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Iowa’s Stirtz voted preseason All-Big Ten

IOWA CITY — University of Iowa senior guard Bennett Stirtz has been named to the 10-player preseason All-Big Ten team, it was announced Tuesday by the league office. The Hawkeyes have been represented on the preseason All-Big Ten team in six of the last seven seasons as voted upon by a ...

Sanders set for blood clot procedure, plans to coach game against Iowa State

BOULDER, Colo. — Colorado coach Deion Sanders will undergo a procedure later Tuesday that’s related to his blood clots, with the hope of being back at practice the next day and on the sideline this weekend against Iowa State. The surgery is called an aspiration thrombectomy, which ...

US women to play in World Cup qualifier

The U.S. will play in Puerto Rico in March for the FIBA Women’s World Cup qualifier. The Americans, who have already qualified for the World Cup next year in Germany, are in a pool with Italy, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, Senegal and Spain. The U.S. will open competition on March 11 vs. ...

Comets fall to eighth-ranked Wolves in Waterloo

WATERLOO — The BCLUW volleyball team fell to eventual champion Marion in the quarterfinals of the Waterloo Columbus Tournament on Saturday. The Class 1A No. 7 Comets went 2-2 on the day, starting pool play with a pair of straight-set wins. BCLUW (22-6) beat back Don Bosco, 21-17, 21-10, and ...

Sandvick repeats on all-IAC

The inaugural season of fall girls tennis in Iowa was a successful one for the Marshalltown Bobcats, who had four members of the varsity lineup named to the all-Iowa Alliance Conference’s North Division teams. Senior Ellie Downs and junior Kate Sandvick both were voted unanimous first-team ...

Voelker to receive U20 World bronze

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Northern Iowa wrestler Wyatt Voelker will receive a bronze medal at 87 kilograms in Greco-Roman from the 2023 U20 World Championships due to a violation of anti-doping rules by one of his opponents. Voelker initially finished in fifth place at the 2023 U20 World ...