Iowa
UA softball kicks off event vs. Iowa State
FAYETTEVILLE — For the second weekend in a row, Bogle Park would be the host website of a multi-team occasion.
Following a Razorback Invitational that noticed the Arkansas softball staff end 4-1, together with two wins towards then-No. 13 Arizona, Courtney Deifel’s squad returns to motion at present within the Wooo Pig Basic.
The sixth-ranked Razorbacks (13-3) open the event towards Iowa State (6-7) at 2 p.m on SEC Community-Plus. The sport time was pushed forward by two hours on account of anticipated inclement climate later within the day.
The five-team discipline additionally consists of North Texas (10-4) and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (8-6).
“They’re very sturdy opponents,” Deifel mentioned. “Iowa State could be very, very robust. North Texas has had a extremely nice run and performed a tricky schedule up to now. Corpus Christi has had an excellent yr and been actually shut with those that they’ve dropped.
“It’s going to be an excellent weekend [and] it’s going to be an excellent problem.”
Reflecting on the Razorback Invitational, Deifel mentioned her staff was positioned in a postseason-like state of affairs and dealt with it effectively.
“I actually appreciated that we found out easy methods to win the sequence, per se, with Arizona,” she mentioned. “I feel it has an SEC really feel to it. I feel it had a brilliant regional really feel to it.
“Form of staying the course and discovering a strategy to win two out of three after I do not essentially really feel like we have been taking part in all that effectively.”
A giant a part of the Razorbacks discovering a strategy to win three totally different one-run video games was a spectacular particular person effort.
Arkansas senior pitcher Chenise Delce had a dominant efficiency within the Razorback Invitational, which resulted in SEC co-pitcher of the week and NFCA nationwide pitcher of the week honors.
Delce dazzled within the circle to the tune of 25 strikeouts and a pair of runs surrendered over 18 1/3 innings. She earned 4 of Arkansas’ 5 wins.
“I do not know easy methods to else to elucidate it however simply trusting,” Delce mentioned of her mentality. “I am making an attempt to not take issues, I do not need to say too critically, however I do not need to overwhelm myself. I do know as a pitcher a variety of your teammates feed off of your vitality.
“I am simply making an attempt to remain calm and never overwhelm my teammates both. Simply trusting myself, trusting God, trusting my coaches, trusting my teammates, retaining calm and simply retaining the vitality good.”
Arkansas and Iowa State have one widespread opponent this yr – Drake. The Cyclones misplaced each conferences, and the Razorbacks swept the Bulldogs final weekend.
Nevertheless, Arkansas’ first win towards Drake took a resilient comeback effort. The Razorbacks tied issues up with two outs within the seventh inning then earned a 4-3 victory by way of a walk-off within the eleventh inning.
The sport taught Deifel what she wanted to learn about her membership’s toughness.
“I do not suppose that as a complete this weekend we have been firing on all cylinders,” Deifel mentioned. “So discovering a strategy to win 5 of the six was large. Being all the way down to our final out within the Drake recreation when issues clearly weren’t going our method and pulling by to tie it and provides us extra time to win it, I feel was a variety of character.
“I like our struggle.”
Wooo Pig Basic at a look
WHEN Thursday-Sunday
WHERE Bogle Park, Fayetteville
THURSDAY Arkansas vs. Iowa State, 2 p.m.
FRIDAY Arkansas vs. Texas A&M-CC, 3 p.m., Arkansas vs. North Texas 5:30 p.m.
SATURDAY Arkansas vs Iowa State 3 p.m., Arkansas vs. Texas A&M-CC 5:30 p.m.
SUNDAY Arkansas vs. North Texas 12:15 p.m.
Iowa
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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Iowa
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.
Iowa
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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