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AMES (ISU) — Iowa State wrestling head coach Kevin Jackson has announced the signing of eight prep wrestlers for the 2010-11 season.

IOWA CITY (U of I) — Four-time letterman and all-America running back Tavian Banks has been named honorary captain for Saturday’s home finale against Minnesota.

IOWA CITY (MCT) — Like a Thanksgiving Day turkey, the Big Ten’s annual tradition of ending its football season before the November holiday is, well, cooked.

Sure, it helped that the Iowa State football team took care of business Saturday with a 17-10 victory over Colorado to move to 6-5 on the season.

IOWA CITY (MCT) — Trey Stross dropped three passes Saturday, including a possible touchdown. Monday, he dropped the invisible wall between athlete and fan.

AMES (MCT) — Paul Rhoads met one of his role models, Bud Grant, last June at a fundraiser in Decorah.

DES MOINES (ISU)— Lucca Staiger tallied a career-high 32 points and established a new Iowa State single-game standard for 3-pointers in a game with 10, as the Cyclones cruised to a 90-70 victory at Drake Tuesday night at the Knapp Center.

IOWA CITY (U of I) — University of Iowa junior Kachine Alexander has been named co-Big Ten Player of the Week for her efforts in Iowa’s wins over Santa Clara and Illinois State to open the 2009-10 season. The announcement came Monday from the Big Ten office.

AMES (ISU) — DeMarcus Phillips, a junior college guard who was named Wisconsin’s 2008 Player of the Year, signed a letter of intent to play basketball at Iowa State beginning in the 2010-11 season, ISU head coach Greg McDermott announced today.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (MCT) — Everyone Iowa was about a million miles from bowl talk.

AMES (ISU) — After celebrating last season’s run to the NCAA Elite Eight, the 24th-ranked Iowa State women’s basketball team got the 2009-10 campaign underway with an 80-40 win over Florida Atlantic Sunday afternoon in Hilton Coliseum.

IOWA CITY — Fans of Iowa Hawkeye basketball had fairly low expectations of this year’s young squad. But after a bad home loss to start the season, the expectations may have just gotten a lot lower.

AMES — Iowa State started its men’s basketball season off on the right note with wins over Idaho State and Chicago State this past weekend.

AMES — It was a day to remember for Iowa State football.