Mason Bechen is North Linn’s best baseball player. The junior couldn’t pitch, couldn’t throw most of this season because of an arm injury. But he has returned to the mound in the postseason and has helped the Lynx (who start three eighth-graders, two freshmen and a sophomore) to the Class 1A state tournament.
Brendan Sullivan is “trying to do the best I can to fight my way to the top” as he competes with incumbent QB1 Cade McNamara.
Here’s a look at the 32 Iowa high school state baseball tournament qualifiers.
For the first time since its spring season during the COVID pandemic in 2021, Northern Iowa will open its season against a non-FBS opponent.
Todd Ness leads the Hawkeye Downs Speedway Sportsman division with hopes of winning the NASCAR series title this summer.
Here’s your latest update on how professional baseball players in the affiliated minor leagues and major leagues are doing. Stats are through Friday.
Iowa football has a new Solon Beef Days Hay Bale Toss champion. Offensive lineman Kade Pieper won the annual competition in Solon, which entails throwing hay bales over incrementally taller heights. He topped out at 12 feet.
See photos as Hawkeye athletes and community members competed in the annual Solon Beef Days hay-bale toss.
Cedar Rapids Kernels left-handed pitcher Gabriel Yanez has four wins, seven saves and a very low earned run average despite throwing a fastball that hits 90 miles per hour most times.
Iowa football’s eight returning assistant coaches have received pay raises ranging from 7 to 36 percent ahead of the 2024 season, according to updated salary data obtained by The Gazette via a public records request.
Iowa-Nebraska will be a battle of contrasts as five-star quarterback recruit Dylan Raiola goes up against Iowa’s experienced secondary.
The No. 1 kicker in the country is going to be a Hawkeye.
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