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Iowa’s Wetjen defends Jet Award

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OMAHA, Neb. — Iowa’s Kaden Wetjen was named winner of the Jet Award as the top return specialist in college football for the second straight year, the Jet Award Foundation announced Monday. Wetjen, the first repeat winner in the 15-year history of the award, led the nation in total punt ...

Iowa ruins the Bruins

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IOWA CITY — Bennett Stirtz scored 27 points and No. 25 Iowa held off a second-half comeback attempt by UCLA for a 74-61 win on Saturday. The Hawkeyes (12-2, 2-1 Big Ten) led by as many as 24 points in the first half and 20 points early in the second half before the Bruins (10-4, 2-1) ...

Baylor hands ISU women their 1st loss

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AMES — Taliah Scott hit the winning shot with 2.9 seconds left and scored all 21 of her points in the second half, leading No. 22 Baylor past No. 10 and previously unbeaten Iowa State 72-70 on Sunday. Baylor (13-3, 2-1 Big 12) let the clock run down after Iowa State (14-1, 2-1) had tied it ...

Ranked foes turn back Bobcat boys

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WEST DES MOINES — The Marshalltown boys’ wrestling team took on a trio of ranked teams to open the new year and fell short against each of them, going 1-3 at West Des Moines Valley’s Dion Cobb Duals on Saturday. The Bobcats fell to Class 3A No. 3 Dallas Center-Grimes (59-18), No. 7 Iowa ...

BIG FOUR HOOPS: Panthers pound Southern Illinois

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CEDAR FALLS — The Northern Iowa women’s basketball team dominated from start to finish in a 91-64 victory over Southern Illinois in Sunday’s Missouri Valley Conference clash inside the McLeod Center. The Panthers got 33 points from its bench and broke free from the Salukis (3-10, 0-4) ...