Prep Baseball: State Tournament Scoreboard Day 5:
The Iowa High School State Baseball Tournament continued on in Iowa City last night with Class 3A and 4A completing their semifinal rounds.
Here’s a look at the full scoreboard from Duane Banks Field:
Class 3A Semifinals
Marion 9, Central DeWitt 2
Wahlert Catholic 10, Cedar Rapids Xavier 7
Class 4A Semifinals
Pleasant Valley 4, Cedar Rapids Prairie 3
Johnston 5, Ankeny 0
College Sports; Nine Iowa Coaches Earn Extensions:
Nine head coaches at the University of Iowa have received contract extensions, the college announced this week by Hawkeye athletic director Gary Barta.
Head coaches in the sports of men’s basketball (Fran McCaffery), wrestling (Tom Brands), baseball (Rick Heller), women’s soccer (Dave DiIanni), women’s basketball (Lisa Bluder), women’s golf (Megan Menzel), softball (Renee Gillispie), field hockey (Lisa Cellucci) and women’s tennis (Sasha Schmid) had their contracts extended.
A number of assistant coaches in several sports also received contract extensions.
The overall success of Iowa athletics in 2020-21 included six Big Ten Conference championships, the NCAA national championship in wrestling and an NCAA Final Four appearance by Field Hockey.
Hawkeye teams won Big Ten titles in soccer (postseason), women’s gymnastics (regular season), wrestling (regular season and postseason), and men’s track and field in both the indoor and outdoor seasons.
College Football: Four Cyclones Named to Walter Camp List:
Four Cyclones – Breece Hall (RB), Brock Purdy (QB), Mike Rose (LB) and Charlie Kolar (TE) – were named to the Walter Camp Award watch list, announced today and given annually to college football’s best player.
A total of 35 players nationally made the list, and Iowa State is the only school to have four representatives. The Walter Camp Player of the Year Award is the nation’s fourth-oldest individual college football accolade.
Hall, who became the first unanimous All-American in Iowa State history in 2020, finished sixth in the Heisman Trophy balloting and was one of three finalists for the Doak Walker Award in 2020.
Purdy, a senior, has set virtually every passing record in Iowa State history in his first three years as a starter. He’s a three-time All-Big 12 recipient, including earning first team accolades in 2020.
Rose, who has started all 38 games in his outstanding career, was named to multiple All-America teams in 2020 and has earned All-Big 12 recognition in each of his three seasons in Ames.
Kolar returns for his senior season as one of the best tight ends in the country.
The two-time All-American and two-time First Team All-Big 12 choice was one of three finalists for the Mackey Award in 2020 and is on pace to shatter virtually all tight end marks in Cyclone history.