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MHS football raising funds through ‘Rent a Player’

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Marshalltown High School football players will be available to help with spring chores like planting, spreading mulch and cleaning up branches with the “Rent a Player” fundraiser. The annual “Rent a Player” event has been a successful fundraiser for the Bobcat football squad, according to head coach Adam Goodvin, for a number of reasons. Goodvin said the team is excited to interact with community members again this year by lending their time and muscle. The Bobcat football players can be hired in groups of two or four. The cost is $100 for two players providing two hours of ...

Bonzer breaks single-season scoring record

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The South Tama County/East Marshall girls’ soccer team entered Monday’s match at Marshalltown having allowed 6.9 goals per game so far this season. MHS sophomore Claire Bonzer only needed one. Bonzer scored two goals and assisted on the other while becoming the school’s single-season ...

Faison follows Carnegie from Georgia to Hawkeye hoops

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IOWA CITY — Georgia transfer Jocelyn Faison has signed with the University of Iowa women’s basketball program, it was announced Sunday by Hawkeyes head coach Jan Jensen. A sophomore-to-be, Faison, will have three seasons of eligibility remaining as a Hawkeye. She is the third transfer ...

SPORTS SHORTS: Comets, Wolverines compete at Grundy Center meet

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GRUNDY CENTER — The BCLUW and GMG girls’ and boys’ track teams both competed in Grundy Center’s Harry Dole Classic Co-Ed meet on Friday inside Spartan Stadium. In the girls’ meet, BCLUW scored 31 points for ninth place and GMG got 24 points for 10th. Grundy Center won with 147 points, followed by Waverly-Shell Rock (129) and Dike-New Hartford (78). The top local finish came from GMG’s throwers as Arianna Pierce and Skyler Murty went 1-2 in the shot put and BCLUW’s Grace Farnsworth finished third. Pierce threw 36 feet, 4 1/2 inches to lead the field, Murty got 35-7 and ...

Fever finish preseason by pasting Nigerians

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INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Fever closed their preseason schedule on Saturday with a decisive performance in a victory over the Nigerian national team, 105-57, using a balanced effort and continued progress from Caitlin Clark to build momentum ahead of the regular season. The Fever controlled the tempo early and maintained it throughout, demonstrating the offensive flow and defensive intensity that head coach Stephanie White has stressed entering the 2026 campaign. Clark, the centerpiece of Indiana’s rebuild and the 2024 WNBA Rookie of the Year, continued her upward trajectory in ...

J-Hawks, Tigers take ’Cats to task

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The encouraging part was its fight to the bitter end. The disappointing part was the way the challenge was greeted. The Marshalltown boys’ tennis team sampled a new taste on Friday at the Marshalltown Court Complex, suffering double defeat during a quadrangular meet at home. The ...