AMES — Former Iowa State standout Milan Momcilovic has withdrawn from the 2026 NBA Draft and will return to college basketball for his senior season, according to multiple reports Tuesday night. Momcilovic, a 6-foot-8 forward from Pewaukee, Wis., entered the draft in April while ...
WEST DES MOINES — The Marshalltown boys’ soccer team was bounced from the Class 4A Substate 7 semifinals in heartbreaking fashion, falling 5-4 in overtime to Dowling Catholic on Wednesday night. The Bobcats (11-6-1) led 4-2 in the second half before Dowling (5-7-5) rallied to score twice in the final 15 minutes of regulation to force overtime. The Maroons missed out on a golden opportunity to get the game-winner when Jonathan Nunez saved Landon Sullivan’s penalty kick just 44 seconds into the extra period, but Marshalltown’s second own-goal off a Dowling corner kick sealed the ...
DES MOINES — The Marshalltown girls’ soccer team was locked in a 3-all tie with Des Moines North heading into overtime of Thursday’s Class 3A Region 6 first-round match before the contest was suspended due to lighting failure at Grubb Stadium. The match will resume at 5 p.m. Friday at Grubb Stadium, picking up at the beginning of overtime. The winner advances to face top-seeded and sixth-ranked Ankeny (9-5-1) in Tuesday’s substate semifinals.
FRISCO, Texas — Big 12 coaches unanimously agreed Thursday on their preference for a 24-team College Football Playoff, a scenario in which the conference would have had five playoff teams last season instead of only league champion Texas Tech like it did in the current 12-team playoff format. When the 16 coaches were informally polled about doubling the size of the playoff field during one of their sessions at the Big 12 spring meetings, all of them raised their hands. “They should ask coaches for more opinions on what’s best for college football,” West Virginia coach Rich ...
NEWTON — The leaderboard was one more variable than Cody Weaver wanted to worry about, so he eliminated it from the equation. With no idea where he stood, Weaver simply played his game — and that was plenty good. Weaver became the first boys’ state golf champion in East Marshall ...
IOWA CITY — The Marshalltown doubles team of Caleb Rasmussen and Evan Roush showed it had the ability. On Wednesday, the Bobcats just didn’t have the consistency. Rasmussen and Roush suffered back-to-back losses in the Class 2A state doubles tournament at Iowa City West High School, ...
