A huge performance from Marach Dau combined with great defense and timely free throws to lift No. 6 Ames past Johnston and into the state tournament ...

Ames enters the 2025 Iowa boys state basketball tournament with a chip on its shoulder. The Little Cyclones have amassed a 21-2 record that included an unbeaten run through the Iowa Alliance ...

Against Ames on Monday, the Tigers kept things interesting, building double-digit leads and then letting them fade away. But Valley (21-3) hung on, beating the Little Cyclones, 53-50, to advance ...