State/Local Sports

A look at area teams and golfers to watch this fall.     Individuals Connor Neighbors, C.R. Washington, jr. — First-team all-state and all-Metro pick, MVC Valley Division co-Athlete of the...

IOWA CITY — University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital on Wednesday announced its 2017 Kid Captains lineup. Thirteen current and former patients at the hospital have been...

Tuesday was sure newsy. President Trump tossed verbal “fire and fury” North Korea’s way. Glen Campbell died. And it took me back … I was a preschooler during the Cuban...

WEST LIBERTY — In 2016, Chris Simpson swept the pair of Open Late Model races at Farley Speedway and West Liberty Raceway, capped by a Tornado Tuesday victory. His attempt at a repeat of the...

The Big Ten led the country in men’s basketball attendance for the 42nd consecutive season, averaging 12,235 fans per game in 2016-17, according to an NCAA report released Tuesday. Eight Big...

Before tonight’s Corn Belt Clash Open Late Models race at West Liberty Raceway, take a tour around pit road with Inside Track Live. It’s $10,000 to win in the second of this two-night...

IOWA CITY — Reese Morgan has coached football since 1973. He’s taught three Outland Trophy winners and a host of former Hawkeyes who’ve made their mark in the NFL. When the cameras...

HEIDELBERG, Germany — Four Hawkeyes scored in double figures to help the Iowa men’s basketball team run past the German All-Stars, 99-65, on Tuesday. The game was scheduled mainly for...

IOWA CITY — The Iowa Hawkeyes didn’t make the NCAA women’s basketball tournament last year. But next season, they’ll face 11 teams that did, including seven in the...

His college baseball career was star-crossed, but C.J. Eldred of Mount Vernon has a chance to write a happier story in pro ball. Eldred, a redshirt junior for the University of Iowa’s baseball...

AMES — Chase Allen always has been interested in the mechanics of things. As a kid, Iowa State’s redshirt freshman tight end was methodical and captivated by taking things apart and...

The boys’ state swimming meet is returning to Iowa City after a 13-year run in Marshalltown, the IHSAA announced Tuesday. The IHSAA Board of Control approved a three-year contract for the...

All four boys’ basketball state championship games will now be played on the Friday of state tournament week, the IHSAA announced Tuesday. The IHSAA Board of Control approved a revised state...

CLARENCE — North Cedar’s past football struggles could take a turn this fall. The Knights have had a rough couple of years, suffering through a 1-8 campaign last fall after winning just...

FARLEY — Spencer Diercks just turned 21 years old, but celebrating a race win will have to wait. He’s got to work Tuesday. But you better believe, the first chance he can, the Davenport...

Before tonight’s Corn Belt Clash Open Late Models race at Farley Speedway, take a tour around pit road with Inside Track Live. It’s $10,000 to win in the first of this two-night swing,...

CEDAR RAPIDS — His first practice as head football coach at Cedar Rapids Washington began with conditioning tests. It ended with players doing sprints sideline to sideline. Then more sprints...

IOWA CITY — Brandon Snyder’s 2017 football season ended before it started. The Iowa junior safety suffered a torn ACL in spring practice. Never say never with the NCAA, but it’s...

CEDAR FALLS — Each of Northern Iowa’s nine assistant coaches took to the podium at last week’s media day to introduce themselves and speak to what they’ve seen so far from...

NORTH LIBERTY — There’s a buzz in the gymnasium, and not just the kind you get from a few coats of fresh paint. Everything is fresh here. Brand new. A blank slate. And that’s why...