A pair of one-score losses and another nine-point setback meant the difference between a Class 5A state playoff berth and the end of the season for the Marshalltown High School football team last fall. The Bobcats went 4-5 and finished 25th out of 36 teams in the Iowa High School Athletic ...

CONRAD — The BCLUW football team hits the field Friday against East Marshall for the first game of the season with a very similar coaching staff, but there’s a new head man on the scene in Conrad — head coach Jeff Pikna. The Comets promoted Pikna to head coach for the 2022 campaign, ...

GARWIN — First-year GMG head football coach Devon Diederichs knew well enough not to invest too heavily into his team’s first game of the season against a traditionally strong opponent. After a 56-0 loss at Janesville in Week Zero, it looks like Diederichs’ apprehension was the proper ...

REINBECK — Last season was a revelation for Gladbrook-Reinbeck on the offensive side of the ball. After years of being a run-first, run-second offensive team and controlling games by using the clock and keeping the ball. That all changed with the introduction of Isaac Clark and Drew Eilers ...

STATE CENTER — West Marshall head football coach Cody Hackett has a feeling that this is the year the rest of the teams in Class 2A District 7 rise up to meet the standard set by his Trojans. Thankfully the expectations are forever engrained in the West Marshall program so there’s no ...

LE GRAND — The 2021 season was not kind to East Marshall football, despite some improvements on the field. A difficult district in Class 1A set the Mustangs up with a schedule including opponents such as Dike-New Hartford, Denver and Aplington-Parkersburg. East Marshall went 2-6 with wins ...