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Tigers shot down by RedTails

The Marshalltown Community College volleyball team honored its sophomores before Wednesday’s conference match with Hawkeye CC, but the Tigers couldn’t give their second-year players the kind of keepsake they were hoping for. The visiting RedTails rode their moments of momentum into ...

Johnson wins Alliance XC crown

OTTUMWA — Marshalltown junior Preston Johnson won the Iowa Alliance Conference cross country title on Wednesday night while helping lead the Bobcat boys to a third-place finish. Johnson claimed the conference crown with a winning time of 15 minutes, 52.1 seconds — nearly 30 seconds ahead ...

Iowa’s offensive line named to Joe Moore Midseason Honor Roll

IOWA CITY — The University of Iowa’s offensive line was named to the midseason honor roll for the Joe Moore Award on Wednesday. The award honors offensive line units that display a high level of toughness, effort, teamwork, consistency, technique and finishing. The Joe Moore Award is ...

Iowa State announces 2026 Beauty and the Beast

AMES — The Iowa State athletic department announced the 2026 Beauty and the Beast event, featuring Cyclone gymnastics and wrestling side-by-side inside Hilton Coliseum on Friday, Feb. 13, 2026, at 7 p.m. The Iowa State gymnastics team will host Western Michigan while the wrestlers will ...

’Cats cast off East, 139-41

The Marshalltown girls’ swimming and diving squad closed out its dual meet schedule by splashing past Des Moines East, 139-41, on Tuesday night at the Marshalltown High School pool. The Bobcats (9-1, 6-1) won their last four dual meets to close the regular season heading in to next week’s ...

No. 1 Trojans top HOIAC

MONROE — The Class 2A No. 1 West Marshall girls’ cross country team continued its winning ways, claiming its first Heart of Iowa Conference title on Monday at Gateway Recreation led by individual champion Addie Thompson. The top-ranked Trojans won for the eighth time in 10 meets this ...