Bliss Beck of Clear Creek Amana is The Gazette’s 2024 Female Athlete of the Year. The school’s first recipient of the award, the Drake volleyball recruit was a four-sport athlete and helped lead the Clippers to the 4A girls’ state basketball championship
Gazette Female Athlete of the Year 2024 finalists: Bliss Beck of Clear Creek Amana, Skylar Benesh of North Linn, Michaela Goad of Marion, Carly Goodwin of Sigourney and Callie Levin of Solon.
The University of Northern Iowa’s five-month search for its next Director of Athletics ended Monday afternoon when President Mark Nook announced the hiring of Megan Franklin. Franklin arrives at UNI after 12 years at Drake as Senior Associate Athletics Director for Strategic Initiatives and External Operations.
Freshman Audi Crooks scored a career-high 40 points on 18-for-20 shooting in her sensational NCAA Tournament debut, and No. 7-seed Iowa State hit all the big shots in the second half to rally from 20 points down and beat 10th-seeded Maryland 93-86 on Friday night.
The head coach and a starting guard for South Dakota State used the same two words as a possibility for the Cyclones after ISU’s 82-65 first-round NCAA tourney win over the Jackrabbits: National championship
At least four of the state of Iowa’s Division I basketball teams head to the NCAA tournament, and there isn’t a one of them that hasn’t already done big things
A 12-0 run to begin the second half helped Northern Iowa upset Drake at McLeod Center Saturday evening, 91-79.
Without second-leading scorer Bowen Born (illness), Northern Iowa fell short to Drake in a Missouri Valley Conference men’s basketball game at Knapp Center Saturday night, 77-63.
Three days after a flat loss to Kansas State, Kate Martin’s career-high 25 points ignited No. 2 Iowa in 113-90 women’s basketball win over Drake.
Photos from the Hawkeyes’ commanding 113-90 point win against their Iowa rival Drake.
Time, television and notes for Sunday’s women’s basketball game between No. 2 Iowa and Drake.
Women’s basketball: After suffering its first loss Thursday against Kansas State, No. 2 Iowa looks to bounce back Sunday against Drake.
Iowa State women’s basketball went ice cold in the second quarter against Drake, but rallied to make it a game.
Iowa State’s freshmen accounted for well above 50 percent of the team’s points, rebounds, made 3-pointers, rebounds and assists in Monday’s win over Butler. Sunday, the Cyclones take on a Drake team that has won 20 or more games in eight of the past nine seasons and has been tabbed to finish second in the Missouri Valley Conference.
From Coe’s potential for a big weekend to Cornell’s John Smith posting big games to Wartburg and Central battling atop the American Rivers Conference standings, here are five notable things in Iowa small college football this weekend.
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