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High School Football

Bobcats denied in stadium’s debut

Opportunity was just out of reach for Marshalltown football on Friday night. The Bobcats didn’t capitalize on enough second-half chances, allowing Davenport North to run away with a 35-21 win in Marshalltown’s home opener at Leonard Cole Field. Marshalltown slips to 0-3, North moves to ...

Grundy Center guns down Falcons, 31-7

GRUNDY CENTER — Tanner Laube knew he could make the big play on Friday night. The Grundy Center senior nearly blocked one Aplington-Parkersburg punt in Friday’s game at Spartan Stadium, and he didn’t miss a second chance. Laube’s punt block set the Class 1A No. 1 Spartans up with a ...

Bobcats jolted by Jefferson, 40-0

CEDAR RAPIDS — The Marshalltown football team suffered its second loss in as many tries, falling 40-0 to Cedar Rapids Jefferson in Thursday’s game inside Kingston Stadium. It was a mighty turn of the tides from last year’s meeting, when MHS mauled the J-Hawks 48-0. Instead, the Bobcats ...

Riverhawks pull away from Bobcats, 32-3

MASON CITY — The Marshalltown football team suffered its worst loss to Mason City since 2001 with Friday’s season-opening 32-3 defeat at the hands of the host Riverhawks. Mason City scored on five of its last six possessions while keeping the Bobcats (0-1) out of the end zone for the first ...

Mustangs snap 12-game skid

LE GRAND — East Marshall head coach Greg Lee believes the Mustangs’ loss to BCLUW last year was a crossroads for both programs. When the two teams met at the junction again on Friday night in Le Grand, the Mustangs found the road to victory, 7-0 winners over the Comets at East Marshall ...