LE GRAND — The Class 2A No. 8 East Marshall softball team bounced back from its first loss in convincing fashion, smashing Dike-New Hartford 11-0 in four innings here Thursday night. Mustang junior pitcher Peyton Grabenbauer walked the game’s first batter Hannah Steffen before retiring ...

The Fort Dodge baseball team batted around in its first three at-bats of Wednesday’s Iowa Alliance Conference doubleheader against Marshalltown, battering the host Bobcats by scores of 24-3 and 16-1 in a pair of four-inning games at the MHS diamond. The visiting Dodgers (8-3, 3-1) batted ...

The lead was fun while it lasted. The Marshalltown softball team stole the show to start the second game of Wednesday’s Iowa Alliance Conference doubleheader against Class 4A No. 4 Fort Dodge, but the perennial powerhouse Dodgers came back in convincing fashion to finish off their sweep ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma City’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Indiana’s Tyrese Haliburton weren’t expected to ever be starring in leading roles on the NBA Finals stage. Well, at least not by many. “It’s been a roller coaster,” Gilgeous-Alexander said. “I had nights where I ...

CEDAR FALLS — The Northern Iowa women’s basketball team announced the hiring of Nicole McDermott as the Director of Operations on Wednesday. In this role, McDermott will be responsible for all aspects of team travel, equipment, facility scheduling, volunteer work, and special events, and ...

CEDAR FALLS — The Northern Iowa men’s basketball team on Wednesday announced the addition of Levi Valdo to the roster. Valdo is the fourth player to sign with the Panthers this spring, joining NAIA first-team All-American Tristan Smith from Concordia, Neb., as well as a pair of transfers ...