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Minnesota handles No. 10 Iowa women for 5th straight victory

IOWA CITY — Grace Grocholski scored 21 points, Mara Braun added 16 and Minnesota beat No. 10 Iowa 91-85 on Thursday night for its fifth straight victory. The Gophers (17-6, 8-4 Big Ten) have the program’s longest winning streak in Big Ten play since the 2018-19 season. The Hawkeyes (18-5, 9-3) lost their third consecutive game since they lost starting guard Taylor McCabe, the team’s leading 3-point shooter, to a season-ending knee injury. Minnesota led for almost all of the final three quarters, shooting 51.6% for the game while going 10 of 14 in 3-pointers. The Gophers, whose ...

Iowa pulls away from Washington in second half

SEATTLE — Bennett Stirtz hit four 3-pointers and finished with 22 points, Alvaro Folgueiras scored 16 points, and Iowa beat Washington 84-74 on Wednesday night for its fifth consecutive win. Tavion Banks had 11 points and Cooper Koch also scored 11, all in the second half, for Iowa (16-5, ...

Hanson giving back to future Bobcats

Excitement is building at the Marshalltown Little League park as the board embarks on a mission to increase youth participation, enhance baseball development, and address critical safety issues within the park. This offseason, these kids have been gaining valuable real world life skills by ...

Norvell joins Hawkeyes as offensive analyst

IOWA CITY — University of Iowa graduate Jay Norvell, who spent the last eight years as a head coach, has joined the Hawkeye football team as an offensive analyst. The news was first reported by ESPN’s Pete Thamel. Norvell spent 2017-21 with Nevada before joining Colorado State from ...

Bluder a part of Lapchick Character honorees

Mike Brey, James Jones, Lisa Bluder and Ernie Johnson will be this year’s recipients of the Joe Lapchick Character Award. Brey was the winningest coach in Notre Dame history, coaching at the school for 23 years. He won 483 of his 582 total victories at the school, leading the team to 13 ...

SPORTS SHORTS: Busch’s big game powers Mustangs past G-R

LE GRAND — Jackson Busch had career-highs of 18 points, 12 rebounds and four blocked shots to lead the East Marshall boys’ basketball team to an 82-64 victory over Gladbrook-Reinbeck in Tuesday’s North Iowa Cedar League contest. The Mustangs (12-6, 11-6) used a 32-point third quarter to pull away for good, getting five double-digit scorers on their way to their first season sweep of G-R (6-12, 4-12) since the 2017-18 campaign. Jackson Bidwell finished with 16 points, Jaxson Boswell scored 14 points, Dallas Miller had 12 and Blake Neuroth 11 for the Mustangs. Roland-Story girls ...