First-year head coach Madaline Dalke didn’t get the wins she wanted out of her debut with the Marshalltown softball team. Her victory came in a culture shift that she believes can change the future of the Bobcat program. On Thursday night, however, the on-field outcome didn’t reflect the ...
AMES — Iowa State athletics director Jamie Pollard says he plans to retire next summer after a 22-year run leading the school’s sports programs. Pollard, who is the nation’s longest-tenured active Power 4 athletics director, is expected to step down on June 30, 2027. The school says it ...
IOWA CITY — University of Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz is one of 20 head coaches named to the 2026 Dodd Trophy Preseason Watch List. The announcement was made Thursday by the Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Foundation and Peach Bowl, Inc. The Dodd Trophy, college football’s most coveted ...
MARTENSDALE — Martensdale-St. Marys got a leg up with a four-run fourth inning en route to a 6-1 victory over the BCLUW softball team in Wednesday’s Class 1A Region 3 quarterfinals. The Blue Devils (14-15) led 1-0 before scoring four times in the fourth. BCLUW got its only run in the fifth before MSM tacked on an insurance run in the sixth. The Comets (11-13) were limited to four singles in their season-ending defeat. Brooke Ward reached on an error and scored on Carolyna White’s hit in the fifth inning. Ward, Eden Ladehoff and Wyllo Collins each added hits for ...
INDIANAPOLIS — Conversations about whether Caitlin Clark is getting officiated fairly in the WNBA can be polarizing as fans, players, coaches, pundits and even lawmakers have opinions about whether the league needs to take some action about the physical play. Congress is looking for answers by July 24. "Millions of casual fans now tune in to watch her play," 11 members of the House Republican Study Committee wrote in a letter sent to WNBA Commissioner Cathy Englebert. "Unfortunately, what they too often witness is not simply aggressive competition, but repeated acts of physical ...
STATE CENTER — The West Marshall softball team has embraced selflessness as a means to success this season. Every now and then, though, it’s nice to get a little greedy. Junior pitcher Aubree Greenwood struck out 12, including four of the last five batters she faced, to help the ...
