FRISCO, Texas — Big 12 coaches unanimously agreed Thursday on their preference for a 24-team College Football Playoff, a scenario in which the conference would have had five playoff teams last season instead of only league champion Texas Tech like it did in the current 12-team playoff ...

DES MOINES — The Marshalltown girls’ soccer team was locked in a 3-all tie with Des Moines North heading into overtime of Thursday’s Class 3A Region 6 first-round match before the contest was suspended due to lighting failure at Grubb Stadium. The match will resume at 5 p.m. Friday at ...

NEWTON — The leaderboard was one more variable than Cody Weaver wanted to worry about, so he eliminated it from the equation. With no idea where he stood, Weaver simply played his game — and that was plenty good. Weaver became the first boys’ state golf champion in East Marshall ...

IOWA CITY — The Marshalltown doubles team of Caleb Rasmussen and Evan Roush showed it had the ability. On Wednesday, the Bobcats just didn’t have the consistency. Rasmussen and Roush suffered back-to-back losses in the Class 2A state doubles tournament at Iowa City West High School, ...

The seasoned veterans looked the part, but the Bobcats are going to have to step up around them. The Marshalltown softball team suffered a season-opening defeat to Newton on Tuesday night, falling 10-2 in six innings on the MHS diamond. Newton pitcher Leileigh Hammons struck out 10 and ...

The Newton baseball team broke open a close game with five runs in the fifth inning of an eventual 8-0 victory over Marshalltown on Tuesday night at the MHS diamond. The visiting Cardinals (2-2) led 2-0 before breaking loose in the fifth, scoring five times on just two hits but four walks and ...