CORALVILLE — Yu Sakamoto beat Riley Rayome of North Central (Ill.) 4-3 to win the 117-pound crown and clinch the team title for McKendree on Saturday night at the inaugural NCAA women’s wrestling championships. After a wild scramble in the final seconds, a challenge by North Central and a ...

AMES — Joshua Jefferson, Tamin Lipsey and Milan Momcilovic had 16 points apiece, and No. 6 Iowa State scored 24 straight points to break open an 86-65 victory over Arizona State on Saturday. The Sun Devils led 45-41 when the game turned early in the second half. Momcilovic and Jefferson hit ...

INDIANAPOLIS — The Iowa women’s basketball team built a big early lead and held off a late surge from Illinois to secure a 64-58 win Friday night in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Second-seeded Iowa advanced to the tournament ...

Two of the area’s top boys basketball players are teaming up to play in the Iowa Basketball Coaches Association’s 2026 Pizza Ranch All-Star Games. Marshalltown senior Kyle Smith and East Marshall senior Jackson Bidwell both have been selected as members of the Northeast Iowa boys all-star ...

ST. LOUIS — Leon Bond III had 19 points in Northern Iowa's 74-52 upset victory over Illinois State on Friday night in the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament. No. 6 seed Northern Iowa advances to play No. 2 seed Bradley in a Saturday semifinal. No. 5 seed UIC and No. ...

ST. LOUIS — The ninth-seeded Drake men’s basketball team delivered one of the biggest surprises of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Friday, routing top-seeded Belmont 100-79 in the quarterfinals at the Enterprise Center. Drake (14-19) became the first No. 9 seed ever to reach the ...