A doubleheader sweep at the hands of Mason City is a cautionary tale for the Marshalltown softball team. The Bobcats dropped both games of Wednesday’s Iowa Alliance Conference twinbill at home against the Riverhawks, falling 9-0 and 6-2 to a team they swept in their first meeting this ...
IOWA CITY — The University of Iowa baseball team will compete in the 2027 Live Like Lou Las Vegas College Baseball Classic at Las Vegas Field. The Hawkeyes are scheduled to face Arizona State, LSU and Oregon State from March 5-7 in the three-day event. Start times and broadcast information will be announced at a later date. Iowa concluded the 2026 season with a 33-23 overall record and advanced to the Big Ten Tournament for the 11th consecutive season.
SILVIS, Ill. — Zach Johnson is skipping three majors for the John Deere Classic, which feels like a major for the Iowa native. He made the decision pay off Thursday with an eagle-birdie finish for a 7-under 64 that left him one shot out of the lead. Lucas Glover and Zac Blair played in the morning and each posted a 63, a good start for both as the PGA Tour heads into the final two months. Both are well outside the top 100 in the FedEx Cup. Johnson, a 50-year-old in his first year on the PGA Tour Champions and already with two victories, never considered anything but the John Deere ...
OGDEN — The Class 2A No. 14 West Marshall softball team smacked 16 hits and sped past Ogden for a 12-6 victory in a non-conference clash on Wednesday night. The host Bulldogs (20-15) scored five times in the first inning and led until West Marshall’s persistence finally overtook them in the fifth. The Trojans (21-10) scored the game’s last eight runs to rally for the win. West Marshall got at least one hit and an RBI from all nine spots in the batting lineup, led by Cailyn Brown going 4-for-5 with an RBI and three runs scored. The Trojans capitalized on three-straight Ogden ...
STATE CENTER — Ashtyn Blood sprang from the batter’s box, thinking extra bases the whole way. She got them, but she didn’t need to sprint. It was just hard to contain her excitement. Blood hit one of the West Marshall softball team’s three home runs in the bottom of the third inning ...
AMES — After putting together one of the best seasons in Iowa State history, Joshua Jefferson has been named the Gary Thompson Iowa State Male Athlete of the Year. Jefferson is the 18th Iowa State Men’s Basketball player to earn the award, which started in 1947. The last men’s ...
