State/Local Sports

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...

WAUKON — Rarely is a season-opening loss a good thing. Waukon football coach Chad Beerman can make a case that his team was propelled by that early one-point setback to rival...

Teams competed for the Prairie Invitational Saturday at Cedar Rapids Prairie High School

A closer look at Saturday’s Big 12 football game between Iowa State (1-1, 1-0) and No. 18 Oklahoma (1-1, 0-1) at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames. Kickoff is 6:30 p.m. (ABC). Iowa State offense Iowa...

MARION — After a quiet first half, Linn-Mar and Iowa City High more than made up for it in the second. The Lions led 14-7 at the break, then exploded for 36 second-half points to outlast the...

MANCHESTER — The game was expected to be competitive on paper. West Delaware and Western Dubuque played on grass, which led to a result few would have predicted. After giving up the opening...

Cedar Rapids Prairie beat Iowa City Liberty 48-14 in North Liberty on Friday, Oct. 2, 2020.

Linn-Mar beat Iowa City High 50-36 in Marion on Friday, Oct. 2, 2020.

IOWA CITY — Cedar Rapids Prairie’s football team keeps playing opponents coming off season pauses. And keeps making their resumptions a less than pleasant experience. The Hawks smashed...

SOLON — The first drive said it all. Eleven plays (all on the ground), 72 yards. Touchdown. “We knew we were the more physical team,” Solon lineman Zach Harp said. “We...

West Delaware hosts Western Dubuque in Manchester for week 6 of prep football on Friday, Oct. 2, 2020.

We’re down to two weeks remaining in the Iowa high school football regular season as the calendar flips to October. And it’s a busy Friday night with Iowa City public schools back on the...

The first Friday night of October brings the penultimate week of the Iowa high school football regular season. It’s a week full of top-10 matchups across the state, although two of those...

AMES — It’s easy to measure growth in physical things. Take humans, for example. As children, we step up to the door jam, stretch out our necks, maybe get on our tippy toes and our...