Marshalltown girls’ basketball coach Brian Murphy isn’t exactly sure when the last team in the program finished above .500, but he knows when the most recent one did. The Bobcats scored their third-straight win to guarantee a winning season by beating Des Moines North 59-18 on Monday ...

WILLIAMSBURG — The West Marshall boys’ wrestling team qualified at least four wrestlers for state for the fourth year in a row, racking up third place at Saturday’s Class 2A District 12 tournament at Williamsburg High School. The Trojans totaled 189 points to finish behind Williamsburg ...

AMES — Milan Momcilovic scored 18 points and No. 5 Iowa State shook off a slow start to defeat No. 9 Kansas 74-56 on Saturday, snapping the Jayhawks’ eight-game winning streak. The Cyclones (22-3, 9-3 Big 12), coming off Tuesday’s 62-55 loss at TCU, began a five-game stretch in which ...

LINCOLN, Neb. — Ava Heiden had a career-high 27 points and 11 rebounds, Taylor Stremlow added a career-high 17 points, and the No. 13 Iowa women’s basketball team beat Nebraska 80-67 on Monday to sweep the season series. Iowa (20-5, 11-3 Big Ten) secured its 10th straight 20-win ...

IOWA CITY — C.J. Cox and Gicarri Harris each had 14 points to help No. 13 Purdue beat Iowa 78-57 on Saturday. The Boilermakers (20-5, 11-3 Big Ten), wrapping up a stretch of six of eight games on the road, extended their winning streak to four with an efficient offense that consistently ...

AMES — The No. 4 Iowa State wrestling team defeated in-state rival No. 15 Northern Iowa on Sunday night at Hilton Coliseum, taking eight of 10 matches to come out on top, 28-6. Iowa State (11-2, 7-1 Big 12) held a 24-8 advantage in takedowns against UNI (10-8, 4-4). This marks the first ...