It's our pleasure to announce the 1st annual Victor's Adult Punt, Pass & Kick Contest - sponsored by CycloneFanatic!
Starting this May, Victor's and CycloneFanatic will begin an annual tradition to see who's the best, or silliest, at everything punt, pass and kick. With great prizes, tickets to a kegger and a commemorative t-shirt, it's a no-brainer - even a Hawk fan could realize this will be something memorable. Join us and your fellow CFers on May 10th to kick off the start of a great summer.
What: Victor's Punt, Pass & Kick Contest When: Saturday, May 10th, 2008 @ 2:00 Rain Date: Saturday, May 17th, 2008 Where: Walker Johnston Park, Urbandale, IA Cost: $10 (includes tickets to keg party, t-shirt, gifts, etc)
3 age groups: 21-29, 30-39, 40+
Male & Female divisions.
Prizes: 1st, 2nd, 3rd & overall
Pre-register today at Victor's Sports Club, 7500 Douglas, Urbandale
Attached: hi-res and lower quality flyer.
Additional Info...
I would guess event would take approx. 2 hours total.
Walker Johnston Park is just a block West of 86th St. on Douglas Ave. in Urbandale, IA.
Take 35 south and take the 86th St. exit, turn left (south) and go to Douglas Ave. turn right (west) and go one block it is on the left side of the street (south).
Entry Fee is $10.00 this includes a T-shirt, gifts, coupons, a ticket to the KEG PARTY @ Victor's Sports Club 7500 Douglas Ave, Urbandale (1 Mile East of Walker Johnston Park)following event (FREE BEER), and misc. items. There will be a raffle at the party for some great donated items.
Men and Women's divisions. 3 age groups 21-29, 30-39, and 40+.
Prizes- 1st, 2nd, & 3rd each age group will receive trophies, cash, and gift certificates. Overall Male and Female winner will also receive a Prize. The 10th place finisher in each age group will also get CASH. Each age group must have a min. of 10 participants, if under 10 in an age group they will be assigned to the next closest age group.
Each person will get 2 punts, 2 passes, and 2 kicks and take the best of each.
Pre-register at Victor's or at least 30 minutes before the event.
AMES, Iowa – For Bret Meyer and Todd Blythe, it was the end for which football had been the means. Meyer, the all-time leading passer in Iowa State football history and Blythe, the all-time leading receiver were in Jack Trice Stadium Wednesday preceding Saturday’s official graduation ceremony.
Blythe, who earned a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts and sciences, leaves Thursday for mini-camp with the NFL’s New Orleans Saints. Meyer, whose bachelor’s degree is in communications studies, is still waiting on his football future after working out for the Washington Redskins last week. What both share is pride in having earned their college degrees.
“Everyone has a different journey,” Meyer said. “Some people go to junior college, some come right out of high school. My journey was coming out of high school and starting on the scout team, working my way up and I enjoyed every minute of it”
AMES, Iowa - Seniors Caitlin Loprinzi and Chrissy Derouin's chapters as members of the Iowa State tennis team have come to a close, but their competiveness and character have laid the ground work for the future of the Cyclone tennis program. Iowa State returns five of seven players to next year's roster and welcome the additions of four new Cyclones. Leading the way are the Cyclones three current freshman; Liza Wischer, Erin Karonis and Reka Kelemen.
Karonis stepped in as a first-year player as the Cyclones' No. 1 singles player and teamed with Chrissy Derouin on ISU's No. 1 doubles team. Karonis, a native of Ivyland, Pa., earned team Most Valuable Player honors as voted on by her Cyclone teammates following her initial collegiate season. Karonis took part in two of Iowa State's biggest upsets of the year, defeating Texas Tech's Samantha van der Drift, a former All-Big 12 honoree. She also teamed with Derouin to upend Texas A&M's duo of Tiffany Clifford and Anna Blagodarova, who finished the season ranked the 51st-best doubles team in the nation.
Competing at the No. 1 position for both doubles and singles meant that Karonis was able to take on some of the best competition in the country.
AMES, Iowa - Mike Andresen has been there. Iowa State’s manager of athletics grounds came to ISU in 1996 as athletics turf manager to oversee implementation and maintenance of Jack Trice Stadium’s all-natural grass football field. It should come as no surprise that with Andresen’s care, a field that was slated to last in top condition between four and six years, lasted 12 seasons.
Iowa State’s field has been recognized nationally several times as one of the best football gridirons in the country. But even the best fields have a finite life span.
“We played on (the field) for 12 years, which is phenomenal,” Andresen said. “Over a period of a dozen years you build up a thatch layer. Our thatch layer got to be four to five inches thick. We have a sand-based field and the sand will drain water as fast as you can put it in. However, the five-inch layer of thatch holds up water, so we were due for a rain, mud disaster game.”
While no such game occurred, in addition to the sod itself there were other challenges. The biggest battle was against an annual type of blue grass that was penetrating the original field grass. Its annual growth was difficult to deal with because it was essentially a weed without roots. Chunks of grass began flying up during games last season. By the time of the spring game, brown spots that had developed during a harsh winter left random patches of no grass on the field.
Andresen’s crew went to work. A milling machine grinded off and twice carried two inches of thatch from the field last week.
AMES, Iowa--Daniyal Robinson (pronounced Dan-YELL), who has eight years experience as an assistant coach at Illinois State and Arkansas-Little Rock, has joined the Iowa State men’s basketball program as an assistant coach, ISU head coach Greg McDermott announced today.
“Daniyal will be a great addition to our staff,” McDermott said. “His work ethic and relationships in the recruiting arena were exactly what we were looking for.”
A native of Rock Island, Ill., Robinson spent the 2007-08 season as an assistant at UALR, helping his alma mater achieve its first 20-win season (20-11) since 1995-96 and claim the Sun Belt Conference West Division title under head coach Steve Shields. The Trojans led the Sun Belt and ranked among the top 35 teams nationally in defensive field goal percentage (40.1) and defensive 3-point percentage (28.9) in 2007-08.
“I am excited to be a part of something special here at Iowa State,” Robinson said. “I witnessed first hand what Coach McDermott did at UNI and I know it is just a matter of time before it happens here. I am very familiar with ISU. I grew up in the Quad Cities and played at Indian Hills. The tradition here is unbelievable and I will take a lot of pride in assisting this program as much as I can.”
Prior to his second stint at UALR, Robinson spent four seasons (2003-07) as an assistant coach on Porter Moser’s staff at Illinois State, where he developed numerous recruiting contacts. He was the lead recruiter on 2006-07 Missouri Valley Conference Freshman of the Year Osiris Eldridge, who earned first-team all-MVC honors in 2007-08. A native of Chicago, Ill., Eldridge was a top-150 recruit in high school, along with fellow Robinson signee Bobby Hill. Robinson’s efforts also landed Lorenzo Gordon, MVC Newcomer of the Year and first team all-Conference selection, and Levi Dyer, the 2006-07 MVC Most Improved Player.
A 1999 graduate of UALR, Robinson was an administrative assistant for two seasons for Moser when he was the head coach of the Trojans. He was a part of the biggest turnarounds in Sun Belt Conference history, helping the team win 18 games after registering just four wins the previous season.
He played two seasons at UALR after transferring from Indian Hills Community College in Ottumwa, Iowa. Robinson played in 56 games in his two-year career with the Trojans, averaging 5.6 points, 4.4 rebounds while starting 22 of 28 games as a senior in 1997-98. While at IHCC, Robinson played for former ISU assistant and Ames native Terry Carroll. He helped Carroll build a junior college dynasty with the Warriors, posting a 35-4 record and leading the team to state and regional championships, plus a berth in the NJCAA national tournament in his only season at IHCC (1995-96). He earned second team all-region honors, as the Warriors ended the regular season ranked No. 1 in the NJCAA poll.
Robinson was a two-time IBCA all-State and all-Conference honoree at Rock Island High School under head coach Duncan Reid. He was named to the Quad City Times’ all-Metro first team as well as team captain and most valuable player. He was teammates in high school with former Cincinnati star Pete Mickeal.
Robinson and his wife, Kim, have two children, Devyn and Reece.
Coaching Experience:
2007-08 Arkansas-Little Rock, assistant coach
2003-07 Illinois State, assistant coach
2000-02 Arkansas-Little Rock, administrative assistant
Playing Experience:
1996-98 Arkansas-Little Rock
1995-96 Indian Hills Community College
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