As has been the case in past years, this year’s Cy-Hawk game could be a bellwether for the Hawkeyes’ 2024 season.
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As has been the case in past years, this year’s Cy-Hawk game could be a bellwether for the Hawkeyes’ 2024 season.
Catching up with six WNBA players with Iowa ties, through games played Thursday.
The average low temperature in Iowa City on Dec. 21 is 18 degrees. In Ames, it’s 17 degrees. This is told to you to get you prepared for what might be should the Hawkeyes or Cyclones have a triumphant football season and advance to the College Football Playoff.
Darien Porter’s stock-in-trade is special teams at Iowa State — and now he’s got the strength and experience to shine as a cornerback, as well.
Ben Kueter was a senior at Iowa City High when he won a U20 World Championship. The Hawkeyes’ heavyweight, who plays football, earned a shot at another world gold after claiming the age-level national title.
Several 2024 Iowa and Iowa State football games now have kickoff times and TV assignments set.
Iowa State was a school-best 17th in latest Division I Director’s Cup standings after a winter of winners.
Tamin Lipsey played hurt the final nine weeks of last season, guiding his team to its second NCAA tournament Sweet 16 appearance in three years. Now Iowa State’s star guard must rest and recuperate.
Indiana Pacers star point guard Tyrese Haliburton has the game of his career to date Sunday in New York, a Game 7 against the Knicks.
Matt Campbell’s Cyclones will enter this summer’s strength and conditioning period on a mettle-based mission much like the Iowa State football coach did while starring for Division III Mount Union from 1999-2002.
Bill Fennelly often jokes about how long he’s been coaching women’s basketball. The self-deprecating riffs are laced with humor, but Fennelly’s longevity in the profession is no laughing matter. He’s entering his 30th season as Iowa State’s head coach and that experience has helped him deftly maneuver within the murky waters of the transfer portal, where potential prizes and pitfalls seem to lurk around every corner.
Kevin Dresser’s Iowa State wrestling program is coming off a fourth-place finish at the NCAA Championships — its best finish since 2010 — and all the coaches accompanying him on the Cyclones’ 18th annual Tailgate Tour have their respective programs on marked upswings, as well.
Longtime ISU head coach Bill Fennelly brought Stephanie Soares back as a graduate assistant, which allowed her to delve into coaching while also practicing with the team and rehabbing her knee. The fourth pick in the 2023 WNBA Draft by Washington, which traded her rights to Dallas for two draft picks, Soares, 24, signed with the Wings in February and recently started training camp with them.
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