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This Is Iowa: Perfect games, broken records and other memorable moments

This Is Iowa: Perfect games, broken records and other memorable moments
COME ON IN! <FOOTSTEPS.> YOU'VE GOT A TICKET-- <BEEP.> TO A FRONT ROW SEAT-- <50:17 GUYS WE'RE RIGHT NEXT TO HER, SHE'S RIGHT THERE> SO YOU CAN SOAK IN THE MOMENTS. WHEN EVERYTHING'S LINED UP-- <CLUNK.> TO SEE RECORDS FALL. <BOWLING NATS.> <WE WERE ALL YELLING, YOU KNOW, FALL, YOU KNOW, FALL OVER.> <BOWLING NATS.> TO WITNESS THE STEPS NO ONE THOUGHT WERE POSSIBLE. <READY ONE, TWO THREE. PICK UP...PUSH. GOOD JOB JAYA....> AND TO SOAK IN THE MEMORIES-- (Jay Knox / Urbandale) <13:58:53 65 YEARS AGO TONIGHT.> BY RELIVING THE GOOD OLD DAYS <DANCING NATS.> IN THE VERY SAME SPOT SOME SAY THEY DIED. (Connie Valens / Ritchie Valen's Sister) <15:13:42 THE MUSIC DIDN'T DIE HONEY - IT'S LIVING ON 15:13:50> TAKE A DEEP BREATH-- <IT'S NERVE WRACKING.> RISE TO YOUR FEET-- <IT WAS AMAZING!.> AND LACE UP THOSE TENNYS... <0031 BRECKLYN (LITTLE GIRL & FRIEND) 35:14-16 SHE'S WEARING HER EXPENSIVE SHOES> BECAUSE WE'RE TAKING YOU INSIDE THE ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENS. <AUTOGRAPH NAT.> THIS IS IOWA. <CELEBRATION NAT.> <ALL ACROSS OUR STATE, MEMORABLE MOMENTS UNFOLD EVERY DAY. IT'S ONE THING TO HEAR ABOUT THEM LATER. AND ANOTHER TO BE IN THE ROOM WHEN THEY HAPPEN.> <LIKE THE MOMENT THAT, EVEN SEVERAL WEEKS LATER, KEEPS SPINNING AROUND JEFFERSON'S TOWN SQUARE.> THE CRACK OF EXPLODING PINS-- <STRIKE.> LURES IN BOWLING ADDICTS-- <I BOWL FIVE TIMES A WEEK.> WHO LOVE TO SEE THEM FALL - EVEN WHEN ONE-GAME- A-YEAR LUCK - STRIKES -- <STRIKE.> FOR A NEW BOWLER. <THEY GET THREE OR FOUR IN A ROW AND THEN IT'S LIKE, NOW YOU'RE WATCHING BECAUSE YOU WANT TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO NEXT.> CARTER FECHER FOUND A LOT OF GUTTERS WHEN HE STARTED. <I WAS AVERAGING 30 WHEN I WAS NINE.> SO NOW THAT HE BOWLS ON GREENE COUNTY'S HIGH SCHOOL TEAM, HE LOVES IT WHEN THAT PAIR OF VELCROS-- <VELCRO.> SHOWS UP ON LANE SIX WITH HIS OWN BALL. <BAG ZIPPER OPENS.> AND THEN PIERCE ABBOTTS - <DELIVERY (GOES TO WORK) STRIKE.> THE JEFFERSON NINE YEAR OLD CAUGHT THE BOWLING BUG WHEN HE WAS SIX. AND SOMETHING - STRUCK. <STRIKE.> HE COULD EXPERIENCE THE SAME HIGHS AND LOWS AS HIS DAD. <IT'S A LOT OF FUN FROM A LOT OF DIFFERENT ASPECTS, BUT IT'S ALSO JUST AS FRUSTRATING SO... LAUGH.> WHILE HANGING WITH THE BIG BOYS ON VARSITY - <MULTIPLE HIGH FIVES.> AND SOMETIMES BEATING THEM. <HE WAS BEATING ADULTS. YEAH.> YES - PIERCE USES TWO HANDS. <IT HELPS ME BECAUSE I'M NINE.> BUT PLENTY OF PROS DO TOO. <SO YOU CAN INCREASE THE WEIGHT OF YOUR BALL AND THROW IT FASTER.> SMACKING THE PINS IN THE PERFECT SPOT SO THEY ALL FALL. <THE ONE TAKES OUT THE TWO, FOUR AND SEVEN AND THEN THE THREE TAKES OUT THE SIX AND TEN. AND THEN THE BALL TAKES OUT THE SEVEN, EIGHT AND FIVE.> THE GUY IN THOSE SIZE THREE VELCROS DOESN'T MESS AROUND. SO NO ONE FLINCHED WHEN PIERCE ENTERED JEFFERSON'S NEW YEAR'S EVE TOURNAMENT - <I HAD A STRIKE. (AND STARTED THROWING). STRIKE. (AFTER) STRIKE.> <HE THREW GOOD BALL AFTER GOOD BALL AFTER GOOD BALL.> <ONE OF MY FRIENDS STARTED TALKING ABOUT ME.> <PEOPLE KIND OF STARTED TO TAKE NOTICE.> SAYING-- <I'LL GIVE YOU 20 BUCKS IF YOU SHOOT A 300.> <ABOUT AFTER THE FIFTH, SIXTH FRAME, HE COULDN'T MISS.> <I WAS ACTUALLY BOWLING RIGHT HERE.> <I WAS BOWLING ON 9 & 10.> <IT GETS AROUND THE WHOLE ENTIRE BOWLING ALLEY.> <THEY STARTED GATHERING AROUND.> <WE ALL JUST STOPPED AND JUST WATCHED.> <NOBODY WAS TALKING TO ME.> <SO THEN WHEN IT'S EIGHT IN A ROW, THEN IT'S LIKE, ALL RIGHT, I BETTER START WATCHING.> <I WAS LIKE - GEEZ. HE'S STRIKE AND STRIKE AND STRIKE AND STRIKE. IMPRESSIVE.> <HEY, YOU KNOW, PIERCE IS ON TO SOMETHING.> <HE'S NINE. THAT'S CRAZY!> <YEAH BECAUSE HE'S NINE. I MEAN NINE YEARS OLD. AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T SEE NINE YEAR YOU DO IN BOWLING.> NINE STRIKES IN NINE FRAMES. <AND YOU'RE GOING, MY GOD, HERE, YOU KNOW, HERE'S A CHANCE.> WITH PERFECTION A POSSIBILITY, PIERCE'S KNEES WERE-- <(KNEES) SHAKING.> AND HIS DAD WAS - WORRIED. <MY FEAR, HONESTLY, WAS THAT HE WAS GOING TO MISS. AND THEN YOU HAVE THIS BIG LETDOWN.> BUT 42 MINUTES INTO THE NEW YEAR, DAD HIT RECORD. <IT'S JUST QUIET.> <MOMENT NATS.> <THE WHOLE BOWLING ALLEY EXPLODED.> <PEOPLE START CHEERING.> <EVERYBODY IS GIVING ME HIGH FIVES AND TALKING TO ME.> PERFECT 300'S JUST DON'T LIGHT UP THE SCOREBOARD FOR SOMEONE PIERCE'S AGE. <IT IS RARE, YOU KNOW, THE ODDS ARE THE SAME AS GETTING, YOU KNOW, GETTING A HOLE IN ONE.> IN FACT, NO ONE IN AMERICA HAS HAD A PERFECT GAME YOUNGER. EVER. BUT THE TOURNAMENT HE DID IT IN? <MY 300 WASN'T SANCTIONED. (39) SO LIKE IT DIDN'T COUNT.> <KIND OF A BUMMER.> SO THE FOURTH GRADER MOVED ON IN THE TOURNAMENT, PLAYED JACOB FOR THIRD PLACE-- <HE BEAT ME.> AND CELEBRATED HIS PERFECT START TO A NEW YEAR LIKE ANY NINE-YEAR-OLD CHAMPION WOULD. <HE JUST ASKED FOR CHICKEN NUGGETS. JUST WANTED SOME CHICKEN NUGGETS. LAUGH.> ACROSS THE STATE - <CHEERING.> THE CELEBRATION'S EVEN BIGGER IN THE ROOM WHERE THE BUCKETS KEEP FALLING. AND SINCE THERE'S ONLY ROOM FOR THE LUCKIEST STAR-STRUCK FANS-- <50:17 GUYS WE'RE RIGHT NEXT TO HER, SHE'S RIGHT THERE> WE'RE TAKING YOU TO GAME NIGHT AT CARVER. WE'RE ALSO THERE IN THE ROOM FOR THE LITTLE STEPS THAT ARE REALLY HUGE. <THAT'S AWESOME! LOOKING SO GOOD!> BUT FIRST - WE'RE CUTTING A RUG TO PROVE IN THIS ROOM, THE MUSIC DID áNOT DIE. (Jack Dancing) <16:27:29 YAAAAAA 16:27:32> THIS IS A PARTY. THIS IS IOWA. (Scott Carpenter / Facebook) <14:17:09 IT'S BEEN 65 YEARS SINCE THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED WHEN MUSIC GIANTS BUDDY HOLLY, RITCHIE VALENS AND THE BIG BOPPER DIED IN A PLANE CRASH JUST NORTH OF CLEAR LAKE - BUT EVERY YEAR - ON THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED - IT COMES ALIVE ONCE AGAIN 14:17:24> (Cover this bite with Outside crash sight / memorial) (News voice from tribute video) <21:22:32 THREE OF THE NATION'S TOP ROCK AND ROLL SINGING STARS RITCHIE VALENS, JP THE BIG BOPPER RICHARDSON AND BUDDY HOLLY DIED TODAY IN A CRASH WITH THEIR PILOT ON A CHARTERED PLANE 21:22:40> Every day - people park along 315th Street - north of Clear Lake. Where a rural field - brings so many emotions. (Robert Beck / Missouri) <13:38:10 PAY YOUR RESPECTS TO THE LIVES THAT WERE LOST SO YOUNG 13:38:13> <13:45:23 ALRIGHTY BUDDY 13:45:24> Today -- February 3rd -- marks a somber day in music history. (Jay Knox / Urbandale) <13:49:03 IT JUST SEEMED LIKE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TODAY SO WE'RE VENTURING OUT TO THE SITE 13:49:08> Jay Knox from Urbandale is making the quarter mile trek - on ice - to see the memorial. (Jay Knox / Urbandale) <13:52:10 TAKING A LITTLE TREK OUT INTO THE CORNFIELD 13:52:12> In 19-59 Three of the world's most promising Rock and Roll artists - performed at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake - as part of their Winter Dance Party Tour- Their one of a kind sound - was taking the Midwest - and the country by storm. (Jay Knox / Urbandale) <13:49:37 WHAT THOSE THREE GENTLEMAN MAY HAVE GIVEN THE WORLD IF THEY WOULD'VE HAD A LONGER LIFE 13:49:43> After the show, Buddy, JP and Ritchie chartered a plane to their next stop. But shortly after taking off from Mason City in the early morning hours of February 3rd - the plane crashed - right here. The three young stars and the pilot died. (Jay Knox / Urbandale) <13:58:53 65 YEARS AGO TONIGHT -- (LONG PAUSE) THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED 13:59:03> JP was 28. Buddy was 22. Pilot Roger Peterson was 21. and Ritchie Valens was 17. (Connie Valens / Ritchie Valen's Sister) <15:16:08 DO YOU REMEMBER THAT DAY? OH IT WAS DEVASTATING 15:16:13> Ritchie's sister - Connie - remembers the moment her family got the news. (Connie Valens / Ritchie Valen's Sister) <15:16:28 WE NEVER FELT SO ALONE. MY MOM WAS BROKEN AND THAT BROKE US TO SEE HER LIKE THAT 15:16:35> That day - Connie lost more than a big brother. (Connie Valens / Ritchie Valen's Sister) <15:19:52 I WAS EIGHT - HE WAS ALMOST A FATHER FIGURE TO ME SO WHEN I LOST HIM I JUST DIDN'T LOSE A BROTHER - I LOST MY DAD CAUSE HE USED TO TAKE CARE OF US 15:20:04> But the day that was once filled with so much sadness -- . (Connie Valens / Ritchie Valen's Sister) <15:16:38 WE COME HERE AND IT'S ALIVE THE MEMORIES ARE ALIVE 15:16:43> Has become a celebration. (Connie Valens / Ritchie Valen's Sister) <15:13:42 EVERYBODY'S STILL EXCITED ABOUT IT - THAT'S WHY THEY COME - THEY COME TO CELEBRATE. THE MUSIC DIDN'T DIE HONEY - IT'S LIVING ON 15:13:50> (DJ) <16:28:59 ROCK AND ROLL IS ALIVE AND WELL AND WE'RE HERE 12:29:04> If you take a look around Clear Lake, Iowa on the day the music died. You'd never know 65 years has passed. (16:23:20 POODLE SKIRT AND WING TIP SHOE SHOT) People flood the town wearing Poodle skirts, wing tip shoes and classic hats to clap along to the classics, <16:24:03 GUY POUNDING HIS HAND ON THE TABLE 16:24:06> To sing at the top their lungs, <17:01:20 THEM GOOD OLE BOYS WERE DRINKING WHISKEY AND RYE - SIGNING THIS WILL BE THE DAY THAT I DIE 17:01:28> To hear that one song they've been dying to hear, <16:22:43 RAVE ON PLAYS - LADY STARTS DRINKING 16:42:47> And to dance- Like Nolta and Marilyn from Wisconsin. <16:21:33 NOLTA SINGNG 16:21:38> Or Jack from Hampton. (Jack Dancing) <16:27:29 YAAAAAA 16:27:32> But this is just the party before the party- (Patricia Brandt and Richard Steen) <18:58:00 WE LOOK FORWARD TO IT ALL YEAR DON'T WE - YA - I'M A CHEERLEADER TONIGHT - WE THOUGHT WELL ENOUGH POODLE SKIRTS 18:58:08> Every year people pack the same Surf Ballroom where Buddy, Ritchie and JP played their final show. <POSSIBLE NAT OF PEOPLE CHECKING IN> And they come from all over - the world. (Joan Marshall / UK) <2:26:03 THE UK 2:04> Joan Marshall made the trip across the pond for this. (Joan Marshall / UK) <20:26:44 SO I THOUGHT - RIGHT I'M GONNA COME. IT'S ON ME BUCKET LIST I'M COMING 20:26:49> (Hugo and Donna Concha / Florida) <19:43:47WE'RE HERE FROM FLORIDA - SOMETHING BEACH FLORIDA 19:43:49> Hugo and Donna Concha drove 24 hours for more than just the music. (Hugo and Donna Concha / Florida) <19:44:15 THE PEOPLE HERE IN IOWA OH MY GOD THEY ARE SO NICE - YEAH - I THINK THEY'RE UNBEATABLE 19:44:21> And it's not just a room full of people who were actually here in 1959. (Sherri Portz / Cass County) <19:32:10 THEY SAID IT WOULD NEVER LAST - HERE WE ARE (LAUGHS) 19:32:15> It's also teenagers who wish they were. (Kaya Robison / Ames) <19:56:20 I'VE ALWAYS FELT I BELONG IN THAT TIME MORE THAN THIS ONE 19:56:24> Looking to cut a rug. (Kaya Robison / Ames) <19:56:49 I MISSED THE TIME WHEN AT SCHOOL DANCES PEOPLE ACTUALLY DANCED 19:56:52> <21:31:24 CONNIE DANCING AND LAUGHING - 21:31: 26 (ROBBIE - FEEL FREE TO CHOSE YOUR OWN NAT SEVERAL POSSIBLE)> (Connie Valens / Ritchie Valen's Sister) <15:11:19 AS LONG AS WE SPEAK THEIR NAMES AND LISTEN TO THEIR MUSIC WE'LL NEVER FORGET THEM 15:11:24> People come to Clear Lake, Iowa - in February- To pay their respect to legends (Buddy Holly glasses video) To sing and dance with friends old and new-- While reminiscing about the good old days. <DANCING / SIGNING NAT> It's not easy for something to transcend generations. For a sound to unite everybody in the room. For tragedy to turn into celebration-- (Cover this video with pics of Ritchie, buddy and JP - surf in the background) (Overhead Tribute video) <22:22:13 THIS IS RITCHIE VALENS I'LL BE ON THE WINTER DANCE PARTY COMING YOUR WAY VERY SHORTLY. I'LL BE HAVING A BALL SINGING FOR YOU AND I IN ANOTHER ROOM - <READY ONE, TWO THREE. PICK UP....> THE MOVEMENT IS SLOWER. BUT THE MILESTONES ARE MASSIVE. ESPECIALLY IN THE ROOM WHERE EVERYBODY ROSE TO THEIR FEET. <SHE DIDN'T KNOW THAT SHE GOT A STANDING OVATION.> WE'RE HEADED TO THE ROOM WHERE áTHAT HAPPENED, NEXT. THIS IS IOWA. Gyms around Iowa are full of people working to stay in shape. But if you look around - you'll also see powerful moments unfolding in the room. Like here at One with Life in Ankeny - where one teenager is making life- changing ástepsá. <LET'S SEE IF WE CAN DO TEN OF THEM.> Squats in the gym - can make even the strongest legs feel shakey. <GOOD! NICE!> But for Jaya Fever - that trembling is a welcome feeling. <YOU GOT FIVE MORE! > Because one year ago - she couldn't even move. A car crash on December 9th, 2022 - shattered everything. When the high school senior on her way to school on a foggy morning - hit a utility pole. <IT'S JUST THE STORY YOU DIDN'T THINK YOU WERE GOING TO BE LIVING, AND THAT'S THE STORY OF TRAGEDY.> A traumatic brain injury, a coma and the darkest days followed. Once an artist with big dreams - 18-year-old Jaya now suddenly faced the possibility of never being able to use her hands again. <IT'S HARD BECAUSE YOU ARE GRIEVING THE DAUGHTER THAT WAS AND THE HOPES AND DREAMS YOU HAD. WE THOUGHT SHE WOULD BE AT COLLEGE.> <THAT'S ONE OF THE HARDEST PARTS IS LEARNING TO LET GO OF WHAT YOU WERE HOLDING ON TO, AND YOU DON'T REALIZE WHAT YOU WERE HOLDING ON TO UNTIL YOU HAVE TO LET GO OF IT.> But with letting go - came new beginnings. Pivotal moments that rewrote Jaya's story. Like when she "stood" for the first time - 3 weeks after the accident. <READY ONE, TWO THREE. PICK UP...PUSH. GOOD JOB JAYA....> Still in a coma state - Jaya's parents describe áthisá moment as their first sign of hope. <THAT A GIRL LIFT YOUR HEAD. YOU LOOK SO GOOD. HOLD AND PUSH. PUSH. YOU'RE STANDING. YOU LOOK SO GOOD. ALL THE WAY. UP TALL. UP TALL. CAN YOU TRY TO PULL UP TALL. BRING YOUR EYES UP TO ME. JAYA LOOK AT ME OVER HERE. JAYA. JAYA THAT'S AWESOME. LOOKING SO GOOD!> And hope kept growing from there. Jaya spent months at Shirley Ryan in Chicago - learning to touch, move and walk again. <AT FIRST I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON SO I FELT LIKE I WAS IN A DREAM. I DIDN'T KNOW WHY I COULDN'T DO ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT I SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO.> It took months for Jaya's brain to comprehend the trauma it endured. She says she often felt like a prisoner in her own body. <EVERYONE MY AGE AND EVEN YOUNGER THAN ME WILL BE IN COLLEGE OR GRADUATED AND I DON'T WANT TO BE, I KIND OF FEEL LIKE I AM BEING LEFT BEHIND EVEN THOUGH I AM NOT.> Determined not to be left behind - Jaya set a goal to walk at her high school graduation in Adair. And with hundreds watching and a cane in hand - she took those monumental steps about 6 months after the crash. <NATS OF THE ROOM STANDING AND APPLAUDING HER> <BECAUSE SHE WAS FOCUSING SO HARD ON EVERY STEP SHE WAS TAKING, TRYING NOT TO TRIP, GETTING UP THE STAGE - SHE DIDN'T KNOW THAT SHE GOT A STANDING OVATION. SHE SAW EVERYBODY SIT DOWN ONCE SHE CAME DOWN THE STAGE AND SHE SAID WHY DID EVERYBODY SIT DOWN FOR ME? AND I'M LIKE JAYA EVERYBODY STOOD FOR YOU! YOU GOT A STANDING OVATION! IT WAS AMAZING!.> Inch by inch, day by day ... Jaya continues to get stronger - with the help of her therapists at On with Life in Ankeny. <WHEN SHE CAME IN, THE WALK TEST WE DID, SHE COULD ONLY DO LIKE 600 FEET, AND WE JUST REDID THAT A FEW WEEKS AGO AND SHE COULD DO 15- HUNDRED FEET IN THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME. SO SHE HAS DOUBLED THE DISTANCE. NOT ON THE CANE ANYMORE!> Jaya still has double vision from the brain injury - which hinders her balance. Despite this - she keeps going. <REALLY SINK INTO THOSE HEALS. GOOD. (JAYA) IT'S LIKE I HAVE TO GET USED TO IT BECAUSE I WAS LIKE OK I HAVE TO LIKE BE ON MY TOES. (MIRANDA) YEAH YOU HAVE TO SWITCH YOUR MECHANICS UP!> Three days a week - she is in the gym. <SHE HAS WORKED SO INCREDIBLY HARD. EVERYDAY. AND EVERYDAY IS HARD. LIKE EVERY STEP SHE TAKES IT HARD. SHE HAS TO THINK ABOUT WHERE SHE PLACES HER FOOT. I MEAN EVERY SINGLE STEP SHE TAKES IT HARD.> <NOBODY CAME MAKE YOUR PROGRESS, YOUR STEPS FOR YOU, YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO BE WILLING AND BE MOTIVATED ENOUGH TO DO IT YOURSELF.> Jaya now hopes to be a therapist one day - working with patients with traumatic brain injuries. Showing them - she is walking proof - that small steps make the biggest difference. <I THINK THAT THAT WOULD HOPEFULLY WE KIND OF INSPIRING TO THEM.> YOU'LL FIND PLENTY OF INSPIRATION AND NO EMPTY SEATS IN THE ROOM WHERE THIS WINTER'S MAGIC HAPPENS. <A FEW NATS.> BUT THE GAME'S ONLY A SLIVER OF THE STORY WHEN 22'S IN THE ROOM. <0028 BRECKLYN (LITTLE GIRL & FRIEND) 32:30-36 SHOULD WE WAVE TO HER? YEAH WE CAN WAVE TO HER > ELEMENTARY AGED STRATEGIES AND INTRICATE ITINERARIES TO BE IN THE ROOM WHERE 10 SECOND MOMENTS AND AUTOGRAPHS ARE EVERYTHING. THIS IS IOWA. ((Only if needed for <RECORD BREAKING HIGHLIGHT.> RECORD BREAKING NIGHTS IN IOWA CITY HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLE TO WATCH ON TV. BUT SHANNON EHRHARDT HAS BEEN THERE WITH THE IOWANS WHO WANT TO BE IN THE ROOM STAND UP The silence is deafening right now inside Carver Hawkeye arena... but just outside fans are buzzing ... to see one of the greatest college basketball players of all time. ((TAKE PKG)) NATS 0008: Footsteps WHETHER IT'S A MILE. 9995: crossing guard and old dude 54:54 what one week 2 weeks ago you wouldn't of wanted to do this in the snow! 0007: Cars low angle OR HUNDREDS. 59:50 Michigan, so like 7 hours 0010: Laughter in packed line PEOPLE WILL LEAVE BEHIND THEIR BELONGINGS. 0009: Usher Outside 11:54 "REMEMBER bags are 4.5 by 6 or 12x12 clear bag at all times. So the bag that the young lady has over there is too big (shaky video toward the end) PRAY THEIR TICKET SCANS. nats of tickets scanning SO THAT THEY CAN JOIN AN EXCLUSIVE CLUB... nats OF EYE- WITNESSING CAITLIN CLARK. 0054 (NAT) Little girls screaming into camera Let's go CC 2 HOURS BEFORE TIP-OFF ... THE ARENA SWELLS WITH FANS. BUT IT WASN'T ALWAYS THIS WAY. 0044 Judy Schwartz 45:00 No we used to have the curtains down many years ago NOW? 0064 Seth right next to her, she's right there WHEN SHE DROPS THREE... 0046 Teenage girls 50:49 "Caitlin!" (waving) AFTER THREE... 0046 teenage girls 50:52 yes caitlin! From the logo, from the logo AFTER... 0048 teenage girls 51:47 "threeee" (through the iphone) AND THERE'S NO NEED TO ZOOM IN. 0064 Seth Bailey 13:52 we got here early enough to watch her shoot and of course she's the only one out there. 0065 Savannah Bailey (little girl) 16:20 she was taller than in the video ANOTHER LINE? 0044: JUDY SCHWARTZ 46:10 I just wanna go out and play basketball the rest of my life, you feel like your invincible and the thing every basket she makes you feel it with pride and excitement SO MUCH SO... FANS FEEL LIKE THEY KNOW HER 0048 52:04 nooo caitlin come back (going into locker room) WHEN SHE DOES.... Might take out? 0044: Judy 46:10 Very proud to be from iowa, that's it (emotion?) JAWS DROP... 0086 woman in yellow looking amazed 02:30 PAáá caitlin clark became the Big 10 all timeááá WOMAN: Wooooo! AND EYES WIDEN. 0113 34:06 little girl with sign sitting with eyes wide. BECAUSE IT'S SHOW TIME. Show pregame hype video ((Kind of want it to be like highlight-ish)) I'm keeping the bites longer if we want that, but feel like we should probably shorten them. I also want to sprinkle in other cutaways in between all of this dialogue. <<<<< 0124 STUDENT 50:15 COME ON, COME ON, (GO CAITLIN) YEAHHHH!! AND ONE! LGGG 0097 OLD HANNAH FAN 14:20 WATCHING CC GET THE INBOUND 0113 SIGN GIRLS 34:28 GO CAITLIN... GO CAITLIN...ANTICIPATES... SHE MAKES IT.... YEAHHHH!!! 0142 ROBERT PRITCHARD 20:17 COME ON CAITLIN LETS GO! YES WOOO!! CLOSE UP 0102 BLACK HAIR 23:50 SHE'S NOT HAPPY, SHE'S GOING TO SCORE! 0098 OLD HANNAH FAN 15:42 WOOOO STAND UP CHEERING 0116 SIGN GIRLS 37:06 GO CAITLIN, GO ALL THE WAY, OH! 0174 CC IN HUDDLE COOL BETWEEN PEOPLE SHOT 0104 BLACK HAIR 26:11 CC 0217 nats Hawkeye flag waving at end of game, fight song THEN FANS WAIT... 0220 Team coming off court, high fiving fans?? VERY... 0227 29:55-30:08 Smushed kids screaming Caitlin 0210: police 22:17 don't push on the gate okay? Just be careful VERY... 0227 30:22-30:30 Smushed kids upwards angle PATIENTLY. 0227 30:37 CC saying there ya go 30:40...down Smushed kids upwards angle PATIENTLY. 0227 30:37 CC saying there ya go 30:40...down the line signing, up close "can I get your shoes" "oh my God oh my God" THE CAITLIN CLARK EFFECT. SHANNON EHRHARDT vlog IOWA'S SPORTS LEADER. BECAUSE, SURE, IT'S EXCITING TO HEAR ABOUT A GREAT MOMENT - OR SEE ONE ON YOUR SCREEN. BUT IT'S SPECIAL TO BE IN THE ROOM WHEN THE PINS FALL, THE MUSIC LIVES, THE PATIE
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This Is Iowa: Perfect games, broken records and other memorable moments
On this episode of This Is Iowa, we look at four recent memorable moments from across the state.In Jefferson, a 9-year-old bowling prodigy has fallen in love with the game and has already rolled a perfect 300. Click here to see more of Pierce Abbotts' story.In Clear Lake, three of the world's most promising Rock and Roll artists and their pilots died in a tragic plane crash just hours after performing at the Surf Ballroom 65 years ago. Click here to see more about The Day The Music Died.In Adair, a young woman takes monumental steps across her high school graduation stage after learning how to walk again. Just six months prior, Jaya Fever was in a tragic car accident that left her with a traumatic brain injury. Click here to see her story.In Iowa City and on the road, Iowa basketball superstar Caitlin Clark draws a crowd. We take you behind the scenes at Carver-Hawkeye Arena to see the "Caitlin Clark Effect" — in full effect.MORE THIS IS IOWA: Visit the This Is Iowa page on vlog's website and follow the series on FacebookMore from the Feb. 22, 2024, This Is Iowa episode:This Is Iowa: Jefferson boy among youngest to ever bowl a perfect 300This Is Iowa: Remembering The Day the Music Died, 65 years later, still dancing the night awayThis Is Iowa: Adair teen walks across graduation stage months after devastating crashThis Is Iowa: Home and away crowds clamor for a glimpse of Caitlin Clark

On this episode of This Is Iowa, we look at four recent memorable moments from across the state.

In Jefferson, a 9-year-old bowling prodigy has fallen in love with the game and has already rolled a perfect 300. Click here to see more of Pierce Abbotts' story.

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In Clear Lake, three of the world's most promising Rock and Roll artists and their pilots died in a tragic plane crash just hours after performing at the Surf Ballroom 65 years ago. Click here to see more about The Day The Music Died.

In Adair, a young woman takes monumental steps across her high school graduation stage after learning how to walk again. Just six months prior, Jaya Fever was in a tragic car accident that left her with a traumatic brain injury. Click here to see her story.

In Iowa City and on the road, Iowa basketball superstar Caitlin Clark draws a crowd. We take you behind the scenes at Carver-Hawkeye Arena to see the "Caitlin Clark Effect" — in full effect.

MORE THIS IS IOWA: Visit the This Is Iowa page on vlog's website and follow the series on

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