When he received the T for pushing the WVU player who elbowed Jaz, I"m guessing Coach got after him in the locker room. Grill probably did not take it well and said something that Coach had no choice but dismiss him from the team.

Anyone know if there will be a link to an audio or video recording?

Is this confirmed?

Iowa State Media Relations

AMES, Iowa – For the second-straight year, Iowa State’s Ashley Joens will be on the National Ballot for the Wooden Award, which the Los Angeles Athletic Club announced on Saturday. Joens is one of 15 players that will appear on the ballot for the trophy given to college basketball’s best player, and will be eligible for the Wooden Award All-American Team.

To make the Wooden Award National Ballot, players must excel both in and out of basketball, and Joens does so in all areas.

On the court, Joens leads the Big 12 and ranks 14th nationally with her 21.0 points per game, while her 9.4 rebounds per game is third in the conference. She has 12 double-doubles on the season. Joens has saved her best basketball for the stretch run, as over ISU’s last five games she is averaging 25.2 points and 10.6 rebounds per game with three double-doubles.

Off the court, Joens received her Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education from Iowa State in December and is currently enrolled in the Education Master’s Program at ISU. She is a three-time Academic All-Big 12 honoree. She did her student-teaching over the summer and has been involved with multiple community service events and opportunities through Iowa State.

Here's the list of everyone I have confirmed for this weekend, plus some notes on each of those recruits. Enjoy!!!

Previewing Iowa State's March 4th Junior Day

1. Conrad Hawley aspires to become a Navy Seal. TJ spent some time talking about how Hawley came to darken the Cyclones' door. The kid is impressive.
2. Jamie is still on the selection committee and isn't at all concerned with ISU making the tourney. He even said that there is a greater chance of the team playing in DSM than there was before this slide.
3. Said this team isn't the most talented team and given the strength of the entire conference, the round robin schedule, and the coaching staffs, opposing teams take things away and weaknesses get expoited.
4. The Big 12 is positioned to capitalize on any other conferences changing....but it doesn't have to.


Side note: I suspect TJ's part was done before whatever happened to Grill because TJ wasn't subdued.

TJ Otzelberger, Tre King & Gabe Kalscheur on today's win...

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Iowa State Media Relations

TULSA, Okla. – Iowa State sent six wrestlers to the semifinals Saturday in the opening session of the 2023 Big 12 Wrestling Championship. Of the six semifinalists, five of them have already locked up a spot at the 2023 NCAA National Championships in Tulsa March 16-18.

Zach Redding (133), Paniro Johnson (149), David Carr (165), Marcus Coleman (184), Yonger Bastida (197) and Sam Schuyler (285) all advanced to tonight's semifinals. Redding, Johnson, Carr, Bastida and Schuyler all punched their ticket to the national tournament.

As a team, Iowa State sits in third place with 52.5 points behind Oklahoma State (71.5) and Missouri (87.5).

At 133 pounds, Redding avenged a loss from earlier this season against California Baptist's Hunter Leake with a 4-2 decision in the quarterfinals.

Johnson won a tight matchup against Oklahoma's Mitch Moore, 3-2, to advance into the semifinals. The freshman scored the only takedown of the match in the second period and got an escape in the third to break the tie.

Carr looked the part in a dominant 21-6 tech fall against Austin Yant of Northern Iowa. The Cyclone registered eight takedowns in the win.

Iowa State made some noise at the upper weights starting with Coleman's 20-5 tech fall over Air Force's Noah Blake at 184 pounds.

Bastida was Iowa State's only seeded wrestler to draw a first-round match. He racked up 10 takedowns in a strong showing against Wyoming's Tyce Raddon which he won via 24-9 tech fall. In the quarterfinals, Bastida took care of business against Evan Bockman of Utah Valley, 9-5, for his second win of the day.

Schuyler closed out the session with his second win of the year over Northern Iowa's Tyrell Gordon. The Cyclones' anchor didn't allow a point in a solid 6-0 victory.

Up Next

Session II of the Big 12 Championship begins at 5 p.m. with first-round consolation matches followed by second-round consolation matches at 7:30 p.m. and semifinals at 8:30.


Iowa State Results

125: Corey Cabanban
First Round: L-D, 5-3 SV-1 vs. Stevo Poulin (UNC)
Consolation First Round: vs. Tanner Jordan (SDSU)

133: No. 3 Zach Redding
First Round – Bye
Quarterfinals: W-D, 4-2 vs. Hunter Leake (CBU)
Semifinals: vs. Kyle Biscolglia (UNI)

141: Casey Swiderski
First Round: L-D, 6-3 vs. Clay Carlson (SDSU)
Consolation First Round: vs. Cael Happel (UNI)

149: No. 3 Paniro Johnson
First Round – Bye
Quarterfinals: W-D, 3-2 vs. Mitch Moore (OU)
Semifinals: vs. Colin Realbuto (UNI)

157: No. 7 Jason Kraisser
First Round – Bye
Quarterfinals: L-D, 8-3 vs. Kaden Gfeller (OSU)
Consolation First Round: vs. Alex Hornfeck (WVU)

165: No. 1 David Carr
First Round – Bye
Quarterfinals: W-TF, 21-6 (6:33) vs. Austin Yant (UNI)
Semifinals: vs. Peyton Hall (WVU)

174: Julien Broderson
First Round: L-MD, 14-4 vs. Peyton Mocco (MIZ)
Consolation First Round: vs. Hayden Hastings (WYO)

184: No. 2 Marcus Coleman
First Round – Bye
Quarterfinals: W-TF, 20-5 (7:00) vs. Noah Blake (AF)
Semifinals: vs. Travis Wittlake (OSU)

197: No. 3 Yonger Bastida
First Round: W-TF, 24-9 (6:24) vs. Tyce Raddon (WYO)
Quarterfinals: W-D, 9-5 vs. Evan Bockman (UVU)
Semifinals: vs. Rocky Elam (MIZ)

285: No. 2 Sam Schuyler
First Round – Bye
Quarterfinals: W-D, 6-0 vs. Tyrell Gordon (UNI)
Semifinals: vs. Zach Elam (MIZ)

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I'm anticipating an announcement from Linn Mar (IA) tight end Keaton Roskop at some point today. Iowa State and Kansas State are the two Power-5 offers here, plus he's got ones from Army, Northern Illinois, and UNI. I've had a FutureCast for him to Iowa State for a few weeks now and I think the coaching staff is still in good shape. Stay tuned for that announcement later today.

As a refresher, here's an article I wrote on him last month after a drive out to Marion to catch up with him.

"This One's for you, Pete!"

Couldn't have said it better. Pete would have cherished our Cyclone win over Baylor!

Her team, Holliday is up 39-34 heading into the fourth. Bristow is leading her team with 13 points and 11 rebounds. Her last game, she score 35 points on 17-21 shooting with 18 RBs.

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New Cyclone LB talks Saturday morning commitment

Passed at 61 due to a brain aneurysm. Had some great movie roles including "Saving Private Ryan" and "Black Hawk Down."

This is an update on how he's doing. I know a few of you have met him and mom over the years.

Sorry if this should be on the OT board, but 1. I don't go there and 2. this guy is responsible as any for my Cyclone fandom. Took me to my first game at JTS, my first game at Hilton, and several wrestling meets. I was there when Osenbaugh pinned Banach.
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Update on dad:
Dad, Chris, mom & I met with some of dad’s care team today for a progress update. He has continued to improve and they’ve had him back up walking with a high walker where his arms are in arm rests in front of him as opposed to one where he is leaning down & bearing the weight on his arms. This was another huge improvement from the last time I saw him on Sunday. He’s still having some minor tremors occasionally but not nearly like he was before.

He had a pile of cards sitting next to him that he has received. It’s nice to read through them & we appreciate everyone who has send a card, called or texted and commented with your encouragement on my posts.

Keep the prayers coming for him to continue to improve and get stronger!

Everything that could possibly go wrong, has gone wrong for the men and women. What did the Cyclone nation ever do to get kicked in gut like this. We seem to have a history of some bad freaking karma.

No, Johnston did not win it. ISU softball recruit Jessica Clemons led Pleasant Valley to the win over WBB recruit Aili Tanke’s team. Clemons led PV with 18 pts. Tanke had 23 for Johnston. Both made the All-Tournament team. Marquette recruit Hallie Vice from PV was named capital of the tournament team.

He ran a 4.54, had a 37.5 vertical and broad jumped 10' 5". His 40 time was pretty much in the middle of all the times for the safeties.

As of now wants to come back.