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Cyclone women’s basketball opens season with Upper Iowa exhibition
AMES — The Iowa State women’s basketball team will make its return to the court as it hosts Upper Iowa at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. The Cyclones are predicted to be the No. 11 team in the Big 12, according to the Big 12 Women’s Basketball Preseason Coaches’ Poll, whereas the Peacocks are expected to finish as the No. 8 team in the DII Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC).
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CAM Volleyball Team Faces Off Against Ankeny Christian in Class 1A Semifinals
(Anita) The CAM volleyball team continues its postseason run tonight when the Cougars travel to face Ankeny Christian. CAM has won six consecutive sets in postseason play, sweeping Murray in the opening round and Earlham in the quarterfinals. CAM Head Coach Hillary Zimmerline says her team is peaking at the...
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Tigers Volleyball Facing Warriors Tonight For Class 4A Regional Final
Addison Montag (left) and Macie Leinen (right) The Adel-DeSoto-Minburn Volleyball Team is gearing up for the Iowa High School Class 4A Region 1 Championship match tonight in Norwalk, as the Tigers and Warriors battle for a spot in the state tournament next week. ADM is 24-9 on the season and...
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Van Meter looking to continue postseason run against Centerville
(Van Meter) -- Van Meter football began what it hopes will be another deep postseason run dominantly. Now, one of Class 2A's most proficient quarterbacks is the next obstacle in its way. The KMAland A/1A/2A No. 1 and IHSAA State 2A No. 3 Bulldogs rolled to a 49-7 win over...
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Bradley Soccer earns big home win vs Drake
Box Score Peoria, IL -- The Bradley Braves earned a big home win over the Drake Bulldogs. In a game where both programs needed to shift momentum, Bradley came away with a hard-fought 1-0 home victory, claiming all three points and moving into sixth place in the Missouri Valley Conference.
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‘We were firing on all cylinders’: Ankeny rolls into playoffs following 66-7 blowout
(Story by Stephen McDaniel) For senior quarterback Mason Machan, there wasn’t much more the Ankeny football team could’ve done to make its final regular season game that much better. Machan led an Ankeny offense that recorded nine consecutive scoring drives and had a running clock going before halftime,...
WHO 13
Des Moines rodeo gets exciting chance to compete internationally
DES MOINES, Iowa — Eight young women from Des Moines represent their community and heritage as Escaramuza Zacatecanas, a rodeo team, with the chance to show off their skills in Mexico. After earning a national championship in Colorado, Escaramuza Zacatecanas qualified to compete in Mexico. WHO 13’s Samantha Mesa caught up with the team to […]
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Ankeny Fanatic Prep of the Week: Vanessa Wise, Ankeny girls’ cross country
Senior Vanessa Wise helped the Ankeny girls’ cross country team to a fourth-place finish in a Class 4A state qualifying meet on Wednesday at Kickers Park in Iowa City. Wise placed 21st in the 5k race to qualify for the state meet as an individual. She posted a time of 21 minutes 19.9 seconds.
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Salukis suffer first MVC loss, fall 4-2 to Drake
The top two teams in the Missouri Valley Conference matched up on Sunday, Oct. 25 at Lew Hartzog Track & Field Complex. The Salukis entered the match in first place in the MVC at 12-2 overall, and a perfect 6-0 in MVC play. Southern Illinois came in on a program-record...
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Butler bests Drake in ‘Battle of the Bulldogs’; first win in rivalry since 2015
For the first time since 2015, Butler came out on top against the Drake Bulldogs 33-21. The Dawgs improve to 6-2 on the year and keep pace atop the Pioneer Football League, while Drake falls to 2-6 in a less-than-fortunate season for first-year head coach Matt Walker. Drake opened the...
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Hawkettes sweep past C.R. Jefferson with help in practice from junior varsity team
With eight days off before the start of postseason play, Ankeny volleyball coach Liz Baethke needed to find a way to keep her team sharp. She didn’t have to look very far. Baethke relied on some intrasquad scrimmages to prevent any rust for the third-ranked Hawkettes, who began their quest for another state tournament berth with a 25-10, 25-11, 25-10 victory over visiting Cedar Rapids Jefferson in a Class 5A regional semifinal on Thursday.
Essentially Sports
“I Can’t Control the Reception”: HC Bill Fennelly Speaks Out on Audi Crooks’ Return to Iowa State Following OSU Transfer
A fan favorite during her three years in Ames, Iowa, Audi Crooks found herself part of the transfer portal exodus. Ultimately, it was Oklahoma State University that benefited as they bagged one of the Big 12’s best players. Now Crooks is set to return as an opponent of the Iowa Cyclones, and Cyclones coach Bill Fennelly addressed the uncertainty surrounding the atmosphere at the Hilton Coliseum when she arrives wearing Oklahoma orange on January 9. “I can’t control the reception,” Fennelly said during his Big 12 Media Days appearance at the T-Mobile Center on Tuesday, regarding how Iowa fans w...