LAS VEGAS — Iowa State, the 2025 Players Era People’s Champ, is headed back to Las Vegas for the 2026 Players Era. The Cyclone men’s basketball team went 3-0 at last year’s event, being one of three teams to go undefeated. Due to tiebreakers in last year’s format, Iowa State did not ...

ANKENY — The risk might not have been worth the potential reward. The Marshalltown girls’ soccer team’s defensive strategy didn’t stand up to the skill and adaptability of Class 3A No. 6 Ankeny, and the host Hawkettes handled the Bobcats an 11-1, mercy-rule elimination in Tuesday’s ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Two-time WNBA All-Star Caitlin Clark and Indiana Fever coach Stephanie White told reporters Monday they had moved beyond what appeared to be a sideline spat. Apparently, they weren’t just speaking publicly about the incident. On Tuesday, Fever guard Sophie Cunningham ...

SIOUX CITY — Vanderbilt and Iowa, both ranked in the top 10 late last season, will meet in a women’s basketball game early next season in northwest Iowa, the schools announced Tuesday. The neutral-site game is set for Nov. 15 at the Tyson Events Center, which is 290 miles from ...

The Ames baseball team got its first wins of the season in a big way, beating Marshalltown 10-0 in five innings and 17-0 in four innings on Monday night at the MHS diamond. The Little Cyclones (2-7, 2-2) pounded out 12 hits in the first game and 11 more in the second, securing the Iowa ...

Marshalltown eighth-grader Bristol Ealy, left, throws on the run as Ames baserunner Hailey Craig (3) scampers to third base during the second game of Monday’s softball doubleheader at the MHS diamond. Ames ran its win streak against the Marshalltown softball team to 13 games with Monday’s ...