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Rock Around Round Rock, Pt. 2: Iowa Preview
LSU will look to remain undefeated after they face off towards Iowa at Dell Diamond in Spherical Rock, Texas in day two of the Karbach Spherical Rock Basic.
The Tigers (5-0) are coming off a 7-3 win over Kansas State. Paul Skenes and Ty Floyd threw a mixed 16 strikeouts within the victory. Skenes completed with 11 strikeouts and allowed two hits and one earned run in six innings pitched. Floyd completed with 5 strikeouts and allowed two hits and one earned run.
Second baseman Gavin Dugas carried his scorching bat in yesterday’s recreation, going 2-for-4 on the plate and recorded a RBI. Dugas has a batting common of .643 (9-for-14) and has recorded two house runs and 4 RBIs.
Dylan Crews additionally performed properly on Friday as he went 2-for-4 on the plate and recorded an RBI as properly. Crews has a batting common of .429 (6-for-14), three RBIs and a homer.
Junior first baseman Tre Morgan and freshman designated hitter Jared Jones have been RBI machines for the Tigers. Morgan is first with 10 RBIs, whereas Jones is in second with 8.
Morgan achieved eight of his 10 RBIs throughout Tuesday’s recreation vs. Southern, which is the sport he recorded a cycle. He was the primary LSU baseball participant to report a cycle since Mikie Mahtook did it towards Alcorn State on April 6, 2010.
Jones, a real freshman with nice potential, hit a vital two-run double within the seventh inning towards Kansas State that prolonged LSU’s result in 7-2.
Iowa’s Pitching Workers
Iowa will trounce out its sophomore wunderkind Brody Brecht as Saturday’s starter. Brecht, who can be a scholarship member of the soccer workforce as a large receiver, was a Freshman All-American a 12 months in the past. He posted 10 strikeouts via 5 excellent innings in his final look in Iowa’s 7-1 win over Quinnipiac.
Iowa additionally has an excellent bullpen that is able to are available in for Brecht when his pitch depend has hit its mark..
Lefty junior reliever Jared Simpson will more than likely be the primary one out of the bull pen to go to the mound due to the match-up he brings to LSU’s batting lineup. Simpson has struck out seven batters in 4 innings pitched and has a 0.00 ERA proper now.
One other reliever that Iowa may name upon is Zach Voelker. Voelker, the Lengthy Seaside State switch, has recorded six strikeouts in simply 4 innings.
What the Hawkeyes convey to the plate
Iowa is an excellent hitting workforce, however they’re the precise reverse of LSU as a result of they don’t essentially have an influence hitter on their workforce.
Iowa middle fielder Kyle Huckstorf leads his workforce in RBIs with six and has been the Hawkeyes’ finest hitter up to now. He has batted .357 (5-for-14) on the plate.
Utility/designated hitter Anthony Keaton was the Huge Ten’s Freshman of the 12 months final 12 months and he’s solely the second Hawkeye to win the award. Anthony has batted .286 on the plate (4-for-14) and has recorded a homer and a RBI.
Brennan Dorighi has been superior for Iowa ever since he transferred from Wofford this season. The previous All-Southern Convention first baseman has recorded a .308 batting common (4-for-13) and has recorded a homer.
Huckstorf, Keaton and Dorighi all have a slugging proportion of .571.
LSU Projected Beginning Lineup
1B Tre Morgan
2B Gavin Dugas
SS Jordan Thompson
3B Ben Nippolt/Tommy White
RF Paxton Kling
CF Dylan Crews
LF Brayden Jobert
C Brady Neal
DH Jared Jones
Iowa
1B Tyler Davis
2B Easton Loyd
SS Myles Jefferson
3B Justin Wishkowski
LF Lane Brewster
CF Joe Redfield
RF Clayton Chadwick
C Walker Janek
Projected Pitching Matchup
LSU – Jr. LH Riley Cooper (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 5.1 IP, 2 BB, 7 SO)
Iowa – So. RH Brady Brecht (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 5 IP, 0 BB, 10 SO)
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Iowa high school football computer rankings (10/10/2024)
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.
- FAQ: SBLive High School Football Computer Rankings
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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Grinnell window manufacturer announces plans to lay off 152 workers in November
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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Iowa Coach Fires Brutal Quote at Players Leaving Via Transfer
The Iowa Hawkeyes lost two players from their football team this week.
Both running back Leshon Williams and wide receiver Kaleb Brown have announced that they will redshirt for the rest of the season and enter the transfer portal at the end of the year.
Despite the two players opting to leave the program, it hasn’t phased head coach Kirk Ferentz. He isn’t worried about the decisions that they made at all.
When asked about Williams and Brown transferring, Ferentz offered a short and brutal quote.
“Not to be callous, but if a player isn’t playing, you don’t lose much.”
Williams had been dealing with an injury throughout the season thus far. Before the injury, he had shown flashes of being a player that could end up making an impact. Unfortunately, those flashes were never able to come to light on the field.
As for Brown, there were big plans for him coming into the season. But, he was suspended for the first game of the year and was never able to earn his role back.
Clearly, Ferentz is not worried about how his team will respond to the news. Basically, he doesn’t think the losses of them will impact the team at all.
Ferentz isn’t necessarily wrong with what he stated. Neither player had a role that will change how the team has been operating. However, it was the way he said it that was a bit out of line.
Regardless of the role that they players had, handling the situation with a bit more grace would have been a better look.
All of that being said, Iowa is not a program that needs to be graceful necessarily. The Hawkeyes want to win football games and neither Williams or Brown was contributing to that goal so far this year.
Looking ahead to the future, we wish the best to both Williams and Brown. Hopefully, they find success in their future endeavors.
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