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Raptors ground Falcons in WVC play; Ridge View boys posts Wire-to-Wire victory over OABCIG
JEFF B | Iowa Prep Illustrated / Iowa Grandstand Sports IDA GROVE — Behind a strong defensive effort on Friday, Ridge View withstood a slow beginning to its Western Valley Conference girls basketball game against OABCIG. The Raptors earned a hard-fought 48-38 victory over the Falcons. With the win, Ridge View has been victorious in Continue reading
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Cherokee snaps six loss streak to Spirit Lake boys, defeats Indians 64-55
JEFF B | Iowa Prep Illustrated / Iowa Grandstand Sports SPIRIT LAKE — Basketball teams usually break losing streaks at home, but chalk it to to Iowa Prep Illustrated / Iowa Grandstand Sports Class 2A seventh ranked Cherokee boy’s for ending a personal six game losing streak to Spirit Lake. The Braves were coming off Continue reading
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Nuisance Spirit Lake does it once more, knocks Cherokee girls from ranks of unbeaten
JEFF B | Iowa Prep Illustrated / Iowa Grandstand Sports SPIRIT LAKE — The Cherokee Braves girls basketball team has been one that has marched to the beat of a different drummer to earn high praise for its talents on the basketball court. But one team, Spirit Lake has had no part of that. They’ve Continue reading
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The Rush With Travis And Ross – Tuesday, December 23
The Rush with Travis Justice and Ross Peterson. The Rush Radio Show, powered by Willis Automotive, with Travis Justice and Ross Peterson, Tuesday, December 23, 2025. The Iowa State Cyclones are moving on up! The Cyclones are #3 in the latest Associated Press college basketball poll. Iowa State is also #3 in the Coaches poll. Continue reading
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Nothing Personal With David Samson: NFL suspends DK Metcalf for two games! Draymond Green leaves game after argument with Steve Kerr!
Nothing Personal with David Samson. Today’s word of the day is ‘null and void’ as in DK Metcalf as in the NFL as in Steelers as in Lions as in suspension. The NFL handed down a two game suspension for what Metcalf did in grabbing a fan during the Steelers game on Sunday. This could Continue reading
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AP men’s college basketball Top 25: Arizona remains No. 1 as Duke drops out of top five. Iowa State third, and Iowa in at No. 25
CJ Moore and Matthew Ho | The Athletic Arizona stayed atop the Associated Press men’s basketball Top 25 poll for the third consecutive week, while Duke (11-1) slid three spots to No. 6 after its first loss of the season, 82-81 to Texas Tech in New York City. As a result of the Blue Devils’ drop, Iowa State Continue reading
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UConn still No. 1; top seven unchanged in women’s Top-25 poll
Dan Morrison | On3 It’s nearly Christmas with just one full week of December left on the calendar. That means that some women’s basketball teams have opened conference play while others are preparing to do so. It also means the AP Top 25 Poll has been updated once again. Iowa State and Iowa remain at the same Continue reading
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H.S. Scoreboard | Dec. 22
Iowa Prep Illustrated / Iowa Grandstand Sports will provide weekly high school Basketball & Wrestling scores. Please report your results via email or by text message: Our email is: jbiagrandstand@yahoo.com and our phone is: 712-661-8004. We’ll post scores for schools from the Lakes, Missouri River, Siouxland, Twin Lakes, War Eagle, and Western Valley Conference. Rankings Continue reading
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Iowa football captures Joe Moore Award as nation’s best offensive line
Josh Helmer | Hawkeyes Wire Iowa football’s 2025 offensive line has been immortalized. The Hawkeyes captured the Joe Moore Award on Monday, presented annually to the nation’s most outstanding offensive line. Iowa won the award over fellow finalists Indiana and Oregon. The Hawkeyes averaged 177.8 rushing yards per game, allowed just 16 sacks and didn’t commit their first accepted Continue reading
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Gleeman & The Geek Full Episode: Meet The New Boss
Gleeman and the Geek (Free) Podcast. Aaron and John talk about the Twins’ long-awaited ownership changes, why Tom Pohlad needs to follow up his words with actions, adding Josh Bell to the lineup, and the roster holes that still need to be addressed if 2026 is going to be competitive. CLICK TO WATCH & LISTEN Continue reading
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