AMES — Iowa State offensive lineman Trevor Downing has been named to the preseason watch list for the 2022 Outland Trophy, presented by the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) annually to the nation’s top interior lineman on either offense or defense.

Downing is a preseason all-Big 12 Conference selection after earning all-Big 12 first-team honors for his performance on the field last season.

The Creston native has made 26 career starts on the Cyclone offensive line and in 2021 was an anchor in helping the Cyclones record their fourth-best scoring average (31.3) and fifth-best total offensive average (424.5) in school history.

Downing is making the move to center after playing mostly at right guard last season. He made his first career start at center in the Cheez-It Bowl against Clemson.

Five of seven Hawkeye home games sold out

IOWA CITY — The University of Iowa’s Homecoming football game against Northwestern, scheduled for Oct. 29 at 2 or 2:30 p.m. at Kinnick Stadium, is officially sold out, the UI Athletics Department announced Monday.

Iowa’s final two home games are approaching sellout status. The regular-season finale against Nebraska has a little more than 600 tickets remaining, while the season opener against South Dakota State has around 1,500 tickets left.

Five of Iowa’s seven games have already reached sellout status. The sellouts include games against Iowa State (Sept. 10), Nevada (Sept. 17), Michigan (Oct. 1), Northwestern (Oct. 29) and Wisconsin (Nov. 12).

MHS hosting free youth soccer camp at MASC complex

Marshalltown High School soccer is hosting its free 2022 Youth Soccer Camp on Aug. 1-4 at the Marshalltown Area Soccer Club.

The youth camp is free to all boys and girls going into grades 2-8, and will run from 5:30-7:30 p.m. each night. The camp will focus on soccer basics in a fun and engaging environment and will be for players of all experience levels. Focus will be placed on improving foot skills and technical play through training drills and games while providing players with a better understanding and insight of the culture within the Bobcat soccer program.

Those interested are asked to register online at https://bit.ly/3OG7RzH