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Bobcats fall on the road to 4th-rated Spartans

GRUNDY CENTER — The Class 2A preseason No. 4 Grundy Center baseball team closed out its opening week of play with a 9-2 triumph over Marshalltown on Friday night at the George Wilhelm Sports Complex. The host Spartans (3-0) scored at least once in all six at-bats, getting hits from eight ...

Fire extinguish Clark, Fever

PORTLAND, Ore. — Megan Gustafson had 22 points and the Portland Fire held Indiana’s Caitlin Clark to six points in a 100-84 victory over the Fever on Saturday night. Carla Leite had 18 points and 12 assists, while Emily Engstler had 16 points and 10 rebounds, the first double-doubles for ...

Comets can’t keep pace in Class 1A race

BOONE — The BCLUW girls’ golf team closed out its fourth trip to the season-ending Class 1A state tournament in the last five years with an eighth-place finish on Friday at Cedar Point Golf Course. The Comets couldn’t move the needle in the needed direction in Friday’s final 18 holes and slipped from fifth to eighth in the 10-team final standings. BCLUW shot 367-380—747 to come in ahead of Earlham (760) and Mount Ayr (766). Easton Valley lost most of its 14-stroke lead between the first and second rounds but held on for the 1A team title, 701-703, ahead of Highland. South ...

Saved by the bell

DES MOINES — Jorja Janssen saw all she needed to, both on Thursday night and again Friday. Junior goalkeeper Sophia Valdez Chavez made her last two of 38 saves during a shootout and the Marshalltown girls’ soccer team advanced past Des Moines North with a 4-3 victory on Thursday and ...

SPORTS SHORTS: Bobcat baseball splits with Waterloo East

The Marshalltown baseball team split with Waterloo East on Thursday, winning the opener 11-4 before falling 11-0 in the five-inning nightcap. Freshman Jalen Logsdon pitched five innings of relief in Game 1 for the win after Luke Stalzer tossed two scoreless frames. Larrs Schoenfelder and ...

Hilderbrand, Wilson represent for ’Cats

WAVERLY — Morgan Hilderbrand rose up and met the moment with one of her own. The Marshalltown sophomore chipped in for birdie in front of the gallery around the 18th hole to close out the Class 4A Girls’ State Golf Tournament on Friday at Waverly Municipal Golf Course in a tie for 17th ...