It was simple math, really: 2021 Fiesta Bowl champion Iowa State returned 19 starters from its Big 12 regular-season championship squad this year, including unanimous All-American Breece Hall and national award contenders Brock Purdy, Charlie Kolar and Mike Rose. As such, the preseason ...

Cayd Lara faces challenges every single day as a member of the University of Northern Iowa wrestling team. The two-time Fort Dodge Senior High state runner-up would like nothing more than to simplify his complicated career on the mat. Nothing has ever come easy for Lara, who is currently ...

The state football championship was enough to cement the legacy of Aaron Graves at Southeast Valley. Four-time varsity letterwinner. Four-time all-state selection. Three-time first team pick. Committed to the University of Iowa’s football program as a precocious 6-foot-4, 225-pound freshman ...

CEDAR FALLS — Little kids in the backyard count down the clock and throw the football in the end zone as the final seconds of a championship scenario count down. You do a spin move at the park to get around a defender, and then hurdle another and jaunt 99 yards to the end zone. As a ...

Success can be measured in a variety of ways. At St. Edmond, achievements are defined through culture. Mike Szalat has spearheaded the Gael cross country program for the past 23 years. Szalat takes a great deal of pride in his program and his runners — not just as athletes, but as ...

In 2002, the Iowa football team reeled off nine consecutive victories after a stunning home loss to rival Iowa State. An 11-1 regular season had fans playing the “what-if” game the rest of the way with BCS national championship scenarios — theories I still hear from time to time nearly 20 ...