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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
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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