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Ayala earns first ISU win

AMES, Iowa – No. 9 Iowa State defeated Bucknell, 29-12, Sunday night inside Hilton Coliseum in Brent Metcalf’s first dual as head coach. The Cyclones won 7-of-10 matches and tallied bonus points in four bouts. Brent Metcalf is the seventh Cyclone head coach to win his dual debut. It is ISU’s second-straight season-opening dual win and its eighth in its last nine tries. Iowa State (1-0, 0-0 Big 12) won the takedown battle against Bucknell (0-1, 0-0 EIWA), 22-3. The middle of ISU’s lineup got the job done as Evan Frost (141) and Jacob Frost (149) both won by tech fall and ...

Class 2A Quarterfinals

Hinton 3, Hudson 0 CORALVILLE - Last year's Class 2A runner-up opened its return trip to state with a sweep. Ellie Friessen had 13 kills, and top-seeded Hinton beat eighth-seeded Hudson 25-16, 25-22, 25-12 on Tuesday in the first round of the Class 2A state volleyball tournament. Macie Charlson added nine kills and three block assists for the Blackhawks. Addy Ortegren had eight kills and two aces, and Raelyn Kempema had seven kills and four block assists. Addison Dunkel had 31 assists, and libero Brynlee Boeve had 25 digs. Paige Davis led Hudson (36-9) with nine kills and nine ...

Class 3A Quarterfinals

Western Christian 3, Roland-Story 0 CORALVILLE - Western Christian is headed to the state semifinals for the 26th straight year. Morgan Kooiman had 15 kills as the top-seeded Wolfpack swept Roland-Story 26-24, 25-12, 25-16 on Tuesday in the first round of the Class 3A state volleyball tournament at Xtream Arena. Josie Hall added 12 kills for Western Christian. Kennedy Vanát Hul had seven kills on 11 attacks and six blocks, and Maddyn De Jager had seven kills, 12 digs and two aces. Hadley Dekkers had 37 assists, and libero Breslyn Kooima had 13 digs. Brookelyn Jondle led ...

Humanity first

It has crept, slowly but surely, into our everyday lives. Audio. Video. Text. Disguised as hands-free convenience, promising what seems more and more like necessary shortcuts to answers, planning and solutions. Artificial intelligence and its future standing in our society has become a main, ...

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CORALVILLE — After last year’s impressive state tournament run, the Humboldt volleyball camp went right back to work with one mantra in mind. Unfinished business. That was the theme that the Wildcats used all season in hopes of a return trip in 2026. Humboldt entered last season's ...

Iowa Central gets wrestling season under way at home

It’s a different kind of beginning for the Iowa Central wrestling team. Usually, the Tritons have a chance to wrestle in an open tournament before the start of the dual campaign. This time around, head coach Luke Moffitt's squad open with a home dual. That happens on Tuesday against Iowa Lakes inside Hodges Fieldhouse. “I love having the open tournaments first, because everyone goes out and competes,” Moffitt said. “You might not see the best version in the practice room, but that guy might be a gamer and you're able to identify that pretty early (in an open ...