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Clark’s teammates and coaches believe the NPOY award is well deserved for the Iowa junior
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DALLAS, TX (KCRG) – It was no shock Iowa’s Caitlin Clark received the Naismith Nationwide Participant of the 12 months award on Wednesday. Seeing how far she’s come, it’s exhausting to imagine that the Des Moines native nearly didn’t grow to be a Hawkeye.
“At first, I instructed Coach Bluder no. That was most likely the dumbest factor I’ve accomplished in my life. Then I retracted and known as her and stated nicely, do you continue to need me to play for you? She stated completely. I believe she was out to dinner and acquired some champagne
Caitlin Clark solidified her case as to why she’s among the best gamers in school basketball in Iowa’s Elite Eight victory over Louisville. Clark grew to become the primary participant to register a 40-point triple-double within the NCAA Event. Her teammates say that’s been Caitlin all season.
“In my view it’s not even a query at this level. She’s doing issues which are simply completely unreal. I don’t suppose I’ve even realized, as a result of it occurs every single day. It’s Caitlin being Caitlin,” fifth-year middle Monika Czinano stated.
“A triple-double on this stage, to go to the Last 4, towards a very good defensive crew – she’s the nationwide participant of the 12 months in my eyes it doesn’t matter what,” redshirt senior guard Kate Martin added.
Along with her teammates, coaches and household current on Wednesday, Clark was offered the Naismith trophy. She’s simply the second participant from the Massive Ten to win the award and second from Iowa following Megan Gustafson.
“Once I was right here in Minnesota final 12 months, you understand, my purpose was to be right here with my crew. That’s a very powerful factor to me is to be on the Last 4 competing with my crew. I do know this award isn’t doable with out each single one in every of you again there and I really imply that, so it’s simply as a lot yours as mine,” Clark stated on the podium.
“There’s no one that may do what she does I imagine in ladies’s basketball, perhaps not in males’s basketball proper now,” Iowa head coach Lisa Bluder stated. “The followers acknowledge that and so they wish to see her play. How lucky are we within the state of Iowa to have a participant like this and for Hawk followers to cheer for her on this nationwide stage.
Attending to this stag, is one thing the junior guard has envisioned for fairly a while.
“I don’t suppose lots of people believed me once I stated this in highschool. A number of doubters, lots of people saying, you suppose you’re actually going to make it to the Last 4 with the College of Iowa. I believed it, each single second,” Clark stated.
Clark believes the corporate round are her and the exhausting work they’ve put in is an enormous purpose Iowa has superior to their second NCAA Last 4 in program historical past and first since 1993.
“I at all times wager on myself and Coach Bluder had the idea in me and that’s actually all you may have,” Clark stated. “The identical dream as your head coach and switch that into the locker room having the identical dream. That’s precisely what we’ve constructed over the past three years and this crew has a confidence about them that’s uncommon. Not lots of people have it. I don’t suppose we’re probably the most athletic and expert crew, quickest crew‚ however we play with a love for each other and that’s going to hold you additional than any talent or expertise ever might.”
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It was an important date around the state for volleyball teams in Iowa, as the latest rankings were released and regional pairings in all five classes were revealed.
The two come into play once regionals reach the championship round, as the higher-ranked team will serve as the host for those games.
All five No. 1 squads remained the same, as Ankeny Centennial (Class 5A), Cedar Rapids Xavier (4A), Mount Vernon (3A), Denver (2A) and Ankeny Christian (1A) held serve.
New teams to the Top-15 include Iowa City West in 5A, Ballard in 4A, Wapsie Valley in 2A and Stanton in 1A. The entire 3A poll remained the same while Sidney made one of the biggest climbs, moving to ninth from 12th in 1A.
Regional play for 1A and 2A begins Oct. 21 with 3A, 4A and 5A starting Oct. 22. The state tournament is scheduled for Nov. 4-7 in Coralville from the Xtream Arena. Complete regional pairings can be found on Bound.
Class 5A
1. Ankeny Centennial; 2. Pleasant Valley; 3. Ankeny; 4. West Des Moines Dowling; 5. Indianola; 6. Waukee Northwest; 7. Cedar Falls; 8. Cedar Rapids Prairie; 9. Waukee; 10. Iowa City Liberty; 11. West Des Moines Valley; 12. Sioux City East; 13. Iowa City West; 14. Iowa City High; 15. Linn-Mar.
Class 4A
1. Cedar Rapids Xavier; 2. Sioux City Bishop Heelan; 3. North Scott; 4. Clear Creek-Amana; 5. Lewis Central; 6. Pella; 7. Glenwood; 8. Carlisle; 9. Marion; 10. Adel-ADM; 11. Norwalk; 12. Sergeant Bluff-Luton; 13. MOC-Floyd Valley; 14. Ballard; 15. Grinnell.
Class 3A
1. Mount Vernon; 2. Western Christian; 3. West Delaware; 4. Dubuque Wahlert; 5. Davenport Assumption; 6. Sioux Center; 7. Carroll Kuemper; 8. Mid-Prairie; 9. Cherokee; 10. Wilton; 11. Solon; 12. Anamosa; 13. Roland-Story; 14. Clarinda; 15. Nevada.
Class 2A
1. Denver; 2. Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont; 3. Dyersville Beckman; 4. Dike-New Hartford; 5. Aplington-Parkersburg; 6. South Hardin; 7. Boyden-Hull; 8. Pella Christian; 9. Iowa City Regina; 10. Hinton; 11. Grundy Center; 12. Sumner-Fredericksburg; 13. Wapsie Valley; 14. West Burlington; 15. Shenandoah.
Class 1A
1. Ankeny Christian; 2. Holy Trinity; 3. Saint Ansgar; 4. Riverside; 5. BCLUW; 6. Janesville; 7. North Tama; 8. Don Bosco; 9. Sidney; 10. River Valley; 11. Akron-Westfield; 12. Stanton; 13. Fremont-Mills; 14. Southwest Valley; 15. Gladbrook-Reinbeck.
Week 6 of the 2024 Iowa high school football season has wrapped up, and High School on SI is continuing its weekly computer rankings for the season.
The Dowling Maroons kept their top five placing in this week’s 5A Iowa computer rankings after a thrilling 41-35 victory over Ankeny Centennial. They face a strong Urbandale team on Friday, to keep their momentum going.
The top of the 5A computer rankings stay the same this week as the Bettendorf Bulldogs take home another win, this time defeating Kennedy 33-14. The Bulldogs look forward to Friday, where they will travel to Davenport Central in hopes to hold their place in the standings.
SBLive’s formula was created using its linear algebra-based ranking algorithm inspired by the Colley Bias-Free Ranking Method. Colley’s Method was created by Wes Colley, Ph.D., an astrophysicist at the University of Alabama at Huntsville. He devised his algorithm to help address the subjectivity and controversy regarding BCS college football selections in the 1990s and early 2000s, using a method that used no subjective variables.
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Here are SBLive’s latest Iowa football computer rankings, as of Oct. 7, 2024:
IOWA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COMPUTER RANKINGS
CLASS 5A | CLASS 4A
CLASS 3A | CLASS 2A
CLASS 1A | CLASS A
CLASS 8 MAN
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JELD-WEN, a manufacturer of windows and doors in Grinnell, has announced it will be laying off 152 workers effective Nov. 7.
The announcement was made on Iowa’s Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) site.
The company, based in Charlotte, North Carolina, was founded in 1960 and has 18,000 employees, with operating facilities in 16 countries in North America and Europe with 2023 sales of $4.3 billion, according to the company’s website.
JELD-WEN did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Wednesday.
Earlier this year, JELD-WEN announced the closing of its Hawkins, Wisconsin facility, affecting 338 employees, and in Vista, California, resulting in the loss of 110 jobs.
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