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SPORTS SHORTS: Polar Bears push past Bobcat girls, 2-1

DES MOINES — The Marshalltown girls’ soccer team surrendered two first-half tallies in a 2-1 loss at Des Moines North’s Grubb Stadium on Tuesday night. Vick Lumanya scored both goals for North (4-4-1), beating the back line of the Bobcat defense and dribbling in uncontested against MHS ...

Liberty favored, Aces chase in WNBA title odds

LAS VEGAS — The Las Vegas Aces have ruled the WNBA in recent years, winning three of the past four championships, and they are expected to compete for the title yet again. Las Vegas, however, has plenty of company in the race to the top, according to oddsmakers, as the season begins ...

BOBCAT ROUND-UP: ’Cats clinch Alliance dual title

The Marshalltown girls’ golf team secured the Iowa Alliance Conference North Division’s regular-season title on Tuesday, edging Ames by one stroke in a nine-hole dual meet at the American Legion Memorial Golf Course. The Bobcats improved to 3-0 in the Alliance North thanks to a 179-180 ...

Iowa State men add ex-Hawkeye Ayala to staff

AMES — It may seem somewhat unconventional on paper, but Drake Ayala’s decision to join the Iowa State University men’s wrestling staff was steeped much more in logic than emotion. Ayala was officially added to new Cyclone head coach Brent Metcalf’s staff on Wednesday. The ...

Heiden and Carnegie picked for USA 3-on-3

IOWA CITY — University of Iowa sophomores Ava Heiden and transfer Dani Carnegie have been invited to the USA Basketball 3x3 Development Camp and Showcase in Phoenix, it was announced Tuesday by USA Basketball. Heiden and Carnegie will make their USA Basketball debuts. The USA Basketball 3x3 ...

Nurse rejoins 76ers after brother’s funeral

NEW YORK — Nick Nurse rejoined the Philadelphia 76ers after attending his brother’s funeral, saying Wednesday that Steve Nurse was a fan who would want him at Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. Nurse was in Ankeny on Tuesday, the day between the first two games of the series ...