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3 Hawkeyes named TSN Preseason All-Americans

IOWA CITY — Three University of Iowa football players have been named to The Sporting News 2026 Preseason All-America teams. Fourth-year center Kade Pieper earned first-team honors, while third-year tight end DJ Vonnahme and fourth-year defensive back Zach Lutmer were selected to the second team. Pieper, a 2026 Walter Camp Preseason first-team All-American and Outland Trophy candidate, started all 13 games at guard in 2025 and is coming off a breakout campaign where he earned Pro Football Focus first-team All-America and third-team All-Big Ten accolades. He was a cornerstone of an ...

Local hurlers return to All-State

For the second year in a row, East Marshall pitcher Peyton Grabenbauer is an all-stater. Grabenbauer was one of six local softball players selected to the Iowa Girls’ Coaches Association’s All-State softball teams, joined by a pair of Mustang teammates and a cross-county ...

Rogers’ Cyclones ‘not signing up for 2nd place’

AMES — New Iowa State coach Jimmy Rogers is nothing if not confident. The Cyclones are picked last in the Big 12 preseason media poll, return no starters and had 55 players transfer after Rogers was hired to replace Matt Campbell, who took 24 of the best with him to Penn State. Rogers ...

Clark takes blame for Fever’s OT loss to Aces

INDIANAPOLIS — Caitlin Clark sat at the dais Thursday night, staring at the stat sheet and reliving the eight turnovers and her two missed free throws with seven seconds left in regulation. Then she took the blame for the Indiana Fever’s stinging 86-84 overtime loss to defending champion ...

Ozick named to Groza Watch List

IOWA CITY — University of Iowa fourth-year kicker Eli Ozick has been named to the 2026 Lou Groza Place-Kicker Award Watch List, the Palm Beach County Sports Commission announced on Friday. In its 35th season, the award recognizes the nation’s best placekicker. Ozick joins the Hawkeyes ...

MCC bowling adds Ottumwa’s Palmer

Marshalltown Community College has announced the signing of Hayden Palmer from Ottumwa High School to its inaugural men’s bowling program. Palmer is coming off a senior season in which he raised his average to 182 pins per game, improving nearly 25 pins from his junior campaign. That steady ...