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SPORTS SHORTS: Comets fall to Dunkerton in Iowa Star Challenge

DUNKERTON — The Dunkerton boys’ basketball team won all four quarters of a 62-37 triumph over BCLUW in Saturday’s Iowa Star Conference Challenge. The host Raiders (13-8) got a game-high 22 points from Colin Snyder, who shot 6-of-8 from 3-point range. Shiloh Schuety added 12 points and ...

’Cats claim Alliance crown

WATERLOO — The Marshalltown boys’ bowling team came away from the Iowa Alliance Conference Tournament without a first-team performer, but that didn’t deter the Bobcats from reaching their goal just the same. Marshalltown claimed its first Alliance bowling title in the fourth year of its ...

ISU cancels remainder of gymnastics season

AMES — The Iowa State University women’s gymnastics program announced Sunday that it is canceling the remainder of its 2026 season, citing safety concerns and a shortage of available student-athletes as the central reasons for the decision. The abrupt end to the season comes with five ...

Coralville selected to host inaugural Iowa girls state wrestling duals tourney

WEST DES MOINES — The Iowa Girls State Dual Team Wrestling Tournament will compete in familiar surroundings when the event debuts in 2027. The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union (IGHSAU) announced that Xtream Arena in Coralville will serve as the host venue for the inaugural Iowa Girls ...

Stirtz repeats as Big Ten’s hoops Player of the Week

IOWA CITY — University of Iowa senior Bennett Stirtz has been named the Big Ten Co-Player of the Week, the announcement was made Monday by the league office. It is Stirtz’s second straight weekly honor. He shares the accolade with Lamar Wilkerson of Indiana. Stirtz earned the distinction ...

ISU’s Jefferson on Malone Award Midseason Top 10

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Iowa State forward Joshua Jefferson has been named to the Karl Malone Award Midseason Top 10. Jefferson is among 10 power forwards in the country named to the list. Former Cyclone Georges Niang was the second winner of the award in 2016. Jefferson has been ...