Rob Gray

It’s been easy for several homegrown Hawkeye football recruits who have committed or signed in the last year to keep tabs on each other. They’re just a few mats away at state wrestling.

Class 2A state wrestling finals: For Union Community freshman Jace Hedeman, it’s one down, three to go, after winning the 106-pound title Saturday night.

Gabe and Cooper Sanders of Vinton-Shellsburg returned to Iowa from Utah a few months ago in time for wrestling season. Both advanced to Saturday night’s Class 2A state wrestling finals.

Iowa football commit Aaron Graves of Southeast Valley is an unusual three-sport star.

Ben Kueter is heavily favored to win a third state wrestling title this week. As he dominates in Iowa, a loss at the national level helps fuel him.

Matt Shannon has been helping run the Iowa high school state wrestling meet since 2012. He’s also been working to assemble a full history of Independence wrestling, which led him to discover state wrestling history his grandfather made.

Top-seeded Don Bosco beat Lisbon to win the Class 1A state duals championship for the second straight year.

Kane and Tate Naaktgeboren provided nothing but pins Wednesday as Linn-Mar advanced to the semifinals of the state duals tournament for the first time since 2002.

Ashley Joens is 12 points away from breaking the Iowa State women’s basketball career scoring record, but she’s focused on helping the sixth-ranked Cyclones even the season series with No. 14 Texas.

Iowa State blew a 15-point lead at home, losing 75-69 in overtime to Kansas State.

Iowa State, having lost five of its last six Big 12 men’s basketball games, finds itself in must-win mode entering Saturday’s game against Kansas State.

The Iowa State-Northern Iowa dual meet is once again a marquee matchup thanks to ISU’s steady and marked improvement.

Iowa State men’s basketball has fallen out of the rankings, but still could find a road to an NCAA tournament run if it gets its “mentality” corrected.

Emily Ryan hit all six of her 3-point attempts as the Iowa State women’s basketball team improved to 20-3 with a 76-58 rout of Oklahoma State.

Iowa State’s intense and in-your-face defensive mentality rattled Texas in the first win and the Cyclones will rely on it to do the same this time around.