2008 Woodie Awards
When Joe Slaton, Dan LeClere, Jay Borschel, and Bent Metcalf transferred from Virginia Tech, most hoped they were the key to bringing Iowa wrestling back to glory.
With 2007 NCAA champion Mark Perry sitting on the sidelines for the showdown in Ames with No. 1 Iowa State, the torch quickly passes to the four newbies, but coach Tom Brands clarified that they are not the only Hawkeyes who need to step up.
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One down and two to go.
The annual run through the in-state schedule is underway, and the punishing performance of the UNI Panthers is firmly in the rearview. Now, the Iowa men's basketball team will travel like the Hatfields into the McCoy's backyard - the Hawkeyes face their hated archrival, Iowa State, Saturday at 1:05 p.m. in the Hilton Coliseum in Ames.
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Less than a week after making their official visits to Iowa City, both Jason Semmes and Jermil Martin committed to Iowa.
Semmes - a 6-3, 218-pound defensive end rated as a two-star prospect, according to rivals.com - had 7.5 sacks and 15 tackles for loss at St. Mary's Preparatory in Orchard Lake, Mich., earning first team all-state honors.
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Last weekend in Minneapolis, the Iowa State wrestling team pulled off the highly unlikely.
Upsetting then-No. 1 Minnesota, 18-13, in Williams Arena, the Cyclones seized the national top spot while spoiling the Golden Gophers' hunt for an unbeaten season.
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After a devastating 58-44 loss in Ames on Wednesday, the Hawkeyes (5-3) have only two days to make vast improvements before they open the annual Hawkeye Challenge on Saturday against Northern Illinois (2-5).
Iowa will face either No. 21 Wyoming (6-1) or St. Joseph's (5-3) on Dec. 9.
The Hawkeyes, who have lost three of their last four, hope to bounce back, but the task won't be easy against "real quality opponents," coach Lisa Bluder said.
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There has been more fanfare around this week's men's basketball, women's basketball, and wrestling versions of the Iowa-Iowa State rivalry, but there'll be no lack of intensity when the women's teams from the two schools square off in the swimming pool tonight.
The AquaHawks (2-4) are looking for their fourth-straight victory over the Cyclones and 12th in 14 tries.
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DES MOINES - Former Iowa assistant football coach Robert Flora died in a car accident in Michigan, family members said.
Flora, 92, was a resident of Wildwood Shores, near Brevort, Mich.
John Ryan, a son-in-law, said Flora died after an accident on U.S. Highway 2 at around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday
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