North defeats South in the 50th Iowa Shrine Bowl All-Star Football Classic

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July 24, 2022

North defeats South in the 50th Iowa Shrine Bowl All-Star Football Classic

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (KCRG) – The workforce from north of Freeway 30 had all of the solutions, defeated the South 24-17.

Iowa soccer commits Aaron Graves and Landyn Van Kekerix gained defensive and offensive MVP honors respectively for the North.

Japanese Iowa was represented by Liberty’s Darius Willis-Newell, who gained offensive MVP honors for the South.

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Iowa political leaders react to Jimmy Carter’s death

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December 30, 2024

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Iowa political leaders react to Jimmy Carter’s death

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – Many of Iowa’s political leaders have taken to social media to reflect on President Jimmy Carter’s legacy.

Above all, they’re celebrating his heart; that heart was reflected in his time outside of the White House doing humanitarian work.

“His belief in putting God’s love into action has inspired generations of Americans,” Gov. Reynolds said in a statement released Sunday.

Locally, district leaders share that sentiment,

“He dedicated his life to public service, humanitarian causes, & bettering the lives of others,” Rep. Ashley Hinson said in a post to X.

He is also being remembered for his role in the Iowa Caucuses. After a strong performance in the 1976 caucus, both he and the political event were made more popular than ever.

“Carter used his interpersonal skills and background as a farmer to connect with Iowa voters,” Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks said, also on X.

“Jimmy Carter’s caucus victory in Iowa in the 1970s is just as relevant today as it’s ever been,” Jeff Kaufmann, Iowa GOP leader, said. “Every Iowan, regardless of political party, owes him a debt of gratitude, in my opinion, for putting us on the map.”

Other say his legacy will serve as an inspiration for politicians and other public servants.

”I can’t be as as kind and as generous and as wise as Jimmy Carter, but I can try to emulate the way he loved and the way he cared for everyone he met,” minority leader Jennifer Konfrst said.

Carter’s state funeral will be in Washington D.C., he’ll be buried next to his wife Rosalynn in Georgia.

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No. 24 Iowa 84, Purdue 63: Freshmen Fuel First B1G W

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December 30, 2024

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No. 24 Iowa 84, Purdue 63: Freshmen Fuel First B1G W

Addi O’Grady led Iowa with 12 points in a balanced scoring performance as the Hawkeyes outpaced Purdue, 84-63 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena Sunday. While O’Grady was the only Hawkeye in double-figure scoring, five of her teammates scored nine apiece, including freshman center Ava Heiden, who also finished with a team-high eight rebounds.

The win is Jan Jensen‘s first as a head coach in Big Ten play, and moves the Hawkeyes to 11-2 (1-1). Iowa has won 19 straight games at Carver-Hawkeye Arena as a program, including all six of its games there this season.

Sunday’s game was never in serious doubt. Not only did Purdue come in as heavy underdogs, but both times the Boilermakers made a push in the contest — a 12-2 run to cut the Hawkeyes’ lead to five in the second quarter, a 13-0 run in the third to cut it back to eight — Iowa responded immediately.

“I think when we had the lull, we shot quickly, we had turnovers, and we didn’t stay true to what we typically do,” said Jensen. “We kind of forced some things.”

Iowa finished the first half on a 15-3 run, capped by an Aaliyah Guyton contested jumper, to push its halftime lead to a significantly safer 50-32:

After a series of self-inflicted Hawkeye errors led to Purdue’s 13-point push in the third quarter, Iowa had an immediate 16-0 counterstrike, effectively granting the game safe passage to the realm of Chips and Salsa Time.

The decisive run was keyed by Syd Affolter, another nine-point scorer in the win, along with seven rebounds, a team-high four steals and a tie with Lucy Olsen for the team high in assists (six).

Affolter scored the first basket of the run by beating her defender one-on-one for a layup, and by the time Teagan Mallegni dropped in a turnaround jumper to push Iowa’s lead to 71-47, Affolter had registered her third assist of the run, along with the two aforementioned points, four rebounds and a steal.

Ballgame.

Freshman Taylor Stremlow finished with (yep) nine points — a career-high for the freshman, which almost seems hard to believe — and she did it by making all four of her shots from the field, including a banked-in three-pointer (it still counts the same) and this euro-step layup that took the scenic route on its way through the hoop:

Stremlow also found her 6’4″ classmate Heiden with a looping entry pass for an easy layup, a near-balletic catch-and-score that a pair of true freshmen frankly have no business making look so easy, especially in Big Ten play.

At times this season, Jensen has rolled out lineups of Olsen and her four true freshmen in the rotation: Aaliyah Guyton, Stremlow, Mallegni and Heiden. It’s a nice message to all the new faces on the floor that they’re integral to the team’s success from the get-go, but on Sunday Jensen ran her four freshmen out with Affolter to finish off the first half.

That lineup won its 4:40 stretch of court time 15-5.

That Jensen can trust her crew of freshmen so readily, so quickly and with such positive results to already show for it means Iowa’s upward trajectory in the Jensen Era is still a matter of the imagination. This team not only needs its freshmen, it insists upon them and they deliver in kind.

The Hawkeyes play next on January 1 at Penn State, tipping off at noon. Regrettably, that game is streaming only on Big Ten Plus.

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No. 22 Iowa women’s basketball topples Purdue in Big Ten home opener

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December 29, 2024

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No. 22 Iowa women’s basketball topples Purdue in Big Ten home opener

IOWA CITY — For an Iowa women’s basketball team still figuring out who goes where as Big Ten play kicks into gear, games that seem lopsided on paper can still become erratic in nature.

That’s not all bad for the No. 22 Hawkeyes so long as the final product still comes out looking OK. Such was the case Sunday afternoon inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena, where Jan Jensen’s crew treated a packed house to a largely solid showing in Iowa’s Big Ten home opener against Purdue.

The Hawkeyes’ 84-63 win showcased their potent depth and the strides the team continues to make, while offering up just enough teachable moments that a developing unit can absorb. It’s hard to argue Iowa didn’t maximize Sunday’s opportunity against a team that entered just two games over .500 with three 30-point losses to ranked squads.

Iowa grabbed a double-digit lead late in the first quarter and maintained it throughout, aside from two Purdue pushes. The Hawkeyes’ cushion dipped from 15 to five during a four-minute stretch early in the second quarter, then slid from 21 to eight midway through the third. Both times, Iowa countered back with a momentum-sucking surge.

A 15-3 run to end the first half saw the Hawkeyes’ freshmen take control with ample opportunity. Aaliyah Guyton’s energy paired perfectly with Taylor Stremlow’s tenacity to spark that needed run. Then it was the starters who took the baton in the third, with Hannah Stuelke, Sydney Affolter, Addi O’Grady and Kylie Feuerbach all contributing on an 11-0 run to end the quarter.

Hear from Iowa women’s basketball coach Jan Jensen after Hawkeyes’ win over Purdue

It wasn’t until then that Iowa had its first double-digit scorer of the day, with O’Grady taking the honors on a tough bucket in the paint. Her 12 points led the Hawkeyes on a day when all 10 in the main rotation scored and five finished with nine points. Eight players finished with +/- totals in double digits. At different times, four different freshmen were on the floor together.

Even Jensen herself probably doesn’t know exactly how each 40 minutes are going to look, especially with the foes intensifying from here on out. Sunday offered the perfect lesson on how to handle the unknown.

Dargan Southard is a sports trending reporter and covers Iowa athletics for the Des Moines Register and HawkCentral.com. Email him at msouthard@gannett.com or follow him on Twitter at @Dargan_Southard.

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