Iowa State lost a 14-10 lead heading into the fourth quarter and fell 20-14 to Oklahoma State in Stillwater on Saturday. Spencer Sanders came on to play in the fourth quarter and sparked the Oklahoma State Offense. He threw a 14-yard touchdown pass to Jaden Nixon with 9:18 left to give Okie State the lead. The Cowboys got a 40 yard field goal from Tanner Brown to provide the final margin.

Iowa State struggled with ball security throughout the game, turning the ball over a total of five times. The Cyclones outgained the Cowboys 333-244 yards but the giveaways proved too costly.

Iowa State’s last drive got deep in Cowboy territory but Hunter Dekkers was sacked on 4th down to end the game.

Iowa State falls to 4-6 on the season and will head back home to host Texas Tech next Saturday. Oklahoma State improved to 7-3.

Cooper DeJean was a big catalyst in Iowa’s 24-10 win over Wisconsin on Saturday in Iowa City. DeJean took an interception back 32-yards for a touchdown and helped set up another score with a 41-yard punt return.

Iowa won the game with just 146 yards of offense and the Iowa defense forced 3 Wisconsin turnovers on the day.

The Hawkeyes improved to 6-4 on the season and reach bowl eligibility, Iowa now controls their own fate in the Big Ten West.

Next up for Iowa is a road trip to Minnesota next week.

Drake grabbed a big 27-24 win over Butler at Drake Stadium in Des Moines on Saturday. Luke Williams kicked a 22-yard field goal with 8 seconds left to halt Butler’s five game winning streak.

Luke Bailey completed 15 passes for 178 yards and a touchdown with 2 interceptions. It was a good back and forth game with Drake leading 17-7 at the end fo the first and 24-14 at halftime. Butler tied the game with 4:52 left on a 23-yard Luka Zurak field goal.

Drake improved to 2-8 overall and 2-5 in conference play. Butler falls to 7-3 overall and 5-2 in the PFL.

Next up for Drake is a road trip to Valporaiso next Saturday at 12:00 p.m.

Photo credit: Iowa Central

Atlantic native and current Iowa Central runner Taylor McCreedy finished 11th place in the Women’s DI 5000M at the NJCAA Cross Country Championships on Saturday morning. McCreedy ran a time of 18:57.6 and was just 1:10 off the top spot.

Iowa Central finished 5th in the team standings with 199 points. Southern Idaho was the team champion with 61 points.

Iowa Western runner Mercy Biwott was the individual runner-up with a time of 18:05.8

The Iowa men’s basketball team erupted offensively for a 112-71 win over North Carolina A&T on Friday night. Four Hawkeyes finished in double figures: Keegan Murray 22, Patrick McCaffery 21, Payton Sandfort 17, and Filip Rebraca 12. McCaffery’s 21 are a new career high.

Iowa committed just 4 turnovers in the game and 12 different players scored 3 points or more. The Hawks improved to 2-0 on the young season.

Next up Iowa will visit Seton Hall on Wednesday for the Gavitt Games. Tipoff is slated for 6:30 p.m. and we’ll have coverage on the Hawkeye Radio Network starting at 5:30 p.m. that evening.

Atlantic’s Alexes Reynolds competed in the preliminary round of the 2022 Girls State Swimming and Diving Meet on Friday at the Marshalltown YMCA/YWCA.

Reynolds finished sixth in her heat of the 200Y Freestyle with a time of 1:59.13. That put her in 20th place overall.

She also competed in the 500Y Freestyle and finished 7th in the final heat with a time of 5:23.43. That time put her in 21st place.

The top 16 swimmers advanced on to the finals on Saturday.