BLOOMINGTON — After a 51-10 drubbing at the hands of Ohio State, this week was all about how Indiana would respond.
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Ninth-ranked Northern Iowa's defense picked off three Idaho State passes and the Panthers rallied for a 13-6 victory Saturday at the UNI-Dome.
For most of the first half, St. Ambrose was in cruise control.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Auburn led by only 11 points late in the second quarter after scoring 14 unanswered points to start the game, and Texas A&M was lined up to attempt a 52-yard field goal.
The defensive struggle everyone expected? Kevin Steele’s unit delivered, but Gus Malzahn had other ideas.
The Badgers (3-0, 1-0 Big Ten) jumped out to a 28-0 halftime lead and extended that cushion to 35-0 in the third quarter before closing out the Wolverines 35-14 in their Big Ten Conference opener Saturday at Camp Randall.
The way Jonathan Taylor's replacements, junior Garrett Groshek and freshman Nakia Watson, held down the fort and powered Wisconsin’s offense while the Heisman Trophy candidate was sidelined with cramps shows depth and versatility UW lacked last season.
There’s just something about Kyle Field that brings out the best in Auburn.
Here are three takes from the No. 17 Texas A&M football team’s 28-20 loss to No. 8 Auburn on Saturday at Kyle Field:
ALBION, Mich. — Drew Barth completed 24 of 46 passes for 410 yards and four touchdowns, but it wasn't enough as the Albion College football team downed Eureka College, 56-41, on Saturday.
IOWA CITY — LeVar Woods finds a lot to like about the special teams he coordinators for the Iowa football program.
PARK VIEW — Competing in a 10-team field that included six Mississippi Athletic Conference squads, the Central DeWitt boys and girls cross country teams got a good look at its future league-mates at Tuesday’s Lancer Invitational.
WYOMING — The top of the boys team standings at Tuesday’s Midland Invitational had a local flair.
GOOSE LAKE — Slow starts have not been a problem for the Northeast volleyball team.
The Central DeWitt football team had just about everything it could have wanted in the first half of Friday’s homecoming game with Dubuque Wahlert.
GOOSE LAKE — Just two days after earning runner-up honors at the Tipton Invitational, the Northeast boys cross country team finished second again.
ALBURNETT — An aggressive Alburnett attack proved to be too much for the Calamus-Wheatland volleyball team during Thursday’s Tri-Rivers Conference match between the two teams.
WAPELLO — The stage was set for a drama-filled fourth quarter.
TIPTON — Area runners racked up numerous miles this summer in preparation for the fall cross country season.
The Central DeWitt and Easton Valley volleyball teams each came up with one comfortable victory during Monday’s non-conference tilt.
WHEATLAND — The Calamus-Wheatland volleyball team started slow at its home opener Thursday.
MAQUOKETA — One long drive gave the Central DeWitt football team the lead during Friday’s rivalry game with Maquoketa.
GOOSE LAKE — A tough start put the Northeast football team in early hole.
IOWA CITY — The competition stayed tough for the Calamus-Wheatland boys cross country team.
Ready to celebrate a new decade, the 11th edition of the Saber Bowl Dash has really embraced the idea of “new”.
ANAMOSA — Victories proved to be elusive for Northeast volleyball team at a Saturday tournament hosted by Anamosa.
CLINTON — Seniors Carly Small and Andrew Hilgendorf have experienced the state cross country meet before.
If the first meeting Saturday did not provide enough evidence, Tuesday night’s rematch certainly did.
CLINTON — The Calamus-Wheatland volleyball team got an early look at a pair of future conference foes during Tuesday’s season-opening Prince of Peace Quadrangular.
The start was inauspicious to say the least, but it quickly faded away.
GOOSE LAKE — There is never a good time to have a turnover.
MAQUOKETA — The Central DeWitt volleyball team did not have to worry about getting enough time on the court during the season-opening Maquoketa Invitational Saturday.
The Central DeWitt boys and girls cross country teams did not have to go far to get their first taste of competition this fall.
MOUNT VERNON — Back on the cross country course for the first time since finishing as the state runner-up in Class 1A, the Calamus-Wheatland boys cross country team tested itself at Tuesday’s Mount Vernon-Lisbon Invitational.
CLINTON — It proved to be a successful debut in more ways than one for the Northeast boys and girls cross country teams, as the Rebels swept the individual titles at Tuesday’s season-opening dual with Clinton.
A former summer tradition is set to make its return to Goose Lake this Saturday.
A week after the state’s print media announced its all-state teams for the baseball season, the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association honored a half-dozen Observer-area baseball players on their all-state squads.
No matter whether it was at the plate, behind the plate or firing to the plate, Central DeWitt senior Garrett Finley made an impact this summer.
Youth was served on the River Valley North baseball diamonds this summer.
If you need a reminder of the type of season the Calamus-Wheatland baseball team had this summer, all you need to do is take a look at the Warriors’ record book.
Already honored on the all-district and all-conference squads, a half-dozen area softball players recently added some state-wide recognition to their résumés.
It proved to be a weekend of familiar faces for the two editions of the DeWitt Crossroads Triathlon.
DES MOINES — No matter what metric you used, it did not take long for the Central DeWitt baseball team to make its presence known in Des Moines.
It was a season to remember for the Central DeWitt softball team.
The scoreboard operator could count on a workout when the Northeast softball team took to the diamond this summer.
The message was printed out — one letter at a time — and placed inside the Central DeWitt baseball team’s dugout.
SOLON — The Calamus-Wheatland baseball team had not had many bad days this summer.
After a successful debut last August, the DeWitt Crossroads Youth Triathlon is celebrating its second birthday with an expanded field.
The Central DeWitt baseball team kept waiting for something to break its way.
CALAMUS — With its pitching, any lead the Calamus-Wheatland baseball team gets can be dangerous.
MANCHESTER — Macey Kleitsch had been on the wrong side of the first battle.
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