Rob Gray

Ankeny’s J.J. Kohl and Jamison Patton connected for six touchdowns this season. Both will soon bring high-end talent to their respective Iowa State football rooms.

Cyclone football coach took a hard look at season filled with close losses and decided offense need to be fixed.

Freshman had breakout game last Sunday and Bill Fennelly is hoping for more big things down the road

Southeast Polk star running back is part of Coach Matt Campbell’s plan to get the best from central Iowa.

Tre King, a 6-foot-7 senior transfer from Eastern Kentucky, waited more than a calendar year to debut for ISU — and he made an immediate above-the-rim impact in the Cyclones’ 73-57 win Sunday over Western Michigan at Hilton Coliseum.

Iowa State freshman wrestler Paniro Johnson boasts two top-six wins this season and hasn’t lost a collegiate match. That’s a heady start to the supremely confident 149-pounder’s career, but if you ask him, he’s simply meeting expectations ... and the best is yet to come.

Cyclones coach Bill Fennelly isn’t too woried - yet - about low percentage from 3-point range, confident it will turn around

Arlen Harris, Jr., a former 4-star recruit from Missouri, is leaving Stanford for a new start in Ames.

Aljaz Kunc powers Cyclone men’s basketball team to 77-40 win over McNeese State at Hilton Coliseum

No. 10 Iowa State bounces back from Cy-Hawk loss with big win over Jacksonville

Filip Rebraca scored an Iowa career-high 22 points on 9-of-11 shooting, matched a season high with 11 rebounds and doled out a Hawkeye career-high four assists while helping his team race to a 15-0 lead early in a rivalry game that was never close. Iowa beat No. 20 Iowa State, 75-56.

Iowa State’s Robert Jones honed his technique and toughness, and now provides a valuable and reliable spark off the bench. Jones has scored in double figures in five of the past six games — and will be looked to for more clutch production Thursday against Iowa.

Lexi Donarski’s ongoing mission? Guard the opponent’s best scorer — and when 10th-ranked Iowa State (6-1) meets No. 16 Iowa (6-3) at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, that means trying to control Hawkeye All-American Caitlin Clark.

Nate Scheelhaase is young, smart and highly regarded as an offensive coach. Because of those attributes — and many more — Iowa State football coach Matt Campbell announced Monday he had elevated Scheelhaase to the program’s offensive coordinator position.

Iowa State (5-0) hasn’t beaten Iowa (5-0) since 2004, but carries the second-longest dual meet win streak (18) in the country into what’s likely to be a highly-competitive match.