One and done for the Iowa State women at the Big 12 Tournament in Kansas City, Thursday night. The Cyclones never led in a 77-68 loss to Arizona State. ISU was seven-of-36 from three point range.

That’s Iowa State coach Bill Fennelly. The Cyclones shot only 36 percent for the game in falling to 22-9.

The Drake women held Illinois State to 38 percent shooting Thursday night,  and beat the Redbirds 73-55 in the Knapp Center.

That’s Drake coach Allison Pohlman. It was the Bulldog’s fourth win in their last five games as they move to 10-9 in the Missouri Valley Conference.

Drake survived at the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament and snapped a nine-game losing skid in the process. Jalen Quinn scored 22 points as the Bulldogs edged Southern Illinois 67-63.

After a string of heartbreaking losses the Bulldogs made enough plays down the stretch to hang on for the win.

The Bulldogs advance to play top seeded and regular season champion Belmont in the quarterfinals at noon on Friday.

The AHSTW Boys Track and Field season is right around the corner, and things are looking promising after a successful 2025 season. As a team, they finished top 5 in 5 different events throughout the 2025 season, and placed 25th at Class 1a Boys State. AHSTW sent 5 boys to state last season. Although they are losing three seniors, 3 runners from the 4×800 team that almost broke the school record are coming back this season. Head Coach Jackson Renberg is looking forward to how the success from last year’s T&F group can carry over into the 2026 season.

This team is looking for different runners to step up in place of the seniors who have left, and Coach Renberg has an idea of who could take the next step:

The 4×800 team from last year was 10th best in the whole state last season and was one of the best in school history. It will be the strength of this AHSTW Boys team that should have great mid-distance runners.

Certain guys have stepped up in a more vocal role to encourage the younger runners and get the most out of who they can be:

Going into this season, it is actually a certain class of runners that Coach Renberg is most excited about in terms of growth an overall success:

The AHSTW Boys Track and Field season begins on March 13th, where they will head to the Lied Recreation Athletic Center for the 2026 IATC Indoor Championships.

IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa diving qualified five student-athletes for the NCAA Zone D Diving Championships on March 9-11. The meet will take place at the Student Recreation Natatorium on the Texas A&M University Campus.

Seniors Geneva Pauly and Lainey Woodward, sophomore Stephanie Avram, and freshmen Zita Bernatsky and Kamila Swanson will compete for Iowa with their qualifying scores from the season.

Bernatsky and Pauly will compete in all three dives, while Woodward will compete off both springboards. Avram will compete off the one-meter and platform and Swanson will compete from the three-meter.

Pauly returns for her fourth consecutive year, while Woodward is attending the third zone diving meet of her career. Avram has qualified in back-to-back seasons. Competition begins at noon each day in College Station.

To advance through the prelim round, divers must place in the top 18. After the finals, the top 11 divers from the one-meter and platform are eligible for the NCAA Championships. The top 10 divers from the three-meter springboard will advance.

Iowa State will celebrate Senior Day on Saturday when the sixth ranked Cyclones host Arizona State to close the regular season. ISU is 11-6 in the Big 12 and 24-6 overall after losses to Texas Tech and second ranked Arizona. ISU coach T.J. Otzelberger.

Otzelbeger says Senior Day at Iowa State is always emotional for all the players.

Otzelberger says there are things to clean up but the loss at Arizona was not due to a lack of effort.

One of the seniors is Ames native Tamin Lipsey, who talks about handling the emotions of the day.

Lipsey says the first Iowa State game he attended was against Michigan back in 2013.

Lipsey says as the regular season comes to a close the sense of urgency is rising.

Arizona State is 7-10 in the Big 12 and 16-14 overall. Cyclone junior forward Blake Buchanan says like Arizona, the Sun Devils feature a lot of size along the front line.

Fourth ranked Iowa State and 17th ranked Northern Iowa open the Big 12 Wrestling Championships Friday morning in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

That’s ISU coach Kevin Dresser, who says when it comes to the team race bonus points and the consolation bracket are often the difference.

The Cyclones take a healthy lineup into the conference meet.

UNI finished second in the Big 12 meet a year ago.

That’s Panther coach Doug Schwab, who says the Panthers are enjoying their role as underdog. Third ranked Oklahoma State is the pre-tournament favorite.

The Big 12 Championships serve as a qualifier for the NCAA Tournament.

The Iowa State women open the Big-12 Tournament in Kansas City tonight as the seventh seeded Cyclones take on 10th seeded Arizona State. ISU coach Bill Fennelly says there is an elevated sense of urgency as the post season begins.

Fennelly says in a balanced league the Cyclones have the potential to make a deep run this weekend.

The winner advances to play second seeded West Virginia Friday night.

2A

#2 Rock Valley – 43 vs #7 Regina Catholic – 31

#6 Treynor – 62 vs #3 Central Lyon – 50

1A

#3 St. Albert – 45 vs #6 Exira-EHK-Audubon – 37

#1 Bishop Garrigan – 64 vs #8 Kee High – 42

#2 Newell-Fonda – 77 vs #7 Saint Ansgar – 58

#5 Dunkerton – 60 vs #4 Lynnville-Sully – 39

The Exira-EHK-Audubon girls basketball team saw their 22-game win streak and their season come to an end Wednesday night as they fell to the St. Albert Saintes 45-37 in the state quarterfinal. Despite a slow start, Exira-EHK-Audubon fought hard in a physical game for all four quarters. After surrendering a 15-1 run to start game, they would constantly battle and thanks in large part to their stout defense, would tie the game in the fourth quarter. Although Taryn Petersen’s team leading 18 points played a large part in the comeback effort, St. Albert’s ability to control glass was too much to overcome. It was a solid effort against one of the best teams in the state that came up just a little short.

The start to the ball game couldn’t have gone any worse for Exira-EHK-Audubon. St. Albert was on top of them from the opening tip. At points throughout the opening quarter, Exira-EHK-Audubon struggled to move the ball without turning it over. Although St. Albert wasn’t electric on offense it was enough to go on a 15-1 over the course of the first five minutes. However, after Taryn Petersen hit the first field goal of the game with just under two minutes in the quarter, Exira-EHK-Audubon settled in. Over the course of the final two minutes, they outscored St. Albert 7-2 to get themselves back in the game.

That trend continued in the second. Although it took a while for the offense to get going, they continued to close the gap. Through the final 10 minutes of the half, Exira-EHK-Audubon outscored the Saintes 19-7 including a 9-2 run over the final four minutes of the second and went into the half down by two.

Credit has to be given to the defenses. It was the lowest point total in a class 1A quarterfinal, and the lowest point total in the whole tournament for a game that finished within single digits. St. Albert’s pressure caused a lot of issues for Exira-EHK-Audubon. On the other end, Exira-EHK-Audubon did a phenomenal job in the half court and continued to find ways to survive. However, it was the overwhelming need to survive possessions caused by the rebounding of St. Albert that ultimately turned out to be the biggest difference. The Saintes outrebounded Exira-EHK-Audubon 51-25. A lot of the damage was done on the offense glass. There were numerous times were the Saintes earned second, third, and even forth chance opportunities. Eventually this became too much to survive.

However, despite everything, Exira-EHK-Audubon hung in the game. Although St. Albert extended their lead in the third, Exira-EHK-Audubon came right back in the early stages of the fourth going on a 10-2 through the first three minutes of the frame to tie the game. Unfortunately, St. Albert found and answer on both offense and defense, as Exira-EHK-Audubon never truly threatened again.

Head coach Tom Petersen was extremely pleased with his team’s effort against the defending champs.

Junior Taryn Petersen credited their ability to get to the inside as the adjustment that got them back into the game.

Jaelyn Petersen one of three seniors on the team was happy with what her and her classmates were able to accomplish over their careers.

St. Albert is one of the best teams in the state and are primed to defend their state championship. For Exira-EHK-Audubon, they showed that they could hang with the best.

Exira-EHK-Audubon ends the season with a record of 22-2 and made their first state tournament appearance in four years.