State/Local Sports

According to a CBSsports.com story Tuesday night, Iowa will play Gonzaga in men’s basketball on Dec. 19 at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, S.D. Gonzaga is ranked No. 1 and Iowa No. 5 in...

West Delaware High School hosted an invitational cross country meet at the Hart Ridge Golf Course in Manchester on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020.

MANCHESTER — Eli Larson prefers the quiet life. “I like it when we’re under the radar,” said Larson, a junior member of the Center Point-Urbana boys’ cross country...

CEDAR RAPIDS — Things are different, yet they also are the same. That’s what Iowa football players said during a nearly two-hour Zoom conference with reporters Tuesday afternoon that is...

AMES — Iowa State has seven wins over top-25 teams since 2017 under head coach Matt Campbell. The Cyclones have won their next game in every instance except one, in 2017 when Iowa State beat...

TIPTON — You can’t blame Joel Rust for smiling all the time. For the most part, things are going his way. The 2012 Grundy Center graduate spent two years at Hawkeye Community College,...

The Iowa men’s basketball team doesn’t know which nonconference teams it will play this season or when it will play them, but expects to face seven of them. So said Hawkeyes Coach Fran...

Week 7 capsules for Cedar Rapids Metro, Iowa City and select Gazette area Iowa high school football games. Cedar Rapids Kennedy at Iowa City West Site and time: 7:15 p.m. Friday, at Trojan...

AMES — Matt Wells is in his second season as the coach of Texas Tech and he’s still trying to build up his program. Here are five things to know about the Red Raiders, who visit Iowa...

CEDAR RAPIDS — Fore isn’t a term associated with cheer on a golf course. Four, on the other hand, was a perfect reason to celebrate for Cedar Rapids Xavier. The Saints earned their...

IOWA CITY — The University of Iowa announced late Monday afternoon that Djimon Colbert and Taajhir McCall have officially opted out of the 2020 football season because of the COVID-19...

AMES — Oklahoma had just marched down the football field and scored a touchdown with 8:17 left in Saturday’s game against Iowa State to take a 30-23 lead. On the ensuing kick off, Kene...

Style points translated to poll points for Cedar Rapids Xavier in this week’s Gazette/KGYM football poll. While Dallas Center-Grimes needed a late field goal to edge a three-loss Adel ADM team...

Most anglers don’t like to leave a spot until the fish have stopped biting, which is seldom a problem since they almost always quit biting before an angler tires of catching them. Either there...

I didn’t know a “fun run” included a sprint at the end. So much for finishing together. There went my first-place overall medal. At least I got first in the men’s division...

CEDAR RAPIDS — If you read between the lines, you get the impression the Cedar Rapids Kernels feel pretty confident about their chances to remain in affiliated professional baseball next...

AMES — Iowa State led Oklahoma, 37-30, with 1:02 left in the fourth quarter and Oklahoma was driving. On first down, Sooners’ quarterback Spencer Rattler heaved one toward the end zone...

AMES — Iowa State has beaten Oklahoma, in football, in Ames. Iowa State is two games ahead of Oklahoma, in football, in the Big 12. These aren’t things that happen any old decade....

MARION — As is tradition, every senior player and cheerleader lined up in the back of the end zone Saturday afternoon. That’s what happens after Marion’s final home game each...

CEDAR FALLS — Similar to other sports at Northern Iowa, the women’s soccer team is doing its best to stay prepared while experiencing the cancellation of its fall season. “You had...