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Cyclone warning in State College

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — No. 18 Penn State is starting fresh with new coach Matt Campbell, who’s spent the last few months reassembling a program that crumbled last season. After entering 2025 as College Football Playoff hopefuls, the Nittany Lions went flat to start Big Ten play. Longtime ...

Iowa’s Diaz up for Hispanic Player of the Year

IOWA CITY — University of Iowa football third-year wide receiver Tony Diaz was named to the 2026 Hispanic College Football Player of the Year Award Watch List on Thursday, given annually to the most outstanding college football player of Hispanic ancestry. Diaz (5-foot-10, 184 pounds) ...

Drake men to play in Snake River Invitational

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho — The Drake men’s basketball team will play in the inaugural Snake River Invitational from the Mountain America Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho, Nov. 27-29. Also participating in the four-team event will be Boise State, North Dakota State and North Texas. Drake will play three games over three days against the other programs and open up the Snake River Invitational on Friday, Nov. 27, against Boise State. The Bulldogs will follow with a matchup against North Dakota State on Saturday, Nov. 28, and close out the event against North Texas on Sunday, Nov. 29. Game times ...

SPORTS SHORTS: MCC soccer nets season’s first win

The Marshalltown Community College men’s soccer team scored its first win of the season by beating Iowa Central on Tuesday at the MCC campus, 3-0. The Tigers (1-2) scored all three of their goals in the first half, including two for Matoi Yanagisawa. Ran Inosaka added a third tally before halftime as MCC netted its first goals of the season. MCC goalkeeper Torai Matsumoto stopped all three shots he faced, while Iowa Central’s Lautaro Real made two saves on five shots on goal. The loss was the first for the visiting Tritons (1-1). The Tigers take to the road on Saturday, visiting ...

’Cats can succeed at the net

The Marshalltown volleyball team has seven players with varsity experience back from last year’s team, but the Bobcats are still in the developmental stages. Third-year head coach Jennifer O’Neal has six upperclassmen and another starter back from last year’s roster, which produced a ...

Johnson’s quest comes to a head

Preston Johnson posted the third-fastest time in the history of the Iowa High School State Cross Country Championships, but it only earned him second place. Now a senior, this is Johnson’s last chance to get the win he’s worked so hard for. The Marshalltown boys’ cross country team ...