Tuesday April 5th Local Sports

WAVERLY — The Northeast Iowa Conference’s Executive Board voted on Monday to start the process of removing Waverly-Shell Rock from the conference. A resolution for removal passed on a 5-1 vote, with Waverly-Shell Rock being the lone no vote. The next step in the process has each school district now taking that resolution back to their local school boards for approval and letting the executive board know how they want their district to vote the next time that body meets. If the resolution is fully passed, Waverly-Shell Rock would exit the conference at the end of the 2022-23 school year. Some members of the conference have expressed their desire for Waverly-Shell Rock to leave the conference since they have grown at a pace far higher than other conference schools. Waverly-Shell Rock’s enrollment for 10th-through-12th grade is listed at 555, with Decorah at 431, Charles City at 397, Crestwood at 316, Waukon at 265 and New Hampton at 260. Oelwein exited the conference two years ago after sportsmanship complaints about Waverly-Shell Rock, including an accusation of a Waverly-Shell Rock player making racial comments against a Charles City baseball player in 2020.

 

CEDAR FALLS — Northern Iowa football coach Mark Farley says the transfer portal has forced coaches to speed up the process of developing players. FCS programs are being affected by players who want to move on to bigger programs or find a place that provides more playing time.

Farley says there is more pressure to get players on the field earlier.

Farley says the transfer portal has changed how coaches manage rosters and it is only the beginning.

Farley says he would like to see some type of limit on player movement and points to the recent NCAA basketball tournament where a player was at his fifth different school.

The Panthers close out spring drills on April 23rd.

 

 

 

IOWA CITY — Iowa offensive tackle Jack Plumb hopes for a big senior season as the Hawkeyes go through spring drills. Plumb was part of an offensive line that struggled during much of last year’s 10-4 season.

Plumb says all the offensive linemen are working at a variety of positions.

Iowa will conclude spring drills on April 23rd.

 

 

FORT MYERS — Miguel Sano and Max Kepler each had solo homers to lead the Minnesota Twins past the Boston Red Sox 2-0 on Monday afternoon in spring training baseball, as you heard on AM-1300 KGLO. Sano hit his third spring training homer in the 4th while Kepler’s first homer of the spring came in the sixth. Bailey Ober picked up the win, allowing only one hit in the first four innings, striking out three. The Twins and Boston meet in their final spring training game this afternoon, with the Twins scheduled to open at home on Thursday afternoon hosting Seattle. The pre-game is scheduled for 2:30 Thursday afternoon with the first pitch at 3:10 on KGLO.

 

CENTERVILLE — NIACC and Indian Hills split a doubleheader on Monday to wrap up their weekend series. NIACC scored the first two runs in the opener but Indian Hills picked up an 11-3 win. The Trojans took the nightcap 3-2, pushing across a single run in the first and two in the third. Brandt Thompson got the win for NIACC, allowing one run on two hits with five strikeouts in six innings of work. NIACC is 12-10 overall and will return to action at home this afternoon against Iowa Central.

 

— junior college softball Monday
#3 DMACC 30-29, NIACC 1-0 (both games five innings)

 

— boys high school soccer Monday
Clear Lake 10, Charles City 0
Hampton-Dumont-CAL 3, Iowa Falls-Alden 2
Garner-Hayfield-Ventura 7, Belmond-Klemme 0