College Sports

Wrestling is a hotbed in the state of Iowa. Every winter gyms are packed with fans who want to cheer on their children, friends, family or classmates. For new Buena Vista wrestling coach Mark Rial, he was born into a wrestling family and saw it blossom into a way to go to college and eventually a career path...

Love for sports, in general or a specific one, can be ingrained from an early age. Basketball was the sport that BVU men’s basketball head coach Todd Lorensen grew up with, saw the game first hand from when he was a young boy and continues to see his professional life revolve around...

Last season the Buena Vista women’s basketball team finished with a 13-13 record under the direction of legendary Janet Berry. Berry has moved on to coach golf for the Beavers as Dana Christen steps into the role of head coach for the first time at the collegiate level...

A season ago the Buena Vista men’s basketball team finished with a 17-9 record but faltered down the stretch, losing four of the last five. To compound the end of the season frustration, long time head coach Brian Van Haaften announced he was stepping down to pursue the same position at a different college...

The season has not been kind to the young Buena Vista Beaver football team. The Beavers have complied a 1-7 record, dropping seven straight since their season opening win against Hamline. BVU has been in some games, dropping close ones against Concordia and Loras, but have been unable to get over the hump...

There is a new coach in town for the Buena Vista wrestling program as Mark Rial takes over this season on the mats. With a new coach always comes new ideas and a fresh perspective on how to lift the program back up. “Things are going good. The transition has been easier than I thought,” Rial said. “Credit to the seniors and returners for buying into the change.”...

The Buena Vista Beavers had another rough fourth quarter last week, this time giving up 22 points in the final frame in a 15 point loss against Luther, 41-26. The loss dropped the Beavers to 1-6 and 0-4 in the American Rivers Conference. This week they will host the Dubuque Spartans. The Spartans enter the game with a 4-2, 3-1 record. Their two losses came at home against UW-Whitewater and Central...

ST. PAUL, Minn. - The Buena Vista volleyball team picked up a four-set win over UC-Santa Cruz to begin its night at the St. Catherine Tournament before the host school rallied back to win the final two sets and take a five-set thriller over the Beavers in the nightcap...

CEDAR RAPIDS - The Buena Vista soccer team went on the road Friday night looking to get into the win column during American Rivers Conference play, but the bid came up short, as Coe College handed the Beavers a tough 7-0 setback. Coe entered the match at 1-3 in conference play and wasted little time getting on the board first. The Kohawks took a 1-0 lead less than nine minutes into the match and went on to add two more first half goals for a 3-0 lead at the break...

MASON CITY - The Buena Vista cross country team sgot back out onto the course Friday evening as it took part in the Trent Smith Invite, hosted by North Iowa Area Community College. Cameron Kaltschnee continues to run strong for the men and help lead the way for the Beavers, along with Greg Tystahl. ...

Buena Vista University came close last week, oh so close, to their first win of the year in the American Rivers Conference and bringing home a Homecoming victory. Through the first three quarters, everything was going BVU’s way, but football is a four quarter game and they found that out against Loras, giving up 21 points in the final quarter to let a 44-40 game slip out of their grasp...

STORM LAKE - Buena Vista led by as many as 23 points in the second half of Saturday’s Homecoming game against Loras College, including a 40-23 margin entering the fourth, but the Duhawks scored 21 unanswered fourth quarter points to come back and stun the Beavers, 44-40...

The 1975 BVU football team, which went 7-2 and won the Boot Hill Bowl, was inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Four individuals were inducted into the Buena Vista University Athletics Hall of Fame on Saturday during halftime of the Homecoming football game. Left to right: Jamie Texted, Jeff Brennan, LuAnn (Thurn) Van Kirk and Don Walls were the four inducted for their accomplishments during their tenure at BVU. / Photos by Craig Shultz...

The Buena Vista Beavers are set for their sixth game of the season on Saturday when they welcome in the Loras Duhawks. BVU sports a 1-4 record and is still looking for their first American Rivers Conference win. Loras enters with a 2-2 mark and has split their two conference games...

The Buena Vista Beavers are set for their sixth game of the season on Saturday when they welcome in the Loras Duhawks. BVU sports a 1-4 record and is still looking for their first American Rivers Conference win. Loras enters with a 2-2 mark and has split their two conference games...

While baseball gears up for the playoffs and football is finding it’s stride, we are getting close to the third major sport in the United States to start back, basketball. The NBA preseason has began but unless you care about the NBA pretty hardcore, odds are you will skip the preseason games. At least with NFL preseason you get to see fringe guys going all out to make the team...

STORM LAKE - Despite playing in extremely windy and cool conditions, the Buena Vista men’s soccer team hung tough all night against a tough Loras College team, but the Duhawks were able to take advantage of their opportunities during a 4-0 victory. The Duhawks put the offensive pressure on throughout the match, leading to 31 total shots, including 14 on-goal. ...

STORM LAKE - The Buena Vista women’s soccer team faced a tough test on Wednesday evening at J. Leslie Rollins Stadium, and the Beavers hung tough throughout before visiting Loras College pulled away late for a 6-1 victory. The Duhawks wasted little time breaking the scoreless match, needing just 10 seconds to take the early 1-0 lead. ...

LAKE CITY - It was a busy night for three area schools at the South Central Calhoun Invitational on Tuesday night with Alta-Aurelia, Ridge View and Sioux Central all taking part in the event. The Warrior boys were seventh, Sioux Central 10th out of the 13 teams as Ridge View did not have enough to score. The Raptor girls took first in the girls meet as neither A-A or Rebels had enough to score as a team...

AMES (AP) - Top Iowa State running back David Montgomery is day-to-day after suffering an upper arm injury late in last weekend’s loss at TCU. Coach Matt Campbell said an MRI and x-rays were negative and that Montgomery was working out with the team on Sunday with what he described as a deep bruise. Campbell said Montgomery’s status for Saturday’s game at Oklahoma State is probable and may depend on how much Montgomery can deal with the pain...

CEDAR FALLS - The Buena Vista women’s golf team has reached the midway point of the 2018 American Rivers Conference Women’s Golf Championships, and the Beavers remain in sixth place as a team while senior Emily Kim and sophomore Raelinn Arnonld continue to work their way up the leaderboard...

WAVERLY - The Buena Vista men’s golf team put together its best two rounds of the fall season over the weekend as the Beavers fired rounds of 307 and 309 to take third overall at the Wartburg College Fall Invite on Saturday and Sunday while sophomore Anthony Gallagher tied for second with rounds of 73-76...

NEW YORK (AP) — A prosecutor says three men hatched a scheme to exploit blue-chip college basketball recruits for profit by showering their families with cash. The accusations came on Tuesday in opening arguments at the federal trial of former sports business manager Christian Dawkins, former amateur league coach Merl Code and former Adidas executive James Gatto. All have pleaded not guilty...

PELLA - The Buena Vista football team couldn’t overcome some missed opportunities in the early part of Saturday’s football game at Central College, and the Dutch would ultimately make the Beavers pay during a 62-20 setback. BVU led 7-0 in the early going when Cole Miller hit Eric Pacheco with a shovel pass from a yard out. Central, however, came right back down the field just over a minute later and got a 26-yard touchdown pass from Blaine Hawkins, who threw four TD’s in the contest...

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Ben Banogu and TCU had reasons to be frustrated — and relieved. Banogu returned a fumble 47 yards for a touchdown before the standout defensive end missed a potential sack on Iowa State’s game-tying drive before the Horned Frogs beat Iowa State 17-14 on Jonthan Song’s 28-yard field goal with 37 seconds remaining Saturday night...

The Buena Vista men’s soccer team has seen seven of its first 10 matches of the year decided by one goal, but on Saturday, the Beavers were on the road at 10th-ranked Luther College and the Norse were just too much for BVU in the contest, handing the team a 9-0 loss to begin American Rivers Conference play...

The Buena Vista University football team are still attempting to find their footing coming off of their third straight loss of the season, a 35-14 setback against Coe to fall to 1-3, 0-2. The Beavers were in the game and driving early in the fourth quarter, looking to tie the game, but a back breaking interception shifted momentum back to the Kohawks to seal the loss. However, BVU Head Coach Grant Mollring saw some positives last week...

STORM LAKE - The Buena Vista women’s soccer team couldn’t overcome the fast start by visiting Augustana College (Ill.) on Sunday afternoon, as the Vikings dealt the Beavers a 5-0 setback on Senior Day inside of J. Leslie Rollins Stadium. Augustana (7-1-1) came out on fire from the opening whistle, finiding the back of the net four times in the first eight minutes of the contest to lead 4-0. ...