Category Archives: Sports

Feb 16

NT girls win first game of postseason

Posted on Sunday, February 16, 2014, at 1:16 AM by Jeff

Woo! After beating Glabrook-Reinbeck for the second time in two weeks, the Redhawks will play South Hardin at Eldora Tuesday night —  for the second time in just over a week. NT lost the previous matchup. Because of the girls’ … Continue reading →

Posted in Sports, Tama County | Comments Off on NT girls win first game of postseason
Feb 06

Undefeated to unranked in four weeks

Posted on Thursday, February 6, 2014, at 12:02 AM by Jeff

The ISU women lost to TCU for the second time since the Horned Frogs joined the conference. With the earlier loss to West Virginia at home, again, the newcomers will have no worse than a .500 all-time conference record against … Continue reading →

Posted in Sports | Comments Off on Undefeated to unranked in four weeks
Jan 26

More than half of football teams will qualify for the postseason

Posted on Sunday, January 26, 2014, at 12:48 PM by Jeff

Lost in the concern about potentially losing a regular-season game and excitement about the new high school football districts is a simple fact and reminder of the state’s expanded playoff system: More than half of the football teams in Iowa will … Continue reading →

Posted in Sports | Comments Off on More than half of football teams will qualify for the postseason
Jan 24

Further notes on the new football districts

Posted on Friday, January 24, 2014, at 4:51 PM by Jeff

Odds and ends of observations. The redesign of the IHSAA’s website completely bollixed up links to anything older than a couple years. Fortunately, with the Internet Wayback Machine, it is possible to recover old district lists. Number of teams/schools by … Continue reading →

Posted in Sports, Tama County | Comments Off on Further notes on the new football districts
Jan 23

Old playoff foes pepper North Tama’s new football district

Posted on Thursday, January 23, 2014, at 2:37 PM by Jeff

(Of course the new enrollments and football districts would drop within 24 hours of each other. Looks like I have a whole bunch of new numbers to play with.) The IHSAA has released the football districts for 2014-15. The Register … Continue reading →

Posted in Sports, Tama County | Comments Off on Old playoff foes pepper North Tama’s new football district
Jan 22

Snakebit

Posted on Wednesday, January 22, 2014, at 11:29 AM by Jeff

Iowa State, Ohio State, Wisconsin, and Oregon started 58-0 this basketball season. They are a collective 0-13 0-14 since. Not one of those teams has won in two weeks. ESPN blogger Eamonn Brennan calls the plunge “fascinating.” That is not … Continue reading →

Posted in Sports | Comments Off on Snakebit
Jan 20

So, um, about those Cyclones

Posted on Monday, January 20, 2014, at 12:40 PM by Jeff

Since Baylor coach Scott Drew said Iowa State “is a team that can win a National Championship” the men’s team has gone 0-3. The women are now 0-2 all-time to West Virginia in their own house and laid enough bricks at … Continue reading →

Posted in Sports | Comments Off on So, um, about those Cyclones
Jan 16

At least the moon shot worked

Posted on Thursday, January 16, 2014, at 12:19 PM by Jeff

Since the day John F. Kennedy gave his historic moon speech at Rice University, Rice football is 2-42-1 against Texas…and Iowa State football is 1-42-1 against Oklahoma. (Link goes to my Oklahoma essay.) This convergence won’t last, though, because Rice-Texas only … Continue reading →

Posted in Sports | Comments Off on At least the moon shot worked
Jan 08

NIT final all over again

Posted on Wednesday, January 8, 2014, at 12:18 AM by Jeff

I guess Iowa State will need to win a few more games to avoid trip-ups like this on SI’s website. (It’s right in the header, wrong in the sidebar.) Meanwhile, there’s this nice AP article about ISU’s teams, mostly focusing … Continue reading →

Posted in Sports | Comments Off on NIT final all over again
Jan 01

Happy and sad

Posted on Wednesday, January 1, 2014, at 4:14 PM by Jeff

The ISU men’s and women’s basketball teams went undefeated in non-conference play. It’s the men’s best start ever (12-0) and one of the best for the women (11-0). So, squee? Squee. But on a sad note, Johnny Orr died on New Year’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Sports | Comments Off on Happy and sad