State/Local Sports

No. 17 Iowa State (5-2, 5-1) is atop the Big 12 Conference standings entering the final third of the regular season, which begins with a crucial home game Saturday against Kansas State (4-3,...

Iowa (2-2) seeks to extend its winning streak as it hits the road again this week to face Penn State (0-4) in Big Ten football Saturday in State College, Pa. Here’s the viewing guide plus our...

CEDAR FALLS — It’s a fundamental, unwritten rule of football. Coaches preach it from the Pee Wees to the pros. Play to the whistle. Brennan Sweeney did, and got an unexpected reward. A...

CEDAR FALLS — Creed Welch never had a doubt. He was going to play. And he was going to be on the field at the end. No way he was going to miss all of the fun. “I wasn’t going to...

Waukon faces Central Lyon/George-Little Rock in the Class 2A state championship final at the UNI-Dome

AMES — Jim Hallihan, former Iowa State assistant men’s basketball coach, who was a member of Johnny Orr’s staff for 12 years, died Friday at age 75. Hallihan was Orr’s top...

The dates have filled in for the Iowa men’s basketball team’s games against Iowa State and Western Illinois, giving the Hawkeyes a complete 27-game schedule for this season. Iowa will...

This is not the University of Offensive Linemen. It’s not Tight End University. Iowa is neither of those, despite the number of dudes at those positions that were high NFL draft picks. In...

CEDAR FALLS — It was a fitting final touchdown. Ashton Cook and Alec Wick stepped to the line of scrimmage. Eventually, the senior signal caller pointed downfield and launched a throw that...

CEDAR FALLS — Iowa City Regina’s seniors grew up amid the football program’s championship run. The goal was to one day hoist a championship trophy of their own. After four years,...

It’s time to crown state champions as the 2020 Iowa high school football playoffs conclude this week at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls. The championships conclude with three games Friday: Class...

Playcalling ain’t easy. You’re always on the spot, you’re always getting second guessed by fans and sometimes the media. Make that triple and quadruple guessed. When things...

IOWA CITY — Monika Czinano is more than a returning all-Big Ten women’s basketball player. Now, she’s a veteran. A leader. “It’s a different role,” the...

A closer look at Saturday afternoon’s Big Ten Conference football game between Iowa (2-2) and Penn State (0-4) at Beaver Stadium in State College, Pa. (2:30 p.m., BTN). Iowa offense Iowa has...

West Branch is among the top-ranked teams in the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union preseason basketball ratings, released Thursday afternoon. The Bears return three starters — seniors...

Iowa City Regina faces Grundy Center in the Class A state championship final at the UNI-Dome

Youth sports programs, halted last spring because of COVID-19, have again been put on hold under a new proclamation from Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds. But some non-contact sports, including gymnastics,...

A closer look at Saturday’s Big 12 Conference football game between No. 17 Iowa State (5-2, 5-1) and Kansas State (4-3, 4-1) at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames (3 p.m., Fox). Iowa State...

AMES — Iowa State’s Big 12 football schedule is broken up into three three-game pods with a bye week between each trio of games. The Cyclones finished their second pod two weeks ago,...

CEDAR RAPIDS — Sports, for some, are more about the memories and bonds made rather than the awards they receive. The Xavier volleyball seniors are the most decorated class in program history,...