighth.

As the 2022 CAC champion University of Victoria (British Columbia) will represent the conference in the NAIA National Championships May 17-20 at TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Illinois.

Burlington — A model of consistency helped the University of Victoria (British Columbia) cruise to top honors at the 2022 Continental Athletic Conference women’s golf championship in a 36-hole event played at the Burlington Golf Club.

The Iowa Wesleyan women placed fourth.

The Tigers were led by Aubrey Duncan, who carded a 172 over the two-day tournament. She finished 9th.

Michal Wohlleber placed 18th with a 191.

Jenna Alvarado was the meet champion finishing with rounds of 79 and 78.

As the 2022 CAC champion University of Victoria (British Columbia) will represent the conference in the NAIA National Championships May 24-27 at the Lincoln Park West Golf Course in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Alvarado, as medalist, has also qualified for the national championship.