Category Archives: Sports

Sep 07

ISU-Iowa preview

(Is this the most obvious answer? Yes. But abbreviated Hate Weeks always feel cheapened. The original story, in case you forgot.) ISU officially hasn’t scored any touchdowns this season, but touchdowns are not necessarily required for winning.

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Aug 31

ISU-SDSU preview

(In lieu of playing “Sports Song” again.)

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Aug 28

Danville, Clarksville not fielding own football teams

Danville, near Burlington, forfeited half of its football games in 2016. Last year, it did a last-minute deal to participate with West Burlington/Notre Dame (itself one of the weirder sharing setups in Iowa). Despite only having 27 players out for … Continue reading

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Aug 27

Seven score and three wins ago

September 12, 2015: C.J. Beathard (16) runs the ball for Iowa, one play before a 48-yard pass. Iowa State was the only team in the 2015 regular season to lead Iowa in the second half. It ended with what the Gazette … Continue reading

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Aug 24

North Tama the smallest with 11 on the field

High school football season starts Friday (for most of us, anyway) and while there are new districts, one thing is the same from 2016: North Tama is the smallest public school playing 11 instead of 8. The BEDS numbers (total … Continue reading

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Aug 21

When Thanos comes for your football team

The ISU booth in the Varied Industries Building had, as always, football schedule posters for fans. This is the largest version I can find online. A few things about it jumped out. It wasn’t the issue of this year’s upcoming outfits, because … Continue reading

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Aug 15

GR breaks with NT, signs with DNH on wrestling

The success of the Gladbrook-Reinbeck boys’ basketball program has pinned down its wrestling participation. According to this story from the Parkersburg Eclipse/News-Review, GR will be sending its wrestlers to Dike-New Hartford next year. That will end a very long time … Continue reading

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Aug 08

ISU athletics department implements a big-time thing

And not in a good way, either. AMES, Iowa – The Iowa State Athletics Department will implement a “clear bag policy” for football games at MidAmerican Energy Field at Jack Trice Stadium and all events in Hilton Coliseum beginning this … Continue reading

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Jul 30

Electricity comes to Sioux City

July 9, 2018: This is not Sioux City. It is CAL’s baseball diamond in Alexander. I happened to pass by when the team was having its last practice, ever. The tie-in to this post is that a district so small … Continue reading

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Jul 27

1A baseball final: Unbeaten team vs. private school

The Class 1A baseball final, as usual, will pit a private school against a public school. There was a “balance”  of four of each starting the state tournament, but three were eliminated in the first round, removing a chance for … Continue reading

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