CEDAR RAPIDS — The Marshalltown football team was stifled by Cedar Rapids Kennedy for the second year in a row, suffering a 57-0 shutout on Friday night at Kingston Stadium. The Bobcats were within 7-0 after the opening quarter before turning the ball twice in the second quarter, ...
LAS VEGAS — A’ja Wilson played like someone who has multiple MVP awards, and the Las Vegas Aces looked like a team that has won three of the past four WNBA championships. Wilson had 38 points, 16 rebounds and four blocked shots Sunday, and the Aces rolled to a 102-85 Game 1 victory over ...
DUNKERTON — The Class 1A No. 9 BCLUW volleyball team went 3-2 at the Dunkerton Tournament on Saturday to improve to 16-9 for the year. The Comets fell against another ranked team — 1A No. 11 Cedar Ridge Christian — in the opening round, 21-17, 21-16. BCLUW bounced back with a win over Oelwein, 21-10, 21-6, before falling to Starmont, 21-15, 21-18. The Comets closed with wins over East Buchanan (21-7, 21-7) and Oelwein again, 21-7, 21-7. The BCLUW offense was led by Raine Sireno with 27 kills. Kennedy Davis contributed 22 kills, Kylie Pekarek had 20 kills and Cambria Wayman ...
CEDAR FALLS — Jaxon Dailey threw two touchdown passes and added a 28-yard rushing TD to help Northern Iowa beat previously-unbeaten Illinois State 28-21 on Saturday night to snap the Redbirds’ 11-game road win streak. Illinois State (4-1, 0-1 Missouri Valley Football Conference), ranked No. 3 in the Football Championship Subdivision, lost on the road for the first time since a 35-3 loss at then-No. 18 Oklahoma on Aug. 30, 2025. Dailey was 13-of-17 passing for 217 yards with no interceptions and threw scoring passes of 6 yards to Ayden Price and 9 yards to Kai Black. Dailey kept ...
NEW YORK — A’ja Wilson is in a class by herself, winning the AP’s WNBA Player of the Year award for an unprecedented third straight year. Wilson received 15 of the 17 first-place votes from a national media panel Sunday. She topped Olivia Miles of Minnesota as well as Caitlin Clark and Kelsey Mitchell of Indiana, who all had stellar seasons. “It’s big. It’s an honor for me to do it three times in a row. It’s not easy,” Wilson said in a phone interview. “My counterparts in this league are really good. I don’t take it lightly because of how much talent we do have in ...
A quick comparison of common opponents would have told you that the Marshalltown volleyball team should have had no problem putting away Fort Dodge in Thursday’s Iowa Alliance Conference clash. But volleyball isn’t played on paper. The Dodgers came out as the more determined team and ...
