After failing in its last two attempts, the Marshalltown football team had one last shot at securing a winning record on Friday night when it hosted rival Fort Dodge for a final Class 4A District 2 game at Leonard Cole Field. Unfortunately for the Bobcat faithful, the Dodgers proved to be ...

STATE CENTER — The West Marshall football team capped off the regular season with a 26-16 win over Union Community in a Class 2A District 7 matchup on Friday night. The win secured a spot in a three-way tie for West Marshall, as the Trojans (7-2, 4-1), Knights (6-3, 4-1) and Benton ...

GLADBROOK — The Gladbrook-Reinbeck football team coasted into the playoffs as the 8-Man District 5 champion by clobbering Colo-NESCO 56-14 in Friday’s regular-season finale. Colton Clark ran for 129 yards and three touchdowns for the Rebels (7-2, 7-0), who had already secured their ...

IOWA CITY — Iowa is back in the Top 25 behind a rejuvenated offense and a resilient defense. The 19th-ranked Hawkeye football team (5-1, 2-1 Big Ten) hope to keep things rolling on Saturday in its only home game in a stretch of 42 days when they host Maryland (4-2, 2-1) for just the second ...

IOWA CITY — A prominent Iowa youth basketball coach faces potentially decades in prison after admitting to a yearslong pattern of sexually exploiting and abusing at least 400 boys, including former players, their friends and other young athletes. Greg Stephen, 42, posed as girls on social ...

A four-year state drought was ended for the Marshalltown girls cross country team on Thursday, as Bobcat freshman Phoebe Hermanson punched her ticket to the state meet. Hermanson ran her best time of the season in the state-qualifying meet at the cross country course on the Marshalltown ...

GMG junior Jackson Edens is headed back to the state cross country meet for a second-straight season after his performance on Thursday afternoon. Edens finished in 13th in the Class 1A state-qualifying meet on the Marshalltown Community College Cross Country Course, coming in with a time of ...

For the first time since 2013 the East Marshall girls cross country team is back in the state meet. The Mustangs finished third in the Class 1A state-qualifying meet at the Marshalltown Community College Cross Country Course with a score of 85, just two points behind North Linn in second ...

Competing for a team state qualification was a bit of a long shot for the Marshalltown boys cross country team on Thursday in their Class 4A state-qualifying meet, but that wasn’t necessarily the goal for the Bobcats. When facing the likes of No. 5 Waukee, No. 12 Ames and teams to watch ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — The BCLUW boys cross country team placed first in the 1A state-qualifying meet at Noelridge Park on Thursday with a score of 49, just two points ahead of South Winneshiek in second. Caleb Silver paced the Comets to their state qualification with an individual win in the ...

PLEASANT HILL — Marshalltown senior Shakira Herrera had a part in all four of the Bobcats’ top-six finishes at the CIML Iowa Conference swimming meet on Thursday night at Southeast Polk High School. The Bobcats, who led in the team standings after Monday’s diving competition, came ...

It’s been a bit of a mixed bag over the last couple of weeks of the season for the Marshalltown volleyball team, as the Bobcats were 4-8 in the final two weeks before the regional playoffs. Heading into the Class 5A Region 4 tournament, MHS wanted to send a message that it is still a force ...

The Marshalltown football team has been one win away from its first winning record since 2012 for the last two weeks, but the Bobcats have failed to secure that elusive fifth win. MHS will have one last chance to win its fifth game on Friday night when it hosts long-time rival Fort Dodge for ...

CEDAR FALLS — Once a mighty mid-major, the Northern Iowa men’s basketball team has lost more games than it has won over the past two seasons. The Panthers are hoping four-star freshman point guard A.J. Green can help them get back to the top of the Missouri Valley standings. Green, a ...

IOWA CITY — For years, Iowa’s passing game was stuck in a rut. The Hawkeyes have finally gotten untracked. No. 19 Iowa (5-1, 2-1 Big Ten) moved into the Top 25 for the first time this year on the strength of back-to-back road wins powered by junior quarterback Nate Stanley and a passing ...

IOWA FALLS — The West Marshall volleyball team fell to Class 3A No. 10 Iowa Falls-Alden in the 3A Region 4 tournament in three sets on Wednesday, 25-23, 25-17, 25-14. With the win, the Cadets (27-6) eliminate the Trojans (17-18) from the postseason for a second-straight season. Teresa ...

REINBECK — Early on in the first set of the Class 1A Region 3 volleyball tournament opener between No. 11 Gladbrook-Reinbeck and GMG, the Rebels and Wolverines were knotted at 4-4. That was essentially the last time the match ever felt in doubt for Gladbrook-Reinbeck, as the Rebels ...

Winning the first set was supposed to be the tidal wave of momentum the Tigers could ride to victory, but Indian Hills had built the levee too high. Indian Hills stood tall and turned away the fast-starting Marshalltown Community College volleyball team on Tuesday night, winning their Iowa ...

AMES — Iowa State President Wendy Wintersteen said Tuesday the university will appeal a $25,000 fine levied by the Big 12 Conference for violating postgame celebration policies when fans stormed the field following a 30-14 home win over No. 6 West Virginia last weekend. The league told Iowa ...

BELLE PLAINE — The East Marshall volleyball team lost in the first round of the Class 2A Region 4 tournament to Belle Plaine on Tuesday in straight sets, 25-15, 25-23, 25-20. Juliana Arifi had 10 kills, five blocks and 15 digs to lead in all three statistics for the Mustangs (10-20). ...