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Chun to coach US Women’s Freestyle at U20 Worlds

IOWA CITY – University of Iowa women’s wrestling head coach Clarissa Chun has been named a USA Wrestling women’s freestyle coach for the 2026 U20 World Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia, from Aug. 16-23, the organization announced. The women’s freestyle competition is set for Aug. ...

Haliburton's Pacers to play exhibition at Hilton

INDIANAPOLIS — Former Iowa State star and two-time NBA All-Star Tyrese Haliburton will bring his Indiana Pacers squad to Hilton Coliseum for an exhibition game this fall, facing the Minnesota Timberwolves on Oct. 7 at 6 p.m. This will be the fourth NBA Exhibition game played at Hilton ...

DeSotel named all-state again

West Marshall’s place among the best in Class 2A baseball has been solidified by Beckham DeSotel. For the third year in a row, coaches across the state have taken notice. DeSotel was named to the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association’s all-state teams for the third-straight ...

Bobcats outlast Tigers in girls tennis opener

ELDORA — The season-opening meet for the Marshalltown girls’ tennis team got canceled, another dual got moved, and a new opener was added. The new-look Bobcats rolled with all the changes and won anyway. Marshalltown kicked off the second season of fall tennis in Iowa with a 6-3 victory ...

Prep football player practices with venomous snake in helmet

MAUMELLE, Ark. — A high school football player in Arkansas had every right to be rattled after finding a venomous snake inside his helmet during practice. The Maumelle High student felt unusual movement inside his headgear following warmups last week and brought his helmet to an assistant coach for inspection. A slithering 2-foot cottonmouth was discovered behind some padding. The pit viper was so reluctant to exit the helmet that police officers had to pour water into it to force the snake out and into a bag. Animal services technicians arrived a few minutes later, identified the ...

Fever coach says divisiveness ‘will not win’

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Fever coach Stephanie White has had enough of the conversations around the WNBA this season that aren’t about basketball. On Tuesday, she finally lashed out. The 2023 WNBA Coach of the Year and one of the original Fever players angrily defended herself after she ...