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Bobcat girls eighth in Waukee Invite

GRIMES — The Marshalltown girls’ golf team finished near the middle of the pack in its revisit to the Central Iowa Metropolitan League, placing eighth out of 12 teams at the Waukee Invite on Monday at Beaver Creek Golf Course. The Bobcats came in with a 383 team total that was just 10 ...

Clark-Bueckers matchup sets bar for opening WNBA weekend

INDIANAPOLIS — When Indiana Fever fans returned to Gainbridge Fieldhouse for Saturday’s season opener, it seemed everything was back in place. The street banners dotted the downtown landscape, the handmade signs were visible from any vantage point inside the sold out arena and, of course, Caitlin Clark jerseys and T-shirts remained a trendy favorite. And why not live it up as Clark’s 10-month wait to play a meaningful game on her home court finally ended with the weekend’s featured matchup between Clark and the Fever and Paige Bueckers and the Dallas Wings. Yet even with the ...

Wings escape Fever in season opener 107-104

INDIANAPOLIS — Arike Ogunbowale had 22 points, Paige Bueckers scored 20, and Caitlin Clark missed a deep 3 with a chance to send the game to overtime as the Dallas Wings beat the Indiana Fever 107-104 to open their WNBA seasons on Saturday. Odyssey Sims also had 20 points for the Wings, ...

SPORTS SHORTS: Trojans’ Gile gets conference high jump title

JEFFERSON — West Marshall senior Ryder Gile tied for the top spot in the high jump to lead the Trojans to sixth place as a team at the Heart of Iowa Conference meet on Thursday at Greene County High School. Gile and PCM sophomore Evan Wendt both cleared 5 feet, 10 inches, to share first place in the conference meet. PCM took first in the team standings with 158 points, followed by Roland-Story (147), Nevada (129), Greene County (91), Perry (63) and West Marshall (58) in the nine-team invite. West Marshall’s sprint medley relay team of Turner DeRossett, Calvin Streeter, Kinnick ...

SPORTS SHORTS: Bobcats sixth at competition-rich SEP Invite

PLEASANT HILL — Harper Wilson brought home some hardware in leading the Marshalltown girls’ golf team to a sixth-place finish at the Southeast Polk Invitational on Thursday at Copper Creek Golf Club. Wilson earned a medal for her 12th-place finish, shooting a 12-over-par 83 to lead the Bobcats. MHS totaled 364 to finish behind host Southeast Polk (327), Gilbert (334), Waukee Northwest (336), Cedar Rapids Washington (338) and Norwalk (353) in the 15-team tournament. Southeast Polk’s Anna Wahman won a cardback over Washington’s Lily Belle Barker for medalist honors after both ...

Big Ten reports $1.47B in revenue for 2024-25

ROSEMONT, Ill. — The Big Ten joined the Southeastern Conference in crossing the $1 billion mark in total revenue for the 2024-25 fiscal year, marking a significant uptick in payouts to its member schools. The league reported roughly $1.47 billion in total revenue in its federal tax filing for the term running from July 2024 to June 2025, which covered the first year of westward expansion that brought in UCLA, USC, Washington and Oregon from the Pac-12. That was up from the previous total of roughly $928.1 million in 2023-24, an increase of roughly 58%. And for schools, that meant a ...