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SPORTS SHORTS: Comet golfers claim most of the medals

CONRAD — The BCLUW golf teams won both sides of an Iowa Star Conference triangular on Thursday at Oakwood Golf course. In the boys’ meet, BCLUW hoarded all of the medals. The Comets won the team competition with a 163 score, finishing ahead of Clarksville (186) and GMG (219). Zaden Eggers shot a 3-over-par 38 for medalist honors, and fellow Comet Adam Frank claimed runner-up with a 40. Beau Towne finished out with a 41 and Aiden Frank added a 44 for BCLUW’s counting scores. Clarksville was led by Gavin Jacobs with a 41. GMG got a fifth-place finish from Easton Runner with ...

Cyclone women start rebuild through transfer additions

AMES — The Iowa State Cyclones women’s basketball program has begun reshaping its roster through the transfer portal, highlighted by the addition of guard Ashleigh Connor, according to Cyclone Fanatic. Connor, a 5-foot-11 junior guard transferring from La Salle, announced her commitment ...

Little Cyclones blow through Bobcats

Without time to practice the game plan, it was hard for the Marshalltown girls’ soccer team to hold the line. The Bobcat defense forced numerous offsides against Class 3A No. 13 Ames, but the Little Cyclones capitalized enough times to tally a 4-0 triumph over Marshalltown on another cold ...

George Foreman laid to rest in Sioux City

SIOUX CITY — The late boxing great George Foreman lies buried in a cemetery in the northwestern corner of Iowa — a place he has no connection to outside of a lone visit to the region nearly 40 years ago. Foreman died March 21, 2025, at the age of 76 in Houston and was buried in Logan ...

Fever extend Boston under WNBA’s newest provision

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Fever center Aliyah Boston is cashing in on the WNBA’s new collective bargaining agreement. The Fever on Friday signed the three-time All-Star and 2023 Rookie of the Year to the first Exceptional Performance on Initial Contract provision in league history. Team ...

ISU adds women’s wrestling

AMES — Iowa State, which dropped its women’s gymnastics program last month, will start a women’s wrestling team that will begin competing in 2027-28, the school announced Thursday. The Cyclones are the second power-conference school to add women’s wrestling. Iowa just completed its ...