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ISU a part of Players Era tournaments

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LAS VEGAS — The Players Era will expand from 18 to 24 teams this year and split into two tournaments, with the two most recent national champions headlining a pair of loaded fields. Michigan, which won the national title in April, will be in the Players Era Sixteen on Thanksgiving week in ...

SPORTS SHORTS: Polar Bears push past Bobcat girls, 2-1

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DES MOINES — The Marshalltown girls’ soccer team surrendered two first-half tallies in a 2-1 loss at Des Moines North’s Grubb Stadium on Tuesday night. Vick Lumanya scored both goals for North (4-4-1), beating the back line of the Bobcat defense and dribbling in uncontested against MHS ...

Liberty favored, Aces chase in WNBA title odds

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LAS VEGAS — The Las Vegas Aces have ruled the WNBA in recent years, winning three of the past four championships, and they are expected to compete for the title yet again. Las Vegas, however, has plenty of company in the race to the top, according to oddsmakers, as the season begins ...

BOBCAT ROUND-UP: ’Cats clinch Alliance dual title

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The Marshalltown girls’ golf team secured the Iowa Alliance Conference North Division’s regular-season title on Tuesday, edging Ames by one stroke in a nine-hole dual meet at the American Legion Memorial Golf Course. The Bobcats improved to 3-0 in the Alliance North thanks to a 179-180 ...

Iowa State men add ex-Hawkeye Ayala to staff

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AMES — It may seem somewhat unconventional on paper, but Drake Ayala’s decision to join the Iowa State University men’s wrestling staff was steeped much more in logic than emotion. Ayala was officially added to new Cyclone head coach Brent Metcalf’s staff on Wednesday. The ...

Heiden and Carnegie picked for USA 3-on-3

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IOWA CITY — University of Iowa sophomores Ava Heiden and transfer Dani Carnegie have been invited to the USA Basketball 3x3 Development Camp and Showcase in Phoenix, it was announced Tuesday by USA Basketball. Heiden and Carnegie will make their USA Basketball debuts. The USA Basketball 3x3 ...