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Boone Little League All Stars advance
Following an opening round bye, the Boone Little league All Stars opened play Sunday representing the State of Iowa in the 2024 Little League Central Region Intermediate Baseball Tournament. Boone took advantage of an 8 run first inning and a timely RBI triple by Duke Darby late in the game to defeat Ohio 13-9. Darby connected on a pair of RBI triples to lead a balanced Boone offence.
'Just a masterpiece': Cyclones, Hawkeyes players and fans react to release of College Football 25 video game
DES MOINES, Iowa — For the first time in 11 years, a new college football video game has been released publicly. This edition — for the first time ever — includes current student-athletes and their real names on the team rosters. Related video above: Pair of Iowa...
Chargers Sports Seasons Finished for Now
The AC/GC Chargers are on hiatus for now, with both summer ball seasons earlier this month. The baseball team finished 2-23 on the season, with the softball team finishing 13-13. For now, there are no games for the Chargers until the fall seasons begin, but team get togethers, practices, open gyms and weight lifting are taking place. Games for football season begin August 30th, with the session opener in Ogden, with volleyballs season to begin August 22nd with a tournament at Des Moines Christian. Boys and girls cross country starts August 29th at Gowrie Municipal Golf Course.
Iowa State wrestling to be awarded team trophy for fourth-place finish at NCAAs
Iowa State wrestling will be adding hardware to its trophy case after all. After the NCAA initially awarded only first-, second- and third-place trophies at the national tournament, the NCAA later decided to award the Cyclones a trophy for their fourth-place efforts. The NCAA traditionally awarded fourth-place trophies for wrestling,...
Pitching and Defense Lead Algona Baseball Past Boone
The Algona baseball team checked another box in their quest to qualify for the state tournament for the first time since 2014, defeating Boone 2-1 last night at Bulldog Park in the class 3A – substate 2 second round. Algona starting pitcher Tate Slagle bent but didn’t break, which...
WBB: Two game times, including matchup against defending champs, announced
Two game times for Iowa State women’s basketball’s 2024-25 schedule were announced Tuesday. The Cyclones will head to Fort Meyers, Florida for their Multi-team event (MTE) in the Elevance Health Women’s Fort Meyers Tip Off on Thanksgiving week. Iowa State will face the defending national champions in...
Jayettes Stun Storm Lake, Advance to Title Game
Perry Softball extended their season Saturday night thanks to a 4-3 win over Storm Lake. The Jayettes made the long bus ride to take on the Tornadoes and eliminated the 2 seed from the bracket. Both pitchers were elite, especially early in the game. Storm Lake got to Tunink with...
Iowa State football: See Cyclones' ratings in release of EA's 'College Football 25'
EA's "College Football 25" launched Monday for those who pre-ordered the Deluxe Edition, while the standard worldwide launch isn't until July 19. The hype and buildup for this release has been massive as the video game franchise's last installment came in 2013 with "NCAA Football 14," which featured Michigan’s Denard Robinson on the cover.
Bluejay Baseball Finishes with Most Wins Since 2016
Perry Baseball was eliminated last week in the Regional Quarterfinals. Grinnell beat the Bluejays 4-0. Perry finished the year at 11-18. 11 wins is the most for a Perry team since 2016. This is the second straight year the Bluejays finished with double digit wins. In conference play, they finished tied for 4th with a record of 6-8.
Iowa State women to take on reigning national champion South Carolina on FOX
The Iowa State women’s basketball team will have a big stage for one of its biggest games this upcoming season. Iowa State’s Nov. 28 contest against South Carolina, the reigning national champion, will tip off at 11 a.m. and be televised on FOX. ...
Brock’s All-Big 12 Second Team
The Big 12 keeps getting bigger. Not only has the conference added multiple members over the past 24 months but the Big 12 has become a haven for a ton of transfers. After making my first team list, here is my Big 12 preseason second team. 11 personnel offense, nickel...
Iowa Speedway holds Indy Car Fan Friday
NEWTON, Iowa –The Hy-Vee IndyCar Weekend started off with Fan Friday, where fans could get in free. “It’s the opening day IndyCar race weekend 2024, certainly a lot of interest and attention is being put on what we see on track here today,” said Merrill Cain, of Hy-Vee IndyCar Weekend Public Relations. “There’s a new re-pavement and a partial re-pavement of the circuit and it really makes a big difference.”
6-11 transfer Dishon Jackson’s eager to showcase his versatility for Iowa State this season
AMES — Dishon Jackson’s journey to Iowa State ended about two weeks before head coach T.J. Otzelberger’s famously arduous practices were set to begin. A quiet campus met the 6-11, 280-pound transfer from Charlotte in late May — but a modest pre-practice workload did not. “I...
Iowa State Cross Country 2024 Schedule: Exciting Races Ahead!
The Iowa State cross country teams are gearing up for the 2024 season after a successful 2023, where both the men and women placed in the top 20 at the NCAA Championships. Director Jeremy Sudbury and Head Coach Amy Rudolph express excitement for the upcoming season, highlighting the team's depth and aspirations for the national meet.
J.R. Singleton's Iowa State journey 'opposite' of current trends in college football
LAS VEGAS — The path towards defensive lineman J.R. Singleton's seat at Big 12 Media Days on Tuesday was winding and precious. The senior representative for Iowa State's media day showing is coming off his best year with the Cyclones so far, while making his most starts in a single season. But it took time for Singleton to develop into a true contributor on Iowa State's defensive interior.
Vote: Ames Tribune Athletes of the Week for July 8-14
Last week saw the Ames softball team crush Sioux City North in the Class 5A Region 1 semifinals by an 18-4 score on July 13 at Sioux City, and the Ames baseball team drop a 1-0 heartbreaker to Dowling Catholic in the 4A Substate 4 quarterfinals. Both Gilbert teams advanced in postseason play. The Gilbert softball team defeated Webster City by an 11-6 score in the 4A Region 2 semifinals on July 13 at Gilbert and the...
Rece Davis Identifies Biggest Obstacle For Potential Big 12 Contender
On the most recent episode of the "College GameDay Podcast" with Rece Davis and Pete Thamel, the former discussed the Iowa State football team's chances to compete in the Big 12 Conference this season. With a shoutout to former President George W. Bush, Davis shared skepticism regarding the ...
Mile posts: Items on Steve Froeschle, Trisha Nelson, Jack Moran, Pasca Cheruiyot, Festus Lagat, Mallory Lindaman, Blake Whalen
Road running results are heating up, like the weather, this month. Leading the competitive races in the state was the annual Moonlight Chase in Eldridge, where athletes from the Running Wild Elite team battled it out for top honors and lead off this edition of the WEEKEND UPDATE of the best performances by Iowa-based collegiate and postcollegiate distance runners and triathletes.
Iowa State’s T.J. Otzelberger And Curtis Jones On Big-12 Scheduling
Iowa State men’s basketball coach T.J. Otzelberger is glad the Big-12 focused on regional rivalries in next season’s schedule. Of the five teams the Cyclones play twice next season in the league race two of them are Kansas State and Kansas. Otzelberger says they tried to balance the...
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