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SPORTS SHORTS: Greenwood, Trojans blank Saydel

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TIMES-REPUBLICAN DES MOINES — Aubree Greenwood pitched a three-hit shutout and the Class 2A No. 12 West Marshall softball team stumped Saydel 8-0 in Tuesday’s Heart of Iowa Conference clash. The Trojans (11-6, 8-3) scored in four of their seven at-bats, highlighted by a four-run sixth inning to finish it off. Jenna Randall and Cailyn Brown had RBI singles and Ashtyn Blood had a run-scoring groundout. Brown finished 3-for-4 with a triple, a run scored and three RBIs to lead the West Marshall bats. Alayna Frederick was 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored, while Hattie McCollum ...

WNBA to expand to 50-game schedule

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — The WNBA is expanding its schedule to 50 games per team next season — the most in the league's 30-year history. The new collective bargaining agreement that was ratified earlier this year allows the league to play up to 50 games for the next two seasons. There can be up to 52 regular-season games in 2029 and for the rest of the CBA. "Demand for the WNBA has never been greater, and expanding to a 50-game regular season reflects the extraordinary momentum we are seeing across the league," WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert said in a ...

Knicks throw out first pitch at Yankee Stadium

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — The New York Knicks' victory tour following their first NBA championship since 1973 made another stop Wednesday night when Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart threw out ceremonial first pitches at Yankee Stadium. Before the Yankees played the Chicago White Sox, Brunson and Hart were met with a standing ovation and loud cheers from fans as they took the field to a montage of highlights from the title run. Standing in front of the mound and wearing Yankees pinstripes, Brunson made his toss to backup catcher J.C. Escarra while Hart threw to utilityman Max ...

SPORTS SHORTS: Thunder escape Trojans' challenge

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TIMES-REPUBLICAN DES MOINES — Class 2A No. 6 Grand View Christian made one more play than the West Marshall softball team to deny the 12th-ranked Trojans the upset, granting the Thunder a 3-2 victory in Monday’s Heart of Iowa Conference showdown. West Marshall (10-6, 7-3) manufactured the game’s first run on a double steal in the top of the second inning, taking advantage of back-to-back walks as Riley Randall crossed home plate as Rachel Randall stole second. Ashtyn Blood’s solo homer in the top of the fourth made it 2-0 Trojans, but Grand View Christian had an answer. The ...

Bobcats pummel Polar Bears

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The Bobcats surpassed their season-high for runs scored in a game, and then they did it again. The Marshalltown baseball team pounded out a pair of run rule-shortened victories over Des Moines North on Monday night, thumping the Polar Bears 17-2 in four innings and 19-7 in five innings to ...

Scheffler on cusp of career Grand Slam

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By DOUG FERGUSON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — The comparisons with Tiger Woods began a few years ago when Scottie Scheffler started to separate himself by miles over the rest of golf with alarming control of his shots from tee-to-green that resulted in big wins and a No. 1 ranking for more than three straight years. The next comparison could come this week. Not since Woods has anyone completed the career Grand Slam in his first attempt, at least not in the modern era that dates to 1960 when it became a thing in professional golf. Woods took only 35 days between his ...