All-Big 12 honors and major sports notes
Iowa State guard Bridget Carleton is part of the All-Big 12 women’s first team, one of six unanimous picks, joining Texas’ Brooke McCarty and Baylor’s Kalani Brown. Cen tral Methodist beats Mount Mercy 81-77 in Heart of America quarterfinals. Matt Forte retires after 10 NFL seasons with Bears and Jets. Mike Glennon to be released by Bears. Royals sign Lucas Duda for $3.5 million to replace Hosmer at first base.
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Carleton
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Baylor
Kalani Brown
Fayette
Central Methodist
Mount Mercy
Heart of America
Mustangs
Matt Forte
New York Jets
Forte
Chicago Bears
Tulane
Walter Payton
Bears
Kansas City Royals
Eric Hosmer
Lucas Duda
Duda
New York Mets
Tampa Bay Rays
Springville Orioles push into 1A semifinals basketball
The top ranked Springville Orioles routed Algona Garrigan 54 36 to reach the Class 1A semifinals at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. Mikayla Nachazel led with 19 points as Springville extended its state quarterfinal win streak to six and prepares to meet Extra-EHK in Friday action.
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Nicole McDermott
Dike New Hartford
Ellie Foster
Wells Fargo Arena
Des Moines
Story
Springville High School
Orioles
Algona Garrigan
Mikayla Nachazel
Springville
EHK
Spartans
Ackley Agwsr
Christina Zaruba
Nate Sanderson
Linn-Mar
Nate
Zaruba
Garrigan
Liz Martin
the Gazette
Alyona Garrigan
Whitney Hovey
Nachazel
Iowa Men’s Basketball Beats Illinois in Big Ten Tourney
The Hawkeyes upset Illinois 96-87 in the Big Ten tournament opener at Madison Square Garden. Iowa improves to 14-18 and advances to face 18th ranked Michigan around 1:25 p.m. BTN for a shot at the quarterfinals.
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Iowa
Michigan
USA Today
Tyler Cook
Michael Finke
New York
Iowa women ride momentum into Big Ten tourney
Iowa arrives in Indianapolis after a seven game win streak and a February undefeated run. The Hawkeyes, tied for third in the conference, eye an NCAA bid as Megan Gustafson earns Player of the Year honors and Iowa faces Northwestern in the second round at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Northwestern beat Wisconsin 68 63 in the opening round.
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Wisconsin
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the Gazette
Minnesota
Jessie Edwards
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Iowa City
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K.J. Pilcher
Dick Briggs
Wyatt Schultz
Thegazette.com
Y Jeff Linder
Kee High
Montezuma
Mike Haas
Fran McCaffery
Hawks
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