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#StandUpToJewishHate
WILD VIDEO: After a scary wreck at the
@knoxvilleraces
, Chase Randall's car ERUPTS in flames.
Incredible response by all. Randall drops and rolls and is put out by the fire safety crew. Remarkably, Randall is okay. Just a slight burn around his chin. Vid by Knoxville Raceway
I hate this.
#Hawkeyes
senior Gabbie Marshall has gotten angry messages directed at her about the screen call last night so she has decided to delete social media.
"That one play consumed everything."
Video by
@SEhrhardtKCCI
@KCCINews
What was Audi Crooks thinking about before, during, and after her record, 40-point night? Her late father. This was an emotional moment at the press conference after
@CycloneWBB
stormed back from 20 down to advance.
#MarchMadnessWBB
Hannah Stuelke after the epic UConn win.”Going to the championship two years in a row is crazy. I’m only a sophomore. I’m two for two!” Love her charisma.
#Hawkeyes
WOW.
"I've had schools say a quarter million a year, a million a year."
#Hawkeyes
5-star commit
@KadynProctor1
opens up about
#NIL
, telling me how collectives from other schools offered to pay him a staggering amount if he chose their program. Passed it up to stay home.
@KCCINews
Caitlin Clark is a ROCK STAR. This is the line to see the
@IowaWBB
megastar at the
@IowaCubs
game. They started lining up at 6am. Not everyone here will get through the line by 6:30.
@CaitlinClark22
@KCCINews
This is awesome.
#Hawkeyes
coach Jan Jensen surprised the Dowling coaches with 8 tickets to
#CaitlinClark
’s record night.l so they could watch their player. I’ve known Caitlin and
@DCHSMaroons
coach Kristin Meyer a long time and to see this moment is really special
@KCCINews
Curtis Jones is the gift that keeps on giving.
"I don't know how we beat them by 30, they're the
#1
team in the country. But I guess we're pretty good too. Ha!"
@SEhrhardtKCCI
got this hilarious comment after the
#Cyclones
SMOKED Houston 69-41 for the
#Big12Tournament
Title
Context on Kadyn Proctor's comments about wanting to go to Bama. Felt he would be settling if he went to Iowa in the sense that he wanted to be around guys better than him
#RollTide
class rank
#1
6 5-star players
20 4-stars
#Hawkeyes
class (37th)
0 5-star players
1 4-star player
Luka Garza on the postgame zoom, eyes still red from crying: "Heartbreaking. That's something that is going to haunt me forever. I did everything I could."
#Hawkeyes
#MarchMadness
@KCCINews
This is all straight GOLD from the
#Cyclones
.
@SEhrhardtKCCI
and I report from the celebration-
Curt: "They're
#1
team in country, but I guess we're pretty good too. HA!"
Rob: "No idea game would go like this"
Milan: "Surreal"
Tamin: "Don't have words"
Volume up! Brock Purdy's old HS coach Preston Jones just texted me this video of the
#49ers
star in March 2023. He surprised the
@perrypumas
by popping in for a visit. This is Katie Cambra, his former English teach and FCA sponsor who he remains close with.
#SuperBowl
#Cyclones
Please control your emotions and treat refs like human beings even when they get the call wrong. Even when you think it is obvious. So many fans out here at State Soccer are really letting them have it. It is disheartening.
Imagine if the staff member monitoring your cheering section was former
#Hawkeyes
All-Big Ten OL Dace Richardson. No wonder the
@waukee_warriors
are so well-behaved! Dave is the School Resource Officer at Waukee HS.
@HawkeyeFootball
@KCCINews
#Cyclones
coach Matt Campbell says he is going to the
#SuperBowl
to be there for Brock Purdy. He doesn’t plan on seeing Brock “job is stay away” he jokes.
"If you would have told me after college I'd be in the NFL in 2 years, I would have told you you're crazy" Former
#Cyclones
bb star
@MJake12
just scored his first NFL TD. Here's the wild story of how he got there.
@CycloneMBB
BTW, he says he gets his athleticism from his mom ;)
INCREDIBLE!!!! SEP ties it at 45 on a DEFLECTED basket. Then with 6 seconds left,
@ankeny_jaguars
somehow pull this play out and win 47-45. Jackie Pippet the hero. One of the best endings ever.
@KCCINews
Driving back to Iowa & guess who the Reister men bump into at
@ChickfilA
McAlester, OK: Caitlin Clark’s parents! Brent Clark with me here. They bought a one-way plane ticket to Dallas last week. Couldn’t get a flight back so they got a car and drove.
#Hawkeyes
@KCCINews
Update-
@JordanBo_3
has officially made the
@iawolves
roster. He and Luka will be on the home floor Saturday night at 7 to open the season.
@LukaG_55
is on a two-way, so who knows how long we will get to see him in person.
@KCCINews
#Hawkeyes
Check it out -
@CaitlinClark22
had some nice POP on that first pitch at the
@IowaCubs
game. We'll call it a strike :) Then she took the time to make this young fans year by signing the autograph...before returning to the autograph line in RF to sign for 30 more minutes.
#Hawkeyes
Wow.
#Cyclones
are getting a fun one. I’m the first few minutes of
@waukee_warriors
game against Ankeny,
@BiliewOmaha
DESTROYS the rim and also shows awesome body control on a spin through the lane (comments). The 6-7 forward is one of the top seniors in the country
@KCCINews
This gave me chills.
See the joy on Ireland Broderick's face? She's
#2
for
@vhstigers
. This moment was full of so many emotions.
Mike Broderick tragically lost his battle with liver cancer in January of this year. The husband and father of four girls was only 51. He served in
This is breathtaking.
@AtlanticTrojans
spell out the jersey number of senior Steele McLaren, currently in critical condition with a head injury after an accident Sunday. Photo shared by Jay Robinson, Mallory Kirchhoff, Heather McKay. More at 10 on
@KCCINews
.
CHILLS.
1500. Carlisle senior Ainsley Erzen, a mainstay at the
@DrakeRelays
the past four years, passed Valley's Addie Dorenkamp at the turn and won her final Drake Relays race. After she broke down in tears, I asked her why it meant so much.
Join us live at 6 on
@KCCINews
.
Caitlin Clark held her composure through it all. When she finally got to the podium here after the loss in the Championship, the emotions came pouring out.
Thank you Caitlin and the
#Hawkeyes
for an unforgettable ride.
Extended
#WFinalFour
coverage tonight at 10
@KCCINews
.
Can confirm Athletic's report that the
#Pistons
cut Luka Garza. His dad Frank tells me they're already in negotiations with other
#NBA
teams & believe it will be resolved shortly. The
#Hawkeyes
legend averaged about 6 pts 3.1 rpg as a rookie, also made G-League all-rookie team.
Let's start a thread and send some big prayers to my friend Ryan Parker at
@OskyActivities
. Coached his last game of season Tues. so he can go get a new kidney Thursday in IC and get a new lease on life:
The
@trhsroughriders
softball team has joined their baseball counterparts. They just kneeled for the anthem at Valley High School. Coaches too. Coach told me it was to support the cause and make a statement about injustice.
@KCCINews
Can you imagine an NFL team wins the last game of the regular season to make the playoffs without QB1.
Then the next day Roger Goodell says “Since you lost your QB, this other team with a worse record gets your spot.”
It’s not run by logic.
#CFP2023
#FSU
got robbed.
The Mayor is here. Sorry to report Fred Hoiberg would not comment at all about Nebraska. He was very nice but just wanted to thank for me the story about his son. I brought it up a few times but he wouldn’t give me anything. I expected the conversation to go that way. He’s a pro.
Meanwhile the
#Cyclones
just beat
#1
North Carolina!!! 70-65. First win over
#1
team since 2016. Caleb Grill had 31 in the game of his life. Wow.
AP pic.
"After 24 years!"
CAM Coach Barry Bower, played for CAM in the 90s, left Iowa to go coach around the country, but returned home last season to take over his alma mater. He just coached them to their first state championship ever, then broke down while hugging sr Cade Ticknor.
The game has ended. The arena has basically emptied. And Caitlin Clark, the greatest
#Hawkeyes
player ever, takes one last moment to soak in her last game ever at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, taking a pic with her parents.
#Hawkeyes
off to the Sweet Sixteen in Albany.
Monika Czinano appreciation post!
Drop her a comment below
Could've moved on, but used COVID year.
-Is 3rd in NCAA FG% at a whopping 68%, averaging 17 ppg/7rpg
-Is a huge reason why Caitlin Clark leads NCAA in assists and the
#Hawkeyes
are playing in the NATIONAL TITLE GAME 2:30
Oh baby what a story! Coming up on
@KCCINews
,
@PCEaglesHoops
has the youngest fan in the history of the
@IHSAA
State Tourney. Izaiah Boer, Coach JD Boer’s son, was born Saturday night. Mom Erica got out of the hospital and they were both here Monday night.
LOVE this Brock Purdy story from
#Cyclones
coach Matt Campbell. On the zoom today,
@alec_busse
asked the moment Campbell knew Purdy was special. Campbell has a PRECISE moment ingrained in his memory forever.
#49ers
#SuperBowl
SUCCESS!
@OskyActivities
championship coach, Ryan Parker, has a new kidney and will be home in 5-10 days. His wife's college roommate, Dusty Bollinger, donated her kidney to save his life. Here's Ryan afterwards in IC. More:
@Norwalk_Pride
@PellaAthletics
Kadyn Proctor and RB Abu Sama (ISU) will sign their LOI Wednesday at 8:45 at Southeast Polk HS. Proctor, the 5-star OL ranked fifth nationally overall, committed to
#Hawkeyes
June 30, He still has that announcement pinned, but has stayed quiet while speculation swirls.
Coaches everywhere, watch this!
Lane Rumelhart and Kris Lehman of ACGC were PUMPED for Tegan Slaybaugh, who was down 5-0 but came back to win on a pin and advance to his first semifinal. These guys were so invested in their athlete it was awesome.
@KCCINews
Pollard: When they told Celia that she had won ISU Student Athlete of the year and she would be honored Saturday at football game, she cried she was so happy. We need to use Saturday to honor Celia for the award she earned. And for
#cyclones
fans to pick each other up.
The QB with the top passing stats in the nation across all Divisions....
@CentralDutch
QB Blaine Hawkins. Plus he's PAYING for this chance.
@ElginRuckerKCCI
has the story:
This is GREAT. Usually it’s the student section leading the cheers, but with each school only getting 100 people through the door, the
@NorwalkHoops
parents are taking over those responsibilities.
@KCCINews
@IHSAA
@CBSSports
#iahsbkb
It’s intern
@_jacewilliams
’ second day with
@KCCINews
. Told him to wear shorts to State Track but he is still in the “make a great impression” stage. So now he’s MELTING hahahaha.
Thanks, everybody! I'm very excited and honored to keep telling all the great stories in Iowa. Thanks for the follow and be sure to follow
@KCCITabbert
as well. See you live at the fair at 5 on
@KCCINews
!
This is pretty epic video captured by
@DMHuskies
AD Jake Burke. Perry in blue, stops Hoover at goal line in OT to win 26-21. Perry erupts with joy. First win since 2017!
This girl is proud of her Daddy! Brynn Mitchell, daughter of
@Grand
@GVWrestling
coach
@NickMitchell_GV
, was a baby when Grand View Wrestling won its first title. She's posed with the trophy every year since. Championships are all she has EVER KNOWN.
@KCCINews
So THIS just happened.
@waukeehoops
big man Vance Peiffer shattered the backboard on a dunk! Game is moving to a secondary gym to finish. Wow. Don’t have the video of the dunk but These sent in by
@marktauscheck
This small moment captures everything that is right in sports.
@ankeny_jaguars
Jaron Crews was in tears as the clock wound down on his career.
@AmesAthletics
won the Regional. Before they raised the banner, the ENITRE team went over to Crews to show respect. Here's Tamin Lipsey.
Mother and daughter. Champions.
@fddodgersports
coach Andi Adams and daughter Jalen Adams have waited and worked their whole lives for this. Congrats!
@KCCINews
@IGHSAU
This finish was AWESOME. Watch
@dcgactivities
star Aidan Ramsey come from behind to catch Newton's Jackson Mace-Maynard to win the mile in 4:15.96. The sportsmanship was even better than the finish.
@DrakeRelays
Last night I switched all my kids' clothes. When my 10 yo daughter woke up to get dressed she was greeted with drawers full of LEGO underpants and and Pokémon shirts. My middle boy had nothing but dresses. It was GREAT. For lunch I made sure to slip in a weird potato
#AprilFools
Here's the moment that sent the room into a huge applause!
@xaviernwankpa01
will be playing for the
#Hawkeyes
. Had some fun messing with the fans' emotions.