HOUSTON — Illinois is heading to the Final Four for the first time in 21 years, and Andrej Stojakovic made clear the Fighting Illini have much bigger goals. “I don’t want anybody to think this is it,” he said. “We didn’t get to the Final Four just to get there. We’re coming to ...
GRIMES — The balance between fun exhibition and high-stakes prize fight tipped quickly toward the latter. You can’t assemble a bunch of basketball players this good and not expect them to compete. Marshalltown’s Kyle Smith and East Marshall’s Jackson Bidwell were teamed together as ...
CHICAGO — Getting to the Elite Eight is becoming an annual event for Tennessee. This time, the Volunteers hope to go another round or two. Nate Ament scored 18 points, Ja'Kobi Gillespie finished with 16 and Tennessee beat Iowa State 76-62 on Friday night to advance to the regional finals ...
HOUSTON — Two years ago, Iowa coach Ben McCollum was at Division II Northwest Missouri State and right there with him was current Hawkeyes star Bennett Stirtz. It’s been a whirlwind journey for the pair since then. And on Saturday night, they’ll have a chance to carry Iowa to its first ...
The Marshalltown boys’ track and field team enters the spring season will plenty of questions, but more bodies to help answer them. The Bobcats begin the new year with roughly 70 athletes on their roster for what head coach Bob Gilbertson expects to be a “fun” season. “Our numbers are ...
IOWA CITY — University of Iowa women’s wrestling standouts Kennedy Blades and Kylie Welker have been named two of five finalists for the USA Wrestling Anthony Maroulis Trophy. The honor is awarded annually to the nation’s top women’s collegiate wrestler. Blades, a senior at 160 ...