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Latest Sports Results and Field Highlights From Des Moines This Week

Local teams and community leagues set the stage for weekend action at Valley Stadium and Wells Fargo Arena.

By Des Moines Sport Desk · Published July 24, 2026

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Des Moines Menace soccer opens its home schedule Saturday against Santa Fe Wanderers at Valley Stadium with kickoff listed for 7 p.m. The Iowa Barnstormers host the Green Bay Blizzard the same night at Wells Fargo Arena.

These matchups arrive as the city’s regular adult and youth leagues continue year-round play across multiple sports. Parks and Recreation runs fast-pitch softball, men’s and women’s basketball, coed sand volleyball, flag football, bean bag and indoor wiffle ball. The Pride Sports League of Central Iowa, started in 2012, fields teams in indoor volleyball, softball, basketball and dodgeball while running a free running club. Central Iowa Coed Soccer operates the state’s largest recreational coed league at fields that include the Midamerican Energy Company RecPlex in West Des Moines. i9 Sports has run youth programs for ages 3 and older since 2009 in flag football, soccer, basketball, baseball, softball, tennis and volleyball. The Des Moines Roller Derby and the Des Moines Rugby Club women’s team also keep schedules active.

Weekend schedule details

The Greenbelt Music Festival runs through Thursday and Friday with local and national acts, games, food vendors and live goats on site. The Iowa Barnstormers game is promoted as Kids’ Night, with free jerseys for the first 1,000 children and $1 hot dogs sold in the first half. The WNBA season opens Sunday when the Indiana Fever play the Chicago Sky at 2 p.m., carried locally on channel 5, though the contest is not hosted in Des Moines.

Current online listings for July 16-17 events remain thin. Most posted calendars still show dates from October 2026 or July 2025, according to the Catch Des Moines events guide. That gap leaves the Menace opener, Barnstormers game and ongoing league matches as the clearest confirmed local sports activity for the coming days.

Where to follow outcomes

League standings and game reports typically appear on the Parks and Recreation site and the individual organization pages after each round concludes. Fans seeking post-game notes can check those sources directly once play finishes this weekend.

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