Being picked to finished fifth in the Missouri Valley Football Conference is something that irritates Northern Iowa head football coach Mark Farley. One thing he’s put an emphasis on all offseason and heading into fall camp, is that this team needs to score points and score more points.
The Cedar Rapids Kernels were the Bunnies for one night and made history at the Field of Dreams playing in the first-ever Minor League Baseball game. For many of the Kernels players and even the fans, this was their first time being at the movie site and it did not disappoint.
Players from the Cedar Rapids Kernels said from their police escort from Farley, to arriving at the field, they felt like the red carpet had been rolled out for them ahead of their game.
Tuesday will mark the the first-ever Minor League Baseball game at the Field of Dreams. This will also be the first time one Cedar Rapids Kernels pitcher will step foot on the movie site after growing up in the Hawkeye state.
Iowa State head coach Matt Campbell said he was happy O’Rien Vance decided to come back for a fifth season, not just for what he can do on the field, but his leadership off of it.
The Cincinnati Reds and Chicago Cubs will have the chance to emerge out of the corn stalks and play in the second annual MLB game at the Field of Dreams.
The Cedar Rapids Sizzlers took home the championship for Granny Basketball after winning all six of their games during the league’s national tournament held back on July 30th and 31st.
Green Bay Packers wide receiver Allen Lazard enters the final year of his contract knowing he will probably get more targets than ever now that former teammate Davante Adams is with the Las Vegas Raiders.
The Iowa women’s basketball team returns all five starters, which is pretty rare for any team, but they do have four new additions that will be wearing the black and gold this season.
A pair of Cyclones, defensive end Will McDonald IV, and wide receiver Xavier Hutchinson, are among the early candidates for the Walter Camp Player of the Year Award.
After coming up short last year in the world team tryouts, Iowa City High's Ben Kueter is ready to prove himself against even tougher competition next month. He’ll get to don the red, white and blue once again at the U20 World Championships set for Bulgaria.
The Harris family out of Peosta has had a pretty incredible year on the diamond. Brett recently won a baseball state title with Western Dubuque, Calvin was crowned a national champion after winning the College World Series at Ole Miss and their sister Maddie won a state softball title with the bobcats last season.
