LOCAL SPORTS

AMES, Iowa - Iowa State women's basketball sophomore Audi Crooks has been named the Big 12 Player of the Week for the second time this season and fourth of her career. The 6-3 center became the fastest Cyclone…

Girls Game NEW SHARON – No. 2 North Mahaska forced 24 first half turnovers and scored 25 points off the Belle Plaine miscues en route to a 65-7 South Iowa Cedar League victory. North Mahaska’s…

ATCHISON, KS -- The William Penn men's basketball team came up short in a tightly-contested 71-68 loss to Benedictine in Heart of America Athletic Conference play Thursday. WPU (8-4, 5-3 Heart) struggled to find its rhythm early,…

IOWA CITY -- The nationally-ranked University of Iowa women’s basketball team defeated Penn State, 80-68, on Sunday afternoon inside the Bryce Jordan Center. The Hawkeyes improved their record to 12-2. Junior Taylor McCabe led the team with…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The University of Iowa football team fell to No. 19 Missouri, 27-24, in the 2024 Transperfect Music City Bowl on Monday afternoon at Nissan Stadium. Iowa was outscored, 13-3, in the second…

ORLANDO -- Rallying from a 10-point second-half deficit, No. 18 Iowa State (11-3, 7-2 Big 12) outlasted No. 15 Miami (10-3, 6-2 ACC), 42-41, in a high-scoring Pop-Tarts Bowl Saturday afternoon at Camping World Stadium…

Below, you can find the updated Iowa girls basketball rankings from the IGHSAU. Area teams are highlighted in bold. Class 5A School Record LW 1 Johnston 6-0 1 2 Dowling Catholic 5-2 2 3 Waukee…

MONTEZUMA – North Mahaska’s wrestling team defeated two more South Iowa Cedar League teams and beat Cardinal in a triangular at Montezuma Tuesday. Junior Ryan Groom earned his 100th career high school win as well.…

Girls Game NEW SHARON – North Mahaska, ranked second in Class 2A, showed some signs of fatigue Tuesday but took care of Colfax-Mingo, 54-28. The victory moved North Mahaska to 6-0 overall and 4-0 in…

Girls Game MONROE – The saying “offense wins games, and defense wins championships” may be true. North Mahaska’s defense shut down No. 9 in Class 3A PCM’s leading scorer and rolled to a 52-32 nonconference…