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Opportunity knocks, ’Cats can’t answer

Waterloo West scored more points, gained more yards and committed fewer turnovers and penalties, so Marshalltown head football coach Adam Goodvin gives the Wahawks all the credit in the world. Even still, he can’t help but wonder what Friday’s home-field finale would have been like if his ...

SPORTS SHORTS: Thatcher 11th in Bobcats’ All-Dive Invite

Marshalltown senior Harlie Thatcher came in 11th place at the Bobcat All-Dive Invite on Saturday at the Marshalltown YMCA-YWCA, scoring 318.45 points. The event welcomed 40 divers to Marshalltown for a meet that was also a state-qualifier for the top-five finishers. Saturday’s top two ...

Coleman, Sandvick named first-team all-IAC

The Marshalltown girls’ tennis team entered the fall with a new-look lineup, but the Bobcats more than held their own in the Iowa Alliance Conference. The league’s coaches took notice. Six Bobcats were honored with selection to the all-Iowa Alliance Conference girls tennis squad in a ...

ISU announces Benko as next AD

AMES — President David Cook has selected Jared Benko as the next director of athletics at Iowa State University. Benko, who has spent the past two years as the executive deputy athletic director at Auburn University, will start on Oct. 30, pending approval by the Iowa Board of ...

Iowa’s Lutmer a Lott Trophy quarterfinalist

IOWA CITY — University of Iowa fourth-year defensive back Zach Lutmer has been named a 2026 Lott IMPACT Trophy Quarterfinalist, it was announced Thursday by the Pacific Club IMPACT Foundation. The 16 quarterfinalists represent the finest defensive players in college football who have had ...

Hawkeyes’ Welker wins third-straight gold at Worlds

LAS VEGAS — Fifth-year University of Iowa women’s wrestler Kylie Welker (76 kg) earned her third consecutive gold medal at the U23 World Championships on Thursday night in Las Vegas, Nev. She is the first American and first women’s freestyle wrestler to win three consecutive U23 ...