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Otzelberger-led Cyclones are for real

T.J. Otzelberger’s Iowa State roots run deep, first established in 2006 when then-Cyclone men’s basketball coach Greg McDermott hired him as a 29-year-old assistant. Otzelberger’s philosophies, meanwhile, have even more of a throwback ISU feel. He cut his teeth with McDermott and Fred ...

Fort Dodge girls lauded for efforts in the IAC North

LJ Maehl of Fort Dodge was recognized as a unanimous all-Iowa Alliance North Division selection in girls basketball recently, with four Dodger teammates joining her on the honor squad. Senior Mackenzie McIlrath made the second team, while Brooklyn Pommer, Ashlyn Wills and Dakota Pommer were ...

ALGONA CONNECTION: Crooks inks NIL deal

AMES — Audi Crooks will always call Algona home. That sense of community allowed Crooks to form a unique bond with a West Des Moines company and its chief executive officer, who has written his own success story after growing up — like Crooks — in the northern Iowa town of 5,300 ...

Monster game for Ulrich as Tritons move to 22-0

Jace Ulrich could feel a performance like Saturday coming. The former Fort Dodge Senior High standout belted a pair of home runs during the nightcap of another sweep for the fourth-ranked Iowa Central baseball team at Rogers Park on Saturday. Behind nine homers, the Tritons took care of ...

LONG JUMP QUEEN

AMES — It all started, innocently enough, as a friendly side bet between a grandpa and his granddaughter. Sydney Willits has always considered herself an elite competitor. Motivation has never been an issue for Iowa State’s junior All-American. Yet when Fran Long of Fort Dodge offered ...

No. 4 Tritons off to best start in school history

The fourth-ranked Iowa Central baseball team continues to fire on all cylinders in the early stages of the season. For the third consecutive doubleheader, the Tritons plated at least 10 runs in both games, finishing off a four-game sweep of Moberly Area here Friday at Rogers Park. Scores ...