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SPORTS SHORTS: No. 17 RedTails hold off Tigers, 2-1

The Marshalltown Community College men’s soccer team fought off No. 17 Hawkeye CC for as long as it could before eventually falling 2-1 to the RedTails on Wednesday on the MCC campus. Hawkeye (9-4-1, 5-1-1) finally broke through the scoreless tie in the 65th minute on a goal from Enis Ziese, and Luke Hobson made it 2-0 RedTails in the 73rd minute on an assist from Ziese. Marshalltown (3-8-3, 1-3-3) cut the deficit in half in the 88th minute on a goal by Enrico Borges, but the Tigers couldn’t find the equalizer before time expired. The goal by Borges came on one of only two shots ...

BIG JOHN STUD

By the time his senior season is over, John “JJ” Schoenfelder will have left more than his share of blood, sweat and tears on the turf at Leonard Cole Field. Through the first seven games of his senior campaign, Schoenfelder has left a trail of tackled ball-carriers as far as Bobcat fans ...

Bobcat girls drub ’Dogs in Ottumwa

OTTUMWA — The Marshalltown girls’ swimming squad stormed past Ottumwa in Tuesday’s final dual meet of the season, blasting the host Bulldogs 105-45 in an Iowa Alliance Conference meet at Beach Ottumwa. The Bobcats (7-2) claimed their seventh-straight dual meet after an 0-2 start to the ...

Iowa’s Pieper named as AP Midseason All-American

IOWA CITY — University of Iowa fourth-year offensive lineman Kade Pieper has been named to the Associated Press Midseason All-America team, it was announced Thursday by The Associated Press. Pieper has started 19 consecutive games at guard, dating back to the start of last season. The ...

Affolter joins Iowa staff as special assistant

IOWA CITY — Sydney Affolter has been named special assistant to the head coach for the University of Iowa women’s basketball program. Affolter enters her second season on Iowa’s staff after serving as a graduate assistant during the 2025-26 campaign. She joined the staff in the summer ...

No. 1 Kirkwood sweeps past MCC netters

Top-ranked Kirkwood turned away the Marshalltown Community College volleyball team in Wednesday’s Iowa Community College Athletic Conference clash in three sets, winning 25-19, 25-14, 25-16 inside the Student Activity Center. The visiting Eagles (27-0, 10-0) remained unbeaten behind a balanced offensive attack that featured seven different players with at least three kills. Carly Wazac led Kirkwood with seven kills and Madalyn Boyer added six more. MCC (8-11, 2-8) suffered its fourth straight defeat despite a match-high 11 kills from Morghan Harvey. Stella Remer contributed six kills ...