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Norvell joins Hawkeyes as offensive analyst

IOWA CITY — University of Iowa graduate Jay Norvell, who spent the last eight years as a head coach, has joined the Hawkeye football team as an offensive analyst. The news was first reported by ESPN’s Pete Thamel. Norvell spent 2017-21 with Nevada before joining Colorado State from ...

Bluder a part of Lapchick Character honorees

Mike Brey, James Jones, Lisa Bluder and Ernie Johnson will be this year’s recipients of the Joe Lapchick Character Award. Brey was the winningest coach in Notre Dame history, coaching at the school for 23 years. He won 483 of his 582 total victories at the school, leading the team to 13 ...

SPORTS SHORTS: Busch’s big game powers Mustangs past G-R

LE GRAND — Jackson Busch had career-highs of 18 points, 12 rebounds and four blocked shots to lead the East Marshall boys’ basketball team to an 82-64 victory over Gladbrook-Reinbeck in Tuesday’s North Iowa Cedar League contest. The Mustangs (12-6, 11-6) used a 32-point third quarter to pull away for good, getting five double-digit scorers on their way to their first season sweep of G-R (6-12, 4-12) since the 2017-18 campaign. Jackson Bidwell finished with 16 points, Jaxson Boswell scored 14 points, Dallas Miller had 12 and Blake Neuroth 11 for the Mustangs. Roland-Story girls ...

Little Cyclones too big for MHS

Sixth-ranked Ames entered the Roundhouse without one of its big men in uniform, but that didn’t deter the Little Cyclones from pounding the ball into the paint. Brandon Johnson scored a game-high 20 points and DJ Bijiek added 12 more as Ames claimed the rights to the Iowa Alliance ...

Ames wins defensive slugfest over Bobcat girls

The Marshalltown girls’ basketball team made a 23-point turnaround from the first time it faced Ames, but that still wasn’t enough to get the Bobcats a win on Tuesday night. The Little Cyclones forced Marshalltown into 37 turnovers and left the Roundhouse with their ninth-straight win in ...

Iowa’s Stirtz shares Big Ten weekly hoops honor

IOWA CITY — University of Iowa senior Bennett Stirtz has been named the Big Ten Conference’s Co-Player of the Week, it was announced Monday by the league office. It is his first career Big Ten honor. Stirtz, who also has been named to the Bob Cousy Midseason Top 10, shares the accolade ...