Ames, IA

On fall Saturdays in Ames, the excitement of game day begins long before kickoff.  While tailgates fill the parking lots surrounding Jack Trice Stadium, another Iowa State tradition draws a crowd just outside the Alumni Center. The Iowa State University Cyclone Football “Varsity” Marching Band gathers on the steps for the Step Show. It gives...

AMES — The Cyclones hosted the Cyclone Preview Friday, with the men’s team showcasing mostly underclassman runners and the women’s team looking to bounce back after a long offseason in their debut race against stiff competition. Teams in attendance included Missouri, Minnesota, Nebraska, Drake, Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC),  Iowa Central Community College and...

Iowa State faced its second road test of the season in the Gaucho Invite against Utah State. The Cyclones outlasted the Aggies in four sets for a 3-1 victory that moved them to 4-1 overall this season.  With a great performance from senior Lilly Wachholz, a balanced attack from the Cyclones’ offense and the team...

A Cyclone may be the perfect name for a sports team, but it is not exactly easy to make a mascot costume.  That was the problem Iowa State faced in the 1950s. The university’s athletic teams had been known as the Cyclones since 1895. However, turning swirling wind into something that could walk on the...

On Saturdays this fall, thousands of fans dressed in cardinal and gold make their way toward one of Iowa State’s most recognizable landmarks.  Jack Trice Stadium has become the center of Cyclone football, filled with packed stands and roaring crowds. But the stadium’s history is about more than football. Before the name Jack Trice appeared...

Career-highs in kills for Shadd-Ceres, Ames, Johnson and TeStrake.

Gary Clark, 90, Ames, Iowa AMES, Iowa—Gary Sherman Clark, age 90, of Ames, and formerly of Roland and

JEFFERSON, Ia. — The Roland-Story Norsemen volleyball team returned to the court on Thursday evening, as they made the trip west on Highway 30 to take on the Greene County Rams and Ames Little Cyclones [...]