URBANDALE — The window was open, but Urbandale slammed it shut before the Bobcats could wiggle through. The Marshalltown volleyball team fought to the bitter end of Tuesday’s Class 5A Region 1 match at Urbandale, but the host J-Hawks had just enough to hold off a Bobcat comeback in a ...
ATLANTA — Angel Reese had 21 points and 12 rebounds to help the Atlanta Dream beat the Golden State Valkyries 97-71 on Wednesday night and take a 2-1 lead in the WNBA Finals. Rhyne Howard added 16 points and Naz Hillmon had 15 for the Dream, who host Game 4 on Saturday. It was the second straight strong game for Reese, who had 30 points and 16 rebounds in Game 2, which the Dream also won for their first victory ever in the finals. With the game tied at 49 in the third quarter, Atlanta scored eight straight, including four by Reese. Golden State got within 59-55 on Tiffany Hayes' ...
Two of the state’s top-three finishers from Class 4A went toe-to-toe again, until the finish line came into view anyway. Marshalltown senior Preston Johnson pulled ahead of Iowa City Liberty’s Keegan Decker down the homestretch at Marshalltown Community College to claim Wednesday’s 4A ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — There are two big questions surrounding the Oklahoma State women’s basketball team this season. Are there enough shots to go around? And can the No. 22 Cowgirls finally win a Big 12 Conference championship? After loading up with arguably the nation’s top transfer ...
Dawn Staley has South Carolina in a familiar place, sitting at No. 1 in The Associated Press preseason Top 25 women’s basketball poll. The Gamecocks received 23 first-place votes from a 31-member national media panel Tuesday. UConn, Southern California, Duke and Michigan round out the top ...
Ohio State coach Ryan Day said Tuesday night that quarterback Julian Sayin will be out indefinitely after injuring his throwing arm in the fourth quarter Saturday against Indiana. Day did not want to set a timeline for the junior’s return, but he left open the possibility that it could be for the rest of the season. “We are putting together a plan for him not being available for the regular season and then also him not being available for the postseason,” Day said. “So based on that, if he’s not able to return this fall, we’re putting a plan together for that as ...
