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SPORTS SHORTS: Trojans overtake PCM for Heart of Iowa win

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STATE CENTER — The West Marshall baseball team assembled a five-run rally in the bottom of the sixth inning to overtake PCM (8-3, 5-3) for a 10-7 victory in Wednesday’s Heart of Iowa Conference showdown. The game was called before the start of the seventh inning due to weather. Beckham DeSotel homered and scored three times to help West Marshall (9-7, 5-6) come back for the league win. Evan Siegert doubled and scored, Hunter Polley doubled and drove in two runs, and Karver Christensen was 2-for-3 with a run and two RBIs. Riley Hanford added two hits, scored a run and drove in ...

Bobcat tennis teams represent at home in state co-ed

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The Marshalltown High School tennis program added more state meet experience to its resume. Bobcat seniors Caleb Rasmussen and Ellie Downs and juniors Evan Roush and Kate Sandvick teamed up for the IHSAA/IGHSAU Class 2A State Co-Ed Tennis Tournament on Tuesday at the Marshalltown Court ...

SPORTS SHORTS: Comets close out Riceville in Iowa Star action

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RICEVILLE — Eden Ladehoff and Wyllo Collins combined on a four-hitter and the BCLUW softball team got a couple of timely hits to take down Riceville 4-1 in Monday’s Iowa Star Conference contest. Brayleigh Gardner was 3-for-4 with a double, a run and two RBIs, while Adelynn Zoske finished 3-for-3 with a double and two RBIs to help power the Comets (4-1). Leila Wedgwood had two hits, while Ladehoff doubled and scored. Collins and Carolyna White both singled and scored as well in the win. Ladehoff struck out seven in six innings of three-hit ball, allowing one unearned run, and ...

Another round as Bobcats

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NEWTON — The run of medals for Marshalltown came to an end, but that didn’t stop the Bobcats from tying a bow on their 2025-26 campaign. Marshalltown High School golfers Harper Wilson, Morgan Hilderbrand, Parker Christen and Jacob Seberger played one last competitive round of golf this ...

Cyclones add Robles, Gomez to women’s wrestling

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AMES — Iowa State women’s wrestling has added Arizona prep product Alezandra Robles and McKendree transfer Gabriella Gomez, head coach Alli St. John announced Tuesday. Gomez, a transfer from NCAA champion McKendree, posted a 17-6 record competing at 117 and 124 pounds in her one season with the Bearcats. She is a U17 World Silver Medalist (2022). Gomez was a three-time state champion from Carol Stream, Illinois, going 87-0 in her high school career. She is the sister of former Cyclone men’s wrestler Austin Gomez, who wrestled at Iowa State from 2018-21. Robles, a Tucson, ...

Lincoln capitalizes on more chances than Marshalltown baseball

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The Marshalltown baseball team produced 11 runs in a home doubleheader against Des Moines Lincoln on Monday night, but the Bobcats came up emtpy in the win column. The visiting Railsplitters hammered out 23 hits in a twinbill sweep of the Bobcats, prevailing 7-3 and 17-8 in a marathon finale ...