My only focus is on our team. All my efforts and passion and enthusiasm are on this Hawkeye basketball team.
My only focus is on our team. All my efforts and passion and enthusiasm are on this Hawkeye basketball team.
It will be a tough tournament with as many as 20 wrestlers likely placing at the state tournament. We have a tough tournament team but have battled injuries. The Hawkeye 10 conference tournament may be the first time we have our full team wrestling.
She has been a great addition to our basketball team. We were thrilled when we were able to sign Kristi Smith. We watched her play for a long time and we had our eye on her a long time. We felt she was going to be a tremendous player. So we were thrilled when we were able so secure her as an Iowa Hawkeye. We kind of felt like we stole her.
Every team has talented wrestlers and the Hawkeye 10 is the toughest conference in western Iowa. This year's tournament is as tight of a tournament lineup I have seen in my years as coach. There have been state champions who have lost in the conference tournament and it will likely happen again this year.
Reese Morgan (a Hawkeye assistant coach) came and talked to me and Chris Aldrich and asked us to walk on there,
I like the idea of Hawkeye because it really bothers me to see major championships lost on bad calls at crucial times.
We had a property on Belmont Road, where Hawkeye is now located and we put it up for sale and used the funds for the deposit. We raised funds from other areas of our operation and within a week, signed a sales agreement to acquire Mitchell's.
I've been born and raised a Hawkeye. I couldn't imagine anything else.
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