AMES — Former Algona standout Alex Manske is once again be a targeted recruit. This time, it will be through the transfer portal. Manske announced on social media that he will enter the transfer portal next month after one season at Iowa State playing football for Matt Campbell. Manske ...
IOWA CITY — When Aaron Graves committed to Iowa, Kirk Ferentz knew he had a special player. Graves announced his intentions as a freshman in high school and four years later is on the verge of his final game as a Hawkeye. “Aaron has no flaws,” Ferentz said in an exclusive interview with ...
IOWA CITY — Grayson Graves might not remember his first Iowa football game, but it will be a memory his proud father, Aaron, won’t soon forget. When the Hawkeyes face Vanderbilt in the Reliaquest Bowl on New Years Eve, Grayson will be a little over a month old. The infant will also be in ...
Five Iowa Central football players have been named All-Americans by the NJCAA, including a pair who have landed on the first-team. Alan Pond and Taylor Schaefer were both first team selections for the Tritons, as Ahmad Grayer made the second. Christian Barney and Marcellus Chandler were ...
By DANA BECKER dbecker@messengernews.net The Fort Dodge wrestling team is ranked 13th in the first edition of the IHSAA dual rankings. Defending Class 3A state champion Southeast Polk is No. 1 followed by Indianola, West Des Moines Dowling, Dallas Center-Grimes and Dubuque ...
Ten years. I was walking in our neighborhood recently after a snowstorm, and happened to pass our family’s “secret” sledding hill — the one we first discovered when our son was little, and has been used much more frequently by others ever since. A mom, dad and three kids were there. ...