REINBECK — Defensive intensity has Gladbrook-Reinbeck girls basketball on pace for one of its best seasons in more than a decade. The Rebels turned over North Tama in a 61-21 blowout at G-R High School on Thursday night. G-R improved to 8-3 overall while North Tama slipped to 4-6. Kennedy ...

REINBECK — Extra effort went a long way for Drew Eilers and the Gladbrook-Reinbeck boys basketball team on Thursday. Eilers scored a career-high 25 points and the Rebels sprinted past North Tama, 83-39, at G-R High School. G-R moved to 6-3 and North Tama dropped to 4-6. “We were ...

IOWA CITY — Caitlin Clark scored 35 points on the way to the 13th triple-double of her career as No. 4 Iowa recovered from a slow start to defeat Loyola of Chicago 98-69 on Thursday night inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Clark, the nation’s leader in scoring and assists, had a career-high 17 ...

DES MOINES — The Marshalltown boys’ wrestling team steamrolled into the holiday break with a 53-24 triumph over Des Moines Roosevelt on Thursday night. The Bobcats improved to 10-4 in dual meets by piling up six wins by pinfall in the Iowa Alliance Conference victory. All nine match wins ...

AMES — Curtis Jones scored 18 points off the bench, Milan Momcilovic, Robert Jones and Tamin Lipsey each scored 16 and Iowa State pulled away in the second half to take an 80-48 win over Eastern Illinois on Thursday night. Iowa State picked up a fifth-straight win and extended its home ...

DEKALB, Ill. — Tytan Anderson scored 17 points as Northern Iowa beat Northern Illinois 76-63 on Thursday night. Anderson added five rebounds for the Panthers (6-7). Bowen Born scored 15 points, going 4 of 8 from the floor, including 2 for 4 from 3-point range, and 5 for 5 from the line. ...