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Bobcat boys finish 13th in Waverly super-meet

WAVERLY — The Marshalltown boys’ cross country team finished 13th out of 35 teams at the Dan Huston/Steve Johnson Invitational on Saturday at the Wartburg College Max Cross Country Course, led by a third-place finish for junior Preston Johnson. Johnson clocked in with a time of 15 ...

SPORTS SHORTS: Mustangs sweep South Hardin Invitational

ELDORA — The East Marshall cross country teams swept the South Hardin Invitational on Saturday, getting third-place individual finishes in both races. The Mustang boys scored 25 points to pace the field of five scoring teams, getting all five scoring runners inside the top 10. Austin ...

East Marshall rides off into sunset with 31-8 beatdown of East Buchanan

LE GRAND — The Mustangs put down the toilet paper and picked up their playbooks. Not even Homecoming week was going to prevent the East Marshall football team from getting another win. Sophomore tailback Kaden Grant had career-highs of 28 carries for 114 yards and a touchdown, and senior ...

Marshalltown football bounced by Waukee

WAUKEE — Waukee quarterback Beckett Bakker threw for 285 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Warriors past Marshalltown 55-13 in Friday’s Class 5A football game. Bakker was 14-for-19 with an interception that gave the Bobcats hope early on. Marshalltown (3-3) trailed 13-7 when Drake ...

SPORTS SHORTS: Wolverines wallop Collins-Maxwell on Senior Night

GARWIN — The GMG volleyball team scored an Iowa Star Conference sweep of Collins-Maxwell (2-20, 1-4) on Senior Night, winning 25-10, 25-15, 25-22 on Thursday. The Wolverines’ offense was led by seniors Rhianna Murty with 10 kills and Landry August with seven. Sophomores Riah Boege and ...

’Cats clobber ’Dogs, 122-27

There was no way for Marshalltown girls swimming and diving coach Angie Nelson to predict where Ottumwa was going to put Piper Gevock in its lineup. The best the Bobcats could do was to be competitive against themselves. Ottumwa’s freshman phenomenon won both of her individual events but ...