DIKE — East Marshall senior Jackson Bidwell scored a school-record 44 points as the Mustang boys’ basketball team bounced Dike-New Hartford 83-57 in a North Iowa Cedar League contest right before the holiday break. Bidwell shot 18-for-24 from the field, including 5-of-7 from 3-point ...

IOWA CITY — Ava Heiden scored a career-high 27 points to lead six Hawkeyes in double figures and No. 14 Iowa cruised to a 99-76 victory over Penn State on Sunday in Big Ten Conference play. The 6-foot-4 sophomore made 13 of 19 shots and her only free throw for the Hawkeyes (11-2, 2-0), who ...

OTTUMWA — The Marshalltown boys’ swimming squad closed out the first month of the winter season with a win at the Ottumwa Quad on Monday, Dec. 22, at Beach Ottumwa. The Bobcats won five of 11 events to take the top spot in the team standings with 199 points. Host Ottumwa was second (155) ...

The West Marshall wrestling program honored Skip and Jim Steiert during their intersquad duals earlier this season, recognizing two of the Trojans’ all-time greats. Skip, left, went 84-12 in his three years of wrestling, qualifying for state all three years and placing fourth and second. His ...

AMES — One of the top recruits in the Matt Campbell era of Iowa State football will enter the transfer portal. Alex Manske, a former four-star recruit out of Algona High School, announced he will officially place his name in the transfer portal when it opens in January. Manske is just the ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A lawyer for Heisman Trophy runner-up Diego Pavia and 26 other football players has cited the NCAA’s decision to allow an NBA draft pick to return to college basketball as a reason that a federal judge should let his clients play in 2026 and 2027. Although Pavia plans ...