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Gazette photographers pick their favorite sports photos of January 2019
Feb. 4, 2019 7:00 am, Updated: Feb. 4, 2019 9:52 am
As temperatures cooled (sometimes a bit too much), sports action continued to heat up in January. Here are some of the favorite photos selected by the Gazette photography staff for the past month.
Iowa Hawkeyes guard Kathleen Doyle (22) beats Purdue Boilermakers guard Kayana Traylor (23) to a rebound during the first half of a women's basketball game at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City on Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette)
The ball hits Iowa City West's Ben Vander Leest (24) in the face as he scrambles for the ball against Linn-Mar's John Steffen (23) in the first half of their boys' prep basketball game at West High School in Iowa City on Friday, Jan. 4, 2019. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Iowa Hawkeyes forward Luka Garza (55) takes an elbow and forearm too the nose and eye from Illinois Fighting Illini forward Giorgi Bezhanishvili (15) during the first half of their Big Ten Conference basketball game at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Washington's Isabel Truember (left) knocks the ball away from Prairie's Mallory McDermott (center) during the first quarter as Washington's Sandra Mia (42) puts pressure on McDermott at a Cedar Rapids Prairie high school girls' basketball game with Cedar Rapids Washington in Cedar Rapids on Friday, Jan. 25, 2019. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Iowa head coach Tom Brands (from left) grabs Iowa Hawkeyes' Austin DeSanto as he shouts at Rutgers Scarlet Knights' Nick Suriano after scoring a takedown in the closing seconds of the 133-pound bout of their Big Ten Conference wrestling dual at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City on Friday, Jan. 18, 2019. DeSanto won 6-3. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette)
The Cedar Rapids Kennedy bench and head wrestling coach Dennis Hynek reacts as Cam Jones sends Linn-Mar's Tanner Schultz to the mat in the 220 pound match during a wrestling meet at Linn-Mar High School in Marion on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette)
Cedar Falls' Dylan Moffatt (right) leaves the wall as Linn-Mar's Cooper Callahan (left) approaches it during the 500-freestyle at the Mississippi Valley Conference swim meet at Linn-Mar High School in Marion on Monday, Jan. 21, 2019. Moffatt won the event. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Iowa State Cyclones forward Cameron Lard (2) dunks the ball during the first half of their NCAA basketball game at Hilton Coliseum in Ames on Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette)
Iowa Hawkeyes forward Tyler Cook (25) dunks on Illinois Fighting Illini center Samba Kane (34) during the first half of their Big Ten Conference basketball game at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Kirkwood\s Allante Pickens makes a three point basket during the fourth quarter at a Kirkwood Community College men's basketball game at Johnson Hall on the Kirkwood campus in Cedar Rapids on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Northern Iowa Panthers center Justin Dahl (15) loses control of the ball under pressure from Drake Bulldogs guard Brady Ellingson (22) and Drake Bulldogs forward Tremell Murphy (2) during the second half of a game at McLeod Center in Cedar Falls on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette)
Bettendorf's Lucas Hayes (33) tries to poke the ball away from Cedar Rapids Washington's Chandlir Haug (20) during first quarter of their Wells Fargo Advisors Shootout high school basketball game at the U.S. Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette)
Iowa Hawkeyes forward Megan Gustafson (10) receives commemorative balls for career scoring and career rebounds from Iowa Hawkeyes head coach Lisa Bluder before an Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball game with the Nebraska Cornhuskers at Carver Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019. Gustafson is Iowa's all-time leading scorer, regardless of gender. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Iowa Hawkeyes forward Riley Till celebrates a Hawkeyes trey during the second half of their Big Ten Conference basketball game against the Illinois Fighting Illini at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019. Iowa won 95-71. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)z
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