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Cyclones add V-S star Sanders

AMES — The Iowa State women’s wrestling team has signed its fourth freshman recruit this summer, adding Vinton-Shellsburg’s Chloe Sanders. Sanders, the winningest high school girls wrestler in state history, is the second 138-pound addition to the Cyclones’ roster. She will compete ...

Hawkeyes name Day as pitching coach

IOWA CITY — Former Hawkeye pitcher Casey Day has been named pitching coach for the University of Iowa baseball team, head coach Rick Heller announced Wednesday. “We’re excited to have Casey join our coaching staff,” Heller said. “He’s a hard-working, intelligent, and talented ...

ISU makes changes to future football schedule

AMES — The Iowa State athletics department has announced alterations to future football schedules, including dates for an anticipated extension of the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series to 2031 and the addition of a seventh home game to the 2027 schedule. Iowa State’s Sept. 18, 2027 game which was originally scheduled to be played at Bowling Green will now be played in Ames at Jack Trice Stadium after the parties mutually agreed to move the second game of their current two-game series. Bowling Green University will also play in Ames this season on Sept. 19. Additionally, Iowa State’s 2028 ...

Trio repeat on all-Iowa Star softball

The future of the Iowa Star Conference’s South Division of softball is going to look a lot like it did this summer, if the all-conference teams prove pertinent. Eight of the 12 girls selected to the all-ISC South squad were underclassmen, meaning the future of the division is what the local ...

Big Ten: No conference title game possible

CHICAGO — The Big Ten Conference would do away with its championship game if college football adopts a 24-team playoff. Commissioner Tony Petitti says that’s a worthwhile sacrifice to get his preferred postseason format. “When we make this decision as a league – are we going to ...

Iowa’s Pieper picked for B1G honors

CHICAGO — University of Iowa fourth-year offensive lineman Kade Pieper has been named to the Big Ten Conference Preseason Honors List, it was announced Tuesday by the league office. Twelve student-athletes from all 18 conference schools were selected by a media panel. Pieper, a 2026 Walter ...