Six-foot-8 sophomore forward Davis Kern is third in the Mississippi Valley Conference in scoring at 19 points per game. He already has scholarship offers from Northern Iowa and South Dakota State, the latest in a long line of kids from Linn-Mar who will play Division I college basketball.
Bowen Born forced two overtime periods with buzzer-beating 3-pointers, but his Northern Iowa men’s basketball team still came up short at Drake, 88-81, Wednesday at Knapp Center.
UNI guard Maya McDermott — who made a game-winning floater against the Bulldogs at Knapp Center on January 11 — once again sent the Bulldogs home with a loss with another floater at the buzzer for a 49-47 win.
This week’s episode of the Pinning Combination podcast with The Gazette’s Hall of Fame coach Dick Briggs features takeaways from No. 2 Iowa’s dual loss at No. 1 Penn State and the folkstyle-freestyle debate.
Northern Iowa finalized its 2023 football recruiting class Wednesday, unofficially announcing 28 signees. Among the Panthers’ 28 newcomers are more than six Division-I transfers, one junior college transfer and 20 high school prospects.
Northern Iowa and Drake among three teams tied for third place in the Missouri Valley Conference men’s basketball standings. The rivals meet Wednesday night in Des Moines.
Girls’ wrestling hit the postseason. There were conference tournament results. Iowa State and UNI turned Oklahoma programs away with just one dual win. Here is the Wrestling Weekend That Was.
A day after falling to No. 10 Oklahoma State, the 15th-ranked UNI wrestling team handled Oklahoma, 23-12.
A dominant first half sent Northern Iowa past Valparaiso in men’s basketball Wednesday night at McLeod Center, 77-66.
This week’s episode of the Pinning Combination podcast with The Gazette’s K.J. Pilcher and Hall of Fame coach Dick Briggs features a preview of Friday’s No. 2-vs.-No. 1 dual between Iowa and Penn State.
Headlining UNI’s comeback win against Illinois-Chicago was a career-high 21 points from redshirt freshman Michael Duax, who added 11 rebounds for his third career double-double.
Northern Iowa fought its way past Illinois State in men’s basketball Wednesday night at McLeod Center, 65-63. Trey Campbell scored a career-high 20 points for the Panthers.
This week’s Pinning Combination podcast starts with some reminiscing — our favorite wrestling memories in 40 years of Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Plus, we look back at the week in college and high school wrestling in Iowa.
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