The Marshalltown girls’ basketball team earned the lead that allowed them to not have to score in the fourth quarter to beat South Tama. That wasn’t exactly the plan, however. The Bobcats tipped off the new year with a win over South Tama for the third season in a row, stopping the ...

The Marshalltown boys’ bowling team tried to rally from a first-round deficit but fell short against defending Iowa Alliance Conference North Division champion Waterloo East in Tuesday’s season-opening dual meet at Wayward Social, 3,015-2,928. The Bobcats trailed the Trojans by 224 points ...

LAS VEGAS — Freshman Killyan Toure scored a career-high 20 points and No. 15 Iowa State beat Creighton 78-60 on Tuesday in the second round of the Players Era Championship. Despite missing co-leading scorer Tamin Lipsey, who injured his groin in Monday’s 83-82 win over St. John’s, the ...

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — Bennett Stirtz scored a season-high 29 points and Cooper Koch added 14 for Iowa in a 74-69 win over Mississippi in the first round of the Acrisure Series on Tuesday night. Koch also had 10 rebounds for his first double-double of the season. The game was tied at 31 ...

PALM DESERT, Calif. — Leon Bond III’s 20 points helped Northern Iowa defeat Loyola Chicago 72-51 on Tuesday. Bond shot 7 of 11 from the field and went 5 for 7 from the line for the Panthers (6-0). Tristan Smith scored 12 points while going 4 of 6 and 3 of 6 from the free-throw line and ...

COLO — The East Marshall girls’ basketball team scored the game’s first seven points on its way to a 58-23 victory over Colo-NESCO in Monday’s season-opener for both teams. The Mustangs won all four quarters on the scoreboard and steamrolled to the win. Ashtyn Wheater scored a ...