Category Archives: Sports

Mar 02

Private schools make up half of 2A girls’ state basketball field

Posted on Monday, March 2, 2015, at 10:10 AM by Jeff

Four private schools in Class 2A, including defending champion Iowa City Regina, made the 2015 Iowa state girls’ basketball tournament. All but one of those games are today, following Class 1A in the morning and afternoon. (Colo-NESCO tipped off against … Continue reading →

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Feb 21

And we’ll never beat Royals (Royals)

Posted on Saturday, February 21, 2015, at 10:02 AM by Jeff

Colo, Iowa — After running out to an early 19-9 lead, turnovers in the fourth quarter contributed to the North Tama girls’ basketball team’s season-ending loss to Colo-NESCO, 42-39. Between the middle of the second and middle of the fourth … Continue reading →

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Feb 18

Iowa hospitality for the Sooners

Posted on Wednesday, February 18, 2015, at 10:09 AM by Jeff

Maddie Manning, the Ankeny player who stiffed Iowa State to play basketball for Oklahoma, had one thing she could still bring to the table even after tearing both ACLs in two years: Her family goes all-out to treat the OU … Continue reading →

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Jan 24

Living the dream

Posted on Saturday, January 24, 2015, at 10:51 AM by Jeff

Illinois manager added to injury-depleted roster (ESPN) (As a former basketball manager, I can’t not post this.)

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Jan 21

North Tama full-court basketball shot

Posted on Wednesday, January 21, 2015, at 3:00 PM by Jeff

Tuesday night against Dunkerton. From the opposite-side volleyball line. (NT won 63-59, by the way.)

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Jan 17

Rock Chalk conference championships

Posted on Saturday, January 17, 2015, at 10:14 AM by Jeff

ESPN College Gameday comes to Iowa State today*, the Cyclones’ first ever appearance on the show (basketball or football), and the fourth-to-last power-conference school to be featured either as the home or away opponent. If ISU was ever going to … Continue reading →

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Jan 13

Iowa HS football brackets in PDF form

Posted on Tuesday, January 13, 2015, at 10:23 AM by Jeff

The 2014 Iowa high school football season playoff brackets that I made individual images of are now available as one PDF. I added the class name in larger letters. (Quasi-related: With the ratings for the College Football Playoff through the … Continue reading →

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Dec 31

Five years since Insight Bowl victory

Posted on Wednesday, December 31, 2014, at 8:12 PM by Jeff

The second-best decade in Iowa State football history was capped off with a 14-13 win against Minnesota in the Insight Bowl on Dec. 31, 2009. It was the third bowl win for the Cyclones in a decade and the second … Continue reading →

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Dec 17

Creation, analysis of retroactive football brackets

Posted on Wednesday, December 17, 2014, at 10:17 AM by Jeff

When the IHSAA said it would no longer pre-set a full bracket for the football postseason, instead setting up an “as-you-go” for each round, I wondered if there would be final brackets made after the finals. That did not happen. … Continue reading →

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Dec 11

Fool me three times, shame on…?

Posted on Thursday, December 11, 2014, at 10:30 AM by Jeff

December 6, 2012: Cheerleaders and pom squads from both sides perform before the Iowa-ISU women’s basketball game. In 2010, with some decent hopes for the 16th-ranked ISU women’s basketball team, I went to Carver-Hawkeye Arena for the first time to see … Continue reading →

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